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a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

of a light yellowish-brown color

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

of a light yellowish-brown color

To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.

A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

To get or become tanned.

The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.

A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

To get or become tanned.

The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

Cyclic N-oxide radical functioning as a spin label and radiation-sensitizing agent.

Oak bark, or other bark containing tannic acid, used in making leather; a yellowish-brown color, like that of such bark; a brown color given to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, "barefoot boy, with cheek of tan".

To convert (a hide) into leather by soaking in bark water; to make brown by exposure to the sun.

To be come brown in the sun.

Yellowish-brown.

Tanned.

Tanning.

Sunburn, pigmentation of the skin from exposure to the actinic rays of the sun or electric light.

Bark bruised and broken for tanning: a yellowish-brown color.

To convert skins and hides into leather by steeping in vegetable solutions containing tannin: to make brown or tawny.

To become tanned: pr.p. tanning; pa.t. and pa.p. tanned.

Bark ground for tanning; a yellowish-brown color.

To become tanned.

To convert into leather; make tawny or brown.

To become tanned.

To convert into leather, by treating with tannin.

Of a yellowish or reddish brown.

Tan-bark.

Yellowish brown tinged with red.

As if tanned; brown.

The bark of the oak, &c., bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides.

To convert into leather by means of tannin; to make brown, specially by exposure to the rays of the sun.

To become tanned or brown.

The bark of the oak, willow, and other trees, which abounds in tannin, crushed and broken in a mill, used for turning skins into leather.

Of a yellowish-brown colour like tan.

To convert skins into leather by steeping them amongst water and the bark of the oak, willow, &c.; to make tawny or brown by exposure to the sun.

n. [French, Dutch, Armorican] The bark of the oak and some other trees bruised and broken by a mill for tanning hides;-a yellowish-brown colour like that of tan;- a browning of the skin by exposure to the sun.