Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tinning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinning \Tin"ning\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tinning
n 1: the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends
of wires before soldering them; "careful tinning of the
ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder
them"
2: the application of a protective layer of tin [syn: {tin-plating}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.