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The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.

The basking, or liver, shark.

Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.

Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.

soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin. Swan's-down cotton. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. Shak.

Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.

Whisking. [Colloq.] Coombe.

sure sense. See Touch. The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm. H. N. Martin.

n incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing.

A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

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 whic…

The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.

The siskin. [Prov.]

An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

A place where skins are tawed.

Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.

The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.