smelt
1. smelt \'smelt\ n or smelts or smelt [ME, fr. OE; akin to Norw smelte
whiting] pl : any of various small salmonoid fishes (family Osmeridae and
esp. genus (XOsmerus) 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
2. smelt vt [D or LG smelten; akin to OHG smelzan to melt, OE meltan] 1: to
melt or fuse (as ore) with an accompanying chemical change usu. to s
eparate the metal 2: REFINE, REDUCE