speiss

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noun

A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounspeiss (countable and uncountable, plural speisses)

plural speisses

  1. countableuncountableA mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead

Origin

  1. GermanSpeise
  2. Englishspeiss

From German Speise.

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APA

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Chicago

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