一切經音義 60.264

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鍮石（上音偷埤倉云鍮石似金似而非金西戎蕃國藥鍊銅所成有二種鍮石善惡不等惡者挍白名為灰折善者挍黃名為金折亦名為金折亦名真鍮俗云不愽金是也）。

Brass stone [鍮石] (The first character has the sound tou. The Picang says: "Brass stone resembles gold, but is not gold. It is produced by refining copper with drugs in barbarian states of the Western Regions. There are two kinds of brass stone, uneven in quality: the inferior kind is comparatively whitish and called 'ash-smelted' [灰折]; the superior kind is comparatively yellowish and called 'gold-smelted' [金折], also called genuine brass; what vulgar usage calls 'non-fading gold' is this.")