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T.
T (?), the twentieth letter of the English
alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h
it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct
sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to
Pronunciation,
The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of
the Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the
Phoenician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is
etymologically most nearly related to d, s,
th; as in tug, duke;
two, dual, L. duo;
resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh,
tent, tense, a., tenuous,
thin; nostril, thrill. See
D, S.
T bandage (Surg.), a bandage shaped
like the letter T, and used
principally for application to the groin, or perineum. --
T cart, a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for
pleasure driving. -- T iron. (a) A
rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook.
(b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like
the letter T, -- used in
structures. -- T rail, a kind of rail for
railroad tracks, having no flange at the bottom so that a section
resembles the letter T. -- T
square, a ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end,
for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called from its
shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided by the
crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of the
board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different
angles. -- To a T, exactly, perfectly;
as, to suit to a T.
[Colloq.]
Ta (?), v. t. To take.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Cursor Mundi.
Taas (?), n. A heap. See
Tas. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tab (?), n. [Etymol.
uncertain.] 1. The flap or latchet of a shoe
fastened with a string or a buckle.
2. A tag. See Tag, 2.
3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the
inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp.,
one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or
border.
Ta*bac"co (?), n.
Tobacco. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
\'d8Ta*ba"nus (?), n. [L.,
horsefly.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of blood
sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Tab"ard (?), n. [OE.
tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg.
tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar,
LGr. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or
mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn
over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the
wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted
for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]
In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.
Chaucer.
Tab"ard*er (?), n. 1.
One who wears a tabard.
2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College,
Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
Nares.
Tab"a*ret (?), n. [Cf.
Tabby.] A stout silk having satin stripes, --
used for furniture.
Tab`a*sheer" (?), n. [Per.
tab\'besh\'c6r: cf. Skr. tvakksh\'c6r\'be,
tvaksh\'c6r\'be.] A concretion in the
joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure
silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for
the cure of bilions vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various
other diseases.
Tab"bi*net (?), n. [Cf.
Tabby.] A fabric like poplin, with a watered
surface. [Written also tabinet.]
Tab"by (?), n.; pl.
Tabbies (#). [F. tabis
(cf. It. tab\'8d, Sp. & Pg. tab\'a1, LL.
attabi), fr. Ar. 'att\'beb\'c6, properly
the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter
being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of
Omeyya. Cf. Tobine.] 1. A kind of
waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured
like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to
it by calendering.
2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or
stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water.
When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
Weale.
3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
4. An old maid or gossip.
[Colloq.]
Byron.
Tab"by (?), a. 1.
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as a tabby
waistcoar.
Pepys.
2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a
tabby cat.
Tabby moth (Zo\'94l.), the grease
moth. See under Grease.
Tab"by, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tabbied (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tabbying (?).] To
water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to
calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon,
etc.
Tab`e*fac"tion (?), n. [See
Tabefy.] A wasting away; a gradual losing of
flesh by disease.
Tab"e*fy (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tabefied
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabefying
(?).] [L. tabere to waste
away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to
melt.] To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
[R.]
Harvey.
Ta*bel"lion (?), n. [L.
tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet, a writing,
document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F.
tabellion. See Table.] A secretary
or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in
France during the old monarchy.
Ta"ber (?), v. i. Same as
Tabor.
Nahum ii.
Tab"erd (?), n. See
Tabard.
Tab"er*na*cle (?), n. [F., fr.
L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See
Tabern.] 1. A slightly built or
temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob.
Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with
a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure
of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried
through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of
sacrifice and worship.
Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other
place for worship.
Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary
abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle.
2 Pet. i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some
holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
Specifically: --
(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for
the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any
sacred painting or sculpture.
(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having
a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on
a bracket, or the like.
(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its
canopy.
6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast
with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass
under bridges, etc.
Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.),
one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting
seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their
ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the
wilderness. -- Tabernacle work, rich canopy
work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or
stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf.
Gloss.
Tab"er*na*cle, v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Tabernacled (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tabernacling (?).] To
dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in
the flesh.
Dr. J. Scott.
Tab`er*nac"u*lar (?), a. 1.
Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish
tabernacle.
2. Formed in latticework; latticed.
T. Warton.
3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence,
common; low. \'bdHorribly tabernacular.\'b8
De Quincey.
\'d8Ta"bes (?), n. [L., a
wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive
emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no
well-marked logical symptoms.
\'d8Tabes dorsalis ( [NL., tabes
of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called
simply tabes. -- \'d8Tabes mesenterica
( [NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting
disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the
lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous
degeneration.
Ta*bes"cent (?), a. [L.
tabescens wasting, p.pr. of
tabescere.] Withering, or wasting
away.
Ta*bet"ic (?), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected
with tabes; tabid. -- n. One affected
with tabes.
Tab"id (?), a. [L.
tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See
Tabes.] (Med.) Affected by tabes;
tabetic.
In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative.
Arbuthnot.
-- Tab"id*ly, adv. --
Tab"id*ness, n.
{ Ta*bif"ic (?), Ta*bif"ic*al
(?), } a. [Tabes + L.
facere to make.] (Med.)
Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
Tab"inet (?), n. See
Tabbinet.
Thackeray.
Tab"la*ture (?), n. [Cf. F.
tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See
Table.] 1. (Paint.) A
painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one
view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in
general.
Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating
musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by
notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to
that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of
compositions from the tablature before him as if he
had fingered an organ.
Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or
tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of
the cranial bones.
Ta"ble (?), n. [F., fr. L.
tabula a board, tablet, a painting. Cf.
Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a
board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble.
Sandys.
2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or
other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum
book. \'bdThe names . . . written on his
tables.\'b8
Chaucer.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables
of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these
tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest.
Ex. xxxiv. 1.
And stand there with your tables to glean
The golden sentences.
Beau. & Fl.
3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an
inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.
\'bdPainted in a table plain.\'b8
Spenser.
The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which, with that
other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip, is a most
incomparable table.
Evelyn.
St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant.
Addison.
4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A
condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a
single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme;
a schedule. Specifically: --
(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of
a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of
contents.
(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and
their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
<-- periodic table -->
(c) (Mach.) Any collection and
arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values,
for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific
gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law,
and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other
numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are
taken out for use in computations; as, tables of
logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity
tables; interest tables; astronomical
tables, etc.
(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or
disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the
hand.
Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable.
B. Jonson.
5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat
slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed
horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes,
as in eating, writing, or working.
We may again
Give to our tables meat.
Shak.
The nymph the table spread.
Pope.
6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of;
fare; entertainment; as, to set a good
table.
7. The company assembled round a table.
I drink the general joy of the whole table.
Shak.
8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and
internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diplo\'89, in the
walls of the cranium.
9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes
an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an
offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water
table.
10. (Games) (a) The board on
the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are
played. (b) One of the divisions of a
backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand
table. (c) pl. The
games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
Shak.
11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of
crown glass.
A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds.
Ure.
12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of
a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in
angles.
13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed
to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called
also perspective plane.
14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool
on which the work rests and is fastened.
Bench table, Card table,
Communion table, Lord's table,
etc. See under Bench, Card, etc. --
Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised
or projecting member of a flat surface, large in proportion to
the projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially intended
to receive an inscription or the like. -- Roller
table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor
of the balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
-- Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction. -- Table anvil, a small anvil to be
fastened to a table for use in making slight repairs. --
Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water
table. -- Table bed, a bed in the form
of a table. -- Table beer, beer for table, or
for common use; small beer. -- Table bell, a
small bell to be used at table for calling servants. --
Table cover, a cloth for covering a table,
especially at other than mealtimes. -- Table
diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface. -- Table linen, linen tablecloth,
napkins, and the like. -- Table money (Mil.
or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to officers over
and above their pay, for table expenses. -- Table
rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or housekeeping.
Burrill. -- Table shore
(Naut.), a low, level shore. -- Table
talk, conversation at table, or at meals. --
Table talker, one who talks at table. --
Table tipping, Table turning,
certain movements of tables, etc., attributed by some to the
agency of departed spirits, and by others to the development of
latent vital or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to
the muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise. --
Tables of a girder chord
(Engin.), the upper and lower horizontal
members. -- To lay on the table, in
parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion, etc., on the
table of the presiding officer, -- that is, to postpone the
consideration of, by a vote. -- To serve tables
(Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. Acts vi. 2.
-- To turn the tables, to change the condition or
fortune of contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming. -- Twelve
tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of
Roman laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had been
sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and institutions.
They consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions
of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated
to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and
mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings.
Burrill.
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Ta"ble (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tableed
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tableing
(?).] 1. To form into a table
or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table
fines.
2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in
a picture. [Obs.]
Tabled and pictured in the chambers of
meditation.
Bacon.
3. To supply with food; to feed.
[Obs.]
Milton.
4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of
timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the
middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
5. To lay or place on a table, as money.
Carlyle.
6. In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to
postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion,
or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
7. To enter upon the docket; as, to
table charges against some one.
8. (Naut.) To make board hems in the
skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the
part attached to the boltrope.
Ta"ble, v. i. To live at the table of
another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] \'bdHe . . .
was driven from the society of men to table with the
beasts.\'b8
South.
\'d8Ta`bleau" (?), n.; pl.
Tableaux (#). [F., dim. fr. L.
tabula a painting. See Table.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a
picture.
2. A representation of some scene by means of
persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate
postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
\'d8Ta`bleau" vi`vant" (?); pl.
Tableaux vivants (#). [F.]
Same as Tableau, n., 2.
Ta"ble*book` (?), n. A tablet;
a notebook.
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge
worthly.
Dryden.
Ta"ble*cloth` (?), n. A cloth
for covering a table, especially one with which a table is
covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
\'d8Ta"ble d'h\'93te" (?); pl. Tables
d'h\'93te (#). [F., literally, table of
the landlord.] A common table for guests at a hotel;
an ordinary.
Ta"ble-land` (?), n. A broad,
level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
The toppling crags of Duty scaled,
Are close upon the shining table-lands
To which our God himself is moon and sun.
Tennyson.
Ta"ble*man (?), n.; pl.
Tablemen (. A man at draughts;
a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table,
n., 10. [R.]
Bacon.
Ta"ble*ment (?), n.
(Arch.) A table. [Obs.]
Tablements and chapters of pillars.
Holland.
Ta"bler (?), n. 1. One
who boards. [Obs.]
2. One who boards others for hire.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Ta"ble*spoon` (?), n. A spoon
of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished
from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
Ta"ble*spoon`ful (?), n.; pl.
Tablespoonfuls (. As much as a
tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually
reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
Ta"blet (?), n. [F.
tablette, dim. of table. See
Table.] 1. A small table or flat
surface.
2. A flat piece of any material on which to write,
paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an
inscription or a picture.
3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature.
[Obs.]
4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum
book.
5. A flattish cake or piece; as,
tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative
against the plague.
6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or
confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and
usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also
lozenge, and troche,
especially when of a round or rounded form.
Ta"ble*ware` (?), n. Ware, or
articles collectively, for table use.
Ta"bling (?), n. 1. A
forming into tables; a setting down in order.
2. (Carp.) The letting of one timber
into another by alternate scores or projections, as in
shipbuilding.
3. (Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a
sail.
Totten.
4. Board; support. [Obs.]
Trence in English (1614).
5. Act of playing at tables. See Table,
n., 10. [Obs.]
Tabling house, a gambling house.
[Obs.] Northbrooke.
Ta*boo" (?), n. A total
prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given
person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious
origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of
Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also
tabu.]
Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tabooed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tabooing.] To put under taboo;
to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or
use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a
sanctuary for criminals. [Written also
tabu.]
Ta"bor (?), n. [OF.
tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf.
Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg.
tambor, atambor, It. tamburo;
all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb a kind of lute, or giutar,
or Per. tab\'c6r a drum. Cf. Tabouret,
Tambour.] (Mus.) A small drum used
as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the
same person. [Written also tabour, and
taber.]
Ta"bor, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tabored (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Taboring.] [Cf. OF.
taborer.] [Written also
tabour.] 1. To play on a tabor,
or little drum.
2. To strike lightly and frequently.
Ta"bor, v. t. To make (a sound) with a
tabor.
Ta"bor*er (?), n. One who plays
on the tabor.
Shak.
Tab"o*ret (?), n. [Dim. of
tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.)
A small tabor. [Written also
tabouret.]
Tab"o*rine (?), n. [OF.
tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor,
and cf. Tambourine.] (Mus.) A
small, shallow drum; a tabor.
Ta"bor*ite (?), n. (Eccl.
Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered
persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from
Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a
part of their struggles.
Ta"bour (?), n. & v. See
Tabor.
Tab"ou*ret (?), n. [F., dim. of
OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See
Tabor.] 1. Same as
Taboret.
2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and
stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a
drum.
3. An embroidery frame.
Knight.
Right of the tabouret, the privilege of
sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly
granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French
court.
Tab"rere (?), n. A
taborer. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Tab"ret (?), n. A
taboret.
Young.
Ta*bu" (?), n. & v. See
Taboo.
\'d8Tab"u*la (?), n.; pl.
Tabul\'91 (#). [L.]
1. A table; a tablet.
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the transverse
plants found in the calicles of certain corals and
hydroids.
Tabula rasa ( [L.], a
smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest
state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used
by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to
the doctrine of innate ideas.
Tab"u*lar (?), a. [L.
tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See
Table.] Having the form of, or pertaining to,
a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: --
(a) Having a flat surface; as, a
tabular rock.
(b) Formed into a succession of flakes;
laminated.
Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated.
Woodward.
(c) Set in squares. [R.]
(d) Arranged in a schedule; as,
tabular statistics.
(e) Derived from, or computed by, the use of
tables; as, tabular right ascension.
Tabular difference (Math.), the
difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes
printed in its proper place in the table. -- Tabular
spar (Min.), wollastonite.
Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion (?), n. The
act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation
into tables; tabulation.
Tab"u*lar*ize (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tabularized
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabularizing
(?).] To tabulate.
\'d8Tab`u*la"ta (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.]
(Zo\'94l.) An artificial group of stony corals
including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The
genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
<-- ## note that Pocillopora is italicised but not listed
separately in this dictionary. Favosites is not italicised, and
has an entry as a headword. Is that the difference between
italicisation or not for genus names? -->
Tab"u*late (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tabulated
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabulating.] [L. tabula a
table. See Tabular.] 1. To form into
a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.
A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may
be tabulated, and put in figures.
I. Taylor.
2. To shape with a flat surface.
Tab`u*la"tion (?), n. The act
of forming into a table or tables; as, the
tabulation of statistics.
Tac (?), n. [Cf. Tack,
n., 4.] (O. Eng. Law) A kind of
customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old
records.
Cowell. Burrill.
{ Tac"a*ma*hac` (?),
Tac`a*ma*ha"ca (?), } n.
1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical
American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E.
tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from
East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the
resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac
resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm
of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
Ta*caud" (?), n. [Cf. F.
tacaud. See Tomcod.]
(Zo\'94l.) The bib, or whiting pout.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tace (?), n. The cross, or
church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under
Cross, n.
Mollett.
Tace, n. See Tasse.
Fairholt.
\'d8Ta"cet (?), v.impers. [L.,
it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of tacere to be
silent.] (Mus.) It is silent; -- a
direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a
whole movement.
Tache (?), n. [See
Tack a kind of nail.] Something used for
taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
[Obs.]
Ex. xxvi. 6.
Tache, n. [F. tache spot. See
Techy.] A spot, stain, or blemish.
[Obs.]
Warner.
Tach*hy"drite (?), n. [Gr.
(Min.) A hydrous chloride of calcium and
magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce
upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.
\'d8Tach"i*na (?), n.; pl.
Tachin\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and
allied genera. Their larv\'91 are external parasites of other
insects.
Ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F.
tachom\'8atre.] An instrument for measuring
the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving
body or substance. Specifically: --
(a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of
running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with
inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of
the wheel are recorded by clockwork.
(b) An instrument for showing at any moment the
speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving
conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of
which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the
speed on a graduated dial.
(c) (Physiol.) An instrument for
measuring the velocity of the blood; a h\'91matachometer.
Tach"y*di*dax`y (?), n. [Gr.
A short or rapid method of
instructing. [R.]
\'d8Tach`y*glos"sa (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A division of monotremes which
comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See
Illust. under Echidna.
{ Tach`y*graph"ic (?),
Tach`y*graph"ic*al (?), } a.
[Cf. F. tachygraphique.] Of or
pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
Ta*chyg"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F.
tachygraphie.] The art or practice of rapid
writing; shorthand writing; stenography.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Tach"y*lyte (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A vitreous
form of basalt; -- so called because decompposable by acids and
readily fusible.
Tac"it (?), a. [L.
tacitus, p.p. of tacere to be silent, to
pass over in silence; akin to Goth. to be
silent, Icel. , OHG. dag\'c7n: cf.
F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.] Done or
made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as,
tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not
interposing an objection. --
Tac"it*ly, adv.
The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother
in civil contracts.
Jer. Taylor.
Tac"i*turn (?), a. [L.
taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
Tacit.] Habitually silent; not given to
converse; not apt to talk or speak. --
Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
Syn. -- Silent; reserved. Taciturn,
Silent. Silent has reference to the act;
taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent
from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition.
The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is
taciturn may now and then make an effort at
conversation.
Tac`i*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L.
taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit\'82.]
Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural
diffidence in the company of strangers.
V. Knox.
The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
much offense.
Macaulay.
Tack (?), n. [From an old or
dialectal form of F. tache. See Techy.]
1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. L. tactus.] A
peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty
tack. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Drayton.
Tack, n. [OE. tak,
takke, a fastening; akin to D. tak a
branch, twig, G. zacke a twig, prong, spike, Dan.
takke a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. tagg
prickle, point, Icel. t\'beg a willow twig, Ir.
taca a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. tacaid,
Armor. & Corn. tach; perhaps akin to E.
take. Cf. Attach, Attack,
Detach, Tag an end, Zigzag.]
1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually
having a broad, flat head.
2. That which is attached; a supplement; an
appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
Macaulay.
Some tacks had been made to money bills in King
Charles's time.
Bp. Burnet.
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3. (Naut.) (a) A rope used to
hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the
vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship);
also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail
to the boom. (b) The part of a sail to which
the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of
fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of
Sail). (c) The direction of a vessel
in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard
tack, or port tack; -- the former when she
is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the
run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the
use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
Burrill.
5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
Tack of a flag (Naut.), a line
spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the
flag to the halyards. -- Tack pins
(Naut.), belaying pins; -- also called
jack pins. -- To haul the tacks
aboard (Naut.), to set the courses. --
To hold tack, to last or hold out.
Milton.
Tack (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tacked (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Tacking.]
[Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin
to E. take. See Tack a small nail.]
1. To fasten or attach. \'bdIn hopes of
getting some commendam tacked to their sees.\'b8
Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere.
Herbert.
2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or
hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to
tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one
piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or
shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops
of solder.
3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to
a bill; to append; -- often with on or
to.
Macaulay.
4. (Naut.) To change the direction of (a
vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and
shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward
nearly at right angles to her former course.
Tack, v. i. (Naut.) To change
the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm
and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction
changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See
Tack, v. t., 4.
Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to
larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, \'bdWheel
to the left.\'b8
Macaulay.
Tack"er (?), n. One who
tacks.
Tack"et (?), n. [Dim. of
tack a small nail.] A small, broad-headed
nail. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Tack"ey (?), a. & n. See
Tacky.
Tack"ing, n. (Law) A union of
securities given at different times, all of which must be
redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his
claim.
Bouvier.
tacking is not recognized
in American law.
Kent.
Tac"kle (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?,
especially by seamen), n. [OE.
takel, akin to LG. & D. takel, Dan.
takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E.
taw, v.t., or to take.] 1.
Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting
of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments,
as distinct from the block.
2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which
an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing
tackle, hunting tackle; formerly,
specifically, weapons. \'bdShe to her tackle
fell.\'b8
Hudibras.
3. (Naut.) The rigging and apparatus of
a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is
used.
Fall and tackle. See the Note under
Pulley. -- Fishing tackle. See under
Fishing, a. -- Ground tackle
(Naut.), anchors, cables, etc. -- Gun
tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon
in or out. -- Tackle fall, the rope, or
rather the end of the rope, of a tackle, to which the power is
applied. -- Tack tackle (Naut.), a
small tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails.
-- Tackle board, Tackle post
(Ropemaking), a board, frame, or post, at the end
of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for
twisting the yarns.
Tac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tackled (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tackling.] [Cf. LG.
takeln to equip. See Tackle,
n.] 1. To supply with
tackle.
Beau. & Fl.
2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to
harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or
wagon. [Colloq.]
3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a
wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles
the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and
strength in tackling windmills under conditions the
most fitted to insure her defeat.
Dublin Univ. Mag.
<-- 4. (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the
ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball.
5. To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the
problem. -->
Tac"kled (?), a. Made of ropes
tacked together.
My man shall be with thee,
And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair.
Shak.
Tac"kling, n. (Naut.) 1.
Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage,
sails, etc.
2. Instruments of action; as, fishing
tackling.
Walton.
3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by
which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Tacks"man (?), n.; pl.
Tacksmen (. (Scots Law)
One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or
lessee.
Sir W. Scott.
The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the
\'bdpeerage\'b8 of the little community, must be the
captains.
Macaulay.
Tack"y (?), a. [Cf.
Techy, Tack a spot.] Sticky;
adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well
dried. [U. S.]
<-- 2. In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly
used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the
speaker.
3. Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.
-->
Ta*con"ic (?), a. (Geol.)
Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming
the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They
were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later
proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.
Tact (?), n. [L.
tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere,
tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See
Tangent.] 1. The sense of touch;
feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to
tact as well as sight?
Southey.
Now, sight is a very refined tact.
J. Le Conte.
2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating
time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or
faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of
appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to
those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a
tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin.
Macaulay.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her
sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the
tact of ours.
Macaulay.
Tac"ta*ble (?), a. Capable of
being touched; tangible. [R.] \'bdThey [women]
being created to be both tractable and tactable.\'b8
Massinger.
{ Tac"tic (?), Tac"tic*al
(?), } a. [Gr. tactics.] Of or pertaining to the art of
military and naval tactics. --
Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Tac"tic (?), n. See
Tactics.
Tac*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F.
tacticien.] One versed in tactics; hence, a
skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.
<-- as, a skilled parliamentary tactician. -->
Tac"tics (?), n. [Gr. tactique.] 1. The science and art
of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and
performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into
grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and
elementary tactics, or the tactics of
instruction.
2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Tac"tile (?), a. [L.
tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum,
to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining
to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or
perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as,
tactile corpuscles; tactile
sensations. \'bdTactile sweets.\'b8
Beaumont. \'bdTactile qualities.\'b8 Sir
M. Hale.
Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense
of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.
The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on
different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead,
temples and back of the forearm.
H. N. Martin.
Tac*til"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
tactilit\'82.] The quality or state of
being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
Tac"tion (?), n. [L.
tactio, from tangere, tactum, to
touch.] The act of touching; touch; contact;
tangency. \'bdExternal taction.\'b8
Chesterfield.
Tact"less (?), a. Destitute of
tact.
Tac"tu*al (?), a. [See
Tact.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining
to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.
In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual
sense diffused over the entire body.
Tyndall.
Tad"pole` (?), n. [OE.
tadde toad (AS. t\'bedie,
t\'bedige) + poll; properly, a toad that is
or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) The young aquatic larva of
any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or
internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike
tail. Called also polliwig,
polliwog, porwiggle, or
purwiggy.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The hooded
merganser. [Local, U.S.]
Tadpole fish. (Zo\'94l.) See
Forkbeard (a).
\'d8T\'91"di*um (?), n.
[L.] See Tedium.
Tael (?), n. [Malay
ta, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind.
tola, Skr. tul\'be a balance, weight,
tul to weigh.] A denomination of money, in
China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and
forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.
[Written also tale.]
{ Taen (?), Ta'en },
p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction
of Taken. [Poetic & Scot.]
Burns.
\'d8T\'91"ni*a (?), n.; pl.
T\'91ni\'91 (#). [L., a ribbon, a
tapeworm.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus
of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man.
See Tapeworm.
2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; --
applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the
brain.
3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the
bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the
architrave.
\'d8T\'91*ni"a*da (?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as
T\'91nioidea.
\'d8T\'91`ni*a"ta (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.]
(Zo\'94l.) A division of Ctenophora including
those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is
the most familiar example.
\'d8T\'91*nid"i*um (?), n.; pl.
T\'91nidia (#). [NL., dim. fr. L.
taenia a ribbon.] (Zo\'94l.) The
chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the trache\'91 of
insects. See Illust. of Trachea.
\'d8T\'91`ni*o*glos"sa (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) An extensive division of gastropod
mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually
bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families
both marine and fresh-water.
T\'91`ni*o*glos"sate (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
T\'91nioglossa.
T\'91"ni*oid (?), a.
[T\'91nia + -oid.] 1.
Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to
T\'91nia.
\'d8T\'91`ni*oi"de*a (?), n. pl.
(Zo\'94l.) The division of cestode worms which
comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
\'d8T\'91*ni"o*la (?), n.; pl.
T\'91niol\'91 (#). [L., dim. of
taenia a ribbon.] (Zo\'94l.) One
of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of
certain medus\'91.
\'d8T\'91`ni*o*so"mi (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) An order of fishes remarkable for
their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples.
See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.
Taf"fer*er (?), n.
(Naut.) See Taffrail.
{ Taf"fe*ta (?), Taf"fe*ty
(?), } n. [F. taffetas,
It. taffet\'85, from Per. t\'beftah,
originally, twisted, woven, from t\'beftan to twist,
to spin.] A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually
the wavy luster called watering. The term has also
been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th
century to modern times.
Lined with taffeta and with sendal.
Chaucer.
Taff"rail (?), n. [D.
tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table,
fr. L. tabula. See Table.]
(Naut.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which
is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with
carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.
[Written also tafferel.]
Taf"fy (?), n. [Prov. E.
taffy toffy.] 1. A kind of candy
made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in
shallow pans. [Written also, in England,
toffy.]
2. Flattery; soft phrases.
[Slang]
Taf"i*a (?), n. [Cf. F. & Sp.
tafia, It. taffia; fr. Malay
t\'bef\'c6a a spirit distilled from molasses. Cf.
Ratafia.] A variety of rum. [West
Indies]
Tag (?), n. [Probably akin to
tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle,
point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to
an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely;
specifically, a direction card, or label.
2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end
of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech;
cue.
4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
[Obs.]
Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble.
Holinshed.
5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
<-- Tag sale. [From the price tag usually attached to each item]
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing,
household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small
group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail
establishment. Frequently it is held in the private
home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the
seller. Similar to a yard sale or garage sale. Compare flea
market, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place
rented for the purpose. -->
Tag, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tagging (?).] 1. To
fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
Macaulay.
His courteous host . . .
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
Dryden.
2. To join; to fasten; to attach.
Bolingbroke.
3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and
touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
Tag, v. i. To follow closely, as it were
an appendage; -- often with after; as, to
tag after a person.
Tag, n. [From Tag,
v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's
play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs
away to avoid being touched.
Tag"belt` (?), n. (Far.)
Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]
Tag"ger (?), n. 1. One
who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.
2. That which is pointed like a tag.
Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers.
Cotton.
3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate
which run below the gauge.
Knight.
4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep.
Knight.
<-- [Colloq.] One who spray-paints a distinctive logo on a wall
or other property not his own. -->
Tag"let (?), n. A little
tag.
\'d8Tagl"ia (?), n. [It., a
cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut. See
Tailor.] (Mech.) A peculiar
combination of pulleys.
Brande & C.
Tagl`ia*co"tain (?), a.
(Surg.) Of or pertaining to
Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the
Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty
described by him. [Also Taliacotian,
and Tagliacozzian.]
Tagl*io"ni (?), n. A kind of
outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a
celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.
