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reˈmelt, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
To melt again.
a. trans.1626Bacon Sylva §771 The Crude Materialls of Glasse, mingled with Glasse, already made and Re-moulten. 1775R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 180 They re⁓melted the old dross and scum, and found ore. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 185 If the lavas could be remelted. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 938 Those who remelt the pig brass, and are called ‘founders’.
b. intr.1793Smeaton Edystone L. §274 It was perceived to re-melt and unite with the fresh metal. 1865Masson Rec. Brit. Philos. 78 Into what Empyrean will it remelt when the separating film bursts?
Hence reˈmelted ppl. a., reˈmelting vbl. n.
1796Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 431 Perhaps metals in general are rendered purer..by remelting. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1127 The roasting of the mattes..and their treatment by four successive re-meltings. 1861Fairbairn Iron 142 Molten crude iron, or..remelted pig or refined iron. |