metallicadj.n.

Brit.

/mᵻˈtalɪk/, U.S.

/məˈtælɪk/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s– metallic, 1500s metallike, 1500s metallycke, 1500s–1600s metallique, 1500s–1800s metallick, 1600s metalique, 1600s–1700s metalick, 1600s–1800s metalic; also Scottish pre-1700 metallick, pre-1700 metallik, pre-1700 mettallick, pre-1700 mettallik, pre-1700 mettallyke.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metallicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin metallicus of or relating to metal, of or relating to mines < ancient Greek μεταλλικός of or relating to mines, in Hellenistic Greek also of or relating to metal < μέταλλον metal n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French métallique (c1500; the use as noun seems not to be paralleled in French). Compare metally adj. and metalline adj.

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to metal; containing a metal or metals; of the nature of or having the properties of a metal.

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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > [adjective]

metallic?a1425

monometallic1905

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective]

metallya1398

metallic?a1425

metalline?c1425

metalish1530

metallical1587

metallar1612

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 89 Wiþe som abstersyuez metallic.

1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 330 Provyding the said earth contene na kynd of mettallyke ure.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvi. 85 Simple vegetants, with metallick substances, doe draw those mercurialls..of a purging nature.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 673 Metallic Ore.

1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Introd. The true Electrum, or Metallick Amber, or seventh Metal.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation iii. 134 Endless Store Of Min'ral Treasure and Metallic Oar.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii.237 Many metallic minerals are likewise found.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 135 Bodies have been divided into six classes, saline, inflammable, metallic, earthy, watery, and aerial.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 102 The phosphoric acid unites itself to metallic oxides, and forms salts.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 564 I did not imagine, that, on the former supposition, any of the metallic medicines could be of material service.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xvii. 152 The chemical composition of the alloys is not so definite..as that of the other metallic compounds.

1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metallic sulphide, a combination of a metal with sulphur.

1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 201 211 The majority of the lines are due to metallic vapours.

1955 Sci. Amer. July 80/1 Metallurgists were able to make a number of accurate predictions about metallic behavior.

1991 Metalworking Production Sept. 53/3 These have..microscopically sharp cutting edges, able to produce a mirror finish on a metallic surface in a single pass.

b. Made of metal.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > made or consisting of

metal?1518

metalled1583

metalline1585

well-metalled1644

metallic1712

1712 W. King Rufinus 55 A Palace..With parian Pillars, and metallick Beams.

1747 J. T. Desaguliers tr. W. J. 'sGravesande Math. Elem. Nat. Philos. II. v. ii. 107 This machine consists of two principal parts..The first is a plane metallick Speculum, supported by a Stand, the other is a Clock which directs the Speculum.

1809 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 453/1 Having previously introduced a metallic instrument, called a sound, into the bladder, and plainly felt the stone.

1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 18 Each of these tubes contains a small metallic tongue, like the so-called free-reed stops of our organ, or like our accordion.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 773/1 Let a conductor—say, a metallic sphere—be supported by a metal rod of negligible capacity whose other end is earthed.

1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Sept. 16/3 The round enameled or metallic ‘Mao badges’ that had once been the mandatory decoration for everyone during the Cultural Revolution.

c. Involving or consisting of coin as distinguished from paper money. Frequently in metallic currency. Cf. paper n. 4. Now chiefly historical.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > consisting of or in the form of coin

metallic1790

coined1846

numismatic1847

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 346 They made a sort of swaggering declaration,..that there is no difference in value between metallic money and their assignats.

1823 H. T. Colebrooke in State Cape Good Hope 346 The paper [money] would be seasonably replaced by a metallic currency.

1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea vii. 109 Day by day, did he look with jealous eyes on the heaps of silver which he must not touch, and long for the security of metallic currency.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 193 America was..re-establishing a metallic currency.

1895 Daily News 2 Jan. 5/7 No transactions except on a metallic basis were possible.

1932 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 95 336 The metallic currency had fallen into a desperate state. There had been no recoinage of silver since 1601 and there were no good coins in circulation.

1993 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 59 636 Included regularly [in the inventories] were money scales, which were used for converting metallic currencies.

d. Designating a writing instrument with a tip made of lead or alloy, for writing indelibly on paper with a specially prepared surface. Also: designating such paper, or a book containing it. Now rare.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > other types of paper

sinking1575

whitey-brown1786

metallic1799

gilt-edge1807

legal1815

tindery1886

squared1887

Silurian1892

stamped1907

1799 Hull Advertiser 23 Mar. 2/3 Velvet Writing Paper, and Metallic Pencils.

1804 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1031 I have filled..a full Third of that large Metallic Pencil Pocket-book.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 18–20 June (1946) III. 49 I made a drawing in my little metallic book.

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Metallic paper, paper, the surface of which is washed over with a solution of whiting, lime, and size. Writing done with a pewter pencil upon paper prepared in this manner is almost indelible.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxviii. §5150 Metallic betting books.

1874 H. Waller in D. Livingstone Last Jrnls. I. Introd. p. iv The Doctor's custom was always to have metallic note-books in use.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 918 The native alloy on account of its hardness is used to point metallic pens.

1954 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 13 Baryta Paper, a form of metallic paper on which marks can be made with a metal point or stylus... It is used in certain kinds of automatic recording apparatus.

†2. Relating to mining or metallurgy. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective]

mineral1535

metallic1649

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective]

metallic1649

metallurgic1747

metallurgical1796

1649 tr. V. Weigel Astrologie Theologized 36 The whole art and Metallic science, which teacheth the manner of searching, and trying the bowells of the earth, and of digging mineralls, metalls, and riches.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 112 The Requisits to a perfect knowledge of the Metallick Art, and of the qualities of the Mine-master.

1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Introd. A Dictionary of such words as concern the Metallick and Chemick Arts.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 580 All metallic attempts there, a few iron mines excepted, have turned out to the disadvantage of the undertakers.

1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 359 He visited the mines of Bohemia, Sweden and the East to perfect himself in metallic knowledge.

3. Yielding or producing metal; metalliferous.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal

metalline1603

metalliferous1656

metallic1689

1689 C. Packe tr. J. R. Glauber Wks. (title page) Containing..choice secrets..in the working of metallic mines, and the separation of metals.

