Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alloy of about two parts of copper with one of tin, prepared in the process of making gun-metal.
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Examples
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Most makers either are or soon will be offering hard-metal studs with rubber wading soles.
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Most makers either are or soon will be offering hard-metal studs with rubber wading soles.
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I don't really like her hard-metal stuff, or when she doesn't brush her hair.
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Sporting hoods like a band of medieval hard-metal druids, they played music that was primal, visceral and atmospheric, its frequently spooky tone counteracted by piercing melodies and hard-rock just waiting to explode into looser, more hushed percussion phases.
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In either case, much damage would be done, as it is the hard-metal teeth type of rake, not a leaf rake with softer tines.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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Rather than resort to flashy instrumental breaks, they create rich, electric textures with Andy Summer's hard-metal guitar chords, Sting and guest artist Jean Roussel's synthesisers and Stewart Copeland's whipcrack drummings.
Ghost In The Machine 1981
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'Early results indicate this technology could improve the lifecycle cost model for machining in a "hard-metal" environment by reducing the required number of machines and associated plant infrastructure, or possibly increasing tool life beyond anything thought possible today.
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'Early results indicate this technology could improve the lifecycle cost model for machining in a "hard-metal" environment by reducing the required number of machines and associated plant infrastructure, or possibly increasing tool life beyond anything thought possible today.
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'Early results indicate this technology could improve the lifecycle cost model for machining in a "hard-metal" environment by reducing the required number of machines and associated plant infrastructure, or possibly increasing tool life beyond anything thought possible today.
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'Early results indicate this technology could improve the lifecycle cost model for machining in a "hard-metal" environment by reducing the required number of machines and associated plant infrastructure, or possibly increasing tool life beyond anything thought possible today.
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