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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.

Metalorganic.

Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.

Of or pertaining to metallurgy.

One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy.

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.

A worker in metals.

Beyond the scope or province of logic.