tinning

English

Verb

tinning

present participle 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)

(anatomy) temple

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi

Noun

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

(anatomy) temple

References

“tinning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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