Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TAW'NY
TAW'NY, a. [Fr. tanné, from tanner, to tan.]
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. Addison. Milton.
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