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Definition of: orichalc
(ôr′i·kalk, or′-) noun
In ancient Greece, an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; brass. Also or′i·chalch. [<L orichalcum <Gk. oreichalkon, lit., mountain copper <oros, oreos a mountain + chalkos copper, brass]
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