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spelter | spelted |

As a noun spelter

is zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.

As a verb spelted is

past tense of spelt.

spelter

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
  • (uncountable, countable) Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
  • (countable) An objet d'art made from zinc.

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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)

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