occamy

English

Alternative forms

• ochimy
• ochymy

Etymology

A corruption of alchemy.

Noun

occamy (uncountable)

1. An alloy imitating gold or silver.
   • 1713 April 10, Richard Steele, The Guardian‎^[1], volume 1, number 26, page 150:

     The ten ſhillings, this thimble, and an occamy ſpoon from ſome poor ſinner, are all the atonement which is made for the body of ſin in London and Weſtminſter.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “occamy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)