1759 S. Johnson Idler 5 May 137 The black inhabitants of metallick caverns.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 421 Metallic veins are never found in beds of lava.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 112 In the small islands of volcanic origin, metallic lodes, or ores are rare.

1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 52 Some metallic orefields have a zone of tin ore nearest to a granite body.

4. Of (the state of) a metal: native; chemically uncombined.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > when occurring uncombined

metallic1741

1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals 186 Metals destroyed, and changed into Scoria or Ashes, are, by their Union with the same matter, again restored to their metallick Form. This Operation is called Reduction.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 433/2 The platina is found native like the gold, and in its metallic state.

1831 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 19 188 The..method which Dr. Wollaston employed to discover metallic titanium in the scoria of iron.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xx. 180 Metallic aluminium is obtained by passing the vapour of aluminium chloride over metallic sodium.

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 240 The ore is..free from base metals, and carries metallic silver.

1914 W. Rosenhain Introd. Study Physical Metall. xiv. 328 The metallic state, in the conditions which prevail at the surface of the earth, is for the majority of metals a state of chemical meta-stability.

1955 B. C. L. Kemp Elem. Org. Chem. (new ed.) vi. 76 Pure alcohol may be obtained from rectified spirit by heating with quicklime under pressure, followed by distillation over fresh quicklime or metallic calcium.

1991 Photographer Aug. 53/3 There's nothing in this world that guarantees that this or that particular grain will (or won't) be developed and reduced to black metallic silver.

a. Resembling a metal in colour or appearance; esp. having the distinctive lustre characteristic of metals; iridescent, glossy.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > metallic

metalline1596

metallic1794

electric1853

metallescent1891

the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > of or like precious stones, metals, or fabrics

whiteOE

orientc1400

steel-brighta1560

metalline1596

sparry1792

metallic1794

orichalceous1826

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 333 The external lustre is casual, but the internal is strong and inclining to the metallic.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 450/2 A shining metallic colour.

1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds III. 274 Metallic Cuckow... Inhabits Sierra Leone.

1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 64 Metallic—the indescribable rainbow hues and tints seen on live fish, on some minerals and ores, and on bright steel when placed in the fire.

1876–82 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 31 Some peculiar metallic-plumaged birds, known as the Metallic Cuckoo Shrikes (Campophaga).

1882 Garden 17 June 433/1 The sepals are a sort of metallic green.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 214 The long lagoon lay darkly metallic.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 97 Subjective structural, prismatic, or metallic colours... The metallic portions of the radii are composed of [etc.].

1936 Discovery Dec. 367/2 The marvellous, metallic blue Morphos are eminently characteristic of Tropical America.

1968 Motor 21 Dec. 66/3 (advt.) Lotus Elan..metallic blue with matching interior.

1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood i. 6 Gerard's eyes were a metallic blue, his curly hair was brown.

b. Designating an unpleasant taste caused by or resembling that of a metal.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable

unsweetc1440

boisterous1483

untasty1566

untoothsome1576

twice sod1601

coarse1607

irrelishable1608

asper1626

insuave1657

untoward1662

physicala1665

asperous1670

unpalatable1682

woolly1687

inelegant1708

smoked1761

impalatable1782

brassy1789

soddena1800

metallic1800

inky1805

unsweetened1817

weedy1851

tinny1873

tangy1875

raw1881

unappetizing1884

twangy1887

stavy1888

toasty1890

soapy1892

stewy1895

gloppy1976

the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [adjective] > qualities of tea

milkless1816

slushy1839

miserable1842

overdrawn1847

raw1881

mealy1892

stewy1895

tannined1898

potty1901

stiff1904

stewed1908

metallic1909

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 389 The chromic acid has an orange-red colour, with a pungent and metallic taste.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 39 Metallic taste, fetid breath [etc.].

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 693/1 The objection to metal is simply that there is a danger of giving the tea what is known as a ‘metallic’ taste.

1998 BBC Vegetarian Good Food May 70/3 There can be unpleasant side effects, such as a metallic taste in the mouth, nausea and diarrhoea.

c. Of a sound: resembling that produced by a metal object when struck; sharp and ringing; (esp. of a voice or a cry) harsh and unmusical; (Medicine, of an auscultatory sound) high pitched and short, tinkling.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > metallic

stringy1820

metallic1821

wiry1860

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic

brazen1596

wiry1609

metallic1821

tin pan1843

brassy1847

panny1869

tinny1877

trebly1970

1821 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest ii. 307 I shall more particularly notice hereafter this sound also, which I have named metallick tinkling (tintement metallique).

1841 W. Irving Don Juan in Knickerbocker Mag. Mar. 252 Their deep metallic voices has a sepulchral sound.

1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals I. x. 151 It is strange that..a singularly hard and harsh voice should be stigmatized as ‘metallic’.

1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Jan. 204/2 A finch..chirping in a metallic manner.

1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metallic heart-sounds, the ringing metallic quality attained by the heart-sounds in pneumo-pericardium, and sometimes in left pneumo-thorax.

1924 J. Reith in Radio Times 23 May 1/3 The sound is metallic and unsatisfying, and..we do not like our music tinned.

1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl vi. 115 The high metallic ringing of the cicadas filled the mountain cleft.

1960 A. MacLean Night without End xii. 221 Its treads screeching out a shrilly metallic cacophony of sound as they scored their serrated way across and through the uneven ice of the glacier.

1989 European Jrnl. Obstetr., Gynecol. & Reprod. Biol. 33 241 Seventy women..were observed..for the occurrence of the characteristic metallic heart sound caused by the intracardiac presence of free carbon dioxide.

1992 Jazz No. 12. 67/1 Eerily metallic, his vibraphone sustains atmospheric passages.

†d. literary. That recalls the hardness, rigidity, or lustre of a metal. Obsolete.

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1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 91 The actual passions..dwelt..among clear, metallic heroes, and white, high, stainless beauties.

1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 With metallic beliefs and regimental devotions.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. 394 A courage so rigid, that almost one might call it metallic.

