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▪ I. smelter, n.1|ˈsmɛltə(r)|
[f. smelt v. + -er1. Cf. Du. smelter, MSw. and Sw. smältare, G. schmelzer.]
1. One who smelts; a workman engaged in smelting; also, an owner of smelting-works.
1455in Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees) 364 [Nicholas Bucke employed by the abbot as a] smeltar [at his lead mines]. 1582in Trans. Jewish Hist. Soc. (1903) IV. 93 All manner of Charges of fireworke and smeltars wages. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 68 The smelter having taken to himself perhaps one part more for his expence. 1812Brackenridge Views Louisiana (1814) 149 The miners usually..dispose of their ore to the smelters. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. ii. §1 (1876) 19 The miners and smelters who extracted or prepared the iron. 1891Daily News 6 July 2/6 Manufacturers and smelters are not disposed to accept forward contracts at the current rates.
b. smelter's fume (see quot.).
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2220/1 Smelter's Fume, the metallic fume resulting from the smelting of lead, the sublimation of zinc from ore, mercury from cinnabar, etc.
2. Smelting-works; a smeltery. Orig. U.S.
1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 235 Several smelters are in course of construction to reduce these ores to ingots at home. 1890Pall Mall G. 12 July 3/2 On completion of eight additional smelters and other works.
3. attrib., as smelter-man, smelter returns.
1896Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 4 Sept., The millionaire smelterman. 1898Liebold Woman Proposes 68 We tax the gross output of the mines based on the mill and smelter returns.
▪ II. smelter, n.2|ˈsmɛltə(r)|
[f. smelt n.1 + -er1.]
One who fishes for smelts; a smelt-catcher.
1845Zoologist III. 1080 A smelter may be deemed the personification of patience. 1883G. C. Davies Norf. Broads iii. 23 The smelter passes the night in his boat. |