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metallifactures

metallifactures is the plural of metallifacture.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about metallifactures

What is metallifactures the plural of?
Metallifactures is the plural of metallifacture.

Words near metallifactures in the dictionary

  1. metallicolous
  2. metallics
  3. metallide
  4. metallides
  5. metallifacture
  6. metallifactures
  7. metalliferous
  8. metallification
  9. metallified
  10. metallifies
  11. metalliform

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