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Webster 1913 Edition

Metallurgy

Met′al-lurˊgy

,
Noun.
[F.
métallurgie
, fr. L.
metallum
metal, Gr. [GREEK] a mine + the root of [GREEK] work. See
Metal
, and
Work
.]
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.

Webster 1828 Edition

Metallurgy

MET'ALLURGY

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Noun.
[Gr. metal, and work.] The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining and parting them. Gilding is also a branch of metallurgy. But in a more limited and usual sense, metallurgy is the operation of separating metals from their ores.
The French include in metallurgy the art of drawing metals from the earth.

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