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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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