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.

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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

• “tinning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tinning” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) temple

References

• “tinning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.