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Latten   Listen
noun
Latten  n.  
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."
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.





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"Latten" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sir John and master mine, 145 I combat challenge of this latten bilbo. Word of denial in thy labras here! Word of denial: ...
— The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] • William Shakespeare


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