He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or
comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel.
Sir W. Scott.
Tag"lock` (?), n. An entangled
lock, as of hair or wool.
Nares.
Tag"ni*cate (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The white-lipped peccary.
Tag"-rag` (?), n. & a. [See
Tag an end, and Rag.] The lowest
class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag,
and bobtail, under Bobtail.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss
him, I am no true man.
Shak.
Tag"sore` (?), n. (Far.)
Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation
produced by contact with the feces; -- called also
tagbelt. [Obs.]
Tag"tail` (?), n. 1. A
worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
2. A person who attaches himself to another against
the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Tag"u*an (?), n. [From the
native name in the East Indies.] (Zo\'94l.)
A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista).
Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as
long.
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Ta`gui*ca"ti (?), n. [From the
native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The white-lipped
peccary.
Ta"ha (?), n. The African
rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).
Ta*ha"leb (?), n. [From the
native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A fox (Vulpes
Niloticus) of Northern Africa.
Ta*hi"ti*an (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. --
n. A native inhabitant of
Tahiti.
Tahr (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
Same as Thar.
Tail (?), n. [F.
taille a cutting. See Entail,
Tally.] (Law) Limitation;
abridgment.
Burrill.
Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or
reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which
the other heirs are precluded; -- called also estate
tail. Blackstone.
Tail, a. (Law) Limited;
abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate
tail.
Tail, n. [AS. t\'91gel,
t\'91gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl
hair. \'fb59.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The
terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an
animal.
tail is more particularly applied. The tail of
fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending
in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to
the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to
the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever
resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a
catkin.
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those
tails that hang on willow trees.
Harvey.
3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part
of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the
superior part.
The Lord will make thee the head, and not the
tail.
Deut. xxviii. 13.
4. A train or company of attendants; a
retinue.
\'bdAh,\'b8 said he, \'bdif you saw but the chief with his
tail on.\'b8
Sir W. Scott.
5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears
the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in
the expression \'bdheads or tails,\'b8 employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a
muscle.
7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage
to certain achens. It is formed of the permanent elongated
style.
8. (Surg.) (a) A portion of an
incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the
whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete
incision; -- called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage
formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap
of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs
perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).
11. pl. Same as Tailing,
4.
12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion
of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
13. pl. (Mining) See
Tailing, n., 5.
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as
Tailpiece. -- Tail coverts
(Zo\'94l.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills,
and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the
upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts. -- Tail end,
the latter end; the termination; as, the tail
end of a contest. [Colloq.] --
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as
Tailpiece. -- Tail of a comet
(Astron.), a luminous train extending from the
nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a
direction opposite to the sun. -- Tail of a gale
(Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has
greatly abated. Totten. -- Tail of a
lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the
lower pond. -- Tail of the trenches
(Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to
break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in
advancing the lines of approach. -- Tail spindle,
the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; -- called
also dead spindle. -- To turn
tail, to run away; to flee.
Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch.
Sir P. Sidney.
Tail, v. t. 1. To follow or
hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which
can not be evaded. [Obs.]
Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was
tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the
next Parliament.
Fuller.
2. To pull or draw by the tail.
[R.]
Hudibras.
To tail in on
(Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall
or some other support; as, to tail in a
timber.
Tail, v. i. 1. (Arch.)
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a
wall or other support; -- with in or
into.
2. (Naut.) To swing with the stern in a
certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this
vessel tails down stream.
Tail on. (Naut.) See Tally
on, under Tally.
Tail"age (?), n. (O. Eng.
Law) See Tallage.
Tail"-bay` (?), n. 1.
(Arch.) One of the joists which rest one end on
the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a
wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf.
Case-bay.
2. The part of a canal lock below the lower
gates.
Tail"block` (?), n.
(Naut.) A block with a tail. See Tail,
9.
Tail"board` (?), n. The board
at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let
down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
Tailed (?), a. Having a tail;
having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in
composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed,
etc.
Snouted and tailed like a boar.
Grew.
Tail"ing (?), n. 1.
(Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick
inserted in a wall.
Gwilt.
2. (Surg.) Same as Tail,
n., 8 (a).
3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
4. pl. The lighter parts of grain
separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
5. pl. (Mining) The refuse
part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or
washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever
metal may exist in it. Called also
tails.
Pryce.
Taille (?), n. [F. See
Tally, Tailor.] 1. A tally;
an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.]
Whether that he paid or took by taille.
Chaucer.
2. (O. F. Law) Any imposition levied by
the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.
The taille, as it still subsists in France, may
serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon
the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that
he has upon the farm.
A. Smith.
3. (Mus.) The French name for the tenor
voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
Tail"less (?), a. Having no
tail.
H. Spencer.
Tail"lie (?), n. (Scots
Law) Same as Tailzie.
Tai"lor (?), n. [OF.
tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L.
talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf.
Detail, Entail, Retail,
Tally, n.] 1. One whose
occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who
cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor.
Shak.
2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The
mattowacca; -- called also tailor
herring. (b) The silversides.
3. (Zo\'94l.) The goldfish.
[Prov. Eng.]
Salt-water tailor (Zo\'94l.), the
bluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett. --
Tailor bird (Zo\'94l.), any one of
numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds
belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied
genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves
together to form nests. The common Indian species are O.
longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has
the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
olive-green.
Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tailored (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tailoring.] To practice making
men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules.
M. Green.
Tai"lor*ess, n. A female tailor.
Tai"lor*ing, adv. The business or the
work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tail"piece` (?), n. 1.
A piece at the end; an appendage.
2. (Arch.) One of the timbers which tail
into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of
Header.
3. (Print.) An ornament placed at the
bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a
book.
Savage.
4. A piece of ebony or other material attached to
the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the
strings are fastened.
Tail"pin" (?), n. (Mach.)
The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tail"race` (?), n. 1.
See Race, n., 6.
2. (Mining) The channel in which
tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
Tail"stock` (?), n. The sliding
block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or
adjustable center. The headstock supports the live
spindle.
Tail"-wa`ter (?), n. Water in a
tailrace.
Tail"zie (-z, n.
[F. tailler to cut. See Tail a
limitation.] (Scots Law) An entailment or
deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an
arbitrary one substituted. [Written also
tailzee.]
Tain (?), n. [OE.
tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a
twig, akin to AS. t\'ben, Goth.
tains.] Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for
mirrors.
Knight.
Taint (?), n. [Cf. F.
atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
Attaint.] 1. A thrust with a lance,
which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.]
This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath.
Chapman.
2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter,
without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an
encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
[Obs.]
Taint, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tainted (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tainting.] To thrust
ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
Taint, v. t. 1. To injure, as a
lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but
usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
[Obs.]
Do not fear; I have
A staff to taint, and bravely.
Massinger.
2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
[Obs.]
They tainted each other on the helms and passed
by.
Ld. Berners.
Taint, v. t. [F. teint, p.p.
of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere,
tinctum. See Tinge, and cf.
Tint.] 1. To imbue or impregnate
with something extraneous, especially with something odious,
noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison;
as, putrid substance taint the air.
2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
His unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love.
Shak.
Syn. -- To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.
Taint (?), v. i. 1. To
be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
I can not taint with fear.
Shak.
2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction;
as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
Taint, n. 1. Tincture; hue;
color; tinge. [Obs.]
2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove.
Macaulay.
3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot;
disgrace.
Taint"less, a. Free from taint or
infection; pure.
Taint"less*ly, adv. In a taintless
manner.
Tain"ture (?), n. [F.
teinture. See Taint to stain, and cf.
Tincture.] Taint; tinge; difilement; stain;
spot. [R.]
Shak.
Taint"worm` (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect
larva.
Tai"ra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
Same as Tayra.
Tairn (?), n. See
Tarn.
Coleridge.
Tait (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial
(Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has
a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon
honey and insects. Called also
noolbenger.
{ Ta*ja\'87"u, Ta*jas"su }
(?), n. [Pg. taja\'87\'a3,
from Braz. taya\'87\'a3 a hog or swine.]
(Zo\'94l.) The common, or collared,
peccary.
Take (?), obs. p. p.
of Take. Taken.
Chaucer.
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Take, v. t. [imp.
Took (?); p. p. Takend
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Taking.] [Icel. taka; akin
to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.
t\'c7kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]
1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize
with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or
possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.
Hence, specifically: --
(a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice;
to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to
one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as,
to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon
or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a
disease, misfortune, or the like.
This man was taken of the Jews.
Acts xxiii. 27.
Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
Pope.
They that come abroad after these showers are commonly
taken with sickness.
Bacon.
There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle
And makes milch kine yield blood.
Shak.
(b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of;
to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Prov. vi. 25.
Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that
he had no patience.
Wake.
I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen
features, -- a charm in the very shadow that hung over their
imagined beauty, -- which took me more than all the
outshining loveliness of her companions.
Moore.
(c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn
to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the
right.
Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken.
1 Sam. xiv. 42.
The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to
take for the destroying . . . of sinners.
Hammond.
(d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand;
to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a
coat.
This man always takes time . . . before he passes
his judgments.
I. Watts.
(e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate;
to picture; as, to take picture of a
person.
Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
Dryden.
(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive.
[R.]
The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible
motive to a good life, because taken from this
consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery.
Tillotson.
(g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to
permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to
have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight,
shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general
senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic
phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take
the liberty to say.
(h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a
child to church.
(i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to
hand over; as, he took the book to the
bindery.
He took me certain gold, I wot it well.
Chaucer.
(k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with
from; as, to take the breath from one; to
take two from four.
2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to
bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:
--
(a) To accept, as something offered; to receive;
not to refuse or reject; to admit.
Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer.
Num. xxxv. 31.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore.
1 Tim. v. 10.
(b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk;
to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or
wine.
(c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily;
to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
(d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to
submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a
joke; he will take an affront from no man.
(e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind;
not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to
entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or
look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a
thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to
take men for spies.
You take me right.
Bacon.
Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing
else but the science love of God and our neighbor.
Wake.
[He] took that for virtue and affection which was
nothing but vice in a disguise.
South.
You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.
Tate.
(f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and
accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; --
used in general senses; as, to take a form or
shape.
I take thee at thy word.
Rowe.
Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .
Not take the mold.
Dryden.
To be taken aback, To take advantage
of, To take air, etc. See under
Aback, Advantage, etc. -- To take
aim, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. --
To take along, to carry, lead, or convey. --
To take arms, to commence war or hostilities.
-- To take away, to carry off; to remove; to cause
deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking
away the votes of bishops. \'bdBy your own law, I
take your life away.\'b8 Dryden. --
To take breath, to stop, as from labor, in order
to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. --
To take care, to exercise care or vigilance; to be
solicitous. \'bdDoth God take care for oxen?\'b8
1 Cor. ix. 9. -- To take care of, to have
the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or
oversee. -- To take down. (a) To
reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as,
to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress;
to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the
proud. \'bdI never attempted to be impudent yet, that I
was not taken down.\'b8 Goldsmith.
(b) To swallow; as, to take down a
potion. (c) To pull down; to pull to
pieces; as, to take down a house or a
scaffold. (d) To record; to write down;
as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters
them. -- To take effect, To take
fire. See under Effect, and
Fire. -- To take ground to the
right to the left (Mil.),
to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,
to the right or left. -- To take heart, to
gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. -- To
take heed, to be careful or cautious.
\'bdTake heed what doom against yourself you give.\'b8
Dryden. -- To take heed to, to attend
with care, as, take heed to thy ways. --
To take hold of, to seize; to fix on. --
To take horse, to mount and ride a horse. --
To take in. (a) To inclose; to
fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to
comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a
smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take
in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to
gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To
admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in
water. (f) To win by conquest.
[Obs.]
For now Troy's broad-wayed town
He shall take in.
Chapman.
(g) To receive into the mind or understanding.
\'bdSome bright genius can take in a long train of
propositions.\'b8 I. Watts. (h) To receive
regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take.
[Eng.] -- To take in hand. See under
Hand. -- To take in vain, to employ
or utter as in an oath. \'bdThou shalt not take
the name of the Lord thy God in vain.\'b8 Ex. xx.
7. -- To take issue. See under
Issue. -- To take leave. See
Leave, n., 2. -- To take a
newspaper, magazine, or the like, to
receive it regularly, as on paying the price of
subscription. -- To take notice, to observe,
or to observe with particular attention. -- To take
notice of. See under Notice. -- To
take oath, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial
manner. -- To take off. (a) To
remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of
anything; as, to take off a load; to take
off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as,
to take off the head, or a limb. (c)
To destroy; as, to take off life.
(d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take
off the force of an argument. (e) To
withdraw; to call or draw away. Locke. (f)
To swallow; as, to take off a glass of
wine. (g) To purchase; to take in
trade. \'bdThe Spaniards having no commodities that we will
take off.\'b8 Locke. (h) To
copy; to reproduce. \'bdTake off all their models
in wood.\'b8 Addison. (i) To imitate; to
mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to
dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take
off. [R.] Bacon. <-- to
begin to fly; -- said of an airplane, or of a person operating an
airplane or other flying device. --> -- To take on,
to assume; to take upon one's self; as, to take
on a character or responsibility. -- To take
one's own course, to act one's pleasure; to pursue the
measures of one's own choice. -- To take order
for. See under Order. -- To take
order with, to check; to hinder; to repress.
[Obs.] Bacon. -- To take
orders. (a) To receive directions or
commands. (b) (Eccl.) To enter some
grade of the ministry. See Order, n.,
10. -- To take out. (a) To remove
from within a place; to separate; to deduct. (b)
To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; as, to
take out a stain or spot from cloth. (c)
To produce for one's self; as, to take out a
patent. <-- "produce"?? better, "obtain" -->
(d) To put an end to; as, to take the
conceit out of a man. (e) To
escort; as, to take out to dinner.<-- usu.
paying the expenses --> -- To take over, to
undertake; to take the management of. [Eng.]
Cross (Life of G. Eliot). -- To take
part, to share; as, they take part in our
rejoicing. -- To take part with, to
unite with; to join with.<-- take part in = participate in
--> -- To take place, root,
sides, stock, etc. See under
Place, Root, Side, etc. --
To take the air. (a) (Falconry)
To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon;
-- said of a bird. (b) See under
Air. -- To take the field.
(Mil.) See under Field. -- To
take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be
solicitous. Matt. vi. 25, 27. -- To take to
heart. See under Heart. -- To take
to task, to reprove; to censure. -- <-- to
take to the air, to take off. --> To take
up. (a) To lift; to raise. Hood.
(b) To buy or borrow; as, to take up
goods to a large amount; to take up money at the
bank. (c) To begin; as, to take
up a lamentation. Ezek. xix. 1. (d)
To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to replace;
as, to take up raveled stitches;
specifically (Surg.), to fasten with a
ligature. (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy
or fill; as, to take up the time; to take
up a great deal of room. (f) To take
permanently. \'bdArnobius asserts that men of the finest
parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian
religion.\'b8 Addison. (g) To seize; to
catch; to arrest; as, to take up a thief; to take
up vagabonds. (h) To admit; to believe;
to receive. [Obs.]
The ancients took up experiments upon credit.
Bacon.
(i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to
berate.
One of his relations took him up
roundly.
L'Estrange.
(k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in
continuous succession.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale.
Addison.
<-- The second volume takes up where the first left off. -->
(l) To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or
manage; as, to take up the quarrels of our neighbors;
to take up current opinions. \'bdThey take
up our old trade of conquering.\'b8 Dryden.
(m) To comprise; to include. \'bdThe noble poem
of Palemon and Arcite . . . takes up seven years.\'b8
Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt
for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to
favor. Ps. xxvii. 10. (o) To collect;
to exact, as a tax; to levy; as, to take up a
contribution. \'bdTake up commodities upon
our bills.\'b8 Shak. (p) To pay and
receive; as, to take up a note at the
bank. (q) (Mach.) To remove, as
by an adjustment of parts; as, to take up lost
motion, as in a bearing; also, to make tight, as by winding,
or drawing; as, to take up slack thread in
sewing. (r) To make up; to compose; to
settle; as, to take up a quarrel.
[Obs.] Shak. <-- (s) To accept from
someone, as a wager or a challenge. "J. took M. up on his
challenge." --> -- To take up arms. Same as
To take arms, above. -- To take upon one's
self. (a) To assume; to undertake; as, he
takes upon himself to assert that the fact is capable of
proof. (b) To appropriate to one's self;
to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as,
to take upon one's self a punishment. --
To take up the gauntlet. See under
Gauntlet.
Take (?), v. i. 1. To
take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended
effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but
the virus did not take.
Shak.
When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a
noise.
Bacon.
In impressions from mind to mind, the impression
taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any
manifest effect.
Bacon.
2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,
And hint he writ it, if the thing should take.
Addison.
3. To move or direct the course; to resort; to
betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with
to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took
to the hedge.
4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph;
as, his face does not take well.
To take after. (a) To learn to
follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he takes after a
good pattern. (b) To resemble; as, the
son takes after his father. -- To take in
with, to resort to. [Obs.]
Bacon. -- To take on, to be violently
affected; to express grief or pain in a violent manner. --
To take to. (a) To apply one's self to;
to be fond of; to become attached to; as, to take to
evil practices. \'bdIf he does but take to
you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him.\'b8
Walpole. (b) To resort to; to betake one's
self to. \'bdMen of learning, who take to
business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of
the world.\'b8 Addison. -- To take up.
(a) To stop. [Obs.] \'bdSinners at
last take up and settle in a contempt of religion.\'b8
Tillotson. (b) To reform.
[Obs.] Locke. -- To take up
with. (a) To be contended to receive; to
receive without opposition; to put up with; as, to take
up with plain fare. \'bdIn affairs which may have
an extensive influence on our future happiness, we should not
take up with probabilities.\'b8 I. Watts.
(b) To lodge with; to dwell with.
[Obs.] L'Estrange. -- To take
with, to please. Bacon.
Take, n. 1. That which is
taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or
catch.
2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given
to a compositor at one time.
Take"-in` (?), n. Imposition;
fraud. [Colloq.]
Tak"en (?), p. p. of
Take.
Take"-off` (?), n. An
imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
Tak"er (?), n. One who takes or
receives; one who catches or apprehended.
Take"-up` (?), n. (Mach.)
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a
sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle
rises, in completing a stitch.
Tak"ing (?), a. 1. Apt
to take; alluring; attracting.
Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
Fuller.
2. Infectious; contageous.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
-- Tak"ing*ly, adv. --
Tak"ing*ness, n.
Tak"ing, n. 1. The act of
gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
[Colloq.]
What a taking was he in, when your husband asked
who was in the basket!
Shak.
3. Malign influence; infection.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Tak"ing-off` (?), n. Removal;
murder. See To take off (c), under
Take, v. t.
The deep damnation of his taking-off.
Shak.
Tal"a*poin (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A small African monkey
(Cercopithecus, ) -- called
also melarhine.
\'d8Ta*la"ri*a (?), n. pl. [L.,
from talaris pertaining to the ankles, fr.
talus ankle.] (Class. Myth.)
Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the
ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.
Tal"bot (?), n. A sort of dog,
noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
[Obs.]
Wase (1654).
Talbot family, whence, perhaps, the name.
Tal"bo*type (?), n.
(Photog.) Same as Calotype.
Talc (?), n. [F.
talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL.
talcus; all fr. Ar. talq.]
(Min.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a
greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in
foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia.
Steatite, or soapstone, is a
compact granular variety.
Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a
nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; --
called also talc slate.
{ Tal*cose" (?), Talc"ous
(?), } a. [Cf. F.
talqueux.] (Min.) Of or
pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
Tale (?), n. See
Tael.
Tale, n. [AS. talu number,
speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language,
G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel.
tal, tala, number, speech, Sw.
tal, Dan. tal number, tale
speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell,
v. t., Toll a tax, also Talk,
v. i.] 1. That which is told; an
oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured;
narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. \'bdThe
tale of Troy divine.\'b8 Milton. \'bdIn such
manner rime is Dante's tale.\'b8 Chaucer.
We spend our years as a tale that is told.
Ps. xc. 9.
2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by
count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or
weight; a number reckoned or stated.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
weight.
Hooker.
And every shepherd tells his tale,
Under the hawthornn in the dale.
Milton.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the
number.
Carew.
3. (Law) A count or declaration.
[Obs.]
To tell tale of, to make account of.
[Obs.]
Therefore little tale hath he told
Of any dream, so holy was his heart.
Chaucer.
Syn. -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
account; legend; narrative.
Tale (?), v. i. To tell
stories. [Obs.]
Chaucer. Gower.
Tale"bear`er (?), n. One who
officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously
communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes
mischief.
Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father,
did their best to inflame her resentment.
Macaulay.
Tale"bear`ing, a. Telling tales
officiously.
Tale"bear`ing, n. The act of informing
officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc.,
maliciously.
Ta"led (?), n. (Jewish
Antiq.) A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on
by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.
Crabb.
Tale"ful (?), a. Full of
stories. [R.]
Thomson.
\'d8Tal`e*gal"la (?), n.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Australian
birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush
turkey.
Tal"ent (?), n. [F., fr. L.
talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. tolerare, tollere, to
lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t.,
Tolerate.] 1. Among the ancient
Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 min\'91
or 6,000 drachm\'91. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57
lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value
was \'9c243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred
talents.
Jowett (Thucid.).
2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of
money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in
weight was equal to about 93
3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
[Obs.]
They rather counseled you to your talent than to
your profit.
Chaucer.
4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired;
mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special
gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use
of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the
talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
He is chiefly to be considered in his three different
talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of
odes.
Dryden.
His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful
manners, made him generally popular.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See
Genius.
Tal"ent*ed, a. Furnished with talents;
possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
Abp. Abbot (1663).
talent or talents to
signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is
now fully established, and talented, as a formative,
is just as analogical and legitimate as gifted,
bigoted, moneyed, landed,
lilied, honeyed, and numerous other
adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from
nouns and not from verbs.
\'d8Ta"les (?), n. [L., pl. of
talis such (persons).] (Law)
(a) pl. Persons added to a jury,
commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any
deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being
like, or such as, the latter. Blount.
Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing.
The writ by which such persons are summoned.
Tales book, a book containing the names of
such as are admitted of the tales. Blount.
Craig. -- \'d8Tales de circumstantibus
[L.], such, or the like, from those standing
about.
Tales"man (?), n.; pl.
Talesmen (. (Law) A
person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors
when a tales is awarded.
Wharton.
Tale"tell`er (?), n. One who
tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious
manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Tale"wise` (?), adv. In a way
of a tale or story.
Tal"ia*co`tian (?), a. See
Tagliacotian.
Tal`i*a"tion (?), n.
Retaliation. [Obs.]
Just heav'n this taliation did decree.
Beaumont.
Ta"li*on (?), n. [F., fr. L.
talio, perh. fr. talis such. Cf.
Retaliation.] Retaliation.
[R.]
Holinshed.
\'d8Tal"i*pes (?), n. [NL., fr.
L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis,
a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
The deformity called clubfoot. See
Clubfoot.
Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and
bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent
outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces
backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and
T. calcaneus (called also talus),
in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the
heel.
Tal"i*pot (?), n. [Hind.
t\'belp\'bet the leaf of the tree.]
(Bot.) A beautiful tropical palm tree
(Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the
Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing
a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas
and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips,
as a substitute for writing paper.
<-- p. 1471 -->
Tal"is*man (?), n.; pl.
Talismans (#). [Sp., from Ar.
tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl.
tilsam\'ben, fr. Gr. 1. A magical figure
cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the
configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are
ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly
sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone,
or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its
influence.
2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary
effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm;
as, a talisman to avert diseases.
Swift.
{ Tal`is*man"ic (?),
Tal`is*man"ic*al (?), } a.
[Cf. F. talismanique.] Of or
pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or
preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
Talk (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Talked (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Talking.]
[Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G.
talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken
to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to
speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw.
tolka, Icel. t to interpret,
t an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an
interpreter, tulkanti, tulk\'d3ti, to
interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to talk
about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see
Tale, v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to
speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.
Shak.
2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
Let me talk with thee of thy judgments.
Jer. xii. 1.
3. To prate; to speak impertinently.
[Colloq.]
To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an
account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains
of Palmyra. \'bdThe natural histories of Switzerland
talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the
great damage done.\'b8 Addison. -- To talk
to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I
will talk to my son respecting his conduct.
[Colloq.]
Talk, v. t. 1. To speak freely;
to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk
French.
2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to
make a subject of conversation; as, to talk
nonsense; to talk politics.
3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often
followed by away; as, to talk away an
evening.
4. To cause to be or become by talking.
\'bdThey would talk themselves mad.\'b8
Shak.
To talk over. (a) To talk about; to
have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss;
as, to talk over a matter or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an
opponent.
Talk, n. 1. The act of talking;
especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is
uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual
converse of two or more.
In various talk the instructive hours they
passed.
Pope.
Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.
Macaulay.
2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of
war.
I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
Locke.
3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is
the talk of the town.
Syn. -- Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See Conversation.
Talk"a*tive (?), a. Given to
much talking.
Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous.
-- Talk"a*tive*ly, adv. --
Talk"a*tive*ness, n.
Talk"er (?), n. 1. One
who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of
conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.
There probably were never four talkers more
admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk,
and Garrick.
Macaulay.
2. A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler;
a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or
reproach.
Jer. Taylor.
Talk"ing, a. 1. That talks;
able to utter words; as, a talking
parrot.
2. Given to talk; loquacious.
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.
Goldsmith.
Tall (?), a.
[Compar. Taller (?);
superl. Tallest.] [OE.
tal seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin;
cf. AS. un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth.
untals indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or W. &
Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit,
proper, just.] 1. High in stature; having a
considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and
comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent
small in proportion to the height; as, a tall
person, tree, or mast.
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
Milton.
2. Brave; bold; courageous.
[Obs.]
As tall a trencherman
As e'er demolished a pye fortification.
Massinger.
His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were
suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to
succors with three thousand tall men.
Grafton.
3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant;
excessive. [Obs. or Slang]
B. Jonson.
Syn. -- High; lofty. -- Tall,
High, Lofty. High is the generic
term, and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised
above another thing. Tall specifically describes that
which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we
speak of a tall man, a tall steeple, a
tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill.
Lofty has a special reference to the expanse above us,
and denotes an imposing height; as, a lofty
mountain; a lofty room. Tall is now
properly applied only to physical objects; high and
lofty have a moral acceptation; as, high
thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a
lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word,
and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable.
{ Tal"lage (?), Tal"li*age
(?), } n. [F. taillage.
See Taille, and cf. Tailage.] (O.
Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons,
knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.
[Written also tailage,
taillage.]
scutage; when by cities and burghs,
tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure,
hidage.
Blackstone.
Tal"lage, v. t. To lay an impost upon;
to cause to pay tallage.
Tal"li*er (?), n. One who keeps
tally.
Tall"ness (?), n. The quality
or state of being tall; height of stature.
Tal"low (?), n. [OE.
taluh, talugh; akin to OD.
talgh, D. talk, G., Dan. and Sw.
talg, Icel. t\'d3lgr, t\'d3lg,
t\'d3lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus
firm.] 1. The suet or fat of animals of the
sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter
by melting.
Fat.
2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat
obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling
the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow.
-- Tallow catch, a keech. See Keech.
[Obs.] -- Tallow chandler, one whose
occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles. --
Tallow chandlery, the trade of a tallow chandler;
also, the place where his business is carried on. --
Tallow tree (Bot.), a tree
(Stillingia sebifera) growing in China, the seeds of
which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is
applied to the same purposes.
Tal"low, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tallowed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tallowing.] 1. To
grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to
fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Tal"low*er (?), n. An animal
which produces tallow.
Tal"low-face` (?), n. One who
has a sickly, pale complexion.
Shak.
Tal"low-faced` (?), a. Having a
sickly complexion; pale.
Burton.
Tal"low*ing, n. The act, or art, of
causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals
of producing tallow.
