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low brass

n. brass with 30% (or less) zinc

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Low brass

Low brass may refer to:

  • Low brass, a copper-zinc alloy
  • Low brass, a categorization of brass instruments
  • Shotgun shells using a short brass cup.

Usage examples of "low brass".

He could not remember it really from childhood, but it was pleasant with its dark papered walls and soft upholstered pieces and low brass lamps.

The floor was covered in Isfahan carpets, the furniture soft chairs around a cluster of low brass tables on filigree stands, Arab work.

There he lay, grabbing at the low brass railing, until, feeling a bit dazed and shaken, he made his way aft.

The promised meal waited on a low brass-topped table, and a flask of wine stood open beside the serving dishes.

David stood side by side with a night-rider at the bar, each with a foot on the low brass rail.

There were rugs and cushions scattered on the floor round a low brass coffee table, and underneath the great stern windows, a sleeping couch was freshly prepared.

The shorter man, who was sitting on the sofa, took the hood completely off his lantern, set it on the low brass table and looked at his watch: he said 'We cannot afford to miss Andreotti.

A tall samovar of burnished copper had been placed upon a low brass-topped table drawn before a sofa of blue brocade.

There was a divan, there were cushions, and a low brass table with vessels of silver containing dates and sweetmeats.

He found himself seized by Doc and bundled toward the low brass rail.

It was while Miss Teatime was delightedly savouring this combination that she noticed, propped casually against the low brass fender, a pair of well worn leather slippers.