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Definition of Alloyed

1. Adjective. (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element.

Definition of Alloyed

1. Adjective. mixed. ¹

2. Verb. (past of alloy) ¹

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Definition of Alloyed

1. alloy [v] - See also: alloy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alloyed

Literary usage of Alloyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"alloyed REPRESENTATION : ITS GENESIS. Alloy introduces Unpoetic Elements into Verse—All Classic Representation Pure—Tendencies in Poetic Composition leading ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"Tin, alloyed with lead. Tin, alloyed with silver and mercury. ... Nickel, alloyed with copper. Nickel plating on iron, steel and brass. ..."

3. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1799)
"... offne or I alloyed Gold, -with one twenty-fourth Part of Tin. ... I therefore alloyed i gros 24 grains of tin taken from the ingot deprived of ..."

4. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"Gold alloyed with iron forms pale gray masses, brittle and somewhat magnetic. ... Both metals are very soft and ductile, but when alloyed they ..."

5. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1905)
"MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF STEEL alloyed WITH OTHER METALS. BY WILLIAM M. SWEET, MD PHILADELPHIA, PA. Considerable attention has been given in recent years to ..."

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