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noun

• small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

• small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

verb

• extract (metals) by heating

37%7 To refine or refine
verb

• To repeatedly hammer (a sheet of metal) so as to shape and smooth it or create a decorative indented finish.

37%10 Workers who refine and refine again
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