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Admixture of metals; esp. admixture of a valuable with a less valuable metal; alloying. Also: a mixture of metals, a metallic compound. Cf. alloy, n.…
A metal alloyed with less valuable metal. Obsolete. rare.
Originally: †a mixture of a precious metal with one of lesser value (obsolete). Later: a metal made by intimately combining two or more metals or…