Tal"low*ish, a. Having the qualities of
tallow.
Tal"low*y (?), a. Of the nature
of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
Tall"wood` (?), n. [Cf.
Tally.] Firewood cut into billets of a
certain length. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Tal"ly (?), n.; pl.
Tallies (#). [OE.
taile, taille, F. taille a
cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
probably by taill\'82, p.p. of tailler. See
Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation,
Taille, Tallage.] 1.
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were
cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of
paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
tallies were received as evidence in courts of
justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of
loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being
given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or
marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
kept in duplicate.
3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a
mate.
They were framed the tallies for each other.
Dryden.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally;
as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
5. A tally shop. See Tally shop,
below.
Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles
are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in
corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The
trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
Eng. Encyc. -- To strike tallies, to act
in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Tal"ly, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tallied (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tallying.] [Cf. F.
tialler to cut. See Tally,
n.] 1. To score with correspondent
notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or
suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present
juncture.
Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of
freight going inboard or outboard.
W. C. Russell.
Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail
together.
Tal"ly (?), v. i. 1.
To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with
the channel.
Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine.
Walpole.
2. To make a tally; to score; as, to
tally in a game.
Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for
hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
Tal"ly (?), adv. [See
Tall, a.] Stoutly; with
spirit. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Tal"ly*ho` (?), interj. & n.
1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his
hounds.
2. A tallyho coach.
Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under
Coach.
Tal"ly*man (?), n.; pl.
Tallymen (. 1. One
who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his
business as tally trade.
Tal"ma (?), n.; pl.
Talmas (#). [Prob. so called from
Talma, a French actor.] (a) A kind
of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of
ladies. (b) A similar garment worn formerly
by gentlemen.
Tal"mud (?), n. [Chald.
talm instruction, doctrine, fr.
lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]
The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised
in the Pentateuch.
Talmud consists of two parts, the
Mishna, or text, and the Gemara, or
commentary. Sometimes, however, the name Talmud is
restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There
are two Talmuds, the Palestinian, commonly, but
incorrectly, called the Talmud of Jerusalem, and the
Babylonian Talmud. They contain the same Mishna, but
different Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud is about three times as
large as the other, and is more highly esteemed by the
Jews.
{ Tal*mud"ic (?), Tal*mud"ic*al
(?), } a. [Cf. F.
talmudique.] Of or pertaining to the
Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek;
Talmudical phrases.
Lightfoot.
Tal"mud*ist (?), n. [Cf. F.
talmudiste.] One versed in the Talmud; one
who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
Tal`mud*is"tic (?), a.
Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.
Tal"on (?), n. [F., heel, spur,
LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle,
heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or
animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
Bacon.
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of certain small
prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's
tooth.
3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at
the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an
ogee.
inverted talon.
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the
key acts to shoot the bolt.
Knight.
{ Ta*look", Ta*luk" } (?),
n. [Ar. ta'lluq.] A large
estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency
the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection
and payment of the public revenue due from it.
[India]
{ Ta*look"dar, Ta*luk"dar }
(?), n. [Hind., fr. Per.
ta'lluqd\'ber.] A proprietor of a
talook. [India]
\'d8Tal"pa (?), n. [L.,
mole.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small
insectivores including the common European mole.
\'d8Ta"lus (?), n.; pl.
Tali (#). [L., the ankle, the
ankle bone.] 1. (Anat.) The
astragalus.
2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot
(Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under
Talipes.
Ta"lus, n. [F.] 1.
(Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a
work.
2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments
of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Tam`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
Tam"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage
ferociousness. -- Tam"a*ble*ness,
n.
Ta*man"du (?), n. [Sp., from
the native name: cf. F. tamandua.]
(Zo\'94l.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua
tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South
America.
tamandua, little ant-bear,
fourmilier, and cagouare.
The collared, or striped, tamandu (Tamandua
bivittata) is considered a distinct species by some
writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety.
Ta`ma*noir" (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The ant-bear.
Tam"a*rack (?), n. (Bot.)
(a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon
and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See
Hackmatack, and Larch. (b)
The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska,
California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
Tam"a*ric (?), n. [L.
tamarice. See Tamarisk.] A shrub
or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of
heath. [Obs.]
He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he
shall not see when good shall come.
Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).
Tam"a*rin (?), n. [From the
native name in Cayenne.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one
of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys
of the genus Midas, especially M.
ursulus.
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Tam"a*rind (?), n. [It.
tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg.
tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar.
tamarhind\'c6, literally, Indian date;
tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F.
tamarin. Cf. Hindoo.] (Bot.)
1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica)
cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for
the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree
is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are
in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and
finely pinnated.
2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind,
which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
preparing a pleasant drink.
Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of
East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
-- Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African
leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium).
(b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are
used for food in Sierra Leone. -- Wild tamarind
(Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat
resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua
of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium
filicifolium of the West Indies.
Tam"a*risk (?), n. [L.
tamariscus, also tamarix,
tamarice, Skr. tam\'bela,
tam\'belaka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf.
tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc,
tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.)
Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the
species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute
scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species
(T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of
manna.
Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree
(Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of
salt.
Tam"bac (?), n. (Metal.)
See Tombac. [Obs.]
Tam"bour (?), n. 1.
(Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a
tambourine.
2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat
resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding,
a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the
embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter
sense, tambour work.
3. (Arch.) Same as Drum,
n., 2(d).
4. (Fort.) A work usually in the form of
a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the
gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
5. (Physiol.) A shallow metallic cup or
drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever.
Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and
used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of
any pulsating artery.
Tam"bour, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tamboured (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tambouring.] To embroider on a
tambour.
Tam`bou`rin" (?), n. [F. See
Tambourine.] 1. A tambourine.
[Obs.]
2. (Mus.) An old Proven\'87al dance of a
lively character, common on the stage.
Tam`bour*ine" (?), n. [F.
tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See
Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.] A small
drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on
with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Tam"breet (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The duck mole.
Tam`bu*rin" (?), n. See
Tambourine.
Spenser.
Tame (?), v. t. [Cf. F.
entamer to cut into, to broach.] To broach
or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute;
to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and
keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath
reserved for time of need.
Fuller.
Tame, a. [Compar.
Tamer (?); superl.
Tamest.] [AS. tam; akin to
D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan.
& Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare
to tame, Gr. dam to be tame, to tame, and
perhaps to E. beteem. \'fb61. Cf. Adamant,
Diamond, Dame, Daunt,
Indomitable.] 1. Reduced from a
state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man;
domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a
tame bird.
2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Tame slaves of the laborious plow.
Roscommon.
3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless;
dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame
scenery.
Syn. -- Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.
Tame, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Taming.] [AS. tamian,
temian, akin to D. tammen,
temmen, G. z\'84hmen, OHG.
zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth.
gatamjan. See Tame, a.]
1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to
make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to
tame a wild beast.
They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
into savegeness and stubbornness.
Macaulay.
2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to
tame the pride or passions of youth.
Tame"a*ble (?), a.
Tamable.
Bp. Wilkins.
Tame"less, a. Incapable of being tamed;
wild; untamed; untamable. Bp. Hall. --
Tame"less*ness, n.
Tame"ly, adv. In a tame manner.
Tame"ness, n. The quality or state of
being tame.
Tam"er (?), n. One who tames or
subdues.
\'d8Ta"mi*as (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus
of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
Ta"mil (?), a. Of or pertaining
to the Tamils, or to their language. [Written also
Tamul.]
Ta"mil, n. [Written also
Tamul.] 1. (Ethnol.)
One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and
Southern India.
2. The Tamil language, the most important of the
Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
Ta*mil"i*an (?), a. & n.
Tamil.
{ Tam"ine (?), Tam"i*ny
(?), } n. [Cf. F. tamis
a sort of sieve. Cf. Stamin, Temse.]
A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.
Tam"is (?), n. [F., a kind of
sieve.] 1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a
kind of woolen cloth.
2. The cloth itself; tammy.
Tamis bird (Zo\'94l.), a Guinea
fowl.
Tam"kin (?), n. A
tampion.
Johnson (Dict.).
Tam"my (?), n.; pl.
Tammies (. 1. A kind
of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, --
used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a
tamis.
Tamp (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tamped (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.]
[Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See
Tampion.] 1. In blasting, to plug up
with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole
bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion
from being misdirected.
2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes;
as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth
place.
Tam"pan (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A venomous South African tick.
Livingstone.
Tam"pe*on (?), n. See
Tampion.
Farrow.
Tamp"er (?), n. 1. One
who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by
filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping
iron.
Tam"per (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tampered
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tampering.] [A corruption of
temper.] 1. To meddle; to be busy;
to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a
disease.
'T is dangerous tampering with a muse.
Roscommon.
2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a
thing.
3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use
bribery.
Others tampered
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.
Hudibras.
Tam"per*er (?), n. One who
tampers; one who deals unfairly.
{ Tam*pi"co fi"ber fi"bre
(?) }. A tough vegetable fiber used as a
substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the
ixtle are both used under this name.
Tamp"ing (?), n. 1.
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling
up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of
blasting the rock or exploding the mine.
2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp,
v. t., 1.
Tamping iron, an iron rod for beating down the
earthy substance in tamping for blasting.
Tam"pi*on (?), n. [F.
tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or
German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf.
Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.]
[Written also tampeon, and
tompion.] 1. A wooden stopper,
or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in
use.
2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an
organ pipe.
Tam"poe (?), n. (Bot.)
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea
Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an
apple.
Tam"pon (?), n. [F. See
Tampion.] (Surg.) A plug
introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in
order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of
medicine.
Tam"pon, v. t. (Surg.) To
plug with a tampon.
Tam"poon (?), n. [See
Tampion.] The stopper of a barrel; a
bung.
Tam"-tam` (?), n. [Hind.; of
imitative origin.] (Mus.) (a) A
kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental
countries; -- called also tom-tom.
(b) A gong. See Gong, n.,
1.
Ta"mul (?), a. & n.
Tamil.
Tan (?), n. [Chin.]
See Picul.
Tan, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr.
Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin;
cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak,
MHG. tan a forest. Cf. Tawny.]
1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees,
bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called
both before and after it has been used. Called also tan
bark.
2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure
to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tan bed (Hort.), a bed made of tan;
a bark bed. -- Tan pickle, the liquor used in
tanning leather. -- Tan spud, a spud used in
stripping bark for tan from trees. -- Tan stove.
See Bark stove, under Bark. --
Tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in
liquor with tan.
Tan, a. Of the color of tan;
yellowish-brown.
Black and tan. See under Black,
a.
Tan, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tanned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tanning.] [F. tanner, LL.
tannare. See Tan, n.]
1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather,
as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some
other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid
(which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered
firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the
rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tan (?), v. i. To get or become
tanned.
Ta"na (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
Same as Banxring.
Tan"a*ger (?), n. [NL.
tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian
tangara.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to
Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The
scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer
redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the
United States.
Tan"a*grine (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
tanagers.
Tan"a*groid (?), a.
[Tanager + -oid.]
(Zo\'94l.) Tanagrine.
\'d8Ta*na"te (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis
procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It
has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon
dog.
Tan"dem (?), adv. & a. [L.
tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as
meaning, lengthwise.] One after another; -- said
especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another,
instead of abreast.
Tan"dem, n. A team of horses harnessed
one before the other. \'bdHe drove tandems.\'b8
Thackeray.
Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having
two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one
another. -- Tandem bicycle tricycle, one for two persons in which one
rider sits before the other.
Tang (?), n. [Of Scand. origin;
cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. t\'86ng, Icel.
. Cf. Tangle.]
(Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus
nodosus).
Dr. Prior.
Tang sparrow (Zo\'94l.), the rock
pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Tang, n. [Probably fr. OD.
tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E.
tongs. \'fb59. See Tong.] 1.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of
something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider
has a tang of the cask.
2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf.
Tang a twang.
Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
Fuller.
A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party
politics.
Jeffrey.
3. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs.
See Tongs.] A projecting part of an object by
means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part;
anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
Specifically: --
(a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small
instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket
barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle
is fastened.
(d) The tongue of a buckle. [Prov.
Eng.]
Tang, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf.
Twang. This word has become confused with
tang tatse, flavor.] A sharp, twanging
sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Tang, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tanging.] To cause to ring or sound
loudly; to ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state.
Shak.
To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to
settle, by beating metal to make a din.
Tang, v. i. To make a ringing sound; to
ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state.
Shak.
Tan"ga*lung (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) An East Indian civet (Viverra
tangalunga).
Tan"gence (?), n.
Tangency. [R.]
Tan"gen*cy (?), n. The quality
or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Tan"gent (?), n. [L.
tangens, -entis, p.pr. of
tangere to touch; akin to Gr. tangente. Cf. Attain,
Contaminate, Contingent, Entire,
Tact, Taste, Tax, v.
t.] (Geom.) A tangent line curve, or
surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent
to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given
line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas,
or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical
function, under Function.
Artificial, Logarithmic,
tangent, the logarithm of the natural
tangent of an arc. -- Natural tangent, a
decimal expressing the length of the tangent of an arc, the
radius being reckoned unity. -- Tangent
galvanometer (Elec.), a form of galvanometer
having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent
of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the
strength of the current. -- Tangent of an angle,
the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the
angle. -- Tangent of an arc, a right line, as
ta, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity
a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the
center through the other extremity o.
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Tan"gent, a. [L. tangens,
-entis, p.pr.] Touching; touching at a
single point; specifically (Geom.) meeting
a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same
direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line,
curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a
curve tangent to a surface; tangent
surfaces.
Tangent plane (Geom.), a plane
which touches a surface in a point or line. -- Tangent
scale (Gun.), a kind of breech sight for a
cannon. -- Tangent screw (Mach.),
an endless screw; a worm.
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Tan*gen"tal (?), a.
(Geom.) Tangential.
Tan*gen"tial (?), a.
(Geom.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the
direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), a force
which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the
path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which
acts at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction of
the motion without changing the velocity. -- Tangential
stress. (Engin.) See Shear,
n., 3.
Tan*gen"tial*ly, adv. In the direction
of a tangent.
Tan"ger*ine` (?), n. [Etymol.
uncertain.] (Bot.) A kind of orange, much
like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is
said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.
[Written also tangierine.]
Tang"fish` (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The common harbor seal.
[Prov. Eng.]
\'d8Tan*ghin"i*a (?), n.
[NL.] (Bot.) The ordeal tree. See
under Ordeal.
Tan`gi*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
tanggibilit\'82.] The quality or state of
being tangible.
Tan"gi*ble (?), a. [L.
tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F.
tangible. See Tangent.] 1.
Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
Bacon.
2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
\'bdA tangible blunder.\'b8
Byron.
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and
others.
Southey.
-- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. --
Tan"gi*bly, adv.
Tan"gle (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tangled
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tangling
(?).] [A frequentative fr.
tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See
Tang seaweed, and cf. Tangle,
n.] 1. To unite or knit together
confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make
it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be
tangled in lies. \'bdTangled in
amorous nets.\'b8
Milton.
When my simple weakness strays,
Tangled in forbidden ways.
Crashaw.
Tan"gle, v. i. To be entangled or united
confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Tan"gle, n. 1. [Cf. Icel.
. See Tang seaweed.]
(Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the
Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the
palms of the ocean.
C. Kingsley.
2. [From Tangle, v.]
A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so
interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair
or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and
briers. Used also figuratively.
3. pl. An instrument consisting
essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or
bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to
capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures
living at the bottom of the sea.
Blue tangle. (Bot.)See
Dangleberry. -- Tangle picker
(Zo\'94l.), the turnstone. [Prov.
Eng.]
Tan"gle*fish` (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of
Europe.
Tan"gling*ly (?), adv. In a
tangling manner.
Tan"gly (?), a. 1.
Entangled; intricate.
2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay.
Falconer.
Tan"gram (?), n. [Cf.
Trangram.] A Chinese toy made by cutting a
square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven
pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of
combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of
different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a
means of instruction.
Tangue (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
The tenrec.
Tan"gun (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A piebald variety of the horse, native
of Thibet.
Tang"whaup (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The whimbrel. [Prov.
Eng.]
Tan"i*er (?), n. (Bot.)
An aroid plant (Caladium sagitt\'91folium), the
leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.
[Written also tannier.]
Tan"ist (?), n. [Ir.
tanaiste, tanaise, second, the second
person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a
prince.] In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract
of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of
tanistry.
This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large
territory within the present county of Armagh.
M. A. Lower.
Tan"ist*ry (?), n. [See
Tanist.] In Ireland, a tenure of family lands
by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was
admitted by election.
Ta"nite (?), n. A firm
composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for
making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.
Tank (?), n. A small Indian dry
measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of
72 grains, for pearls.
Simmonds.
Tank, n. [Pg. tanque, L.
stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf.
Stank, n.] A large basin or
cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the
water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.
-- Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler
plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron. --
Tank worm (Zo\'94l.), a small nematoid
worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be
the young of the Guinea worm.
Tan"ka (?), n. (Naut.)
A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and
is often rowed by women. Called also
tankia.
S. W. Williams.
Tank"ard (?), n. [OF.
tanquart; cf. OD. tanckaert; of uncertain
origin.] A large drinking vessel, especially one with
a cover.
Marius was the first who drank out of a silver
tankard, after the manner of Bacchus.
Arbuthnot.
Tan"ki*a (?), n. (Naut.)
See Tanka.
Tank"ling (?), n. A
tinkling. [Obs.]
Tan"ling (?), n. One tanned by
the sun. [R.]
Hot summer's tanlings and
The shrinking slaves of winter.
Shak.
Tan"na*ble (?), a. That may be
tanned.
Tan"nage (?), n. A tanning; the
act, operation, or result of tanning. [R.]
They should have got his cheek fresh tannage.
R. Browning.
Tan"nate (?), n. [Cf. F.
tannate.] (Chem.) A salt of
tannic acid.
Tan"ner (?), n. One whose
occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the
use of tan.
Tan"ner*y (?), n.; pl.
Tanneries (#). [Cf. F.
tannerie.] 1. A place where the
work of tanning is carried on.
2. The art or process of tanning.
[R.]
Carlyle.
Tan"nic (?), a. Of or
pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as,
tannic acid.
Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a)
An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous
substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste,
and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is
the basis of common ink. Called also tannin,
and gallotannic acid. (b) By
extension, any one of a series of astringent substances
resembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetable
kingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee,
etc.
Tan"ni*er (?), n. (Bot.)
See Tanier.
Tan"nin (?), n. [Cf. F.
tannin.] (Chem.) Same as
Tannic acid, under Tannic.
Tan"ning, n. The art or process of
converting skins into leather. See Tan, v.
t., 1.
Tan"rec (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Same as Tenrec.
Tan"sy (?), n. [OE.
tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp.
tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg.
atanasia, athanasia, Gr.
'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos
immortal; 'a priv. + qa`natos death.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite
genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T.
vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor,
and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary
purposes.
2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made
of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked
with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.]
Pepys.
Double tansy (Bot.), a variety of
the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual.
-- Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant
(Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with
tansylike leaves.
Tant (?), n. [Cf.
Taint tincture.] (Zo\'94l.) A
small scarlet arachnid.
Tan"ta*late (?), n.
(Chem.) A salt of tantalic acid.
Tan*tal"ic (?), a.
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived
from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one
of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid
compounds of phosphorus.
Tan"ta*lism (?), n. [See
Tantalize.] A punishment like that of
Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of
good which is not attainable; tantalization.
Addison.
Is not such a provision like tantalism to this
people?
Josiah Quincy.
Tan"ta*lite (?), n. [Cf. F.
tantalite.] (Min.) A heavy
mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is
essentially a tantalate of iron.
Tan`ta*li*za"tion (?), n. The
act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
Gayton.
Tan"ta*lize (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tantalized
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tantalizing
(?).] [From Tantalus: cf. F.
tantaliser.] To tease or torment by
presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but
continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out
of reach; to tease; to torment.
Thy vain desires, at strife
Within themselves, have tantalized thy life.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To tease; vex; irritate; provoke. --
Tantalize, Disappoint. To disappoint
is literally to do away with what was (or was taken to
be) appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus
dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger
term, describes a most distressing form of disappointment, as in
the case of Tantalus, the Phrygian king. To tantalize
is to visit with the bitterest disappointment -- to torment by
exciting hopes or expectations which can never be
realized.
Tan"ta*li`zer (?), n. One who
tantalizes.
Tan"ta*li`zing*ly (?), adv. In
a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tan"ta*lum (?), n. [NL. So
named on account of the perplexity and difficulty encounterd by
its discoverer (Ekeberg) in isolating it. See
Tantalus.] (Chem.) A rare
nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite,
samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which
becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0.
Formerly called also tantalium.
Tan"ta*lus (?), n. [L., from
Gr. Ta`ntalos.] (Gr. Myth.)
1. A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower
world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached
to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his
thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit
which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to
grasp them.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of wading birds
comprising the wood ibises.
Tantalus's cup (Physics), a
philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the
figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longer arm
of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allows
the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches
as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level
of the mouth of the figure in the cup.
Tan"ta*mount` (?), a. [F.
tant so much (L. tantus) + E.
amount.] Equivalent in value,
signification, or effect.
A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional
right.
Hallam.
The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was
tantamount to ruin.
De Quincey.
Tan"ta*mount`, v. i. To be tantamount or
equivalent; to amount. [Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
Tan*tiv"y (?), adv. [Said to be
from the note of a hunting horn.] Swiftly; speedily;
rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride
tantivy.
Tan*tiv"y, n. A rapid, violent gallop;
an impetulous rush.
Cleverland.
Tan*tiv"y, v. i. To go away in
haste. [Colloq.]
Tan"trum (?), n. A whim, or
burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.]
Thackeray.
Tan"yard` (?), n. An inclosure
where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
\'d8Tan`y*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A division of dipterous insects in
which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and
maxill\'91. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Ta"o*ism (?), n. One of the
popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state. --
Ta"o*ist, a. & n.
Tap (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Tapped (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tapping.] [F. taper
to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp,
tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G.
tappen to grope.] 1. To strike
with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to
pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a
cane.
2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to
tap shoes.
Tap, n. [Cf. F. tape. See
Tap to strike.] 1. A gentle or
slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Addison.
2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a
boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
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3. pl. (Mil.) A signal, by
drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers'
quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of
an hour after tattoo.
Wilhelm.
Tap, v. i. To strike a gentle
blow.
Tap, n. [AS. t\'91ppa, akin
to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG.
zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel.
tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]
1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is
drawn.
2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a
cask, or the like; a faucet.
3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain
kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same
tap. [Colloq.]
4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a
taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]
5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an
internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male
screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn;
as, ale on tap. (b) Broached,
or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on
tap. -- Plug tap (Mech.),
a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end. --
Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a
thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part,
instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See
Illust. under Bolt. -- Tap
cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling
furnace.
Tap, v. t. 1. To pierce so as
to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask,
a tree, a tumor, etc.
2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous
way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of
intercepting information; to tap the
treasury.
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3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
Shak.
He has been tapping his liquors.
Addison.
4. (Mech.) To form an internal screw in
(anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to
tap a nut.
\'d8Ta"pa (?), n. A kind of
cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the
paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also
kapa.
\'d8Ta`pa*yax"in (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A Mexican spinous lizard
(Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like
that of a toad; -- called also horned
toad.
Tape (?), n. [AS.
t\'91ppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry,
Tippet.] 1. A narrow fillet or band
of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and
the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as
to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
Red tape. See under Red. --
Tape grass (Bot.), a plant
(Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves,
growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland,
wild celery. -- Tape needle.
See Bodkin, n., 4.
Tape"line` (?), n. A painted
tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and
often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
Ta"per (?), n. [AS.
tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir.
tapar, W. tampr.] 1. A
small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small
light.
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.
Shak.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness
in an elongated object; as, the taper of a
spire.
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Ta"per (?), a. [Supposed to be
from taper, n., in allusion to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper
fingers.
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tapered (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tapering.] To become gradually
smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers
toward one end.
Ta"per, v. t. To make or cause to
taper.
Ta"pered (?), a. Lighted with a
taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
[R.]
T. Warton.
Ta"per*ing (?), a. Becoming
gradually smaller toward one end. --
Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.
Ta"per*ness, n. The quality or state of
being taper; tapering form; taper.
Shenstone.
Tap"es*try (?), n.; pl.
Tapestries (#). [F.
tapissere, fr. tapisser to carpet, to hang,
or cover with tapestry, fr. tapis a carpet, carpeting,
LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete carpet,
tapestry, Gr. Tapis,
Tippet.] A fabric, usually of worsted, worked
upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being
usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall
hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different
kinds of embroidery.
Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat
resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving,
so as to produce the figure in the cloth. -- Tapestry
moth. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Carpet
moth, under Carpet.
Tap"es*try, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tapestried (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tapestrying.] To adorn with
tapestry, or as with tapestry.
The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock
tapestried with broom and wild roses.
Macaulay.
Tap"et (?), n. [L.
tapete. See Tapestry.] Worked or
figured stuff; tapestry. [R.]
Spenser.
Tap"e*ti (?), n.; pl.
Tapetis (#). [Braz.]
(Zo\'94l.) A small South American hare
(Lepus Braziliensis).
\'d8Ta*pe"tum (?), n. [NL.,
from L. tapete a carpet, a tapestry.]
(Anat.) An area in the pigmented layer of the
choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent
or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark.
Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of
the choroid.
Tape"worm` (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode
worms belonging to T\'91nia and many allied genera. The body is
long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids
varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much
larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the
fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a
mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly
in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks
for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in
which they are parasitic. The larv\'91 (see Cysticercus)
live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by
another animal of the right species develop into the mature
tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in
Appendix.
pork tapeworm (T\'91nia solium), the
larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm
(T. mediocanellata), the larva of which lives in the
flesh of young cattle; and the broad tapeworm
(Bothriocephalus latus) which is found chiefly in the
inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See
also Echinococcus, Cysticercus,
Proglottis, and 2d Measles, 4.
Tap"house` (?), n. A house
where liquors are retailed.
\'d8Taph*ren"chy*ma (?), n.
[Gr. enchyma, as in
parenchyma.] (Bot.) Same as
Bothrenchyma.
Tap"i*nage (?), n. [See
Tapish.] A lurking or skulking.
[Obs.]
Gower.
Tap`i*o"ca (?), n. [Braz.
tapioka: cf. Pg., Sp. & F. tapioca.]
A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus
partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of
the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for
soups. See Cassava.
Ta"pir (?), n. [Braz.
tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.]
(Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of large
odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus,
Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long
prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short,
thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the
hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe
is of little use.
Tapirus Indicus), native of the East Indies and
Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the
middle, and the common American tapir (T. Americanus),
which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit
the Andes and Central America.
Tapir tiger (Zo\'94l.), the
wallah.
Ta"pir*oid (?), a.
[Tapir + -oid.]
(Zo\'94l.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir
family.
Ta"pis (?), n. [F. See
Tapestry.] Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a
council table.
On, Upon, the
tapis, on the table, or under consideration;
as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the
tapis.
Tap"is (?), v. t. To cover or
work with figures like tapestry. [R.]
Holland.
Tap"is*er (?), n. [F.
tapissier.] A maker of tapestry; an
upholsterer. [R.]
Chaucer.
Tap"ish (?), v. i. [F. se
tapir to squat.] To lie close to the
ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to
hide one's self. [Written also tappis,
tappish, tappice.] [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
As a hound that, having roused a hart,
Although he tappish ne'er so soft.
Chapman.
Tap"lash` (?), n. Bad small
beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
The taplash of strong ale and wine.
Taylor (1630).
Tap"lings (?), n. pl. The
strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are
united.
Halliwell.
\'d8Ta*po"a ta"fa (?). (Zo\'94l.)
A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale
penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail
with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also
brush-tailed phascogale.
Tap"pen (?), n. An obstruction,
or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other
animals during hibernation.
