regulineadj.
/ˈrɛɡjᵿlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈrɛɡjələn/, /ˈrɛɡjəˌlaɪn/ Chemistry and Metallurgy. Now chiefly historical.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a regulus of a metal. Cf. regulus n. 3.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > antimony > [adjective]
antimonial1605
reguline1662
antimonian1836
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [adjective] > types or qualities of ores
roasted1582
reguline1662
trunked1828
unroasted1839
sintered1877
nodulized1906
1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. x. 238 The only Reguline and Mercurial part of Antimony, remaines in fusion in the bottom of the Crucible.
1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 834 This reguline substance, or antimony properly so called, is a metallic substance, sui generis.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad iv. 252 Ah treacherous present of the glittering mine, Fatal as calx, more fatal—reguline!
1884 Public Opin. 12 Sept. 336/1 Mr. Dudley..has succeeded in obtaining a bright reguline deposit of iridium on base metals.
1948 Science 14 May 515/2 Powder metallurgy products are unique in that some cannot be produced by any other methods, while others are in competition with solid or reguline materials.
1988 Osiris 4 17 Lavoisier demonstrated that if one calcined a given quantity by weight of the reguline metal, there always resulted a calx that weighed more than the metal one had begun with.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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