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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Com

par.

Tawnier

;

sup

erl.

Tawniest

[F.

tanné

, p. p. of

tanner

to tan. See

Verb.

Noun.

Cf.

Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt;

as,

tawny

Moor or Spaniard; the

tawny

lion

“A leopard’s tawny and spotted hide.”

Longfellow.

Adj.

Of a yellowish dark color, like things tanned, or persons who are sun-burnt; as a tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny sons of Numidia; the tawny lion.