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n. [ F. bimétalisme. ] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [ 1869 ]. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of bimetallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to bimetallism.
Syn. -- bimetallic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crystallinus, from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal. ] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their crystalline structure. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. “The crystalline sky.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crystalline heavens, or
Crystalline spheres, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. --
Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Aniline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Crystal. ] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cristallization. ] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized; the formation of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. The Isometric system, or The Monometric system has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. The Tetragonal system, or The Dimetric system has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. The Orthorhombic system, or The Trimetric system has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. The Monoclinic system, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. The Triclinic system, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. The Hexagonal system (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crystallized p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing. ] [ Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal. ] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction; to precipitate from a solution in the form of crystals. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits.
Syn. -- candied, glacé, glacéed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline form. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Hematocrystallin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato + crystalline. ] (Physiol.) See Hemoglobin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo + crystalline. ] (Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

a. [ Pref. hypo- + crystalline. ] (Crystallog.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the act of installing something (as equipment).
Syn. -- installation, setting up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F. métallique. See Metal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; conductive of electricity; basic; forming positive ions in solution; antacid. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. --
Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. --
Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Metallic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a metallic manner; by metallic means. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + facere, factum, to make. ] The production and working or manufacture of metals. [ R. ] R. Park. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. metallifer; metallum metal + ferre to bear: cf. F. métallifère. ] Producing metals; yielding metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. metallum metal + -form: cf. F. métalliforme. ] Having the form or structure of a metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. métallin. ] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties. (b) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. métallisation. ] The act or process of metallizing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Metallized p. pr. & vb. n. Metallizing ] [ Cf. F. métalliser. ] To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Micro- + crystalline. ] (Crystallog.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + metal. ] The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not metallic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements bound to organic radicals; such as, methylmercury, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.; formerly refered to as metalorganic. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. fanero`s visible + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + metallic. ] Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Min.) The process or recrystallizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stabling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stalon, OF. estalon, F. étalon, fr. OHG. stal a stable. See Stall, n. ] A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly crystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. taillage. See Taille, and cf. Tailage. ] (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [ Written also tailage, taillage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]