Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ME-TAL'LIC, or ME-TAL'LIC-AL
MET-A-LEP'TIC-AL-LYMET-AL-LIF'ER-OUS
ME-TAL'LIC, or ME-TAL'LIC-AL, a. [L. metallicus.]
Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of the nature of metals; like a metal; as, a metallic substance; metallic ore; metallic brightness.
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