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pewtern.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French peutre, peautre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman peutre (c1290; also in the compound peutrevessel, petrevessel, peutervessel, peutrewessel, putrewessel pewter ware) and Middle French peautre (c1270 in Old French; end of the 12th cent. as pautre, pialtre; compare also Old French (Picardy) peutre), piautre (14th cent.), peaultre (15th cent.), cognate with Old Occitan peutre, peltre (13th cent.), Catalan peltre (a1529), Spanish peltre (1434; probably < Old Occitan or (in spite of the chronology) Catalan), Italian peltro (a1321), probably < an unrecorded vulgar Latin form *piltrum, of unknown origin; compare also post-classical Latin peltrum zinc (1007; c1227 in a British source), pelitria (1294 in a British source), peutrum (1342, 1346, 1356 in British sources), peuterum, peutreum, pewtreum (second half of the 14th cent. in British sources), piltrum (1464 in a British source) pewter.The nature of the relationship with spelter n. and foreign-language forms with initial s- cited s.v. is uncertain. For detailed discussion of both groups of words see H. M. Flasdieck Zinn und Zink (1952) passim. The following should probably be taken as showing the Anglo-Norman word (compare peutrevessel above) rather than English adjectival use:1367–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 386 In duodena de peudervessell garnatis dimissis in officio, 15 s. A. n. 1. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > pewter 1348 in C. Welch (1902) I. 4 (MED) The goode folk of the crafte ben acorded that non be so hardi to wirk by nyȝt no werk of peauter. 1387 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 209 (MED) Y be-quethe Bartilmewe neue..the lauour of peuter with the basyn of led. ?a1450 in F. J. Furnivall (1866) 311 (MED) Do thi licour in a vessel of peauder, or of leed, or of glas. a1500 in R. R. Sharpe (1902) D. 202 (MED) Alle the pottis of peuter that ye fynde in tavernys nat a selyd, to the Chamberleyn..yee shal presente. 1552 in W. Page (1897) 18 ij crewettes of pewder. 1573 in J. H. Burton (1878) 1st Ser. II. 269 Twa lawers of Flanders poyder. ?1602 (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 277 Whose head doth shine with bright hairs white as pewter. 1782 J. Priestley II. vi. 35 A chalice of gold, or silver, or at least of pewter. 1833 H. Martineau i. 9 The service of pewter made a grand display. 1839 A. Ure 952 The English tradesmen distinguish three sorts, which they call plate, trifle, and ley pewter; the first and hardest being used for plates and dishes; the second for beer-pots; and the third for larger wine measures. 1927 H. V. Morton i. 7 ‘Before people used pewter for plates and tankards,’ he explained, ‘wooden trenchers, drinking cups and bowls..were used by everyone.’ 1985 14 Dec. 1701/2 Modern pewter does not contain lead. 2002 Nov. 85/1 Please could you help me to identify a button-like object that I found in a field of stubble? It's quite heavy and I think it may be pewter or latten. the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > silvery grey 1971 Nov. 80/1 (advt.) One size tights in palest pewter. 1992 14 106 The timbers are weathered to a pewter. 2001 M. Blake x. 111 Above them, the cold sky was a thin strip of pewter. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > alloy of precious metals > alloy of gold and silver a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 653 Electrum, pewtyre. (Harl. 221) 395 Pewtyr, metalle, electrum. 1552 R. Huloet Pewter, electrum, or it is a kynde of mettall, halfe golde, halfe siluer, or parte. 3. the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > metal vessel > pewter vessels collectively 1426 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson (1937) II. 340 I bequethe to Beatrice my wyf all myn other goode unbequethe as wel in vessel, silver, bras and pewter. 1488 in W. G. Benham (1902) 67 Item xj pecs of pewter weyng xvj. libri; iiijs. 1570 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 33 That pewter is neuer for manerly feast, that dayly doth serue an vnmanerly beast. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. v. 45 Fiue yeare, berlady a long lease for the clinking of pewter . View more context for this quotation 1604 in F. Collins (1902) I. 244 All the pewther as yt standes. 1663 in A. J. Warden (1872) 485 That no brassier sall midle to chang pewter or mend pewter. 1717 A. Ramsay iv Her pewther glanc'd upo' your een Like siller plate. 1745 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond (1915) III. 320 I give to my welbeloved Daughter Sarah King all my Pewter which is Fouer Platers Six Plates One Bason. 1807 R. Southey II. 72 We ate off pewter, a relic of old customs. 1885 Apr. 878/2 The ancient ‘dresser’ of the earlier colonial time, with its stock of pewter. 1905 708 As by a process of natural evolution pewter has ousted wood from the kitchen, so china in its turn has inevitably supplanted pewter. 1960 19 Feb. 743/1 A variety of other samples, soils, British multiple coin-moulds, and Roman pewter, was also analysed by the d.c. arc method. 2000 (Nexis) 6 June (Features section) Made about 1770 in the North Country, it does not conform to the popular conception of a dresser as a sideboard with an open rack of shelves for displaying pewter. society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] 1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (new ed.) v. 73 And euery man Trace to his home againe, and hang his Pewter vp. society > trade and finance > money > [noun] the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > other specific prize 1814 J. Austen 30 Nov. (1995) 287 Tho' I like praise as well as anybody, I like what Edward calls Pewter too. 1829 P. Egan New Ser. II. 90 The exertions of Jack's fists and his tongue were both rewarded by a shower of browns, and also a little pewter into the bargain. 1842 P. Egan iii. 36 Hand up the ‘pewter’, farmer, you shall have a share. 