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Tannis root, with its mystic/magic property and bad smell, is simply a clever plot device used by author Ira Levin to demonstrate the power of the devil worshipers.
Tanbark is the bark of certain species of tree. It is traditionally used for tanning hides into leather. Bark mills are horse- or oxen-driven or water powered edge mills and were used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannins for the leather industry. A barker was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mills.