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fluxing, vbl. n.|ˈflʌksɪŋ| [f. flux v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. flux in various senses.
1659Heylin Animadv. in Fuller's App. Inj. Innoc. (1840) 313 An ordinary purge being sufficient for the one, whereas the foul body of the other doth require a fluxing. a1734North Lives (1826) 353 A certain cure [for the mange]..was fluxing with mercury. 1777Watson in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 875 The roasting or fluxing of an ore. b. concr. = flux n. 11.
1880J. Lomas Alkali Trade 127 The amount of ‘fluxings’ should be kept as small as possible. 2. attrib. as fluxing-material; fluxing-bed, in the manufacture of soda, one of the two parts into which the sole of the furnace is divided.
1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 264 Other descriptions..do not contain an equal abundance of fluxing materials. |