speltern.
/ˈspɛltə/, U.S. /ˈspɛltər/ 1. Zinc. (Now only Commerce) Also locally applied to various ores.
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oreOE
metala1387
minea1425
mineralc1500
vein1601
spelter1661
ram1683
virgin ore1758
rock1830
manganomelane1934
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun]
zinc1651
spelter1661
zingho1743
Zn1814
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > zinc
zinc1651
spelter1661
zingho1743
1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse i, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 170 Leaving a lump or two of Spelter there for two or three dayes.
1671 J. Webster Metallographia Pref. sig. Bijv Ores..of Antimony, Tin~glass, Spelter, Talk, and Cinnober.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxii. 165 I have often made them with a mix'd Metal, of half Pewter and half Spelter.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory i. 31 Fling into it one ounce of Speltar.
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 129 Of bismuth, speltre, zink, naptha,..I have received specimens from several parts of Cornwall.
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 182/2 The articles which Belgium supplies to England are oak~bark,..spelter, and sheeps' wool.
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 1076 The general consumption of Spelter throughout the world is about 67,000 tons per annum.
1912 Trans. Royal Geol. Soc. Cornwall 14 153 In some of the deeper levels..an intimate mixture of chaliopyrite and garnet, which sometimes contains cassiterite also, locally known as ‘spelter’, has been met with in considerable quantities.
2. An alloy or solder of which zinc is the principal constituent.
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yellow gold1558
Mannheim gold1790
spelter1815
music plate1839
Florence-leaf1858
silver-powder1875
compo1879
mokum1889
Stellite1913
Vitallium1935
Mazak1937
ceramal1949
cermet1950
metal-ceramic1950
mokume gane1979
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > solder > types of
gold solder1580
soft solder1594
spelter solder1671
silver solder1682
spelter1815
silver-soldering1843
pewter solder1850
Wood1860
strap solder1885
tinman's solder1937
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 51 The hard solder for copper, is a soft, fusible sort of granulated brass, well known to artists under the name of spelter.
1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 26. 415 Method of making spelter for brazing iron, copper, etc.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 392 An elderly tinker..sat admiring a bit of spelter of about a pound weight. It was gold, he said.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as spelter-box, spelter-dust, spelter-heap, spelter-maker, spelter-ore.
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1684 London Gaz. No. 1991/4 There is another Watch a Spelter Box and Case all in one.
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 129 Speltre ore I have had from a mine near St. Columb.
1868 Q. Rev. No. 248. 346 Covering acres of ground like the spelter and cinder heaps.
1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xlv Where mine-slag, sparry rocks, and spelter dust combined to glare with intense heat.
1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 18/1 Spelter or zinc statuettes, known in the trade as imitation or French bronze.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 940 Spelter workers,..that is, men who smelt zinc ore, occasionally suffer from plumbism.
C2.
spelter solder n. a solder made from zinc and copper.
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gold solder1580
soft solder1594
spelter solder1671
silver solder1682
spelter1815
silver-soldering1843
pewter solder1850
Wood1860
strap solder1885
tinman's solder1937
1671 R. Boyle Some Consid. Vsefvlnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. 19 Though common Spelter-soder be much cheaper, than that which is made with Silver instead of Spelter.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 745/1 In this heat soft solder is just ready to melt, and has no tenacity;..even spelter solder is considerably weakened by it.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 268 Soft spelter-solder, suitable for ordinary brass work, is made of equal parts of copper and zinc.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 365/2 This solder possesses several advantages over the usual spelter solder or brass.
Derivatives
ˈspelter v. (transitive) to unite with spelter solder.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > solder > with specific technique or material
braze1678
plumba1722
soft-solder1769
spelter1861
tin1873
silver-solder1889
to blow on1893
1861 W. Graham Brassfounder's Man. 34 When the work is cleaned, bound, fluxed, and speltered, the whole is subjected to a clear charcoal or coke fire.
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