释义 |
metallify, v.|mɪˈtælɪfaɪ| [Formed as prec.: see -ify.] trans. To extract the metal from (ore).
1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 70/1 The Augustin process of silver extraction is only a peculiar mode of metallifying and collecting the silver of an ore after it has been by some preliminary operation converted into chloride or sulphate. |