Crossword clues for braze
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Braze \Braze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brazing.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass.]
To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.
To harden. ``Now I am brazes to it.''
--Shak.
Braze \Braze\, v. t. [AS. br[ae]sian, fr. br[ae]s brass. See
Brass.]
To cover or ornament with brass.
--Chapman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to expose to the action of fire," 1580s, perhaps from French braser "to solder," in Old French, "to burn," related to brese "embers" (see braise). Related: Brazed; brazing.
"to make of or cover in brass," Old English brasian "to do work in brass, make of brass," from bræs (see brass). Compare glaze from glass.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness. 2 (context obsolete English) To burn or temper in fire.
WordNet
v. solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
Usage examples of "braze".
Zorba talked on and on about how the braze of Bespin was having a bad effect on the tourist trade.
Then I and my six helpers poured water into the containers, the faber did whatever it was that he did with his brazing spelter, clamped the cap on one trumpet after another, and he, Ansila and their apprentices all frantically did the hammering to seal them.
The smith was fashioning manacles out of barrel hoops, then brazing the open manacles onto the chain.
Soon she felt him regain his former leadership in their relationship, his eyes brazing determination and confidence.
Behind him Commodore Sean Braze glowered, his hands behind his back, big shoulders bulging under his tailor-made tunic, a pistol strapped to his hip as inconspicuously as a rattlesnake at a picnic.
Hammered and brazed copper with riveted brass decoration, partly silvered, with two suspension rings and a silver wishing jewel emblem.
These had been hastily brazed together out of the multitude of railings which had once adorned the balconies surrounding the villa's interior gardens.
The bronze bracelet was actually brazed in place, and whoever had done it hadn't been gentle, since there were white scars under it on her wrist.
Somehow the goats didn't bother me so much any more, but that might have been the result of an eight-day's worth of meals centering on roasted, stewed, brazed, and baked goat presented with equally diverse spices and side dishes by the autarch's chef.
They were made of strips of beaten metal, brazed along their length and ringed at the edges of their sections with applied ornamentation in contrasting metal (48).
Those straps have been brazed up a dozen times, so they’re going to go again.
Her thighs were lissome, lightly tanned as if someone had gently brazed them over a fire.
He was dressed in an officer's full battle armor—articulated plates of chronosteel brazed dark by the intense heat of their manufacture.
He was dressed in an officer's full battle armor-articulated plates of chronosteel brazed dark by the intense heat of their manufacture.
He entered the ballroom through a high, arched alcove in which were small white tables covered with trays of red fish roe on circlets of toast, white meat, red meat, dark meat of fish ground into patties, cut into stars, strips of filet wound to look like sea-shells, brazed shrimp, and stuffed, baby smelts.