[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

german \ger"man\, a. l. germanus. see german, n.
   of or pertaining to germany.
   1913 webster

   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      proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag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      of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other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,
      1913 webster

   note: this line is german text.

   german tinder. see amadou.
      1913 webster
see also:
german german baptists dunker german bit german carp german millet 
setaria italica german paste german process german sarsaparilla german sausage 
german silver packfong german steel german text german tinder 
amadou 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dunker \dun"ker\, prop. n. g. tunken to dip.
   one of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
   are mainly those of the baptists, but partly those of the
   quakers; -- called also tunkers, dunkards, dippers,
   and, by themselves, brethren, and german baptists, and
   they call their denomination the church of the brethren.
   1913 webster

   note: the denomination was founded in germany in 1708, but
         after a few years the members emigrated to the united
         states; they were opposed to military service and
         taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion.
         1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

   seventh-day dunkers, a sect which separated from the
      dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. they keep the
      seventh day or saturday as the sabbath.
      1913 webster
see also:
tunkers dunkards dippers brethren german baptists seventh-day dunkers 

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