picul \pic"ul\, n. jav.  malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
   the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.
   a commercial weight varying in different countries and for
   different commodities. in borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in china
   and sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
   sometimes 130 lbs., etc. called also, by the chinese, tan.
   written also pecul, and pecal.
   1913 webster
see also:
tan pecul pecal 

tan \tan\, n. chin.
   see picul.
   1913 webster
see also:
picul 

tan \tan\, n. f. tan, perhaps fr. armor. tann an oak, oak bar;
   or of teutonic origin; cf. g. tanne a fir, ohg. tanna a fir,
   oak, mhg. tan a forest. cf. tawny.
   1. the bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and
      broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both
      before and after it has been used. called also tan bark.
      1913 webster

   2. a yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
      1913 webster

   3. a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;
      as, hands covered with tan.
      1913 webster

   tan bed hort., a bed made of tan; a bark bed.

   tan pickle, the liquor used in tanning leather.

   tan spud, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
      

   tan stove. see bark stove, under bark.

   tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with
      tan.
      1913 webster
see also:
tawny tan bark tan bed tan pickle tan spud tan stove 
bark stove bark tan vat 

tan \tan\, a.
   of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
   1913 webster

   black and tan. see under black, a.
      1913 webster
see also:
black and tan black 

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 impregnated with tannin, or
      tannic acid which exists in several species of bark, and
      is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree
      impervious to water.
      1913 webster

   note: the essential result in tanning is due to the fact that
         the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a
         series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather.
         similar results may be produced by the use of other
         reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or
         chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of
         tanning.
         1913 webster

   2. to make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of
      the sun; as, to tan the skin.
      1913 webster

   3. to thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a
      disobedient child's hide. colloq.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc
see also:
tanned tanning tan 

tan \tan\, v. i.
   to get or become tanned.
   1913 webster

colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. opposite of colorless.

   note: narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled

   syn: colourful.
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   2. striking in variety and interest. opposite of colorless
      or dull. narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque
      wordnet 1.5

   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   note: narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue; coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; huedpostnominal; magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green also see: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.

   syn: colored, coloured, in colorpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
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colorless changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot deep, rich flaming fluorescent, glowing prismatic 
psychedelic red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled dull brave, fine, gay, glorious flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained 
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty picturesque monochrome tinted touched, tinged 
amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown amethyst auburn, reddish-brown aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue 
bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue blushful, blush-colored, rosy bottle-green bronze, bronzy 
brown, brownish, dark-brown buff canary, canary-yellow caramel, caramel brown carnation 
chartreuse chestnut dun earth-colored, earthlike fuscous 
green, greenish, light-green, dark-green jade, jade-green khaki lavender, lilac mauve 
moss green, mosstone motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured mousy, mouse-colored ocher, ochre olive-brown 
olive-drab olive orange, orangish peacock-blue pink, pinkish 
purple, violet, purplish red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet red, reddish rose, roseate rose-red 
rust, rusty, rust-colored snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown sorrel, brownish-orange stone, stone-gray straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured 
tan tangerine tawny ultramarine umber 
vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red yellow, yellowish yellow-green avocado bay 
beige blae bluish-black or gray-blue coral creamy cress green, cresson, watercress 
hazel honey, honey-colored huedpostnominal magenta maroon 
pea-green russet sage, sage-green sea-green chromatic 
colored dark light 

tan
     adj : of a light yellowish-brown color
     n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
          of the sun syn: suntan, sunburn, burn
     2: a light brown syn: topaz
     3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled
        triangle syn: tangent
     v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them
          into leather
     2: get a tan, from wind or sun syn: bronze
     also: tanning, tanned, tannest, tanner
see also:
suntan sunburn burn topaz tangent bronze 
tanning tanned tannest tanner 

87 moby thesaurus words for "tan":
   arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet,
   burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks,
   cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cure, deploy, drab,
   dress, dress down, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, embrown, fawn,
   fawn-colored, fix, fix up, flax, fuscous, get ready,
   give a dressing-down, grege, hazel, hide, infuscate, khaki, larrup,
   lather, leather, lick, lurid, make arrangements, make preparations,
   make ready, marshal, mobilize, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab,
   paddle, plan, prearrange, prep, prepare, pretreat, process,
   provide, put in shape, ready, ready up, rust, seal, seal-brown,
   sepia, settle preliminaries, snuff-colored, sorrel, sunburn,
   suntan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, treat, trim, try out,
   umber, umber-colored, wallop, walnut, walnut-brown, welt, whale,
   yellowish-brown

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