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malleable

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Malleable \Mal"le*a*ble\, a. [F. mall['e]able, fr. LL. malleare
   to hammer. See {Malleate}.]
   Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer,
   or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

   {Malleable iron}, iron that is capable of extension or of
      being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See
      under {Iron}.

   {Malleable iron castings}, articles cast from pig iron and
      made malleable by heating then for several days in the
      presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives
      the cast iron of some of its carbon.

Source : WordNet®

malleable
     adj 1: easily influenced [syn: {ductile}]
     2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
        copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
        leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
        of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {pliable},
         {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}]
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