These are the meanings of the letters OCL-LAY when you unscramble them.
- Alloy (v. t.)
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
- Alloy (v. t.)
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
- Alloy (v. t.)
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
- Alloy (v. t.)
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
- Alloy (v. t.)
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
- Alloy (v. t.)
To form a metallic compound.
- Alloy (v. t.)
To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
- Alloy (v. t.)
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
- Coaly (n.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
- Colly (n.)
A kind of dog. See Collie.
- Colly (n.)
The black grime or soot of coal.
- Colly (v. t.)
To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
- Local (a.)
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.
- Local (n.)
A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.
- Local (n.)
On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.
- Loyal (a.)
Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
- Loyal (a.)
True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.