[f. CAN v.3 + -ING1.] The preserving of meat, fish, fruit, etc., by sealing up in cans or tins; tinning.

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1872.  in Sacramento Weekly Union, 24 Feb., 6 (Hoppe).

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1879.  Echo, 18 Oct., 1/5. In canning, every precaution is used to secure the native freshness and flavour of the article preserved.

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1882.  Standard, 10 Feb., 5/3. The ‘canning’ of the vast shoals of salmon.

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  attrib.  1883.  Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4), 159. Thistle Haddie Canning and Curing Company.

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1884.  G. Pomeroy Keese, in Harper’s Mag., July, 297/2. The canning house.

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