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the twentieth letter in our alphabet, its sound that of the hard dental mute, produced by the tip of the tongue being brought into contact with the base of the upper teeth: as a medieval numeral=160;T=160,000: something fashioned like a T, or having a cross section like a T—also writtenteeand sometimestau.—ns.T′-band′age, a bandage composed of two strips fashioned in the shape of the letterT, as for use about the perineum;T′-cart, a four-wheeled pleasure-vehicle without top, having a T-shaped body;T′-cloth, a plain cotton made for the India and China market—stamped with a T;T′-cross, a tau-cross;T′-plate, a T-shaped plate, as for strengthening a joint in a wooden framework;T′-rail, a rail, as for a railway, having a T-like cross section;T′-square, a ruler shaped like the letter T, used in mechanical and architectural drawing.—To a T, with perfect exactness;Be marked with a T, to be branded as a thief.
Tab, tab,n.a small tag, flap, or strap, forming an appendage of something: reckoning, tally, check.
Tabanus, ta-bā′nus,n.a genus of flies, including the horse-flies. [L.]
Tabard, tab′ard,n.a military cloak of the 15th and 16th centuries, now a loose sleeveless coat worn by heralds.—n.Tab′arder, one who wears a tabard. [O. Fr.,—Low L.tabardum; perh. conn, with L.tapete, tapestry.]
Tabaret, tab′a-ret,n.an upholsterer's silk stuff, with alternate stripes of watered and satin surface. [Tabby.]
Tabasheer,Tabasbir, tab-a-shēr′,n.a substance, consisting chiefly of silica, sometimes found in the cavities or tubular parts of the stems of bamboos and other large grasses, and prized by the Hindus as a tonic, &c., prepared by imperfect calcination and trituration. [Hind.tabāshīr.]
Tabby, tab′i,n.a coarser kind of waved or watered silk: an artificial stone, a mixture of lime, shells, gravel, stones, and water: a female cat—alsoTabb′y-cat.—adj.brindled: diversified in colour.—v.t.to water or cause to look wavy:—pa.t.andpa.p.tabb′ied.—n.Tabb′inet, a more delicate kind of tabby resembling damask, used for window-curtains. [Fr.tabis—Ar.'attābī, a kind of rich, waved silk—'Attabiya, the quarter in Bagdad where first made.]
Tabefaction, tab-ē-fak′shun,n.a wasting away from disease.—v.t.Tab′efy, to emaciate.—v.i.to lose flesh, to waste away.—ns.Tā′bes, a gradual wasting away;Tabes′cence.—adjs.Tabes′cent;Tabet′ic;Tab′ic;Tab′id.—adv.Tab′idly.—n.Tab′idness.—adj.Tabif′ic, causing tabes.—n.Tab′itude, state of one affected with tabes.—Tabes dorsalis, the same as locomotor ataxia. [L.tabes, a wasting,tabēre, to waste away.]
Tabella, tā-bel′a,n.a medicated lozenge or hard electuary.—adj.Tab′ellary, tabular.—n.Tabell′ion, an official scrivener in the Roman empire, and in France down to 1761. [L.tabella, dim. oftabula, a table.]
Taber,v.i.(B.). Same asTabour.
Taberd, tab′ėrd,n.Same asTabard.
Tabernacle, tab′ėr-na-kl,n.(B.) the movable tent carried by the Jews through the desert, and used as a temple: a tent: the human body as the temporary abode of the soul: a place of worship or sacred place: (R.C.) the place in which the consecrated elements of the Eucharist are kept: a socket permitting a mast to be lowered beneath bridges.—v.i.to dwell: to abide for a time.—adj.Tabernac′ular.—Tabernacle work(archit.), ornamental work over niches, stalls, &c. with canopies and pinnacles, or any work in which such forms a characteristic feature.—Feast of tabernacles, a Jewish autumn festival, celebrating the sojourning of the children of Israel in the wilderness (Lev. xxiii. 43), and the gathering-in of all the fruits of the year (Ex. xxiii. 16). [L.tabernaculum, double dim. oftaberna, a hut, shed of boards.]
Tablature, tab′la-tūr,n.something tabular: a painting on a wall or ceiling: a picture in general: a method of musical notation, principally employed in the 15th and 16th centuries for the lute: (anat.) a division of the skull into two tables. [Fr.,—L.tabula, a board.]
Table, tā′bl,n.a smooth, flat slab or board, with legs, used as an article of furniture: supply of food, entertainment: the company at a table: the board or table on which a game is played, as billiards, backgammon, draughts: a surface on which something is written or engraved: that which is cut or written on a flat surface: a flat gravestone supported on pillars: an inscription: a condensed statement: syllabus or index; (B.) a writing tablet.—adj.of or pertaining to a table, or the food partaken from the table.—v.t.to make into a table or catalogue: to lay (money) on the table: to pay down: to lay on the table—i.e. to postpone consideration of.—ns.Tā′ble-beer, light beer for common use;Tā′ble-book, a book of tablets, on which anything is written without ink: a note-book: a book of tables, as of weights, measures, &c.;Tā′ble-cloth, a cloth usually of linen, for covering a table, esp. at meals;Tā′ble-cov′er, a cloth for covering a table, esp. at other than meal-times;Table-d'hôte(ta′bl-dōt),a meal for several persons at the same hour and at fixed prices;Tā′bleful, as many as a table will hold;Tā′bleland, an extensive region of elevated land with a plain-like or undulating surface: a plateau;Tā′ble-leaf, a board at the side of a table which can be put up or down to vary the size of the table;Tā′ble-lin′en, linen table-cloths, napkins, &c.;Tā′ble-mon′ey, an allowance granted to general officers in the army, and flag-officers in the navy, to enable them to fulfil the duties of hospitality within their respective commands;Tā′ble-rap′ping, production of raps on tables by alleged spiritual agency.—n.pl.Tā′bles, the game of backgammon.—ns.Tā′ble-spoon, one of the largest spoons used at table;Tā′ble-spoon′ful, as much as will fill a table-spoon;Tā′ble-talk, familiar conversation, as that round a table, during and after meals;Tā′ble-turn′ing, movements of tables or other objects, attributed by spiritualists to the agency of spirits—by rational persons to involuntary muscular action—similarlyTā′ble-lift′ing,Tā′ble-rap′ping;Tā′ble-ware, dishes, spoons, knives, forks, &c. for table use.—adv.Tā′blewise, like a table—of the communion-table, with the ends east and west—opp. toAltar-wise.—ns.Tā′ble-work, the setting of type for tables, columns of figures, &c.;Tā′bling, the act of tabling or forming into tables: (carp.) a rude dove-tailing: (naut.) a broad hem on the skirts of sails.—The Lord's Table, the table at which the Lord's Supper is partaken, or on which the elements are laid: the Lord's Supper.—Fence the tables(seeFence);Lay on the table, to lay aside any proposed measure indefinitely, or for future discussion;Lie on the table, to be laid upon the table;Turn the tables, to bring about a complete reversal of circumstances. [O. Fr.table—L.tabula, a board.]
Tableau, tab′lō,n.a picture: a striking and vivid representation:—pl.Tableaux(tab′lōz).—Tableau vivant, a representation of a historical or other personage by a motionless living person dressed in suitable costume. [Fr.,—L.tabula, a painting.]
Tablet, tab′let,n.a small flat surface: something flat on which to write, paint, &c.: a confection in a flat square form.—n.Tab′loid, a small tablet containing a certain definite portion of some drug, a troche or lozenge. Registered trade mark. [Dim. oftable.]
Taboo,Tabu, ta-bōō′,n.an institution among the Polynesians, forming a penal system based on religious sanctions, by which certain things are held sacred or consecrated, and hence prohibited to be used—by a natural transference of meaning by association of ideas becoming equivalent to 'unholy,' 'accursed'—alsoTamboo′,Tambu′, andTapu′: any prohibition, interdict, restraint, ban, exclusion, ostracism.—v.t.to forbid approach to: to forbid the use of:—pr.p.tabōō′ing;pa.t.andpa.p.tabōōed′.[Polynesiantapu—prob.ta, to mark,pu, expressing intensity.]
Tabor, tā′bor,n.a camp amongst the ancient nomadic Slavs and Turks, inside a ring of wagons.
Taborite, tā′bor-īt,n.one of the more extreme party of the Hussites, as opposed to the Calixtines or Utraquists, so named from their headquarters being at MountTabor, 24 miles N.E. of Pisek.
Tabour,Tabor, tā′bor,n.a small drum like the timbrel or tambourine without jingles, usually played with one stick, and in combination with a fife.—v.i.to play on a tabour: to beat lightly and often:—pr.p.tā′bouring:pa.p.tā′boured.—ns.Tā′borer(Shak.), one who beats the tabour;Tab′orine(Shak.), a tabour or small drum;Tab′ouret,Tab′ret, a small tabour or drum;Tab′rēre(Spens.), a labourer. [O. Fr.tabour(Fr.tambour)—Pers.tambūr, a kind of cithern.]
Tabouret, tab′ōō-ret,n.a cushioned seat, without arms or back, highly ornamented: a frame for embroidery: a needle-case.
Tabu. Same asTaboo.
Tabular, tab′ū-lar,adj.of the form of, or pertaining to, a table: having a flat surface: arranged in a table or schedule, computed from tables: having the form of laminæ or plates.—ns.Tab′ula, a writing-tablet, a legal record: a frontal: a dissepiment in corals, &c.;Tabularisā′tion, the act of tabularising or forming into tables: the state of being tabularised.—v.t.Tab′ularise, to put in a tabular form: to tabulate:—pr.p.tab′ūlarīsing;pa.p.tab′ūlarīsed.—adv.Tab′ularly.—v.t.Tab′ulāte, to reduce to tables or synopses: to shape with a flat surface.—n.Tabulā′tion, the act of forming into tables.
Tacahout, tak′a-howt,n.an Arab name for the small gall formed on the tamarisk-tree, and used as one source for obtaining gallic acid.
Tacamahac, tak′a-ma-hak,n.a gum-resin yielded by several tropical trees. [South American.]
Tac-au-tac, tak′-ō-tak′,n.in fencing, the parry combined with the riposte, also a series of close attacks and parries between fencers of equal skill. [Fr.]
Tace, tā′sē, be silent.—Tace is Latin for a candle, a phrase understood as requesting or promising silence. [L., imper. oftacēre, to be silent.]
Tache, tash,n.(B.) a fastening or catch. [Tack.]
