block tin
Americannoun
noun
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They should be of the stoutest block tin, or of copper, well painted.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
Britannia, pewter, and block tin in table use are polished the same as silver.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
Much of the flavor is lost by turning from one pot into another, and the shapes are now sufficiently pretty to make the block tin ones not at all unpresentable at table.
From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell
Twelve feet below the surface of the spring a block tin tube conveys the water into reservoirs placed at the bottom of this vault.
From Saratoga and How to See It by R. F. Dearborn
It is also used in coating copper and iron plates, and in silvering looking-glasses, besides being cast into a variety of forms, when it is called block tin.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
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