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Definition & Synonyms
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• Tan
- (v. t.) To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.
- (n.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
- (n.) See Picul.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
- (n.) To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
- (v. i.) To get or become tanned.
- (a.) Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
Synonyms:
Bronze, Burn, Sunburn, Tangent, Topaz,
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• Tandem system
- () = Cascade system.
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• Tandem
- (n.) A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.
- (adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
- (n.) A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
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• Tandem engine
- () A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.
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• Tandem cart
- () A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.
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