smelt
smelt /sm'elt/ (smelts smelting smelted)
1
Smelt is a past tense and past participle of smell. (mainly BRIT)
2 [VERB] V n
To smelt a substance containing metal means to process it by heating it until it melts, so that the metal is extracted and changed chemically.
Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.
1
Smelt is a past tense and past participle of smell. (mainly BRIT)
2 [VERB] V n
To smelt a substance containing metal means to process it by heating it until it melts, so that the metal is extracted and changed chemically.
Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.