Pewter
Pewter (pū"tẽr) , noun
[Old English pewtyr, Old French peutre, peautre, piautre: compare Dutch peauter, piauter, Italian peltro, Sp. & Portuguese peltre, Late Latin peutreum, pestrum. Compare Spelter.]
1.
A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
2.
Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead.