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Definition of Green gold
1. Noun. A gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance.
Definition of Green gold
1. Noun. An alloy of gold and silver, used in some jewellery; electrum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Gold
Literary usage of Green gold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"Our way at length becomes a long vista of lemon-trees, forming overhead an arcade
of green, gold, and sunlight. Orange-trees BOSSUET. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"An alloy of ninety-nine gold and one aluminium is very hard, but malleable ; its
color is that of green gold. The alloy of ten aluminium is colorless, ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1808)
"... heightened with green gold. " The whole raises in the spectator the most lively
images of Glory and Victory, and cannot be beheld without much passion ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Plumage in general green-gold ; throat, neck, and wing-coverts marked with small
... Colour, entirely green-gold, except quill-feathers, which are blackish, ..."
5. Gold, Prices, and Wages Under the Greenback Standard by Wesley Clair Mitchell (1908)
"... January April July October Prices in Prices Prices in Prices Prices in Prices
Prices in Prices Green- Gold in Green- Gold in Green- Gold in Green- Gold ..."
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