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Sincerely :: Sincerely (adv.) Purely; without alloy.

Electer :: Electer (n.) A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.

Calin :: Calin (n.) An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters..

Gong :: Gong (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise..

Standard :: Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

Tin :: Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). At

Entirely :: Entirely (adv.) Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.

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..

Base :: Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion..

Albata :: Albata (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German..

Lead :: Lead (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lea.

Oroide :: Oroide (n.) An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy..

Nickeline :: Nickeline (n.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver..

Caracoly :: Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made..

Halloysite :: Halloysite (n.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color..

Assay :: Assay (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition..

Tombac :: Tombac (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac..

Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o

Platiniridium :: Platiniridium (n.) A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.

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