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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEW'TER, n.
1. A composition or factitious metal, consisting of tin and lead, or tin, lead and brass, in the proportions of a hundred pounds of tin to fifteen of lead, and six of brass. This was formerly in extensive use in domestic utensils or vessels; but being a soft composition and easily melted, is now less used.
2. Vessels or utensils made of pewter; as plates, dishes, porringers and the like.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French peutre, from Vulgar Latin *piltrum Date: 14th century 1. any of various alloys having tin as chief component; especially a dull alloy with lead formerly used for domestic utensils 2. utensils of pewter 3. a bluish gray • pewter adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a grey alloy of tin with lead, copper, or antimony or various other metals. 2 utensils made of this. 3 sl. a tankard etc. as a prize. Derivatives: pewterer n. Etymology: ME f. OF peutre, peualtre f. Rmc, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pewter Pew"ter, 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. 2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots. Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Pewter is a grey metal which is made by mixing tin and lead. Pewter was often used in former times to make ornaments or containers for eating and drinking. ...pewter plates. ...the best 18th century pewter. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

Moby Thesaurus

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