Tap"per (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker
(Dendrocopus minor); -- called also
tapperer, tabberer,
little wood pie, barred
woodpecker, wood tapper,
hickwall, and pump
borer. [Prov. Eng.]
Tap"pes*ter (?), n. [See
Tapster.] A female tapster.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tap"pet (?), n. (Mach.)
A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam,
or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to
produce change or regulate motion.
G. Francis.
Tappet motion, a valve motion worked by
tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam,
-- used in steam pumps, etc.
{ Tap"pice (?), Tap"pis
(?) }, v. i. See
Tapish.
Tap"pit hen` (?). 1. A hen having
a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to
some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, though
to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Tap"room` (?), n. A room where
liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
The ambassador was put one night into a miserable
taproom, full of soldiers smoking.
Macaulay.
Tap"root` (?), n. (Bot.)
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly
downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tap"ster (?), n. [AS.
t\'91ppestre a female tapster. See Tap a
plug, pipe, and -ster.] One whose business is
to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Ta"qua-nut` (?), n.
(Bot.) A Central American name for the ivory
nut.
Tar (?), n. [Abbrev. from
tarpaulin.] A sailor; a seaman.
[Colloq.]
Swift.
Tar, n. [OE. terre,
tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to
D. teer, G. teer, theer, Icel.
tjara, Sw. tj\'84ra, Dan.
ti\'91re, and to E. tree. \'fb63. See
Tree.] A thick, black, viscous liquid
obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a
varied composition according to the temperature and material
employed in obtaining it.
Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary. --
Mineral tar (Min.), a kind of soft
native bitumen. -- Tar board, a strong
quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope.
Knight. -- Tar water. (a) A cold
infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b)
The ammoniacal water of gas works. -- Wood
tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by
the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is
used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oakum, etc.,
impervious to water.
Tar, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tarring.] To smear with tar, or as with
tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
cloth.
To tar and feather a person. See under
Feather, v. t.
Tar"a*nis (?), n. [L.
taranis, from the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn.
taran thunder.] (Myth.) A Celtic
divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the
Romans with Jupiter.
Tar`an*tass" (?), n. [Russ.
tarantas'.] A low four-wheeled carriage
used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles
which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls,
the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a
sledge.
Tar`an*tel"la (?), n.
[It.] (Mus.) (a) A rapid and
delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in
whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its
being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the
tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in
Apulia. (b) Music suited to such a
dance.
Tar"ant*ism (?), n. [It.
tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme. See
Tarantula.] (Med.) A nervous
affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable
desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of
the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by
protraced dancing to appropriate music. [Written
also tarentism.]
Ta*ran"tu*la (?), n.; pl. E.
Tarantulas (#), L. Tarantul\'91
(#). [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr.
L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of
Italy.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several
species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous,
especially the European species (Tarantula apuli\'91).
The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species
of Mygale. [Written also
tarentula.]
Tarantula killer, a very large wasp
(Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan
tarantula (Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest
as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.
Ta*ran"tu*la`ted (?), a. Bitten
by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
Tar*bog"an (?), n. & v. See
Toboggan.
Tar*boosh" (?), n. [Ar.
tarb; perhaps from Per. sar-posh
headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.] A red cap worn
by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes
swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See
Fez.
Tar*da"tion (?), n. [L.
tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum,
to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.] The act
of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]
\'d8Tar`di*gra"da (?), n. pl.
[NL. See Tardigrade, a.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A tribe of edentates
comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their
movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
2. (Zo\'94l.) An order of minute aquatic
arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules,
sloth animalcules, and water
bears.
Tar"di*grade (?), a. [L.
tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi
to step: cf. F. tardigrade.] 1.
Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
[R.]
G. Eliot.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
Tardigrada.
Tar"di*grade, n. (Zo\'94l.)
One of the Tardigrada.
Tar"di*gra`dous (?), a. Moving
slowly; slow-paced. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Tar"di*ly (?), adv. In a tardy
manner; slowly.
Tar"di*ness, n. The quality or state of
being tardy.
Tar`di*ta"tion (?), n.
Tardiness. [Obs.]
To instruct them to avoid all snares of
tarditation, in the Lord's affairs.
Herrick.
Tar"di*ty (?), n. [L.
tarditas.] Slowness; tardiness.
[R.]
Sir K. Digby.
\'d8Tar"do (?), a. [It.]
(Mus.) Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage
slowly.
\'d8Tar"do, n. [Sp., slow, L.
tardus.] (Zo\'94l.) A
sloth.
Tar"dy (?), a.
[Compar. Tardier (?);
superl. Tardiest.] [F.
tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L.
tardus slow.] 1. Moving with a
slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time.
Sandys.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave.
Prior.
2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed
to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's
payments.
Arbuthnot.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
Waller.
3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.]
Hudibras.
4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.]
Collier.
Syn. -- Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See
Slow.
Tar"dy, v. t. To make tardy.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Tare (?), obs. imp.
of Tear. Tore.
Tare, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare
brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.]
1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain;
-- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium
temulentum, or darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then
hath it tares?
Matt. xiii. 27.
The \'bddarnel\'b8 is said to be the tares of
Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the
whole order.
Baird.
2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or
diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia;
especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for
fodder.
Tare, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr.,
Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah
thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject,
remove.] (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight
or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or
whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence,
the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which
the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such
cask, bag, etc.
Tare, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Taring.] To ascertain or mark the tare
of (goods).
Tared (?), a. (Chem.)
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight;
as, tared filter papers, used in weighing
precipitates.
Ta*ren"te (?), n. [Cf. F.
tarente.] (Zo\'94l.) A harmless
lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus
Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent
countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Tar"ent*ism (?), n. See
Tarantism.
Ta*ren"tu*la (?), n. See
Tarantula.
Targe (?), n. [F. Cf.
Target.] A shield or target.
[Obs. or Poetic] \'bdA buckler on a
targe.\'b8
Chaucer.
Tar"get (?), n. [OF.
targette, dim. of OF. & F. targe, of
Teutonic origin; cf. AS. targe, OD. targie,
G. zarge a frame, case, border, OHG. zarga,
Icel. targa shield.] 1. A kind of
small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
2. (a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for
practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a
projectile. (b) The pattern or arrangement of
a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he
made a good target.
3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece,
or vane, on a leveling staff.
4. (Railroad) A conspicuous disk
attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a
signal.
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Tar"get*ed (?), a. Furnished,
armed, or protected, with a target.
Tar`get*eer" (?), n. One who is
armed with a target or shield. [Written also
targetier.]
Tar"gum (?), n.; pl.
Targums (#). Heb. Targumim
(#). [Chald. targ
interpretation, fr. targ\'c7m to interpret. Cf.
Truchman, and Dragoman.] A
translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament
Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.
Tar"gum*ist, n. The writer of a Targum;
one versed in the Targums.
Tar"iff (?), n. [F.
tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It.
tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r\'c6f information,
explanation, definition, from 'arafa, to know, to
inform, explain.] 1. A schedule, system, or
scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon
goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a
protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff.
(U.S. 1833).
tariff
refers only to imports.
2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as,
the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a
pound.
3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.;
as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad
fares.
Bolingbroke.
Tar"iff, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tariffed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tariffing.] To make a list of
duties on, as goods.
Tar"in (?), n. [F.]
(Zo\'94l.) The siskin. [Prov.]
Tar"ing (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.)The common tern; -- called also
tarret, and tarrock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tar"la*tan (?), n. A kind of
thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Tarn (?), n. [OE.
terne, Icel. tj\'94rn.] A
mountain lake or pool.
A lofty precipice in front,
A silent tarn below.
Wordsworth.
Tar"nish (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tarnished
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tarnishing.] [F. ternir, fr.
OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS.
dernian to hide, AS. dernan,
dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS.
derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf.
Dern, a., and see -ish.]
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an
alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to
diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to
tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to
tarnish the purity of color.
\'bdTarnished lace.\'b8 Fuller. Used also
figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor.
Syn. -- To sully; stain; dim.
Tar"nish, v. i. To lose luster; to
become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul
air.
Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright,
Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight.
Dryden.
Tar"nish, n. 1. The quality or
state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
2. (Min.) A thin film on the surface of
a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original
color; as, the steel tarnish in
columbite.
Tar"nish*er (?), n. One who, or
that which, tarnishes.
Ta"ro (?), n. [From the
Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several
aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var.
esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and
their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and
large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in
tropical countries.
Tar"ot (?), n. [F.; cf. It.
tarocco.] A game of cards; -- called also
taroc.
Hoyle.
Tar"pan (?), n. [From the
native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A wild horse found
in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tar*pau"lin (?), n.
[Tar + palling a covering, pall to
cover. See Pall a covering.] 1. A
piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition,
used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats,
etc.
2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or
tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were
called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.
Macaulay.
Tar"pon (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Same as Tarpum.
Tar"pum (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A very large marine fish
(Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States
and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length,
and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of
trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also
tarpon, sabalo,
savanilla, silverfish, and
jewfish.
Tar"quin*ish (?), a. Like a
Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty;
overbearing.
Tar"race (?), n. See
Trass. [Obs.]
Tar"ra*gon (?), n. [Sp.
taragona, Ar. tarkh; perhaps fr. Gr.
draco; cf. L.
dracunculus tarragon. Cf. Dragon.]
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Artemisa
(A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring
vinegar.
Tar"ras (?), n. See
Trass. [Obs.]
Tarre (?), v. t. [OE.
tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke, AS.
tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E.
tear, v.t. \'fb63. Cf. Tarry,
v.] To set on, as a dog; to incite.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Tar"ri*ance (?), n. The act or
time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic]
Shak.
And after two days' tarriance there, returned.
Tennyson.
Tar"ri*er (?), n. One who, or
that which, tarries.
Tar"ri*er, n. (Zo\'94l.) A
kind of dig; a terrier. [Obs.]
Tar"rock (?), n. [Greenland
tattarock.] (Zo\'94l.) (a)
The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
(b) The common guillemot. [Prov.
Eng.] (c) The common tern.
Tar"ry (?), a. [From
Tar, n.] Consisting of, or covered
with, tar; like tar.
Tar"ry (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tarried
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tarrying.] [OE. tarien to
irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense
probably due to confusion with OE. targen to delay,
OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare,
fr. L. tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr.
tardus slow. Cf. Tardy.] 1.
To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again.
Ex. xxiv. 14.
2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to
loiter.
Come down unto me, tarry not.
Gen. xic. 9.
One tarried here, there hurried one.
Emerson.
3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet.
Gen. xix. 2.
Syn. -- To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
Tar"ry, v. t. 1. To delay; to
defer; to put off. [Obs.]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow.
Chaucer.
2. To wait for; to stay or stop for.
[Archaic]
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
tarry the grinding.
Shak.
He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further
question.
Sir W. Scott.
Tar"ry, n. Stay; stop; delay.
[Obs.]
E. Lodge.
Tar"sal (?), a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or
eye). -- n. A tarsal bone or
cartilage; a tarsale.
Tarsal tetter (Med.), an eruptive
disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of
bleareye.
Tar"sal (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Same as Tercel.
[Obs.]
\'d8Tar*sa"le (?), n.; pl.
Tarsalia (#). [NL.]
(Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the
tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the
metatarsals.
Tarse (?), n. [Cf.
Tassel, Tiercel.] (Falconry)
The male falcon.
Tarse (?), n. [Cf. F.
tarse.] (Anat.) tarsus.
Tar*sec"to*my (?), n.
[Tarsus + Gr.
(Surg.) The operation of excising one or more of
the bones of the tarsus.
Tar"sel (?), n. A male hawk.
See Tercel. [Obs.]
\'d8Tar"si (?), n.,
pl. of Tarsus.
{ \'d8Tar"si*a (?),
\'d8Tar`si*a*tu"ra (?), } n.
[It.] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed
in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and
arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes,
fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces
of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of
walnut wood.
Tar"si*er (?), n. [Cf. F.
tarsier.] See Tarsius.
\'d8Tar"si*us (?), n. [NL. See
Tarsus.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of
nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a
long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also
malmag, spectral lemur,
podji, and tarsier.
Tar"so- (?). A combining form used in
anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation
to, the tarsus; as,
tarsometatarsus.
Tar`so*met`a*tar"sal (?), a.
(Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to both the
tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal
articulations. (b) Of or pertaining to
the tarsometatarsus.
\'d8Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus (?), n.;
pl. Tarsometatarsi (#).
[NL.] (Anat.) The large bone next the
foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the
distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
Tar*sor"rha*phy (?), n.
[Tarsus + Gr.
(Surg.) An operation to diminish the size of the
opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding
cicatrices.
Tar*sot"o*my (?), n.
[Tarsus + Gr.
(Surg.) The operation of cutting or removing the
tarsal cartilages.
Tar"sus (?), n.; pl.
Tarsi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Tarse.] 1. (Anat.)
(a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part
of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man
of seven short bones. (b) A plate of dense
connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many
animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and
tarsal plate.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The foot of an insect or a
crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Tart (?), a. [AS.
teart. \'fb63. Cf. Tear, v.
t.] 1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour;
as, a tart apple.
2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a
tart reply; tart language; a tart
rebuke.
Why art thou tart, my brother?
Bunyan.
Tart, n. [OE. tarte, F.
tarte; perhaps originally the same word as
tourte, LL. torta, fr. L.
tortus, p.p. of torquere to twist, bend,
wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf.
Torture, n.] A species of small
open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a
sort of fruit pie.
Tar"tan (?), n. [F.
tiretane linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp.
tirita\'a4a a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp.
tiritar to shiver or shake with cold.]
Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of
various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence,
any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar
pattern.
MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it,
when it does not warm to the tartan.
Sir W. Scott.
The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of
London with hatred.
Macaulay.
Tar"tan, n. [F. tartane, or
Sp., Pg., or It. tartana; all perhaps of Arabic
origin.] (Naut.) A small coasting vessel,
used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen
sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
Tar"tar (?), n. [F.
tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It.
tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. 1. (Chem.) A
reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially
of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of
tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc.,
and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also
argol, wine stone,
etc.
2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth,
consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of
lime.
Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under
Cream. -- Tartar emetic (Med.
Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium and basic
antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a
sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and
emetic.
Tar"tar (?), n. 1.
[Per. T\'bet\'ber, of Tartar origin.]
A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any
one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin,
inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly
but less usually, Tatar.
2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
To catch a tartar, to lay hold of, or
encounter, a person who proves too strong for the assailant.
[Colloq.]
Tar"tar, a. Of or pertaining to Tartary
in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tar"tar, n. [Cf. F.
tartare.] See Tartarus.
Shak.
Tar"tar*a`ted (?), a.
(Chem.) Tartrated.
{ Tar*ta"re*an (?), Tar*ta"re*ous
(?), } a. [L.
tartareus: cf. F. tartar\'82en.]
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Tar*ta"re*ous, a. [Cf. 1st
Tartarous.] 1. Consisting of tartar;
of the nature of tartar.
2. (Bot.) Having the surface rough and
crumbling; as, many lichens are
tartareous.
{ Tar*ta"ri*an (?), Tar*tar"ic
(?), } a. Of or pertaining to
Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian
lamb. See Barometz.
Tar*ta"ri*an (?), n.
(Bot.) The name of some kinds of cherries, as
the Black Tartarian, or the White
Tartarian.
Tar*tar"ic (?), a.
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from,
or resembling, tartar.
Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely
diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes,
mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white
crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having
a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing,
calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for
lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric
acid. (b) By extension, any one of
the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid,
inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the
type.
Tar"tar*ine (?), n. (Old
Chem.) Potassium carbonate, obtained by the
incineration of tartar. [Obs.]
Tar"tar*ize (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tartarized
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tartarizing
(?).] [Cf. F.
tartariser.] (Chem.) To
impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
[R.]
Tartarized antimony (Med. Chem.),
tartar emetic.
Tar"tar*ize (?), v. t. To cause
to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by
conquest.
Tar"tar*ous (?), a. [Cf. F.
tartareux.] Containing tartar; consisting
of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
Tar"tar*ous (?), a. Resembling,
or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.
The Tartarous moods of common men.
B. Jonson.
Tar"ta*rum (?), n.
(Chem.) See 1st Tartar.
Tar"ta*rus (?), n. [L., from
Gr. (Class. Myth.) The infernal
regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as
heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of
punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets,
also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades,
or the Lower World in general.
Tar"ta*ry (?), n.
Tartarus. [Obs.]
Spenser.
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Tar*ti"ni's tones` (?). [From
Tartini, an Italian violinist, who discovered them in
1754.] See the Note under Tone.
Tart"ish (?), a. Somewhat
tart.
Tart"let (?), n. A small
tart.
V. Knox.
Tart"ly, adv. In a tart manner; with
acidity.
Tart"ness, n. The quality or state of
being tart.
Syn. -- Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity;
asperity; acerbity; harshness. See Acrimony.
Tar*tral"ic (?), a. [From
Tartar the chemical compound.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white
amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; --
called also ditartaric,
tartrilic, or tartrylic
acid.
Tar*tram"ate (?), n.
(Chem.) A salt of tartramic acid.
Tar*tram"ic (?), a.
[Tarto- + amic.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric
acid.
Tar*tram"ide (?), n.
[Tarto- + amide.]
(Chem.) An acid amide derivative of tartaric
acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tar"trate (?), n. [Cf. F.
tartrate.] (Chem.) A salt of
tartaric acid.
Tar"tra`ted (?), a. (Med.
Chem.) Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined
with tartaric acid.
Tar"tra*zine (?), n.
[Tartaric + hydrazine.]
(Chem.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an
orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine
derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
Tar*trel"ic (?), a. [From
Tartar the chemical compound.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride,
C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white
crystalline deliquescent substance.
Tar"tro-. A combining form (also used adjectively)
used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or
of some of its compounds or
derivatives.
Tar"tro*nate (?), n.
(Chem.) A salt of tartronic acid.
Tar*tron"ic (?), a.
[Tartro- + malonic.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid)
obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline
substance.
Tar"tro*nyl (?), n.
[Tartronic + -yl.]
(Chem.) A hypothetical radical constituting the
characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its
derivatives.
Tar`tro*vin"ic (?), a.
[Tartro- + vinic.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl,
and now called ethyltartaric acid.
{ Tar*tuffe", Tar*tufe" }
(?), n. [F. tartufe.]
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.
{ Tar*tuff"ish, Tar*tuf"ish, }
a. Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.
Sterne.
Tar"weed` (?), n. (Bot.)
A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants
of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia,
Hemizonia, and Madia.
Tas (?), n. [F.] A
heap. [Obs.] \'bdThe tas of bodies
slain.\'b8
Chaucer.
Tas, v. t. To tassel.
[Obs.] \'bdA purse of leather tassed with
silk.\'b8
Chaucer.
Tas"co (?), n. [Cf. Sp.
tasconio.] A kind of clay for making
melting pots.
Percy Smith.
Ta*sim"er (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Physics) An instrument
for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid
bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button
of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance
of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the
movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the
strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a
sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute
changes of temperature.
T. A. Edison.
Task (?), n. [OE.
taske, OF. tasque, F. t\'83che,
for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr.
L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See
Tax, n. & v.] 1.
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite
quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Milton.
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close.
Longfellow.
2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
Atterbury.
To take to task. See under
Take.
Syn. -- Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery;
study; lesson; stint.
Task, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tasked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tasking.] 1. To impose a task
upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty
to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
Dryden.
2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to
tax.
3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Beau. & Fl.
Task"er (?), n. 1. One
who imposes a task.
2. One who performs a task, as a day-laborer.
[R.]
3. A laborer who receives his wages in kind.
[Scot.]
Task"mas`ter (?), n. One who
imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is
to assign tasks; an overseer.
Ex. i. 11.
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye.
Milton.
Task"work` (?), n. Work done as
a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
Tas"let (?), n. [See
Tasse a piece of armor.] A piece of armor
formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.
Tas*ma"ni*an (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native
or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the
plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is
now extinct.
Tasmanain cider tree. (Bot.) See
the Note under Eucalyptus. -- Tasmanain
devil. (Zo\'94l.) See under
Devil. -- Tasmanain wolf
(Zo\'94l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also zebra wolf. See Zebra
wolf, under Wolf.
Tasse (?), n. [OF.
tassette.] A piece of armor for the thighs,
forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
tasse was a plate of iron
swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were
also called by this name.
Tas"sel (?), n.
(Falconry) A male hawk. See
Tercel.
Tas"sel, n. [See Teasel.]
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Tas"sel, n. [OE., a fastening of a
mantle, OF. tassel a fastening, clasp, F.
tasseau a bracket, Fr. L. taxillus a little
die, dim. of talus a die of a longish shape, rounded
on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle
bone.] 1. A pendent ornament, attached to the
corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft
of loose threads or cords.
2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when
pendent.
And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood in all the
splendor
Of its garments green and yellow,
Of its tassels and its plumage.
Longfellow.
3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a
book to be put between the leaves.
4. (Arch.) A piece of board that is laid
upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the
ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.
Tassel flower (Bot.), a name of
several composite plants of the genus Cineraria,
especially the C. sconchifolia, and of the blossoms
which they bear.
Tas"sel, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tasseled (?) or Tasselled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Tasseling or
Tasselling.] To put forth a tassel or
flower; as, maize tassels.
Tas"sel, v. t. To adorn with
tassels.
Chaucer.
Tas"set (?), n. [See
Tasse.] A defense for the front of the thigh,
consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on
the lower edge of the corselet.<-- same as tasse? -->
Tast"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
Taste (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tasted (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Tasting.]
[OE. tasten to feel, to taste, OF.
taster, F. tater to feel, to try by the
touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) LL. taxitare, fr.
L. taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. See
Tax, v. t.] 1. To try by
the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
Chaucer.
2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive
the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity
into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water
that was made wine.
John ii. 9.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he
became incapable of pity or remorse.
Gibbon.
3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small
quantity of.
I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Sam. xiv. 29.
4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to
essay; to experience; to undergo.
He . . . should taste death for every man.
Heb. ii. 9.
5. To partake of; to participate in; -- usually
with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Thou . . . wilt taste
No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.
Milton.
Taste, v. i. 1. To try food
with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor
of anything; as, to taste of each kind of
wine.
2. To have a smack; to excite a particular
sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is
distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as,
this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of
garlic.
Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason
Shall to the king taste of this action.
Shak.
3. To take sparingly.
For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
Dryden.
4. To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to
partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
Waller.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Shak.
Taste, n. 1. The act of
tasting; gustation.
2. A particular sensation excited by the
application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of
any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor;
as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter
taste; an acid taste; a sweet
taste.
3. (Physiol.) The one of the five senses
by which certain properties of bodies (called their
taste, savor, flavor) are
ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
4. Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; --
formerly with of, now with for; as, he
had no taste for study.
I have no taste
Of popular applause.
Dryden.
5. The power of perceiving and relishing excellence
in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order,
congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes
excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters;
critical judgment; discernment.
6. Manner, with respect to what is pleasing,
refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music
composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad
taste.
7. Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
Shak.
8. A small portion given as a specimen; a little
piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
Bacon.
9. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Syn. -- Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout.
-- Taste, Sensibility,
Judgment. Some consider taste as a mere
sensibility, and others as a simple exercise of
judgment; but a union of both is requisite to the
existence of anything which deserves the name. An original sense
of the beautiful is just as necessary to \'91sthetic judgments,
as a sense of right and wrong to the formation of any just
conclusions or moral subjects. But this \'bdsense of the
beautiful\'b8 is not an arbitrary principle. It is under the
guidance of reason; it grows in delicacy and correctness with the
progress of the individual and of society at large; it has its
laws, which are seated in the nature of man; and it is in the
development of these laws that we find the true \'bdstandard of
taste.\'b8
What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,
Active and strong, and feelingly alive
To each fine impulse? a discerning sense
Of decent and sublime, with quick disgust
From things deformed, or disarranged, or gross
In species? This, nor gems, nor stores of gold,
Nor purple state, nor culture, can bestow,
But God alone, when first his active hand
Imprints the secret bias of the soul.
Akenside.
Taste of buds, Taste of
goblets (Anat.), the flask-shaped end
organs of taste in the epithelium of the tongue. They are made up
of modified epithelial cells arranged somewhat like leaves in a
bud.
Taste"ful (?), a. 1.
Having a high relish; savory. \'bdTasteful
herbs.\'b8
Pope.
2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance
with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful
drapery.
-- Taste"ful*ly, adv. --
Taste"ful*ness, n.
Taste"less, a. 1. Having no
taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless
fruit.
2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good
taste; as, a tasteless age.
Orrery.
3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a
tasteless arrangement of drapery.
-- Taste"less*ly, adv. --
Taste"less*ness, n.
Tast"er (?), n. 1. One
who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to
ascertain its quality.
Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
Dryden.
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted,
as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3. (Zo\'94l.) One of a peculiar kind of
zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They
somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of
mouths. See Siphonophora.
Tast"i*ly (?), adv. In a tasty
manner.
Tast"ing, n. The act of perceiving or
tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we
perceive or distinguish savors.
\'d8Tas"to (?), n. [It.]
(Mus.) A key or thing touched to produce a
tone.
\'d8Tasto solo, single touch; -- in old music,
a direction denoting that the notes in the bass over or under
which it is written should be performed alone, or with no other
chords than unisons and octaves.
Tast"y (?), a.
[Compar. Tastier (?);
superl. Tastiest.] 1.
Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a
tasty woman. See Taste, n.,
5.<-- not used in that sense now. -->
2. Being in conformity to the principles of good
taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a
tasty dress.
Tat (?), n. [Hind.
t\'bet.] Gunny cloth made from the fiber of
the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
[India]
Tat, n. [Hind.
tatt.] (Zo\'94l.) A
pony. [India]
Ta*tau"pa (?), n. [From the
native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A South American
tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).
Tatch (?), n. [F.
tache spot. See Techy.] A spot or
stain; also, a trick. [Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.
Tath (?), obs. 3d pers.
sing. pres. of Ta, to take.
Tath, n. [Prov. E.; of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. ta dung, ta the grass of a
manured pasture, te to manure. \'fb58. Cf.
Ted.] 1. Dung, or droppings of
cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings
of cattle in a pasture. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tath, v. t. To manure (land) by
pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Ta*tou" (?), n. [Cf.
Tatouay.] (Zo\'94l.) The giant
armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South
America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It
is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead
animals, and sometimes invades human graves.
Tat"ou*ay (?), n. [Of Brazilian
origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.]
(Zo\'94l.) An armadillo (Xenurus
unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America.
It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly
square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered,
and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are
very large. Called also tatouary, and
broad-banded armadillo.
Tat"ou*hou (?), n. [Cf.
Tatouay.] (Zo\'94l.) The
peba.
Tatt (?), v. t. & i. To make
(anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as,
tatted edging.
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\'d8Tat"ta (?), n. [Hind.
, t\'bet\'c6.] A
bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over
which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool
the air as it enters. [India]
Tat"ter (?), n. One who makes
tatting.
Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
Tat"ter (?), n. [Icel.
t\'94tur, t\'94ttur, pl.
t\'94trar, ; cf. Norw.
totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern
tatters. \'fb240.] A rag, or a part torn and hanging;
-- chiefly used in the plural.
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags.
Shak.
Tat"ter, v. t. [p. p.
Tattered (?).] To rend or tear
into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an
adjective.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair.
Pope.
Tat`ter*de*mal"ion (?), n.
[Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the
meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes,
swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and
Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a
ragamuffin.
L'Estrange.
Tat"ting (?), n. A kind of lace
made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the
thread used in tatting is wound.
Tat"tle (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tattled
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling
(?).] [Akin to OE. tateren,
LG. tateln, D. tateren to stammer, and
perhaps to E. titter.] 1. To
prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to
chat.
The tattling quality of age, which is always
narrative.
Dryden.
2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a
talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
Tat"tle, n. Idle talk or chat; trifling
talk; prate.
[They] told the tattle of the day.
Swift.
Tat"tler (?), n. 1.
One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
Jer. Taylor.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species
of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus
Totanus.
