MERCHANTABLE — METALLOIDAL

MERCHANTABLE — METALLOIDAL NWAD MERCHANTABLE.1

MERCHANTABLE, a. Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market or such as will bring the ordinary price; as merchantable wheat or timber. NWAD MERCHANTABLE.1

MERCHANTLIKE, a. Like a merchant. NWAD MERCHANTLIKE.1

MERCHANTMAN, n. A ship or vessel employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ship of war. NWAD MERCHANTMAN.1

MERCIABLE, a. Merciful. [Not in use.] NWAD MERCIABLE.1

MERCIFUL, a. [from mercy.] Having or exercising mercy; compassionate; tender; disposed to pity offenders and to forgive their offenses; unwilling to punish for injuries; applied appropriately to the Supreme being. NWAD MERCIFUL.1

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34:6. NWAD MERCIFUL.2

1. Compassionate; tender; unwilling to give pain; not cruel. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. NWAD MERCIFUL.3

MERCIFULLY, adv. With compassion or pity; tenderly; mildly. NWAD MERCIFULLY.1

MERCIFULNESS, n. Tenderness towards offenders; willingness to forbear punishment; readiness to forgive. NWAD MERCIFULNESS.1

MERCIFY, v.t. To pity. [Not in use.] NWAD MERCIFY.1

MERCILESS, a. Destitute of mercy; unfeeling; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel; as a merciless tyrant. NWAD MERCILESS.1

1. Not sparing; as the merciless waves or tempest. NWAD MERCILESS.2

MERCILESSLY, adv. In a manner void of mercy or pity; cruelly. NWAD MERCILESSLY.1

MERCILESSNESS, n. Want of mercy or pity. NWAD MERCILESSNESS.1

MERCURIAL, a. [L. mercurialis.] NWAD MERCURIAL.1

1. Formed under the influence of Mercury; active; sprightly; full of fire or vigor; as a mercurial youth; a mercurial nation. NWAD MERCURIAL.2

2. Pertaining to quicksilver; containing quicksilver, or consisting of mercury; as mercurial preparations or medicines. NWAD MERCURIAL.3

MERCURIALIST, n. One under the influence of Mercury, or one resembling Mercury in variety of character. NWAD MERCURIALIST.1

MERCURIATE, n. A combination of the oxyd of mercury with another substance. NWAD MERCURIATE.1

Mercuric acid, a saturated combination of mercury and oxygen. NWAD MERCURIATE.2

MERCURIFICATION, n. In metallurgic chimistry, the process or operation of obtaining the mercury from metallic minerals in its fluid form. NWAD MERCURIFICATION.1

1. The act of mixing with quicksilver. NWAD MERCURIFICATION.2

MERCURIFY, v.t. To obtain mercury from metallic minerals, which it is said may be done by a large lens, the intense heat of which expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterwards condensed. NWAD MERCURIFY.1

MERCURY, n. [L. Mercurius. In mythology, Mercury is the god of eloquence and of commerce, called by the Greeks Hermes, and his name is said to be formed from merces, or mercor. But in antiquity, there were several persons or deities of this name.] NWAD MERCURY.1

1. Quicksilver, a metal remarkable for its fusibility, which is so great that to fix or congeal it requires a degree of cold which is marked on Fahrenheit’s scale at thirty nine degrees below zero. Its specific gravity is greater than that of any other metal, except platina, gold and tungsten. Under a heat of 660 degrees, it rises in fumes and is gradually converted into a red oxyd. Mercury is used in barometers to ascertain the weight of the atmosphere, and in thermometers to determine the temperature of the air, for which purposes it is well adapted by its expansibility, and the extensive range between its freezing and boiling points. Preparations of this metal are among the most powerful poisons, and are extensively used as medicines. The preparation called calomel, is a most efficacious deobstruent. NWAD MERCURY.2

2. Heat of constitutional temperament; spirit; sprightly qualities. NWAD MERCURY.3

3. A genus of plants, the Mercurialis, of several species. NWAD MERCURY.4

4. One of the planets nearest the sun. It is 3224 miles in diameter, and revolves round the sun in about 88 days. Its mean distance from the sun is thirty seven millions of miles. NWAD MERCURY.5

