yellow copper

noun

brass

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nounyellow copper (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablebrass

    African peoples made a distinction between red copper, that is, copper in its pure form, bronze and yellow copper or brass.

    1981, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, Ancient Civilizations of Africa, Univ of California Press, page 614
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    [One Iroquois guide] also pointed to a dagger handle made of yellow copper which looked like gold and made signs that gold, copper, and silver could be found in the country all around Mount Royal.

    1984, Doreen Bethune-Johnson, Native People and Explorers of Canada, Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice-Hall Canada

    If he holds at the same time four Swords made of iron, lead, yellow copper and wood, he will have four sons given that the iron designates an intrepid son.

    year unknown, dar el fikr, Iben Sirin, دار الفكر, hadith, fikh, islamicbooks, تفسير الاحلام انكليزي The Voluminons Interpretation Of Dreams: Imam Mhammad Ben Sirin الامام محمد بن سيرين, Dar El Fikr for Printing publishing and distribution (S.A.L.) دار الفكر للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع ش.م.ل. بيروت - لبنان, page 243
  2. uncountablechalcopyrite
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