solder
noun
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
had been soldering
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past perfect progressiveof solder.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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On the 18th of March the chapel in the fort took fire from some coals carelessly left by an artificer in a gutter he had been soldering.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams
