jan 1, 1543 - smelt
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To melt ore in order to extract the metal. 1543 <i>for smelting one pece leade that was of the leade ashes whan the howse at Brymbem was thekydde, vs, </i>Fountains Abbey (SS42/403). The term ‘smelt-lead’ was used: 1446-58 <i>et de vij pese de smeltled liberatis Joh’i glassyn,</i> Fountains Abbey (SS130/241).
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