calin

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calin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calin \Ca"lin\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]