ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
1. Combined or alloyed with mercury; covered with amalgam.
1827. Faraday, Chem. Manip., xvii. 427. The same amalgamated silk.
1849. Mrs. Somerville, Connex. Phys. Sc., § xxv. 271. Placing an amalgamated copper plate upon it.
2. fig. Combined, united into one body.
1796. Burke, Lett. Noble Ld., 55. Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
1864. Daily Tel., 11 Oct. The Birmingham branch of the Amalgamated Engineers.
1880. Adye, in 19th Cent., 703. Why not give promotion to the English officers in an amalgamated regimental list?
