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tain
[ teyn ]
noun
- a thin tin plate.
- tin foil for the backs of mirrors.
tain
/ teɪn /
noun
- tinfoil used in backing mirrors
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tain1
1855–60; < French: silvering, foil, aphetic variant of étain tin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tain1
from French, from étain tin, from Old French estain, from Latin stagnum alloy of silver and lead; see stannum
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Example Sentences
Tavannes fort dominates the ground behind the Vaux-Souville line and the tain-Verdun road.
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Viollet-le-Duc used to consider the church of tain with its three naves one of the five noteworthy churches of the Meuse.
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Cour´tain, one of the swords of Ogier the Dane, made by Munifican.
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See the glo-rious foun-tain flow; From the midst of heav'n pro-claim it, Oh, it makes me white as snow.
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"She's done for," gleefully said the smuggler cap tain, as the next moment the lugger glided into the bay.
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