tansistor.html - n.
(pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Tanacetum, esp. T. vulgare with yellow button-like flowers and aromatic leaves, formerly used in medicines and cookery. [ME f. OF tanesie f. med.L athanasia immortality f. Gk]

tansistor.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To give a beating to; spank hard. * /Bob's father tanned his hide for staying out too late./

tansistor.html - See: THINK TANK.

tansistor.html - noun
Also written Tanky (Politics) In British slang , a hard-line Communist who unquestioningly supports Soviet policies. Etymology: Said to be so named because of the Tankies' reluctance to condemn Soviet military intervention (tanks) in Afghanistan (or, long before that, in Czechoslovakia). History and Usage: The split of British Communism into a Eurocommunist (see Euro°) and a Sovietist or Tankie branch dates from the second half of the seventies, although the dismissive nickname Tankie did not start to appear in print until the mid eighties. The hard-line Tankies were associated particularly with the Morning Star newspaper by users of the nickname. The New Communist Party of Britain, the Battersea Sovietist splinter off the old bloc , has issued this guidance to the world's press. 'Please do not describe the NCP as "Stalinists" or "Tankies"...If you insist on using this misleading shorthand, please make it clear you are talking about "Stalinists and Tankies" who support glasnost and perestroika.' Guardian 28 Apr. 1988, p. 23

tansistor.html - n.,
adj., & v. --n.

1 a brown skin colour resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light.
2 a yellowish-brown colour.
3 bark, esp. of oak, bruised and used to tan hides.
4 (in full spent tan) tan from which the tannic acid has been extracted, used for covering roads etc.

--adj.

yellowish-brown.

--v.

(tanned, tanning)
1 tr. & intr. make or become brown by exposure to ultraviolet light.
2 tr. convert (raw hide) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid or by the use of mineral salts etc.
3 tr. sl. beat, thrash.

tannable adj. tanning n. tannish adj. [OE tannian, prob. f. med.L tanare, tannare, perh. f. Celtic]

tansistor.html - abbr.
tangent.