Tin-plate

  • 61tin — 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 …

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  • 62Plate glass — Glass Glass (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 63tin — tɪn n. aluminum, type of metal; (British) can, aluminum container v. preserve, can; plate with tin adj. of aluminum, made from aluminum …

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  • 64tin —   Kini, keleawe, piula.     Tin pan or plate, pā kini …

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  • 65plate shears — scissors which are capable of cutting tin …

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  • 66black plate — noun : sheet steel or sheet iron that has not yet been made into tin plate by being coated with tin or that is used uncoated where the protection afforded by tin is unnecessary (as in certain cans) * * * black plate, steel or iron in thin sheets… …

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  • 67coke plate — noun or coke tin 1. : tin plate made from coke iron 2. : tin plate having lighter coating than charcoal plate …

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  • 68block tin — noun : commercial tin cast into blocks and partly refined but containing small quantities of various impurities (as copper, lead, iron, or arsenic) : solid tin as distinguished from tin plate * * * pure tin. * * * block tin, commercial tin cast… …

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  • 69charcoal plate — noun 1. : tin plate made from charcoal iron 2. : tin plate having the heaviest coating and highest polish …

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  • 70dry plate — noun a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light sensitive gelatinous emulsion • Syn: ↑dry plate process • Hypernyms: ↑photography * * * noun : a photographic plate coated with a sensitized silver halide emulsion (as… …

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