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smelt

noun
/smɛlt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”). Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.

  1. derived from *smeltaną✻
  2. derived from *smeltan✻
  3. derived from smeltan
  4. derived from *smeltan✻
  5. derived from smelten
  6. derived from smelten

Definitions

  1. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific…

    Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

  2. A fool

    A fool; a simpleton.

    • These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will, this is a very Smelt

  3. simple past and past participle of smell

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and…

      Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

    2. Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of…

      Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.

    3. To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and…

      To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA