SPEISS

Etymology

Noun

speiss (countable and uncountable, plural speisses)

A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead

Anagrams

• pisses, sepsis

Source: Wiktionary


Speiss, n. Etym: [Cf. G. speise food, mixed metal for bells, etc.] (Metal.)

Definition: A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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