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An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

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  • METALOGICAL
    Beyond the scope or province of logic.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
  • SILVERFIN
    A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
  • OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
    Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
  • ALLOYAGE
    The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
  • METALLIC
    Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic
  • SILVERIZE
    To cover with silver.
  • METALLIFORM
    Having the form or structure of a metal.
  • SILVER STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname alluding to its silver mines.
  • COPPER-FACED
    Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
  • COPPERWORM
    The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. The ringworm.
  • METALLIFACTURE
    The production and working or manufacture of metals. R. Park.
  • METALLOGRAPH
    A print made by metallography.
  • PROPORTION
    1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
  • METALLOPHONE
    An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars.
  • METALLICLY
    In a metallic manner; by metallic means.
  • METALLICAL
    See METALLIC
  • METALEPTIC
    Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis. 2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.
  • SILVER
    1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. Milton. Precious;
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • NOTOTHERIUM
    An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
    Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • ISOTHEROMBROSE
    A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • ISOTHERMAL
    Relating to equality of temperature. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. Isothermal line. An isotherm. A line drawn on a diagram
  • EEL-MOTHER
    The eelpout.
  • MISPROPORTION
    To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

 

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