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buttering [′bəd·ə·riŋ] (metallurgy) Coating the faces of a weld joint prior to welding to prevent cross contamination of the weld metal and base metal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A young girl came on, a sunbonnet hanging down her back, her apron caught up in front and filled with grain which she threw to the buttering fowls. Weller, buttering the round of toast which the red-nosed man had just finished. In spite of her unchanged manner of speaking, and her unchanged appearance of composure, she scarcely trusted herself to look at him, but kept her eyes employed on the cutting and buttering of his bread, and on the mixing of his tea, and other such little preparations. |
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