tin-white

American  

[tin-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈtɪnˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /

adjective

1. white, as the color of tin; bluish-white.

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Etymology

Origin of tin-white

First recorded in 1790–1800; tin + white

Example Sentences

Sometimes pyrites of a tin-white color are found mixed among the coal.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

These masses are of a dull grey colour, owing to surface tarnish; only on fresh fractures is the colour tin-white with metallic lustre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The commercial and impure metal is of a tin-white color, and may frequently be split in parallel strata.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Prepared in this way it forms a black powder; when melted it forms a tin-white metal which is less fusible and more malleable than wrought iron.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

It was detected first in the year 1818, and presents itself as a tin-white metal of great lustre, and susceptible of a fine polish.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous