Metallic, me-tal'-ik

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 118

a. pertaining to or like a metal; containing or consisting of metal; of the nature of metal. Metallic lustre, a lustre peculiar to all metals. Metallic oxide, ametal combined with oxygen. Metallic salts, salts which have a metallic oxide as their base. Metallic vein, a mineral vein containing metallic ore.