Kincob: alternatives and connections

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…

Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic…

An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon…

A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are…

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus…

Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.