tinning-metal 
tinning-metal (tin'ing-met "al), n. Solder, usu- 
ally composed of equal weights of tin and lead, 
used by electrotypers for coating (tinning) the 
backs of copper shells for the reception of the 
fused backing-metal. The hitter is poured into the 
shells, and, when cooled, is firmly united to them by the 
tinning-metal. 
tinnitus (ti-ni'tus), n. [NL., < L. tinnitus, a 
ringing, a jingling, < tinnire, pp. tinnitus, ring : 
see tinnient.] In med., a ringing in the ears. In 
many cases tinnitus is an unimportant symptom, depend- 
ing on some local temporary affection of the ear, disorder 
of the digestive system, or excitement of the cerebral cir- 
culation. But it is often of a more serious nature, being 
a common symptom of organic disease of the auditory 
nerve, or of inflammation of the middle ear. More fully 
tinnitus aurium. 
tinnock (tin'pk), B. [Cf. pinnacle*.] A titmouse, 
as Pans c&nileus. [Prov. Eng.] 
Tinnnnculus (ti-nung'ku-lus),i. [NL. (Vieillot, 
1807), < L. tinnunculus, a kind of hawk.] A 
genus of Falconidee, or subgenus of Falco, con- 
taining small falcons such as the kestrel and 
some sparrow-hawks. It was originally a specific 
name of the European kestrel, as Falco tinnunculug, now 
commonly called Tinnunculug alaudarius. The common 
sparrow-hawk of the United States is T. spanerius. There 
are several others. Also called Falcula. See second cut 
under sparrow-hawk. 
tinny (tin'i), a. [< tin + -jrl.] Pertaining or 
relating to tin ; containing tin ; resembling tin. 
Dart [the river] nigh chockt with sands of tinny mines. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. xi. 31. 
Those arms of sea that thrust into the tinny strand [of 
Cornwall], 
By their meand'red creeks indenting of that land. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 157. 
Long tinny mouth [of a fish, the tinmouth]. 
Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 379. 
Tinoceras (ti-nos'e-ras), n. [NL. (O. C. Marsh, 
1872), < Gr. rdveiv, stretch (see thin 1 ), + Kt-paf, 
horn.] 1. A genus of huge fossil mammals 
from the Eocene of North America, related to 
Dinoceras. See Dinocerata. 2. [/. c.] An ani- 
mal of this genus. 
tinoceratid (ti-no-ser'a-tid), a. Belonging or 
related to, or having th'e characters of, the ge- 
nus Tinoceras. Also used substautively. 
Tinoporinse (ti"no-po-ri'ue), n. pi. [NL., < Ti- 
ne/poms + -inx.] A. subfamily of Botaliidie, 
with a test consisting of irregularly heaped 
chambers, with (or sometimes without) a more 
or less distinctly spiral primordial portion, and 
for the most part without any general aperture. 
Tinopoms (ti-nop'o-rus), n. [NL., < Gr. reiveiv, 
stretch (see thin 1 ), + n6pof, a pore.] The name- 
giving genus of Tinoporinse. W. B. Carpenter. 
Tinospora (ti-nos'po-ra),. [NL. (Miers, 1851), 
< L. tinus (old name of the laurustinus, q. v.) + 
Gr. tra-opd, a seed.] A genus of plants, of the 
order Menispermaceas, type of the tribe Tinospo- 
rex. It is characterized by flowers with six sepals and 
as many petals, and by free stamens with their anther- 
cells lateral and distinct The 8 species are natives, one of 
Africa, one of Australasia, and the others of tropical Asia. 
Their flowers are borne in long and slender unbranched ra- 
cemes, followed by ovoid drupes. See gulancha. 
