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ferrumination

ferrumination noun: the soldering or uniting of metals.

Noun

ferrumination (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The soldering or uniting of metals.
    • Now look out in the Gradus for Purus, and you find as the first synonime, lacteus; for coloratus, and the first synonime is purpureus. I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos.1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “The Motives of the Present Work—Reception of the Author’s First Publication—The Discipline of His Taste at School—The Effect of Contemporary Writers on Youthful...

Origin of ferrumination

Latin ferruminatio: compare French ferrumination.

Questions about ferrumination

What does ferrumination mean?
Ferrumination means the soldering or uniting of metals.
What part of speech is ferrumination?
Ferrumination is a noun.

Words near ferrumination in the dictionary

  1. ferrum
  2. ferruminate
  3. ferruminated
  4. ferruminates
  5. ferruminating
  6. ferrumination
  7. ferrums
  8. ferrxanthone
  9. ferry
  10. ferry boat
  11. ferry boats

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