ALLOY
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Al*loy", n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. See Alloy, v. t.] 1. Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
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2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
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3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.
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Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it.
Locke.
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4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. “Pure English without Latin alloy.” F. Harrison.
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Al*loy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alloyed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., and cf. Allay.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
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2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
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Al*loy", v. t. To form a metallic compound.
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Gold and iron alloy with ease.
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