AMALGAM

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 2

A combination of mercury with other metals. Medallists apply the term to soft alloys generally. AMALTH^'A. In Mythologj-. The name of a goat in Crete, alleged to have suckled Jupiter: or of the nymph who tended the goat. The cornu Aynalthcece, or horn of the goat in question, was the magic cornu copice, or horn of plenty. [s. 51]