Tan

tan, n. Lark bruised and broken for tanning a yellowish-brown colour. v.t. to convert skins and hides into leather by steeping m vegetable solutions containing tannin to make brown or tawny,— to become tanned pr.f>. taun'mg /at and /a./ tanned. (Fr. prob. from Ger. tanne, fir. ate. to others, fiom Eret. tanri, oak, Cf. Tawny