tombac

1. n. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. Source: opted

2. n. an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding Source: wordnet

3. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.] TOM ' BEDLAM Tom o' Bed"lam. Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite. Source: webster

4. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containingabout 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass.It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves issometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes whitetombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.] Source: adambom

5. n an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding Source: ecdict

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