1882 Society 14 Oct. 18/2 Your style is somewhat metallic and unsympathetic.

B. n.

a. A substance containing metal; an article made of metal. Usually in plural.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [noun] > metallic substance

metalc1230

metallic1563

metallar1612

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 62 The third be metalls and metalliques.

1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 35 Metallica is an Ignick inuention, for the cheaper making of all kindes of mettles or Metalique concoctures,..wherevpon the materials and things made by this Arte, are called Metaliques.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 425 Bituminous particles, mixed with..minerals, metallics, and vitrified sandy substances.

1880 J. Percy Metall.: Silver & Gold i. 248 The ‘metallics’ or unpulverizable metallic residue may be assayed by cupellation direct, or by [etc.].

1927 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 316 3,560 ounces of platinum metals were..obtained, of which 2,868oz were recovered in the form of metallics.

1954 W. H. Dennis Metall. Non-ferrous Metals iv. 242 The crude lead bullion may contain up to 4 per cent of these reduced metallics.

1973 Amer. Econ. Rev. 63 80 The list of pollutants..included..such solid wastes as paper, garbage, grass and dirt, metallics, wood, [etc.].

†b. U.S. Engineering. Powdered metal for lining the bearings of machine shafts. Obsolete.

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1894 U. S. Tariff §180 in Times 16 Aug. 6/4 Bronze powder, metallics or fitters, bronze or Dutch metal, or aluminium, in leaf.

2. A metallic colour; metallic paint; a metallic surface or finish, esp. on a motor vehicle.

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the world > matter > colour > [noun] > metallic colour

metallochrome1832

metallic1976

the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > of specific colour or lustre

silver1481

pearliness1760

metallic1976

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > finish

metallic1976

1976 Industr. Furnishing Apr. 46/1 Disadvantages include:..poor properties with light-colored metallics.

1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 14/4 (advt.) New Cherry 100 A 2 door, big selection of colours including metallics.

1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 31/5 (advt.) Audi 100 CD in Titan red metallic, has done 54,547 miles.

1991 Artpost Summer 20/1 (advt.) For metallics, interference and pearlescent colours, try Daniel Smith Luminescent Oil Colours.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic

metallic-coloured adj.

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1828 C. Darwin Let. 13 Sept. (1985) I. 65 A bluish, metallic coloured, globular, dung beetle.

1839 J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects I. 12 Body subquadrate, metallic coloured.

metallic-faced adj.

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1849 Morning Chron. 25 Oct. in P. E. Razzell & R. W. Wainwright Victorian Working Class (1973) 168 The old-fashioned metallic-faced eight-day clocks.

metallic-looking adj.

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1800 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters iv. 158 This..is found to be composed of siliceous earth, interspersed with metallic looking spots.

1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 56 It occurs in crystalline metallic-looking powder of a steel-grey colour.

1994 Sci. Amer. Apr. 76/1 Metallic-looking plankton added a golden patina to the shallow, slowly moving water.

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metallic arc welding n. now rare = metal arc welding n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding > types of

butt welding1878

lead burning1886

arc welding1890

thermite process1905

thermite welding1906

resistance welding1908

spot welding1908

seam welding1917

fusion welding1918

projection welding1918

stud welding1918

metal arc welding1926

pressure welding1926

metallic arc welding1927

flash-butt welding1933

flash welding1933

stitch welding1934

rightward welding1936

block welding1943

submerged-arc welding1945

friction welding1946

T.I.G.1960

microwelding1962

1927 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 115 909 The welding processes considered by the author are thermit welding, resistance welding..and metallic arc welding.

1948 F. Koenigsberger in H. W. Baker Mod. Workshop Technol. I. ix. 181 Metallic-arc welding is the arc-welding process most frequently used in general engineering.

† metallic bed n. Obsolete a stratum of iron ore.

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1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Metallic beds, beds consisting of iron ore.

metallic bond n. Chemistry the type of bond occurring in metals, in which the valence electrons are not localized as in covalent bonds but are capable of interacting with an indefinite number of the metal nuclei, which are arranged in a lattice formation.

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1939 L. Pauling Nature Chem. Bond xi. 388 This striking relation..provides very strong support for the idea that metallic bonds are essentially resonating covalent bonds.

1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) iii. 65 A third type of primary bond can result when a complete outer shell cannot be formed by either electron transfer or electron sharing, and is known as the metallic bond.

metallic bonding n. Chemistry the type of bonding occurring in metals: see metallic bond n.

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1962 Acta Metallurgica 10 583/2 (heading) Evidence of metallic bonding in TiN.

1989 L. H. Van Vlack Elements Materials Sci. & Engin. (ed. 6) ii. 44 The simplest way to describe metallic bonding is to view the metal as containing a periodic structure of positive ions surrounded by a ‘sea’ of delocalized electrons (negative). The attraction between the two provides the bond.

metallic circuit n. Telegraphy a telegraphic circuit in which the return path of the current is through a metal conductor (e.g. a wire) rather than through the earth; (also) the wire completing such a circuit.

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1854 W. F. Cooke Electr. Telegr. 25 If, from the copper at one end, a piece of wire, or metallic circuit is carried..round to the zinc..a current of electricity immediately passes through the wire.

1892 Montreal Weekly Gaz. 21 July 8/7 The Public may now obtain telephonic communication over its long distance metallic circuit lines.

1994 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 102 107 The technology of long-distance transmission required the installation of higher-quality and more costly equipment, for example, two-wire metallic circuits.

metallic glass n. a metal or alloy with an appearance or (now) spec. amorphous structure like that of silicate glass.

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1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 97/2 At a high heat they [sc. metals] become more or less transparent, assume the vitreous texture, and are called metallic glasses.

1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 141 Take a little red lead, expose it to an intense heat in a crucible, and pour it out when melted. The result will be metallic glass.

1993 Nature 25 Nov. 303/2 Since the first reports of metallic glasses produced from the liquid, their formation has been associated with ultra-high cooling rates.

metallic history n. [after French histoire métallique (1704)] the history of the medals or coins struck in the reign of a monarch, emperor, etc.; cf. medallic adj. 1.

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) F. Romani has published a Metallic History of the Popes.

