Definition for OR'I-CHALC, or OR-I-CHAL'CUM

OR'I-CHALC, or OR-I-CHAL'CUM, n. [L. orichalcum, mountain brass; Gr. ορος and χαλκος; or aurichalcum, gold-brass.]

A metallic substance resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; the brass of the ancients. Spenser. Encyc. Ure.

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