soldi

Plural of soldo. soldier (sōl'jer), n. [Also dial. soger, sodger, so jer; early mod. E. souldier, sold i our, souldiour, It. sold are = OF. solder ), pay, Bruyn the bere and ysegrym the wulf sente alle the londe a boute yf ony man wolde take wages that they shold come to bruyn and he wolde paye them their soul. dye or wag is to fore. my fader ranne alle ouer the londe and bare the lettres. My fader hadde ben oueral in the lande bytwene the elue and the som me. And hadde goten many a souldyour that shold the next somer haue comen to helpe bruyn. Caxton , Reynard the Fox (ed. Arber), p. 39. 2. A person in military service. ( a ) One whose busine is warfare, as opposed to a civilian. Madame, ze misdon To swiche a simpul sowdiour as icham for to knele. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3951. Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier , and afeard? Shak ., Macbeth, v. 1. 40. (6) One who serves in the land forces, as opposed to one serving at sea. 3. Hence, one who obeys the commands and contends in the cause of another. Give me a favour, that the world may know I am your soldier . Fletcher, Mad Lover, v. 4. To continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Book of Common Prayer , Public Baptism of Infants. 4. One of the rank and file, or sometimes including non-commi ioned officers as opposed to commi ioned officers. Me thinkes it were meete that any one, before he come to be a captayne, should have bene a sold i our . Spenser, State of Ireland. That in the captain 's but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 131. 5. Emphatically, a brave warrior; a man of military experience, skill, or genius; a man of distinguished valor; one po e ing the distinctive carriage, looks, habits, or traits of those who make a profe ion of military service: as, he is every inch a soldier. So great a soldier taught us there What long-enduring hearts could do In that world's-earthquake, Waterloo! Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 6. In zoöl.: (a) One of that section of a colony of some kinds of ants which does the fighting, takes slaves, etc.; a soldier-ant. (b) The corresponding form in a colony of white ants or termites. (c) A soldier-beetle. (d) A sort of hermit-crab; also, a fiddler-crab. Under those Trees [Sap a dillies] we found plenty of Sol diers, a little kind of Animals that live in Shells, and have two great Claws like a Crab, and are good food. Dampier , Voyages, I. 39. (e) The red gurnard, Trigla Trigla cuculus . [Local, Eng.] (f) A red herring. [British sailors' slang.]-7. One who makes a pretense of working, but is really of little or no use; one who works no more than is nece ary to secure pay. See soger , 2. [Colloq.]-8. pl . A name of the red campion campion ( Lychnis diurna ), of the rib- wort ( Plant a go lanceolata ), and of various other plants. Britten and Holland , Eng. Plant Names. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] - Fresh-water soldier. See fresh - water . - Old soldier. (a) A bottle emptied at a banquet, carouse, etc. [Slang.] (b) The stump, or un- smoked part, of a cigar. See snipel , 3. [Slang.] - Red the handle. See cut under solder . soldering-machine (sod'er-ing-ma-shēn"), n. In sheet-metal work , a general name for appli- ances and machines for closing the seams of tin cans with solder; also, a soldering-block, or any other machine or appliance rendering me- chanical aid in soldering. The cans may be auto soldier, a disorder of pigs rouge matically dipped in molten solder, or the solder may be laid on the seams, which are then exposed to a gas-flame, hot blast, or the direct heat of a furnace.