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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. |
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The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver;
fineness. |
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A baser metal mixed with a finer. |
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Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts
from; as, no happiness is without alloy. |
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To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable
substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with
copper. |
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To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. |
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To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to
alloy pleasure with misfortunes. |
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To form a metallic compound. |
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