5. The name of a newspaper or periodical publication, and in some places, the carrier of a newspaper or pamphlet. NWAD MERCURY.6

MERCURY, v.t. To wash with a preparation of mercury. NWAD MERCURY.7

MERCY, n. [L. misericordia.] NWAD MERCY.1

1. That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, and induces an injured person to forgive trespasses and injuries, and to forbear punishment, or inflict less than law or justice will warrant. In this sense, there is perhaps no word in our language precisely synonymous with mercy. That which comes nearest to it is grace. It implies benevolence, tenderness, mildness, pity or compassion, and clemency, but exercised only towards offenders. Mercy is a distinguishing attribute of the Supreme Being. NWAD MERCY.2

The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty. Numbers 14:18. NWAD MERCY.3

2. An act or exercise of mercy or favor. It is a mercy that they escaped. NWAD MERCY.4

I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies. Genesis 32:10. NWAD MERCY.5

3. Pity; compassion manifested towards a person in distress. NWAD MERCY.6

And he said, he that showed mercy on him. Luke 10:37. NWAD MERCY.7

4. Clemency and bounty. NWAD MERCY.8

Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy. Proverbs 20:28. NWAD MERCY.9

5. Charity, or the duties of charity and benevolence. NWAD MERCY.10

I will have mercy and not sacrifice. Matthew 9:13. NWAD MERCY.11

6. Grace; favor. 1 Corinthians 7:25; Jude 2. NWAD MERCY.12

7. Eternal life, the fruit of mercy. 2 Timothy 1:18. NWAD MERCY.13

8. Pardon. NWAD MERCY.14

I cry thee mercy with all my heart. NWAD MERCY.15

9. The act of sparing, or the forbearance of a violent act expected. The prisoner cried for mercy. NWAD MERCY.16

To be or to lie at the mercy of, to have no means of self-defense, but to be dependent for safety on the mercy or compassion of another, or in the power of that which is irresistible; as, to be at the mercy of a foe, or of the waves. NWAD MERCY.17

MERCY-SEAT, n. The propitiatory; the covering of the ark of the covenant among the Jews. This was of gold, and its ends were fixed to two cherubs, whose wings extended forward, and formed a kind of throne for the majesty of God, who is represented in Scripture as sitting between the cherubs. It was from this seat that God gave his oracles to Moses, or to the high priest who consulted him. NWAD MERCY-SEAT.1

MERD, n. [L. merda.] Ordure; dung. NWAD MERD.1

MERE, a. [L. merus.] This or that only; distinct from any thing else. NWAD MERE.1

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of a nation. NWAD MERE.2

What if the head, the eye or ear repin’d NWAD MERE.3

To serve mere engines to the ruling mind? NWAD MERE.4

1. Absolute; entire. NWAD MERE.5

MERE, n. [L. mare. See Moor.] A pool or lake. NWAD MERE.6

MERE, n. [Gr. to divide.] A boundary; used chiefly in the compound, mere-stone. NWAD MERE.7

MERE, v.t. To divide, limit or bound. NWAD MERE.8

MERELY, adv. Purely; only; solely; thus and no other way; for this and no other purpose. NWAD MERELY.1

Price not your life for other ends NWAD MERELY.2

Than merely to oblige your friends. NWAD MERELY.3

MERETRICIOUS, a. [L. meretricius, from meretrix, a prostitute.] NWAD MERETRICIOUS.1

1. Pertaining to prostitutes; such as in practiced by harlots; as meretricious arts. NWAD MERETRICIOUS.2

2. Alluring by false show; worn for disguise; having a gaudy but deceitful appearance; false; as meretricious dress or ornaments. NWAD MERETRICIOUS.3

MERETRICIOUSLY ,adv. In the manner of prostitutes; with deceitful enticements. NWAD MERETRICIOUSLY.1

MERETRICIOUSNESS, n. The arts of a prostitute; deceitful enticements. NWAD MERETRICIOUSNESS.1

MERGANSER, n. [L. mergo, to dive.] A water fowl of the genus Mergus; called also goosander. NWAD MERGANSER.1

