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pattinsonize

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pattinsonize (third-person singular simple present pattinsonizes, present participle pattinsonizing, simple past and past participle pattinsonized)

(transitive) To process (a mixture of metals) by melting it and skimming off the lead as it cools, so as to leave the silver.

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