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Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. Bacon.

ed vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.

A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.

ome to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon…

The state or quality of being sectile.

umina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. -- Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. -- Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. -- Slate ax or axe, a mattock with an ax…