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Webster 1913 Edition


Tanning

Tan′ning

,
Noun.
The art or process of converting skins into leather. See
Tan
,
Verb.
T.
, 1.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tanning

TAN'NING

,
ppr.
Converting raw hides into leather.

Definition 2024


tanning

tanning

English

Verb

tanning

  1. present participle of tan
  2. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.

Noun

tanning (countable and uncountable, plural tannings)

  1. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  2. (informal) A spanking.

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