speiss

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  1. noun An arsenic compound or a mixture of arsenic compounds resulting from the smelting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and copper ores.

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  1. German Speise, food, speiss, from Middle High German spīse, food, from Old High German spīsa, probably from Medieval Latin spēnsa, storehouse, or spēsa, provisions, both from Latin expēnsa (pecūnia), (money) paid out; see expense.

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  1. from German speise, a metallic mixture, amalgam (speisige erze, ores mixed with cobalt and arsenic), a particular use of speise, food, meat, from Middle High German spīse, Old High German spīsa, food, from Old Italian Italian spesa (Middle Latin spesa, for spensa), expense, cost, from spendere, spend: see spence, expense.
 

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