单词 | latten |
释义 | lattenn. 1. a. A mixed metal of yellow colour, either identical with, or closely resembling, brass; often hammered into thin sheets. Now only archaic and Historical.The word occurs not infrequently as a translation of Latin orichalcum. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of maslinOE latten1340 messing1371 orichalcc1429 shruff1541 black latten1545 mellay1545 medley brass1600 medley1601 shaven latten1660 latten-brass1677 brass-latten1678 similor1778 pig brass1841 Muntz metal1842 button brass1849 oreide1857 voltaic brass1860 semilor1866 naval brass1881 1339 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 205 Sex Instrumenta de latone, vocitata Gonnes.] 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4367 His fete er like latoun bright Als in a chymne brynnand light. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings vii. 45 Alle þe vesselis..weren of latown [L. de aurichalco]. c1386 G. Chaucer Frankl. T. 517 Phebus wax old and hewed lyk laton. 14.. Sir Beues (MS. M) 1134 Pelouris and durris were all of brasse, With laten sett and with glasse. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 699 He hadde a cros of laton ful of stones. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 653/15 Hoc auricalcum, latone. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clvi. f. lxxxix An Horologe of a Clocke of Laten. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 132/2 Whan we se dayly a great pece of siluer, brasse, laten or yron drawen at length into smale wier. 1538 Inventory in Archaeologia (1888) 51 71 Itm the laton on the larestones, vs. 1553 Inventory Church Goods in Ann. Diocese Lichfield (1863) 49 ij candelstyks of lattyn, one crysmatorye of latten. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Rev. i. 15 And his feete like to latten as in a burning fornace. 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. E4 Whether it were lead or lattin that haspt downe those winking casements, I knowe not. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xiii. 130 It was concluded, That they should not celebrate the Sacrament in glasse..but in chalices of latten. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck at Bleck Lettanie that is as thinne as a leafe of gold. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck at Eere Brasse, Copper, or Letanie. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Direct. conc. Melons 4 in Compl. Gard'ner The Noses of the Pipes might easily be Inserted into a larger Pipe of Laton. 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. vi. 7 Latten..is another sort of Copper colour'd with Lapis Calaminaris. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. 141 A dome of yellow laton from Andalusia. 1890 W. Morris in Eng. Illustr. Mag. July 755 She brought him the hand-washing water in a basin of latten. b. shaven latten, a thinner kind than black latten. roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).black latten: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of maslinOE latten1340 messing1371 orichalcc1429 shruff1541 black latten1545 mellay1545 medley brass1600 medley1601 shaven latten1660 latten-brass1677 brass-latten1678 similor1778 pig brass1841 Muntz metal1842 button brass1849 oreide1857 voltaic brass1860 semilor1866 naval brass1881 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Sched. Rates Inwards, Lattin vocant blacke Lattin the hundred weight..ij li. shaven Lattin..iij li. vj s. viij d. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 107 Shaven Latten is distinguished from Black Latten by its thinness, and brightness on both sides of the sheets. 2. Iron tinned over, tin-plate; more explicitly white latten. Also, any metal made in thin sheets. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > tinplate white iron1496 latten1611 tin-plate1677 taggers1834 terne-plate1858 coke plate1878 terne1904 coke1930 electrotin1935 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fer blanc, White Lattin. 1615 J. Loiseau de Tourval tr. H. de Feynes Exact Surv. E. Indies 37 A little hollow pipe of white latten. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. 43 Pipes of..Tin or Laton as they call thin Plates of Iron Tinn'd over. 1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 112 Your Vessel ought to be of Latten,..the Tin yielding no bad Tincture to the Liquor. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Latten or Lattin, Iron tinn'd over. 1729 W. Rutty in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 630 The making of Tin-plates, or Lattin, as it is called, being not commonly practised in England. 1750 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 3) v. 140 The Art of making Tin Plates, or Latten. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 107 Iron Plates tinned over are sometimes termed Latten. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Latten, We do not mean any mixed metal, but give the name to common tin-plate. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Latten, thin metal. Metal in sheets. 3. a. attributive often passing into adj. = Consisting or made of latten. ΚΠ 1492 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 24 j laton bason, pretii ijs. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 4 Cleir schynand bemys, and goldin symmeris hew, In lattoun colour altering haill of new. 1529 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 37 Laten wire for the chyme. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 139 A Dry-Fat sheath'd in latton plates with-out. 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. ii Here's a latten spoon, and a long one, to feed with the devil. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §39 A Lattin or Plate Lanthorn. 1670–1 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 37 In a hole of the Pool lay a Latten or Tin Box. 1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells iv. ii, in Wks. (1720) 248 No people in the world can make Lattin ware, or work our tin well but they. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 270 Latin Plates or White Iron per Barrel containing 450 double Plates. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 398 Bind it upon them with Iron or Lattin Wyre. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders I. 214 A latten chain will become me as well as beaten gold. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Masque Queen Bersabe 85 Low-barred latoun shot-windows. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 89 A massive latten thumb-ring. b. latten-brass n. milled brass in thin plates or sheets, used by braziers and for drawing into wire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of maslinOE latten1340 messing1371 orichalcc1429 shruff1541 black latten1545 mellay1545 medley brass1600 medley1601 shaven latten1660 latten-brass1677 brass-latten1678 similor1778 pig brass1841 Muntz metal1842 button brass1849 oreide1857 voltaic brass1860 semilor1866 naval brass1881 1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 97 The Grain Weights are made of pieces of thin Brass, commonly called Latin-Brass. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 107 Black Latten, or Latten Brass, is imported in thin sheets of various sizes, sometimes scraped with a knife. 4. Used with a pun on Latin. ΚΠ 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. v. F 2 Congealing English Tynne, Græcian Gold, Romaine Latine all in a lumpe. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. vi. 96 The Barbarous not Latine but lead of the stile,..doe conuince them of falshood. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxiv. 203 Of all metals, hee hates Latin: for hee hath heard how it was sometimes the Roman tongue. a1655 Sir N. L'Estrange in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 282 [Alleged saying of Shakes.], I faith Ben: I'le e'en give him a douzen good Lattin Spoones, and thou shalt translate them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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