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Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.

Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..

Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

Billet :: Billet (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron..

Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat..

Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..

Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Tetrahedrite :: Tetrahedrite (n.) A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase..

Nail :: Nail (n.) A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them..

Pelopium :: Pelopium (n.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium..

Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..

Alembic :: Alembic (n.) An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still..

Rabbler :: Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

Metallized :: Metallized (imp. & p. p.) of Metalliz.

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action..

Drawbench :: Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc..

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