ALLOY

n. ’. From Fr., aloi (= à loi, according to law, i, e., according to a standard of purity in metals to be coined). [A, 302.) Lat., alligatio. Fr., alliage. Ger., Ver misc hung. It., leg a. Sp., aleacién. À compound of two or more metals. [L, 52, 56. 111.] Cf, AMALGAM.—! ible a. À term denoting an alloy whis melts at low temperatures, and into the composition of which mercury enters.