pewter

• pewtre (obsolete)

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpjutɚ/, [ˈpjuɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

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pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain, page 86:

     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.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

   pewter:  

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

• Mexican pewter

• → Welsh: piwter

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

• pewterer
• pewterware

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

• pewtre, prewet