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witts

witts noun: tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.

Noun

witts (uncountable)

  1. (Cornwall, UK, dialectal) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
    • the clean witts contain native oxide of tin, black or rosin-tin, and wolfram[…]1852, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical

Proper noun capitalized: Witts

Witts

  1. A surname.

Phrases with witts

Questions about witts

What does witts mean?
Witts means tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
What part of speech is witts?
Witts can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near witts in the dictionary

  1. Witton Bridge
  2. Witton Park
  3. Witton-le-Wear
  4. Wittrock
  5. Wittrocks
  6. witts
  7. Wittwer
  8. Wittwers
  9. witty
  10. Wittys
  11. Witucki

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