latten
Americannoun
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a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
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tin plate.
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any metal in thin sheets.
noun
Etymology
Origin of latten
1300–50; Middle English lato ( u ) n < Middle French laton copper-zinc alloy ≪ Arabic lātūn < Turkic; compare Turkish altιn gold
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She wore hairy calf-skin shoes on her feet, with long and strong-looking thongs to them, and great knobs of latten at the ends.
From Eirik the Red's Saga by John Sephton
"I'll give him," said he, "a dozen good latten spoons, and thou shalt translate them."
From Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline" by Eliza B. (Eliza Brown) Chase
Never ane o' them was ower black to be latten gang close up til him; and some o' sic women un'erstede things he said 'at mony a respectable wuman cudna get a glimp o'!
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
Latimer, Latner sometimes means a worker in latten, a mixed metal of which the etymological origin is unknown.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
The proper use of these latten dishes was, as I believe, to serve as a laver, carried round at the close of the banquet in old times, as now at civic festivities.
From Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849 by Various
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