(n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; - called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.
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