Tinosporese (tl-no-spo're-e), n.pl. [NL. (Ben- 
tharn and Hooker, 1862),' < Tinospora + -eee.] A 
tribe of polypetalous plants, of the order Meni- 
spermacese, characterized by flowers usually 
with three carpels, drupaceous in fruit, and con- 
taining a meniscoid albuminous seed with the 
cotyledons laterally divaricate. It includes 15 
genera, of which Tinospora is the type. 
tin-penny (tin'pen"i), n. A customary duty 
formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig 
in the English tin-mines. 
tin-pint (tin'pint), n. A pint measure. [Bay 
of Fundy.] 
tin-plate (tin'plaf), n. Sheet-iron coated with 
tin. It is an important article of manufacture, especial- 
ly In Great Britain, from which country it is largely ex- 
ported to the United States, where it is used in a great 
variety of ways, especially for kitchen utensils, and for cans 
(called tins in England) for preserving meat, vegetables and 
fruit by keeping them in an air-tight condition. The use of 
the tin is to prevent the iron from rusting, tin being a met- 
al which is not perceptibly corroded by air or weak acids 
The manufacture of tin-plate of good quality requires great 
skill, considerable hand-labor, and a superior quality of 
"ron- For the best quality of tin-plate the iron is refined 
with the use of charcoal alone ; such iron is called charcoal- 
plate. Plate made from puddled iron is generally known 
as coke-plate. The processes of preparing the iron and coat- 
ing the surface with tin vary somewhat in different man- 
ufactories, but the essential features are that the plates 
shall be properly cleaned by chemical and mechanical 
means, shall be toughened by rolling between polished 
)llers, annealed, cleaned again, and finally coated with 
tin by a somewhat complicated series of operations. In 
the very best kind of tin-plate the coating of tin is made 
of extra thickness, and the surface worked over with a 
polished hammer on a polished anvil. An important im- 
provement in the manufacture of tin-plate came into gen- 
eral use in England between 1860 and 1866. It consists 
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in passing the sheets, after they have received the final 
coating of tin, between steel rollers. " The object of this 
process, which is by far the most important improvement 
of modern times, is to spread or equalize the metal over 
the surface of the sheet" (Flower). Crystallized tin- 
plate, tin-plate on whose surface the crystalline structure 
of the metal is developed by treatment with a mixture of 
dilute nitric and sulphuric acids. 
tinplate (tin'plaf), v. t.; pret. and pp. tinplated, 
ppr. tinplating. [< tin-plate, n.] To plate or 
coat with tin. The Engineer, LXIX. 496. 
tin-pot (tin'pot), n. In the manufacture of tin- 
plate as at present carried on in England, the 
pot, filled with molten tin, in which the sheet 
of iron receives its first coating of tin, imme- 
diately after being taken out of the palm-oil 
bath. 
From the palm-oil bath, by means of tongs, the sheets 
are passed by the tinman, who has charge of both pots, 
to the tin pot, which is full of molten tin, and here they 
remain to soak for a period of 20 minutes, the tinman 
constantly, by means of his tongs, opening and re-opening 
the pack (which is always beneath the metal), with the 
object of enabling the melted tin to get at every part of 
the surface. Flower, A Hist, of the Trade in Tin, p. 170. 
tin-pulp (tin'pulp), n. A dyeing material, con- 
sisting of the precipitate obtained from a solu- 
tion of protochlorid (muriate) or bichlorid of 
tin and yellow prussiate of potash. Also called 
prussiate of tin. 
The so-called prussiate of tin, or tin-pulp, is chiefly used 
as an ingredient in printing steam-blues on cotton. 
W. Crookes, Dyeing and Calico-Printing, p. 166. 
tin-putty (tin'put'"'!), n. Same as putty-pow- 
der. Ure, Diet., III. 220. 
tin-saw (tin'sa),n. A kind of saw used by brick- 
layers for sawing kerfs in bricks, to facilitate 
dressing them with the ax to the shape required. 
tin-scrap (tin'skrap), n. The waste of tin-plate 
left from the manufacture of tinware. The pro- 
portion of this is large, and it is worked up into many 
small articles, or treated metallurgical^ for the recovery 
of the iron and tin contained in it. 
tinse (tins), v. t. ; pret. and pp. tinsed, ppr. tins- 
ing. [Appar. a back-formation from tinsel 2 , tin- 
sey.~\ To cover (a child's ball) with worsted of 
various colors. [Prov. Eng.] 
tinsel 1 (tin'sel), n. [< ME. tinsel, tinsale, tin- 
sill, loss, < tine, lose (see tine?), + -sel, a forma- 
tive seen in G. wechsel, schicksal, etc.] Loss; 
forfeiture. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
Boith the wynning and tinsaill 
Off gour haill Regioun and ryng. 
