spelter

[ spel-ter ]

noun

1. zinc, especially in the form of ingots.

spelter

/ ˈspɛltə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spelter¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spelter¹

C17: probably from Middle Dutch speauter, of obscure origin; compare Old French peautre pewter, Italian peltro pewter

Example Sentences

In making the truck and tender wheels of these early locomotives, the hubs were cast in three pieces and afterward banded with wrought-iron, the interstices being filled with spelter.

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The metallic zinc on the market is known as spelter.

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Drugs, pepper, coffee, tea, other sugars, indigo, cochineal, copper, and spelter, 7000 loads.

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Swansea has almost a monopoly of the manufacture of spelter or zinc.

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The alloy is composed of copper, tin, spelter, or zinc and lead, which metals are manipulated.

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