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ˈorange-ˈtawny, a. and n.
A. adj. Of a dull yellowish brown colour; tan-coloured or brownish-yellow with a tinge of orange.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. i. 129 The Woosell cocke, so blacke of hew, With Orenge-tawny bill. 1594Acc.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 346, j pece of Oringe Taunie buffing. 1625Bacon Ess., Usury (Arb.) 541 That Vsurers should haue Orange-tawney Bonnets, because they doe Iudaize. 1826Scott Woodst. xxx, A..boy, in an orange-tawney doublet. 1865Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 7/2 Each pair of orange-tawny tyrants [tigers] had their district, with leopards, panthers, and jackals for the aristocracy.
B. n. As the name of a colour or a fabric.
1602Narcissus (1893) 298 Thou shalt dye whyte, and Ile dye oreng tawnye. a1662Heylin (T.), Baronets, or knights of Nova Scotia, are commonly distinguished from others by a ribbon of orangetawny. c1800R. Cumberland John De Lancaster (1809) II. 45 The domestics of the castle were arrayed in their gala-liveries of orange-tawney.
b. Comb., as orange-tawny-coated adj.
1633B. Jonson Tale Tub iv. iii, Thou scum of man; Uncivil, orange-tawney-coated clerk! |