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is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weigh…

A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

er and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott.

Tined; tinged. [Archaic] Spenser.

Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.

A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

To kindle. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] Malcom.

omething very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen. German tinder. Same as Amadou. -- Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.

Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.

A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidæ, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.

Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.

Same as Tinean.

An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night. [Obs.]

Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.]

A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged…