different between sander vs sawder

English

Etymology

sand +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sænd?/

Noun

sander (plural sanders)

1. A person employed to sand wood.
2. A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
3. (railway) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
4. (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.

Derived terms

• random orbital sander
• belt sander

Related terms

• (sense 3) sanding gear

Translations

Anagrams

• Anders, Andres, Dranes, Naders, Rendas, Snader, dearns, denars, redans, resand, sandre, snared

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sannr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz.

Adjective

sander

1. true, real

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: sann

English

Etymology

By corruption.

Noun

sawder (countable and uncountable, plural sawders)

1. Archaic form of solder.
2. soft sawder; flattery; blarney

Derived terms

• soft sawder

Verb

sawder (third-person singular simple present sawders, present participle sawdering, simple past and past participle sawdered)

1. Archaic form of solder.

Anagrams

• Dewars, Seward, Swader, dewars, saw red, waders