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☆ Babbitt metal

a soft white metal of tin, lead, copper, and antimony in various proportions, used to reduce friction as in bearings

Etymology: after Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862), U.S. inventor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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