tinning
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English
Verb
tinning
- present participle and gerund of tin
Noun
tinning (plural tinnings)
- 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)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi.
Noun
tinning m (definite singular tinningen, indefinite plural tinningar, definite plural tinningane)
References
- “tinning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
tinning c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tinning | tinnings |
| definite | tinningen | tinningens | |
| plural | indefinite | tinningar | tinningars |
| definite | tinningarna | tinningarnas |
Derived terms
- tinninglob (“temporal lobe”)