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Definition of Oreide
1. Noun. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry.
Definition of Oreide
1. n. See Oroide.
Definition of Oreide
1. Noun. (alternative form of oroide) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oreide
1. oroide [n -S] - See also: oroide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreide
Literary usage of Oreide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mixed Metals: Or, Metallic Alloys by Arthur Horseman Hiorns (1890)
"French oreide— Copper . . 90 85 •5 . 8275 Zinc . . 10 14-5 16-40 Tin . ...
According to an old recipe oreide is prepared in the following manner: " Melt 100 ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"Castings made of oreide are cleansed with an ordinary pickle of sulphuric acid
and water to ... The manufacture of oreide has been recently commenced at ..."
3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, William Ripley Nichols, Charles Robert Cross (1858)
"Castings made of oreide are cleansed with an ordinary pickle of sulphuric acid
... The manufacture of oreide has been recently commenced at Waterbury, Conn. ..."
4. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Brass Common Brass Wire Masonic Gold Common High Muntz Metal Bath Metal Brazing
Solder Strong Brass Solder leaded oreide Wire Watch Brass Swivel Connection ..."
5. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1862)
"Mr. Seely exhibited a specimen of the oreide from which cheap jewelry is now made
in large quantities: It consists merely of a brass in which the zinc and ..."
6. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1867)
"The oreide has a fine grain, malleable, takes a most brilliant polish, and has
it; complexion restored by the use of acidulated water. ORICHALCUM. ..."
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