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latten|ˈlætən|
Forms: 4–5 (also 9 arch.) latoun, latun, 5–6 latyn, 5–7, 9 laten, (5 latoen, -one), 5–8 latin, 6 lattinne, -oun, -yne, -yng, latynn, 6–7 latine, lattyn(n, 6–9 lattin, (7 laden), 4– laton, 5– latton, latten.
[a. OF. laton, leiton, mod.F. laiton = Pr. lato, Sp. laton, Pg. latão, Piedmontese loton, It. ottone (the initial l having been dropped through being mistaken for the def. article). The relation between these forms is obscure; if the Fr. form be original, it would point to a popular L. type *lactōn-em; if the word was originally Sp., it may be a derivative of Com. Rom. *latta lath, tin-plate (It. latta, Sp., Pg. lata, F. latte; of Teut. origin: see lath). From Fr. the word was adopted into the Teut. and Slav. langs.: cf. Du. latoen, ON. látun, Russian latun′.]
1. A mixed metal of yellow colour, either identical with, or closely resembling, brass; often hammered into thin sheets. Now only arch. and Hist.
The word occurs not infrequently as a translation of L. orichalcum.
[1339in Riley Lond. Mem. (1868) 205 Sex Instrumenta de latone, vocitata Gonnes.] 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4367 His fete er like latoun bright Als in a chymne brynnand light. 1382Wyclif 1 Kings vii. 45 Alle the vessels..weren of latoun [L. de aurichalco]. c1386Chaucer Prol. 699 He hadde a croys of laton ful of stones. ― Frankl. T. 517 Phebus wax old and hewed lyk laton. 14..Sir Beues (MS. M) 1134 Pelouris and durris were all of brasse, With laten sett and with glasse. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 653/15 Hoc auricalcum, latone. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clvi. 145 An horologe or a clocke of laten. 1528More Dyaloge i. Wks. 132/2 Whan we se dayly a great pece of siluer, brasse, laten or yron drawen at length into smale wier. 1538Inv. in Archæologia LI. 71 Itm the laton on the larestones, vs. 1553Inv. Ch. Goods, Stafford in Ann. Dioc. Lichfield (1863) 49, ij candelstyks of lattyn, one crysmatorye of latten. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) Rev. i. 15 And his feete like to latten as in a burning fornace. 1600Dekker Fortunatus Wks. 1873 I. 124 Whether it were lead or lattin that haspt downe those winking casements, I knowe not. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xiii. (1840) 138 It was concluded, that they should not celebrate the sacrament in glass..but in chalices of latten. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Direct. Melons 4 The Noses of the Pipes might easily be Inserted into a larger Pipe of Laton. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 5 Latten..is another sort of Copper colour'd with Lapis Calaminaris. 1885R. F. Burton 1001 Nts. I. 141 A dome of yellow laton from Andalusia. 1890W. Morris in Eng. Illustr. Mag. July 755 She brought him the hand-washing water in a basin of latten.
b. black latten = latten-brass (see 3 b). shaven latten, a thinner kind than black latten. roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
1660Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Sched. Rates Inwards, Lattin vocant blacke Lattin the hundred weight..ij li. shaven Lattin..iij li. vj s. viij d. 1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 413 His Majesty..does permit the Danish and Swedish Ships to come loaded with..Latten-black, or ruled. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 120 Shaven Latten is distinguished from Black Latten by its thinness and brightness on both sides of the sheets.
2. Iron tinned over, tin-plate; more explicitly white latten. Also, any metal made in thin sheets. Now dial.
1611Cotgr., Fer blanc, White Lattin. 1615De Montfort's Surv. E. Ind. 37 A little hollow pipe of white latten. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. i. (1682) 43 Pipes of..Tin or Laton as they call thin Plates of Iron Tinn'd over. 1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 147 Your vessel ought to be of latten..the tin yielding no bad tincture to the liquor. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Latten or Lattin, Iron tinn'd over. 1728Rutty in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 630 The making of Tin-plates, or Lattin, as it is called, being not commonly practised in England. 1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 238 The art of making tin plates or latten. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 120 Iron Plates tinned over are sometimes termed Latten. a1825in Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Latten, We do not mean any mixed metal, but give the name to common tin-plate. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Latten, thin metal. Metal in sheets.
3. attrib. often passing into adj. = Consisting or made of latten.
1492Nottingham Rec. III. 24, j laton bason, pretii ijs. 1513Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 4 Cleir schynand bemys, and goldin symmeris hew, In lattoun colour altering haill of new. 1529Churchw. Acc. St. Giles, Reading 37 Laten wire for the chyme. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 944 A Dry-fat, sheath'd in latton plates with-out. 1623Webster Devil's Law-Case iv. ii, Here's a latten spoon, and a long one, to feed with the devil. 1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §39 A Lattin or Plate Lanthorn. 1670–1Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1711) 37 In a hole of the Pool lay a Latten or Tin Box. 1673Shadwell Epsom Wells iv. ii. Wks. (1720) 248 No people in the world can make Lattin ware, or work our tin well but they. 1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 270 Latin Plates or White Iron per Barrel containing 450 double Plates. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery v. 398 Bind it upon them with Iron or Lattin Wyre. 1825Scott Betrothed xi, A latten chain will become me as well as beaten gold. 1865Swinburne Masque Q. Bersabe 85 Low-barred latoun shot-windows. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 89 A massive latten thumb-ring.
b. latten-brass, milled brass in thin plates or sheets, used by braziers and for drawing into wire.
1676W. B[rowne] Man. Goldsm. 97 The Grain Weights are made of pieces of thin Brass, commonly called Latin-Brass. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 120 Black Latten, or Latten Brass, is imported in thin sheets of various sizes, sometimes scraped with a knife.
¶ Used with a pun on Latin.
1607Brewer Lingua iii. v. F 2, Congealing English Tynne, Græcian Gold, Romaine Latine all in a lumpe. 1624Bedell Lett. vi. 96 The Barbarous not Latine but lead of the stile,..doe conuince them of falshood. 1631R. Brathwait Whimzies 119 Of all metals, hee hates Latin: for hee hath heard how it was sometime the Roman tongue. a1655Sir N. L'Estrange in Shaks. C. Praise 282 [Alleged saying of Shakes.], I faith Ben: I'le e'en give him a douzen good Lattin Spoones, and thou shalt translate them. |