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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALLOY'ING, ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign mixture.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alloy Al*loy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alloyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., and cf. Allay.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper. 2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. 3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.