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an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.

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  • ARSENIDE
    A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
  • COPPER-FACED
    Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
  • COPPERWORM
    The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. The ringworm.
  • COPPER-FASTENED
    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
  • COPPER WORKS
    A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.
  • COPPERISH
    Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.
  • COPPERHEAD
    A poisonous American serpent , closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper. 2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
  • SUPERIORLY
    In a superior position or manner.
  • SUPERIORITY
    The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preƫminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
  • COPPERPLATE
    A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. An impression on paper taken from such a plate. Note: In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper
  • COPPERAS
    Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
  • COPPER-BOTTOMED
    Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
  • COPPERY
    Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.
  • SUPERIORESS
    A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
  • COPPER-NICKEL
    Nicolite.
  • COPPERING
    1. The act of covering with copper. 2. An envelope or covering of copper.
  • COPPERSMITH
    One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.
  • COPPER-NOSE
    A red nose. Shak.
  • COPPER
    the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers. Note: Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc. All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge.
  • SUPERIOR
    1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater
  • CHESSY COPPER
    The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

 

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