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tain

[teyn] ,
–noun
1. a thin tin plate.
2. tin foil for the backs of mirrors.

Origin:
1855–60; < F: silvering, foil, aph. var. of étain tin
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tain   (tān)   
n.  
  1. A type of paper-thin tin plate.

  2. Tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors.


[French, alteration of étain, tin, from Late Latin stannum; see stannic.]
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