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"Section M, N, and O"


My soul melteth for heaviness.

Ps. cxix. 28.


Melting with tenderness and kind
compassion.
Shak.


4. To lose distinct form or outline; to
blend.


The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing
outlines, overlapping and melting into each
other.
J. C. Shairp.


5. To disappear by being dispersed or
dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
Shak.


Melt"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being melted.


Melt"er (-&etilde;r), n. One who,
or that which, melts.


Melt"ing, n. Liquefaction; the act
of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming
melted.


Melting point (Chem.), the degree of
temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; as, the
melting point of ice is 0° Centigrade or 32° Fahr.,
that of urea is 132° Centigrade.
-- Melting
pot
, a vessel in which anything is melted; a
crucible.


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