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- noun
oak -bark , often specifically as a source oftannic acid ;tan
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Examples
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'Well, I dare say; but a man of very bad character, Dr. Bryerly says; and he has written to Mr. Danvers about it -- for that is what they call waste, cutting down and selling the timber, and the oakbark, and burning the willows, and other trees that are turned into charcoal.
Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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“Well, I dare say; but a man of very bad character, Dr. Bryerly says; and he has written to Mr. Danvers about it — for that is what they call waste, cutting down and selling the timber, and the oakbark, and burning the willows, and other trees that are turned into charcoal.
Uncle Silas 2003
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