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pewter 音標拼音: [pj'utɚ] n. 白蠟;白蠟制器;金錢 白蠟;白蠟制器;金錢 pewter n 1: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals ( especially lead) Pewter \ Pew" ter\ ( p[= u]" t[~ e] r), n. [ OE. pewtyr, OF. peutre, peautre, piautre: cf. D. peauter, piauter, It. peltro, Sp. & Pg. peltre, LL. peutreum, pestrum. Cf. { Spelter}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead. [ 1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " pewter": aureate, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronzy, copper, coppery, cupreous, cuprous, ferrous, ferruginous, gilt, gold, gold- filled, gold- plated, golden, iron, ironlike, lead, leaden, mercurial, mercurous, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, pewtery, quicksilver, silver, silver- plated, silvery, steel, steely, tin, tinny
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