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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. LG.

spialter

, G. & D.

spiauter

. Cf.

(Metal.)

Zinc; – especially so called in commerce and arts.

Noun.

Common zink, which contains a portion of lead, copper, iron, a little arsenic, manganese and plumbago.

spelter ‎(usually uncountable, plural spelters)

(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.