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witts (uncountable)

  1. (mining, UK, dialect, Cornwall) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
    • 1852, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical:
      the clean witts contain native oxide of tin, black or rosin-tin, and wolfram []

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