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  • 1Alloy — Al*loy , n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. See {Alloy}, v. t.] 1. 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… …

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  • 2alloy — I. n. 1. Combination (of metals), metallic compound, amalgam (in case mercury is one metal), alloyage. 2. Baser metal (mixed with finer). 3. Baser element or ingredient (in anything), admixture, adulteration, deterioration, diminution, decrement …

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  • 3alloy — {{11}}alloy (n.) early 14c. relative freedom of a noble metal from alloy or other impurities, from Anglo Fr. alai, from O.Fr. aloi, from aloiier (see ALLOY (Cf. alloy) (v.)). Meaning base metal alloyed with a noble metal is from c.1400. Modern… …

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  • 4roll — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. move or go in some direction by turning over and over on an axis (the ball rolled under the table; a barrel started rolling). b tr. cause to do this (rolled the barrel into the cellar). 2 tr. make revolve between two surfaces …

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  • 5rolled gold — noun or rolled gold plate 1. : a base metal (as brass) with a thin plate of gold rolled over it 2. : a gold electroplate rolled or drawn out so that the gold becomes very thin * * * rolled gold noun Metal coated with gold rolled very thin • • •… …

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  • 6plug — pluggable, adj. pluggingly, adv. plugless, adj. pluglike, adj. /plug/, n., v., plugged, plugging. n. 1. a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge. 2. a core or interior segment taken …

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  • 7Muḥammad ibn Tughluq — born с 1290, Delhi, India died March 20, 1351, Sonda Second sultan (r. 1325–51) of the Tughluq dynasty, who briefly extended the rule of the Delhi sultanate of northern India over most of the subcontinent. He transferred the capital from Delhi to …

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  • 8Allay — Al*lay , v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Panacea —    , HYGEIA    The Roman god of medicine, Aesculapius, had seven daughters, among them Panacea and Hygeia, both of whose names have passed into common usage in English.    Panaceas s name means all healing. The Greek form of her name was Panakeia …

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  • 10rolled gold — noun gold in the form of a thin coating applied to a baser metal by rolling …

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