MERGE, v.t. [L. mergo.] To immerse; to cause to be swallowed up. NWAD MERGE.1

The plaintiff became the purchaser and merged his term in the fee. NWAD MERGE.2

MERGE, v.i. To be sunk, swallowed or lost. NWAD MERGE.3

MERGER, n. [L. mergo, to merge.] In law, a merging or drowning of a less estate in a greater; as when a reversion in fee simple descends to or is purchased by a tenant of the same estate for years, the term for years is merged, lost, annihilated in the inheritance or fee simple estate. NWAD MERGER.1

MERIDIAN, n. [L. meridies.] NWAD MERIDIAN.1

1. In astronomy and geography, a great circle supposed to be drawn or to pass through the poles of the earth, and the zenith and nadir of any given place, intersecting the equator at right angles, and dividing the hemisphere into eastern and western. Every place on the globe has its meridian, and when the sun arrives at this circle, it is mid-day or noon. whence the name. This circle may be considered to be drawn on the surface of the earth, or it may be considered as a circle in the heavens coinciding with that on the earth. NWAD MERIDIAN.2

2. Mid-day, noon. NWAD MERIDIAN.3

3. The highest point; as the meridian of life; the meridian of power or of glory. NWAD MERIDIAN.4

4. The particular place or state, with regard to local circumstances or things that distinguish it from others. We say, a book is adapted to the meridian of France or Italy; a measure is adapted to the meridian of London or Washington. NWAD MERIDIAN.5

Magnetic meridian, a great circle, parallel with the direction of the magnetic needle, and passing through its poles. NWAD MERIDIAN.6

MERIDIAN, a. Being on the meridian or at mid-day. NWAD MERIDIAN.7

The sun sat high in his meridian tower. NWAD MERIDIAN.8

1. Pertaining to the meridian or to mid-day; as the sun’s meridian heat or splendor. NWAD MERIDIAN.9

2. Pertaining to the highest point; as, the hero enjoyed his meridian glory. NWAD MERIDIAN.10

3. Pertaining to the magnetic meridian. NWAD MERIDIAN.11

MERIDIONAL, a. Pertaining to the meridian. NWAD MERIDIONAL.1

1. Southern. NWAD MERIDIONAL.2

2. Southerly; having a southern aspect. NWAD MERIDIONAL.3

Meridional distance is the departure from the meridian, or easting or westing. NWAD MERIDIONAL.4

MERIDIONALITY, n. The state of being in the meridian. NWAD MERIDIONALITY.1

1. Position in the south; aspect towards the south. NWAD MERIDIONALITY.2

MERIDIONALLY, adv. In the direction of the meridian. NWAD MERIDIONALLY.1

MERIT, n. [L. meritum, from mereo, to earn or deserve.] NWAD MERIT.1

1. Desert; goodness or excellence which entitles one to honor or regard; worth; any performance or worth which claims regard or compensation; applied to morals, to excellence in writing, or to valuable services of any kind. Thus we speak of the inability of men to obtain salvation by their own merits. We speak of the merits of an author; the merits of a soldier, etc. NWAD MERIT.2

2. Value; excellence; applied to things; as the merits of an essay or poem; the merits of a pointing; the merits of a heroic achievement. NWAD MERIT.3

3. Reward deserved; that which is earned or merited. NWAD MERIT.4

Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth. NWAD MERIT.5

MERIT, v.t. [L. merito.] To deserve; to earn by active service, or by any valuable performance; to have a right to claim reward in money, regard, honor or happiness. Watts, by his writings, merited the gratitude of the whole christian world. The faithful laborer merits his wages. NWAD MERIT.6

A man at best is incapable of meriting any thing from God. NWAD MERIT.7

1. To deserve; to have a just title to. Fidelity merits and usually obtains confidence. NWAD MERIT.8

2. To deserve, in an ill sense; to have a just title to. Every violation of law merits punishment. Every sin merits God’s displeasure. NWAD MERIT.9

MERITABLE, a. Deserving of reward. [Not in use.] NWAD MERITABLE.1

MERITED, pp. Earned; deserved. NWAD MERITED.1

MERITING, ppr. Earning; deserving. NWAD MERITING.1

MERIT-MONGER, n. One who advocates the doctrine of human merit, as entitled to reward, or depends on merit for salvation. NWAD MERIT-MONGER.1

