Part 6996

<h1>Metagenic</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Metagenetic.</def>

<h1>Metagnathous</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Me*tag"na*thous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + Gr. <?/ the jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill.</def>

<h1>Metagrammatism</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*gram"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anagrammatism.</def>

<h1>Metagraphic</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met`a*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>By or pertaining to metagraphy.</def>

<h1>Metagraphy</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Me*tag"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration.</def>

<i>Stormonth.</i>

<h1>Metal</h1> <Xpage=917>

<hw>Met"al</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82tal</ets>, L. <ets>metallum</ets> metal, mine, Gr. <?/ mine; cf. Gr. <?/ to search after. Cf. <er>Mettle</er>, <er>Medal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A mine from which ores are taken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Slaves . . . and persons condemned to <b>metals</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.</def>

<blockquote>Not till God make men of some other <b>metal</b> than earth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Courage; spirit; mettle. See <er>Mettle</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword blade.</note>

<i>Skeat.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Glass in a state of fusion.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>