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spel⋅ter

[spel-ter]
–noun
zinc, esp. in the form of ingots.

Origin:
1655–65; orig. uncert.; akin to MD speauter, G spiauter spelter
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spel·ter   (spěl'tər)   
n.  Zinc, especially in the form of ingots, slabs, or plates.

[Probably of Dutch or Low German origin.]
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