Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Brass in sheets or broad thin plates.
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Examples
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After cooling, the bars are driven between immense rollers, to be formed into sheet-brass.
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An extremely useful counterpoise is a small sheet-brass cylinder about
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A concave disk of sheet-brass, made to conform to the shape of the bottom of the cell, with a narrow rim turned up all around, of about
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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I requested him to make a sheet-brass oil-cup and solder it to the base I had.
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I requested him to make a sheet-brass oil-cup and solder it to the base I had.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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They are simply hemispheres of sheet-brass, and fitted closely over the eyeballs, beneath the lids.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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I had thought that if we could find some sheet-brass, I could manage to make a pretty good crown, but there didn't seem to be anything of the kind in the place.
A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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