TAIN meaning: Thin metal backing on mirrors

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tain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
tain: Collins English Dictionary
tain: Wiktionary
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Tain (disambiguation), Tain, The Tain (Decemberists album), The Tain (EP), The Tain (novella): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Tain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
tain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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tain: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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tain (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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-tain: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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tain: WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Tain)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) Thin tin plate
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
▸ noun:  A town (royal burgh) in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7882).

Similar:

tinplate, tin can, tintack, snap-tin, mess tin, tagger, plate, trifle, tinny, patine, more...

Opposite:

nait, notain, untain

Phrases:

The Sixteen Men of Tain, tain you, more...

Adjectives:

cer, main, uncer, foun, con, cap, great, chief, ceive, per, cur

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