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Zincous :: Zincous (a.) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.

Zincking :: Zincking (n.) Alt. of Zincin.

Mannheim Gold :: Mannheim gold () A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.

Dezincification :: Dezincification (n.) The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc..

Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water..

Biddery Ware :: Biddery ware () A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened..

Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) 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..

Photozincograph :: Photozincograph (n.) A print made by photozincography.

Braze :: Braze (v. i.) To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe..

Zincous :: Zincous (a.) Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous..

Zincking :: Zincking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zin.

Zincide :: Zincide (n.) A binary compound of zinc.

Zincite :: Zincite (n.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc..

Zincoid :: Zincoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole..

Blende :: Blende (n.) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous..

Zincane :: Zincane (n.) Zinc chloride.

Jeffersonite :: Jeffersonite (n.) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.

Zinco-polar :: Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity..

Danalite :: Danalite (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur..

Zinc :: Zinc (v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

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