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Webster 1913 Edition
Latten
Lat′ten
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Latten
LAT'TEN
,Noun.
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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.
- gold latten