MERITORIOUS, a. Deserving of reward or of notice, regard, fame or happiness, or of that which shall be a suitable return for services or excellence of any kind. We applaud the meritorious services of the laborer, the soldier and the seaman. We admire the meritorious labors of a Watts, a Doddridge, a Carey and a Martyn. We rely for salvation on the meritorious obedience and sufferings of Christ. NWAD MERITORIOUS.1

MERITORIOUSLY, adv. In such a manner as to deserve reward. NWAD MERITORIOUSLY.1

MERITORIOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of deserving a reward or suitable return. NWAD MERITORIOUSNESS.1

MERITORY, a. Deserving of reward. [Not used.] NWAD MERITORY.1

MERLE, n. [L. merula.] A blackbird. NWAD MERLE.1

MERLIN, n. A species of hawk of the genus Falco. NWAD MERLIN.1

MERLON, n. In fortification, that part of a parapet which lies between two embrasures. NWAD MERLON.1

MERMAID, n. [L. mare, the sea, and maid.] A marine animal, said to resemble a woman in the upper parts of the body, and a fish in the lower part. The male is called the merman. NWAD MERMAID.1

MEROPS, n. A genus of birds called bee-eaters. NWAD MEROPS.1

MERRILY, adv. [from merry.] With mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. [See Mirth and Merry.] NWAD MERRILY.1

Merrily sing and sport and play. NWAD MERRILY.2

MERRIMAKE, n. [merry and make.] A meeting for mirth; a festival; mirth. NWAD MERRIMAKE.1

MERRIMAKE, v.i. To be merry or jovial; to feast. NWAD MERRIMAKE.2

MERRIMENT, n. Mirth; gayety with laughter or noise; noisy sports; hilarity; frolick. NWAD MERRIMENT.1

MERRINESS, n. Mirth; gayety with laughter. NWAD MERRINESS.1

MERRY, a. NWAD MERRY.1

1. Gay and noisy; jovial; exhilarated to laughter. NWAD MERRY.2

Man is the merriest species of the creation. NWAD MERRY.3

They drank and were merry with him. Genesis 43:34. NWAD MERRY.4

2. Causing laughter or mirth; as a merry jest. NWAD MERRY.5

3. Brisk; as a merry gale. [This is the primary sense of the word.] NWAD MERRY.6

4. Pleasant; agreeable; delightful. NWAD MERRY.7

To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judges 9:27. NWAD MERRY.8

MERRY-ANDREW, n. A buffoon; a zany; one whose business is to make sport for others. NWAD MERRY-ANDREW.1

MERRY-MAKING, a. Producing mirth. NWAD MERRY-MAKING.1

Mirth, music, merry-making melody NWAD MERRY-MAKING.2

Speed the light hours no more at Holyrood. NWAD MERRY-MAKING.3

MERRY-MEETING, n. A festival; a meeting for mirth. NWAD MERRY-MEETING.1

MERRY-THOUGHT, n. The forked bone of a fowl’s breast, which boys and girls break by pulling each one side; the longest part broken betokening priority of marriage. NWAD MERRY-THOUGHT.1

MERSION, n. [L. mersio, from mergo, to dive or sink.] NWAD MERSION.1

The act of sinking or plunging under water. But immersion is generally used. NWAD MERSION.2

MESARAIC, a. [Gr. middle, and intestines.] The same as mesenteric; pertaining to the mesentery. NWAD MESARAIC.1

MESEEMS, verb impersonal. [me and seems.] It seems to me. It is used also in the past tense, meseemed. NWAD MESEEMS.1

MESENTERIC, a. [See Mesentery.] Pertaining to the mesentery; as mesenteric glands or arteries. NWAD MESENTERIC.1

MESENTERY, n. [Gr. middle, and intestine.] A fatty membrane placed in the middle of the intestines, and to which they are attached. This prevents them from becoming entangled with each other by convolutions. It is formed by a duplicature of the peritoneum. NWAD MESENTERY.1

MESH, n. NWAD MESH.1

1. The opening or space between the threads of a net. NWAD MESH.2

2. The grains or wash of a brewery. NWAD MESH.3

MESH, n. NWAD MESH.4

1. The opening or space between the threads of a net. NWAD MESH.5

2. The grains or wash of a brewery. NWAD MESH.6

MESH, v.t. To catch in a net; to ensnare. NWAD MESH.7

MESHY, a. Formed like net-work; reticulated. NWAD MESHY.1

MESLIN, n. [L. miscellaneus, from misceo, to mix.] NWAD MESLIN.1

A mixture of different sorts of grain; in America, a mixture of wheat and rye. NWAD MESLIN.2

