单词 | soft pale |
释义 | > as lemmassoft pale soft pale adj. (and n.) now historical and rare designating a form of solder used by pewterers, containing tin, lead, and bismuth; (also as n.) solder of this kind. ΚΠ 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 450 The first solder is called by the pewterers hard-pale, the last soft-pale. 1950 Country Life 28 July 291/2 In the early days of pewtermaking the only permitted solder was an alloy of two parts of tin to one of lead. This was known as hard pale. As the power of the Company waned some pewterers used soft pale. < as lemmas |
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