Noun

(lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.

#Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal , began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}

#Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.

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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.

#(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS]. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes. or sometimes other than hydrogen.Martin, J. C. (n.d.). [http://etacar.umn.edu/~martin/rrlyrae/metals.htm What we learn from a star's metal content

#Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.

#(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.

#:(Raymond)

#(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.

#*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)

#*:slavesand persons condemned to metals

(lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.

Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.

:(Knight)

(lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

(lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.

*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :

*:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.

*:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?

The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.

The rails of a railway.

The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

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Noun

(wikipedia lighting) (en noun)

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.

The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.

* 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)

We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings , so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

The process of annealing metals.

(Webster 1913)