Meanings
nounsawder (countable and uncountable, plural sawders)
plural sawders
- archaiccountableuncountableArchaic form of solder.
- countableuncountablesoft sawder; flattery; blarney
verbsawder (third-person singular simple present sawders, present participle sawdering, simple past and past participle sawdered)
present singular third person sawders · participle present sawdering · participle past sawdered · past sawdered
- archaicArchaic form of solder.
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.
1666, Richard Head, The English Rogue Described, in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant, Francis Kirkman, page 195
Origin
By corruption.
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