Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alloy of about three parts of copper with two of zinc, to which a small amount of iron and tin is added.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made.
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- noun obsolete An
alloy ofcopper ,zinc ,tin , andiron , used in makingcannon .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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