metal man

[English metal, and man.] A worker in metals, a smith. mět-a-log-Ic-al, a. [Pref. meta-, and English logical.] Beyond the province of logic. mět-al-or-găn-Ic, adj . [Eng. metal; organic.] Of a series of compounds of metallic elements with organic radicals, as zinc-ethyl, sodium-methyl, . mět-a-lū-min-a, s. [Prefix met- , and English IMG:content-1154.png:[blocks in formation] -ic . ] mět-a-mor-phic, adj . [Eng. metamorphosis); 1. Ord. Lang.: Producing or causing metamorphosis; transforming; causing change in form or structure. 2. Geol.: (See the compound.) metamorphic-limestone, s. Geol.: Crystalline or, as it was called by the older geologists, Primary Limestone. In general it occurs in thin beds forming a foliated schist, resem bling gnei or mica-schist, and alternating with those rocks, in which case it often contains crystals of mica, sometimes with quartz, hornblende, talc, chlorite, garnet, . At other times, it is a white, crystalline, granular marble, capable of being used for sculpture. It is largely developed in the Alps, and more sparingly in the hypogene districts of Norway, Sweden, and Scotland. metamorphic-rocks, metamorphic-strata, Geol.: The term-first proposed by Lyell in 1833, subst. pl. IMG:content-1155.png:[blocks in formation] -ist .] Church Hist.: A name given to certain sacramentarians of the fifteenth century, who affirmed that Christ's natural body with which He ascended was wholly deified, and had entirely lost its humanity. ( Shipley .) mět-a-mor-phize, v . t . [Eng. meta morph ( osis); -ize.] To transform, to change, to metamorphose. met-a-mor-phōse, v. t . [Fr. métamorphoser .] [METAMORPHOSIS.] To transform; to change into a different form; to change the form, shape, or character of; to transmute. "Can transubstantiate, metamorphose , And charm whole herds of beasts, like Orpheus." Butler: Miscellaneous Thoughts. mět-a-mor-phōse, s . [METAMORPHOSE, v.] A change of form or character; a metamorphosis, a transformation.