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terne-plate|ˈtɜːnpleɪt| Also tern-. [prob. f. terne a.1, dull, lacking brilliancy, in reference to the dullness of terne-plate, in comparison with tin-plate.] Thin sheet-iron coated with an alloy of lead and tin; an inferior kind of tin-plate; a sheet or plate of this. Also attrib.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Terne-plates, thin sheet-iron coated with an amalgam of tin and lead. 1880Echo 15 Oct. 2/4 Some unscrupulous packers are using terne plates instead of tin plates. 1892Pall Mall G. 10 Dec. 7/1 Inferior plates, known as tern-plates and mostly used for roofing, contain a great deal of lead. 1894[see tagger1 4]. 1907G. E. Duckering Parl. Rep. Tinning Metals 8 No evidence of lead absorption is to be found among terne-plate workers. |