Tache, tash,n.a spot, stain, or freckle: a moral blemish: a characteristic. [Fr.]
Tachometer, tā-kom′e-tėr,n.an instrument for measuring variations in the velocity of machines.—AlsoTachym′eter. [Gr.tachos, speed,metron, a measure.]
Tachygraphy, tā-kig′ra-fi,n.stenography, the art of writing in abbreviations.—n.Tachyg′rapher.—adjs.Tachygrapn′ic,-al. [Gr.tachys, swift,graphein, to write.]
Tachylite, tak′i-līt,n.a black opaque natural glass, which results from the rapid cooling of molten basalt, occurring as a thin selvage to dikes and veins of intrusive basalt.—adj.Tachylit′ic.
Tachymeter, tā-kim′e-tėr,n.a surveying instrument—alsoTacheom′eter.—n.Tachym′etry, scientific use of the tachymeter.
Tacit, tas′it,adj.implied, but not expressed by words: silent, giving no sound.—adv.Tac′itly.—n.Tac′itness.—adj.Tac′iturn, habitually tacit or silent: not fond of talking: reserved in speech.—ns.Tac′iturnist, one habitually taciturn;Taciturn′ity, habitual silence: reserve in speaking.—adv.Tac′iturnly. [L.tacitus, pa.p. oftacēre, to be silent.]
Tack, tak,n.a short, sharp nail with a broad head: a fastening, a long temporary stitch: the weather clew or foremost lower corner of any of the courses, or of any sail set with a boom or gaff, or of a flag, also the rope by which such clew or tack is confined or fastened: the course of a ship in reference to the position of her sails: a determinate course, the art of tacking, hence a change of policy, a strategical move: a shelf for drying cheese: term of a lease: adhesiveness, sticky condition, as of varnish, &c.—v.t.to attach or fasten, esp. in a slight manner, as by tacks.—v.i.to change the course or tack of a ship by shifting the position of the sails: to shift one's position, to veer.—adj.Tack′y, adhesive, viscous. [Most prob. Celt., Ir.taca, a pin, Bret.tach, a nail.]
Tack, tak,n.(prov.) any distinctive and permanent flavour.
Tack, tak,n.food generally, fare, esp. of the bread kind, ashard tack,soft tack, &c.
Tacket, tak′et,n.(Scot.) a hobnail in the soles of strong shoes.
Tackle, tak′l,n.the ropes, rigging, &c. of a ship: tools, weapons: ropes, &c., for raising heavy weights: a pulley.—v.t.to harness: (prov.) to seize or take hold of, attack, fasten upon.—v.i.to get a hold of.—adj.Tack′led, made of ropes tackled together.—ns.Tack′ling, furniture or apparatus belonging to the masts, yards, &c. of a ship: harness for drawing a carriage: tackle or instruments;Tacks′man, a tenant or lessee. [Scand., Sw.tackel—Ice.taka, to take.]
Tacky, tak′i,n.(U.S.) a poor ill-conditioned horse.
Tact, takt,n.adroitness in managing the feelings of persons dealt with: nice perception in seeing and doing exactly what is best in the circumstances: (mus.) the stroke in keeping time.—adjs.Tact′ful;Tac′tile, that may be touched or felt.—ns.Tactil′ity, state of being tactile: touchiness;Tac′tion, act of touching: sense of touch.—adj.Tact′less, without tact.—n.Tact′lessness.—adj.Tact′ūal, relating to, or derived from, the sense of touch.—adv.Tact′ūally.—n.Tact′us, the sense of touch. [L.tactus—tangĕre,tactum, to touch.]
Tactics, tak′tiks,n.sing.the science or art of manœuvring military and naval forces in the presence of the enemy: way or method of proceeding.—adjs.Tac′tic,-al, pertaining to tactics.—adv.Tac′tically.—n.Tacti′cian, one skilled in tactics. [Gr.taktikē(technē, art, understood), art of arranging men in a field of battle—tassein,taxein, to arrange.]
Tadpole, tad′pōl,n.a young toad or frog in its first state, before the tail is absorbed and the limbs pushed forth.—n.Tad(U.S.), a street-boy. [Atoadwith apoll.]
Tædium, tē′di-um,n.weariness, tediousness. [L.]
Tael, tāl,n.the Chineseliangor ounce, equal to 1⅓ oz. avoir.: a money of account in China, equivalent to a tael weight of pure silver, or to about 1250 of the copper coin known as 'cash.' The value of the Haikwan tael, or customs tael, is about 4s. 9d. English, varying with the price of silver.
Ta'en, tān, a contraction of taken.
Tænia, tē′ni-a,n.a ribbon or fillet: the fillet above the architrave of the Doric order: a tapeworm.—n.Tæ′nicide, a drug that destroys tapeworms.—adj.Tæ′niform, ribbon-like.—n.Tæ′nifuge, anything used to expel tapeworms.—adj.Tæ′nioid, ribbon-like. [L.,—Gr.tainia, a band.]
Tafferel, taf′ėr-el,Taffrail,taf′rāl,n.the upper part of a ship's stern timbers. [Dut.tafereel, a panel—tafel, a table—L.tabula, a table; cf. Ger.täfelei, flooring—tafel, a table.]
