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Pewter Meaning & Definition
Pewter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pewter?

[n] any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)

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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

See Also | alloy | metal

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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