Aich's metal
() A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal
() A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal
() A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal
() A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Electroplating
(imp. & p. p.) of Electroplate |
Electroplating
(n.) The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity. |
Kingston metal
() An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Metal
(n.) 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. |
Metal
(n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal
(n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal
(n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal
(n.) Courage |
Metal
(n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal
(n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal
(n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal
(n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal
(v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal
() See under Metal. |
Plating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plate |
Plating
(n.) The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition. |
Plating
(n.) A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal. |
Plating
(n.) A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates. |
Station
(n.) The act of standing |
Station
(n.) A state of standing or rest |
Station
(n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time |
Station
(n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route |
Station
(n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct. |
Station
(n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying. |
Station
(n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs |
Station
(n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely. |
Station
(n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty. |
Station
(n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them |
Station
(n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc. |
Station
(n.) Post assigned |
Station
(n.) Situation |
Station
(n.) State |
Station
(n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. |
Station
(n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. |
Station
(n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion |
Station
(v. t.) To place |
Tula metal
() An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal
() A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |