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"Smelt" Definition

noun

Any of various small silvery marine and freshwater food fishes of the family Osmeridae, found in cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Osmerus mordax of North America and O. eperlanus of Europe.
Any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste.

verb

A past tense and a past participle of smell.
To melt or fuse (as ore) often with an accompanying chemical change usually to separate the metal.

verb-transitive

To melt or fuse (ores) in order to separate the metallic constituents.

verb-intransitive

To melt or fuse. Used of ores.

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