T. melanoleucus), the smaller tattler, or
lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes), the solitary tattler
(T. solitarius), and the semipalmated tattler, or
willet. The first two are called also
telltale, telltale spine,
telltale tattler,
yellowlegs, yellowshanks,
and yelper.
Tat"tler*y (?), n. Idle talk or
chat; tittle-tattle.
Tat"tling (?), a. Given to idle
talk; apt to tell tales. --
Tat"tling*ly, adv.
Tat*too" (?), n. [Earlier
taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap,
faucet + toe to, shut (i. e., the taps, or
drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).]
(Mil.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or
bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to
repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in
camp.
The Devil's tattoo. See under
Devil.
Tat*too", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tattooed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tattooing.] [Of Polynesian
origin; cf. New Zealand ta to tattoo, tatu
puncturation (in Otaheite).] To color, as the flesh,
by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures
which can not be washed out.
Tat*too", n.; pl. Tattoos
(. An indelible mark or figure made by
puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the
punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various
barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by
some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.
Ta*tu" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
Same as Tatou.
Ta*tu"si*id (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Any armadillo of the family
Tatusiid\'91, of which the peba and mule armadillo are
examples. Also used adjectively.
Tau (?), n. [Gr.
tay^ the letter T).]
(Zo\'94l.) The common American toadfish; -- so
called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau
(
Tau cross. See Illust. 6, of
Cross.
Taught (?), a. See
Taut.
Totten.
Taught, imp. & p. p. of
Teach. [AS. imp. t, p.p.
get.] See Teach.
Taunt (?), a. [Cf. OF.
tant so great, F. tant so much, L.
tantus of such size, so great, so much.]
(Naut.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with
taunt masts.
Totten.
Taunt (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Taunting.] [Earlier, to
tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for
tenter. See Tempt.] To reproach
with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer
at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her.
Shak.
Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
Deride.
Taunt, n. Upbraiding language; bitter or
sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious
taunts.
Shak.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.
Prior.
Taunt"er (?), n. One who
taunts.
Taunt"ing, a. & n. from Taunt,
v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
Burke.
Taunt"ing*ly, adv. In a taunting
manner.
Taunt"ress (?), n. A woman who
taunts.
Taur (?), n. [L.
Taurus.] The constellation Taurus.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tau`ri*cor"nous (?), a. [L.
tauricornis; taurus a bull +
cornu a horn.] (Zo\'94l.) Having
horns like those of a bull.
Sir T. Browne.
Tau`ri*dor" (?), n. [See
Toreador.] A bull
Sir W. Scott.
Tau"ri*form (?), a. [L.
tauriformis; taurus a bull +
-form: cf. F. tauriforme.]
Having the form of a bull.
Tau"rine (?), a. [L.
taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See
Taurus.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
Tau"rine (?), n. [So named
because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See
Taurus.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body
occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the
lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is
found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can
be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in
colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially
characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being
chemically amido-isethionic acid, C
Tau`ro*cho"late (?), n.
(Physiol. Chem.) A salt of taurocholic acid;
as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human
bile.
Tau`ro*chol"ic (?), a.
[Taurine + cholic.]
(Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of
taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in
that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence
appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water
and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.
{ Tau"ro*col (?), Tau`ro*col"la
(?), } n. [NL.
taurocolla, fr. Gr. taurocolle.] Glue made from a bull's
hide.
Tau`ro*ma"chi*an (?), a. [See
Tauromachy.] Of or pertaining to
bullfights. -- n. A
bullfighter.
Tau*rom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. Bullfighting.
\'d8Tau"rus (?), n. [L., akin
to Gr. steer. See Steer a young
ox.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The
Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac,
which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus
[ (b) A zodiacal
constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the
Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the
remarkably bright Aldebaran.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of ruminants
comprising the common domestic cattle.
Tau*ryl"ic (?), a. [L.
taurus a bull + E. phenylic.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with
cresol.
Taut (?), a. [Dan.
t\'91t; akin to E. tight. See
Tight.] 1. (Naut.) Tight;
stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly
strained.
2. Sung; close; firm; secure.
Taut hand (Naut.), a sailor's term
for an officer who is severe in discipline.
Tau`te*gor"ic*al (?), a. [Gr.
Allegory.] Expressing the same thing with
different words; -- opposed to allegorical.
[R.]
Coleridge.
Tau"to*chrone (?), n. [Gr. tautochrone.] (Math.) A curved
line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action
of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same
time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an
inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a
tautochrone.
Tau*toch"ro*nous (?), a.
(Math.) Occupying the same time; pertaining to,
or having the properties of, a tautochrone.
Tau*tog" (?), n. [The pl. of
taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger
Williams sheep's heads, and written by him
tauta\'a3og.] (Zo\'94l.) An
edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga
onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with
greenish gray. Called also blackfish,
oyster fish, salt-water
chub, and moll.
[Written also tautaug.]
Tau`to*log"ic (?), a.
Tautological.
Tau`to*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf.
F. tautologique.] Involving tautology;
having the same signification; as, tautological
expression. --
Tau`to*log"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Tautological echo, an echo that repeats the
same sound or syllable many times.
Tau*tol"o*gist (?), n. One who
uses tautological words or phrases.
Tau*tol"o*gize (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tautologized
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tautologizing
(?).] To repeat the same thing in
different words.
Tau*tol"o*gous (?), a. [Gr.
Repeating the same thing in different words;
tautological. [R.]
Tooke.
Tau*tol"o*gy (?), n. [L.
tautologia, Gr. tautologie.] (Rhet.) A
repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless
repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a
representation of anything as the cause, condition, or
consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day.
Addison.
Syn. -- Repetition. -- Tautology,
Repetition. There may be frequent repetitions
(as in legal instruments) which are warranted either by necessity
or convenience; but tautology is always a fault, being
a sameness of expression which adds nothing to the sense or the
sound.
Tau`to*mer"ic (?), a.
(Chem.) Relating to, or characterized by,
tautomerism.
Tau*tom"er*ism (?), n. [Gr.
(Chem.) The condition, quality, or relation of
metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are
more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other
is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the
lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit
tautomerism.
{ Tau`to*ou"si*an (?),
Tau`to*ou"si*ous (?), } a.
[Gr. Having the same essence; being identically
of the same nature. [R.]
Cudworth.
Tau`to*phon"ic*al (?), a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating
the same sound.
Tau*toph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. Repetition of
the same sound.
Tau`to*zon"al (?), a. [Gr. zonal.]
(Crystallog.) Belonging to the same zone; as,
tautozonal planes.
Tav"ern (?), n. [OE.
taverne, F. taverne, from L.
taberna a hut, booth, tavern. Cf. Table,
Tabernacle.] A public house where travelers
and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals;
an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house
licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
Tav"ern*er (?), n. [F.
tavernier, L. tabernarius.] One
who keeps a tavern.
Chaucer. Camden.
Tav"ern*ing, n. A feasting at
taverns. [Obs.] \'bdThe misrule of our
tavernings.\'b8
Bp. Hall.
Tav"ern*man (?), n.; pl.
Tavernmen (. The keeper of a
tavern; also, a tippler. [Obs.]
Taw (?), n. Tow.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Taw, v. t. [Cf. Tew to tow,
Tow, v. t.] To push; to tug; to
tow. [Obs.]
Drayton.
Taw (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Tawed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tawing.] [OE.
tawen, tewen, AS. t\'bewian to
prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. t\'c7wa
order, taujan to do, and E. tool. \'fb64.
Cf. 1st Tew, Tow the coarse part of
flax.] 1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by
beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2. To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep,
lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them
with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching
them.
Taw, n. [Cf. AS. t\'bew
instrument.] 1. A large marble to be played
with; also, a game at marbles.
2. A line or mark from which the players begin a
game of marbles. [Colloq. U.S.]
Taw"dri*ly (?), adv. In a
tawdry manner.
Taw"dri*ness, n. Quality or state of
being tawdry.
A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by
tawdriness of dress.
Richardson.
Taw"dry (?), a.
[Compar. Tawdrier (?);
superl. Tawdriest.] [Said to
be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey,
meaning Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore,
originally, bought at the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay
toys of all sorts were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and
probably at other places, on the day of the saint, which was the
17th of October.] 1. Bought at the festival
of St. Audrey. [Obs.]
And gird in your waist,
For more fineness, with a tawdry lace.
Spenser.
2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or
elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace;
cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry
feathers; tawdry colors.<-- tacky? -->
He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and
tawdry courtiers.
Spectator.
Taw"dry, n.; pl. Tawdries
(. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought
at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
[Obs.]
Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make
Them tawdries for their necks.
Drayton.
Taw"er (?), n. One who taws; a
dresser of white leather.
Taw"er*y (?), n. A place where
skins are tawed.
Taw"ni*ness (?), n. The quality
or state of being tawny.
Taw"ny (?), a.
[Compar. Tawnier (?);
superl. Tawniest.] [F.
tann\'82, p.p. of tanner to tan. See
Tan, v. t. & n. Cf.
Tenn\'82.] Of a dull yellowish brown color,
like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as,
tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny
lion. \'bdA leopard's tawny and spotted
hide.\'b8
Longfellow.
Taws (?), n. [See Taw
to beat.] A leather lash, or other instrument of
punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also
tawes, tawis, and
tawse.] [Scot.]
Never use the taws when a gloom can do the
turn.
Ramsay.
Tax (?), n. [F.
taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L.
taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure,
value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to
touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task,
Taste.] 1. A charge, especially a
pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
Specifically: --
(a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or
property for the support of a government.
A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious.
Macaulay.
(b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things,
as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land
tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages,
and the like. Taxes are annual or
perpetual, direct or
indirect, etc.
(c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a
society to defray its expenses.
2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a
subject.
3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge;
as, a heavy tax on time or health.
4. Charge; censure. [Obs.]
Clarendon.
5. A lesson to be learned; a task.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low
tax. [Eng.]
Syn. -- Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
<-- p. 1478 -->
Tax (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Taxed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Taxing.] [Cf. F.
taxer. See Tax, n.]
1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to
impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact
money from for the support of government.
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride,
and folly than we are taxed by government.
Franklin.
2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine
judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an
action in court.
3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often
followed by with, rarely by of before an
indirect object; as, to tax a man with
pride.
I tax you, you elements, with unkindness.
Shak.
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have
taxed their crimes.
Dryden.
Fear not now that men should tax thine honor.
M. Arnold.
Tax`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Tax"a*ble (?), a. 1.
Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of
taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable
commodities.
2. (Law) That may be legally charged by
a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as,
taxable costs.
-- Tax"a*ble*ness, n. --
Tax"a*bly, adv.
Tax`as*pid"e*an (?), a. [Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or
scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of
certain birds.
Tax*a"tion (?), n. [F.
taxation, L. taxatio a valuing, estimation,
from L. taxare. See Tax.] 1.
The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the
subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a
corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of
revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.
2. (Law) The act of taxing, or assessing
a bill of cost.
3. Tax; sum imposed. [R.]
Daniel.
4. Charge; accusation. [Obs.]
Shak.
Tax"el (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
The American badger.
\'d8Tax`e*op"o*da (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. -poda.]
(Paleon.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in
the Tertiary formations.
Tax"er (?), n. 1. One
who taxes.
2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate
the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and
measures is observed. [Camb. Univ., Eng.]
[Written also taxor.]
Tax"gath`er*er (?), n. One who
collects taxes or revenues. --
Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
Tax"i*arch (?), n. [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) An Athenian
military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
Milford.
Tax"i*corn (?), n. [L.
taxus a yew + cornu a horn: cf. F.
taxicorne.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a
family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antenn\'91 are
largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
Tax`i*der"mic (?), a. [Cf. F.
taxidermique.] Of or pertaining to the art
of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
Tax"i*der`mist (?), n. A person
skilled in taxidermy.
Tax"i*der`my (?), n. [Gr. taxidermie. See Tactics,
Tear, v. t.] The art of preparing,
preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent
their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
Tax"ine (?), n. [L.
taxus a yew.] (Chem.) A
poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and
seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also
taxia.<-- a mixture of compounds.
Taxine A has form. C35H47NO10
\'d8Tax"is (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr.
(Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor,
or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing
it.
Dunglison.
Tax"less, a. Free from taxation.
Tax*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] (Biol.)
Same as Taxonomy.
Tax`o*nom"ic (?), a. Pertaining
to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of
classification; classificatory.
Tax*on"o*mist (?), n. One
skilled in taxonomy.
Tax*on"o*my (?), n. [Gr. That division of the
natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals
and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
Tax"or (?), n. [NL.]
Same as Taxer, n., 2.
Tax"pay`er (?), n. One who is
assessed and pays a tax.
Tay"ra (?), n. [From the native
name.] (Zo\'94l.) A South American
carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The
tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about
three feet. [Written also taira.]
Ta"zel (?), n. (Bot.)
The teasel. [Obs.]
\'d8Taz"za (?), n. [It.]
An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl,
resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
\'d8Tcha*wy"tcha (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The quinnat salmon.
[Local, U.S.]
T" cart` (?). See under T.
Tea (?), n. [Chin.
tsh\'be, Prov. Chin. te: cf. F.
th\'82.] 1. The prepared leaves of
a shrub, or small tree (Thea, ). The shrub is a native of China, but has been
introduced to some extent into some other countries.
Teas are classed as green or
black, according to their color or appearance, the
kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic
differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor,
and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves
receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are
heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire,
almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are
rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion
of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried.
Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some
time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands
until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a
few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air
for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried
slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and
rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves
have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea
are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson;
Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson,
a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the
spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou;
Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a
fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See
Bohea, Congou, Gunpowder tea,
under Gunpowder, Hyson, Oolong, and
Souchong.
K. Johnson. Tomlinson.
Encyc. Brit.
2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling
water; as, tea is a common beverage.
3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made
of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea;
chamomile tea; catnip tea.
4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually
served; supper.
Arabian tea, the leaves of Catha
edulis; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See
Kat. -- Assam tea, tea grown in
Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the
year 1850. -- Australian, Botany
Bay, tea (Bot.), a woody
clambing plant (Smilax glycyphylla). --
Brazilian tea. (a) The dried leaves of
Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for
tea. (b) The dried leaves of
Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for adulterating tea,
and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. --
Labrador tea. (Bot.) See under
Labrador. -- New Jersey tea
(Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which
were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See
Redroot. -- New Zealand tea.
(Bot.) See under New Zealand. --
Oswego tea. (Bot.) See Oswego
tea. -- Paraguay tea, mate. See 1st
Mate. -- Tea board, a board or tray
for holding a tea set. -- Tea bug
(Zo\'94l.), an hemipterous insect which injures
the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. --
Tea caddy, a small box for holding tea. --
Tea chest, a small, square wooden case, usually
lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from
China. -- Tea clam (Zo\'94l.), a
small quahaug. [Local, U.S.] -- Tea
garden, a public garden where tea and other
refreshments are served. -- Tea plant
(Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in
making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea
Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.
-- Tea rose (Bot.), a delicate and
graceful variety of the rose (Rosa Indica, var.
odorata), introduced from China, and so named from its
scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. -- Tea
service, the appurtenances or utensils required for a
tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot,
milk pitcher, and sugar dish. -- Tea set, a
tea service. -- Tea table, a table on which
tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. -- Tea
taster, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea
by tasting. -- Tea tree (Bot.),
the tea plant of China. See Tea plant,
above.<-- In Australia and New Zealand, tea tree refers to a
tree or tall shrib, Leptospermum scoparium, having white
bell-shaped flowers. The leaves are used to prepare an infusion;
an oil, tea tree oil, is also derived, and claimed to have
therapeutic properties, as for healing burns of the skin. --> --
Tea urn, a vessel generally in the form of an urn
or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing,
tea.
Tea, v. i. To take or drink tea.
[Colloq.]
Tea"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.)
The checkerberry.
Teach (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Taught (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.]
[OE. techen, imp. taughte,
tahte, AS. t, imp.
t, to show, teach, akin to t\'becn
token. See Token.] 1. To impart the
knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as
knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as
true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to
teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to
teach morals.
If some men teach wicked things, it must be that
others should practice them.
South.
2. To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a
preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to
conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a
child or a class. \'bdHe taught his
disciples.\'b8
Mark ix. 31.
The village master taught his little school.
Goldsmith.
3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to
admonish.
I shall myself to herbs teach you.
Chaucer.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies.
Jer. ix. 5.
taught me Latin
grammar. In the passive construction, either of these objects may
be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the
subject; as, I was taught Latin grammar by him; Latin
grammar was taught me by him.
Syn. -- To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide;
counsel; admonish. See the Note under Learn.
Teach (?), v. i. To give
instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of
a preceptor.
And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach.
Chaucer.
The priests thereof teach for hire.
Micah iii. 11.
Teach"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction;
docile.
We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and
teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of
God.
I. Watts.
Teach"a*ble*ness, n. Willingness to be
taught.
Teache (?), n. [Cf. Ir.
teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.]
(Sugar Works) One of the series of boilers in
which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the
last boiler of the series.
Ure.
Teach"er (?), n. 1.
One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or
occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
2. One who instructs others in religion; a
preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches
without regular ordination.
The teachers in all the churches assembled.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Teach"ing, n. The act or business of
instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
Syn. -- Education; instruction; breeding. See
Education.
Teach"less, a. Not teachable.
[R.]
Shelley.
Tea"cup` (?), n. A small cup
from which to drink tea.
Tea"cup`ful (?), n.; pl.
Teacupfuls (. As much as a
teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
{ Tead, Teade } (?),
n. [L. taeda, teda.]
A torch. [Obs.] \'bdA burning
teade.\'b8
Spenser.
Tea"gle (?), n. [Cf.
Tackle.] A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a
crane; a lift. [Prov. Eng.]
Teague (?), n. [Cf. W.
taeog, taeawg, adj., rustic, rude, n., a
vassal, villain, pleasant, clown, Ir. th
rural, boorish.] An Irishman; -- a term used in
contempt.
Johnson.
Teak (?), n. [Malayalm
tekku.] (Bot.) A tree of East
Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely
strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and
other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.
[Written also teek.]
African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia
Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable
wood; -- called also African oak. --
New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex
littoralis) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable
timber.
Tea"ket`tle (?), n. A kettle in
which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
Teal (?), n. [OE.
tele; akin to D. teling a generation,
production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E.
till to cultivate. The English word probably once
meant, a brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.]
(Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small
fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera
Querquedula and Nettion. The male is
handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on
the wings.
Anas crecca)
and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (A.
querquedula or A. circia), are well-known
species. In America the blue-winged teal (A. discors),
the green-winged teal (A. Carolinensis), and the
cinnamon teal (A. cynaoptera) are common species,
valued as game birds. See Garganey.
Goose teal, a goslet. See
Goslet. -- Teal duck, the common
European teal.
Team (?), n. [OE.
tem, team, AS. te\'a0m,
offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D.
toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team,
bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget,
Icel. taumr to rein, bridle, Dan. t\'94mme,
Sw. t\'94m, and also to E. tow to drag,
tug to draw. \'fb64. See Tug, and cf.
Teem to bear.] 1. A group of young
animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
A team of ducklings about her.
Holland.
2. Hence, a number of animals moving
together.
A long team of snowy swans on high.
Dryden.
3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts
harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon,
sled, or the like. \'bdA team of dolphins.\'b8
Spenser.
To take his team and till the earth.
Piers Plowman.
It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a
team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring
farm to tug them out of the slough.
Macaulay.
4. A number of persons associated together in any
work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend
on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket,
football, rowing, etc.
5. (Zo\'94l.) A flock of wild
ducks.
6. (O. Eng. Law) A royalty or privilege
granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having,
keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and
villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and
chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
Burrill.
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Team (?), v. i. To engage in
the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like,
as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a
teamster.
<-- team up, to form one or more teams, either for
a common endeavor, or to compete in a contest. -->
Team, v. t. To convey or haul with a
team; as, to team lumber.
[R.]
Thoreau.
Teamed (?), a. Yoked in, or as
in, a team. [Obs.]
Let their teamed fishes softly swim.
Spenser.
Team"ing (?), n. 1.
The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or
carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
2. (Manuf.) Contract work.
[R.]
Knight.
Team"ster (?), n. One who
drives a team.
Team"work` (?), n. Work done by
a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
Tea"pot` (?), n. A vessel with
a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into
teacups.
Tea"poy (?), n. [Hind.
tip\'bei; Hind. tin there + Per.
p\'bee foot.] An ornamental stand, usually
with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.
Tear (?), n. [AS.
te\'a0r; akin to G. z\'84rhe, OHG.
zahar, OFries. & Icel. t\'ber, Sw.
t\'86r, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr,
OIr. d\'c7r, W. dagr, OW. dacr,
L. lacrima, lacruma, for older
dacruma, Gr. Lachrymose.] 1. (Physiol.)
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in
small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the
eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their
motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal
duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other
causes, it overflows the lids.
And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear.
Chaucer.
2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of
fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of
some balsams or resins.
Let Araby extol her happy coast,
Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious
tears.
Dryden.
3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a
lament; a dirge. [R.] \'bdSome melodous
tear.\'b8
Milton.
Tear is sometimes used in the formation
of self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling,
tear-drop, tear-filled,
tear-stained, and the like.
Tear (?), v. t.
[imp. Tore (?),
((Obs. Tare) (; p.
p. Torn (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS.
teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D.
teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to
tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t\'91ra,
Goth. gata\'a1ran to destroy, Lith. dirti
to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. dar to burst. \'fb63. Cf. Darn,
Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force;
to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to
tear a garment; to tear the skin or
flesh.
Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator.
Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to
disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by
factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force;
to sunder; as, a child torn from its
home.
The hand of fate
Hath torn thee from me.
Addison.
4. To pull with violence; as, to tear
the hair.
5. To move violently; to agitate. \'bdOnce I
loved torn ocean's roar.\'b8
Byron.
To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; --
especially applied to theatrical ranting.
[Obs.] Shak. -- To tear down,
to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. -- To
tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. --
To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as,
to tear out the eyes. -- To tear up,
to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as,
to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of
government or order.<-- tear sheet, (a) a sheet
usu. with performations, intended to be torn from a book or
booklet to be used for some purpose. (b) any sheet torn from a
publication. -->
Tear (?), v. i. 1. To
divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this
cloth tears easily.
2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush
with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Tear (?), n. The act of
tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
Macaulay.
Wear and tear. See under Wear,
n.
Tear"er (?), n. One who tears
or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with
violence.
Tear"-fall`ing (?), a. Shedding
tears; tender. [Poetic]
\'bdTear-falling pity.\'b8
Shak.
Tear"ful (?), a. Abounding with
tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
eyes. -- Tear"ful*ly,
adv. -- Tear"ful*ness,
n.
Tear"less, a. Shedding no tears; free
from tears; unfeeling. -- Tear"less*ly,
adv. -- Tear"less*ness,
n.
Tear"pit` (?), n. (Anat.)
A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and
antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being
opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
Tear"-thumb` (?), n.
(Bot.) A name given to several species of plants
of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute
reflexed prickles.
Tear"y (?), a. 1. Wet
with tears; tearful.
2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
Tea"-sau`cer (?), n. A small
saucer in which a teacup is set.
Tease (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Teased (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing.]
[AS. t to pluck, tease; akin to OD.
teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan.
t\'91se, t\'91sse. \'fb58. Cf.
Touse.] 1. To comb or card, as wool
or flax. \'bdTeasing matted wool.\'b8
Wordsworth.
2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising
a nap; teasel.
3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into
minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to
harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by
jests and raillery; to plague.
Cowper.
He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts
directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague;
torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin. --
Tease, Vex. To tease is literally to
pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect to
little things, which is often more irritating, and harder to
bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally to seize
and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as,
to vex the ocean with storms. This sense of the
term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger
word than tease, denoting the disturbance or anger
created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We
are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are
vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our
servants.
Not by the force of carnal reason,
But indefatigable teasing.
Hudibras.
In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly
placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the
agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into
vexation and chagrin.
Cogan.
Tease tenon (Joinery), a long tenon
at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one
above the other.
Tease (?), n. One who teases or
plagues. [Colloq.]
Tea"sel (?), n. [OE.
tesel, AS. t, t, the
fuller's herb. See Tease.] [Written also
tassel, tazel, teasle,
teazel, and teazle.] 1.
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus,
of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large
flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This
flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen
cloth.
Dipsacus pilosus, wild
teasel is D. sylvestris.
2. A bur of this plant.
3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for
teasels in dressing cloth.
Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in
which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen
cloth.
Tea"sel, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Teaseled (?) or Teaselled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or
Teaselling.] To subject, as woolen
cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which
has an effect to raise a nap.
Tea"sel*er (?), n. One who uses
teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also
teaseller, teasler.]
Tea"sel*ing, n. The cutting and
gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written
also teaselling, teazling.]
Teas"er (?), n. 1. One
who teases or vexes.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A jager gull.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tea"sle (?), n. & v. t. See
Teasel.
Tea"spoon` (?), n. A small
spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for
other purposes.
Tea"spoon`ful (?), n.; pl.
Teaspoonfuls (. As much as
teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually
reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
Teat (?), n. [OE.
tete, titte, AS. tit,
titt; akin to LG. & OD. titte, D.
tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette,
probably of Teutonic origin.] 1. The
protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast
of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or
nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
Teat"ed, a. Having protuberances
resembling the teat of an animal.
Teathe (?), n. & v. See
Tath. [Prov. Eng.]
Teat"ish (?), a. Peevish;
tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Teaze"-hole` (?), n. [Corrupted
fr. F. tisard fire door.] (Glass
Works) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel
is introduced.
Tea"zel (?), n. & v. t. See
Teasel.
Tea"zer (?), n. [Corrupted fr.
F. tiser to feed a fire.] The stoker or
fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
Tomlinson.
Tea"zle (?), n. & v. t. See
Teasel.
Te"beth (?), n. [Heb.]
The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering
to a part of December with a part of January.
Esther ii. 16.
Tech"i*ly (?), adv. In a techy
manner.
Tech"i*ness, n. The quality or state of
being techy.
Tech"nic (?), a.
Technical.
Tech"nic, n. [See Technical,
a.] 1. The method of performance
in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
They illustrate the method of nature, not the
technic of a manlike Artificer.
Tyndall.
2. pl. Technical terms or objects;
things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.
Tech"nic*al (?), a. [Gr. text: cf. F.
technique.] Of or pertaining to the useful
or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like;
specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as,
the words of an indictment must be technical.
Blackstone.
Tech`ni*cal"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Technicalities (. 1.
The quality or state of being technical;
technicalness.
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any
trade, profession, sect, or the like.
The technicalities of the sect.
Palfrey.
Tech"nic*al*ly (?), adv. In a
technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used
in any art, business, or profession.
Tech"nic*al*ness, n. The quality or
state of being technical; technicality.
Tech"nic*als (?), n. pl. Those
things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or
profession; technical terms; technics.
Tech"ni*cist (?), n. One
skilled to technics or in one or more of the practical
arts.
Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al (?), a.
Technological; technical. [R.]
Dr. J. Scott.
Tech`ni*col"o*gy (?), n.
Technology. [R.]
Tech"nics (?), n. The doctrine
of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the
arts.
Tech`nique" (?), n. [F.]
Same as Technic, n.
Tech"nism (?), n.
Technicality.
Tech`no*log"ic (?), a.
Technological.
Tech`no*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf.
F. technologique.] Of or pertaining to
technology.
Tech*nol"o*gist (?), n. One
skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of
arts.
Tech*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy; cf. Gr. technologie.] Industrial science; the
science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts,
especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning,
weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Technology is not an independent science,
having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of
applications of the principles established in the various
physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to
manufacturing processes.
Internat. Cyc.
Tech"y (?), a. [From OE.
tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit, vice,
OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish,
habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin
to E. tack a small nail. See Tack a small
nail, and cf. Touchy.] Peevish; fretful;
irritable.
