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Precious metals
(gcide) | Precious \Pre"cious\, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F.
pr['e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value.
See Price.]
1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The
precious bane." --Milton.
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2. Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed;
dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
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She is more precious than rules. --Prov. iii.
15.
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Many things which are most precious are neglected
only because the value of them lieth hid. --Hooker.
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Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal.
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3. Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf.
Pr['e]cieuse, Preciosity.
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Lest that precious folk be with me wroth. --Chaucer.
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Elaborate embroidery of precious language.
--Saintsbury.
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Precious metals, the uncommon and highly valuable metals,
esp. gold and silver.
Precious stones, gems; jewels.
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