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Diluvium :: Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice..

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

Virgalieu :: Virgalieu (n.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne..

Melting :: Melting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mel.

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Molten :: Molten (a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image..

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

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.).

Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works..

Crackling :: Crackling (n.) Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting..

Colliquation :: Colliquation (n.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.

Colliquative :: Colliquative (a.) Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats..

Thawy :: Thawy (a.) Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

Cruset :: Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Melting :: Melting (n.) Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted..

Pot :: Pot (n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot..

Liquescent :: Liquescent (a.) Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.

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..

Fusion :: Fusion (v. t.) The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals..

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