brass

brass is a Noun

Definition:

[1] An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

[2] A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

[3] Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9.

[4] Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]

[5] Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.

[6] A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

[7] Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.