| 单词 | gilding metal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgilding metal gilding metal n. a type of brass containing a high proportion of copper and having a reddish-brown or bronze-gold tint.Gilding metal typically contains at least 85% copper. ΚΠ 1827 Morning Chron. 27 Jan. A clerk named Hutchins..proved having sold to the prisoners, Walker, Buckley, and Andrews, between two and three tons weight of brass flatted to three different thicknesses, and gilding metal. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Gilding Metal, an alloy composed of 4 parts of copper, 1 part of Bristol old brass, and 14 ounces of tin, to every pound of copper. 1956 W. T. Amison Introd. Stud Welding i. 21 Brass is the name given to copper zinc alloys of approximately 55% to 80% copper, some alloys above this range being generally called gilding metals mainly because of their colour. 2014 Hastings & St. Leonards (E. Sussex) Observer (Nexis) 5 Dec. The teapot..was hand crafted in gilding metal, nylon and silver plate. < as lemmas |
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