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1. tinnen v.(1)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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To coat or plate (sth.) with tin; ppl. tinned, tin-plated, tin-coated. …

2. tinner(e n.

Additional spellings: tinnere
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who works with tin; also, a tinker; (b) as surname. …

3. tinnen adj.

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Made of tin. …

4. tenfold adj.

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(a) Consisting of ten parts; having ten aspects; (b) multiplied by ten, tenfold [1st quot.]; also, as adv.: ten times. …

5. tinker(e n.

Additional spellings: tinkere
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A mender of pots and other metal kitchen utensils, tinker; (b) as surname. …

6. ten-man-tā̆le n.

Additional spellings: tenmantale
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(a) An English system of collective surety within a territorial unit by which a group of ten freemen or villagers combined to give security for each other to keep the peace and to guarantee payment of……

7. ting-basse n.

Additional spellings: tingbasse
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A tin alloy, latten. …

8. ten num.

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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) ten; ten or (other) twelve, around a dozen; (b) tenfold; also, as adv.: ten times; ten double, ten times as much; ten so, ten times as (bright, much, etc.). …

9. tenth(e num.

Additional spellings: tenthe
83 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs. & phrases: tenth del (part), one-tenth of a whole; also, a small part, a fraction; also, a tithe [1st quot.; cp. 2.(b)]; tenth houre (time), the tenth……

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