Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Metal \Met"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metaled} (? or ?) or
{Metalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metaling} or {Metalling}.]
To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a
road.
Source : WordNet®
metal
v : cover with metal
[also: {metalling}, {metalled}]
metal
adj : containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a
metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the
strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting
the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce [syn: {metallic},
{metal(a)}] [ant: {nonmetallic}]
[also: {metalling}, {metalled}]
metal
n 1: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny
solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be
formed into sheets etc. [syn: {metallic element}]
2: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or
metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together
or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an
alloy of zinc and copper" [syn: {alloy}]
[also: {metalling}, {metalled}]
metalled
See {metal}