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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