Definition of metal

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Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper..

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Key-cold :: Key-cold (a.) Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
Pot :: Pot (n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..
Zinkenite :: Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead..
Reenter :: Reenter (v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing..
Metalliferous :: Metalliferous (a.) Producing metals; yielding metals.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..
Pyrrhotite :: Pyrrhotite (n.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites..
Flask :: Flask (n.) A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc..
Gad :: Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc..
Carbon :: Carbon (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or t
Clangorous :: Clangorous (a.) Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound..
Pyrites :: Pyrites (n.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color..
Davyum :: Davyum (n.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..
Veinstone :: Veinstone (n.) The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff..
Slag :: Slag (v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders..
Raised :: Raised (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..
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