German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See German, n.]
   Of or
         pertaining to Germany.
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   {German
         Baptists}. See Dunker.

   German bit,
         a wood-boring
         tool, having a long elliptical
      pod and a scew
         point.

   German
         carp (Zool.), the crucian carp.

  
         German millet
         (Bot.), a kind of millet ({Setaria
         Italica},
      var.), whose seed is sometimes used for
         food.

   German
         paste, a prepared food for caged
         birds.

   German
         process (Metal.), the process of
         reducing copper ore
      in a blast furnace, after
         roasting, if necessary.
      --Raymond.

   {German
         sarsaparilla}, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract.
     
         

   German
         sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat
         partly
      cooked.

   German silver (Chem.), a
         silver-white alloy, hard and
      tough, but malleable and
         ductile, and quite permanent in
      the air. It contains
         nickel, copper, and zinc in varying
      proportions, and
         was originally made from old copper slag
      at
         Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to
   
           make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical
  
            with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly
         much

              used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases,
         bearings
      of machinery, etc., but is now largely
         superseded by other
      white alloys.

   {German
         steel} (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a
     
         forge, with charcoal for fuel.

   German text (Typog.),
         a character resembling modern German
      type, used in
         English printing for ornamental headings,
      etc., as in
         the words,
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   Note: This line is
         German Text.

   German tinder. See Amadou.
     
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