Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Solder (-ed)
solder (-ed), v. [OFr soud-, solid.] (webplay: cooling, thing).
- Join; unite; [fig.] reconcile; fix; mend; repair; seal up.
- Phrase. “soldered down”: shut permanently; closed irrevocably in death.
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