| 单词 | queen's metal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen's metal queen's metal n. now rare any of several alloys of tin and antimony with other metals, resembling Britannia metal and formerly used for tableware, teapots, etc.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin steel1662 potin1741 queen's metal1785 tutania1790 Britannia metal1800 babbitt metal1850 babbitt1866 zircaloy1953 1785 Daily Universal Reg. 28 June 4/4 Queen's Metal Spoons being the best substitute for Silver Spoons for hardness and durability. 1804 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. §2026 How hard to describe that sort of Queen's metal plating, which the Moonlight forms on the bottle-green sea. 1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. 930 Another alloy, which is intermediate in properties between pewter and Britannia metal, is called Queen's metal. 1969 E. N. Simons Dict. Alloys 135 Queen's metal..is in effect a type of Britannia metal not now greatly used, if at all. < as lemmas |
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