- imbrown
- archaic variant of embrown
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
imbrown
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Imbrown — Im*brown , v. t. [Pref. im in + brown. Cf. {Embrown}.] To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. [1913 Webster] The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imbrown — /im brown /, v.t., v.i. embrown. * * * imbrown obs. f. embrown … Useful english dictionary
imbrown — /im brown /, v.t., v.i. embrown. * * * … Universalium
tan — v. a. 1. Convert into leather, impregnate with tannin. 2. Imbrown, make tawny, imbrown by exposure … New dictionary of synonyms
Embrown — Em*brown , v. t. [Pref. em (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown. [1913 Webster] Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tan — Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tanned — Tan Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tanning — Tan Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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