Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Brass, silver, or gold foil or wire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.
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- noun Thin
wire orfoil made ofbrass ,gold orsilver ; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.
Etymologies
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From Italian lametta, diminutive of lama ‘metal plate’.
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