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Definition of Tanning
1. Noun. Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light.
2. Noun. Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
Generic synonyms: Beating, Drubbing, Lacing, Licking, Thrashing, Trouncing, Whacking
Specialized synonyms: Self-flagellation, Horsewhipping
Derivative terms: Flagellate, Flog, Flog, Whip
3. Noun. Making leather from rawhide.
Definition of Tanning
1. n. The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan,
Definition of Tanning
1. Verb. (present participle of tan) ¹
2. Verb. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do. ¹
3. Noun. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially. ¹
4. Noun. (informal) A spanking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tanning
1. the process of converting hides into leather [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tanning
1. The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanning
Literary usage of Tanning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tanning, broadly speaking, the art of converting the skins of animals into ...
Technically only the second part of this process merits the title of tanning. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tanning, broadly speaking, the art of converting the skins of animals into ...
Technically only the second part of this process mtr*. the title of tanning. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Until within recent years all tanneries prepared their own tanning liquors ...
With rapidly decreasing supplies of bark and other native tanning materials ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"tanning HIDES By John F. Porter It is the purpose of this article to set forth
briefly the practical aspects of the tanning of hides. ..."
5. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"au chrome, chrome tanning. — au tanin, tanning with tannin, vegetable tanning.
... aux extraits, liquor tanning. — en fosse, bark tanning, pit tanning. ..."
6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Various kinds of fish oils and tallow are used in tanning chamois skin and in
... The tanning industry includes a number of subtrades necessary to the ..."
7. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"tanning is a chemical process, and consists in applying such substances to the
... The tanning processes, to make good leather, are tedious and expensive, ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It is also said that mimosa tanning results in a somewhat hard brittle leather.
... Hemlock Bark is the most important tanning material in Korth America, ..."
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