pewter

plural pewters · alternative obsolete pewtre

1. countableuncountableAn alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.

   the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame

   1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

2. countablehistoricaluncountableAn alloy of tin and lead.
3. countableuncountableItems made of pewter; pewterware.
4. countableuncountableA beer tankard made from pewter.

   The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

   1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain, page 86

   1 more example

   When ranged up, these were discovered to be the tumbler, the pannikin, and the cracked cup aforesaid, a pickle jar, a jam pot, and a battered pewter marked "Britannia Hotel," a diversity of receptacles that called for the highest mathematical skill in measuring out an exact quantity to each guest.

   1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 26

5. countableuncountableA dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
6. countabledatedslanguncountablePrize money.

alternative obsolete pewtre

1. not comparableOf a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

present singular third person pewters · participle present pewtering · participle past pewtered · past pewtered · alternative obsolete pewtre

1. transitiveTo coat with pewter.