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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[aum]lta, D.
     smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
     smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. {Enamel},
     {Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.)
     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.
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