1980 Yale French Stud. No. 59. 31 The great endeavor of a metallic history of the reign aims at constituting a memory of the King that would transcend time: it is his monumental history.

metallic-line adj. Astronomy designating a main-sequence star whose spectrum shows unusually strong absorption lines for many of the heavier elements, including rare earths.

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1943 W. W. Morgan et al. Atlas Stellar Spectra 19 (heading) The metallic-line stars.

1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 730/2 Among the dwarfs,..the slowly rotating classical metallic-line A stars are generally stable or show only very small amplitudes of a few thousandths of a magnitude.

metallic lustre n. (a) the sheen characteristic of (esp. polished) metals and certain opaque minerals; (b) a similarly shiny or iridescent appearance in certain organisms, esp. insects; (c) Ceramics a reflective or iridescent decorative finish produced by applying a thin film of metal to the surface of the glaze.

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1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 422/1 To this reflective property metals owe their peculiar lustre, called the metallic lustre.

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 665 Dioxide of Tantalum..scratches glass, and acquires metallic lustre by burnishing.

1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. ix. 117 Deep, shining black with a greenish metallic lustre.

1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 191 Metallic lustre, the application of a thin film of metal to the glaze as decoration.

1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 79 Scarlet Larkspur. A superb perennial which, in this country, can impress with its 3 ft. spikes of fiery scarlet, often with metallic lustre, flowers.

† metallic marble n. Obsolete rare naturally occurring pure barium sulphate.

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1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Marble Metallic marble, native sulphate of barium.

metallic paint n. (originally) paint containing a metal oxide; (later) any paint with a metallic lustre.

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1860 G. W. Hawes Ohio State Gazetteer for 1860–61 p. x (advt.) Metallic paint, white sand, pumice stone, charcoal and soap stone for roofing.

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 App. 117 (advt.) Paint varnishes and metallic paint for iron or wood.

1882 Harper's Mag. (European ed.) Nov. 865/2 Like the station buildings generally, it [sc. a grain warehouse] is painted of a dark Indian red, in ‘metallic’ paint.

1975 Country Life 13 Mar. (Suppl.) 35 Externally, the GS Pallas [motor car] is distinguished by its vinyl roof, metallic paint..and Pallas wheel trims.

1995 Pop. Crafts Jan. 25/2 Many are dinnerware safe if fired to the correct temperature, excepting some of the reds and metallic paints.

metallic return n. Telegraphy the wire completing a metallic circuit.

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1928 A. Williams Telegr. & Telephony ix. 131 The first telephone companies had a hard fight to interest the public in their services, and to keep down costs—which would have been nearly doubled by a metallic return—only one wire was used for each subscriber.

metallic soap n. any of a class of soaps that have a heavy metal or alkaline earth metal in place of the alkali metal in ordinary soaps, are soluble in organic solvents but not in water, and are used in waterproofing, finishing textiles, and making antioxidants, lubricants, and fungicides.

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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic salts > [noun] > miscellaneous others

alum zucarinea1425

white precipitate1588

volatile salt or salts1639

malate1788

oxalate1788

sebate1788

succinate1789

camphorate1800

suberate1800

tannate1802

formate1807

zymate1817

uranate1819

ambreate1820

fungate1821

hydriodide1823

sorbate1823

fulminate1824

uraniate1824

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oleate1831

pectate1831

resinate1831

xanthate1831

formobenzoate1834

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indigotate1838

japonate1838

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sesquisalt1839

palmitate1840

rhabarbarate1840

hippurate1841

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fungiate1847

nitroprusside1849

sodium nitroprusside1849

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igasurate1855

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phenate1857

sinapate1857

styphnate1857

anchoate1858

parellate1858

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piperate1862

fumarate1864

glycollate1864

hydurilate1865

hyoglycocholate1865

isamates1865

itaconates1865–72

paralactate1866

porphyrate1866

usnate1866

thebolactate1867

oxalonitrate1868

rhodanate1868

stearerate1868

terebate1868

terephthalate1868

thymotate1868

turpetholate1868

violurate1868

viridate1868

xanthide1868

glycocholate1872

xylate1872

xylidate1872

tiglate1875

peptonate1876

hydracrylate1877

thymolate1880

formamidine1882

carboxylate1884

nucleate1896

phytin1905

cacodylate1908

cupferron1910

protamine sulphate1915

metallic soap1918

pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923

phosphagen1927

phosphocreatine1927

viologen1933

pentachlorophenate1938

hyaluronate1946

tetraethylpyrophosphate1947

pteroylglutamate1948

inosate-

1918 H. Seymour Reprod. Sound ii. 44 The metallic soaps so long in use [for the moulding and shaping of disc record blanks] have been superseded on the score of efficiency..but the [new] substance is more difficult to handle than the metallic soaps.

1952 R. A. Pingree in H. C. Speel Textile Chem. & Auxiliaries xx. 404 Air permeable water-resistant treatments were first obtained by depositing a metallic soap in and upon the fibers of the fabric.

1972 Materials & Technol. IV. ii. 70 Metallic soaps of long chain fatty acids will gell lubricating oil fractions and the properties of the grease will be governed mainly by the metallic radical.

metallic thread n. thread made from metal, or a synthetic material resembling metal.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic

metal thread1853

metallic thread1876

metal yarn1913

metallic yarn1963

1876 Appletons' Jrnl. Nov. 413 There came about a fashion of unraveling the silken and metallic threads of fringes and tissues.

1944 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 8 103 All embroidered in gold or silver thread, with slight differences in color tones achieved by using threads of contrasting colors to secure the heavier metallic thread.

1992 Chatelaine June 24f/3 Fabrics with less-than-average stretch include shimmery knits containing metallic threads and woven—not knit—cottons.

metallic yarn n. = metallic thread n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic

metal thread1853

metallic thread1876

metal yarn1913

metallic yarn1963

1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 105 Metallic yarns are made by various methods which include bonding metal.

1990 Fashion Forecast Internat. Sept. 102/2 ‘Show girl’ glamour..featuring metallic appliqueés, graphic patterns in metallic or sparkle yarns, lamé looks all with a touch of Lycra.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	metallic
释义	metallicadj.n. Brit. /mᵻˈtalɪk/, U.S. /məˈtælɪk/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s– metallic, 1500s metallike, 1500s metallycke, 1500s–1600s metallique, 1500s–1800s metallick, 1600s metalique, 1600s–1700s metalick, 1600s–1800s metalic; also Scottish pre-1700 metallick, pre-1700 metallik, pre-1700 mettallick, pre-1700 mettallik, pre-1700 mettallyke. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metallicus. Etymology: < classical Latin metallicus of or relating to metal, of or relating to mines < ancient Greek μεταλλικός of or relating to mines, in Hellenistic Greek also of or relating to metal < μέταλλον metal n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French métallique (c1500; the use as noun seems not to be paralleled in French). Compare metally adj. and metalline adj. A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to metal; containing a metal or metals; of the nature of or having the properties of a metal. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > [adjective] metallic?a1425 monometallic1905 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] metallya1398 metallic?a1425 metalline?c1425 metalish1530 metallical1587 metallar1612 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 89 Wiþe som abstersyuez metallic. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 330 Provyding the said earth contene na kynd of mettallyke ure. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvi. 85 Simple vegetants, with metallick substances, doe draw those mercurialls..of a purging nature. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 673 Metallic Ore. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Introd. The true Electrum, or Metallick Amber, or seventh Metal. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation iii. 134 Endless Store Of Min'ral Treasure and Metallic Oar. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii.237 Many metallic minerals are likewise found. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 135 Bodies have been divided into six classes, saline, inflammable, metallic, earthy, watery, and aerial. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 102 The phosphoric acid unites itself to metallic oxides, and forms salts. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 564 I did not imagine, that, on the former supposition, any of the metallic medicines could be of material service. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xvii. 152 The chemical composition of the alloys is not so definite..as that of the other metallic compounds. 1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metallic sulphide, a combination of a metal with sulphur. 1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 201 211 The majority of the lines are due to metallic vapours. 1955 Sci. Amer. July 80/1 Metallurgists were able to make a number of accurate predictions about metallic behavior. 1991 Metalworking Production Sept. 53/3 These have..microscopically sharp cutting edges, able to produce a mirror finish on a metallic surface in a single pass. b. Made of metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > made or consisting of metal?1518 metalled1583 metalline1585 well-metalled1644 metallic1712 1712 W. King Rufinus 55 A Palace..With parian Pillars, and metallick Beams. 1747 J. T. Desaguliers tr. W. J. 'sGravesande Math. Elem. Nat. Philos. II. v. ii. 107 This machine consists of two principal parts..The first is a plane metallick Speculum, supported by a Stand, the other is a Clock which directs the Speculum. 1809 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 453/1 Having previously introduced a metallic instrument, called a sound, into the bladder, and plainly felt the stone. 1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 18 Each of these tubes contains a small metallic tongue, like the so-called free-reed stops of our organ, or like our accordion. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 773/1 Let a conductor—say, a metallic sphere—be supported by a metal rod of negligible capacity whose other end is earthed. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Sept. 16/3 The round enameled or metallic ‘Mao badges’ that had once been the mandatory decoration for everyone during the Cultural Revolution. c. Involving or consisting of coin as distinguished from paper money. Frequently in metallic currency. Cf. paper n. 4. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > consisting of or in the form of coin metallic1790 coined1846 numismatic1847 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 346 They made a sort of swaggering declaration,..that there is no difference in value between metallic money and their assignats. View more context for this quotation 1823 H. T. Colebrooke in State Cape Good Hope 346 The paper [money] would be seasonably replaced by a metallic currency. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea vii. 109 Day by day, did he look with jealous eyes on the heaps of silver which he must not touch, and long for the security of metallic currency. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 193 America was..re-establishing a metallic currency. 1895 Daily News 2 Jan. 5/7 No transactions except on a metallic basis were possible. 1932 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 95 336 The metallic currency had fallen into a desperate state. There had been no recoinage of silver since 1601 and there were no good coins in circulation. 1993 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 59 636 Included regularly [in the inventories] were money scales, which were used for converting metallic currencies. d. Designating a writing instrument with a tip made of lead or alloy, for writing indelibly on paper with a specially prepared surface. Also: designating such paper, or a book containing it. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > other types of paper sinking1575 whitey-brown1786 metallic1799 gilt-edge1807 legal1815 tindery1886 squared1887 Silurian1892 stamped1907 1799 Hull Advertiser 23 Mar. 2/3 Velvet Writing Paper, and Metallic Pencils. 1804 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1031 I have filled..a full Third of that large Metallic Pencil Pocket-book. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Let. 18–20 June (1946) III. 49 I made a drawing in my little metallic book. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Metallic paper, paper, the surface of which is washed over with a solution of whiting, lime, and size. Writing done with a pewter pencil upon paper prepared in this manner is almost indelible. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxviii. §5150 Metallic betting books. 1874 H. Waller in D. Livingstone Last Jrnls. I. Introd. p. iv The Doctor's custom was always to have metallic note-books in use. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 918 The native alloy on account of its hardness is used to point metallic pens. 1954 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 13 Baryta Paper, a form of metallic paper on which marks can be made with a metal point or stylus... It is used in certain kinds of automatic recording apparatus. †2. Relating to mining or metallurgy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] mineral1535 metallic1649 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] metallic1649 metallurgic1747 metallurgical1796 1649 tr. V. Weigel Astrologie Theologized 36 The whole art and Metallic science, which teacheth the manner of searching, and trying the bowells of the earth, and of digging mineralls, metalls, and riches. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 112 The Requisits to a perfect knowledge of the Metallick Art, and of the qualities of the Mine-master. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Introd. A Dictionary of such words as concern the Metallick and Chemick Arts. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 580 All metallic attempts there, a few iron mines excepted, have turned out to the disadvantage of the undertakers. 1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 359 He visited the mines of Bohemia, Sweden and the East to perfect himself in metallic knowledge. 3. Yielding or producing metal; metalliferous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal metalline1603 metalliferous1656 metallic1689 1689 C. Packe tr. J. R. Glauber Wks. (title page) Containing..choice secrets..in the working of metallic mines, and the separation of metals. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 5 May 137 The black inhabitants of metallick caverns. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 421 Metallic veins are never found in beds of lava. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 112 In the small islands of volcanic origin, metallic lodes, or ores are rare. 1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 52 Some metallic orefields have a zone of tin ore nearest to a granite body. 4. Of (the state of) a metal: native; chemically uncombined. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > when occurring uncombined metallic1741 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals 186 Metals destroyed, and changed into Scoria or Ashes, are, by their Union with the same matter, again restored to their metallick Form. This Operation is called Reduction. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 433/2 The platina is found native like the gold, and in its metallic state. 1831 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 19 188 The..method which Dr. Wollaston employed to discover metallic titanium in the scoria of iron. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xx. 180 Metallic aluminium is obtained by passing the vapour of aluminium chloride over metallic sodium. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 240 The ore is..free from base metals, and carries metallic silver. 1914 W. Rosenhain Introd. Study Physical Metall. xiv. 328 The metallic state, in the conditions which prevail at the surface of the earth, is for the majority of metals a state of chemical meta-stability. 1955 B. C. L. Kemp Elem. Org. Chem. (new ed.) vi. 76 Pure alcohol may be obtained from rectified spirit by heating with quicklime under pressure, followed by distillation over fresh quicklime or metallic calcium. 1991 Photographer Aug. 53/3 There's nothing in this world that guarantees that this or that particular grain will (or won't) be developed and reduced to black metallic silver. 5. a. Resembling a metal in colour or appearance; esp. having the distinctive lustre characteristic of metals; iridescent, glossy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > metallic metalline1596 metallic1794 electric1853 metallescent1891 the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > of or like precious stones, metals, or fabrics whiteOE orientc1400 steel-brighta1560 metalline1596 sparry1792 metallic1794 orichalceous1826 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 333 The external lustre is casual, but the internal is strong and inclining to the metallic. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 450/2 A shining metallic colour. 1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds III. 274 Metallic Cuckow... Inhabits Sierra Leone. 1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 64 Metallic—the indescribable rainbow hues and tints seen on live fish, on some minerals and ores, and on bright steel when placed in the fire. 1876–82 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 31 Some peculiar metallic-plumaged birds, known as the Metallic Cuckoo Shrikes (Campophaga). 1882 Garden 17 June 433/1 The sepals are a sort of metallic green. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 214 The long lagoon lay darkly metallic. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 97 Subjective structural, prismatic, or metallic colours... The metallic portions of the radii are composed of [etc.]. 1936 Discovery Dec. 367/2 The marvellous, metallic blue Morphos are eminently characteristic of Tropical America. 1968 Motor 21 Dec. 66/3 (advt.) Lotus Elan..metallic blue with matching interior. 1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood i. 6 Gerard's eyes were a metallic blue, his curly hair was brown. b. Designating an unpleasant taste caused by or resembling that of a metal. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable unsweetc1440 boisterous1483 untasty1566 untoothsome1576 twice sod1601 coarse1607 irrelishable1608 asper1626 insuave1657 untoward1662 physicala1665 asperous1670 unpalatable1682 woolly1687 inelegant1708 smoked1761 impalatable1782 brassy1789 soddena1800 metallic1800 inky1805 unsweetened1817 weedy1851 tinny1873 tangy1875 raw1881 unappetizing1884 twangy1887 stavy1888 toasty1890 soapy1892 stewy1895 gloppy1976 the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [adjective] > qualities of tea milkless1816 slushy1839 miserable1842 overdrawn1847 raw1881 mealy1892 stewy1895 tannined1898 potty1901 stiff1904 stewed1908 metallic1909 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 389 The chromic acid has an orange-red colour, with a pungent and metallic taste. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 39 Metallic taste, fetid breath [etc.]. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 693/1 The objection to metal is simply that there is a danger of giving the tea what is known as a ‘metallic’ taste. 1998 BBC Vegetarian Good Food May 70/3 There can be unpleasant side effects, such as a metallic taste in the mouth, nausea and diarrhoea. c. Of a sound: resembling that produced by a metal object when struck; sharp and ringing; (esp. of a voice or a cry) harsh and unmusical; (Medicine, of an auscultatory sound) high pitched and short, tinkling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > metallic stringy1820 metallic1821 wiry1860 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic brazen1596 wiry1609 metallic1821 tin pan1843 brassy1847 panny1869 tinny1877 trebly1970 1821 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest ii. 307 I shall more particularly notice hereafter this sound also, which I have named metallick tinkling (tintement metallique). 1841 W. Irving Don Juan in Knickerbocker Mag. Mar. 252 Their deep metallic voices has a sepulchral sound. 1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Brides & Bridals I. x. 151 It is strange that..a singularly hard and harsh voice should be stigmatized as ‘metallic’. 1883 E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Jan. 204/2 A finch..chirping in a metallic manner. 1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metallic heart-sounds, the ringing metallic quality attained by the heart-sounds in pneumo-pericardium, and sometimes in left pneumo-thorax. 1924 J. Reith in Radio Times 23 May 1/3 The sound is metallic and unsatisfying, and..we do not like our music tinned. 1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl vi. 115 The high metallic ringing of the cicadas filled the mountain cleft. 1960 A. MacLean Night without End xii. 221 Its treads screeching out a shrilly metallic cacophony of sound as they scored their serrated way across and through the uneven ice of the glacier. 1989 European Jrnl. Obstetr., Gynecol. & Reprod. Biol. 33 241 Seventy women..were observed..for the occurrence of the characteristic metallic heart sound caused by the intracardiac presence of free carbon dioxide. 1992 Jazz No. 12. 67/1 Eerily metallic, his vibraphone sustains atmospheric passages. †d. literary. That recalls the hardness, rigidity, or lustre of a metal. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 91 The actual passions..dwelt..among clear, metallic heroes, and white, high, stainless beauties. 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 With metallic beliefs and regimental devotions. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. 394 A courage so rigid, that almost one might call it metallic. 1882 Society 14 Oct. 18/2 Your style is somewhat metallic and unsympathetic. B. n. 1. a. A substance containing metal; an article made of metal. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [noun] > metallic substance metalc1230 metallic1563 metallar1612 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 62 The third be metalls and metalliques. 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 35 Metallica is an Ignick inuention, for the cheaper making of all kindes of mettles or Metalique concoctures,..wherevpon the materials and things made by this Arte, are called Metaliques. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 425 Bituminous particles, mixed with..minerals, metallics, and vitrified sandy substances. 1880 J. Percy Metall.: Silver & Gold i. 248 The ‘metallics’ or unpulverizable metallic residue may be assayed by cupellation direct, or by [etc.]. 1927 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 316 3,560 ounces of platinum metals were..obtained, of which 2,868oz were recovered in the form of metallics. 1954 W. H. Dennis Metall. Non-ferrous Metals iv. 242 The crude lead bullion may contain up to 4 per cent of these reduced metallics. 1973 Amer. Econ. Rev. 63 80 The list of pollutants..included..such solid wastes as paper, garbage, grass and dirt, metallics, wood, [etc.]. †b. U.S. Engineering. Powdered metal for lining the bearings of machine shafts. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1894 U. S. Tariff §180 in Times 16 Aug. 6/4 Bronze powder, metallics or fitters, bronze or Dutch metal, or aluminium, in leaf. 2. A metallic colour; metallic paint; a metallic surface or finish, esp. on a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > [noun] > metallic colour metallochrome1832 metallic1976 the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > of specific colour or lustre silver1481 pearliness1760 metallic1976 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > finish metallic1976 1976 Industr. Furnishing Apr. 46/1 Disadvantages include:..poor properties with light-colored metallics. 1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 14/4 (advt.) New Cherry 100 A 2 door, big selection of colours including metallics. 1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 31/5 (advt.) Audi 100 CD in Titan red metallic, has done 54,547 miles. 1991 Artpost Summer 20/1 (advt.) For metallics, interference and pearlescent colours, try Daniel Smith Luminescent Oil Colours. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic metallic-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1828 C. Darwin Let. 13 Sept. (1985) I. 65 A bluish, metallic coloured, globular, dung beetle. 1839 J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects I. 12 Body subquadrate, metallic coloured. metallic-faced adj. ΚΠ 1849 Morning Chron. 25 Oct. in P. E. Razzell & R. W. Wainwright Victorian Working Class (1973) 168 The old-fashioned metallic-faced eight-day clocks. metallic-looking adj. ΚΠ 1800 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters iv. 158 This..is found to be composed of siliceous earth, interspersed with metallic looking spots. 1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 56 It occurs in crystalline metallic-looking powder of a steel-grey colour. 1994 Sci. Amer. Apr. 76/1 Metallic-looking plankton added a golden patina to the shallow, slowly moving water. C2. metallic arc welding n. now rare = metal arc welding n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding > types of butt welding1878 lead burning1886 arc welding1890 thermite process1905 thermite welding1906 resistance welding1908 spot welding1908 seam welding1917 fusion welding1918 projection welding1918 stud welding1918 metal arc welding1926 pressure welding1926 metallic arc welding1927 flash-butt welding1933 flash welding1933 stitch welding1934 rightward welding1936 block welding1943 submerged-arc welding1945 friction welding1946 T.I.G.1960 microwelding1962 1927 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 115 909 The welding processes considered by the author are thermit welding, resistance welding..and metallic arc welding. 1948 F. Koenigsberger in H. W. Baker Mod. Workshop Technol. I. ix. 181 Metallic-arc welding is the arc-welding process most frequently used in general engineering. † metallic bed n. Obsolete a stratum of iron ore. ΚΠ 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Metallic beds, beds consisting of iron ore. metallic bond n. Chemistry the type of bond occurring in metals, in which the valence electrons are not localized as in covalent bonds but are capable of interacting with an indefinite number of the metal nuclei, which are arranged in a lattice formation. ΚΠ 1939 L. Pauling Nature Chem. Bond xi. 388 This striking relation..provides very strong support for the idea that metallic bonds are essentially resonating covalent bonds. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) iii. 65 A third type of primary bond can result when a complete outer shell cannot be formed by either electron transfer or electron sharing, and is known as the metallic bond. metallic bonding n. Chemistry the type of bonding occurring in metals: see metallic bond n. ΚΠ 1962 Acta Metallurgica 10 583/2 (heading) Evidence of metallic bonding in TiN. 1989 L. H. Van Vlack Elements Materials Sci. & Engin. (ed. 6) ii. 44 The simplest way to describe metallic bonding is to view the metal as containing a periodic structure of positive ions surrounded by a ‘sea’ of delocalized electrons (negative). The attraction between the two provides the bond. metallic circuit n. Telegraphy a telegraphic circuit in which the return path of the current is through a metal conductor (e.g. a wire) rather than through the earth; (also) the wire completing such a circuit. ΚΠ 1854 W. F. Cooke Electr. Telegr. 25 If, from the copper at one end, a piece of wire, or metallic circuit is carried..round to the zinc..a current of electricity immediately passes through the wire. 1892 Montreal Weekly Gaz. 21 July 8/7 The Public may now obtain telephonic communication over its long distance metallic circuit lines. 1994 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 102 107 The technology of long-distance transmission required the installation of higher-quality and more costly equipment, for example, two-wire metallic circuits. metallic glass n. a metal or alloy with an appearance or (now) spec. amorphous structure like that of silicate glass. ΚΠ 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 97/2 At a high heat they [sc. metals] become more or less transparent, assume the vitreous texture, and are called metallic glasses. 