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Definition of Alloy
Al`loy´ | n. | 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 one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam. | | 2. | The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness. | | 3. | A baser metal mixed with a finer. | | 4. | Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. | | v. t. | 1. | To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper. | | 2. | To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. | | 3. | To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes. | | 1. | To form a metallic compound. |
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