albata

/ ælˈbeɪtə /

noun

1. a variety of German silver consisting of nickel, copper, and zinc

Word History and Origins

Origin of albata¹

C19: from Latin, literally: clothed in white, from albus white

Example Sentences

Albata, al-bā′ta, n. a white silvery alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper—also British plate and German Silver.

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If not silver, then not albata.

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My sister is not albata ware,—that you hate, Mrs. Sheppard.

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Came home with a wagon-load of things—four albata tea-pots without lids or handles; two posts of a bedstead and three slats; a couple of churns and fourteen second-hand sun-bonnets, and more mournful refuse like that.

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We are no more disposed to call ourselves Liberals or Conservatives and to be stirred to party passion at the clash of these names, than we are to fight again the battles of the Factio Albata or the Factio Prasina.

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