smelting
冶煉; 熔煉
Smelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelting.] Metal. To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
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Smelt·ing, a. & n. from Smelt.
Smelting furnace Metal., a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.
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