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ZINC |
Brass metal |
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TINKER |
A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. |
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AERUGO |
The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris. |
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FOIL |
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil;
gold foil. |
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ALCHEMY |
A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for
various utensils; hence, a trumpet. |
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PILLOW |
A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize
pressure; a brass; a pillow block. |
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DIPPING |
The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or
metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. |
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WEIGHT |
A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to
be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce
weight. |
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ORICHALCH |
A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but
inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; --
called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc. |
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RULE |
A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as
the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same
page, or in tabular work. |
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HORN |
A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn
(of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought
instruments of brass or other metal, resembling a horn in shape. |
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BRASS |
A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of
brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is
generally called ... |
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TINSEL |
...verlaid with a thin coating of gold or
silver, brass foil, or the like. ... |
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LAP |
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a
cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in
polishing c... |
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COPPER |
... useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze. ... |
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TOMBAC |
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and
containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch,
brass. It is very ma... |