pakfong

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

pakfong (countable and uncountable, plural pakfongs)

1. Archaic form of paktong.
   • 1824, Philosophical Magazine, page 128:

     Engestroem [...] says, in the Stockholm Transactions, "that the Chinese white copper or pakfong consists of copper, nickel zinc, in the proportions of 5 : 7 : 7." This pakfong bears a considerable price in China, [...]

   • 1855, American Journal of Dental Science, page 353:

     Dumas gives the following view of the compositions of different pakfongs.

References

• “pakfong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.