tannyt

An obsolete form of tawny. tan-ooze (tan'öz), n. In tanning, an aqueous extract of tan-bark, as hemlock or oak-bark or mixtures of these barks, or of other vegetable substances or mixtures of such substances with one another or with tan-bark, used in tanning. The ooze also usually contains in a suspended state the material or mixture of materials from which the water di olves out the tannin in making the extract; and, after the more or le prolonged immersion therein of the hides or skins, the latter absorb a large proportion of the extracted tannin, and the ooze becomes somewhat shiny from animal matters. Also called tan - liquor. tan-pickle (tan'pik"l), n. The liquor of a tanpit: same as tan - ooze. The charge to the public was le than it had been when the ve els were unseaworthy, when the sailors were riotous, when the food was alive with vermin, when the drink tasted like tan pickle , and when the clothes and hammocks were rotten. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xxiv. tan-pit (tan'pit), n. 1. A sunken vat in which hides are laid in tan. 2. A bark-bed.