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tincal, tincar|ˈtɪŋkəl|, |ˈtɪŋkə(r)|
Forms: α. 7 tyncall, 8–9 tinkal, 7– tincal; β. 7–8 tinkar, 8– tincar.
[In form tincal, a. Malay tingkal:—Skr. ṭankaṇa; in Pers., Arab., Urdū tankār, tinkār, whence the β-forms and altincar.]
Crude borax, found in lake-deposits in Tibet, Persia, and other Asiatic countries.
α1635in Foster Crt. Min. E. Ind. Co. (1907) 99 Tyncall [to Mr. Allen]. 1678Phil. Trans. XII. 1050 If any Dross or filth be in the Melting-Pot, they throw in some Tincal, which gathers the dross together. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. I. 44 Borax... Its species are a bluish kind called Tinkal, and the proper borax, which is a purified Tinkal and appears white. 1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. ii. (1818) 371 The borax is dug in large masses from the edges and shallows of the lake... In this state it is named tincal, and is brought home packed in chests, in masses of adhering crystals, of a grey yellowish, or greenish white colour. 1873Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 341 It is imported in a crude state from the East Indies under the name of tincal.
β1678Phillips (ed. 4), Tinkar, a Chymical word for Borax. 1706Ibid. (ed. Kersey), Tincar (Arab.), a sort of Nitre, or Salt-peter..dug out of the Earth. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 38, 6° Borax. 1. Tinkal or Tinkar. |
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