(brāz) v.t. brazed, braz·ing
1. To make of brass.
2. To make hard like brass.
3. To ornament with or as with brass.
4. Poetic To color as with brass. [OE brasian <brœs brass]

(brāz) v.t. brazed, braz·ing Metall.
To join the surfaces of similar or dissimilar metals by partial fusion with a layer of a soldering alloy applied under very high temperature. [<F braser solder <OF, burn, ult. <Gmc; infl. in meaning by BRAZE¹]
—braz′er noun