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tawny


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tawny  \Taw"ny\,  a.  [Compar.  {Tawnier};  superl.  {Tawniest}.]  [F. 
  tann['e],  p.  p.  of  tanner  to  tan.  See  {Tan},  v.  t.  &  n.  Cf 
  {Tenn['e]}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tawny 
  adj  :  of  a  light  brown  to  brownish  orange  color 




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