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The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.

An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.

The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.

"Giants of mighty bone." Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.

wrong to mind thee of it. Shak. Never mind, do not regard it; it is of no consequence; no matter.

To soil with mud or foul matter. Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak.

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W.

, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.

n, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter. Modes I call such complex ideas, which, however compounded, contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies on, or affections of, substances. Locke.

ted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.

he Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled.

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. Carpenter.

bling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison.

Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. Matters of great moment. Shak. It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley.