tinning

English

Verb

tinning

  1. present participle of tin

Noun

tinning (plural tinnings)

  1. A covering or lining of tin.
    • 1852, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Volume 77 (page 175)
      [] he admits that sometimes poisonings produced by utensils with worn tinnings are not caused by saturnine colic.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi

Noun

tinning f or m (definite singular tinninga or tinningen, indefinite plural tinninger, definite plural tinningene)

  1. (anatomy) temple

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi

Noun

tinning m (definite singular tinningen, indefinite plural tinningar, definite plural tinningane)

  1. (anatomy) temple

References

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