Tec`ti*branch (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used
adjectively.
\'d8Tec`ti*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl.
[NL.] Same as Tectibranchiata.
\'d8Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tectus (p.p. of tegere to
cover) + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An
order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are
usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold
of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and
delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble
shells are examples.
Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [L.
tectus (p.p. of tegere to cover) + E.
branchiate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having
the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the
Tectibranchiata. -- n. A
tectibranchiate mollusk.
Tect"ly (?), adv. [L.
tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.]
Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
Tec*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] (Biol.) A
division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic
individuality constituting the purely structural portion of
morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of
organic individuals of different orders, each organ being
considered an individual. See Promorphology, and
Morphon.
Tec*ton"ic (?), a. [L.
tectonicus, Gr. Of or pertaining to building or
construction; architectural.
Tec*ton"ics (?), n. The
science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or
other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for
which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic
sentiments and ideas.
Tec*to"ri*al (?), a. [L.
tectorius.] (Anat.) Of or
pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over
the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
\'d8Tec"tri*ces (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to
cover.] (Zo\'94l.) The wing coverts of a
bird. See Covert, and Illust. of
Bird.
Te"cum (?), n. (Bot.)
See Tucum.
Ted (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Tedded (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tedding.] [Prob. fr. Icel.
te to spread manure, fr. ta manure;
akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. \'fb58. Cf.
Teathe.] To spread, or turn from the swath,
and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in
the past participle.
The smell of grain or tedded grass.
Milton.
The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field.
Coleridge.
Ted"der (?), n. A machine for
stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.
Ted"der, n. [OE. \'fb64. See
Tether.] Same as Tether.
Ted"der, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Teddered (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Teddering.] Same as
Tether.
\'d8Te` De"um (?). [L., from te
(accus. of tu thou) + Deum, accus. of
Deus God. See Thou, and
Deity.] 1. An ancient and celebrated
Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to
St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words \'bdTe Deum
laudamus.\'b8 It forms part of the daily matins of the
Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of
thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, \'bdWe
praise thee, O God,\'b8 it forms a part of the regular morning
service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America.
2. A religious service in which the singing of the
hymn forms a principal part.
Tedge (?), n. (Founding)
The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is
poured; runner, geat.
Te`di*os"i*ty (?), n.
Tediousness. [Obs.]
Te"di*ous (?), a. [L.
taediosus, fr. taedium. See
Tedium.] Involving tedium; tiresome from
continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
-- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. --
Te"di*ous*ness, n.
I see a man's life is a tedious one.
Shak.
I would not be tedious to the court.
Bunyan.
Syn. -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
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Te"di*um (?), n. [L.
taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies
one.] Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
[Written also t\'91dium.]
Cowper.
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all
manner of bams.
Prof. Wilson.
The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly
of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.
Dickens.
Tee (?), n. [Cf. Icel.
tj\'be to show, mark.] (a) The
mark aimed at in curling and in quoits. (b)
The nodule of earth <-- or short peg stuck into the ground
--> from which the ball is struck in golf.
Tee, n. A short piece of pipe having a
lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a
right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the
letter T in shape.
Tee" i`ron (?). See T iron,
under T.
Teek (?), n. (Bot.)
See Teak. [Obs.]
Teel (?), n. Sesame.
[Sometimes written til.]
Teel oil, sesame oil.
Teel"seed` (?), n. The seed of
sesame.
Teem (?), v. t. [Icel.
t\'91ma to empty, from t\'d3mr empty; akin
to Dan. t\'94mme to empty, Sw. t\'94mma.
See Toom to empty.] 1. To pour; --
commonly followed by out; as, to teem out
ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Swift.
2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel,
from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem, v. t. [See Tame,
a., and cf. Beteem.] To think
fit. [Obs. or R.]
G. Gifford.
Teem, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Teemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS.
t\'c7man, t, from te\'a0m.
See Team.] 1. To bring forth young,
as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be
pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen.
Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be
stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to
cover former villainy.
Sir W. Scott.
The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
teem in our time.
F. Harrison.
Teem, v. t. To produce; to bring
forth. [R.]
That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute teems a new one.
Shak.
Teem"er (?), n. One who teems,
or brings forth.
Teem"ful (?), a. 1.
Pregnant; prolific. [Obs.]
2. Brimful. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Teem"ing, a. Prolific; productive.
Teeming buds and cheerful appear.
Dryden.
Teem"less, a. Not fruitful or prolific;
barren; as, a teemless earth.
[Poetic]
Dryden.
Teen (?), n. [OE.
tene, AS. te\'a2na reproach, wrong, fr.
te\'a2n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth.
gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to
say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction;
pain. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Spenser.
With public toil and private teen
Thou sank'st alone.
M. Arnold.
Teen, v. t. [AS. te\'a2nian,
t, to slander, vex. \'fb64. See Teen,
n.] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to
affict; to injure. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Teen, v. t. [See Tine to
shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Teen"age (?), n. The longer
wood for making or mending fences. [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
Teend (?), v. t. & i. [See
Tinder.] To kindle; to burn.
[Obs.]
Herrick.
Teen"ful (?), a. Full of teen;
harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Teens (?), n. pl. [See
Ten.] The years of one's age having the
termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending
with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
Tee"ny (?), a. Very small;
tiny. [Colloq.]
Teen"y (?), a. [See
Teen grief.] Fretful; peevish; pettish;
cross. [Prov. Eng.]
Tee*ong" (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The mino bird.
Teest (?), n. A tinsmith's
stake, or small anvil.
Tee"tan (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A pipit. [Prov.
Eng.]
Tee"tee (?), n. [Sp.
tit\'a1.] 1. (Zo\'94l.)
Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South
American monkeys belonging to Callithrix,
Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared
teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the
squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea).
Called also pinche, titi,
and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey,
under Squirrel.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A diving petrel of
Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
Tee"ter (?), v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Teetered
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Teetering.] [Prov. E. titter
to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble,
OHG. zittar\'d3n, G. zittern.]
To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the
like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to
titter-totter. [U. S.]
[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered
up and down.
H. W. Beecher.
Tee"ter-tail` (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note
under Sandpiper.
Teeth (?), n., pl.
of Tooth.
Teeth (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Teethed
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Teething.] To breed, or grow,
teeth.
Teeth"ing (?), n. The process
of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their
issue through the gums; dentition.
Tee*to"tal (?), a. Entire;
total. [Colloq.]
Tee*to"tal*er (?), n. One
pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Tee*to"tal*ism (?), n. The
principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from
intoxicating drinks.
Tee*to"tal*ly (?), adv.
Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]
Tee*to"tum (?), n. [For
T-totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and
was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it,
standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that
is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a
letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning
put down, N nothing or L. nil, H
half. See Total.] A child's toy, somewhat
resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a
teetotum nearly spent.
Dickens.
Tee"tuck (?), n. The rock
pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Tee"uck (?), n. The
lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Tee"wit (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The pewit. [Prov.
Eng.]
Teg (?), n. A sheep in its
second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
\'d8Teg"men (?), n.; pl.
Tegmina (#). [L., fr.
tegere, tectum, to cover.]
1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating
of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zo\'94l.) One of the elytra of an
insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Tectrices.
Teg*men"tal (?), a.
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or
tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast;
the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
\'d8Teg*men"tum (?), n.; pl.
Tegmenta (#). [L., a
covering.] (Anat.) A covering; -- applied
especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper
part of the crura of the cerebrum.
Te*guex"in (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A large South American lizard
(Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long,
and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various
sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and
birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus
rufescens is called red teguexin.
\'d8Teg"u*la (?), n.; pl.
Tegul\'91 (#). [L., a tile, dim.
fr. tegere to cover.] (Zo\'94l.)
A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of
Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
Teg"u*lar (?), a. [LL.
tegularis, from L. tegula a tile. See
Tile.] Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling
a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a
tegular pavement. --
Teg"u*lar*ly, adv.
Teg`u*la"ted (?), a. Composed
of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; --
said of a kind of ancient armor.
Fairholt.
Teg"u*ment (?), n. [L.
tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See
Thatch, n., and cf. Detect,
Protect.] 1. A cover or covering; an
integument.
2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of
some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
Teg`u*men"ta*ry (?), a. [Cf. F.
t\'82gumentaire.] Of or pertaining to a
tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a
tegument or covering.
Te-hee" (?), n. & interj. A
tittering laugh; a titter. \'bd'Te-hee,' quoth
she.\'b8
Chaucer.
Te-hee", v. i. To titter; to laugh
derisively.
She cried, \'bdCome, come; you must not look grave upon
me.\'b8 Upon this, I te-heed.
Madame D'Arblay.
Teil (?), n. [OF.
teil, til, L. tilia.]
(Bot.) The lime tree, or linden; -- called also
teil tree.
Teind (?), n. [Cf. Icel.
t\'c6und. See Tithe.] A
tithe. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Teine (?), n. See
Teyne. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tein"land (?), n. (O. Eng.
Law) Land granted by the crown to a thane or
lord.
Burrill.
Tei"no*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Physics)
An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct
the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of
objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; --
called also prism telescope.
Sir D. Brewster.
Teint (?), n. [F.
teint, teinte. See Tint.]
Tint; color; tinge, See Tint.
[Obs.]
Time shall . . . embrown the teint.
Dryden.
Tein"ture (?), n. [F. See
Tincture.] Color; tinge; tincture.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Tek (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
A Siberian ibex.
\'d8Tel`a*mo"nes (?), n. pl.
[L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. (Arch.) Same as
Atlantes.
\'d8Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis (?), n.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Med.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy (?), n.
(Med.) Telangiectasis.
Te"lar*ly (?), adv. In a
weblike manner. [Obs.] \'bdTelarly
interwoven.\'b8
Sir T. Browne.
Te"la*ry (?), a. [LL.
telaris, fr. L. tela a web. See
Toil a snare.] Of or pertaining to a web;
hence, spinning webs; retiary. \'bdPictures of
telary spiders.\'b8
Sir T. Browne.
Tel"e*du (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus
meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very
offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a
skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra,
and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking
badger, and stinkard.
Tel"e*gram (?), n. [Gr. -gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a
telegraphic dispatch.
telegram, instead of
telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic
communication.\'b8
Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
Tel`e*gram*mic (?), a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise;
brief. [R.]
Tel"e*graph (?), n. [Gr. toli) + -graph: cf.
F. t\'82l\'82graphe. See Graphic.]
An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence
rapidly between distant points, especially by means of
preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or
ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical
action.
indicator, type-printing,
symbol-printing, or chemical-printing
telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by the
movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone's
(the form commonly used in England), or by impressing, on a
fillet of paper, letters from types, as in House's and Hughe's,
or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a magnet, as in
Morse's, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in
Bain's. In the offices in the United States the recording
instrument is now little used, the receiving operator reading by
ear the combinations of long and short intervals of sound
produced by the armature of an electro-magnet as it is put in
motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit, which motion,
in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the
lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Acoustic telegraph. See under
Acoustic. -- Dial telegraph, a
telegraph in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other
symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at
each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or
index of the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the
movements of that at the sending station. --
Electric telegraph, Electro-magnetic
telegraph, a telegraph in which an operator at
one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means
of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and
transmitted over an intervening wire. -- Facsimile
telegraph. See under Facsimile. --
Indicator telegraph. See under
Indicator. -- Pan-telegraph, an
electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an
autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant
station. -- Printing telegraph, an electric
telegraph which automatically prints the message as it is
received at a distant station, in letters, not signs. --
Signal telegraph, a telegraph in which
preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one
station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a
semaphore. -- Submarine telegraph cable, a
telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by
a body of water. -- Telegraph cable, a
telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires,
inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring
the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a
strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in
a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean. --
Telegraph plant (Bot.), a leguminous
plant (Desmodium gyrans) native of the East Indies.
The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a
semaphore.
Tel"e*graph (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Telegraphed
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telegraphing
(?).] [F.
t\'82l\'82graphier.] To convey or announce
by telegraph.
Te*leg"ra*pher (?), n. One who
sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a
telegraphist.
Tel`e*graph"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
t\'82l\'82graphique.] Of or pertaining to
the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as,
telegraphic signals; telegraphic art;
telegraphic intelligence.
Tel`e*graph"ic*al (?), a.
Telegraphic. --
Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Te*leg"ra*phist (?), n. One
skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Te*leg"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F.
t\'82l\'82graphie.] The science or art of
constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs;
as, submarine telegraphy.
Te*lem"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] An instrument used for
measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a
telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter
of an object whose real dimensions are known.
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from its sensors by radio to a base station. Such instruments
are used for measuring conditions in space or in other locations
difficult of access for humans observers, or merely to allow one
observer to monitor conditions in many places simultaneaously.
Telemetry. The science or process of making remote
measurements and sending the data by radio. -->
\'d8Te`le*o*ceph"i*al (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) An extensive order of bony fishes
including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon,
cod, perch, etc.
Te`le*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf.
F. t\'82l\'82ologique.] (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of
design. -- Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Te`le*ol"o*gist (?), n.
(Biol.) One versed in teleology.
Te`le*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F.
t\'82l\'82ologie.] The doctrine of the
final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),
the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of
organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable
only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a
mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological
science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
Te"le*o*phore` (?), n. [Gr.
teleos complete +
(Zo\'94l.) Same as Gonotheca.
Te`le*or*gan"ic (?), a. [Gr.
teleos complete + E. organic.]
(Physiol.) Vital; as, teleorganic
functions.
Te`le*o*saur" (?), n.
(Paleon.) Any one of several species of fossil
suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These
reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave
vertebr\'91.
\'d8Te`le*o*sau"rus (?), n.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Paleon.) A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles
of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.
Te"le*ost (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the
Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Te`le*os"te*an (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to the teleosts.
-- n. A teleostean fish.
\'d8Te`le*os"te*i (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A subclass of fishes including all the
ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.
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\'d8Te"le*os`to*mi (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) An extensive division of fishes
including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.
Te`le*o*zo"ic (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Having tissued composed of
cells.
Te*le*o*zo"\'94n (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A metazoan.
Te*lep"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. The sympathetic
affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of
another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary
channels of sensation. --
Tel`e*path"ic, a. --
Te*lep"a*thist, n.
Tel"e*pheme (?), n. [Gr. A message by a telephone.
[Recent]
Tel"e*phone (?), n. [Gr. (Physics) An
instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech,
at a distance.
magnetic
telephone, or magneto-telephone, the diaphragm
is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which
is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce
corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The
mechanical, or string, telephone
is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a
thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or
string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote
station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ
electricity.
Tel"e*phone, v. t. To convey or announce
by telephone.
Tel`e*phon"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
t\'82l\'82phonique. See Telephone.]
1. Conveying sound to a great distance.
2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the
telephone.
Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly (?), adv.
By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the
telephone.
Te*leph"o*ny (?), n. The art or
process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the
telephone.
Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope (?), n.
[Gr. polariscope.]
(Opt.) A polariscope arranged to be attached to a
telescope.
Lockyer.
Tel`e*ryth"in (?), n. [Gr. erythrin.] (Chem.) A
red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin.
So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin
compounds.
Tel"e*scope (?), n. [Gr. t\'82lescope. See
Telegraph, and -scope.] An optical
instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly
bodies.
object glass, or concave
mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an
image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a
microscope, by which the image is magnified.
Achromatic telescope. See under
Achromatic. -- Aplanatic telescope,
a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. --
Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a
simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the
image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits
objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical
observations. -- Cassegrainian telescope, a
reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which
differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum
convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum.
The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in
their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see
Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below)
is a Cassegrainian telescope. -- Dialytic
telescope. See under Dialytic.
Equatorial telescope. See the Note under
Equatorial. -- Galilean telescope, a
refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead
of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the
construction originally adopted by Galileo, the
inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that
is, in their natural positions. -- Gregorian
telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under
Gregorian. -- Herschelian telescope,
a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William
Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by
means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of
the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied
directly. -- Newtonian telescope, a form of
reflecting telescope. See under Newtonian. --
Photographic telescope, a telescope specially
constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. --
Prism telescope. See Teinoscope. --
Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the
image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two
speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the
smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See
Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, , above. -- Refracting
telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by
refraction through an object glass. -- Telescope
carp (Zo\'94l.), the telescope fish. --
Telescope fish (Zo\'94l.), a monstrous
variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. --
Telescope fly (Zo\'94l.), any
two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa
and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes
raised on very long stalks. -- Telescope shell
(Zo\'94l.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium
telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. --
Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender
telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the
eyepiece and used as a sight. -- Terrestrial
telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two
lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting
the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
Tel"e*scope (?), a.
[imp. & p. p. Telescoped
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping
(?).] To slide or pass one within
another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or
spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a
manner that one runs into another. [Recent]
Tel"e*scope, v. t. To cause to come into
collision, so as to telescope. [Recent]
{ Tel`e*scop"ic (?),
Tel`e*scop"ic*al (?), } a.
[Cf. F. t\'82lescopique.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a
telescope.
2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope;
as, telescopic stars.
3. Able to discern objects at a distance;
farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye;
telescopic vision.
4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding
one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a
spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of
concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the
telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the
telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put
out of sight by being lowered endwise.
Tel`e*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. In a
telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
Te*les"co*pist (?), n. One who
uses a telescope.
R. A. Proctor.
Te*les"co*py (?), n. The art or
practice of using or making telescopes.
Tel"esm (?), n. [Ar.
tilism. See Talisman.] A kind of
amulet or magical charm. [Obs.]
J. Gregory.
{ Tel`es*mat"ic (?),
Tel`es*mat"ic*al (?), } a.
Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.
J. Gregory.
Tel`e*spec"tro*scope (?), n.
[Gr. spectroscope.]
(Astron.) A spectroscope arranged to be attached
to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or
stars.
Lockyer.
Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope (?), n.
[Gr. stereoscope.]
(Opt.) A stereoscope adapted to view distant
natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.
Te*les"tic (?), a. [Gr. Tending or
relating to a purpose or an end. [R.]
Cudworth.
Te*les"tich (?), n. [Gr. A poem in which the
final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf.
Acrostic.
Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter (?), n.
[Gr. thermometer.]
(Physics) An apparatus for determining the
temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or
otherwise.
Te*leu"to*spore (?), n. [Gr.
spore.] (Bot.)
The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order
Uredinales), produced in late summer. See
Illust. of Uredospore.
Tel"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Gram.) Denoting the final
end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See
Ecbatic.
Gibbs.
Tell (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Told (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Telling.]
[AS. tellan, from talu tale, number,
speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G.
z\'84hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say,
Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak,
t\'91lle to count. See Tale that which is
told.] 1. To mention one by one, or piece by
piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count;
as, to tell money. \'bdAn heap of coin he
told.\'b8
Spenser.
He telleth the number of the stars.
Ps. cxlvii. 4.
Tell the joints of the body.
Jer. Taylor.
2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account
of; to narrate.
Of which I shall tell all the array.
Chaucer.
And not a man appears to tell their fate.
Pope.
3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to
divulge.
Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy
wife?
Gen. xii. 18.
4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to
acquaint; to teach; to inform.
A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of?
Shak.
5. To order; to request; to command.
He told her not to be frightened.
Dickens.
6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by
observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not
tell where one color ends and the other
begins.
7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to
value; to estimate. [Obs.]
I ne told no dainity of her love.
Chaucer.
Tell, though equivalent in some respect
to speak and say, has not always the same
application. We say, to tell truth or falsehood, to
tell a number, to tell the reasons, to
tell something or nothing; but we never say, to
tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to
tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in
commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell
me all you know.
To tell off, to count; to divide. Sir
W. Scott.
Syn. -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
Tell, v. i. 1. To give an
account; to make report.
That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and
tell of all thy wondrous works.
Ps. xxvi. 7.
2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect;
as, every shot tells; every expression
tells.
To tell of. (a) To speak of; to
mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform
against; to disclose some fault of. -- To tell
on, to inform against. [Archaic &
Colloq.]
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did
David.
1 Sam. xxvii. 11.
Tell, n. That which is told; tale;
account. [R.]
I am at the end of my tell.
Walpole.
Tell, n. [Ar.] A hill or
mound.
W. M. Thomson.
Tell"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being told.
Tel"len (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Any species of Tellina.
Tell"er (?), n. 1. One
who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or
describer.
2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer,
formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay
moneys payable by the king.
Cowell.
3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts
over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in
a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
Tell"er*ship, n. The office or
employment of a teller.
\'d8Tel*li"na (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A
genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often
handsomely colored shells.
Tell"ing (?), a. Operating with
great effect; effective; as, a telling
speech. -- Tell"ing*ly,
adv.
Tell"tale` (?), a. Telling
tales; babbling. \'bdThe telltale heart.\'b8
Poe.
Tell"tale`, n. 1. One who
officiously communicates information of the private concerns of
others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory,
lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ,
that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is
exhausted.
3. (Naut.) (a) A mechanical
attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a
tiller, shows the position of the helm. (b) A
compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the
captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the
vessel's course.
4. (Mach.) A machine or contrivance for
indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a
check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check
takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they
have done or omitted.
5. (Zo\'94l.) The tattler. See
Tattler.
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Tel*lu"ral (?), a. [L.
tellus, -uris, the earth.] Of or
pertaining to the earth. [R.]
Tel"lu*rate (?), n. [Cf. F.
tellurate. See Tellurium.]
(Chem.) A salt of telluric acid.
Tel"lu*ret (?), n.
(Chem.) A telluride.
[Obsoles.]
Tel"lu*ret`ed (?), n.
(Chem.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium;
tellurized. [Written also
telluretted.] [Obsoles.]
Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.),
hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous
substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also
tellurhydric acid.
Tel`lur*hy"dric (?), a.
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating,
hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when
in solution.
Tel*lu"ri*an (?), a. [L.
tellus, -uris, the earth.] Of or
pertaining to the earth.
De Quincey.
Tel*lu"ri*an, n. 1. A dweller
on the earth.
De Quincey.
2. An instrument for showing the operation of the
causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the
changes of the seasons. [Written also
tellurion.]
Tel*lu"ric (?), a. [L.
tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F.
tellurique.] 1. Of or pertaining
to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Amid these hot, telluric flames.
Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to
tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a higher
valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds;
as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric
acid.
Telluric bismuth (Min.),
tetradymite. -- Telluric silver
(Min.), hessite.
Tel"lu*ride (?), n.
(Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more
positive element or radical; -- formerly called
telluret.
Tel"lu*rism (?), n. An
hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in
Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a
telluric spirit or influence. [R.]
S. Thompson.
Tel"lu*rite (?), n. 1.
(Chem.) A salt of tellurous acid.
2. (Min.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs
sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
Tel*lu"ri*um (?), n. [NL., from
L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
(Chem.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to
sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of
a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals,
as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in
Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See
Sylvanite. -- Tellurium glance
(Min.), nagyagite; -- called also black
tellurium.
Tel"lu*rize (?), v. t.
(Chem.) To impregnate with, or to subject to the
action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past
participle; as, tellurized ores.
Tel"lu*rous (?), a.
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived
from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those
compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted
with telluric compounds; as, tellurous
acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.
Tel`o*dy*nam"ic (?), a. [Gr.
dynamic.] Relating to a system
for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving
ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Tel`oo*goo" (?), n. See
Telugu.
D. O. Allen.
\'d8Te*lot"ro*cha (?), n.; pl.
Telotroch\'91 (#). [NL. See
Telotrochal.] (Zo\'94l.) An
annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
{ Te*lot"ro*chal (?),
Te*lot"ro*chous (?), } a.
[Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) Having both a preoral and a posterior
band of cilla; -- applied to the larv\'91 of certain
annelids.
Tel"o*type (?), n. [Gr. -type.] An electric telegraph which
prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
Tel"pher (?), n. [Gr. (Elec.) A
contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of
electricity.
Fleeming Jenkin.
Telpher line, Telpher
road, an electric line or road over which
vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines
actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Tel"pher*age (?), n. The
conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Fleeming Jenkin.
Tel"son (?), n.; pl.
Telsons (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The terminal
joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and
other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Tel`u*gu" (?), n. 1. A
Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras
presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after
Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
[Spelt also Teloogoo.]
2. One of the people speaking the Telugu
language.
Tel`u*gu", a. Of or pertaining to the
Telugu language, or the Telugus.
Tem`er*a"ri*ous (?), a. [L.
temerarius. See Temerity.]
Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash;
headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless. --
Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly,
adv.
I spake against temerarious judgment.
Latimer.
Tem`er*a"tion (?), n. [L.
temerare to defile.] Temerity.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
Te*mer"i*ty (?), n. [L.
temeritas, from temere by chance, rashly;
perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F.
t\'82m\'82rit\'82.] Unreasonable contempt
of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the
temerity of a commander in war.
Syn. -- Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness;
venturesomeness. -- Temerity,
Rashness. These words are closely allied in sense, but
have a slight difference in their use and application.
Temerity is Latin, and rashness is
Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin term is more select
and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more familiar and energetic. We
show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to
which they lead. We show rashness in particular
actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of
temerity to approach the verge of a precipice; it is
an act of rashness to jump into a river without being
able to swim. Temerity, then, is an unreasonable
contempt of danger; rashness is a rushing into danger
from thoughtlessness or excited feeling.
It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon
grounds uncapable of evidence.
Barrow.
Her rush hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.
Milton.
Tem"er*ous (?), a.
Temerarious. [Obs.]
Tem*pe"an (?), a. Of or
pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek
poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple;
hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.
Tem"per (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tempered
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tempering.] [AS. temprian or
OF. temper, F. temp\'82rer, and (in sense
3) temper, L. temperare, akin to
tempus time. Cf. Temporal,
Distemper, Tamper.] 1. To
mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as
by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient;
hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to
calm.
Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch
indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder
system.
Bancroft.
Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Otway.
But thy fire
Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher.
Byron.
She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about
her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful
shades and colors.
Addison.
2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater,
tempered itself to every man's liking.
Wisdom xvi. 21.
3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree
of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver
sound.
Dryden.
4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism &
Obs.]
With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth.
Spenser.
5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir
thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding,
etc.
6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical
scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Syn. -- To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
Tem"per, n. 1. The state of any
compound substance which results from the mixture of various
ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just
combination; as, the temper of mortar.
2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old
writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors,
blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper
increased the exquisiteness of his torment.
Fuller.
3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the
mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections;
as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a
fretful temper.
Remember with what mild
And gracious temper he both heared and judged.
Milton.
The consequents of a certain ethical temper.
J. H. Newman.
4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity;
composure; as, to keep one's temper.
To fall with dignity, with temper rise.
Pope.
Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers.
B. Jonson.
5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness
to anger; -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
6. The state of a metal or other substance,
especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of
heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or
steel.
7. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
[R.]
The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the
mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles,
and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular
circumstances.
Macaulay.
8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other
substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify
sugar.
Temper screw, in deep well boring, an
adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope
carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling
progresses.
Syn. -- Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See
Disposition.
Tem"per, v. i. 1. To accord; to
agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. To have or get a proper or desired state or
quality; to grow soft and pliable.
I have him already tempering between my finger and
my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.
Shak.
\'d8Tem"pe*ra (?), n.
[It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of
painting; distemper.
Tem"per*a*ble (?), a. Capable
of being tempered.
The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of
metals.
Emerson.
Tem"per*a*ment (?), n. [L.
temperamentum a mixing in due proportion, proper
measure, temperament: cf. F. temp\'82rament. See
Temper, v. t.] 1.
Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative
proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just state
and temperament.
Sir M. Hale.
2. Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought
about by mutual compromises or concessions.
[Obs.]
However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any
temperament that can be found in things of this
nature, so disputable on their side.
Milton.
3. The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment,
as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the
means by which such adjustment is effected.
Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular
assemblies.
Sir J. Mackintosh.
4. Condition with regard to heat or cold;
temperature. [Obs.]
Bodies are denominated \'bdhot\'b8 and \'bdcold\'b8 in
proportion to the present temperament of that part of
our body to which they are applied.
