The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orichalch
Orichalch \Or"i*chalch\, n. [L. orichalcum, Gr. ?; 'o`ros, mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.] A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.
Wiktionary
orichalch
n. (alternative form of orichalcum English)
Usage examples of "orichalch".
Rains had left a stagnant scum in the orichalch basins, but the bronze statues from which water had once played were twists of verdigris which gave no hint of their former shapes.