Speiss

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

  Speiss \Speiss\, n. [Cf. G. speise food, mixed metal for bells,
     etc.]
     1. (Metal.) A regulus consisting essentially of nickel,
        obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores
        with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Metal.) Impure metallic arsenides, principally of iron,
        produced in copper and lead smelting.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]