tinfoiln.

Brit.

/ˈtɪnfɔɪl/, U.S.

/ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl/

Forms: see tin n. and foil n.¹; also 1500s tynfule.

Etymology: < tin n. + foil n.¹

Tin hammered or rolled into a thin sheet; also, a sheet of the same rubbed with quicksilver, used for backing mirrors and precious stones; a similar sheet of an alloy of tin and lead, or of aluminium, used as a wrapping esp. for protection from moisture or air.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > tinfoil

tinfoil1467

leaf tin1611

looking-glass tin1685

1467–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 92 Pro le Tynfole empt. pro ornacione et pictura del soteltez erga festum Natal. Domini, 11d.

1477–9 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/496/18) Pro..Tynnefoile, Canvas [etc.].

1481–3 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer No. 26 vij dos' Tynfoill.

1525–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 108 Pro preparacione le borehede et tynfule.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. c vij^v Tynne foyle the groce xij.s.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. ii. iii. 335 With this the Tin-Foile is made to stick close to the backsides of Looking-Glasses.

1769 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (new ed.) 443 It is what they call tin-foil, or leaf-tin, being tin mill'd between rollers.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 715 The tin-foils are only used in the case of colourless stones.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1251 Tin-foil coated with quicksilver makes the reflecting surface of glass mirrors.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 256 Tin-foil, so largely used by druggists to wrap up medicines and form capsules for bottles, is an alloy of tin, and contains from 25 to 75 per cent. of lead.

attributive.1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 146 By a tin-foil communication, a connection is made.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5142 Plain, fancy, and tinfoil papers.

Draft additions April 2011

tinfoil cap n. (a) a lid or covering made from tinfoil, for the top of a bottle, end of a tube, etc.; (b) = tinfoil hat n. b.

ΚΠ

1854 Mass. Reg. (Advertising Dept. section) 43 Tin foil caps for the same [sc. pickle jars, bottles, vials, etc.], and all articles which it is desirable to make air-tight.

1915 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 37 1612 A tin foil cap was placed over the upper end of the tube carrying the lead paper.

1962 Times 30 May 13/4 The engaging tit, making deliberate attacks on the tin-foil caps [on milk bottles].

1979 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 13 Sept. a1/1 A nasty neighbor's deadly rays were bombarding his house and the tin foil cap on his head was not adequate protection from being ‘zapped’.

2006 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 6 July b5 Late-night talk radio programs, the ones where truck drivers wearing tinfoil caps call in to describe in detail their being snatched up into spaceships right outside of Topeka.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tinfoilv.

Etymology: < tinfoil n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtinfoil.

transitive. To cover or coat with tinfoil.

ΚΠ

1887 Sci. Amer. 1 Oct. 215/3 The glass..after being tinfoiled, is..pushed across the table containing the mercury.

Derivatives

ˈtinfoiled adj. /-fɔɪld/ esp. figurative.

ΚΠ

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. C A man so grac'd, guilded, or rather (to vse a more fit Metaphor) tinfoyld by nature.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 399 T'is bracteata fælicitas, as Seneca termes it, tin-foyl'd happines if it be happines at all.

a1658 J. Cleveland Hecatomb 9 My Text defeats your Art, ties Nature's tongue, Scorns all her Tinfoyl'd Metaphors of Pelf.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

> as lemmas

a. As a substance (without plural): Metal hammered or rolled into a thin sheet; often with the name of a metal prefixed; as, gold-foil, silver-foil, tin-foil.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > metal in other forms

foil1398

scissel1622

skelp1835

punching1838

sponge1861

expanded metal1890

weldment1945

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gold leaf or plate

gold-foil1398

gold party1461

fulyie1488

rattle-gold1508

gold plate1549

gold leaf1573

leaf gold1576

feuille1662

gilt leaf1674

ormolu1765

gold plating1843

gold leafing1858

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xvi. iv Golde..bitwene þe anfelde and þe hamoure with oute breakynge..streccheþ in to golde foyle.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 27 When þou dressyst forth, plante it with foyle of Syluer.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxviii. f. 236^v Makers and leyers of golde foyle, occupie a boris tothe.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 43 Fine siluer, such as was then made into foyle.

1685 W. Cole Let. to Ray in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 197 Some..cover'd with a Superficies as thin, and exactly of the Colour of silver Foil.

1794 N. E. Kindersley Specimens Hindoo Lit. 117 The wings, generally of a mixed green and yellow, have the appearance of foil.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 373 When heated on platinum foil it gives a beautiful purple smoke.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. ii. 47 Blackened zinc foil..is instantly caused to blaze.

figurative.1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 18 That aged Syre could tip his tongue With golden foyle of eloquence.

