PEWTER

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.


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