infusible
1 Americanadjective
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Origin of infusible1
First recorded in 1545–55; in- 3 + fusible
Origin of infusible2
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President Clinton is expected to soon sign a bill repealing the decades-old restrictions that have divided brokerage and banking into infusible industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
This mass is easily fusible when lead or borax is present in large proportions, more infusible or harder the more silica it contains, and very refractory if alumina is present in any quantity.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by George J. Cox
It is a white amorphous infusible powder, which when strongly heated in sulphuretted hydrogen, yields an oxysulphide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Refractory China clays should be replaced by more fusible clays or some reduction made in the amount of infusible materials.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by George J. Cox
Lime, magnesia, and barytes, are infusible, either when alone, or when combined together; but, especially lime, they assist the fusion of every other body.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
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