tan stove

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tan stove - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
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     3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;
        as, hands covered with tan.
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     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.
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