Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)méldeti
Proto-Germanic *smeltaną
Proto-Germanic *smeltaz
Proto-West Germanic *smelt
Old English smelt
Middle English smelt
English smelt
From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-West Germanic *smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.
Meanings
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
(obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will, this is a very Smelt c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
vep sinikod (fish of the family Osmeridae) · fr éperlan (fish of the family Osmeridae) · wa spierlin (fish of the family Osmeridae) · it sperlano (fish of the family Osmeridae) · cy brwyniad (fish of the family Osmeridae) · ga cualarach (fish of the family Osmeridae) · mi ngaore (fish of the family Osmeridae) · mi kehakeha (fish of the family Osmeridae) · de Stint (fish of the family Osmeridae) · ga smealt (fish of the family Osmeridae) · cy gwyniad Ebrill (fish of the family Osmeridae) · ru ко́рюшка (fish of the family Osmeridae) · fi kuore (fish of the family Osmeridae) · cmn 胡瓜魚 /胡瓜鱼 (fish of the family Osmeridae) · et tint (fish of the family Osmeridae) · bg ко́рюшка (fish of the family Osmeridae) · mi paraki (fish of the family Osmeridae) · ca eperlà (fish of the family Osmeridae) · kk қиярбалық (fish of the family Osmeridae) · gd dubh-bhreac (fish of the family Osmeridae) · ja 胡瓜魚 (fish of the family Osmeridae) · mi rangiriri (fish of the family Osmeridae) · cs koruška (fish of the family Osmeridae) · sv nors (fish of the family Osmeridae) · es eperlano (fish of the family Osmeridae) · izh kurvi (fish of the family Osmeridae) · mic gaqpesaw (fish of the family Osmeridae) · pl stynka (fish of the family Osmeridae)
From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”).
Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
(countable, uncountable) Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
1996, Arthur J. Wilson, The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Time and Their Impact on Civilization,
When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured directly into the moulds, thus avoiding the need to break it up and remelt […]
2000, Julian Henderson, The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation of Inorganic Materials,
[…] can vary in different positions in the furnace and during the smelt.
Furnaces are unlikely to survive the smelts; all that often remains on metal production sites is just furnace bases and broken fragments of furnaces […]
1982, Raymond E. Kirk and Donald F. Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley, →ISBN, page 405,
The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt, contains an insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance.
2002, Jenny Moore, “Who Lights the Fire? Gender and the Energy of Production”, in Moira Donald and Linda Hurcombe (eds.), Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 130,
Women are allowed to play some small part in the smelt if they are breastfeeding or post-menopausal (van der Merwe and Avery, 1988).
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bg плавка (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes) · ru распла́в (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes) · de Schmelze (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes) · bg стопилка (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes) · nl smelten (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes) · fi sula (any of the molten liquids involved in these processes)
From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”).
Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.
Meanings
To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
fi sulattaa (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · id melebur (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · ru сплавля́ть (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · cmn 冶煉 /冶炼 (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · pt fundir (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · ru спла́вить (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · gl fundir (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · cs tavit (rudu) (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · cmn 熔煉 /熔炼 (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · grc χωνεύω (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · es fundir (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · es soldar (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · it fondere (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · bg стопявам (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · de verschmelzen (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · tl tugnawin (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal) · es copelar (to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)