Melting
['meltɪŋ] or ['mɛltɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Melt
(n.) Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.
(a.) Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- He cleared his vision with his sleeve, and the melting mood over, a very stern one followed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The space between these two points, which represent the temperatures of boiling water and of melting ice, is divided into 180 equal parts called degrees. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A seignorage will, in many cases, take away altogether, and will in all cases diminish, the profit of melting down the new coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The superiority of coin above bullion would prevent the melting down of the coin, and would discourage its exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A fuse is made by combining a number of metals in such a way that the resulting substance has a low melting point and a high electrical resistance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If a lump of melting ice is placed in the vessel of hot water and then removed, the ice will not be warmer than before, but there will be less of it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sun was melting the snow on them fast. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I never saw her thus affected; for she was not given to the melting mood. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My Lady Dedlock, having conquered HER world, fell not into the melting, but rather into the freezing, mood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sun was bright on the snow and it was melting fast. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's all passed safe through the melting-pot,' replied Fagin, 'and this is your share. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Now he had let go, imperceptibly he was melting into oneness with the whole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The result was absolutely new to all experience--India-rubber not melting in contact with red-hot iron! Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A warm wind was blowing and the snow was melting. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is then placed in melting tanks at a temperature of 122° to 124° F, and the clear yellow oil is drawn off and allowed to stand until it granulates. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Daniel