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▪ I. metally, a.|ˈmɛtəlɪ|
[f. metal n. + -y1.]
1. Metallic, metalline. Obs. exc. poet.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P. R. vi. xxi. (1495) 210 Metally water [L. aqua metallina] folowyth the doynge of & kinde of metall. 1559Morwyng Evonym. 61 Certaine metallye thynges as requyre to be destilled with a greate and continuall fyre. 1898G. Meredith Empty Purse in Poems II. 202, I can hear a faint crow Of the cock..As down the new shafting of mines, A cry of the metally gnome.
2. dial. Mixed with shale (see E.D.D.).
▪ II. ˈmetally, adv. Obs. rare.
[f. metal n. + -ly2.]
With a metallic sound or ring.
1661Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will & Test. 3 A Fift-Monarchy-Man I was cordially, whose Spirits now when I am dying sound in mine ears mettally stirring. |