(n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
(n.) A gull; a simpleton.
(v. i.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
Example Sentences:
(1) The risk factors with statistical significance in conditional logistic regression analysis were exposure time of smelting, time of underground drilling, and age of beginning mining underground.
(2) A 50-yr-old man with a history of 19 yr of work in the aluminum smelting industry, including 14 years in the potrooms, was found to have diffuse interstitial fibrosis, slightly more severe in the upper zones.
(3) Inhalation is clearly related to the development of lung cancer in (copper) smelting and arsenical pesticide manufacturing, and also in heavily exposed wine merchants who had an additional source of exposure by ingestion.
(4) On the outskirts of Sheffield there is a wood which, some 800 years ago, was used by the monks of Kirkstead Abbey to produce charcoal for smelting iron.
(5) Of the 20 different materials in a phone , only a small fraction are ever recuperated, even in the most sophisticated electronics recycling plants such as the huge smelting and electrolysis facility run by metals firm Umicore in Antwerp.
(6) Quantities of land-disposed or stored residuals, including slags, sludges, and dusts, are given per unit of metal production for most primary and secondary metal smelting and refining industries.
(7) Pronounced distinctions were found between the structure of the medial gut of smelts and that of the pike (Esox lucius Linné).
(8) The article reports the results of the investigation on atmospheric pollution and mercury poisoning caused by the peasants mercury smelting.
(9) Elevated arsenic concentrations were found in the vicinity of the mining and smelting areas of Flin Flon, Manitoba, and Atikokan, Ontario.
(10) Mean wet-weight concentrations of PCB's similar to Aroclor 1254 ranged from 2.7 ppm in rainbow smelt to 15 ppm in lake trout.
(11) ALAU in white-footed mice trapped in the vicinity of a lead smelter has been measured to study the biological effect of lead smelting operations and the rate at which the ALAU level diminishes after removing animals from contaminated environments.
(12) He used to beat people to death, but there was too much blood ("It smelt awful").
(13) We studied three patients with a progressive neurologic disorder, all of whom had worked for over 12 years in the same potroom of an aluminum smelting plant.
(14) Ultrafine metal oxides and SO2 react during coal combustion or smelting operations to form primary emissions coated with an acidic SOx layer.
(15) "I'm not sure what's on it, because when I opened it, it smelt of vinegar, so I've sent it to be treated.
(16) A cDNA for a type II antifreeze protein was isolated from liver of smelt (Osmerus mordax).
(17) A semicohort of children, initial age about 11.5 years, from an exposure area near a secondary lead smelting plant (E group children) was examined for some humoral immune response parameters in the blood and saliva and compared to a group of control children matched by age living in a relatively unpolluted rural area (Co group children).
(18) One way or another, American TV woke up and smelt it.
(19) In some parts of the town, which once thrived on silver mining and smelting as well as a spa, whole housing blocks stand empty while others have been torn down.
(20) And when I met Karl Lagerfeld, he smelt exactly the same.
Whitebait
Definition:
(n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
(n.) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.
(2) But even if his health permits, Niitsuma knows he may never again get the chance to board his boat and head out into the Pacific in search of sole, whitebait, flounder and greenling.
(3) "Production and sales are about half of what they were before the tsunami, but it's just enough for us to make a living," Hachiya says, adding that the lucrative clam and whitebait trade would be restarted soon.
(4) Try the blanchbait, a plumper alternative to whitebait, deep fried and served with a chunk of bread and salad.
(5) One end of the waterfront is all bleeping arcades; the other is a Victorian crescent lined with handsome balconies and great little shops – such as Peter’s Fish Factory (96 Harbour Parade) for excellent whitebait and chips; Hunky Dory (24 High Street), for astonishing bric-a-brac under the slogan “Retro Goodness Vintage Cool”; and GB Pizza Co (14a Marine Drive), with its wood-fired oven.
(6) He's also up to speed on sustainability: skate, whitebait and eel are no longer on the menu at the 10 restaurants he oversees as chef-director of the Caprice group, including J Sheekey in London's Covent Garden, where he was head chef for seven years.