Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alloy consisting of a combination of nickel, zinc, and copper united in various proportions, often with antimony, iron, lead, tin, and silver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under
german .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a white
alloy ofcopper ,nickel andzinc , once used to make cheapcutlery etc
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Many of the alb-words are of course quite rare, or only in specialized* use, in English: albata ["white metal, German silver", SOED]; albugo ["=leucoma"; note Greek leukos, white]; albaspine ["whitethorn, hawthorn"]; and albite ["Min.
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Spanish also has albada, parallel to French aubade note aube, dawn and Italian albata.
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These were called Factiones, and each had its distinguishing colour: russata (red), albata (white), veneta (blue), prasina (green).
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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"My sister is not albata ware, -- that you hate, Mrs. Sheppard.
matthewsouther commented on the word albata
a white metallic alloy; German silver
June 14, 2009