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/tˈɪnɪŋ/
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the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them
careful tinning of the ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder them - the application of a protective layer of tin
How To Use tinning In A Sentence
- In the fall, when three or four years old, they are sold lean or in tolerable condition to dealers who take them by rail to Chicago, or elsewhere, where the fattest lots are slaughtered for tinning or for consumption in the Eastern cities, while the leaner are sold to farmers for feeding up during the winter. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
- Another way to obtain a compatible coating is by tinning the stainless steel with a high-silicon aluminum alloy.
- Original tinning is steely grey in colour and if it is in good condition, it counts as a plus point when considering the value of the item.
- The floor-men are laying the floor, the tinners are tinning the roof, the masons are calling for mortar.
- Original tinning is steely grey in colour and if it is in good condition, it counts as a plus point when considering the value of the item.
- Erin Kunkel for the Wall Street Journal A worker spreads out salted caviar on a steel drying rack, the last step before tinning. From Fish to Plate: How Caviar is Made
- And everyone visited the various stores and abruisements – the rudeabouts, thingboats and the darters, and of course all the old favourites such as the cokish eyenuts, stry your length, guessing the weight of the cook and tinning the pail on the wonkey. Archive 2006-04-01
- About half the applied decoration is champlevé enamel and a further third tinning, a thin coating of a tin-rich alloy covering some or all of the brooch's surface (often erroneously described as silvering).
- The move was no real surprise as few people were aware that it had also been tinning soup and fruit. Times, Sunday Times
- Most of the original tinning has been scrubbed away with years of use, but you can see the original red enamel around the logo, and the handle is still bright red, just like a Spong handle should be.