{"query": "Easton: Brass", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a229e6923dc6", "title": "Easton: Brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly copper (Deut. 8:9). It was used for fetters (Judg. 16:21; 2 Ki"}, {"id": "card_n_1e82be6143cd", "title": "Easton: Copper", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called “Cyprian brass,” occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered “brass,” "}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_179674", "title": "Diachrysia chrysitis — burnished brass", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "burnished brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) — a species. In the tree of life under Diachrysia. Also known as: burnished brass, burnished brass moth."}, {"id": "card_n_3559c5584a97", "title": "Easton: Steel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The “bow of steel” in (A.V.) 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34 is in the Revised Version “bow of brass” (Heb. kesheth-nehushah). In Jer. 15:12 the same word is used, and is also rendered in the Revis"}, {"id": "card_src_word_brass_section", "title": "brass section", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "brass section: (noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments — syn: brass"}, {"id": "card_src_word_admiralty_brass", "title": "admiralty brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "admiralty brass: (noun) alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark — syn: naval brass, Admiralty Metal, Tobin bronze"}, {"id": "card_src_word_naval_brass", "title": "naval brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "naval brass: (noun) alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark — syn: Admiralty brass, Admiralty Metal, Tobin bronze"}, {"id": "card_src_word_red_brass", "title": "red brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "red brass: (noun) brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry — syn: guinea gold"}, {"id": "card_src_word_brass_instrument", "title": "brass instrument", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "brass instrument: (noun) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece — syn: brass"}, {"id": "card_src_word_alpha_beta_brass", "title": "alpha-beta brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "alpha-beta brass: (noun) a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products — syn: Muntz metal, yellow metal"}, {"id": "card_src_word_high_brass", "title": "high brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "high brass: (noun) brass with 35% zinc"}, {"id": "card_src_word_low_brass", "title": "low brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "low brass: (noun) brass with 30% (or less) zinc"}, {"id": "card_src_word_bearing_brass", "title": "bearing brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "bearing brass: (noun) a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing"}, {"id": "card_src_word_brass_family", "title": "brass family", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "brass family: (noun) (music) the family of brass instruments"}, {"id": "card_src_word_brass_band", "title": "brass band", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "brass band: (noun) a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments"}, {"id": "card_src_word_brass", "title": "brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "brass: (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc · (noun) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece — syn"}, {"id": "card_src_word_alpha_brass", "title": "alpha brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "alpha brass: (noun) an alloy of brass and zinc; used mainly for cold working"}, {"id": "card_n_c3b802ab6b49", "title": "Easton: Shoe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, min’al, “a bar,” is derived from a root meaning “to bolt” or “shut fast,"}, {"id": "card_n_b7e0abd7a6e4", "title": "Easton: Amber", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by “polished brass,” others “fine brass,"}, {"id": "card_src_word_high_strength_brass", "title": "high-strength brass", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "high-strength brass: (noun) a brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it — syn: manganese bronze"}]}