| 单词 | plate pewter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplate pewter plate pewter n. a high-grade, hard type of pewter, used especially for plates and dishes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > pewter > types of lay metalc1480 plate metal1668 plate pewter1828 trifle1839 trifle-pewter1875 1828 S. F. Gray Operative Chemist 632 Plate pewter, used for dishes and plates; this is the best kind, and contains the smallest quantity of other metals added to the tin. 1884 Knight's New Amer. Mech. Dict. 1677/1 The plate-pewter has, tin, 100; antimony, 8; bismuth, 2; copper, 2. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 339/1 Plate pewter (100 parts of tin, 8 of antimony, 4 of copper and 4 of bismuth). 1934 Pop. Mech. Dec. 955/1 A word about the proper metals for spinning: Pewter is ideal; either No. 1 (plate pewter) or No. 2 (triple pewter). 2005 N. Shopland Archaeol. Finds i. 28 High-grade pewter, known as hard or plate pewter contained copper and was lead-free. Cheaper pewter was high in lead. < as lemmas |
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