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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Borax is the flux used, with silver solder as with spelter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Soldering at a red heat by means of spelter is called brazing.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
She carried spelter, lead, iron and other products to China and returned with tea, false cinnamon and various other Chinese goods.
From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus
My readers need not that I remind them of the conduct of Gurney, Overend, & Co. with reference to the forged spelter warrants.
From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The alloy is composed of copper, tin, spelter, or zinc and lead, which metals are manipulated.
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