a. [f. late L. stann-um tin + -FEROUS.] Producing tin. ¶ Also incorrectly applied to designate enamels or glazes containing tin, and pottery treated with these.
1823. J. J. Conybeare, Geol. Devon & Cornw., in Ann. Philos., N.S. V. 185. I venture to propose the following division of the principal rock masses … 1. Granito…. 2. Metalliferous, or, more strictly, cupriferous and stanniferous slate…. 3. Slate [etc.].
1855. J. R. Leifchild, Cornwall Mines, 25. The St. Austell mining district is principally stanniferous.
1859. Gullick & Timbs, Painting, 132. An opaque stanniferous enamel was known to the Arabs of Spain.
1875. Fortnum, Maiolica, i. 4. Stanniferous or tin-glazed wares.