1869 A. S. Wright Wright's Bk. 3000 Pract. Receipts 141 Take a little red lead, expose it to an intense heat in a crucible, and pour it out when melted. The result will be metallic glass. 1993 Nature 25 Nov. 303/2 Since the first reports of metallic glasses produced from the liquid, their formation has been associated with ultra-high cooling rates. metallic history n. [after French histoire métallique (1704)] the history of the medals or coins struck in the reign of a monarch, emperor, etc.; cf. medallic adj. 1. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) F. Romani has published a Metallic History of the Popes. 1980 Yale French Stud. No. 59. 31 The great endeavor of a metallic history of the reign aims at constituting a memory of the King that would transcend time: it is his monumental history. metallic-line adj. Astronomy designating a main-sequence star whose spectrum shows unusually strong absorption lines for many of the heavier elements, including rare earths. ΚΠ 1943 W. W. Morgan et al. Atlas Stellar Spectra 19 (heading) The metallic-line stars. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 730/2 Among the dwarfs,..the slowly rotating classical metallic-line A stars are generally stable or show only very small amplitudes of a few thousandths of a magnitude. metallic lustre n. (a) the sheen characteristic of (esp. polished) metals and certain opaque minerals; (b) a similarly shiny or iridescent appearance in certain organisms, esp. insects; (c) Ceramics a reflective or iridescent decorative finish produced by applying a thin film of metal to the surface of the glaze. ΚΠ 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 422/1 To this reflective property metals owe their peculiar lustre, called the metallic lustre. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 665 Dioxide of Tantalum..scratches glass, and acquires metallic lustre by burnishing. 1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. ix. 117 Deep, shining black with a greenish metallic lustre. 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 191 Metallic lustre, the application of a thin film of metal to the glaze as decoration. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 79 Scarlet Larkspur. A superb perennial which, in this country, can impress with its 3 ft. spikes of fiery scarlet, often with metallic lustre, flowers. † metallic marble n. Obsolete rare naturally occurring pure barium sulphate. ΚΠ 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Marble Metallic marble, native sulphate of barium. metallic paint n. (originally) paint containing a metal oxide; (later) any paint with a metallic lustre. ΚΠ 1860 G. W. Hawes Ohio State Gazetteer for 1860–61 p. x (advt.) Metallic paint, white sand, pumice stone, charcoal and soap stone for roofing. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 App. 117 (advt.) Paint varnishes and metallic paint for iron or wood. 1882 Harper's Mag. (European ed.) Nov. 865/2 Like the station buildings generally, it [sc. a grain warehouse] is painted of a dark Indian red, in ‘metallic’ paint. 1975 Country Life 13 Mar. (Suppl.) 35 Externally, the GS Pallas [motor car] is distinguished by its vinyl roof, metallic paint..and Pallas wheel trims. 1995 Pop. Crafts Jan. 25/2 Many are dinnerware safe if fired to the correct temperature, excepting some of the reds and metallic paints. metallic return n. Telegraphy the wire completing a metallic circuit. ΚΠ 1928 A. Williams Telegr. & Telephony ix. 131 The first telephone companies had a hard fight to interest the public in their services, and to keep down costs—which would have been nearly doubled by a metallic return—only one wire was used for each subscriber. metallic soap n. any of a class of soaps that have a heavy metal or alkaline earth metal in place of the alkali metal in ordinary soaps, are soluble in organic solvents but not in water, and are used in waterproofing, finishing textiles, and making antioxidants, lubricants, and fungicides. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic salts > [noun] > miscellaneous others alum zucarinea1425 white precipitate1588 volatile salt or salts1639 malate1788 oxalate1788 sebate1788 succinate1789 camphorate1800 suberate1800 tannate1802 formate1807 zymate1817 uranate1819 ambreate1820 fungate1821 hydriodide1823 sorbate1823 fulminate1824 uraniate1824 pinate1829 oleate1831 pectate1831 resinate1831 xanthate1831 formobenzoate1834 racemate1835 indigotate1838 japonate1838 oxalhydrate1838 oxalovinate1838 palmate1838 pyruvate1838 roccellate1838 rubinate1838 verdite1838 oxalurate1839 sesquisalt1839 palmitate1840 rhabarbarate1840 hippurate1841 palmitin1841 sericate1841 stearate1841 oenanthylate1843 humate1844 parabanate1844 urethylane1844 angelate1846 fungiate1847 nitroprusside1849 sodium nitroprusside1849 fulminurate1855 igasurate1855 inosinate1855 phenate1857 sinapate1857 styphnate1857 anchoate1858 parellate1858 toluate1860 piperate1862 fumarate1864 glycollate1864 hydurilate1865 hyoglycocholate1865 isamates1865 itaconates1865–72 paralactate1866 porphyrate1866 usnate1866 thebolactate1867 oxalonitrate1868 rhodanate1868 stearerate1868 terebate1868 terephthalate1868 thymotate1868 turpetholate1868 violurate1868 viridate1868 xanthide1868 glycocholate1872 xylate1872 xylidate1872 tiglate1875 peptonate1876 hydracrylate1877 thymolate1880 formamidine1882 carboxylate1884 nucleate1896 phytin1905 cacodylate1908 cupferron1910 protamine sulphate1915 metallic soap1918 pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923 phosphagen1927 phosphocreatine1927 viologen1933 pentachlorophenate1938 hyaluronate1946 tetraethylpyrophosphate1947 pteroylglutamate1948 inosate- 1918 H. Seymour Reprod. Sound ii. 44 The metallic soaps so long in use [for the moulding and shaping of disc record blanks] have been superseded on the score of efficiency..but the [new] substance is more difficult to handle than the metallic soaps. 1952 R. A. Pingree in H. C. Speel Textile Chem. & Auxiliaries xx. 404 Air permeable water-resistant treatments were first obtained by depositing a metallic soap in and upon the fibers of the fabric. 1972 Materials & Technol. IV. ii. 70 Metallic soaps of long chain fatty acids will gell lubricating oil fractions and the properties of the grease will be governed mainly by the metallic radical. metallic thread n. thread made from metal, or a synthetic material resembling metal. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic metal thread1853 metallic thread1876 metal yarn1913 metallic yarn1963 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. Nov. 413 There came about a fashion of unraveling the silken and metallic threads of fringes and tissues. 1944 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 8 103 All embroidered in gold or silver thread, with slight differences in color tones achieved by using threads of contrasting colors to secure the heavier metallic thread. 1992 Chatelaine June 24f/3 Fabrics with less-than-average stretch include shimmery knits containing metallic threads and woven—not knit—cottons. metallic yarn n. = metallic thread n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > metallic metal thread1853 metallic thread1876 metal yarn1913 metallic yarn1963 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 105 Metallic yarns are made by various methods which include bonding metal. 1990 Fashion Forecast Internat. Sept. 102/2 ‘Show girl’ glamour..featuring metallic appliqueés, graphic patterns in metallic or sparkle yarns, lamé looks all with a touch of Lycra. 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