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Zink

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of cornett.
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of zinc. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "It is prepared, according to Dr. Shaw, as follows: take six ounces of copper, melting it in a wind furnace; add to it one ounce of zink: then stirring the whole well together, pour out the metal immediately."

Etymology

* As a German surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”). * As a surname derived from various Romance languages, from Jacinctus, derived from the saint's name Hyacinthus. Comparable to Spanish Jacinto, Italian Giacinto.

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