met all ikon (metal ikon)

[ neut. of μεταλλικός, of metal, metallic: see me tallic.] An English architectural surface-decoration, consisting of gla plates on which are cemented ornaments of gla , terra-cotta, etc. metalline (met'al-in), a. [= F. métall in = It. met all i no; as metal + -ine1.] Of a metallic nature or quality; consisting of or like metal; containing metal: as, metalline water. The quicksilver [was] by this means brought to appear a very close and lovely metalline cylinder, not interrupted by interspersed bubbles as before.