tincal
English
Etymology
From Arabic تِنْكَار (tinkār), from Persian تنکار (tankâr), from Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare altincar.
Noun
tincal (uncountable)
- (chemistry, dated) crude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds
See also
- borax
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tincal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Tincal”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “tincal”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- Anctil, Catlin, cantil, catlin, lactin
French
Noun
tincal m (plural tincaux)
- tincal
Further reading
- “tincal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.