Any
combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for
example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is
one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or
silver; fineness.
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or
detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
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| Alloy (alloy) |
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| Al*loy" |
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To reduce the purity of by mixing
with a less valuable substance] as, to alloy gold with silver or
copper, or silver with copper.
To mix, as metals, so as to form a
compound.
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to
allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
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| Alloy (alloy) |
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| Al*loy" |
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To form a metallic
compound.
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