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Latten

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Noun

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lat=ten

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Latten has 1 sense

latten(n = noun.substance) - brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils;

is a kind of

brass

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Latten, 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.].

A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. [1913 Webster]
"He had a cross of latoun full of stones." [1913 Webster]
Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. [1913 Webster]

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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Latten, n. an alloy of copper and zinc, often rolled into sheets, and formerly used for monumental brasses and church articles.

Etymology

ME latoun f. OF laton, leiton