vbl. sb. [f. FUSE v.2 + -ING1.] The action or process of fusing (see FUSE v.2), lit. and fig.
1832. G. R. Porter, Porcelain & Gl., 192. This, in fusing, was converted into a black glass, which was opaque, and tolerably well melted.
1886. Athenæum, 22 May, 684/1. A little fusing into harmony would do wonders for this picture and make it like nature.
b. attrib., as fusing point or temperature, the point or temperature at which fusion takes place.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., II. xxxi. 409. The fusing point has been elevated by the pressure. Ibid. (1863), Heat, vi. § 240 (1870), 188. The fusing-point of cast iron is 2,000° F.
1886. A. Winchell, Walks & Talks Geol. Field, 101. The fusing temperature now existing within [the earth].
