Definition of "metalline" []

• Of, resembling, or having the properties of a metal. (adjective)
• Containing metal ions. (adjective)

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• "My cheeks were of that metalline description that never knew a blush, before an audience of one or many."
• "Time effects less change on this colour than on other bright vegetal yellows; but white lead and other metalline pigments injure, while terrene and alkaline substances redden it."
• "This dissolves in alkalies, and combines with metalline bases to form various coloured compounds, termed _Purpurates_."