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tannages

tannages is the plural of tannage.

Meaning of tannage

Noun

tannage (countable and uncountable, plural tannages)

  1. The act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning.
    • They should have got his cheek fresh tannage / Such a day as to-day in the merry sunshine! / Had they stuck on his fist a rough-foot merlin!1845, Robert Browning, “The Flight of the Duchess”, in Tim Cook, editor, The Works of Robert Browning, published 1994, page 340
  2. The act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble.

Questions about tannages

What is tannages the plural of?
Tannages is the plural of tannage.

Words near tannages in the dictionary

  1. tannable
  2. tannadar
  3. tannadars
  4. Tannadice
  5. tannage
  6. tannages
  7. tannah
  8. tannahdar
  9. tannahdars
  10. Tannahill
  11. Tannahills

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