tintype

A photograph taken on a tinned plate; a stannotype or ferrotype. tin-white cobalt, s. Min.: The same as SMALTINE (q. v.). tincture *tin-worm, s. An insect; a species of millipede ( Bailey .) tin, v. t. [TIN, 8.] 1. To cover or overlay with tin. "The cover may be tinned over only by nailing of single tin plates over it."-Mortimer. 2. To put up in a tin case; as, to tin meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, .