ferrumination

Etymology

Latin ferruminatio: compare French ferrumination.

noun

  1. The soldering or uniting of metals.“Now look out in the Gradus for Purus, and you find as the first synonime, lacteus; for coloratus, and the first synonime is purpureus. I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos.”