Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
latten .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Latten, 1.
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- noun Alternative form of
latten .
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Examples
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The material of which they were made was principally manufactured at Cologne and thence exported to all parts of Christendom; it is called laton, an alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin, beaten into thick plates of various sizes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Magnet hight; on whose summit is a horseman of yellow laton seated on a horse also of brass and bearing on his breast a tablet of lead.
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The bright spot upon its summit is a dome of yellow laton from Andalusia, vaulted upon ten columns; and on its crown is a horseman who rideth a horse of brass and holdeth in hand a lance of laton; and there hangeth on his bosom a tablet of lead graven with names and talismans.
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This done, the main will swell and rise till it is level with the mountain head, and there will appear on it a skiff carrying a man of laton (other than he thou shalt have shot) holding in his hand a pair of paddles.
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A large gold-hilted one-edged sword had the youth upon his thigh, in a scabbard of light blue, and tipped with Spanish laton.
The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889
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And the knight and horse were equipped with arms of speckled yellow, variegated with Spanish laton.
The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889
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Upon the head of the knight was a bright helmet of yellow laton, with sparkling stones of crystal in it, and at the crest of the helmet was the figure of
The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889
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He declareth further, that in many places of these regions, he sawe great plentie of laton amonge th [e] inhabitantes.
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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The bright spot upon its summit is a dome of yellow laton from
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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This done, the main will swell and rise till it is level with the mountain head, and there will appear on it a skiff carrying a man of laton (other than he thou shalt have shot) holding in his hand
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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