white metal
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- Any tin- or lead-based alloy (commonly used to make bearings, jewellery, toy soldiers, fusible plugs, some medals and metal type).
- Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK because it does not bear an Assay Office hallmark.
- Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy.
- Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.
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