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Definition of brass
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Brass (n.) A brass plate
engraved
with a
figure
or
device.
Specifically,
one used as a
memorial
to the dead, and
generally
having
the
portrait,
coat of arms, etc..
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Chalcography
::
Chalcography
(n.) The act or art of
engraving
on
copper
or
brass,
especially
of
engraving
for
printing..
Saxhorn
::
Saxhorn
(n.) A name given to a
numerous
family
of brass wind
instruments
with
valves,
invented
by
Antoine
Joseph
Adolphe
Sax
(known
as
Adolphe
Sax), of
Belgium
and
Paris,
and much used in
military
bands and in
orchestras..
Brassart
::
Brassart
(n.) Armor for the arm; --
generally
used for the whole arm from the
shoulder
to the
wrist,
and
consisting,
in the 15th and 16th
centuries,
of many
parts..
Harper
::
Harper
(n.) A brass coin
bearing
the
emblem
of a harp, --
formerly
current
in
Ireland..
Weight
::
Weight
(v. t.) A
definite
mass of iron, lead,
brass,
or other
metal,
to be used for
ascertaining
the
weight
of other
bodies;
as, an ounce
weight..
Brazen
::
Brazen
(a.)
Impudent;
immodest;
shameless;
having
a front like
brass;
as, a
brazen
countenance..
Zinc
::
Zinc (n.) An
abundant
element
of the
magnesium-cadmium
group,
extracted
principally
from the
minerals
zinc
blende,
smithsonite,
calamine,
and
franklinite,
as an
easily
fusible
bluish
white
metal,
which is
malleable,
especially
when
heated.
It is not
easily
oxidized
in moist air, and hence is used for
sheeting,
coating
galvanized
iron, etc. It is used in
making
brass,
britannia,
and other
alloys,
and is also
largely
consumed
in
electric
batteries.
Symbol
Zn.
Atomic
weight
64.9..
Brazen
::
Brazen
(a.)
Pertaining
to, made of, or
resembling,
brass..
Brassage
::
Brassage
(n.) A sum
formerly
levied
to pay the
expense
of
coinage;
-- now
called
seigniorage.
Circumferentor
::
Circumferentor
(n.) A
surveying
instrument,
for
taking
horizontal
angles
and
bearings;
a
surveyor's
compass.
It
consists
of a
compass
whose
needle
plays over a
circle
graduated
to
360¡,
and of a
horizontal
brass bar at the ends of which are
standards
with
narrow
slits for
sighting,
supported
on a
tripod
by a ball and
socket
joint..
Sackbut
::
Sackbut
(n.) A brass wind
instrument,
like a bass
trumpet,
so
contrived
that it can be
lengthened
or
shortened
according
to the tone
required;
-- said to be the same as the
trombone..
Cabbage
::
Cabbage
(n.) An
esculent
vegetable
of many
varieties,
derived
from the wild
Brassica
oleracea
of
Europe.
The
common
cabbage
has a
compact
head of
leaves.
The
cauliflower,
Brussels
sprouts,
etc., are
sometimes
classed
as
cabbages..
Turnip
::
Turnip
(v. t.) The
edible,
fleshy,
roundish,
or
somewhat
conical,
root of a
cruciferous
plant
(Brassica
campestris,
var.
Napus);
also, the plant
itself..
Ophicleide
::
Ophicleide
(n.) A large brass wind
instrument,
formerly
used in the
orchestra
and in
military
bands,
having
a loud tone, deep
pitch,
and a
compass
of three
octaves;
-- now
generally
supplanted
by bass and
contrabass
tubas..
Maslin
::
Maslin
(n.) A
mixture
of
metals
resembling
brass.
Ormolu
::
Ormolu
(n.) A
variety
of brass made to
resemble
gold by the use of less zinc and more
copper
in its
composition
than
ordinary
brass
contains.
Its
golden
color is often
heightened
by means of
lacquer
of some sort, or by use of
acids.
Called
also
mosaic
gold..
Alchemy
::
Alchemy
(n.) A mixed metal
composed
mainly
of
brass,
formerly
used for
various
utensils;
hence,
a
trumpet..
Chalcopyrite
::
Chalcopyrite
(n.)
Copper
pyrites,
or
yellow
copper
ore; a
common
ore of
copper,
containing
copper,
iron, and
sulphur.
It
occurs
massive
and in
tetragonal
crystals
of a
bright
brass
yellow
color..
Dipping
::
Dipping
(n.) The
process
of
cleaning
or
brightening
sheet metal or
metalware,
esp.
brass,
by
dipping
it in
acids,
etc..
Cornet
::
Cornet
(n.) A brass
instrument,
with
cupped
mouthpiece,
and
furnished
with
valves
or
pistons,
now used in
bands,
and, in place of the
trumpet,
in
orchestras.
See
Cornet-a-piston..
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