a. That may be tanned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tannate. ] (Chem.) A salt of tannic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etym. uncertain. ] A sixpence. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Tanneries [ Cf. F. tannerie. ] 1. A place where the work of tanning is carried on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art or process of tanning. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and gallotannic acid. (b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Tanier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tannin + -gen. ] (Pharm.) A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. tannin. ] (Chem.) Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic. [ 1913 Webster ]