tain
a thin tin plate.
tin foil for the backs of mirrors.
Origin of tain
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How to use tain in a sentence
Tavannes fort dominates the ground behind the Vaux-Souville line and the tain-Verdun road.
Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918 | AnonymousViollet-le-Duc used to consider the church of tain with its three naves one of the five noteworthy churches of the Meuse.
Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918 | AnonymousCour´tain, one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, made by Munifican.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.See the glo-rious foun-tain flow; From the midst of heav'n pro-claim it, Oh, it makes me white as snow.
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew Byers"She's done for," gleefully said the smuggler cap tain, as the next moment the lugger glided into the bay.
Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp
British Dictionary definitions for tain
/ (teɪn) /
tinfoil used in backing mirrors
Origin of tain
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