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Pewter
Pewter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pewter?
[n] any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pewter: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pewter: aureate | brass | brassy | brazen | bronze | bronzy | copper | coppery | cupreous | cuprous | ferrous | ferruginous | gilt | gold | golden | gold-filled | gold-plated | iron | ironlike | lead | leaden | mercurial | mercurous | nickel | nickelic | nickeline | pewtery | quicksilver | silver | silver-plated | silvery | steel | steely | tin | tinny Pewter In Webster's Dictionary \Pew"ter\, n. [OE. pewtyr, OF. peutre, peautre, piautre:
cf. D. peauter, piauter, It. peltro, Sp. & Pg. peltre, LL.
peutreum, pestrum. Cf. {Spelter}.]
1. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally
consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards
modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers,
drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils.
Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead.
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