Defn: One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.
TAN
Tan, n. Etym: [Chin.]
Defn: See Picul.
TAN
Tan, n. Etym: [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.
2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as,
hands covered with tan. 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.
TAN
Tan, a.
Defn: Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. Black and tan. See under
Black, a.
TAN Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanning.] Etym: [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.]