paktong
/ˌpakˈtɒŋ/(also placfont)
noun
A silver-coloured cupro-nickel alloy, either the Chinese alloy paitung, or a European imitation of this, used especially in the manufacture of 18th-cent. fireplace furniture.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Annual Register. From Chinese (Cantonese)baahk tùhng (Meyer-Wempe transcription paâk t'ūng) white copper from baahk white + tùhng copper.
- painter-like
- painterliness
- painterly
- painter's brush
- painters' brush
- painter's colic
- painters' colic
- painter's mussel
- painters' mussel
- painter-stainer
- paint film
- paint frame
- paint gun
- pain threshold
- paint-in
- paintiness
- painting
- painting cloth
- paintingness
- paint job
- paint kettle
- paintless
- paint mark
- paint mill
- paint mixer