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Tinning   Listen
noun
Tinning  n.  
1.
The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.
2.
The covering or lining of tin thus put on.





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"Tinning" Quotes from Famous Books



... The tinning or "silvering" process is next in order. To accomplish this, the pins are put into a vessel containing a solution of cream of tartar and tin, and boiled for four or five hours. From this they come forth bright ...
— The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 22, 1897, Vol. 1, No. 24 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various


Words linked to "Tinning" :   covering, tin, coating, application


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