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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

aureate, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronzy, copper, coppery, cupreous, cuprous, ferrous, ferruginous, gilt, gold, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden, iron, ironlike, lead, leaden, mercurial, mercurous, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, pewtery, quicksilver, silver, silver-plated, silvery, steel, steely, tin, tinny

Dictionary Results for pewter:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pewter
    n 1: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other
         metals (especially lead)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pewter \Pew"ter\ (p[=u]"t[~e]r), n. [OE. pewtyr, OF. peutre,
   peautre, piautre: cf. D. peauter, piauter, It. peltro, Sp. &
   Pg. peltre, LL. peutreum, pestrum. Cf. Spelter.]
   1. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally
      consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards
      modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
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   2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers,
      drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
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   Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils.
         Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead.
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