flowered silver

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the appearance of stars and radiating lines on the surface of the alloy as it cools in the crucible.

Noun[edit]

flowered silver (uncountable)

(historical) The standard alloy of silver with copper and lead used in the ingot currency of Burma.

References[edit]

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “flowered silver”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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