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Pewter
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Pewter
Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85–99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead. Copper and antimony act as hardeners while lead is common in the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. It has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C (33...
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pewter
[n] - any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
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Pewter
Traditionally an alloy containing 80% tin and 20% lead.
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Pewter
Tin-base white metal containing antimony and copper; 1 to 8% Sb and 0.25 to 3% Cu. Originally pewter would have contained 15% lead, now most pewters are lead-free.
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pewter
Alloy made from tin, with hardening agents such as lead, copper and more rarely antimony, added. New pewter is silvery in colour, becoming grey as it oxidises, and eventually turning almost black. Quality pewter contains mainly tin and little lead. English pieces made before the 17thC show little de...
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Pewter
Pew'ter noun [ Middle English pewtyr , Old French peutre , peautre , piautre : confer Dutch peauter , piauter , Italian peltro , Spanish & Portuguese peltre , Late Latin peutreum , p...
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pewter
noun any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
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Pewter
• (n.) 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. • (n.) Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
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pewter
tin-based alloy used as a material from which domestic utensils were fashioned. A brief treatment of pewter follows. For full treatment, metalwork: ... [6 related articles]
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Pewter
An alloy consisting principally of tin and lead or bismuth. The Pewterer's Company required that an alloy of not less than 94% tin and 6% of other metals be used for the finest quality English pewter.
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pewter
pewter, any of a number of ductile, silver-white alloys consisting principally of tin. The properties vary with the percentage of tin and the nature of the added materials. Lead, when added, imparts a bluish tinge and increased malleability and tends to escape from the alloy in poisonous quantities ...
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Pewter
Pewter is British slang for silver coinage.
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Pewter
Pewter is British slang for silver coinage.
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Pewter
Pewter is an alloy of 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead, that ws once much used for making plates and drinking-cups.
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pewter
Any of various alloys of mostly tin with varying amounts of lead, copper, or antimony. Pewter has been known for centuries and was once widely used for domestic utensils but is now used mainly for ornamental ware
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pewter
New pewter is silvery in colour, becoming grey as it oxidises, and eventually turning almost black.
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pewter
1) Alloy 2) Alloy of tin and lead 3) Bluish gray 4) Bluish-gray 5) Dull gray 6) It has a lead part 7) Metal 8) Mug material 9) Tankard material 10) Tin alloy 11) Tin-lead alloy
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