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Tanning
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Tanning
A process in which the raw pelts are skinned, fleshed, soaked, and washed in special solutions to prepare them for use in garments Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21714
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tanning
[n] - process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light 2. [n] - making leather from rawhide Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tanning
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Tanning
Tan'ning noun The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan , transitive verb , 1. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/9
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tanning
The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?tanning
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tanning
noun making leather from rawhide Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tanning
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tanning
noun process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tanning
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Tanning
• (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tan Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tanning/
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tanning
chemical treatment of raw animal hide or skin to convert it into leather. A tanning agent displaces water from the interstices between the protein ... [6 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/11
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Tanning
Tanning is the process of treating skins of animals to produce leather, which is more durable and less susceptible to decomposition. Traditionally, tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound from which the tanning process draws its name (tannin is in turn named for an old German word for oak ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning
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tanning
tanning, process by which skins and hides are converted into leather. Vegetable tanning, a method requiring more than a month even with modern machinery and tanning liquors, employs tannin; its use is shown in Egyptian tomb paintings dating from 3000 B.C. Mineral tanning includes tawing, or alum tan... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0847808.html
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tanning
Treating animal skins to preserve them and make them into leather. In vegetable tanning, the prepared skins are soaked in tannic acid. Chrome tanning, which is much quicker, uses solutions of chromium salts Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006264.html
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tanning
1) Activity 2) Bodily function 3) Bodily process 4) Body process 5) Punishment, of a sort 6) Using a uv lamp, in a way Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tanning/1
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