touch-needle
touch-needle noun: a small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
Noun
touch-needle (plural touch-needles)
- A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
touch-needle meaning in Tamil
touch-needle in Tamil
- கண்ணாணி
Forms of touch-needle
| plural | touch-needles |
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Questions about touch-needle
- What does touch-needle mean?
- Touch-needle means a small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for testing the purity of gold or silver articles by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
- What is touch-needle in Tamil?
- Touch-needle in Tamil is கண்ணாணி. See Touch-needle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is touch-needle?
- Touch-needle is a noun.
- What is the plural of touch-needle?
- The plural of touch-needle is touch-needles.
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