Smelt
[smelt] or [smɛlt]
Definition
(noun.) small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters.
(noun.) small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water.
(verb.) extract (metals) by heating.
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Smell
(-) imp. & p. p. of Smell.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
(n.) A gull; a simpleton.
(v. i.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
Inputed by Cyrus
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Fuse (as ore), melt.
Checker: Presley
Definition
n. a fish of the salmon or trout family having a cucumber-like smell and a delicious flavour.
v.t. to melt ore in order to separate the metal.—ns. Smel′ter; Smel′tery a place for smelting; Smel′ting; Smel′ting-fur′nace -house -works.
Edited by Julius
Examples
- And what is more he smelt of death. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He smelt it--tasted it--smiled benignantly--then said: It is inferior--for coffee--but it is pretty fair tea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was back in a moment, and I smelt a strong reek of brandy as he passed me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The humbled mutineer smelt it, tasted it, and returned to his seat. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- While this was going on, Mr. Pickwick had been eyeing the room, which was filthily dirty, and smelt intolerably close. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The more he polished the worse I smelt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- True, said George, but it seems as if I smelt the free air, and it makes me strong. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Once smelting was known to men, there is no great marvel in the finding of iron. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a clay fire-hardened furnace for smelting iron. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The early smelting furnaces of Germany resembled the Catalan, and were called the Stückofen, and in Sweden were known as the Osmund. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The gigantic expansion of the iron and steel industry was foreshadowed in the change from wood to coal in the smelting furnaces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is an opening in front about a foot or more in height which is filled with clay at the commencement, and broken down at the end of each smelting operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Between that time and 1770 he practised melting small pieces of blistered steel (iron bars which had been carbonised by smelting in charcoal) in closed clay crucibles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The smelting of ore by charcoal in those places where carried on extensively required the use of a vast amount of wood, and denuded the surrounding lands of forests. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They smelted iron by blowing up a charcoal fire, and wrought it by heating and hammering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is clear evidence that they smelted iron ore as early as 3400 B..maintaining a blast by means of leather tread-bellows. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Lorenzo