Locke.
5. (Mus.) A system of compromises in the
tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones
generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually
modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the
actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This
scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive
of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not
mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the
convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key
or scale, C<-- = tempering -->
6. (Physiol.) The peculiar physical and
mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously
supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and
proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of
the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases,
bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine
temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of
these fluids and a corresponding influence on the
temperament.
Equal temperament (Mus.), that in
which the variations from mathematically true pitch are
distributed among all the keys alike. -- Unequal
temperament (Mus.), that in which the
variations are thrown into the keys least used.
Tem`per*a*men"tal (?), a. Of or
pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Tem"per*ance (?), n. [L.
temperantia: cf. F. temp\'82rance. See
Temper, v. t.] 1.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the
natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate
indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and
drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or
mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence,
in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness;
sedateness. [R.] \'bdA gentleman of all
temperance.\'b8
Shak.
He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
Spenser.
3. State with regard to heat or cold;
temperature. [Obs.] \'bdTender and delicate
temperance.\'b8
Shak.
Temperance society, an association formed for
the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage.
Tem"per*an*cy (?), n.
Temperance.
Tem"per*ate (?), a. [L.
temperatus, p.p. of temperare. See
Temper, v. t.] 1.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a
temperate climate.
2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool;
calm; as, temperate language.
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
Shak.
That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
Tennyson.
3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural
appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and
drinking.
Be sober and temperate, and you will be
healthy.
Franklin.
4. Proceeding from temperance.
[R.]
The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Pope.
Temperate zone (Geog.), that part
of the earth which lies between either tropic and the
corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less
than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid
zones.
Syn. -- Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
Tem"per*ate (?), v. t. To
render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
Marston.
Tem"per*ate*ly (?), adv. In a
temperate manner.
Tem"per*ate*ness, n. The quality or
state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Tem"per*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. L.
temperativus soothing.] Having power to
temper. [R.]
T. Granger.
Tem"per*a*ture (?), n. [F.
temp\'82rature, L. temperatura due measure,
proportion, temper, temperament.] 1.
Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in
seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy.
Bacon.
Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain.
I. Watts.
2. Freedom from passion; moderation.
[Obs.]
In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry.
Spenser.
3. (Physics) Condition with respect to
heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced,
or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold;
as, the temperature of the air; high
temperature; low temperature;
temperature of freezing or of boiling.
4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
Holland.
Absolute temperature. (Physics) See
under Absolute. -- Animal temperature
(Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature
maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate
source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See Homoiothermal. -- Temperature
sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature
in external objects. H. N. Martin.
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Tem"pered (?), a. Brought to a
proper temper; as, tempered steel; having
(such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a
good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a
well-tempered sword.
Tem"per*er (?), n. One who, or
that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime,
cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
Tem"per*ing, n. (Metal.) The
process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to
a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving
to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes,
consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to
redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of
hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is
reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the
color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of
oil.
Tempering color, the shade of color that
indicates the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw
yellow for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw
yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for axes,
chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple for table
knives and shears; purple for swords and watch springs; blue for
springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged with green, too soft
for steel instruments.
Tem"pest (?), n. [OF.
tempeste, F. temp\'88te, (assumed) LL.
tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of
time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time.
See Temporal of time.] 1. An
extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and
violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a
furious storm.
[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed.
Milton.
2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a
political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the
passions.
3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note
under Drum, n., 4.
[Archaic]
Smollett.
Tempest is sometimes used in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
tempest-beaten, tempest-loving,
tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
like.
Syn. -- Storm; agitation; perturbation. See
Storm.
Tem"pest, v. t. [Cf. OF.
tempester, F. temp\'88ter to rage.]
To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]
Part huge of bulk
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean.
Milton.
Tem"pest, v. i. To storm.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Tem*pes"tive (?), a. [L.
tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as,
tempestive showers. [Obs.]
Heywood. -- Tem*pes"tive*ly,
adv. [Obs.]
Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly (?), n. [L.
tempestivitas.] The quality, or state, of
being tempestive; seasonableness. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Tem*pes"tu*ous (?), a. [L.
tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F.
temp\'88tueux.] Of or pertaining to a
tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent;
stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a
tempestuous night; a tempestuous
debate. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly,
adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness,
n.
They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
Longfellow.
Tem"plar (?), n. [OE.
templere, F. templier, LL.
templarius. See Temple a church.]
1. One of a religious and military order first
established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century,
for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These
Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple,
were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of
Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.
2. A student of law, so called from having
apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having
belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple,
and Middle Temple, under Temple.
[Eng.]
3. One belonged to a certain order or degree among
the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of
an order among temperance men, styled Good
Templars.
Tem"plar, a. Of or pertaining to a
temple. [R.]
Solitary, family, and templar devotion.
Coleridge.
Tem"plate (?), n. Same as
Templet.
Tem"ple (?), n. [Cf.
Templet.] (Weaving) A contrivence
used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Tem"ple, n. [OF. temple, F.
tempe, from L. tempora, tempus;
perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to
be the same word as tempus, temporis, the
fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf.
Tempo, Tense, n.] 1.
(Anat.) The space, on either side of the head,
back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in
front of the ear.
2. One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles,
jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head
to hold the spectacles in place.
Tem"ple, n. [AS. tempel, from
L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf.
Gr. t\'82mple, from the Latin. Cf.
Contemplate.] 1. A place or edifice
dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the
temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in
India. \'bdThe temple of mighty Mars.\'b8
Chaucer.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected
at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
John x. 23.
3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a
place of public worship; a church.
Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of
God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to
devotion and sanctified by prayer?
Buckminster.
4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence
specially resides. \'bdThe temple of his
body.\'b8
John ii. 21.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
the spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Cor. iii. 16.
The groves were God's first temples.
Bryant.
Inner Temple, Middle
Temple, two buildings, or ranges of buildings,
occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a
monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the
Temple.
Tem"ple (?), v. t. To build a
temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to
temple a god. [R.]
Feltham.
Tem"pled (?), a. Supplied with
a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a
temple.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills.
S. F. Smith.
Tem"plet (?), n. [LL.
templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small
timber.] [Spelt also template.]
1. A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate
or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed;
as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.
2. (Arch.) A short piece of timber,
iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to
distribute the weight or pressure.
\'d8Tem"po (?), n. [It., fr. L.
tempus. See Tense, n.]
(Mus.) The rate or degree of movement in
time.
\'d8A tempo giusto (j
[It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a
return to strict time after a tempo rubato. -- Tempo
rubato. See under Rubato.
Tem"po*ral (?), a. [L.
temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F.
temporal. See Temple a part of the
head.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a
temporal artery.
Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in
the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of
hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion
above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the
lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and
mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and
tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.
Tem"po*ral (?), a. [L.
temporalis, fr. tempus,
temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or
appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf.
Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper,
v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the
head, Tense, n., Thing.]
1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the
present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from
sacred or eternal.
The things which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Cor. iv. 18.
Is this an hour for temporal affairs?
Shak.
2. Civil or political, as distinguished from
ecclesiastical; as, temporal power;
temporal courts.
Lords temporal. See under Lord,
n. -- Temporal augment. See the
Note under Augment, n.
Syn. -- Transient; fleeting; transitory.
Tem"po*ral, n. Anything temporal or
secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Dryden.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the
emperor or temporals.
Lowell.
Tem`po*ral"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Temporalities (#). [L.
temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf.
F. temporalit\'82.] 1. The state
or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to
perpetuity.
2. The laity; temporality.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.
3. That which pertains to temporal welfare;
material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic
proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the
like; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and
temporality of the same church.
Fuller.
Tem"po*ral*ly (?), adv. In a
temporal manner; secularly. [R.]
South.
Tem"po*ral*ness, n. Worldliness.
[R.]
Cotgrave.
Tem"po*ral*ty (?), n. [See
Temporality.] 1. The laity; secular
people. [Obs.]
Abp. Abbot.
2. A secular possession; a temporality.
Tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L.
temporaneus happening at the right time, fr.
tempus, temporis, time.]
Temporarity. [Obs.]
Hallywell.
Tem"po*ra*ri*ly (?), adv. In a
temporary manner; for a time.
Tem"po*ra*ri*ness, n. The quality or
state of being temporary; -- opposed to
perpetuity.
Tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. [L.
temporarius, fr. tempus,
temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.]
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a
limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained
temporary relief.
Temporary government of the city.
Motley.
Temporary star. (Astron.) See under
Star.
Tem"po*rist (?), n. A
temporizer. [Obs.]
Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide.
Marston.
Tem`po*ri*za"tion (?), n. [Cf.
F. temporisation.] The act of
temporizing.
Johnson.
Tem"po*rize (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Temporized
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing
(?).] [F. temporiser. See
Temporal of time.] 1. To comply with
the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of
opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two
parties.
They might their grievance inwardly complain,
But outwardly they needs must temporize.
Daniel.
2. To delay; to procrastinate.
[R.]
Bacon.
3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.]
Shak.
Tem"po*ri`zer (?), n. One who
temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the
prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and
maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of
preferment.
Burton.
Tem"po*ri`zing*ly (?), adv. In
a temporizing or yielding manner.
Tem"po*ro- (?). A combining form used in
anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation
to, the temple, or temporal bone;
as, temporofacial.
Tem`po*ro-au*ric"u*lar (?), a.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and
the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve.
Tem`po*ro*fa"cial (?), a.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and
the face.
Tem`po*ro*ma"lar (?), a.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and
the region of the malar bone; as, the temporomalar
nerve.
Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry (?), a.
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or
the temporal bone and the maxilla.
Temps (?), n. [OF. & F., fr. L.
tempus. See Temporal of time.]
Time. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tempse (?), n. See
Temse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tempt (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tempted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Tempting.] [OE.
tempten, tenten, from OF.
tempter, tenter, F. tenter, fr.
L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel,
attack, to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from
tendere, tentum, and tensum, to
stretch. See Thin, and cf. Attempt,
Tend, Taunt, Tent a pavilion,
Tent to probe.] 1. To put to trial;
to prove; to test; to try.
God did tempt Abraham.
Gen. xxii. 1.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Deut. vi. 16.
2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to
entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his
own lust, and enticed.
James i. 14.
3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite;
to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair.
Dryden.
Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
Pope.
4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to
attempt.
Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
Tempt`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being temptable; lability to
temptation.
Tempt"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Cudworth.
Temp*ta"tion (?), n. [OF.
temptation, tentation, F.
tentation, L. tentatio.] 1.
The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season.
Luke iv. 13.
2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to
evil.
Lead us not into temptation.
Luke xi. 4.
3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.
Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
Dryden.
Temp*ta"tion*less, a. Having no
temptation or motive; as, a temptationless
sin. [R.]
Hammond.
Temp*ta"tious (?), a.
Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]
Tempt"er (?), n. One who tempts
or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the
great enticer to evil. \'bdThose who are bent to do
wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.\'b8
Tillotson.
So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned.
Milton.
Tempt"ing, a. Adapted to entice or
allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as,
tempting pleasures. --
Tempt"ing*ly, adv. --
Tempt"ing*ness, n.
Tempt"ress (?), n. A woman who
entices.
She was my temptress, the foul provoker.
Sir W. Scott.
Temse (?), n. [F.
tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf.
Tamine.] A sieve. [Written also
tems, and tempse.] [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
Temse bread, Temsed bread,
Temse loaf, bread made of flour better
sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]
{ Tem"u*lence (?), Tem"u*len*cy
(?), } n. [L.
temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation;
drunkenness. [R.] \'bdTheir
temulency.\'b8
Jer. Taylor.
Tem"u*lent (?), a. [L.
temulentus.] Intoxicated; drunken.
[R.]
Tem"u*lent*ive (?), a. Somewhat
temulent; addicted to drink. [R.]
R. Junius.
Ten (?), a. [AS.
t\'c7n, ti\'82n, t,
t\'c7ne; akin to OFries. tian, OS.
tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG.
zehan, Icel. t\'c6u, Sw. tio,
Dan. ti, Goth. ta\'a1hun, Lith.
deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg,
Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. da\'87an. \'fb308. Cf. Dean, Decade,
Decimal, December, Eighteen,
Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One
more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
Dryden.
Ten is often used, indefinitely, for
several, many, and other like words.
There 's proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
Dryden.
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Ten (?), n. 1. The
number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten
units of objects.
I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Gen. xviii. 32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10,
x, or X.
Ten`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.
Ten"a*ble (?), a. [F.
tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L.
tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue,
Continent, Entertain, Maintain,
Tenant, Tent.] Capable of being
held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or
objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a
tenable fortress, a tenable
argument.
If you have hitherto concealed his sight,
Let it be tenable in your silence still.
Shak.
I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when
it was tenable.
Sir W. Scott.
Ten`a*ble*ness, n. Same as
Tenability.
Ten"ace (?), n. [F.
tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold
the best and third best cards and take both tricks, and adversary
having to lead. See Tenacious.] (Whist)
The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best
cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best
with third best card of a suit in any hand.
Te*na"cious (?), a. [L.
tenax, -acis, from tenere to
hold. See Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined
to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious
of their just rights.
2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a
tenacious memory.
3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other;
cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar
is more tenacious than oil.
Sir I. Newton.
4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous;
viscous; sticking; adhesive. \'bdFemale feet, too weak to
struggle with tenacious clay.\'b8
Cowper.
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Ainsworth.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose;
obstinate; stubborn.
-- Te*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Te*na"cious*ness, n.
Te*nac"i*ty (?), n. [L.
tenacitas: cf. F. t\'82nacit\'82. See
Tenacious.] 1. The quality or state
of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness,
of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of
purpose.
2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from
parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of
attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness,
fragility, mobility, etc.
3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere
to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
Holland.
4. (Physics) The greatest longitudinal
stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually
expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of
the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or
kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce
rupture.
\'d8Te*nac"u*lum (?), n.; pl.
L. Tenacula (#); E. Tenaculums
(#). [L., a holder, fr. tenere to
hold. Cf. Tenaille.] (Surg.) An
instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle,
and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Ten"a*cy (?), n. [L.
tenacia obstinacy. See Tenacious.]
Tenaciousness; obstinacy. [Obs.]
Barrow.
Te*naille" (?), n. [F., a pair
of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See
Tenaculum.] (Fort.) An outwork in
the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
See Illust. of Ravelin.
Te*nail"lon (?), n. [F. See
Tenaille.] (Fort.) A work
constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their
strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover
the shoulders of the bastions.
Ten"an*cy (?), n.; pl.
Tenacies (#). [Cf. OF.
tenace, LL. tenentia. See
Tenant.] (Law) (a) A
holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary
possession of what belongs to another. (b)
(O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to
live in, held of another.
Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.
Ten"ant (?), n. [F.
tenant, p.pr. of tenir to hold. See
Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.] 1.
(Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other
real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in
common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one
who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or
tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to
landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under
Tenement, 2.
Blount. Wharton.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller;
an occupant. \'bdSweet tenants of this
grove.\'b8
Cowper.
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Byron.
Tenant in capite [L. in in +
capite, abl. of caput head, chief.],
Tenant in chief, by the laws of
England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the
feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held
immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord
paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having
the fee of the lands and permanent possession.
Blackstone. -- Tenant in common. See
under Common.
Ten"ant, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tenanting.] To hold, occupy, or possess
as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have
served him or his ancestors.
Addison.
Ten"ant*a*ble (?), a. Fit to be
rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. --
Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.
Ten"ant*less, a. Having no tenants;
unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.
Shak.
Ten"ant*ry (?), n. 1.
The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a
manor or a kingdom.
2. Tenancy. [Obs.]
Ridley.
Ten"ant saw` (?). See Tenon
saw, under Tenon.
Tench (?), n. [OF.
tenche, F. tanche, L.
tinca.] (Zo\'94l.) A European
fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T.
vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity
of life.
Tend (?), v. t. [See
Tender to offer.] (O. Eng. Law) To
make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
Tend, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tending.] [Aphetic form of
attend. See Attend, Tend to move,
and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to
care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as,
shepherds tend their flocks.
Shak.
And flaming ministers to watch and tend
Their earthly charge.
Milton.
There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
Which the four seasons do not tend
And tides of life and increase lend.
Emerson.
2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend
to.
Being to descend
A ladder much in height, I did not tend
My way well down.
Chapman.
To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage
an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she
shall not entangle the cable.
Tend, v. i. 1. To wait, as
attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with
on or upon.
Was he not companion with the riotous knights
That tend upon my father?
Shak.
2. [F. attendre.] To await;
to expect. [Obs.]
Shak.
Tend, v. i. [F. tendre, L.
tendere, tensum and tentum, to
stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. tan. See Thin, and cf.
Tend to attend, Contend, Intense,
Ostensible, Portent, Tempt,
Tender to offer, Tense, a.]
1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with
to or towards.
Two gentlemen tending towards that sight.
Sir H. Wotton.
Thus will this latter, as the former world,
Still tend from bad to worse.
Milton.
The clouds above me to the white Alps tend.
Byron.
2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or
purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or
influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our
petitions, if granted, might tend to our
destruction.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Prov. xxi. 5.
The laws of our religion tend to the universal
happiness of mankind.
Tillotson.
Tend"ance (?), n. [See
Tend to attend, and cf. Attendance.]
1. The act of attending or waiting;
attendance. [Archaic]
Spenser.
The breath
Of her sweet tendance hovering over him.
Tennyson.
2. Persons in attendance; attendants.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Tend"ence (?), n.
Tendency. [Obs.]
Tend"en*cy (?), n.; pl.
Tendencies (#). [L.
tendents, -entis, p.pr. of
tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend
to move.] Direction or course toward any place,
object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence
to bring about an effect or result.
Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more
particular tendency to the good of their country.
Addison.
In every experimental science, there is a tendency
toward perfection.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope;
aim.
Tend"er (?), n. [From
Tend to attend. Cf. Attender.]
1. One who tends; one who takes care of any person
or thing; a nurse.
2. (Naut.) A vessel employed to attend
other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores,
to convey intelligence, or the like.
<-- submarine tender, a ship which provides supplies and logistic
support to submarines. A specialization of def. 2. -->
3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a
supply of fuel and water.
Ten"der (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tendered
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tendering.] [F. tendre to
stretch, stretch out, reach, L. tendere. See
Tend to move.] 1. (Law)
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to
save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the
amount of rent or debt.
2. To offer in words; to present for
acceptance.
You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . .
tender down
Their services to Lord Timon.
Shak.
Ten"der, n. 1. (Law)
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be
performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would
be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the
tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with
interest.
2. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance;
as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of
friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
A free, unlimited tender of the gospel.
South.
3. The thing offered; especially, money offered in
payment of an obligation.
Shak.
<-- 4. (Finance) An offer to buy a certain number of shares of
stock of a publicly-traded company at a fixed price, usu. in an
attempt to gain control of the company. -->
Legal tender. See under Legal.
-- Tender of issue (Law), a form of
words in a pleading, by which a party offers to refer the
question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision.
Burrill.
Ten"der, a. [Compar.
Tenderer (?); superl.
Tenderest.] [F. tendre, L.
tener; probably akin to tenuis thin. See
Thin.] 1. Easily impressed, broken,
bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as,
tender plants; tender flesh; tender
fruit.
2. Sensible to impression and pain; easily
pained.
Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our
faces.
L'Estrange.
3. Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure
hardship; immature; effeminate.
The tender and delicate woman among you.
Deut. xxviii. 56.
4. Susceptible of the softer passions, as love,
compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for
another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor;
sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James v. 11.
I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my
temper.
Fuller.
5. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
I love Valentine,
Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
Shak.
6. Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; --
with of. \'bdTender of property.\'b8
Burke.
The civil authority should be tender of the honor
of God and religion.
Tillotson.
7. Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,
Will never do him good.
Shak.
8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy;
expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as,
tender expressions; tender expostulations; a
tender strain.
9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain;
delicate; as, a tender subject.
\'bdThings that are tender and unpleasing.\'b8
Bacon.
10. (Naut.) Heeling over too easily when
under sail; -- said of a vessel.
Tender is sometimes used in the formation
of self-explaining compounds; as, tender-footed,
tender-looking, tender-minded,
tender-mouthed, and the like.
Syn. -- Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive;
compassionate; kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.
Ten"der (?), n. [Cf. F.
tendre.] Regard; care; kind concern.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Ten"der, v. t. To have a care of; to be
tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
[Obs.]
For first, next after life, he tendered her
good.
Spenser.
Tender yourself more dearly.
Shak.
To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our
western princes tendered his case, which they counted
might be their own.
Fuller.
Ten"der*foot` (?), n. A
delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of
pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]
Ten"der-heart`ed (?), a. Having
great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence;
affectionate; pitying; sensitive. --
Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. --
Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n.
Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could
not withstand them.
2 Chron. xiii. 7.
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted.
Eph. iv. 32.
Ten"der-heft`ed (?), a. Having
great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ten"der*ling (?), n. 1.
One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
[R.]
W. Harrison (1586).
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the first antlers
of a deer.
Ten"der*loin` (?), n. A strip
of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the
short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of
the psoas muscles.
Ten"der*ly, adv. In a tender manner;
with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to
injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.
Chaucer.
Ten"der*ness, n. The quality or state of
being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence;
kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
Ten"di*nous (?), a. [Cf. F.
tendineux.] 1. Pertaining to a
tendon; of the nature of tendon.
2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and
tendinous parts of the body.
Tend"ment (?), n. Attendance;
care. [Obs.]
Ten"don (?), n. [F., fr. L.
tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to
move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord,
bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle
with some other part; a sinew.
Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of
reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon
its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See
Knee jerk, under Knee.
Ten"don*ous (?), a.
Tendinous.
\'d8Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis (?), n.
[NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis.]
See Tenosynovitis.
Ten"drac (?), n. [See
Tenrec.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
several species of small insectivores of the family
Centetid\'91, belonging to Ericulus,
Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar.
They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in
habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very
injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also
tenrec.
Ten"dril (?), n. [Shortened fr.
OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender;
hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F.
tendrille. See Tender, a., and cf.
Tendron.] (Bot.) A slender,
leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a
supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by
coiling spirally.
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Ten"dril (?), a. Clasping;
climbing as a tendril. [R.]
Dyer.
{ Ten"driled, Ten"drilled }
(?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with
tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. \'bdThe
thousand tendriled vine.\'b8
Southey.
Ten"dron (?), n. [F. Cf.
Tendril.] A tendril.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Ten"dry (?), n. A tender; an
offer. [Obs.]
Heylin.
Tene (?), n. & v. See 1st and
2d Teen. [Obs.]
\'d8Ten"e*br\'91 (?), n. [L.,
pl., darkness.] (R. C. Ch.) The matins and
lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the
sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon
or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the
following days.
Te*neb"ri*cose` (?), a. [L.
tenebricosus.] Tenebrous; dark;
gloomy. [Obs.]
Ten`e*brif"ic (?), a. [L.
tenebrae darkness + facere to make.]
Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
It lightens, it brightens,
The tenebrific scene.
Burns.
Where light
Lay fitful in a tenebrific time.
R. Browning.
Ten`e*brif"ic*ous (?), a.
Tenebrific.
Authors who are tenebrificous stars.
Addison.
Te*ne"bri*ous (?), a.
Tenebrous.
Young.
Ten"e*brose` (?), a.
Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
Ten`e*bros"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
Burton.
Ten"e*brous (?), a. [L.
tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F.
t\'82n\'82breux.] Dark; gloomy; dusky;
tenebrious. -- Ten"e*brous*ness,
n.
The most dark, tenebrous night.
J. Hall (1565).
The towering and tenebrous boughts of the
cypress.
Longfellow.
Ten"e*ment (?), n. [OF.
tenement a holding, a fief, F. t\'8anement,
LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
Tenant.] 1. (Feud. Law)
That which is held of another by service; property which one
holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military
or pecuniary service; fief; fee.
2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent
property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands,
houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a
right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also
free .
The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
\'bdtenant,\'b8 and the manner of possession is called
\'bdtenure.\'b8
Blackstone.
3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation;
also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one
family; often, a house erected to be rented.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no
tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece?
Locke.
Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house
erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into
separate apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn. -- House; dwelling; habitation. --
Tenement, House. There may be many
houses under one roof, but they are completely
separated from each other by party walls. A tenement
may be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided
off for the use of a family.
Ten`e*men"tal (?), a. Of or
pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.
Blackstone.
Ten`e*men"ta*ry (?), a. Capable
of being leased; held by tenants.
Spelman.
Ten"ent (?), n. [L.
tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of
tenere.] A tenet. [Obs.]
Bp. Sanderson.
Ten"er*al (?), a. [L.
tener, -eris, tender, delicate.]
(Zo\'94l.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after
exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and
has not fully attained its mature coloring.
Ten`er*iffe" (?), n. A white
wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in
Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also
Vidonia.
Te*ner"i*ty (?), n. [L.
teneritas. See Tender, a.]
Tenderness. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Te*nes"mic (?), a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by
tenesmus.
\'d8Te*nes"mus (?), n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. tenesmos.] (Med.) An urgent and
distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must
take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to
the lower extremity of the rectum.
Vesical tenesmus, a similar sensation as to
the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the
bladder.
Ten"et (?), n. [L.
tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See
Tenable.] Any opinion, principle, dogma,
belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true;
as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.
That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . .
. is a tenet very questionable.
Sir T. Browne.
The religious tenets of his family he had early
renounced with contempt.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See
Dogma.
Ten"fold` (?), a. & adv. In
tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold
More dreadful and deform.
Milton.
\'d8Te"ni*a (?), n. [NL.]
See T\'91nia.
Te"ni*oid (?), a. See
T\'91noid.
Ten"nant*ite (?), n. [Named
after Smithson Tennant, an English chemist.]
(Min.) A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely
related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic
and copper.
\'d8Ten`n\'82" (?), n. [Cf.
Tawny.] (Her.) A tincture, rarely
employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown.
It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter,
crossed by vertical lines.
Ten"nis (?), n. [OE.
tennes, tenies, tenyse; of
uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take
it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable).]
A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in
motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and
playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
Macaulay.
Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played
within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished
from lawn tennis. -- Lawn tennis.
See under Lawn, n. -- Tennis
court, a place or court for playing the game of
tennis. Shak.
Ten"nis, v. t. To drive backward and
forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.]
Spenser.
Ten"nu (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)
The tapir.
Ten"-o'*clock` (?), n.
(Bot.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under
Star.
Ten"on (?), n. [F., fr.
tenir to hold. See Tenable.]
(Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by
cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a
mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame;
especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the
thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on
the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually
stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons.
[Corruptly written tenant saw.]
Gwilt.
Ten"on, v. t. To cut or fit for
insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
Te*no"ni*an (?), a.
(Anat.) Discovered or described by M.
Tenon, a French anatomist.
Tenonian capsule (Anat.), a
lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the
fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the
orbit; -- called also capsule of
Tenon.
Ten"or (?), n. [L., from
tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a
continued course: cf. F. teneur. See Tenable,
and cf. Tenor a kind of voice.] 1. A
state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity;
constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their away.
Gray.
2. That course of thought which holds on through a
discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport;
intent; meaning; understanding.
When it [the bond] is paid according to the
tenor.
Shak.
Does not the whole tenor of the divine law
positively require humility and meekness to all men?
Spart.
3. Stamp; character; nature.
This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and
always of the same tenor.
Dryden.
4. (Law) An exact copy of a writing, set
forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from
purport, which is only the substance or general import
of the instrument.
Bouvier.
5. [F. t\'82nor, L. tenor,
properly, a holding; -- so called because the tenor was the voice
which took and held the principal part, the plain song, air, or
tune, to which the other voices supplied a harmony above and
below: cf. It. tenore.] (Mus.)
(a) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually
belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted
to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of
sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which
the other parts were auxillary. (b) A person
who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Old Tenor, New Tenor, Middle
Tenor, different descriptions of paper money,
issued at different periods, by the American colonial governments
in the last century.
