metallifacture

Noun

metallifacture (countable and uncountable, plural metallifactures)

1. (rare, uncountable) The production and manufacture of metals.
   • Given the necessary raw materials, capital, and skilled labour, nothing is easier than to turn trees into chairs, and ore into the finest products of metallifacture.1887, Robert Dennis, “Depression and Its Causes” (chapter I), in Industrial Ireland: A Practical and Non-Political View of “Ireland for the Irish.”, London: John Murray, page 3
   • [see title]1895 September 16, “Metallifacture Discovery: Claim that the Lost Art of Hardening Copper Is Found”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 21, number 20, St. Louis, page 1
2. (countable, rare) A manufactured article of metal.
   • Under the head of Metallifactures, we include the manufacture of hardware, brassware and jewelry: reserving, however, that of watches, for the following section.1841, Roswell Park, “Chreotechnics” (chapter XIV), in Pantology: Or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge […], Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, page 478
   • 3. Manufactures. […]
     b. Furniture.
     (1.) General and Unclassified. H 6
     (2.) Metallifactures. H 71899 October, “Index to the Classification”, in Author and Title Catalogue of the Cathedral Library, of New York, New York: The Cathedral Library Association, page 8