[a. Gr. σφυρήλατον, f. σφῦρα hammer + ἐλατός, f. ἐλαύνειν to beat out.] Metal-work done with the hammer.
1855. trans. Labarte’s Arts Mid. Ages, i. 47. Sphyrelaton,… hammer or repoussé work.
1878. Dennis, Cities & Cemet. Etruria, II. 313. A canopus of this metal in a curule chair of the same, all in sphyrelaton or hammered work.
