smelt

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smelt (disambiguation)

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsmɛlt/
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Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.

Noun edit

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smelt (plural smelts)

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.
(obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
- c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will , this is a very Smelt

Derived terms edit

European smelt

Translations edit

fish of the family Osmeridae

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: ко́рюшка f (kórjuška)
Catalan: eperlà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胡瓜魚／胡瓜鱼 (zh) (húguāyú)
Finnish: kuore (fi)
French: éperlan (fr) m
German: Stint m
Ingrian: kurvi
Irish: cualarach m, smealt m
Italian: sperlano m
Japanese: 胡瓜魚 (キュウリウオ, kyūriuo)
Kazakh: қиярбалық (qiärbalyq)
Maori: ngaore, paraki, rangiriri, kehakeha
Mi'kmaq: gaqpesaw anim
Polish: stynka (pl) f
Russian: ко́рюшка (ru) f (kórjuška)
Scottish Gaelic: dubh-bhreac m
Spanish: eperlano m
Swedish: nors (sv)
Veps: sinikod
Walloon: spierlin m
Welsh: brwyniad m, gwyniad Ebrill m

Etymology 2 edit

From very early Middle English smel; likely to derive from Old English, but not recorded.

Verb edit

smelt

simple past and past participle of smell

Etymology 3 edit

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.

Noun edit

smelt (countable and uncountable, plural smelts)

Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
- 1982, Raymond E. Kirk and Donald F. Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology,^[1] Wiley, →ISBN, page 405,
  The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt, contains an insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance.
- 1996, Arthur J. Wilson, The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Time and Their Impact on Civilization,
  When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured directly into the moulds, thus avoiding the need to break it up and remelt […]
- 2000, Julian Henderson, The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation of Inorganic Materials,
  […] can vary in different positions in the furnace and during the smelt.
  
  Furnaces are unlikely to survive the smelts; all that often remains on metal production sites is just furnace bases and broken fragments of furnaces […]
- 2002, Jenny Moore, “Who Lights the Fire? Gender and the Energy of Production”, in Moira Donald and Linda Hurcombe (eds.), Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective,^[2] Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 130,
  Women are allowed to play some small part in the smelt if they are breastfeeding or post-menopausal (van der Merwe and Avery, 1988).

Quotations edit

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Translations edit

production of metal, especially iron, from ore — see smelting

any of the molten liquids involved in these processes

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: плавка f (plavka), стопилка f (stopilka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: smelten (nl)
Finnish: sula (fi)
German: Schmelze (de) f
Russian: распла́в (ru) m (raspláv)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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