Taffeta, taf′e-ta,n.a thin glossy silk-stuff having a wavy lustre: (orig.) silk-stuff plainly woven.—AlsoTaff′ety. [It.taffetà—Pers.tāftah, woven—tāftan, to twist.]
Taffy, taf′i,n.Same asToffy.
Taffy, taf′i,n.a Welshman—fromDavy.
Tafia, taf′i-a,n.a variety of rum. [Malay.]
Taft, taft,v.t.in plumbing, to spread the end of a lead pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange.
Tag, tag,n.a tack or point of metal at the end of a string: any small thing tacked or attached to another: any pendant or appendage, the tip of an animal's tail: the rabble collectively, anything mean.—v.t.to fit a tag or point to: to tack, fasten, or hang to: to dog or follow closely.—v.i.to make tags, to string words or ideas together: to go behind as a follower:—pr.p.tag′ging;pa.t.andpa.p.tagged.—ns.Tag′-end, a loosely connected end, the concluding part;Tag′ger, anything that tags, an appendage.—n.pl.Tag′gers, thin sheet-iron.—n.andadj.Tag′rag, a fluttering rag, a tatter: the rabble, or denoting it—the same asRag-tag, often in phraseTagrag and bobtail.—ns.Tag′-sore, a disease in sheep, in which, the tail is excoriated through diarrhœa;Tag′-tail, a worm with a tail like a tag: a hanger-on, parasite. [A weaker form oftack.]
Tag, tag,n.a children's game in which the object is for the player to chase the rest until he touches one, who then takes his place asTagg′ger.—v.t.to touch or hit in this game.
Taghairm, tag′erm,n.an ancient mode of divination among the Scotch Highlanders, in which a man was wrapped in a fresh bullock's hide and left by a running stream to wait for inspiration. [Gael.]
Taglia, tal′ya,n.a rope and pulleys, tackle with a set of sheaves in a fixed block and another set in a movable block to which the weight is attached. [It.]
Taglioni, tal-yō′ni,n.a kind of overcoat, so called from the famous family of dancers, the most famous of whom was MariaTaglioni(1804-84).
Taha, tä′ha,n.an African weaver-bird of the familyPloceidæ.
Tahli, tä′li,n.a Hindu gold ornament worn by the wives of Brahmans.
Tahona, ta-hō′na,n.a crushing-mill for ores worked by horse-power. [Sp.,—Ar.]
Tai, tī,n.the Japanese bream.
Taic, tä′ik,adj.pertaining to theTai, the chief race in the Indo-Chinese peninsula, including the Siamese, the Laos, &c.—n.the group of languages spoken by the Tai.
Taigle, tā′gl,v.t.(Scot.) to entangle, hinder.—v.i.to delay, tarry.
Tail, tāl,n.the posterior extremity of an animal, its caudal appendage: anything resembling a tail in appearance, position, &c.: the back, lower, or hinder part of anything: a retinue, suite: a queue or body of persons in single file: anything long and hanging, as a catkin, train of a comet, long curl of hair, &c.: in Turkey, a horse-tail, formerly carried before a pasha as an emblem of relative rank.—n.Tail′-board, the board at the hinder end of a cart or wagon, which can be let down or removed, for convenience in unloading.—adj.Tailed, having a tail of a specified kind.—ns.Tail′-end, the hind part of any animal, the tip of the tail: the end or finish of anything, the fag-end: (pl.) inferior corn sorted out from that of better quality;Tail′-feath′er, one of the rectrices or rudder-feathers of a bird's tail;Tail′-gate, the aft or lower gate of a canal lock.—n.pl.Tail′ings, refuse, dregs.—adj.Tail′less, having no tail.—ns.Tail′piece, a piece at the tail or end, esp. of a series, as of engravings;Tail′pipe, the suction pipe in a pump.—v.t.to fasten something to the tail of, as a dog, to fix something to one by way of joke.—ns.Tail′race, the channel in which water runs away below a mill-wheel;Tail′rope, in coal-mining, a rope extending from the hind part of a car or kibble in a slightly inclined passage, by means of which the empties are drawn 'inby,' while the loaded cars are drawn 'outby.'—Lay, orPut,salt on the tail of(seeSalt);Make neither head nor tail of anything(seeHead);Turn tail, to run away, to shirk a combat;Twist the lion's tail(U.S.), to goad or insult the pacific and long-suffering British public feeling for political purposes in America;With the tail between the legs, in a cowardly way, after the manner of a beaten cur when he sneaks away. [A.S.tægel; Ger.zagel; Goth.tagl, hair.]
Tail, tāl,n.(law) the term applied to an estate which is cut off or limited to certain heirs.—ns.Tail′āge,Tall′āge. [Fr.taille, cutting. Cf.Entail.]
Tailor, tāl′ur,n.one whose business is to cut out and make men's clothes:—fem.Tail′oress.—v.i.to work as a tailor.—v.t.to make clothes for.—ns.Tail′or-bird, one of several Oriental small passerine birds which sew leaves together to form a nest:Tail′oring, the business or work of a tailor.—adj.Tail′or-made, made by a tailor, esp. of plain, close-fitting garments for women, in imitation of men's. [Fr.tailleur—tailler, to cut.]
Tailzie,Tailye, tāl′yē,n.(law) a Scotch form oftail.
Taint, tānt,v.t.to tinge, moisten, or impregnate with anything noxious: to infect: to stain.—v.i.to be affected with something corrupting.—n.a stain or tincture: infection or corruption: a spot: a moral blemish.—adj.Taint′less, without taint, pure.—adv.Taint′lessly, without taint.—n.Taint′ure(Shak.), taint, tinge, stain. [O. Fr.taint(Fr.teint), pa.p. ofteindre, to dye—L.tingĕre,tinctum, to wet.]
T'âi-p'ing, tī-ping′,n.the name given by foreigners to one of the followers of Hung Hsiû-ch'wan (S'eiw-tseuen), who raised the standard of rebellion in China in 1851, and whose enterprise was finally suppressed in 1865 mainly through the vigour of Colonel Charles ('Chinese') Gordon, the hero of Khartoum.
Taisch, tāsh,n.the sound of the voice of a person about to die heard by some one at a distance beyond the range of ordinary sounds.—AlsoTask. [Gael.taibhs,taibhse, an apparition.]
Taj, täj,n.a crown, a distinctive head-dress, esp. the tall conical cap worn by Mohammedan dervishes—applied as expressing pre-eminence to theTajMahal, the magnificent mausoleum of Shah Jehan (1628-58) at Agra. [Pers.]
Take, tāk,v.t.to lay hold of: to get into one's possession: to catch: to capture: to captivate: to receive: to choose: to use: to allow: to understand: to agree to: to become affected with.—v.i.to catch: to have the intended effect: to gain reception, to please: to move or direct the course of: to have recourse to:—pa.t.took;pa.p.tā′ken.—n.quantity of fish taken or captured at one time.—ns.Take′-in, an imposition, fraud: that by which one is deceived;Take′-off, a burlesque representation of any one;Tā′ker;Tā′king, act of taking or gaining possession: a seizing: agitation, excitement: (Spens.sickness: (Shak.) witchery: malignant influence.—adj.captivating: alluring.—adv.Tā′kingly.—n.Tā′kingness, quality of being taking or attractive.—adj.Tā′ky, attractive.—Take advantage of, to employ to advantage: to make use of circumstances to the prejudice of;Take after, to follow in resemblance;Take air, to be disclosed or made public;Take breath, to stop in order to breathe, to be refreshed;Take care,care of(seeCare);Take down, to reduce: to bring down from a higher place, to lower: to swallow: to pull down: to write down;Take for, to mistake;Take French leave(seeFrench);Take from, to derogate or detract from;Take heed, to be careful;Take heed to, to attend to with care;Take in, to enclose, to embrace: to receive: to contract, to furl, as a sail: to comprehend: to accept as true: to cheat: (Shak.) to conquer;Take in hand, to undertake;Take into one's head, to be seized with a sudden notion;Take in vain, to use with unbecoming levity or profaneness;Take in with, to deceive by means of;Take it out of, to extort reparation from: to exhaust the strength or energy of;Take leave(seeLeave);Taken in, deceived, cheated;Take notice, to observe: to show that observation is made: (withof) to remark upon;Take off, to remove: to swallow: to mimic or imitate;Take on, to take upon: to claim a character: (coll.) to grieve;Take orders, to receive ordination;Take order with(Bacon), to check;Take out, to remove from within: to deduct: (Shak.) to copy;Take part, to share;Take place, to happen: to prevail;Take root, to strike out roots, to live and grow, as a plant: to be established;Take the field, to begin military operations;Take the wall of, to pass on the side nearest the wall: to get the advantage of;Take to, to apply to: to resort to: to be fond of;Take to heart, to feel sensibly;Take up, to lift, to raise: (Shak.) to borrow money, to buy on credit, to make up a quarrel: to employ, occupy or fill: to arrest: to comprise;Take up arms, to commence to fight;Take upon, to assume;Take up with, to be pleased or contented with, to form a connection with, to fall in love with: to lodge;Take with, to be pleased with. [M. E.taken—Scand.; Ice.takapa.t.tók, pa.p.tekinn); conn. with L.tangĕre,tetig-i, to touch, and with Eng.tack.]
Talaria, tā-lā′ri-a,n.pl.the winged sandals of Hermes and other divinities.—adj.Talar′ic, pertaining to the ankles. [L.,—talus, the ankle.]
Talaunt, tal′awnt,n.(Spens.) talon.
Talbot, tal′bot,n.a broad-mouthed large-eared hound, usually white—apparently the same as the St Hubert's breed. [From theTalbotfamily.]
Talbotype, tal′bō-tīp,n.a photographic process invented by William Henry FoxTalbot(1800-77), a calotype.
Talc, talk,n.a mineral occurring in thin flakes, of a white or green colour and a soapy feel.—n.Tal′cite, a massive variety of talc.—adjs.Talc′ky,Tal′cose,Tal′cous, containing, consisting of, or like talc. [Fr.talc(Ger.talk)—Sp.talco—Ar.talq.]
Tale, tāl,n.a narrative or story: a fable: what is told or counted off: number: reckoning.—v.i.(obs.) to speak.—n.Tale′-bear′er, one who maliciously tells tales or gives information.—adj.Tale′-bear′ing, given to tell tales or give information officiously.—n.act of telling secrets.—adj.Tale′ful, abounding with stories.—n.Tale′-tell′er, one who tells stories, esp. officiously.—Be in a(orone)tale, to be in full accord;Old wives' tale, any marvellous story appealing to one's credulity;Tell one's(orits)own tale, to speak for one's self or itself;Tell tales, to play the informer;Tell tales out of school, to reveal confidential matters. [A.S.talu, a reckoning, a tale, also speech; Ger.zahl, a number.]
Talegalla, tal-e-gal′a,n.the brush-turkey, a genus of gallinaceous birds, in the same family as the mound-buildingMegapodes.—AlsoTalegall′us. [The latter part is probably from L.gallus, a cock.]
Talent, tal′ent,n.an ancient weight or denomination of money—in the Attic system of money (N.T.), 100drachmæmade amnâ(pound, Luke xix. 13), and 6000 made atalent; this talent weighed 57 lb. avoirdupois, and in value may be put roughly at about £213-£235, the mnâ at about £4: faculty: any natural or special gift: special aptitude: eminent ability: abundance.—adjs.Tal′ented, possessing mental gifts;Tal′entless, without talent. [L.talentum—Gr.talanton, a weight, a talent, from a root meaning to lift, as intlēnai, to bear; akin to L.tollĕre, Ger.dulden, Scot.thole.]
Tales, tā′lēz,n.pl.a list of persons, apparently a selection from spectators in court, made by the sheriff or judge at a trial, to supply any defect in a jury or panel.—n.Tā′lesman, a bystander so chosen.—Pray a tales, to plead that the number of jurymen be completed in this way. [From the phrase 'talesde circumstantibus,'tales,pl.of L.talis, such.]
Taliacotian, tal-i-a-kō′shi-an,adj.pertaining to the rhinoplastic operation ofTagliacozziorTaliacotius(1546-99), in which the skin for the new nose was taken from the arm of the patient, the arm requiring to be kept in apposition with the face for about twenty days.
Talian, tal′i-an,n.an old Bohemian dance, or its music.
Talion, tal′i-on,n.the law of retaliation.—adj.Talion′ic. [L.talio, like punishment—talis, of such kind.]
Taliped, tal′i-ped,adj.club-footed: walking like the sloth.—n.a club-footed person.—n.Tal′ipes, a club-foot: club-footedness: the distorted formation of the feet of the sloth. [L.talus, the ankle,pes, the foot.]
Talipot, tal′i-pot,n.an East Indian palm with fan-shaped leaves.—AlsoTal′iput,Tal′ipat. [Hind.tālpāt.]
Talisman, tal′is-man,n.a species of charm engraved on metal or stone when two planets are in conjunction, or when a star is at its culminating point, and supposed to exert some protective influence over the wearer of it: (fig.) something that produces extraordinary effects:—pl.Tal′ismans.—adjs.Talisman′ic,-al, pertaining to, or having the properties of, a talisman: magical. [Fr.,—Ar.tilsam—Late Ger.telesma, consecration, incantation—Gr.telein, to consecrate.]
Talk, tawk,v.i.to speak familiarly: to prattle: to reason.—n.familiar conversation: that which is uttered in familiar intercourse: subject of discourse: rumour.—adjs.Talk′able, capable of talking, or of being talked about;Talk′ative, given to much talking: prating.—adv.Talk′atively.—ns.Talk′ativeness;Talk′ee-talk′ee, a corrupt dialect: incessant chatter—alsoadj.Talk′y-talk′y.—n.Talk′er.—adj.Talk′ing, given to talking.—Talk against time, to keep on talking merely to fill up time, as often in parliament:Talk big, to talk boastfully;Talk down, to argue down;Talk from the point, to wander away from the proper question;Talk Greek, to talk above the understanding of one's hearers;Talking of, apropos of, with regard to;Talk over, to persuade, convince: to discuss, consider together;Talk round, to exhaust the subject: to bring to one's way of thinking by persuasive talk;Talk shop(seeShop);Talk to, to address: to rebuke;Talk up, to speak impudently or boldly to. [Prof. Skeat takes the M. E.talkenfrom Scand., and that from Lithuanian; Sw.tolka(Ice.túlka), to interpret—Lith.tulkas, an interpreter. Prob., however, the M. E.talkenistalen,talien, to speak, with formative-k, giving a freq. or dim. force; cf.Tale.]
Tall, tawl,adj.high, esp. in stature: lofty: long: sturdy: bold: courageous: great, remarkable: demanding much credulity, hardly to be believed.—n.Tall′ness. [Ety. very dub.; perh. conn. with W.tal, large.]
Tallage, tal′āj,n.a name applied to those taxes to which, under the Anglo-Norman kings, the demesne lands of the crown and all royal towns were subject—alsoTall′iage.—v.t.to lay an impost upon—alsoTall′iate.—adj.Tall′iable, subject to tallage.
Tallat, tal′at,n.(prov.) a hay-loft.—AlsoTall′ot,Tall′et.
Tallith, tal′ith,n.the mantle worn by the Jews at prayer. [Heb.]
