单词 | calin |
释义 | calinn. ‘The tin of Siam and Malacca, of which the Chinese make tea-caddies, etc.’, by some said to be an alloy of lead and tin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin and lead silver lead1601 calin1751 pipe metal1756 spotted metal1850 Wood1860 lead-tin1889 1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 817 A mixed Metal called Calin. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Calin, the name of a sort of mixt metal, seeming composed of lead and tin. It is prepared by the Chinese, and they make several utensils of it, as tea-canisters, coffee-pots, and the like. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1751 |
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