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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOM'BAC, n. A white allow of copper; a metallic composition made by mixing and fusing together a large quantity of zink with a smaller quantity of copper,with arsenic.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding [syn: tombac, tombak, tambac]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Dutch tombak, from Malay t?mbaga copper Date: 1602 an alloy essentially of copper and zinc and sometimes tin or arsenic that is used especially for cheap jewelry and gilding

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an alloy of copper and zinc used esp. as material for cheap jewellery. Etymology: F f. Malay tambaga copper

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tombac Tom"bac, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[=a]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[=a]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, or Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]