[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

metal \met"al\ ? or ?; 277, n. f. m'etal, l. metallum
   metal, mine, gr. ? mine; cf. gr. ? to search after. cf.
   mettle, medal.
   1. chem. an elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or
      copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than
      acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or
      metalloids. no sharp line can be drawn between the metals
      and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid
      and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
      1913 webster

   note: popularly, the name is applied to certain hard, fusible
         metals, as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc,
         nickel, etc., and also to the mixed metals, or metallic
         alloys, as brass, bronze, steel, bell metal, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
      --raymond.
      1913 webster

   3. a mine from which ores are taken. obs.
      1913 webster

            slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. --jer.
                                                  taylor.
      1913 webster

   4. the substance of which anything is made; material; hence,
      constitutional disposition; character; temper.
      1913 webster

            not till god make men of some other metal than
            earth.                                --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. courage; spirit; mettle. see mettle. --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: the allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword
         blade. --skeat.
         1913 webster

   6. the broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting
      railroads.
      1913 webster

   7. the effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel
      of war.
      1913 webster

   8. glass in a state of fusion. --knight.
      1913 webster

   9. pl. the rails of a railroad. eng.
      1913 webster

   base metal chem., any one of the metals, as iron, lead,
      etc., which are readily tarnished or oxidized, in contrast
      with the noble metals. in general, a metal of small value,
      as compared with gold or silver.

   fusible metal metal., a very fusible alloy, usually
      consisting of bismuth with lead, tin, or cadmium.

   heavy metals chem., the metallic elements not included in
      the groups of the alkalies, alkaline earths, or the
      earths; specifically, the heavy metals, as gold, mercury,
      platinum, lead, silver, etc.

   light metals chem., the metallic elements of the alkali
      and alkaline earth groups, as sodium, lithium, calcium,
      magnesium, etc.; also, sometimes, the metals of the
      earths, as aluminium.

   muntz metal, an alloy for sheathing and other purposes,
      consisting of about sixty per cent of copper, and forty of
      zinc. sometimes a little lead is added. it is named from
      the inventor.

   prince's metal old chem., an alloy resembling brass,
      consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; --
      also called prince rupert's metal.
      1913 webster
see also:
mettle medal base metal fusible metal heavy metals light metals 
muntz metal prince's metal prince rupert's metal 

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