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Definition of tan bark

tan bark
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.

Meaning of tan bark from wikipedia

- bark dust, bark chips, bark mulch, beauty bark, tanbark, tan bark, or simply bark) is a form of mulch produced out of chipped or shredded tree bark....
- Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for tanning hides into leather. The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and "tawny" are...
- Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather. The first recorded use of tan as a color name...
- French botanist Jean Marchant in 1727, who referred to it as "fleur de tan" (bark flower); Marchant also classified it as "des éponges" (one of the sponges)...
- by the fermentation of the tan bark or the dung to circulate in the pot. Each layer of pots was covered by a new layer of tan, then another layer of pots...
- glow under ultraviolet light for a few days after molting. Arizona bark scorpions are tan or light beige tone in color and very small, making them difficult...
- step of sealing clay pots in a room filled with horse manure or waste tan bark, which provided a source of heat and carbon dioxide, yielding basic lead...
- uncontrollable rate, having been introduced in the nineteenth century to produce tan bark and to stabilise the sands of the Cape Flats outside Cape Town after the...
- Look up tan or TAN in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tan or TAN may refer to: Tan, an album by the Polish rock band Kult TAN (group), South Korean boy...
- at temperatures below about -10 °C. 'Ghurka' has a distinctive bright tan bark, with mauve-purple buds that open to pale pink flowers; it flowers between...