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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alloy
▶noun /ˈalɔɪ/ a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

■ an inferior metal mixed with a precious one.

▶verb /əˈlɔɪ/ mix (metals) to make an alloy.
– origin C16: from OFr. aloi (n.) and Fr. aloyer (v.), both from OFr. aloier, aleier ‘combine’, from L. alligare ‘bind’.



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