spelter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spelter
1655–65; origin uncertain; akin to Middle Dutch speauter, German spiauter spelter
Example Sentences
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"When I got back to my shanty after taking in my traps, I found that two men had been there stealing my spelter that I have worked hard for."
From Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget by Castlemon, Harry
That Gilbert meant either spelter or pewter is pretty certain.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
An elderly tinker, the father of the bride, grey as a leafless thorn in winter, but still stalwart and strong, sat admiring a bit of spelter of about a pound weight.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
The pipe is suspended vertically, flange downwards, and the spelter run in from the back of the flange.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The alloy is composed of copper, tin, spelter, or zinc and lead, which metals are manipulated.
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