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Smelting :: Smelting () a. & n. from Smelt.

Smelt :: Smelt (n.) A gull; a simpleton.

Shadrach :: Shadrach (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.).

Regulus :: Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores..

Sparling :: Sparling (n.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Smelt :: Smelt () of Smel.

Atherine :: Atherine (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides..

Smelt :: Smelt (v. i.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin..

Silversides :: Silversides (n.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker..

Crop :: Crop (n.) Tin ore prepared for smelting.

Dross :: Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement..

Tutty :: Tutty (n.) A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of zinc, and consisting of a crude zinc oxide..

Smeltery :: Smeltery (n.) A house or place for smelting.

Founding :: Founding (n.) The art of smelting and casting metals.

Kish :: Kish (n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Foge :: Foge (n.) The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin.

Smelter :: Smelter (n.) One who, or that which, smelts..

Smelted :: Smelted (imp. & p. p.) of Smel.

Smelting :: Smelting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smel.

Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..

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