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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, tin ore, or oxid of tin, obtained in streaming (which see).
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Examples
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It occurs in lodes and as stream-tin, and is worked by Chinese in large numbers who inhabit villages of their own.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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No. Tin would either be stream-tin, looking like so much grey stone, or else tin in quartz, all little blackish grains. "
Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore George Manville Fenn 1870
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