sawder

English

Etymology

By corruption.

Noun

sawder (countable and uncountable, plural sawders)

1. Archaic form of solder.
2. soft sawder; flattery; blarney

Derived terms

• soft sawder

Verb

sawder (third-person singular simple present sawders, present participle sawdering, simple past and past participle sawdered)

1. Archaic form of solder.
   • 1666, Richard Head, The English Rogue Described, in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant‎, Francis Kirkman, page 195:

     His credit becomes suspected by his exorbitant manner of living in Drinking, Whoring, Gaming &c. He thinks to sawder up that crack by Marriage; he is deceived both in Person and Portion.

Derived terms

• soft-sawder

References

• “sawder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Dewars, Seward, Swader, dewars, saw red, waders

Middle English

Noun

sawder

1. alternative form of soudeour