tutenag

English

Alternative forms

toothenague, tootnague, tutanague, tutenague

Etymology

From French toutenague, from Portuguese tutenaga, tutanaga, from Tamil துத்தநாகம் (tuttanākam, “raw zinc”). Doublet of tutty.

Noun

tutenag (uncountable)

(India) crude zinc
paktong

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tutenag”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Tungate