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spelter
[ spel-ter ]
noun
- zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
spelter
/ ˈɛə /
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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