Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BULL'ION
BULL'ION, n. [Fr. billon, base coin.]
Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. The precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refilled, but in bars, ingots, or in any form uncoined, as in plate. – Encyc.
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