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Definition of Brass leaf

Brass leaf
Brass Brass, n.; pl. Brasses. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze.] 1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. 2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing. 3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. --Matt. x. 9. 4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.] 5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. --Hopkinson. 6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. 7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a translation for copper or some kind of bronze. Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry. Brass band (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc. Brass foil, Brass leaf, brass made into very thin sheets; -- called also Dutch gold.

Meaning of Brass leaf from wikipedia

- aluminium, br**** (sometimes called "Dutch metal" typically 85% Copper and 15% zinc) or palladium, sometimes also platinum. Vark is a type of silver leaf used...
- The Rebirth Br**** Band is a New Orleans br**** band. The group was founded in 1983 by Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier, his brother Keith Frazier, Kermit Ruffins...
- pavements below; 5 cast jesmonite birch leaf benches with hand sculpted solid br**** insects and painted br**** leaf veins. Bracknell is twinned with Leverkusen...
- of br****. The alloy typically consists of 85-88% copper and the remainder being zinc. It is also known by other names such as "Composition gold leaf",...
- The Br**** Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent br**** ****ings used during this time for such...
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- consists of a vertical metal rod, usually br****, from the end of which hang two parallel strips of thin flexible gold leaf. A disk or ball terminal is attached...
- usually made of wooden lacquerware, br**** or silverwares; and it consists of the combol (containers), bekas sirih (leaf container), kacip (press-knife to...
- Artist Larry Kirkland Year 1997 (1997) Type Sculpture Medium Aluminum, br**** leaf Location Portland, Oregon, United States Owner City of Portland and Multnomah...