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41tan — [OE] Tan was borrowed into late Old English from the medieval Latin verb tannāre. This was derived from tannum ‘oak bark’ (oak bark is used in tanning leather), which itself was probably a loan word from Gaulish tanno ‘oak’. The French noun tan… …
42tan — 1. n., adj., & v. n. 1 a brown skin colour resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light. 2 a yellowish brown colour. 3 bark, esp. of oak, bruised and used to tan hides. 4 (in full spent tan) tan from which the tannic acid has been extracted, used …
43tan — tæn n. suntan, brownish color acquired by the skin through exposure to the sun s rays v. acquire a brownish color by exposure to the sun s rays (of the skin); make the skin brown by exposure to the sun s rays; beat, thrash (Informal); convert… …
44tan — Synonyms and related words: arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish yellow, brunet, burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks, cocoa, cocoa brown, coffee, coffee brown, cure, deploy, drab, dress, dress down, dun, dun… …
45Ostrich leather — is the result of tanning skins taken from African ostriches farmed for their feathers, skin and meat. The leather is distinctive for its pattern of bumps or vacant quill follicles, ranged across a smooth field in varying densities. It requires an …
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