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smelting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smelting \Smelt"ing\, a. & n. from {Smelt}. {Smelting furnace} (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr & vb n. {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf Sw sm["a]lta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan smelzen probably akin to Gr ?????. Cf {Enamel}, {Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.) To melt or fuse, as ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as to smelt tin.
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