spelter

Spelter is an archaic term for zinc but is usually seen as an alloy, containing mainly zinc with variable proportions of other metals including tin, lead and copper.

Probably first used as a brazing metal to weld other pieces with higher melting points...It was discovered to be a quick and easy casting metal which could be used to reproduce many items from a mould.

Much used in the 19th and early 20th century - mainly figurines and figural groups.
Some very large sculptural pieces were made but more usually, decorative house ware.
Often used as a cheaper alternative to bronze or to copy bronze pieces. See Monkey Metal

What am I bid for this rare spelter Art Deco figural group of an elegant lady with a pair of tigers on a leash.

by Welded Bliss January 11, 2008

spellcheck-lockout

When a person publishes a piece of writing with a spelling error in it that he/she cannot change. Happens after writing has been submitted, and the person realizes that the error will be there for an eternity. The spelling error will be a crack in a perfectly sculpted piece of art, but however fantastic the art is people will only notice the spelling error. Such events drive the creator straight up the crazy tree, and they also drive the viewer into a region I like to call spellcheck-lockoutville, also known as the cookoo corner.

1. The spellcheck-lockout forced me to come to terms with the fact that my English essay entitled "Words of the English Language" wasn't going to be worth shit.

2. Right after I published my 856 page autobiography about my life I realized i had spelled automobile, autamobile. I cried for 3.5 months when I realized that there wasn't a damn thing I could do about my spellcheck-lockout. Now whenever I encounter another human life they say, "Autamobile Tyler? Really? There's a fucking o after the t you stupid piece a shit. What the fuck were you thinking?"
And I can only reply," I messed up, and I will never let it happen again for as long as I live."
They then reply, "Well you truly fucked up the word automobile, so Im gonna make sure this is a promise you'll be able to keep dirtbag."
Next they take out a plasma sword and just go to fucking town on my stomach and neck.

by Neptuner January 17, 2009

spellaged

When someone isn't sure of the spelling but takes a guess anyway.

A combination of spelling and alleged

Tara wasn't sure how to spell pneumonia so she spellaged it as 'newmownia.'

by the great wordsmith March 22, 2011

Mancave spelunking

The act of kickin it in your room by yourself. All men need to get away now and then, telling your friends your gonna be mancave spelunking is a way for a guy to get away with being anti-social.

Friend 1: what you gonna do now?
Friend 2: ima go mancave spelunking for a while, see where it takes me...

by Realmanfuronchest June 24, 2010

Bifro (altn. spelling)

Type of Caucasian afro which just doesn't seem to get any bigger- just bushier.

"Yo man, check out that cracker's bifro!"

by MaRMY December 15, 2003

Spelling Coconut

It is when u are on top of your partner during sex, and you spell word coconut with your hips.

“I just did the spelling coconut trick on Jeremy last night “

by 124578 July 17, 2019

Spell

Noun: The acute feeling caused by observing a person's small but significant behavior that makes you feel so embarrassed you want to crawl out of your skin or sew your eyes shut. Typically, the cause of spell goes unacknowledged in the moment, by both the source of the spell, as well as the witnesses. Can leads to body chills, excessive cringing, and flashbacks to the particular moment of spell.

The guy I'm seeing earnestly played a cheesy song on his guitar without any irony - it gave me such spell.

An awkward missed high five or fist bump is ripe with spell.

This TV show, The Bachelor, is such a spell machine.

by BizzoBean May 31, 2015