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What does latten mean?

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Noun
  1. (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
  2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets.
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We have already latten behind our major comparator which secured a two percent pay rise over a one-year term last year.
Officials calculated that the ability to Latten enemy cities may well prove decisive in future wars.
The gauntlets are of latten, and still retain the inner leather gloves.
The High Tomb, which is without effigy or inscription, has numerous panels formerly adorned with latten shields.
Latimer, Latner sometimes means a worker in latten, a mixed metal of which the etymological origin is unknown.
Most of these were made of pewter or lead, but some have been found of silver gilt, latten, and tin.

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