EMOLLES'CENCE, noun [Latin emollescens, softening. See Emolliate.]
In metallurgy, that degree of softness in a fusible body which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.