smelts

1. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
2. A fool; a simpleton.

1. Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
2. Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.

verb

To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld