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Metaleptic. -- Met`a*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.

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

See Metallic. [Obs.]

In a metallic manner; by metallic means.

The production and working or manufacture of metals. [R.] R. Park.

Producing metals; yielding metals.

Having the form or structure of a metal.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties.

A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.

The act or process of metallizing. [R.]

To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. [R.]

A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.

The art or process of coloring metals.

A print made by metallography.

Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.

One who writes on the subject of metals.

The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.

Metalloid.

An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings.