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1. Abyssinian gold in Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1869
...a substitute for gold, of varying composition but typically consisting of an alloy of copper, zinc, and aluminium plated with gold; = talmi...
2. acetifier, n. View full entry 1853
...An apparatus in which acetous fermentation is carried out in the manufacture of vinegar....
3. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1876
...Metall. Designating a steel-making process involving refractories and slags rich in silica; relating to, involved in, or produced by such a process. Contrasted with basic2c. Now chiefly ...
4. acid test, n. View full entry 1759
...A chemical test involving reaction with an acid (occas., a test for an acid); spec. a test for gold or other precious metal using nitric acid....
5. acierate, v. View full entry 1867
...trans. To convert (iron) into steel....
6. Adansonia, n. View full entry 1887
...Chiefly Papermaking. The inner bark (bast) of the baobab tree Adansonia digitata, used as fibre for making packing paper. Now rare....
7. addition agent in addition, n. View full entry 1909
...(in electrodeposition) a substance which is added to an electrolyte, typically in small quantities, in order to modify the quality of the deposit, but which does not itself take part in the...
8. affine, v. View full entry ?1473
...trans. To refine (metal). Obs. (rare after 16th cent.)....
9. after-blow, n.2 View full entry 1879
...Esp. in the basic Bessemer process: continuation of the blow (blow4) for a short time after decarburization is complete, in order to dephosphorize the steel....
10. agalite, n. View full entry 1878
...A fine, fibrous variety of talc used esp. in the manufacture of paper....
11. aggregate, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...Metall. An alloy containing two or more different allotropes of a metal....
12. Aich's metal, n. View full entry 1861
...A hard alloy of copper, zinc, and iron, used (esp. formerly) in gun-making and marine engineering....
13. air-bloomery in air, n.1 View full entry 1825
...a primitive kind of smelting furnace consisting of a conical structure with openings at the top and bottom to allow the passage of air....
14. air-hardened in air, n.1 View full entry 1877
...(esp. of steel) allowed to harden in air; subjected to an air-hardening process....
15. air-hardening in air, n.1 View full entry 1901
...designating a substance which hardens on exposure to air, esp. steel which was cooled by a blast of air rather than by quenching during manufacture; relating to or characteristic of such a...
16. air bladder, n. View full entry 1803
...A cavity or vesicle in a solid substance, esp. cast metal or glass. Also: a manufactured article in the form of an air-filled bladder....
17. air hole, n. View full entry 1813
...Metall. A cavity in a metal casting, produced by the escape of air through the liquid metal. Now rare....
18. albata, n. View full entry 1833
...A metal alloy resembling silver in appearance and containing copper, nickel, and zinc; white metal, German silver....
19. alchemy, n. and adj. View full entry a1393
...A substance produced by alchemy (sense A. 1); spec. any of various metal alloys made in imitation of gold or resembling it in colour, as varieties of brass...
20. alchemy, v. View full entry 1615
...trans. To treat, produce, or transform by (or as if by) alchemy; (in early use) spec. †to plate or alloy with another metal (obs.). Now chiefly ...
