orichalk

She was still dazed, but when I gave her an orichalk she threw it down and spat at it.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

Agia smiled at that, but I called the scullion again and gave her an orichalk to bring a folding screen.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

The coin was a gold chrisos, and I closed my hand once more, fearing that I had only mistaken a brass orichalk, and waited until I found my courage again.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

It was larger than an orichalk, but not by much, and only a trifle thicker.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

The money in the hat is a sure thing - by the close of the first act I can predict to an orichalk how much it will be.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

Floor and walls and window frames were of the branches of the yellow tree; branches not planed to boards but left in the round so that I could, in places, see sunlight through the walls, and if I had dropped a worn orichalk, it would very likely have come to rest on the ground below.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

Perhaps we can agree upon an orichalk as a token payment? "

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987