[tahl-mee] 
| a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry. |
| Tal·mi gold (täl'mē) n. A composite metal made of gold and brass, used in making jewelry. [German Talmigold, partial translation of French Tal. mi-or, contraction of Tallois demi-or, Tallois half-gold : Tallois (after Tallois, 19th-century Parisian inventor) + demi-, demi- + or, gold.] |