albata

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  1. An alloy consisting of a combination of nickel, zinc, and copper united in various proportions, often with antimony, iron, lead, tin, and silver. It is a white metal, resembling silver in appearance, and is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. Also called British plate and German silver. He was not the genuine article, but a substitute, a kind of albata. G. A. Sala, Baddington Peerage, II. 232.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin albata, feminine of albatus, clothed in white, made white, past participle of albare, make white, from albus, white.
 

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