Metallurgy

met'al-ur-ji, n. ihe art of working metals the an of separating metals front their ores —adj Metallur gic, pertaining to metallurgy [Gr. met all on, a metal, ergon, work.) Metamorphic, met-a-mor'fik, adj subject to change ofjorm (geol applied to rocks, which, though aqueous origin, have been greatly alteicd by heat,—?*. Metamor phism, state or quality of being metamorphic. Metamorphose, met-a-mor'fCz, v to change into another form to transform. (Gr titetamorphob — meta, expre ing hangc, motphe, form.] Metamorphosis, met-a-nior'fo-sis change of form or shape transformation the change living beings undergo the course of their growth - pi Metamor phoses. Metaphor, met a-fur, v (rJiet a transference (of im lining the putting of one thing for another which only resembles, ns when kno-adedge tailed a lamp, or iv/'riU arc said to be bitter. [Fa —Gr metaphoi —mctafhe? 5— meta, over, phero, to cany Metaphoric, met n-for'ik, Metaphorical, met-aforVhal, ait/ pertaining to or containing metaphor figurative.- Metaphorically. Metaphrase, UK ta-fiaz, « a translation from one language into another word Jor word. [Gr vietaphrasis - meta, denoting change, ami phrasis, a spenkmg fhiazo to speak Metaphrast, mu'a-trast n one who translates word w ord —adj Metaphras'tic. Metaphysical, roel-a-fiz ik a adj pertaining lo metaphysics abstract — adv Metaphysically.