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braze

[breyz]

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verb (used with object), brazed, braz·ing.

to make of brass.

to cover or ornament with or as if with brass.

to make brasslike.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English brasen, Old English bræsian; see brass

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verb (used with object), brazed, braz·ing. Metallurgy.

to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.

Origin:
1575–85; < French braser to solder (MF), burn (Old French ) < Germanic; compare Swedish brasa, Danish brase to roast; see braise

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braz·er, noun

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braze¹ (breɪz)

—vb
1.	to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
2.	to make like brass, as in hardness

[Old English bræsen, from bræsbrass]

braze² (breɪz)

—vb
1.	(tr) to make a joint between (two metal surfaces) by fusing a layer of brass or high-melting solder between them

—n
2.	the high-melting solder or alloy used in brazing

[C16: from Old French: to burn, of Germanic origin; see braise]

'brazer²

—n

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braze

"to expose to the action of fire," 1580s, perhaps from Fr. braser "to solder," in O.Fr. "to burn," related to brese "embers" (see braise).

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braze

"to make of or cover in brass," O.E. brasian "to do work in brass, make of brass," from bræs (see brass). Cf. glaze from glass.

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