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tawn
tawn
English
Verb
tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)
Noun
tawn (plural tawns)
- (rare) A tan.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 5:
- In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 5: