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noun

Latten n.

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."

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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Etymology of 'Latten'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Latten" Quotes from Famous Books

... page 53 some reference is made to Bacon in books published under various names, especially in the Emblem Books. In many cases page 55 is misprinted as 53. In the Shakespeare Folio 1623 on the first page 53 we read "Hang Hog is latten for Bacon," and on the second page 53 we find "Gammon of Bacon." When the seven extra plays were added in thethird folio 1664 in each of the two new pages 53 appears "St. Albans." In the fifth edition, published by ...

— Bacon is Shake-Speare • Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence

Words linked to "Latten" : brass