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Fusion :: Fusion (v. t.) The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals..

Metallurgy :: Metallurgy (n.) The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores..

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles..

Tallow :: Tallow (n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting..

Wood''s Metal :: Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66? to 71? C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible..

Liquefy :: Liquefy (v. t.) To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat..

Ceromancy :: Ceromancy (n.) Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

Diluvium :: Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice..

Colliquate :: Colliquate (v. t. & i.) To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt.

Candlefish :: Candlefish (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it.

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works..

Lancet :: Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

Furnace :: Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc..

Smelter :: Smelter (n.) One who, or that which, smelts..

Smeltery :: Smeltery (n.) A house or place for smelting.

Distill :: Distill (v. t.) To dissolve or melt.

Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) The smelt.

Thaw :: Thaw (n.) The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed..

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