Lander, Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. SJ, 1. 382. 
Tinsel Of superiority, a remedy introduced by statute 
for unentered vassals whose superiors are themselves un- 
infeft,and therefore cannot effectually enter them. Tin- 
sel of the feu, in Seott law, the loss or forfeiture of a feu- 
right by failure to pay the feu-duty for two years whole 
and together. 
tinsel 2 (tin'sel), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also 
tinsell, tinsil, tinsille (also tinsey) ; by apheresis 
from "etincelle, < OF. estincelle, F. etincelle, 
spark, sparkle, twinkle, flash, earlier "csein- 
telle (?), < L. scintilla, spark, flash : see scin- 
tilla.] I. n. I. Some glittering metallic sub- 
stance, as burnished brass, copper, or tin, made 
in sheets approaching the thinness of foil, and 
used in pieces, strips, or threads for any pur- 
pose in which a sparkling effect is desired with- 
out much cost. Gold and silver tinsel, round 
or flat, made of Dutch metal, is much employed 
in the manufacture of artificial flies. 
There were "also tinsille, tinfoil, gold and silver leaf, 
and colours of different kinds." 
Slrutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 31. 
Many, ... to whose passive ken 
Those mighty spheres that gem infinity 
Were only specks of tinsel fix'd in heaven. 
Shelley, Queen Mab, v. 
2. A fabric or some material for dress over- 
laid or shot with glittering metallic sparkles 
or threads. The name has been given to cloth 
of silk interwoven with gold or silver threads. 
Skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel. 
Shak., Much Ado, iii. 4. 22. 
It will abide no more test than the tinsel 
We clad our masques in for an hour's wearing. 
Fletcher and Rowley, Maid in the MU1, ii. 2. 
3. Figuratively, glistening or gaudy show ; su- 
perficial glitter or sparkle ; garish pretense. 
There is a dangerous tinsel in false taste, by which the 
unwary mind and young imagination are often fascinated. 
Qoli.mn.Uh, Taste. 
II. a. Consisting of, or characteristic of, tin- 
sel; hence, gaudy; showy to excess; speciously 
glittering. 
Tinsel affections make a glorious glistering. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, iii. 3. 
Light coin, the tintel clink of compliment. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
tinsel 2 (tin'sel), v. t. ; pret. and pp. tinseled, 
tinselled, ppr. tinseling, tinselling. [< tinsel?, n.] 
tintamar 
To adorn with tinsel ; hence, to adorn with any- 
thing showy and glittering. 
Figured satin, tinselled and overcast with golden 
threads. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 56. 
She, tinsell'd o'er in robes of varying hues, 
With self-applause her wild creation views. 
Pope, Dunciad, i. 81. 
tinsel-embroidery (tin'sel-em-broi"der-i), n. 
Embroidery on openwork or thin material with 
narrow tinsel, which is put on with the needle 
like yarn, and is used as gold thread is in em- 
broidery of a higher class. 
tinseling, tinselling (tin'sel-ing), n. [Verbal 
n. of tinsel'*, v.~\ In ceram., a process by which 
the surface of a piece of pottery is made to 
appear metallic in parts by washing with a 
species of metallic luster. 
tinselly (tiu'sel-i), a. [< tinsel 2 + -ly 1 .] Re- 
sembling tinsel ; gaudy; showy and superficial. 
[Rare.] Imp. Diet. 
tinselly (tin'sel-i), adv. [< tinsel 2 + -ly 2 .] In 
a gaudy and superficial manner. [Rare.] 
