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.
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.
||Ti*nam"i*des (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of struthious
||birds, including the tinamous.
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Tin"a*mou (?), n. [From the native name: cf. F. tinamous.] (Zoöl.) Any
one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and
allied genera.
In general appearance and habits they resemble grouse and partridges,
but in anatomical characters they are allied to the ostriches and other
struthious birds. Their wings are of moderate length, and they are able
to fly a considerable distance.
Tin"cal (?), n. [Ar., Per. & Hind. tinkr; cf. Malay tingkal; all fr.
Skr. &?;a&?;ka&?;a. Cf. Altincar.] (Chem.) Crude native borax, formerly
imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds.
Cf. Borax.
Tin"chel (?), n. [Written also tinchill.] [Gael. timchioll a circuit,
compass.] A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space
and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a
narrow compass. [Scot.]
We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game!
Sir W. Scott.
Tinct (?), a. [L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]
Tined; tinged. [Archaic] Spenser.
Tinct, n. [See Tint.] Color; tinge; tincture; tint. [Archaic] "Blue of
heaven's own tinct." Shak.
All the devices blazoned on the shield, In their own tinct.
Tennyson.
Tinct, v. t. [See Tinge.] To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.
[Archaic] Bacon.
Tinc*to"ri*al (?), a. [L. tinctorius, from tinctor a dyer, tingere,
tinctum, to dye: cf. F. tinctorial. See Tinge.] Of or relating to color
or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.
Tinc"ture (?), n. [L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to
tinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura. See
Tinge.] 1. A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.