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electrum
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Electron \E*lec"tron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'h`lektron. See Electric .] Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum . [archaic] (Physics & Chem.) one of the fundamental subatomic particles, having a negative charge and about one thousandth ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) amber. 2 An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver. 3 German silver plate.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an alloy of gold and silver
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver , with trace amounts of copper and other metals. It has also been produced artificially, and is often known as green gold . The ancient Greeks called it 'gold' or 'white gold', as opposed to 'refined ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"alloy of gold and up to 40% silver," late 14c. (in Old English elehtre ), from Latin electrum "alloy of gold and silver," also "amber" (see electric ). So called probably for its pale yellow color. "A word used by Greek and Latin authors in various meanings ...
Usage examples of electrum.
With a growing, grating roar, it canted over on the stony rubble and rattled out into the room: a black catafalque whose upthrust electrum arms held aloft a coffin and several scepters for a few impressive moments before toppling over on its side and crashing into and through the floor.
Electrum arms, smashed and twisted in the fall, melted as shattered scepters in their grasp died amid their own small and roiling magical blazes.
It was topped off by a generous ration of honey-blonde hair taken severely back and tied by a bootlace bow of electrum ribbon.
Her long rich hair was arranged atop her head in a simple but attractive coiffeur and held in place by a narrow tiara of electrum studded with jade.
We've won I know not how many jewels and oddments of gold and electrum in our adventurings -- and even letters of credit on the Guild of the Grain Merchants.
The road to White Down Rory ran up and down, through trees that parted occasionally to allow glimpses of rolling meadows and wooded slopes beyond and secret, misty dells threaded by streams glimmering like electrum.
The house, formerly a nameless bulk of shadow, ripened into warm russets and weathered sepias, its windows blazing with the sun's reflected glory like the dazzle of molten electrum.