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latten

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latten [′lat·ən]
(metallurgy)
A thin metal sheet, particularly of brass or similar alloy, hot-rolled steel, or tin-covered iron, used for ornamental purposes.

latten
An alloy of copper and zinc; yellow in color, resembling brass.


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Robert Latten, chairman of Pontypridd United Services Remembrance Committee, said that going ahead with the service without the band would have been unfair on the public.
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104) For a 1636/37 masque at Skipton the Clifford steward records 10s 6d "ffor Torches & wax candles," 5s 6d "ffor 4 branch Candlesticks making," 4s "ffor lattin for the Candlesticks," and 10s 6d total to Arthur the joiner for making the four-branch candlesticks, covering them with the sheets of latten (which probably also were fashioned into shields to catch the drip and increase reflected light), and rigging them on pulleys so that the candles could be changed out.
 
 
 
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