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orichalcum

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or⋅i⋅chal⋅cum

  [awr-i-kal-kuhm]
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–noun
a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
Origin:
1640–50; < L < Gk oreíchalkos lit., mountain-copper, equiv. to orei-, comb. form of óros mountain + chalkós copper
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