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pot metal

noun

  1. an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
  2. cast iron of a quality suitable for making pots.
  3. a low-grade nonferrous alloy used for die casting.
  4. Glassmaking. antique glass ( def ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pot metal1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

The joyous sparkling tone of Tours lights proves a skillful use of pot-metal yellow.

Pot-metal glass—that colored in the mass—had hitherto been used exclusively.

We'll go 'long 'tween Wildcat an' the Ford, an' pick up a wagon-load uv ez good shooters ez thet clumsy chunk o' pot-metal wuz.

As the Roman coated his dull blue with opaque white glass, so he coated translucent white with rich pot-metal colour.

Observe that this yellow stain is neither an enamel nor a pot-metal colour, but literally a stain, the only stain used upon glass.

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