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albata|ælˈbeɪtə|
[a. L. albāt-a fem. of albāt-us whitened, clothed in white.]
A metallic composition imitating silver; white metal, German silver.
1848Bachel. Albany 111 The argentine and the albata did their best to look silvery. 1861Sala Baddington Peer. II. 232 He was not the genuine article, but a substitute, a kind of albata, or Sheffield plate. |