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speiss (spīs)

noun

a mixture of metallic arsenides produced during the smelting of copper, iron, and certain other ores

Etymology: Ger speise, amalgam, lit., food < ML spesa, cost, expense, earlier spensa < L expensa (pecunia), (money) spent < pp. of expendere, to expend

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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