Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
TIN, a well-known metal in use at a very early period, Num 31:22, and an article of Tyrian commerce, probably obtained from Spain or England. Eze 27:12. Captain Burton has recently found tin-ore in the land of Midian. In Isa 1:25 the word "tin" doubtless means a sort of dross.