meta ferric

[Pref. meta-, and English ferric.] Derived from or contained in ferric acid. IMG:content-1148.png:[blocks in formation] in relation to the admeasurement or metage of coals."-Defoe: Tour Thro Britain, ii. 145. 2. The charge or toll charged for measuring. mět-a-gel-a-tine, s. [Pref. meta- , and Eng. gelatine .] Photog.: Gelatine which has been deprived of its setting power, usually by boiling with ammonia. It is sometimes used in preference to ordinary gel a tine in the earlier stages of compounding a gelatine emulsion.