1. alloy - Noun
2. alloy - Verb
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
To form a metallic compound.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBlessed loves! how happy they have made us on the earth; what will they be when they have deepened through ages, with no alloy of envy or suspicion or selfishness or sorrow? Randolph Sinks Foster
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery. Henry Bessemer
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Dan Gable
If you are wise, look after your house; love your wife without alloy. Egyptian Proverb
No joy without alloy. Spanish Proverb
There is no joy without alloy. Dutch Proverb