Index of English words, starting with "me"

(1) - Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
(2) - Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad.
(3) - Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion.
(4) - Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
(5) - Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
(6) - Metal (n.) Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
(7) - Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.
(8) - Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken.
(9) - Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
(10) - Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.

(1) - Metallic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.
(2) - Metallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.