different between petter vs pewter

English

Etymology

pet +? -t- +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?t?(?)/, /-??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: pet?ter

Noun

petter (plural petters)

1. (rare) One who pets.
   • 1953, Ernest Watson Burgess, Paul Wallin, Engagement and marriage

     […] 36) are good sports 37) have a good sense of humor 38) are not sissies 39) do not try to neck on the first date 40) are not routine petters […]

   • 2007, George Philip, Cowboy life: the letters of George Philip

     I was always a petter of my horses, teaching them to do some minor tricks.

English

Alternative forms

• pewtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pju?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pjut?/, [?pju??]
• Rhymes: -u?t?(?)

Noun

pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain (page 86)

     The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

Descendants

• ? Welsh: piwter

Translations

Adjective

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

Translations

Verb

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

Derived terms

• pewterer
• pewterware

See also

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• pewtre, prewet