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MET'ALLIXO. A term applied to the 

 covering of roads generally, and to the filling 

 in material above, below, and between the 

 several stone blocks and sleepers upon rail- 

 ways, &c. 



METAL'LOID. A name formerly given to 

 the metallic bases of the alkalies anil earths. 



i utensil ; but, technically, only the opera- 

 tions followed in separating metals from 

 their ores. 



METAMOR'PRIC, from 

 to alter. 1. Transformed. 2. An epithet 

 for such rocks as are altered by stratiflca- 