MESNE, a. meen. In law, middle; intervening; as a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person. In this case, he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and called the mesne lord. NWAD MESNE.1

Mesne process, that part of the proceedings in a suit which intervenes between the original process or writ and the final issue, and which issues, pending the suit, on some collateral matter; and sometimes it is understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. NWAD MESNE.2

Mesne profits, the profits of an estate which accrue to a tenant in possession, after the demise of the lessor. NWAD MESNE.3

MESOCOLON, n. [Gr. middle, and colon.] NWAD MESOCOLON.1

In anatomy, that part of the mesentery, which, having reached the extremity of the ileum, contracts and changes its name, or that part of the mesentery to which the colon is attached. NWAD MESOCOLON.2

MESOLEUCYS, n. [Gr. middle, and white.] NWAD MESOLEUCYS.1

A precious stone with a streak of white in the middle. NWAD MESOLEUCYS.2

MESOLITE, n. A mineral of the zeolite family. NWAD MESOLITE.1

MESOLOGARITHM, n. [Gr. middle, and logarithm.] NWAD MESOLOGARITHM.1

A logarithm of the co-sines and co-tangents. NWAD MESOLOGARITHM.2

The former is called by Napier an antilogarithm, the latter a differential. NWAD MESOLOGARITHM.3

MESOMELAS, n. [Gr. middle, and black.] A precious stone with a black vein parting every color in the midst. NWAD MESOMELAS.1

MESOTYPE, n. [Gr. middle, and form, type.] Prismatic zeolite; a mineral divided into three subspecies, fibrous zeolite, natrolite, and mealy zeolite. This is said by some writers to be so named from its property, when transparent, of doubling images. Others say it is a mean form between stilbite and analcime. NWAD MESOTYPE.1

MESPRISE, n. Contempt; a French word. [Not in use.] NWAD MESPRISE.1

MESS, n. [L. mensa.] NWAD MESS.1

1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a mess of pottage; a mess of herbs; a mess of broth. NWAD MESS.2

2. A medley; a mixed mass; a quantity. NWAD MESS.3

3. As much provender or grain as is given to a beast at once. NWAD MESS.4

4. A number of persons who eat together; among seamen and soldiers. NWAD MESS.5

MESS, v.i. To eat; to feed. NWAD MESS.6

1. To associate at the same table; to eat in company, as seamen. NWAD MESS.7

MESS, v.t. To supply with a mess. NWAD MESS.8

MESSAGE, n. [L. missus, mitto, to send.] NWAD MESSAGE.1

1. Any notice, word or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. We send a servant with a verbal or written message. NWAD MESSAGE.2

The welcome message made, was soon received. NWAD MESSAGE.3

2. An official written communication of facts or opinions sent by a chief magistrate to the two houses of a legislature or other deliberative body. Congress receives a message from the President of the United States at the opening of the session. The Governors of some of the states communicate to the legislature by message, others by address. NWAD MESSAGE.4

3. An official verbal communication from one branch of a legislature to the other. NWAD MESSAGE.5

MESSAGER, MESSENGER, n. NWAD MESSAGER.1

1. One who bears a message or an errand; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice or invitation from one person to another, or to a public body; one who conveys dispatches from one prince or court to another. NWAD MESSAGER.2

2. A harbinger; a forerunner; he or that which foreshows. NWAD MESSAGER.3

You gray lines NWAD MESSAGER.4

That fret the clouds, are messengers of day. NWAD MESSAGER.5

MESSIAH, a. [Heb. anointed.] Christ, the anointed; the Savior of the world. NWAD MESSIAH.1

I know that when Messiah cometh, who is called Christ, he will tell us all things. Jesus answered her, I that speak to thee am he. John 4:26. NWAD MESSIAH.2

MESSIAHSHIP, n. The character, state or office of the Savior. NWAD MESSIAHSHIP.1

Josephus--whose prejudices were against the Messiahship and religion of Jesus. NWAD MESSIAHSHIP.2

