单词 | jeweller's gold |
释义 | > as lemmasjeweller's gold jeweller's gold n. (also jewellers' gold) any of various alloys of gold, used for making jewellery and ornaments. ΚΠ 1773 Prudential Lovers II. xxiii. 41 After examining the Box, which he called Jewellers Gold, and making several hums and ha's, he said, the utmost he could lend was two guineas. 1844 T. Webster Encycl. Domest. Econ. vi. xvii. 313 With respect to many ornaments made..by jewellers without the proper stamp, and called gold, they contain only a portion of that precious metal, having as much alloy as the jewellers can possibly add without losing the appearance of gold; and jewellers' gold, as this is called, looks very well when new, but frequently soon tarnishes. 2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 26 Apr. The scrap gold is sent to a refinery to be melted back into fine gold bars or jewellers' gold to be reincarnated. < as lemmas |
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