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spelter

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spel·ter  (spltr)
n.
Zinc, especially in the form of ingots, slabs, or plates.
[Probably of Dutch or Low German origin.]
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Noun1.spelter - impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)
atomic number 30, zinc, Zn - a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende


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Deane, attached to a firm of which the returns were on the increase, naturally took a more lively view of the present, and had some details to give concerning the state of the imports, especially in hides and spelter, which soothed Mr.
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