LATTEN

latten

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)

(archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.

Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets.

Anagrams

• antlet, latent, talent

Source: Wiktionary

Lat"ten, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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