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Alloy   /ˈælˌɔɪ/   Listen
Alloy

noun
1.
A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.  Synonym: metal.
2.
The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something.  Synonym: admixture.
verb
(past & past part. alloyed; pres. part. alloying)
1.
Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content.  Synonym: debase.
2.
Make an alloy of.



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... elevate the tongue of persuasion, and when to impress her lips with the signet of silence; never converts trifling ceremonies into intolerable burdens; always dresses becoming to her rank and age; is modest without prudery, religious without an alloy of superstition; can hear the one sex praised without envy, and converse with the other without permitting the torch of inconstancy to kindle the unhallowed fire in her breast; considers her husband as the most accomplished of mortals, and thinks all the sons ...
— Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers • W. A. Clouston

... first came to light it was supposed to be part of loot from a sunken Spanish galleon, but antiquarians could find nothing in the art of the Orient, or Africa, or of Peru and Mexico to bear out this theory. Even the gold of which it was made was an alloy of a different type ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

... we were one. What alloy does gold make mixed with brass? We were that alloy. I was ...
— IT and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

... has been practised, and the substance produced used to a considerable degree in Paris. This has been to prepare iron in large plates, and other forms, so that it will not rust. This has been effected by coating it with an alloy of tin and much lead, so as to form an imitation of tin plate. Trials have been made, and proved favourable; it resists the action of certain fluids that would rapidly corrode iron alone; it can be prepared of any size, and at a low price. Its use in the manufacture of sugarpans and boilers, ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 379, Saturday, July 4, 1829. • Various

... replaced by a much narrower ring, sufficiently thick, however, to stand the usage of a lifetime. It is generally engraved on the concealed side with the initials of the giver and the date of the marriage. The gold in the ring should be as pure as possible, and the color, which depends on the alloy used, should be unobtrusive, the pale gold being better liked now than the red gold. Many women never remove their wedding ring after it has been put on and believe it is ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens


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