Tanning
['tænɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) making leather from rawhide.
(noun.) process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tan
(n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
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Examples
- Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are changed from time to time from weaker into stronger liquor until the tanning process is complete. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is used mostly in tanning soft, glovey upper leather, which when finished makes a very tough yet soft and pliable leather for footwear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When men were skin-dressed animals they knew little or nothing of tanning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They knew how to sweat, dry, and smoke the skins, and this crude seasoning process was the forerunner of modern tanning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But he found the hide had dried as stiff as a board, and as he knew naught of tanning, he was forced to abandon his cherished plan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They are then trimmed and scraped by hand, after which the real tanning process begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But whether discovered by chance, accident or experience, or invented from necessity, the art of tanning should have rendered the name of the discoverer immortal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The drying of the hide is as important as the tanning. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And now since 1880, the chemists are pushing aside the vegetable processes, and substituting mineral processes, by which tanning is still further shortened and cheapened. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The tanning of raw hides taken from animals is an ancient trade. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The inventions of the century consist in labour-saving machinery for these purposes, new tanning and dressing processes, and innumerable machines for making special articles of leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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