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Swelted vs Smelted - What's the difference?

swelted | smelted |

As verbs the difference between swelted and smelted

is that swelted is (swelt) while smelted is (smelt).

swelted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (swelt)

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    swelt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Old English sweltan. Cognate to Dutch .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialect) To die.
  • (obsolete, outside, dialect) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (swell)

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    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).
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    Verb

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

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