solderedadj.
1.
a. Joined by means of solder. Also with up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined
grafted1570
married1599
soldered1601
connubial1807
Siamesed1833
welded1837
wedded1842
cemented1903
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > soldered
soldered1601
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D3 He will not depart with the weight of a soldard Groat. View more context for this quotation
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Reservatory Solder'd Pipes are no other than Sheets of Lead, which they bend and solder together at the Junctures.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 433 All soldered works should be kept under motionless restraint for a period.
1847 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification (ed. 2) 206 In a well soldered tin or iron case.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 240/2 Secured in closely fitting soldered-up tinned-iron boxes.
b. soldered dot n. (Building), a means of fastening sheet lead to woodwork, consisting of a mass of solder put in a depression in the lead after the latter has been fitted into a corresponding depression in the wood and a screw fixed through the bottom of it.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > means of fastening sheet lead to wood
soldered dot1893
1893 J. W. Clarke Lect. Plumbing 70/1 Soldered dots never last for any great length of time and the lead invariably breaks away from them.
1930 P. Manser Plumbing & Gasfitting VII. xxii. 1606 Soldered dots are not quite satisfactory as they hold the lead too rigidly, and where the load on them is heavy the screws work through due to the strain on them.
1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough iii. 51 A circle of plumber's black is painted round the outside of the hollow, partly to confine the soldered dot, and partly to give the whole a neat decorative finish.
2. figurative and transferred. Patched up; closely united.
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1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother ii. i. sig. C4 A soder'd friendship Peec'd out with promises.
1667 A. Marvell Last Instructions in State Poems (1689) iii. 19 He felt His alt'ring Form, and soder'd Limbs to melt.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xii. 392 The shrivelled wings under the soldered elytra of many insular beetles.
1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 19 A rough ill-soldered scar..on his cheek-bone.
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