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Latten Meaning & Definition
Latten Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Latten?

[n] brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

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Latten In Webster's Dictionary

\Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.] 1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also {latten brass}. He had a cross of latoun full of stones. --Chaucer. 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. {Black latten}, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire. {Roll latten}, latten polished on both sides ready for use. {Shaven latten}, a thinner kind than black latten. {White latten}, a mixture of brass and tin.

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