Tallow, tal′ō,n.the fat of animals melted: any coarse, hard fat.—v.t.to grease with tallow.—ns.Tall′ow-can′dle, a candle made of tallow;Tall′ow-catch,-keech, (Shak.), a keech or lump of tallow: a low mean fellow;Tall′ow-chand′ler, a dealer in tallow, candles, &c.;Tall′ow-chand′lery, the trade or place of business of a tallow-chandler;Tall′ower, a tallow-chandler;Tall′ow-face, a yellow pasty-faced person.—adj.Tall′ow-faced.—n.Tall′ow-tree, the name given to trees of different kinds which produce a thick oil or vegetable tallow, or a somewhat resinous substance, capable of making candles.—adj.Tall′owy, like tallow, greasy. [Old Dut.talgh,talch; Low Ger.talq, Ice.tólgr,tólg.]
Tally, tal′i,n.a stick cut or notched to match another stick, used to mark numbers or keep accounts by—(down to the beginning of the 19th century these were used in England for keeping accounts in Exchequer, answering the double purpose of receipts and public records): anything made to suit another:—pl.Tall′ies.—v.t.to score with corresponding notches: to make to fit.—v.i.to correspond: to suit:—pa.t.andpa.p.tall′ied.—ns.Tall′ier, one who keeps a tally;Tall′yman, one who keeps a tally-shop: one who lives with a woman without marriage;Tall′yshop, a shop where goods are sold to be paid by instalments, the seller having one account-book which tallies with the buyer's;Tall′y-sys′tem,-trade, a mode of dealing by which dealers furnish certain articles on credit to their customers upon an agreement for the payment of the stipulated price by certain weekly or monthly instalments.—Live tally, to cohabit without marriage. [Fr.taille(It.taglia)—L.talea, a cutting. Cf.Tail(law).]
Tally-ho, tal′i-hō,interj.the huntsman's cry betokening that a fox has gone away: a four-in-hand pleasure-coach.—v.t.to urge on, as hounds.
Talma, tal′ma,n.a woman's loose cloak, generally hooded: a similar form of overcoat for men. [From F. J.Talma, the actor (1763-1826).]
Talmud, tal′mud,n.the name of the fundamental code of the Jewish civil and canonical law, comprising theMishnaand theGemara, the former as the text, the latter as the commentary and complement.—There are two Talmuds, the one called the Talmud of the Occidentals, or theJerusalem(Palestine)Talmud, which was closed at Tiberias in the end of the 4th century, and the other theBabylonian Talmud, emphatically styled 'our Talmud,' not completed till the end of the 5th century, and making use of the former.—adjs.Talmud′ic,-al.—n,Tal′mudist, one learned in the Talmud.—adj.Talmudist′ic, relating to, or contained in the Talmud. [Chaldeetalmūd, instruction—lāmad, to learn.]
Talon, tal′on,n.the claw of a bird of prey.—adj.Tal′oned. [Fr.talon, through Low L., from L.talus, the heel.]
Talpa, tal′pa,n.the chief genus of the familyTalpidæ, the moles: an encysted tumour on the head, a wen. [L., a mole.]
Taluk, ta-lōōk′,n.in south and western India, a subdivision of a district presided over as regards revenue matters by atahsīldār—in Bengal, a tract of proprietary land.—n.Taluk′dar. [Hind.]
Talus, tā′lus,n.the ankle-bone: (arch.) a slope: (fort.) the sloping part of a work: (geol.) a sloping heap of fragments at the foot of a steep rock. [L.]
Tamal, tä-mal′,n.a dish of crushed Indian corn highly seasoned, sold on the streets in Mexico, Texas, &c.—AlsoTama′le. [Sp.]
Tamandua, tä-man′dū-a,n.an arboreal ant-eater with prehensile tail.—n.Tamanoir(tam′a-nwor),the great ant-eater of tropical America. [Braz.]
Tamanu, tam′a-nōō,n.a lofty gamboge tree of the East Indies and Pacific Islands, its trunk yielding tacamabac. [East Ind.]
Tamara, tam′a-ra,n.a condiment much used in Italy, made of powdered cinnamon, cloves, coriander, &c. [East Ind.]
Tamarack, tam′a-rak,n.the American or black larch. [Amer. Ind]
Tamarin, tam′a-rin,n.a small South American squirrel-monkey.
Tamarind, tam′a-rind,n.a beautiful spreading East Indian tree, its pods filled with a pleasant, acidulous, sweet, reddish-black pulp, in which the seeds are embedded. [Tamarindus, Latinised from Ar.tamar-u'l Hind, 'date of India,' or perhaps rather, in Persian form,tamar-i-Hindī.]
Tamarisk, tam′ar-isk,n.a genus of Mediterranean evergreen shrubs with small white or pink flowers. [L.tamariscus.]
Tambac, tam′bak,n.agallochum or aloes-wood.—AlsoTom′bac.
Tamboo,Tambu. SeeTaboo.
Tambour, tam′bōōr,n.a small, shallow drum: a frame on which muslin or other material is stretched for embroidering: a rich kind of gold and silver embroidery: silk or other stuff embroidered on a tambour: a cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column, a drum: a vestibule of timber-work serving to break the draught in a church-porch, &c.: a work formed of palisades, defending a gate, &c.—v.t.to embroider on a tambour.—v.i.to do tambour-work. [Fr.tambour. Cf.Tabour.]
Tambourine, tam-bōō-rēn′,n.a shallow drum with one skin and bells or jingles, and played on with the hand: a Provençal dance, also the music for such—(Spens.)Tam′burin. [Fr.tambourin, dim. of tambour.]
