sawder
English edit
Etymology edit
By corruption.
Noun edit
sawder (countable and uncountable, plural sawders)
- Archaic form of solder.
- soft sawder; flattery; blarney
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
sawder (third-person singular simple present sawders, present participle sawdering, simple past and past participle sawdered)
- Archaic form of solder.
- 1666, Richard Head, The English Rogue Described, in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant[1], Francis Kirkman, page 195:
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “sawder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
sawder
- Alternative form of soudeour