'Smelting' definitions:

Definition of 'Smelting'

From: GCIDE
  • Smelting \Smelt"ing\, a. & n. from Smelt. [1913 Webster]
  • Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smelting'

From: GCIDE
  • Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelting.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[aum]lta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. Enamel, Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.] (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. [1913 Webster]