Stan"na*ry (?), a. [L. stannum tin, an alloy of silver and lead.]

Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.

The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. Blackstone.

 

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Stan"na*ry, n.; pl. Stannaries (#). [LL. stannaria.]

A tin mine; tin works.

Bp. Hall.

 

© Webster 1913.

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