adjective
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of, resembling, or relating to metals
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containing metals or metal ions
Etymology
Origin of metalline
1425–75; late Middle English metalline < Medieval Latin metallīnus of metal. See metal, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Fourthly, That most kind of Vitrifications or Calcinations are made by Salts, uniting and incorporating with the metalline Particles.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Robert Hooke
The fundamental principle of alchemy was the natural process of development of metalline bodies.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper
This hinders the metalline particles from adhering perfectly, and makes mistakes in the trials.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
"Yet he has spelled chappelling, bordeller, medallist, metalline, metallist, metallize, clavellated, &c. with ll, contrary to his rule."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
My cheeks were of that metalline description that never knew a blush, before an audience of one or many.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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