From Dutch and German - Infinitive = Smelten (= To smelt).
The word is used in both Dutch and German, they are not the same language.
Definition;
1). To smelt ore in order to get metal from it, or produce metal in this way. The separation of the metal usually requires a chemical change.
2). To undergo fusing or melting in the process of smelting.
3). Fish of northern waters: a small silvery sea or freshwater fish.
4). Smelt as food: the oily flesh of a smelt as food.
5). Past tense of to smell.
1). Smelting tin and copper ore into bronze bars.
2). The ores are being smelted.
3). Fish native to Northern waters. - from Family Osmeridae.
4). Flesh of Smelt fish (See definition 3).
5). Past tense of to smell - came from the fish that stank.
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Showing or feeling contempt: feeling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or utter lack of respect for somebody or something.
He's acting contemptuous.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
1) A fee paid to an agent for providing a service, especially a percentage of the total amount of business transacted.
2) A job or task given to a person or a group, especially an order to produce a particular product or piece of work.
3) A group of people authorized to carry out a duty.
4) The committing of something, especially a crime or other offense.
1) The middleman was paid a fee.
2) The factory was given a commission.
3) The spy had commission to kill suspects of terrorism.
4) The commission of a crime.
by Jafje June 06, 2007
1. Freedom from an obligation: Permission or entitlement not to do something that others are obliged to do.
2. Exempt person or thing: Somebody who or something that is exempt, e.g. income that is not taxed.
by Jafje April 03, 2007
After they cancelled SG-1, many people switched to SGA because Amanda Tapping would join the cast for a season.
by Jafje May 30, 2007