A thin metal plate or scale; scrapings or filings of metal.
From Old French 'lemelle,' diminutive of 'lame' (blade/plate), from Latin 'lamella' (small plate). Archaic and technical term.
Lemel is a word from metalworking that almost nobody uses anymore—it's the tiny shavings left when you file metal, and the word itself seems as delicate and worn as those filings.
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