| 单词 | block tin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblock tin block tin n. tin cast into blocks; solid tin as distinct from tin plate; (also) †a receptacle made from solid tin (obsolete). Π 1639 Proclam. Charles I conc. Tin 19 Feb. (single sheet) To receive, ship, carry, land, or contract for any Block Tin unblown. 1745 J. Fothergill Let. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 257 Ile endeavor to procure a vessel of Block Tin. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvi. 259 He could play 'em a tune on any sort of pot you please, so as it was iron or block tin. 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen I. xiii. 255 The silver kettle..was conducting itself as spitfireishly as any blackened block-tin on a kitchen hob. 1910 G. B. Shaw Let. 21 Mar. (1972) II. 915 You inherited from your father a sense of the importance of block-tin piping. 2011 T. P. Murphy in R. W. Revie Uhlig's Corrosion Handbk. (ed. 3) lx. 853/2 Some use is made of block tin in the brewing industry, but this has largely been superseded by stainless steel. block tin block tin n. tin of second quality cast into blocks; solid tin as distinct from tin plate; a receptacle made from this.extracted from tinn.< as lemmas |
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