Which preposition to use with tan
His manner of moving through the well-dressed crowd somewhat belied the tan of his skin.
Ted's fair skin was tanned to a warm brown, and, clad in Indian clothes, save for his aureole of copper-coloured hair, so strong a contrast to the straight black locks of his Indian brothers, he could hardly be told from one of the island lads who roamed all day by wood and shore.
Their principal occupation was hunting, and they had a large number of buffalo hides, which, they had tanned in the Indian manner.
The poor husband, at his wits' end, ascended to the summit of Chehel-Tan with thirty-nine, and left them there, trusting to the mercy of the Deity to provide for them, while the fortieth babe was brought up under the paternal roof.
Already there was the hint of tan on their faces, for they had been much in the open of late.
"Yes," she replied, too much absorbed by what she was thinking, to mind him and his blunders,"papa must take the prison." "Oh!"and Sandy blushed through his tan at his absurd mistake.
"I declare, Hubbard, you're tanned like an aboriginal, and you look like one, too," laughed Maloney.
We took his meat home, and had his skin tanned for a sleigh robe.
He was weary and way-worn; his clothes soiled and dusty with long travel, and his cheeks tanned from long exposure to the sun.
Tan outside the hind-legscommonly called breechingis a serious defect.
Hairs on the sides of the head should be very long, of a few shades deeper tan than that on the top of the head, especially about the ear-roots.
Then it was tried to force the tan through the pores of the skin, by employing great pressure; but this was not found to answer.
The consequence of this is to withdraw any air which might be contained in the pores of the hides, and to employ the pressure of the atmosphere to aid capillary attraction in forcing the tan into the interior of the skins.
It will take a day or two to get the dye out of my hair and the tan off my skin.
And down you come, until you really expect to find yourself and the saddle in the tan between the two halves of your horse.