spelter

American  

[spel-ter] / ˈspɛl tər /

noun

1. zinc, especially in the form of ingots.

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spelter British  

/ ˈspɛltə /

noun

1. impure zinc, usually containing about 3 per cent of lead and other impurities

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Etymology

Origin of spelter

1655–65; origin uncertain; akin to Middle Dutch speauter, German spiauter spelter

Example Sentences

What has copper to do with Venus? or how does tin, or how does spelter correspond with Jupiter?

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

The French-process zinc oxide produced in America by the sublimation and oxidation of spelter is the purest made, and superior to imported grades which often contain ultramarine blue as a whitening agent.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

At first the supply of aluminium for castings and Zeppelins was insufficient, but a composition of spelter and tin was invented, which answered the main purposes equally well.

From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris

The borax is generally powdered and mixed with the spelter, and both with water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The temperature is gradually raised to a bright red heat, when the spelter will be observed to fuse or "run," as it is technically said to do.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard