MELTER • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Melter

... their actual dissolution. The resistance or acquiescence of superiors, the dismissals of the brethren, the sale of the property, the destruction of relics, &c., are all described. We know how the windows were taken out, how the glass appropriated, how the "melter" accompanied the visitors to run the lead upon the roofs, and the metal of the bells into portable forms. We see the pensioned regulars filing out reluctantly, or exulting in their deliverance, discharged from their ...

— Froude's Essays in Literature and History - With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc • James Froude