MESSIEURS, n. [plu. of monsieur, my lord.] Sirs; gentlemen. NWAD MESSIEURS.1

MESS-MATE, n. An associate in eating; one who eats ordinarily at the same table. NWAD MESS-MATE.1

MESSUAGE, n. In law, a dwelling house and adjoining land, appropriated to the use of the household, including the adjacent buildings. NWAD MESSUAGE.1

MET, pret. and pp. of meet. NWAD MET.1

METABASIS, n. [Gr. from beyond, and to go.] In rhetoric, transition; a passing from one thing to another. NWAD METABASIS.1

METABOLA, n. [Gr. beyond, and a casting.] In medicine, a change of air, time or disease. [Little used.] NWAD METABOLA.1

METACARPAL, a. [from metacarpus.] Belonging to the metacarpus. NWAD METACARPAL.1

METACARPUS, n. [Gr. beyond, and the wrist.] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers. NWAD METACARPUS.1

METACHRONISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and time.] An error in chronology, by placing an event after its real time. NWAD METACHRONISM.1

METAGE, n. [from mete.] Measurement of coal; price of measuring. NWAD METAGE.1

METAGRAMMATISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and a letter.] NWAD METAGRAMMATISM.1

Anagrammatism, or metagrammatism, is a transposition of the letters of a name into such a connection as to express some perfect sense applicable to the person named. NWAD METAGRAMMATISM.2

METAL, n. met’l. [L. metallum.] A simple, fixed, shining, opake body or substance, insoluble in water, fusible by heat, a good conductor of heat and electricity, capable when in the state of an oxyd, of uniting with acids and forming with them metallic salts. Many of the metals also malleable or extensible by the hammer, and some of them extremely ductile. Metals are mostly fossil, sometimes found native or pure, but more generally combined with other matter. Some metals are more malleable than others, and this circumstance gave rise to the distinction of metals and semi-metals; a distinction little regarded at the present day. Recent discoveries have enlarged the list of the metals, and the whole number now recognized is thirty, exclusive of those which have been recently discovered, as the bases of the earths and alkalies. Twelve of these are malleable, viz. platina, gold, silver, mercury, lead, copper, tin, iron, zink, palladium, nickel, and cadmium. The following sixteen are not sufficiently tenacious to bear extension by beating, viz. arsenic, antimony, bismuth, cobalt, manganese, tellurium, titanium, columbium, molybden, tungsten, chrome, osmium, iridium, rhodium, uranium, and cerium. NWAD METAL.1

To these may be added potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, calcium, and lithium. NWAD METAL.2

The following have not been exhibited in a separate form; magnesium, glucinum, yttrium, aluminum, thorinum, zirconium, and silicium. NWAD METAL.3

1. Courage; spirit; so written by mistake for mettle. NWAD METAL.4

METALEPSIS, n. [Gr. participation; beyond, and to take.] NWAD METALEPSIS.1

In rhetoric, the continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word, so that several gradations or intervening senses come between the word expressed and the thing intended by it; as “in one Caesar there are many Mariuses.” Here Marius, by a synecdoche or antonomasy, is put for any ambitious, turbulent man, and this, by a metonymy of the cause, for the ill effects of such a temper to the public. NWAD METALEPSIS.2

METALEPTIC, a. Pertaining to a metalepsis or participation; translative. NWAD METALEPTIC.1

1. Transverse; as the metaleptic motion of a muscle. NWAD METALEPTIC.2

METALEPTICALLY, adv. By transposition. NWAD METALEPTICALLY.1

METALLIC, a. [L. metallicus.] Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of the nature of metals; like a metal; as a metallic substance; metallic ore; metallic brightness. NWAD METALLIC.1

METALLIFEROUS, a. [L. metallum, metal, and fero, to produce.] NWAD METALLIFEROUS.1

Producing metals. NWAD METALLIFEROUS.2

METALLIFORM, a. Having the form of metals; like metal. NWAD METALLIFORM.1

METALLINE, a. Pertaining to a metal; consisting of metal. NWAD METALLINE.1

1. Impregnated with metal; as metalline water. NWAD METALLINE.2

METALLIST, n. A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. NWAD METALLIST.1

METALLIZATION, n. The act or process of forming into a metal; the operation which gives to a substance its proper metallic properties. NWAD METALLIZATION.1