1888 24 Mar. 202/1 The anxiety for ‘pewter’ or prize money, which..animated our officers and men. 1905 A. M. Binstead 58 But the thing that did seem hard to Catterick was having to part with that £368 odd without keeping back a little bit of pewter for himself. 1950 P. Tempest 158 Pewter, silver. the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > pewter a1839 W. M. Praed (1864) II. 233 Now drinking from the pewter. 1853 G. J. Cayley II. 54 A huge glass mug with a handle, as big as a pewter. 1861 T. Hughes I. xi. 191 Stopping in the bar to lay hands on several pewters full of porter. 1874 (rev. ed.) 251 Pewter,..the pots for which rowing men contend are often called pewters. 1937 R. Kipling iv. 80 Fourpence, which included a pewter of beer or porter, was the price of admission to Gatti's. 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1677/1 Pewter, a polishing material used by marble-workers. B. adj.society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > pewter 1383 (P.R.O.: C 145/228/11) m. 2 Item ij dosen & di. de Peutervessell gernest precij xx s. Item iiijor peuterpottes de potells. 1387 in R. R. Sharpe (1890) II. 277 (MED) Stolis, chestis, [a] ferplate, [a] peutrelavour. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 192 (MED) Leie it in a peuter [L. stannea] disch & spete þeron. 1472–3 VI. 37/2 William Frost and other..cam..to the dwellyng place of John Glyn..and there brake uppe his dores and toke away..iii dosen of peauter Vessell. 1522 in S. Tymms (1850) 115 A grett pewter basen. 1573 in J. H. Burton (1878) 1st Ser. II. 269 Thre dosane of Flander pulder plaittis. 1591 G. Fletcher ii. f. 4 In the extremitie of winter, if you holde a pewter dishe..in your hand..your fingers will friese faste vnto it. 1631–2 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 316 A quarte and a pinte of pewter pottes. 1688 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) III. 384 Two and twenty peauter Trenchers plaits. 1707 J. Mortimer (1721) I. 272 Placing a large Pewter-platten under the Cluster of Bees. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §286 I melted down all the pewter plates and dishes that we could muster on board the buss. 1816 W. Scott I. iv. 78 With a pewter badge on the right arm. 1894 10 Feb. 5/2 The old familiar pewter pot is disappearing from London public-houses, and its place is being taken by the Continental glass. 1927 W. Cather iii. iv. 112 He caught up the empty pewter mug. 1996 Autumn 27/1 (advt.) Elegant handcrafted pewter oil lamps, candlesticks, vases, tableware and baby gifts. the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > silvery grey 1887 H. D. Rawnsley xx The pewter disk [sc. a piece of jet] to brightness runs. 1922 J. Joyce i. iii. [Proteus] 45 Galleys of the Lochlanns ran here to beach,..their blood-beaked prows riding low on a molten pewter surf. 1992 D. Weale 107 A family of tall spruce, their separate tops in silhouette against the pewter sky. Compounds C1. 1604 T. Middleton sig. D2v As if he had bene newly shoulderclapt by a pewter-buttond Serieant. 1690 T. Brown 1 It haunts me worse than a Pewter-Button'd Serjeant does a decayed Cit. 1844 11 May 64/1 It is likely, not that the Beadle would cane me, for that I would resist, but that persons in blue habiliments..and pewter-buttoned..would carry me before one of your Majesty's justices of the peace. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > pewter workers 1902 22 Robert was a pewter-maker. 2003 (Nexis) 7 July The historic main street of storefronts that once were boarded up and falling into disrepair have reopened as shops for potters and pewter makers, painters and furniture makers. 1905 28 Jan. 117/3 The art of pewter making and casting does not seem to have been practised in Scotland before the close of the fifteenth century. 2003 (Nexis) 1 Feb. 9 In 1885, 14-year-old Yong Koon arrived in Malaysia from Swatow, China, armed with nothing more than a heightened sense of business acumen and training in pewter-making. 1878 H. W. Longfellow 7 Tankards pewter topped. 1891 29 Oct. 2/2 Shouting and gesticulating, in front of the long, pewter-topped barrier. C2. the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > tapster or barmaid 1834 F. Marryat I. ii. 18 I say, you pewter-carrier, bring us another pint of ale. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for other specific articles 1679 in J. A. Johnston (1991) 66 1 Pewter Case with Frame and Drawers. 1792 Chron. 214/1 The fluid passed from the bell to the pewter-case, and spent its force there. society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet 1584 J. Lyly v. iii. sig. F These pewter coates canne neuer sitte so well as satten dublets. 1605 G. Chapman et al. iii. sig. E*v Fill all the pottes in your house with all sorts of licour, and let 'hem waite on vs here like Souldiers in their Pewter coates. 1607 T. Dekker sig. K2v This villaine..has set vp three Armourers shops with harnesse caps, and pewter coates, that are linde cleane out with Ale. 1633 J. Fisher ii. i. sig. Cv Each Louer is a Souldier:..A pewter-coate fits me, as well as silke. the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > silvery grey 1956 M. Stewart xi. 94 Loch Na Creitheach lay dull and pewter-grey. 1993 Apr. 17 The canoes overturned in the pewter-grey waters of the St. Francis River. the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > vulgar language 1615 R. Brathwait 1 Mounsieur Bacchus,..singuler Artist in pewter language. 1890 Pewter-mill, a lapidary wheel. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > solder > types of 1850 M. Fillmore 266 (table) 30 pounds pewter solder. 1912 A. Ballard 24 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) When we [sc. jewellers] speak of Tommy or Soft tommy it means the ordinary lead or pewter solder that is in common use for repairing Britannia metal or lead articles. Derivatives 1868 J. D. Dana (ed. 5) 157 Cassiterite..not of the Stannum..a pewter-like alloy. 2000 5 Apr. ii. 24/1 The chief decorative feature is the gorgeously tooled, pewter-like pressed tin that lines the restaurant's walls and ceiling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.1348 |
