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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIN, n. [L. stannum; stagnum.]
1. A white metal, with a slight tinge of yellow. It is soft, non-elastic, very malleable, and when a bar of it is bent near the ear, distinguished by a crackling sound called the cry of tin. It is used for culinary vessels, being for this purpose usually combined with lead, forming pewter; and alloyed with small proportions of antimony, copper and bismuth, is formed into various wares resembling silver, under the names of block-tin, brittania, etc. Equal parts of tin and lead compose soder. Tin united with copper in different proportions, forms bronze, bell-metal, and speculum-metal.
2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin.
TIN, v.t. To cover with tin, or overlay with tinfoil.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide [syn: tin, Sn, atomic number 50]
2: a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking
3: metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour [syn: canister, cannister, tin]
4: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can] v
1: plate with tin
2: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up]
3: prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface

Merriam Webster's

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Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German zin tin Date: before 12th century 1. a soft faintly bluish-white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used especially in containers, as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys — see element table 2. a. a box, can, pan, vessel, or a sheet made of tinplate; broadly such a container of any metal (as aluminum) b. a metal container and its contents <a tin of tomatoes> • tin adjective • tinful noun II. transitive verb (tinned; tinning) Date: 14th century 1. to cover or plate with tin or a tin alloy 2. to put up or pack in tins ; can <tinned peaches>

Dictionary of the Elements

tin
Symbol: Sn
Atomic number: 50
Atomic weight: 118.69
Silvery malleable metallic element belonging to group 14 of the periodic table. Twenty-six isotopes are known, five of which are radioactive. Chemically reactive. Combines directly with chlorine and oxygen and displaces hydrogen from dilute acids.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 Chem. a silvery-white malleable metallic element resisting corrosion, occurring naturally in cassiterite and other ores, and used esp. in alloys and for plating thin iron or steel sheets to form tin plate. Usage: Symb.: Sn. 2 a a vessel or container made of tin or tinned iron. b Brit. an airtight sealed container made of tin plate or aluminium for preserving food. 3 = tin plate. 4 Brit. sl. money. --v.tr. (tinned, tinning) 1 seal (food) in an airtight tin for preservation. 2 cover or coat with tin. Phrases and idioms: put the tin lid on see LID. tin can a tin container (see sense 2 of n.), esp. an empty one. tin foil foil made of tin, aluminium, or tin alloy, used for wrapping food for cooking or storing. tin-glaze a glaze made white and opaque by the addition of tin oxide. tin god 1 an object of unjustified veneration. 2 a self-important person. tin hat colloq. a military steel helmet. tin Lizzie colloq. an old or decrepit car. tin-opener a tool for opening tins. tin-pan alley the world of composers and publishers of popular music. tin plate sheet iron or sheet steel coated with tin. tin-plate v.tr. coat with tin. tin soldier a toy soldier made of metal. tin-tack an iron tack. tin whistle = penny whistle. Etymology: OE f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4. 2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate. 3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield. Block tin (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. Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain. Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. Stream tin. See under Stream. Tin cry (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. Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf. Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] --Bailey. Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin. Tin pyrites. See Stannite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tin Tin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinning.] To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tins) 1. Tin is a soft silvery-white metal. ...a factory that turns scrap metal into tin cans. ...a tin-roofed hut. 2. A tin is a metal container which is filled with food and sealed in order to preserve the food for long periods of time. (mainly BRIT) She popped out to buy a tin of soup. N-COUNT: oft N of n • A tin of food is the amount of food contained in a tin. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use can) He had survived by eating a small tin of fruit every day. N-COUNT: oft N of n 3. A tin is a metal container with a lid in which things such as biscuits, cakes, or tobacco can be kept. Store the cookies in an airtight tin... N-COUNT: oft supp N, N of n • A tin of something is the amount contained in a tin. They emptied out the remains of the tin of paint and smeared it on the inside of the van. N-COUNT: oft N of n 4. A baking tin is a metal container used for baking things such as cakes and bread in an oven. (BRIT; in AM, use pan, baking pan) Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes. N-COUNT: usu supp N

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. bedil (Num. 31:22; Ezek. 22:18, 20), a metal well known in ancient times. It is the general opinion that the Phoenicians of Tyre and Sidon obtained their supplies of tin from the British Isles. In Ezek. 27:12 it is said to have been brought from Tarshish, which was probably a commercial emporium supplied with commodities from other places. In Isa. 1:25 the word so rendered is generally understood of lead, the alloy with which the silver had become mixed (ver. 22). The fire of the Babylonish Captivity would be the means of purging out the idolatrous alloy that had corrupted the people.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tin (bedhil): Tin is mentioned with brass, iron and lead in Nu 31:22; Eze 22:18,20. Ezekiel mentions tin along with silver, iron and lead as being imported into Tyre from Tarshish (see METALS ). The tin must have been brought in the form of ore and smelted in Syria. The writer has some slag dug from a deposit near Beirut which yielded nearly pure tin. It was probably the site of an ancient smelter's shop.

Alfred Ely Day

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Colloq.) Tin-plate, tinned, iron, white iron.

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