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Button :: Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door..

Frontal :: Frontal (n.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies..

Metallic :: Metallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy..

Almond Furnace :: Almond furnace () A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers..

Forging :: Forging (n.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.

Teem :: Teem (v. t.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal..

Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..

Semiprecious :: Semiprecious (a.) Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals..

Scoria :: Scoria (n.) The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross..

Nonmetallic :: Nonmetallic (a.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element..

Boot :: Boot (n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Infilm :: Infilm (v. t.) To cover with a film; to coat thinly; as, to infilm one metal with another in the process of gilding; to infilm the glass of a mirror..

Rowlock :: Rowlock (n.) A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal..

Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..

Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them..

Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below..

Slag :: Slag (v. t.) The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders..

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