Meaning of TANNING
| Pronunciation: | | 'taning
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- [n] making leather from rawhide
- [n] beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- [n] process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
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| | Synonyms: | | flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping |
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| | See Also: | | activity, beating, bodily function, bodily process, body process, creating from raw materials, drubbing, horsewhipping, lacing, self-flagellation, thrashing, trouncing, whacking | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tan"ning\, n.
The art or process of converting skins into leather. See
{Tan}, v. t., 1.
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