"Metal" is a word in HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH
An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper,
whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as
contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be
drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of
both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to
metal a road.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting
railroads.
Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
The substance of which anything is made; material; hence,
constitutional disposition; character; temper.
Glass in a state of fusion.
A mine from which ores are taken.
The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel
of war.
metál - (Sp. metal) Metal.
The rails of a railroad.
Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
Read the complete definitionA small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
Read the complete definitionThe process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of …
Read the complete definitionA supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds …
Read the complete definitionLot. one who corrupts; one who seduces another man's wife. Adulter solidorur/i. A corruptor of metals; a counterfeiter. Calvin
Read the complete definitionA stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
Read the complete definitionThe rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
Read the complete definitionA refining of metals. Blount
Read the complete definitionIn commercial law. A term used to express the difference in point of value between metallic nnd paper money, or …
Read the complete definitionA kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
Read the complete definitionaláhas - (Sp. alhajas) Jewels, jewelry; adornments, trinkets, etc. made of the precious metals with or without stones.
Read the complete definitionA white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, …
Read the complete definitionAn imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for …
Read the complete definitionA mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort …
Read the complete definitionTo mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Read the complete definitionTo form a metallic compound.
Read the complete definitionA baser metal mixed with a finer.
Read the complete definitionAny combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of …
Read the complete definitionTo mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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