Smelting
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Smelting, though by derivation synonymous with melting, has come to mean a melting of ores in the presence of some re-agent which operates to separate the metallic element by combining with a nonmetallic element. I/jwrey v. Smelting & Aluminum Co., 6S Fed. 354.