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bullion 1. gold or silver in mass 2. gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots, suitable for further processing 3. a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms bullion [′bu̇l·yən] (metallurgy) Gold or silver in bulk in the shape of bars or ingots. (mining engineering) A concretion found in some types of coal, composed of carbonate or silica stained by brown humic derivatives; often well-preserved plant structures form the nuclei. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But by far the greater part of the silver consisted of bullion from the mines of South America, which the English buccaneers--who were little better than pirates--had taken from the Spaniards and brought to Massachusetts. He is all agleam with bullion, a blue-and-gold edition of the Poetry of War. Until she could find another bank there was nothing to do but sew them up in her clothes, and so Marija went about for a week or more, loaded down with bullion, and afraid to cross the street in front of the house, because Jurgis told her she would sink out of sight in the mud. |
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