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1. n. A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
2. n. A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.
3. adj. not reflecting light; not glossy
4. n. a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
5. n. the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
6. v. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
7. 1. (Metallurgy) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color. 2. A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.
8. A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternatelyroasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal fromassociated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc.,according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brownor black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
9. n:100 n. a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted