[f. TAWNY a. + -NESS.] The quality or condition of being tawny.

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c. 1550.  Lloyd, Treas. Health, F viij. Coluer dounge ground in vyneger and smeared ouer thy face putteth away al morphewe & tawnines.

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1623.  Middleton, More Dissemblers Besides Wom., V. ii. She’s the sun’s masterpiece for tawniness.

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1727.  Bailey, vol. II., Tawniness,… the Being of the Colour of tanned Leather.

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1875.  Browning, Aristoph. Apol., Herakles, 406. He spread The tawniness behind—his yellow head Enmuffled by the brute’s.

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