BRAZE

braze

(verb) solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

braze (third-person singular simple present brazes, present participle brazing, simple past and past participle brazed)

To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.

(obsolete) To burn or temper in fire.

Noun

braze (plural brazes)

A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.

Anagrams

• Zaber, zebra

Source: Wiktionary


Braze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brazed; p. pr & vb. n. Brazing.] Etym: [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass.]

1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

2. To harden. "Now I am brazes to it." Shak.

Braze, v. t. Etym: [AS. bræsian, fr. bræs brass. See Brass.]

Definition: To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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