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.
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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.
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