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latten |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Latten \Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF laton, F. laiton, prob. fr OF late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf It latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.] 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. --Chaucer. 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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