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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art of ornamenting a surface of one metal by inlaying with another.
  • noun An effect produced by repeatedly welding, drawing out, and doubling up a bar composed of a mixture of iron and steel, the surface of which is afterward treated with an acid.

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