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orichalcus

orichalcus [CL < ὀρείχαλκος] , copper alloy, brass, bronze; b (assoc. w. aurum. aurichalcum et ~um dicimus et hoc singulariter tantum Bede Orth. 9; tibiam ~o junctam J. Sal. Pol. 588D; 1427 duos cumulos ponderum de ~o MunAcOx 284.  b pedes auricalco clibani simillimos Aldh. Met. 2 p. 66; Bede Orth. 9; etc. (v. a supra); aurocalcum, groeni aar GlC A 957; quales res adduces nobis? [mercator] ‥ auricalcum [gl.: mæstlinge], aes et stagnum Ælf. Coll. 96; qui emere se putat aurum et emit auricalcum Neckam NR II 173; decoctores de facili in cupro et auricalco colorem et quasdam conditiones auri inducunt. convertitur namque artificio cuprum in auricalcum Ps.-Gros. Summa 641; operi est accipere unam laminam auricalci pollitam et planam Wallingf. Alb. 294; 1454 volo quod tumba mea sit facta de petra marmorea cum ymagine mea ‥ desuper impressat’ de auricalco Test. Ebor. II 200; candelabra duo argentea ‥ tertium ex aurichalco Ferr. Kinloss 30.

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