\'d8Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis (?), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. synovitis.]
(Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath
enveloping a tendon.
Ten"o*tome (?), n.
(Surg.) A slender knife for use in the operation
of tenotomy.
Te*not"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) The division
of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Ten"pen*ny (?), a. Valued or
sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d
Penny, n.
Ten"pen*ny, a. Denoting a size of nails.
See 1st Penny.
Ten"pins (?), n. A game
resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See
Ninepins. [U. S.]
Ten"-pound`er (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A large oceanic fish (Elops
saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It
is used chiefly for bait.
Ten"rec (?), n. [From the
native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec,
tandrec.] (Zo\'94l.) A small
insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of
Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and
Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is
applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
Tense (?), n. [OF.
tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense.
See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.]
(Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by
inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the
time of the action or event signified; the modification which
verbs undergo for the indication of time.
past, present, and
future; but these admit of modifications, which differ
in different languages.
Tense, a. [L. tensus, p.p. of
tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf.
Toise.] Stretched tightly; strained to
stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense
fiber.
The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and
a fatal paleness was upon her.
Goldsmith.
-- Tense"ly, adv. --
Tense"ness, n.
Ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being tensible; tensility.
Ten"si*ble (?), a. [See
Tense, a.] Capable of being
extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and
tensible.
Bacon.
Ten"sile (?), a. [See
Tense, a.] 1. Of or
pertaining to extension; as, tensile
strength.
2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Bacon.
Ten"siled (?), a. Made
tensile. [R.]
Ten*sil"i*ty (?), n. The
quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension;
tensibility; as, the tensility of the
muscles.
Dr. H. Mere.
Ten"sion (?), n. [L.
tensio, from tendere, tensum, to
stretch: cf. F. tension. See Tense,
a.] 1. The act of stretching or
straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness;
the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of
the muscles, tension of the larynx.
2. Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of
feeling; intense effort.
3. The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord,
piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the
direction of its length; strain.
Gwilt.
4. (Mech.) The force by which a part is
pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in
motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a
weight equals that weight.
5. A device for checking the delivery of the thread
in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree
of tightness.
6. (Physics) Expansive force; the force
with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from
each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity;
as, the tension of vapor; the tension of
air.
7. (Elec.) The quality in consequence of
which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the
air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less
electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity
upon a given area.
Tension brace, Tension
member (Engin.), a brace or member
designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a
structure. -- Tension rod (Engin.),
an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or
metal framework, roofs, or the like.
Ten"sioned (?), a. Extended or
drawn out; subjected to tension. \'bdA highly
tensioned string.\'b8
Tyndall.
Ten"si*ty (?), n. The quality
or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension;
tenseness.
Ten"sive (?), a. [Cf. F.
tensif. See Tense, a.]
Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or
contraction.
A tensive pain from distension of the parts.
Floyer.
Ten"sor (?), n. [NL. See
Tension.] 1. (Anat.) A
muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
2. (Geom.) The ratio of one vector to
another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the
two vectors; -- so called because considered as a
stretching factor in changing one vector into another.
See Versor.
Ten"-strike` (?), n. 1.
(Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one
delivery of the ball<-- also, strike-->. [U.
S.]
2. Any quick, decisive stroke or act.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Ten"sure (?), n. [L.
tensura. See Tension.]
Tension. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Tent (?), n. [Sp.
tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L.
tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye. See
Tinge, and cf. Tint, Tinto.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or
Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and
tinta.
Tent, n. [Cf. Attent,
n.] 1. Attention; regard,
care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Lydgate.
2. Intention; design. [Prov.
Eng.]
Halliwell.
Tent, v. t. To attend to; to heed;
hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
Halliwell.
Tent, v. t. [OF. tenter. See
Tempt.] To probe or to search with a tent; to
keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound.
Used also figuratively.
I'll tent him to the quick.
Shak.
Tent, n. [F. tente. See
Tent to probe.] (Surg.) (a)
A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece
of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural
canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb
discharges. (b) A probe for searching a
wound.
The tent that searches
To the bottom of the worst.
Shak.
<-- p. 1486 -->
Tent (?), n. [OE.
tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr.
L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See
Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll of
lint.] 1. A pavilion or portable lodge
consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and
sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the
weather, especially soldiers in camp.
Within his tent, large as is a barn.
Chaucer.
2. (Her.) The representation of a tent
used as a bearing.
Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with
a tentlike canopy. -- Tent caterpillar
(Zo\'94l.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken
webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species
are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American
species is the larva of a bombycid moth (Clisiocampa
Americana). Called also lackery
caterpillar, and webworm.
Tent, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tenting.] To lodge as a tent; to
tabernacle.
Shak.
We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground.
W. Kittredge.
Ten"ta*cle (?), n. [NL.
tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle,
feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt.]
(Zo\'94l.) A more or less elongated process or
organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic
region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense,
prehension, or motion.
Tentacle sheath (Zo\'94l.), a
sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many
mollusks.
Ten"ta*cled (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Having tentacles.
Ten*tac"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F.
tentaculaire.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or
pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.
\'d8Ten*tac`u*la"ta (?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of
Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.
{ Ten*tac"u*late (?),
Ten*tac"u*la`ted (?), } a.
(Zo\'94l.) Having tentacles, or organs like
tentacles; tentacled.
\'d8Ten`ta*cu*lif"e*ra (?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Suctoria, 1.
Ten`ta*cu*lif"er*ous (?), a.
[Tentaculum + -ferous.]
(Zo\'94l.) Producing or bearing tentacles.
Ten`ta*cu"li*form (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.)Shaped like a tentacle.
Ten*tac"u*lite (?), n.
(Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of small,
conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed
to be pteropods.
Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst (?), n.
[Tentaculum + cyst.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of the auditory organs of certain
medus\'91; -- called also auditory
tentacle.
\'d8Ten*tac"u*lum (?), n.; pl.
Tentacula (#). [NL. See
Tentacle.] 1. (Zo\'94l.)
A tentacle.
2. (Anat.) One of the stiff hairs
situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and
supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
Tent"age (?), n. [From
Tent a pavilion.] A collection of tents; an
encampment. [Obs.]
Drayton.
Ten*ta"tion (?), n. [L.
tentatio: cf. F. tentation. See
Temptation.] 1. Trial;
temptation. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2. (Mech.) A mode of adjusting or
operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Knight.
Ten*ta"tive (?), a. [L.
tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See
Tempt.] Of or pertaining to a trial or
trials; essaying; experimental. \'bdA slow,
tentative manner.\'b8 Carlyle. --
Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv.
Ten*ta"tive, n. [Cf. F.
tentative.] An essay; a trial; an
experiment.
Berkley.
Tent"ed (?), a. Covered with
tents.
Ten"ter (?), n. 1. One
who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of
assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.
Ten"ter, n. [OE. tenture,
tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching,
spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L.
tendere, tentum, to stretch. See
Tend to move.] A machine or frame for
stretching cloth by means of hooks, called
tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and
square.
Tenter ground, a place where tenters are
erected. -- Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail
used for fastening cloth on a tenter. -- To be on
the tenters, on the tenter-hooks,
to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or
suspense. Hudibras.
Ten"ter, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tentered (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Tentering.] To admit
extension.
Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.
Bacon.
Ten"ter, v. t. To hang or stretch on, or
as on, tenters.
Tent"ful (?), n.; pl.
Tentfuls (. As much, or as
many, as a tent will hold.
Tenth (?), a. [From
Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS.
te\'a2. See Ten, and cf.
Tithe.] 1. Next in order after the
ninth; coming after nine others.
2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts
into which anything is divided.
Tenth (?), n. 1. The
next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine
others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of
ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. The tenth part of annual produce, income,
increase, or the like; a tithe.
Shak.
4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone
and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above
it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above;
the octave of the third.
5. pl. (Eng. Law) (a)
A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and
granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part
of all the movables belonging to the subject. (b)
(Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit
of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but
afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the
fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
<-- (b) sic. = tithe? what kind of "living"?? prob. living, n. 5
= "the benefice of a clergyman" -->
Burrill.
Tenth"ly, adv. In a tenth manner.
{ Tenth"me`ter, Tenth"me`tre }
(?), n. (Physics) A unit for
the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010
of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a
millimeter.
\'d8Ten`thre*din"i*des (?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
(Zo\'94l.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the
sawflies.
Ten"tif (?), a.
Attentive. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ten"tif*ly, adv. Attentively.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ten*tig"i*nous (?), a. [L.
tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness,
fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]
1. Stiff; stretched; strained.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Tent"mak`er (?), n. One whose
occupation it is to make tents.
Acts xviii. 3.
\'d8Ten*to"ri*um (?), n. [L., a
tent.] (Anat.) A fold of the dura mater
which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often
incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony
tentorium.
Tent"o*ry (?), n. [L.
tentorium a tent.] The awning or covering
of a tent. [Obs.]
Evelyn.
Tent"wort` (?), n. (Bot.)
A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under
Wall.
Ten"u*ate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tenuated
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tenuating.] [L. tenuatus,
p.p. of tenuare to make thin, fr. tenuis
thin. See Tenuous.] To make thin; to
attenuate. [R.]
Ten`u*i*fo"li*ous (?), a. [L.
tenuis thin + folium a leaf.]
(Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves.
Te*nu"i*ous (?), a. [See
Tenuous.] Rare or subtile; tenuous; --
opposed to dense. [Obs.]
Glanvill.
Ten`u*i*ros"ter (?), n.; pl.
Tenuirosters (#). [NL., fr. L.
tenuis thin + rostrum a beak.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of the Tenuirostres.
Ten`u*i*ros"tral (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with
a slender bill, as the humming birds.
\'d8Ten`u*i*ros"tres (?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An artificial group
of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming
birds.
\'d8Ten"u*is (?), n.; pl.
Tenues (#). [NL., fr. L.
tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous.]
(Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes
Te*nu"i*ty (?), n. [L.
tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F.
t\'82nuit\'82. See Tenuous.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness,
applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything
that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the
tenuity of a hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid;
as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of
the blood.
Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.]
Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Ten"u*ous (?), a. [L.
tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf.
Tenuis.] 1. Thin; slender; small;
minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of
fluids.
<-- 3. Fig. Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
-->
Ten"ure (?), n. [F.
tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F.
tenir to hold. See Tenable.]
1. The act or right of holding, as property,
especially real estate.
That the tenure of estates might rest on equity,
the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted.
Bancroft.
2. (Eng. Law) The manner of holding
lands and tenements of a superior.
3. The consideration, condition, or service which
the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of
his land.
4. Manner of holding, in general; as, in
absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious
tenure.
All that seems thine own,
Held by the tenure of his will alone.
Cowper.
Tenure by fee alms. (Law) See
Frankalmoigne.
Te`o*cal"li (?), n.; pl.
Teocallis (#). [Mexican.]
Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form,
such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan,
etc.
And Aztec priests upon their teocallis
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.
Longfellow.
Te`o*sin"te (?), n.
(Bot.) A large grass (Euchl\'91na
luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico
and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the
Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also
Guatemala grass.
Tep"al (?), n. [F.
t\'82pale, fr. p\'82tale, by
transposition.] (Bot.) A division of a
perianth. [R.]
Tep*ee" (?), n. An Indian
wigwam or tent.<-- also teepee -->
Tep`e*fac"tion (?), n. Act of
tepefying.
Tep"e*fy (?), v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Tepefied
(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tepefying
(?).] [L. tepere to be tepid
+ -fy; cf. L. tepefacere. See
Tepid.] To make or become tepid, or
moderately warm.
Goldsmith.
Teph"ra*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by the ashes of
the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
Teph"rite (?), n. [Gr. (Geol.) An igneous rock consisting
essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or
both.
Teph"ro*ite (?), n. [See
Tephrosia.] (Min.) A silicate of
manganese of an ash-gray color.
\'d8Te*phro"si*a (?), n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found
in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North
American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the
name.
Tephrosia toxicaria is used in the
West Indies and in Polynesia for stupefying fish. T.
purpurea is used medicinally in the East Indies.
T. Virginia is the goat's rue of the United
States.
Tep"id (?), a. [L.
tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath;
tepid rays; tepid vapors. --
Tep"id*ness, n.
Te*pid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F.
t\'82pidit\'82.] The quality or state of
being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
Jer. Taylor.
Te"por (?), n. [L., fr.
tepere to be tepid.] Gentle heat; moderate
warmth; tepidness.
Arbuthnot.
Te*qui"la (?), n. An
intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of
Tequila, Mexico.
Ter- (?). A combining form from L.
ter signifying three times,
thrice. See Tri-, 2.
Ter`a*con"ic (?), a.
[Terebic + citraconic.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with
citraconic acid.
Ter`a*cryl"ic (?), a.
[Terpene + acrylic.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of
terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy
odor.
Ter"aph (?), n.; pl.
Teraphs (. See
Teraphim.
Ter"a*phim (?), n. pl. [Heb.
ter\'beph\'c6m.] Images connected with the
magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt
practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by
the Israelites for oracular answers.
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).
Ter"a*pin (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) See Terrapin.
Te*rat"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
[Obs.]
Wollaston.
Ter`a*tog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr.
(Med.) The formation of monsters.
Ter"a*toid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] Resembling a monster;
abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly
organized.
S. D. Gross.
Ter`a*to*log"ic*al (?), a.
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to teratology; as,
teratological changes.
Ter`a*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr.
-logy: cf. Gr. t\'82ratologie.]
1. That branch of biological science which treats
of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal
type of structure, either in plants or animals.
2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
Ter`a*to"ma (?), n. [NL., fr.
Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made
up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage
and muscle.
Ter"bic (?), a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating
certain of its compounds.
Ter"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr.
Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.]
(Chem.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain
identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as
gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth.
Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.
Terce (?), n. See
Tierce.
Ter"cel (?), n. See
Tiercel. Called also tarsel,
tassel.
Chaucer.
Terce"let (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A male hawk or eagle; a
tiercelet.
Chaucer.
Ter"cel*lene (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) A small male hawk.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Ter*cen"te*na*ry (?), a. [L.
ter thirce + E. centenary.]
Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred
years. -- n. The three hundredth
anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an
anniversary.
Ter"cet (?), n. [F., fr. It.
terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L.
tertius. See Tierce, and cf.
Terzetto.] 1. (Mus.) A
triplet.
Hiles.
2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three
lines.
Ter"cine (?), n. [F., from L.
tertius the third.] (Bot.) A
cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and
surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.
Ter"e*bate (?), n. A salt of
terebic acid.
Ter"e*bene (?), n.
(Chem.) A polymeric modification of terpene,
obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called
also camphene. By extension, any one of a
group of related substances.
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Ter`e*ben"thene (?), n.
(Chem.) Oil of turpentine. See
Turpentine.
Te*reb"ic (?), a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of
turpentine); specifically, designating an acid,
C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of
terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline
substance.
Ter`e*bi*len"ic (?), a.
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white
crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic
acid.
Ter"e*binth (?), n. [L.
terbinthus, Gr. t\'82r\'82binthe. Cf. Turpentine.]
(Bot.) The turpentine tree.
Ter`e*bin"thic (?), a.
(Chem.) Of or pertaining to turpentine;
resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic
qualities.
Ter`e*bin"thi*nate (?), a.
Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine;
terbinthine.
Ter`e*bin"thine (?), a. [L.
terbinthinus, Gr. Of or pertaining to
turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its
qualities.
\'d8Ter"e*bra (?), n.; pl. E.
Terebras (#), L. Terebr\'91
(#). [L., a borer.] 1.
(Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a
long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also
auger shell.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The boring ovipositor of a
hymenopterous insect.
Ter"e*brant (?), a. [L.
terebrans, -antis, p.pr.]
(Zo\'94l.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said
of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
\'d8Ter`e*bran"ti*a (?), n. pl.
[NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of
Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for
perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
Ter"e*brate (?), v. t. [L.
terebratus, p.p. of terebrare, from
terebra a borer, terere to rub.]
To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Ter"e*bra`ting (?), a. 1.
(Zo\'94l.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to
molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
2. (Med.) Boring; piercing; -- applied
to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor
ataxia.
Ter`e*bra"tion (?), n. [L.
terebratio.] The act of terebrating, or
boring. [R.]
Bacon.
\'d8Ter`e*brat"u*la (?), n.;
pl. Terebratul\'91 (#). [Nl.,
dim. fr. terebratus, p.p., perforated.]
(Zo\'94l.) A genus of brachiopods which includes
many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a
perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for
attachment. Called also lamp shell.
Ter`e*brat"u*lid (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Any species of Terebratula or allied
genera. Used also adjectively.
Ter`e*bra*tu"li*form (?), a.
(Zo\'94l.) Having the general form of a
terebratula shell.
Ter"e*dine (?), n. [F.
t\'82r\'82dine.] (Zo\'94l.) A
borer; the teredo.
Te*re"do (?), n.; pl. E.
Teredos (#), L. Teredines
(#). [L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes,
etc.; akin to Gr. terere to rub.]
(Zo\'94l.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike
bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the
piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also
shipworm. See Shipworm. See
Illust. in App.
Ter*eph"tha*late (?), n.
(Chem.) A salt of terephthalic acid.
Ter`eph*thal"ic (?), a.
[Terebene + phthalic.]
(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic
acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by
the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also
paraphthalic acid. Cf.
Phthalic.
Ter"et (?), a. Round;
terete. [Obs.]
Fotherby.
Te*rete" (?), a. [L.
teres, -etis, rounded off, properly, rubbed
off, fr. terere to rub.] Cylindrical and
slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
Te*re"tial (?), a. [See
Terete.] (Anat.) Rounded; as,
the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle
of the brain of some fishes.
Owen.
Ter"e*tous (?), a.
Terete. [Obs.]
Ter"gal (?), a. [L.
tergum the back.] (Anat. & Zo\'94l.)
Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See
Dorsal.
Ter"gant (?), a. (Her.)
Showing the back; as, the eagle
tergant. [Written also
tergiant.]
{ Ter*gem"i*nal (?),
Ter*gem"i*nate (?), } a.
[See Tergeminous.] (Bot.)
Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
Ter*gem"i*nous (?), a. [L.
tergeminus; ter thrice + geminus
doubled at birth, twin-born. Cf. Trigeminous.]
Threefold; thrice-paired.
Blount.
Ter*gif"er*ous (?), a. [L.
tergum the back + -ferous.]
Carrying or bearing upon the back.
Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants
which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as
ferns.
Ter"gite (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) The dorsal portion of an arthromere or
somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under
Coleoptera.
Ter"gi*ver*sate (?), v. i. [L.
tergiversatus, p.p. of tergiversari to turn
one's back, to shift; tergum back +
versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See
Verse.] To shift; to practice evasion; to use
subterfuges; to shuffle. [R.]
Bailey.
Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion (?), n. [L.
tergiversario: cf. F.
tergiversation.] 1. The act of
tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being
freer from passions and tergiversations.
Abp. Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy;
change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost
his life in the king's service.
Clarendon.
Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor (?), n.
[L.] One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or
practices evasion.
\'d8Ter"gum (?), n.; pl.
Terga (#). [L., the back.]
(Zo\'94l.) (a) The back of an
animal. (b) The dorsal piece of a somite of
an articulate animal. (c) One of the dorsal
plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Te"rin (?), n. [F.
tarin, Prov. F. tairin,
t\'82rin, probably from the Picard t\'8are
tender.] (Zo\'94l.) A small yellow singing
bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also
tarin.
Term (?), n. [F.
terme, L. termen, -inis,
terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. Thrum a tuft, and cf. Terminus,
Determine, Exterminate.] 1.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity;
bound; boundary.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as
nature's two terms, or boundaries.
Bacon.
2. The time for which anything lasts; any limited
time; as, a term of five years; the term of
life.
3. In universities, schools, etc., a definite
continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to
students; as, the school year is divided into three
terms.
4. (Geom.) A point, line, or
superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of
a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a
solid.
5. (Law) A fixed period of time; a
prescribed duration; as: (a) The limitation
of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is
granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of
years. (b) A space of time granted to a
debtor for discharging his obligation. (c)
The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial
of causes.
Bouvier.
vacation. But this division has been practically
abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for
the more convenient arrangement of the terms and vacations.
In the United States, the terms to be observed by the
tribunals of justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress
and of the several States.
6. (Logic) The subject or the predicate
of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a
syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after
Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes.
Sir W. Hamilton.
major term, because it is the most general, and the
subject of the conclusion is called the minor term,
because it is less general. These are called the
extermes; and the third term, introduced as a common
measure between them, is called the mean or
middle term. Thus in the following syllogism, --
Every vegetable is combustible;
Every tree is a vegetable;
Therefore every tree is combustible, -
combustible, the predicate of the conclusion, is the
major term; tree is the minor term;
vegetable is the middle term.
7. A word or expression; specifically, one that has
a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is
peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a
technical term. \'bdTerms quaint
of law.\'b8
Chaucer.
In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed
for want of terms.
Dryden.
8. (Arch.) A quadrangular pillar,
adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman,
or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See
Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Terms rudely carved were
formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. Gwilt.
9. (Alg.) A member of a compound
quantity; as, a or b in a +
b; ab or cd in ab -
cd.
10. pl. (Med.) The
menses.
11. pl. (Law) Propositions
or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted
by another, settle the contract and bind the parties;
conditions.
12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed
for the payment of rents.
Terms legal and conventional in Scotland
correspond to quarter days in England and Ireland.
There are two legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and
Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms --
Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. Mozley &
W.
13. (Naut.) A piece of carved work
placed under each end of the taffrail.
J. Knowels.
In term, in set terms; in formal phrase.
[Obs.]
I can not speak in term.
Chaucer.
-- Term fee (Law) (a), a fee
by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable
in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court.
-- Terms of a proportion (Math.), the
four members of which it is composed. -- To bring to
terms, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to
force (one) to come to terms. -- To make terms,
to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree.
Syn. -- Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation;
word; expression. -- Term, Word.
These are more frequently interchanged than almost any other
vocables that occur of the language. There is, however, a
difference between them which is worthy of being kept in mind.
Word is generic; it denotes an utterance which
represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings.
Term originally denoted one of the two essential
members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of
specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects.
Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical
term, and of stating things in distinct
terms. Thus we say, \'bdthe term minister
literally denotes servant;\'b8 \'bdan exact definition of
terms is essential to clearness of thought;\'b8 \'bdno
term of reproach can sufficiently express my
indignation;\'b8 \'bdevery art has its peculiar and distinctive
terms,\'b8 etc. So also we say, \'bdpurity of style
depends on the choice of words, and precision of style
on a clear understanding of the terms used.\'b8
Term is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns, and
adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical
proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never
be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but
simply as words.
Term (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Termed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Terming.]
[See Term, n., and cf.
Terminate.] To apply a term to; to name; to
call; to denominate.
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe
\'bdimaginary space.\'b8
Locke.
\'d8Ter"ma (?), n. [NL. See
Term, n.] (Anat.) The
terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of
the third ventricle of the brain.
B. G. Wilder.
Ter"ma*gan*cy (?), n. The
quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness;
as, a violent termagancy of temper.
Ter"ma*gant (?), n. [OE.
Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant (in sense
1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It.
Trivigante.] 1. An imaginary being
supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god.
He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet
shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.
[Obs.] Chaucer. \'bdAnd oftentimes by
Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore.\'b8
Spenser.
The lesser part on Christ believed well,
On Termagant the more, and on Mahound.
Fairfax.
2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; --
formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.
This terrible termagant, this Nero, this
Pharaoh.
Bale (1543).
The slave of an imperious and reckless
termagant.
Macaulay.
Ter"ma*gant, a. Tumultuous; turbulent;
boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. --
Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv.
A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate
wench.
Arbuthnot.
\'d8Ter`ma*ta"ri*um (?), n.
[NL. See Termes.] (Zo\'94l.)
Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
Ter"ma*ta*ry (?), n.
(Zo\'94l.) Same as Termatarium.
Term"er (?), n. 1. One
who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to
practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
[Obs.] [Written also
termor.]
B. Jonson.
2. (Law) One who has an estate for a
term of years or for life.
\'d8Ter"mes (?), n.; pl.
Termities (#). [L.
termes, tarmes, -itis, a
woodworm. Cf. Termite.] (Zo\'94l.)
A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or
termites. See Termite.
Ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. [See
Terminate.] Capable of being terminated or
bounded; limitable. --
Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n.
Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated,
definite number of years; -- distinguished from life
annuity, and perpetual annuity.
Ter"mi*nal (?), a. [L.
terminals: cf. F. terminal. See
Term, n.] 1. Of or
pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity;
as, a terminal edge.
2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch
or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or
spike.
Terminal moraine. See the Note under
Moraine. -- Terminal statue. See
Terminus, n., 2 and 3. -- Terminal
velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end
of a body's motion. (b) The limit toward which
the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through
the air.
Ter"mi*nal, n. 1. That which
terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2. (Eccl.) Either of the ends of the
conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium,
dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws
for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed
into or from the machine; a pole.
<-- 3. (a) The station at either end of a line used by a carrier
(as a bus line or railroad) for transporting freight or
passengers; also, a station on such a line which serves a large
area. (b) The city in which the terminal is located.
bus terminal, a station where passenger buses start or end a
trip. freight terminal, a terminal used for loading or unloading
of freight. -->
\'d8Ter`mi*na"li*a (?), n. pl.
[L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A festival
celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of
Terminus, the god of boundaries.
Ter"mi*nant (?), n. [L.
terminans, p.pr. of terminare.]
Termination; ending. [R.]
Puttenham.
Ter"mi*nate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Terminated
(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Terminating.] [L.
terminatus, p.p. of terminare. See
Term.] 1. To set a term or limit to;
to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as,
to terminate a surface by a line.
2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to
terminate an effort, or a controversy.
3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring
to completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael
Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for
the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
J. S. Harford.
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Ter"mi*nate (?), v. i. 1.
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop
short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone
terminates at the tropics.
2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to
close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
terminate on zhis side heaven.
South.
Ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L.
terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F.
terminasion, OF. also termination. See
Term.] 1. The act of terminating, or
of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding;
as, a voluntary termination of
hostilities.
2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or
extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a
line.
3. End in time or existence; as, the
termination of the year, or of life; the
termination of happiness.
4. End; conclusion; result.
Hallam.
5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.]
Shak.
7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final
syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Ter`mi*na"tion*al (?), a. Of or
pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
Ter"mi*na*tive (?), a. Tending
or serving to terminate; terminating; determining;
definitive. Bp. Rust. --
Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer.
Taylor.
Ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L., he
who limits or sets bounds.] 1. One who, or
that which, terminates.
2. (Astron.) The dividing line between
the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
<-- The Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger. -->
Ter"mi*na*to*ry (?), a.
Terminative.
Ter"mine (?), v. t. [Cf. F.
terminer.] To terminate.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Ter"mi*ner (?), n. [F.
terminer to bound, limit, end. See
Terminate.] (Law) A determining;
as, in oyer and terminer. See
Oyer.
Ter"mi*nism (?), n. The
doctrine held by the Terminists.
Ter"mi*nist (?), n. [Cf. F.
terministe.] (Theol.) One of a
class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain
term for the probation of individual persons, during which
period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
Murdock.
Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al (?), a. Of
or pertaining to terminology. --
Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Ter`mi*nol"o*gy (?), n. [L.
terminus term + -logy: cf. F.
terminologie.] 1. The doctrine of
terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on
terms.
2. The terms actually used in any business, art,
science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
terminology of chemistry.
The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of
sentence, and a terminology altogether new.
De Quincey.
Ter"mi*nus (?), n.; pl.
Termini (#). [L. See
Term.] 1. Literally, a boundary; a
border; a limit.
2. (Myth.) The Roman divinity who
presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short
pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the
like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a
boundary line.
3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a
term. See Term, 8.
4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station
house, or the town or city, at that place.
Ter"mite (?), n.; pl.
Termites (#). [F. See
Termes.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to
Termes and allied genera; -- called also
white ant. See Illust. of White
ant.