braze
To cover with brass, or as with brassTo cover with brass, or as with brass.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To cover with brass, or as with brass.
To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.
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(obsolete)To burn or temper in fire.
- solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”), froFrom Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”), from bræs (“brass”).
1580s, "to expose to the action of fire", perhaps from French braser (“to solder, weld”), though the sense evolution is difficult to explain. Perhaps the English word is older, being unrecorded in Middle English but borrowed from Old French braser (“to burn”), which fits the meaning more closely. Old French braser derives from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”). Also possible is that the Middle English and English words were borrowed directly from Old Norse.
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Forms
brazes, brazing, brazed, brazedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle