stannic : Idioms & Phrases

• . (a) A hypothetical substance, Sn(OH)4, analogous to silic acid, and called also normal stannic acid. (b) Metastannic acid.

Webster 1913

• noun a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine
  

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• a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, SnCl4, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; formerly called spirit of tin, or fuming liquor of Libavius.

Webster 1913

• tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of putty powder, for polishing glass, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer
  mosaic gold.
  

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