block tin

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noun

pure tin.

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How to use block tin in a sentence

There was likewise a small quantity of block tin, sheet tin, and solder.
Lavengro|George Borrow
It was a flask of liquor, with a block-tin tumbler screwed upon the mouth.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Black sauce pans, lined with tin or with porcelain; tin sauce pans, thin ones, and thick ones made of block tin.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
It must be made of the best block-tin, and of a tall cylindrical shape, with the spout very near the bottom.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed.|Sulpice Baru

At first it was made of metal—lead, block tin, Britannia, brass—and finally of glass.
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry

British Dictionary definitions for block tin

block tin

noun

pure tin, esp when cast into ingots

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