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tin-glass Now rare.
[f. tin n. + glass.]
1. An old name for bismuth.
a1558Off. Augm., Misc. Bk. XLI. No. 194 (P.R.O.) Vaynes and Mynes..of..Antimonia and tyne glas and Sonddrye markasites. 1577Harrison England iii. xi. (1878) ii. 72 It [pewter] consisteth of a composition, which hath thirtie pounds of kettle brasse to a thousand pounds of tin, whervnto they ad three or foure pounds of tinglasse. 1682G. Hartman Preserv. & Restorer Health 342 The preparation of Magistery of Bistmuth or Tinglass. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Bismuth, or Tin Glass, by the Ancients was thought to be a natural Marcasite or Mineral. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 397 Bismuth is known among artisans by the name of tinglass.
†2. Tin. Obs. rare.
1601Holland Pliny xxxiv. xvi. II. 517 This white lead or tinglasse [plumbum album: see lead n.1 1 b] hath been of long time in estimation, even since the warre of Troy, as witnesseth the Poet Homer, who calleth it Cassiteron. Ibid. xvii, A devise to tin pots, pans, and other peeces of brass..with white lead or tinglasse. |