melted, ppl. a.
(ˈmɛltɪd)
[f. melt v.1 + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
1. That has been liquefied by heat. (Cf. molten.) melted butter: see butter I. 1 d.
| 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, iii. v. 50 Rush on his Hoast, as doth the melted Snow Vpon the Valleyes. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 366 The chaldron full of rich melted mettle. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 302 All kind of melted Butter and fryed Foods..are hurtful to the Health of all People. 1797 tr. C. De Massoul's Treat. Art Paint. 44 This melted glass in Enamel, produces the same effect, that oils, gums or glues produce in the other processes of Painting. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 5 Upon the surface of melted lead. 1861 Fairbairn Iron 159 The silicium thus formed alloying the steel, gives that quietness and freedom from boiling known in the trade as ‘dead melted’. 1870 J. H. Friswell Mod. Men of Lett. iii. 65 A spectacle to gods and men in these melted-butter days. |
† 2. Of corn: That has sprouted in harvesting.
| 1799 Hull Advertiser 26 Oct. 3/2 Every bushel of melted wheat. |
† 3. ‘Dissolved’ in emotion. Obs.
| 1628 Brittain's Ida vi. 9 Bathing in liquid ioyes his melted sprite. |
Hence ˈmeltedness. rare.
| 1852 J. D. Maclaren in Mem. (1861) 78 There would be only more meltedness of heart. |