Imp. Diet. 
tinselry(tin'sel-ri), n. [< tinsel 2 + -(e)ry.] Glit- 
tering or tawdry material; that with which a 
gaudy show is made, or the show itself. [Rare.] 
We found the bats flying about in the arches above and 
behind the altar, and priests and boys firing guns at them, 
among the poor tinsetry of the worship, with results more 
damaging to "bell, book, and candle than birds. 
S. Bowles, Our New West, xxvii. 
tinsent (tin'sn), n. Same as tinsel 2 . 
tinseyt (tin'si), a. [A var. of tinsel 2 , simulating 
an adj. term, -ly; of. tinselly.] Same as tinsel 2 . 
The mock finery of the actors, who were "Strutting 
round their Balconies in their Tinsey Robes." 
Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, 
[I. 250. 
tin-shop (tin'shop), . A shop or establish- 
ment where tinware is made and repaired. 
tinsman (tinz'man), n. ; pi. tinsmen (-men). 
A tinsmith. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), XVIII. 23. 
[Rare.] 
tinsmith (tin'smith), TO. A worker in tin-plate ; 
a maker of tinware. 
tinsrnithing (tin'smith-ing), n. The work or 
trade of a tinsmith ; the making of tinware. 
tinstone (tin'ston), n. The miners' name for 
tin dioxid, the principal ore of tin ; the cassiter- 
ite of the mineralogist. 
tin-streaming (tin'stre^ming), n. See stream- 
ing, 1. F. Pollock, Land Laws, p. 50. 
tin-stuff (tin'stuf), n. Tin ore with its gangue 
as it comes from the mine. 
tint 1 (tint), n. [A reduction of tinct, or an ac- 
com. of teint (an obs. form of taint 1 ), < F. teint, 
teinte = Pr. tenta, tent = Sp. tinta, tinte = Pg. 
tinta = It. tinta, Unto, dye, tint; or else directly 
< It. tinta, tinto, < L. tinctus, dye, hue: see tinct, 
taint 1 .] 1. A variety of a color, especially and 
properly aluminous varietyof low chroma; also, 
abstractly, the respect in which a color may 
be varied by more or less admixture of white 
light, which at once increases the luminosity 
and diminishes the chroma. In painting, tints are 
the colors, considered as more or less bright, deep, or thin, 
by the due use and combination of which a picture re- 
ceives its shades, softness, and variety. 
Though dim as yet in tint and line, 
We trace Thy picture's wise design. 
Whittier, Thy Will be Done. 
2. In engraving, a series of parallel lines cut upon 
a wood block with a tint-tool, so as to produce 
an even and uniform shading, as in clear skies. 
Aerial tints. See aeriaZ. Aqueous tint. See aqueous. 
Crossed tint. See tint- block. Flat tint, color of uni- 
form tint, not shaded. In decorative art flat tinte are 
placed in juxtaposition, without being blended. Kubbed 
tints. See rub. Ruled tint. See tint-block. Safety 
tint, a distinctive tint given to bank-notes, drafts, bonds, 
etc., as a security against counterfeiting. Secondary 
tints. See secondary. Tint with nigh lights. See 
tint-Mock. 
tint 1 (tint), v. t. [< tint 1 , it.] To apply a tint 
or tints to; color in a special manner; tinge. 
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life ! 
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, 
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray ! 
Byron, Bride of Abydos, ii. 20. 
Tinted paper, paper having a more or less light uniform 
shade of some color, imparted to it either in the process 
of manufacture or by subsequent treatment. 
tint 2 (tint). A Scotch preterit of tine 2 . 
tintage(tin'taj), n. [< tint 1 + -age.] The col- 
oring or shading of anything; state or condi- 
tion as to color. [Rare.] 
The unvarying tintaye, all shining greens and hazy 
blues. Linni/stone's Life Work, p. 375. 
tintamart, tintamarret (tin-ta-mar'), n. [< F. 
tintiimarre (= Wall, titamar), a confused noise ; 
origin obscure.] A confused noise ; an uproar. 
