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bell-metal
ˈbell-ˌmetal The substance of which bells are made; an alloy of copper and tin, the tin being in larger proportion than in ordinary bronze. The proportions of the constituents vary within the limits of 31/4 and 4 of copper to 1 of tin: the former is suited for large bells, the latter for small house...
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Bell metal
Bell metal or bell bronze is an alloy used for making bells and related instruments, such as cymbals. It is a form of bronze with a higher tin content than most other bronzes, usually in approximately a 4:1 ratio of copper to tin (typically, 78% copper, 22% tin by mass). The higher tin content incre...
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Xorai
Hajo and Sarthebari are the most important centers of traditional bell-metal and brass crafts in Assam.
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bell-founder
bell-founder (ˈbɛlˌfaʊndə(r)) [f. bell n.1 + founder.] A founder, caster, or maker of bells. bell-founding, the art or process of founding or casting bells. bell-foundry, a place where bells are cast.1530 Palsgr. 197/2 Bell founder, fondevr de cloches. 1643 Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. x, Of bell-met...
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Khagra
It is renowned for its manufacture of bell-metal and brass utensils, as well as ivory and wood carving.
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sleigh-bell
sleigh-bell [sleigh n.] a. One of a number of small bells (see quot. 1859) attached to a sleigh or to the harness of a horse drawing it.c 1780 in Amer. Poems (1793) I. 208 Mind and have the sleigh-bells sent. 1849 Longfellow Kavanagh xxviii, The chiming sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as ...
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Panayannarkavu
Panayannarkavu is from Mannar, a village known for its bell-metal lamps and vessels.
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bronze
▪ I. bronze, n. (brɒnz) [a. F. bronze (16th c. in Littré), ad. It. bronzo ‘brass or bell-metal’ (Florio); whence also Sp. bronze, bronce. The origin of the It. is uncertain: Muratori, cited by Diez, thinks it formed from bruno ‘brown’, through an intermediate *brunizzo, *bruniccio:—late L. brunitius...
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gun-metal
ˈgun-metal 1. A bronze formerly much used for cannon; now, a common term for alloys of copper and tin (or zinc).1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §1 No person..should..conuey anie brasse..laten, bell metall, gun metall, ne shroffe metal into..partes beyonde the sea. 1693 T. Povey in Phil. Trans. XVII. 736...
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Pulluvan Paattu
musical instruments used by the Pulluvar are pulluvan veena (a one stringed violin), pulluvan kutam (earthenware pot with a string attached) and thaalam (bell-metal
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pot-metal
pot-metal (ˈpɒtˌmɛtəl) [f. pot n.1] 1. An alloy of lead and copper of which pots were formerly made.1693 Povey in Phil. Trans. XVII. 736 Bell-metal being Copper and Tin, Pot-metal Copper and Lead. About 20l. of Lead is usually put into 100l. of Pot-metal. 1832 Carlyle Remin. i. 38 Tinkers also, maki...
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Kondagaon
Some of the celebrated craftsmen of the bell-metal art forms are late Dr.
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polisher
polisher (ˈpɒlɪʃə(r)) [f. as prec. + -er1.] 1. One who polishes or produces a smooth and (usually) glossy surface on anything. Often in comb., as brass-polisher, shoe-polisher, silver-polisher, stone-polisher.1552 Huloet, Polisher of old wares to seme salable or new, interpolator. 1685 Boyle Effects...
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Nachiarkoil lamp
aware of using sheets to manufacture handicrafts, they adopted it to their own craftsmanship in which they were proficient, of using a moulding brass and bell-metal
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Rajendrapuram
Granite and laterite are quarried, red ochre is worked, and silk and cotton fabrics, bell-metal vessels and perfumes are among the principal manufactures
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