tin (tin)

t.; pret. and pp. tinned, ppr. tin ning. [ The work is divided into ten books, of which the first treats of soups and pickles, and amongst other things shows that sauce-pans were tinned before the time of Pliny. W. King , Art of Cookery, letter ix. 2. To put up, pack, or preserve in tins; can: as, to tin condensed milk; to tin provisions. In practice there are several proce es of tinning food, but the general method adopted is everywhere uniform in principle. Encyc. Brit ., XIX. 708.