spelter

[spel-ter]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

zinc, especially in the form of ingots.

spelter

/ ˈ��ɛ��ə /

noun

impure zinc, usually containing about 3 per cent of lead and other impurities

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spelter¹

1655–65; origin uncertain; akin to Middle Dutch speauter, German spiauter spelter

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spelter¹

C17: probably from Middle Dutch speauter, of obscure origin; compare Old French peautre pewter, Italian peltro _pewter

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Example Sentences

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In making the truck and tender wheels of these early locomotives, the hubs were cast in three pieces and afterward banded with wrought-iron, the interstices being filled with spelter.

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The metallic zinc on the market is known as spelter.

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Drugs, pepper, coffee, tea, other sugars, indigo, cochineal, copper, and spelter, 7000 loads.

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Swansea has almost a monopoly of the manufacture of spelter or zinc.

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The alloy is composed of copper, tin, spelter, or zinc and lead, which metals are manipulated.

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spelt spelunk

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