单词	tinfoil
释义	tinfoiln. Brit. /ˈtɪnfɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈtɪnˌfɔɪl/ Forms: see tin n. and foil n.¹; also 1500s tynfule. Etymology: < tin n. + foil n.¹ Tin hammered or rolled into a thin sheet; also, a sheet of the same rubbed with quicksilver, used for backing mirrors and precious stones; a similar sheet of an alloy of tin and lead, or of aluminium, used as a wrapping esp. for protection from moisture or air. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > tinfoil tinfoil1467 leaf tin1611 looking-glass tin1685 1467–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 92 Pro le Tynfole empt. pro ornacione et pictura del soteltez erga festum Natal. Domini, 11d. 1477–9 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/496/18) Pro..Tynnefoile, Canvas [etc.]. 1481–3 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer No. 26 vij dos' Tynfoill. 1525–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 108 Pro preparacione le borehede et tynfule. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. c vij^v Tynne foyle the groce xij.s. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. ii. iii. 335 With this the Tin-Foile is made to stick close to the backsides of Looking-Glasses. 1769 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (new ed.) 443 It is what they call tin-foil, or leaf-tin, being tin mill'd between rollers. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 715 The tin-foils are only used in the case of colourless stones. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1251 Tin-foil coated with quicksilver makes the reflecting surface of glass mirrors. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 256 Tin-foil, so largely used by druggists to wrap up medicines and form capsules for bottles, is an alloy of tin, and contains from 25 to 75 per cent. of lead. attributive.1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 146 By a tin-foil communication, a connection is made.1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5142 Plain, fancy, and tinfoil papers. Draft additions April 2011 tinfoil cap n. (a) a lid or covering made from tinfoil, for the top of a bottle, end of a tube, etc.; (b) = tinfoil hat n. b. ΚΠ 1854 Mass. Reg. (Advertising Dept. section) 43 Tin foil caps for the same [sc. pickle jars, bottles, vials, etc.], and all articles which it is desirable to make air-tight. 1915 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 37 1612 A tin foil cap was placed over the upper end of the tube carrying the lead paper. 1962 Times 30 May 13/4 The engaging tit, making deliberate attacks on the tin-foil caps [on milk bottles]. 1979 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 13 Sept. a1/1 A nasty neighbor's deadly rays were bombarding his house and the tin foil cap on his head was not adequate protection from being ‘zapped’. 2006 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 6 July b5 Late-night talk radio programs, the ones where truck drivers wearing tinfoil caps call in to describe in detail their being snatched up into spaceships right outside of Topeka. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tinfoilv. Etymology: < tinfoil n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtinfoil. transitive. To cover or coat with tinfoil. ΚΠ 1887 Sci. Amer. 1 Oct. 215/3 The glass..after being tinfoiled, is..pushed across the table containing the mercury. Derivatives ˈtinfoiled adj. /-fɔɪld/ esp. figurative. ΚΠ 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. C A man so grac'd, guilded, or rather (to vse a more fit Metaphor) tinfoyld by nature. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. 399 T'is bracteata fælicitas, as Seneca termes it, tin-foyl'd happines if it be happines at all. a1658 J. Cleveland Hecatomb 9 My Text defeats your Art, ties Nature's tongue, Scorns all her Tinfoyl'd Metaphors of Pelf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas tin-foil a. As a substance (without plural): Metal hammered or rolled into a thin sheet; often with the name of a metal prefixed; as, gold-foil, silver-foil, tin-foil. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > metal in other forms foil1398 scissel1622 skelp1835 punching1838 sponge1861 expanded metal1890 weldment1945 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > gold leaf or plate gold-foil1398 gold party1461 fulyie1488 rattle-gold1508 gold plate1549 gold leaf1573 leaf gold1576 feuille1662 gilt leaf1674 ormolu1765 gold plating1843 gold leafing1858 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xvi. iv Golde..bitwene þe anfelde and þe hamoure with oute breakynge..streccheþ in to golde foyle. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 27 When þou dressyst forth, plante it with foyle of Syluer. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxviii. f. 236^v Makers and leyers of golde foyle, occupie a boris tothe. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 43 Fine siluer, such as was then made into foyle. 1685 W. Cole Let. to Ray in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 197 Some..cover'd with a Superficies as thin, and exactly of the Colour of silver Foil. 1794 N. E. Kindersley Specimens Hindoo Lit. 117 The wings, generally of a mixed green and yellow, have the appearance of foil. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 373 When heated on platinum foil it gives a beautiful purple smoke. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. I. ii. 47 Blackened zinc foil..is instantly caused to blaze. figurative.1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 18 That aged Syre could tip his tongue With golden foyle of eloquence. extracted from foiln.¹ < n.1467v.1601 as lemmas
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