orichalcum

[ awr-i-kal-kuhm ]

noun
  1. a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.

Origin of orichalcum

1
1640–50; <Latin <Greek oreíchalkos literally, mountain-copper, equivalent to orei-, combining form of óros mountain + chalkós copper

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