(n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.
(n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the same time the experimental animals displayed a weak splenocyte sensitization with the brain tissue chiefly observed in cases of an acute infection and expressed inconstantly in the latten course of tick-borne encephalitis.
Ratten
Definition:
(v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chris Ratten, the firm's head of restructuring, said: "We expect this year to be worse, as those who have managed to teeter on the edge for the past few years will feel the full effects of the reduction of discretionary spending, fierce competition and reducing cash reserves.