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An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.

• Yellowbird
  The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch.
• Coppered
  of Copper
• Yellowthroat
  Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.
• Imitational
  Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
• POUNDKEEPERPOUNDKEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• Metaleptic
  Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
• THREESCORE
  Thrice twenty; sixty.
• Metallograph
  A print made by metallography.
• Pounded
  of Pounce
• Resemble
  To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
• Threepenny
  Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
• Cheapness
  Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.
• Yellow-covered
  Covered or bound in yellow paper.
• Coppering
  of Copper
• Yellowtop
  A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
• THREECOAT
  Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
• Metaleptical
  Metaleptic.
• THREESIDED
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• Metallographic
  Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.

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