(n.) See Picul.
(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.) A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as,
hands covered with tan.
(a.) Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
(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.) 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.
