Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also
aurichalcum ,orichalcum , etc.
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- noun Alternative form of
orichalcum .
Etymologies
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Compare French orichalque.
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Examples
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The first he saw was wrought in brass and orichalch of most exquisite workmanship: its inner cell measured three yards square and contained amiddlemost a golden image in size and stature like unto a man of wondrous beauty; and so cunning was the workmanship that the face seemed to fix its eyes, two immense rubies of enormous value, upon all beholders no matter where they stood. [
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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