britannia

Speech parts

1. britannia - Noun

2. Britannia - Proper noun

Meaning

A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

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Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. Thomas Campbell

So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. Joseph Addison

Anon Britannia droops the pensive head, While round increase the rising hills of dead. Ah! cruel blindness to Columbia's state! Lament thy thirst of boundless power too late. Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side. Phillis Wheatley

Britannia High is this new, edgy series which follows the lives of seven kids, their friendships, and the troubles they go through at stage school. Mitch Hewer

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia give the world repose. William Cowper

If Britannia ruled the waves, she did it with a shaky trident in the days before the submarine was overcome. David Lloyd George

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