ALLOY', verb transitive [Latin alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.] 1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable; as, to alloy gold with silver, or silver with copper. 2. To mix metals. 3. To reduce or abate by mixture; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes. ALLOY', noun 1. A baser metal mixed with a finer. 2. The mixture of different metals; any metallic compound; this is its common signification in chimistry. 3. Evil mixed with good; as, no happiness is without alloy
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