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Tanning
- verb - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- making leather from rawhide
- process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
Tannins
- noun - any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
Tannish
- adjective - of a color resembling tan
Tansies
- noun - common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
Tantivy
- - 1.at full speed; rapidly
2.a hunting cry, esp at full gallop
- Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
Tending
- verb - (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
- have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
- manage or run; "tend a store"
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
Tenniel
- noun - English cartoonist (1820-1914)
Tenpins
- noun - bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
- one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
Tensile
- adjective - capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
- of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
Tensing
- verb - become stretched or tense or taut;
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"