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A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; - called also latten brass.

A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; - called also latten brass.

Brass or bronze used for crosses: sheet tin, tinned iron-plate.

A fine brass, used for crosses, &c.; sheet brass, or plates of mixed metal. Latten-brass, plates of milled brass.

n. [Italian] A kind of brass or bronze;— sheet-tin; iron-plate, covered with tin;— milled brass, reduced to different thicknesses.