Tame, tām,adj.having lost native wildness and shyness: domesticated: gentle: spiritless: without vigour: dull, flat, uninspiring: wonted, accustomed.—v.t.to reduce to a domestic state: to make gentle: to reclaim: to civilise.—ns.Tāmabil′ity,Tāmeabli′ity,Tām′ableness,Tāme′ableness.—adjs.Tām′able,Tāme′able, that may be tamed;Tāme′less.—n.Tāme′lessness.—adv.Tāme′ly.—ns.Tāme′ness;Tā′mer, one who tames. [A.S.tam; cog. with Ger.zahm.]
Tamil, tam′il,n.one of the Dravidian languages spoken in south-eastern India and the northern half of Ceylon, possessing a rich and varied literature: one of the Dravidian inhabitants of southern India and Ceylon.—adjs.Tam′il,Tamil′lian,Tamil′ic,Tamul′ic.
Tamin, tam′in,n.a thin worsted stuff, highly glazed.—AlsoTam′ine,Tam′iny,Tam′my.
Tamise, ta-mēz′,n.a trade name for various thin woollen fabrics.—n.Tam′is, a cloth for straining liquids.
Tammany, tam′a-ni,n.the Tammany Society, a Democratic organisation in New York, notorious for the corrupt influence it has exerted in city politics. [From the name of an Indian chief,Tammanend, who is said to have signed the treaty with Penn.]
Tammuz, tam′uz,n.a Syrian deity, same as the Phœnician Adonis, a sun-god, worshipped with peculiar naturalistic rites by women among the Chaldæans, and even in Jerusalem (Ezek. viii. 14).
Tammy-norie, tam′i-nō′ri,n.(Scot.) a sea-bird, the auk or puffin.
Tam-o'-shanter, tam-ō-shan′tėr,n.a broad bonnet. [From the hero of Burns's famous poem.]
Tamp, tamp,v.t.to fill up, as a hole bored in a rock for blasting: to pack earth, &c., round, as a mine, to prevent an explosion in a wrong direction.—n.Tam′ping, the act of filling up a hole in a rock for blasting: the material used. [Tampion(q.v.).]
Tamper, tam′pėr,v.i.to try the temper of: to try little experiments without necessity or authority: to meddle: to practise secretly and unfairly.—n.Tam′perer. [A by-form oftemper.]
Tampion, tamp′i-un,n.the stopper used to close the mouth of a cannon or mortar.—AlsoTom′pion. [O. Fr.tampon,tapon—tape, a tap—Dut.tap, a bung.]
Tampon, tamp′on,n.(surg.) a. plug inserted in a cavity of the body in order to arrest hæmorrhage.—v.t.to plug tightly.—ns.Tamponade′,Tam′ponage,Tam′poning,Tam′ponment. [Tampion.]
Tam-tam. SeeTom-tom.
Tan, tan,n.bark of the oak, &c., bruised and broken for tanning: a yellowish-brown colour.—v.t.to convert skins and hides into leather by steeping in vegetable solutions containing tannin: to make brown or tawny: to take the freshness from: (coll.) to beat.—v.i.to become tanned:—pr.p.tan′ning;pa.t.andpa.p.tanned.—n.pl.Tan′-balls, the spent bark of the tanner's yard pressed into lumps, which harden on drying, and serve for fuel.—n.Tan′-bed(hort.), a bark-bed.—adj.Tan′-col′oured, of the colour of tan.—ns.Tan′ling(Shak.), one tanned or scorched by the heat of the sun;Tan′-liq′uor,-ooze, an aqueous extract of tan-bark.—adj.Tan′nable.—ns.Tan′nage, act of tanning: browning from exposure to the sun: the act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble;Tan′ner, one who tans;Tan′nery, a place for tanning;Tan′ning, the art of tanning or converting into leather;Tan′-pit,-vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan;Tan′-yard, a yard or enclosure where leather is tanned. [A.S.tannian; cf. Dut.tanen, or prob. O. Fr.tan—Bret.tann, an oak. If the latter, then Old High Ger.tanna(Ger.tanne), fir, oak, is borrowed.]
Tana, tä′nä,n.a military or police station In India—alsoTan′na,Than′nah.—ns.Tä′nadar,Tan′nadar, the commandant of a tana. [Hind.thāna.]
Tanager, tan′ā-jėr,n.any tanagrine bird, a member of theTanagridæ, a family of the Passeriformes or perching birds, closely allied to the finches.—n.Tan′āgra, the name-giving genus of the family, now restricted to about a dozen species.—adjs.Tan′āgrine,Tan′āgroid. [Braz.tangara.]
Tandem, tan′dem,adv.applied to the position of horses harnessed singly one before the other instead of abreast.—n.a team of horses (usually two) so harnessed: a bicycle or tricycle on which two ride one before the other. [Originated in university slang, in a play on the L. adv.tandem, at length.]
Tane, tān,pa.p.ta'en, taken.
Tang, tang,n.seaweed. [Tangle.]
Tang, tang,n.a twang or sharp sound.—v.t.to cause to ring.—v.i.to ring. [Imit., liketwang.]
Tang, tang,n.a strong or offensive taste, esp. of something extraneous: relish: taste: specific flavour.—adj.Tang′y. [A special use oftang, point.]
Tang, tang,n.a point, the tapering part of a knife or tool which goes into the haft. [Ice.tangi; cog. withtongs.]