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Smelted vs Spelted - What's the difference?

smelted | spelted |

As verbs the difference between smelted and spelted

is that smelted is (smelt) while spelted is (spelt).

smelted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (smelt)

    • smelt

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) smelt.

    Noun

    (wikipedia smelt) (en noun)
  • Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
  • (obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Etymology 2

    From very early (etyl) smel; likely to derive from (etyl), but not recorded.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (smell)

    • Etymology 3

    Variant of the stem of (etyl) , cognate with Dutch smelten and German schmelzen.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting]] and chemical reduction of metal [[compound, compounds into purified metal.
  • Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
  • * 1982, Raymond E. Kirk and Donald F. Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=ELo2AAAAMAAJ] Wiley, ISBN 0471020729, page 405,
    • The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt , contains an insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance.
  • * 1996, Arthur J. Wilson, The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Time and Their Impact on Civilization ,
    • When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured directly into the moulds, thus avoiding the need to break it up and remelt […]
  • * 2000, Julian Henderson, The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation of Inorganic Materials ,
    • […] can vary in different positions in the furnace and during the smelt .
    Furnaces are unlikely to survive the smelts ; all that often remains on metal production sites is just furnace bases and broken fragments of furnaces […]
  • * 2002, Jenny Moore, “Who Lights the Fire? Gender and the Energy of Production”, in Moira Donald and Linda Hurcombe (eds.), Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=che-z_41CnkC] Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0312223986, page 130,
    • Women are allowed to play some small part in the smelt if they are breastfeeding or post-menopausal (van der Merwe and Avery, 1988).
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "smelt")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld

    • Anagrams

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    spelted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spelt)

    • spelt

    English

    Etymology 1

    See (spell)

    Alternative forms

    * spelled (qualifier)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, British) (spell)
  • * 1590 , (William Shakespeare), , v 1
    • Yes, yes; he teaches boys the hornbook. What is a, b, spelt / backward with the horn on his head?

    Usage notes

    The form spelt'' may predominate over ''spelled in parts of North America with heavier English settlement since the 19th century. One such place is Utah.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, '', or a separate species Triticum spelta.
    • See also
    * (wikipedia "spelt") * emmer * farro

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) spalden, or (etyl) spald.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  • (metalworking) spelter

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To split; to break; to spalt.
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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