Tamper

tam'per, v. i. [-pered (-perd), -i-ering.] To meddle, try little experiments, adulterate. to Tan, tan, v. t. [tanned (tand), -ning.] To impregnate with tannin by steeping in an infusion of bark, in order to convert into leather, as the skins of animals; to make brown by exposure to the rays of the a. sun; to flog. — v. i. To become tanned, —n. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; a yellowish brown color, like that of tan; a browning of the skin by exposure to the sun. — Tan'-yard, n. A place n. where leather is tanned. — Tan'ner. n. One whose occupation is to tan hides. — Tan'nery, -ner-T, n. The house and apparatus for tanning. — Tan'nic, a. of ( Chem.) Of, pert, to, or derived from, tan. — Tan'nin, n. (Chem.) The astringent principle of oak bark, nut-galls, etc. — Taw'ny, -nT, a. [-nier; -niest.] Ol'adull yellowish-brown color, like things tanned or sunburnt persons.