Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, v. t.
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.]
A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China
and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, {tan}.
[Written also {pecul}, and {pecal}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.]
1. 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.
Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that
the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a
series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather.
Similar results may be produced by the use of other
reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or
chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of
tanning.
2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of
the sun; as, to tan the skin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, n. [Chin.]
See {Picul}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar;
or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir,
oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.]
1. 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}.
2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;
as, hands covered with tan.
{Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.
{Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather.
{Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
{Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}.
{Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with
tan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, a.
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
{Black and tan}. See under {Black}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tan \Tan\, v. i.
To get or become tanned.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tan
adj : of a light yellowish-brown color
n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: {suntan}, {sunburn}, {burn}]
2: a light brown [syn: {topaz}]
3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side [syn: {tangent}]
v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them
into leather
2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: {bronze}]
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