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Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.

An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. [Written also toola metal.]

of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66º to 71º C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible.

To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.]

portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.

A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.

aryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.

To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.

chine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working)

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.

A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.