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alloyed, ppl. a.|əˈlɔɪd|
[f. alloy v. + -ed.]
1. Mixed with a baser metal, so as to be reduced in quality.
1691Locke Money Wks. 1727 II. 40 Fine Silver is usually dearer than so much Silver alloy'd. 1831Lardner Hydrost. viii. 164 Alloyed metals, or adulterated liquids.
2. Hence fig. Debased, deteriorated, through the admixture of something injurious.
1827Carlyle Richter, Misc. I. 15 This man, alloyed with imperfections as he may be, is consistent. 1869Lecky Europ. Mor. I. xi. 227 Pleasures so fleeting and so alloyed.
3. Combined so as to form a metallic compound.
1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 118 They always contain native iron alloyed with nickel. 1860Ure Dict. Arts I. 93 Copper alloyed with zinc forms brass. |