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(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
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Artistic objects such as ornaments and sculpture.
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A soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
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carved and painted work in imitation of japanned ware
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A hard alloy of about four parts of copper to one of tin, used for making bells.
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An alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter.
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(transitive) To plate with bronze.
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A medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze, given as a prize for finishing in third place
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One who makes, collects, or deals in bronzes.
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Gunmetal; an alloy of copper and tin, used for journals, bearings, etc.
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(India, obsolete) Tin (the metal).
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An alloy of about 90% copper and 10% tin, from which cannon were manufactured.
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A person who makes ceramics, such as pottery.
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A person who makes ceramics objects; a potter.
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Obsolete spelling of cupel [A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.]
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Obsolete spelling of cupel [A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.]
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A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
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Inexpensive jewellery, made of glass and other non-precious materials.
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A solvent-based latex adhesive used for pasteups.
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Items designed to be bought as gifts
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Alternative form of gunmetal. [(historical) A type of bronze used for making cannons.]
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An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns.
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A hard, white, brittle alloy of two parts of copper with one of tin, used in the production of gunmetal.
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An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes formerly used for the bearings and packings of machinery.
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A style of Art Nouveau glassware and jewelry/jewellery; properly, that from the Lalique factory.
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A factory that processes lead (the metal).
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An alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships.
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Any wares made out of metal, such as pots and pans.
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An alloy of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium, formerly used by jewellers.
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(slang, derogatory) Any cheap metal alloy, often with zinc, that is easy to cast.
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An alloy of eight metals (gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, iron, and antimony or mercury), formerly used in India for making idols.
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An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
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The process by which grain is pearled.
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(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
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Obsolete form of pewter. [An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.]
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Precious metal, especially silver.
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Alternative form of plateresque [Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th-century Spain suggestive of silver plate.]
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(chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
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An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
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A kind of latten, thinner than black latten.
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A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.
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Alternative spelling of silver sheet [A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.]
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(uncountable, countable) Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
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Articles made from steel.
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Thin sheet lead, used in lining tea chests.
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(also attributively) An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
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Household items such as utensils, pots, and pans made from tin, generally before the development of metals with other benefits.
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(uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.
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Russian decorative niello work
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A metal alloy used in making types for traditional typefounding and mechanical typesetting. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper.
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(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
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A form of nonferrous scrap metal consisting mainly of aluminum, especially that which is left behind after an automobile is shredded and the iron and steel is removed.
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