Az·o·tine n. Also -tin .
 1.  An explosive consisting of sodium nitrate, charcoal, sulphur, and petroleum.
 2.  same as 1st Ammonite, 2.

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 tin
      n 1: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion;
           used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent
           corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it
           occurs as tin oxide [syn: Sn, atomic number 50]
      2: metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
         [syn: canister, cannister]
      3: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
         etc. [syn: can, tin can]
      v 1: plate with tin
      2: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
         [syn: can, put up]
      3: prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a
         thin layer of solder to the surface
      [also: tinning, tinned]


 tin
 Symbol: Sn
 Atomic number: 50
 Atomic weight: 118.69
 Silvery malleable metallic element belonging to group 14 of the periodic
 table. Twenty-six isotopes are known, five of which are radioactive.
 Chemically reactive. Combines directly with chlorine and oxygen and
 displaces hydrogen from dilute acids.




 Tin
    Heb. bedil (Num. 31:22; Ezek. 22:18, 20), a metal well known in
    ancient times. It is the general opinion that the Phoenicians of
    Tyre and Sidon obtained their supplies of tin from the British
    Isles. In Ezek. 27:12 it is said to have been brought from
    Tarshish, which was probably a commercial emporium supplied with
    commodities from other places. In Isa. 1:25 the word so rendered
    is generally understood of lead, the alloy with which the silver
    had become mixed (ver. 22). The fire of the Babylonish Captivity
    would be the means of purging out the idolatrous alloy that had
    corrupted the people.