latten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: latten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for latten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
latten n brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latten \Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.] 1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also {latten brass}. He had a cross of latoun full of stones. --Chaucer. 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. {Black latten}, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire. {Roll latten}, latten polished on both sides ready for use. {Shaven latten}, a thinner kind than black latten. {White latten}, a mixture of brass and tin.