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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., fr. Malay

kelany

tin, or fr.

Kala’a

, a town in India, fr. which it came.]

An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.

Noun.

A compound metal, of which the Chinese make tea canisters and the like. The ingredients seem to be lead and tin.

See also: calin and câlin

călin m ‎(plural călini)