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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.
spelter by Welded Bliss January 11, 2008
Related Words
Spelty • Spelt • spalty • specty • spelly • selty • shelty • sheltyn • Skelty • smelty
The past tense of spell. Alternative spelling is spelled. Americans may not use this term, as it was almost sacrificed to Webster's mania for making English over in his image in that dictionary. This is why we say that you speak 'American' rather than English. Many words are spelt differently or not used there, except as (sic) mispellings. If you still disagree, visit the Oxford English Dictionary online. I believe the OED is generally conceded to be the final arbiter of disputes concerning vocabulary in English, is it not? They say that I'm right.
They also say it's a tasty little grain that's very good for you.
He spelt the word incorrectly.
Spelt by norwegion_blue January 31, 2009
Spelly: The word "spelly" is a common word in the Bahamas. It's used when someone is two-faced.
1st person: "One day I saw the girl making out with her boyfriend's brother"
2nd person: "wow, that girl so spelly"
Spelly by dilly tree January 26, 2022
A past tense and a past participle of spell.

To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

Unknown to most 12-year-olds who hang out in IRC chatrooms and claim to be mystics with a well-formed world-view, spelt IS a word.
He spelt the word right, but forgot the accent.

The word ``satire'' ought to be spelled with i, and not with y. --Dryden.

Yesterday in Spelling class, we spelt words starting with the letter `Z'.
Spelt by Nidht November 28, 2004
Speltard: someone who not only can't spell worth a shit but is also too stupid to look the word up in the dictionary and correct it. Also, a person who consistently misfiles things because they can't get it through their thick head that ABX comes before AXB.
I can't believe they let speltards graduate from university." Or, "Who are the fucking speltards that keep misfiling shit around here?
speltard by J-Bullets November 26, 2010
for all you dumbasses you can CORRECTLY use spelt OR spelled. god check motherfucking dictionary.com

assholes.
dumbass: you spelled spelled wrong
someone with an iq OVER 5 unlike the dumbass above: you can say spelt too. and its still perfectly correct.you're such a dumbass
spelt by smartpants April 17, 2007
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