v. Obs. rare–1. [app. an alteration of TAN v. under the influence of TAWNY a.] trans. To make tawny; to bronze, ‘tan.’ So † Tawn sb., the bronzing of the skin produced by exposure.
1721. Ramsay, Tartana, 94. While scorching Titan tawns the shepherd’s brow.
a. 1734. North, Lives (1826), III. 96. It was a considerable time before this upper lip having been long shaded … took the same tawn as the rest of his face.
