tin : Idioms & Phrases

• (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. Knight.

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• (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; called also bar tin.

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• . (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming.

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Cross"-tin`ing noun

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1. (Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.

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• crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal.

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• (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant.

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• particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.

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• noun informal term for a destroyer
  
• noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
  tin; can.
  

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• (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other.

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• noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
  tin pest; tin disease.
  

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• noun an inability to distinguish differences in pitch
  tone deafness.
  
• noun insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
  
  • he has a tin ear for dialogue

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• noun foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
  tinfoil.
  
• noun foil made of aluminum
  aluminium foil; aluminum foil.
  

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• tin reduced to a thin leaf.

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• (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore.

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• noun a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
  hard hat; safety hat.
  

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• (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.

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• noun a device for cutting cans open
  can opener.
  

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• noun a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
  

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• a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. Obs. Bailey.

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• noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
  tin pest; tin disease.
  

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• noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
  tin pest; tin disease.
  

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• noun a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins
  tinplate.
  

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• thin sheet iron coated with tin.

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• noun a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin
  stannite.
  

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• . See Stannite.

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• noun an inexpensive fipple flute
  pennywhistle; whistle.
  

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• noun the application of a protective layer of tin
  tinning.
  

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• noun food preserved by canning
  canned goods; canned food; canned foods.
  

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• noun meat preserved in a can or tin
  canned meat.
  

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• . (Min.). See Cassiterite.

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