Chapter 1694

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.

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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.

Tailoress <Xpage=1469>

Tai"lor*ess , n. A female tailor.

Tailoring <Xpage=1469>

Tai"lor*ing , adv. The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.

Tailpiece <Xpage=1469>

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.

Tailpin <Xpage=1469>

Tail"pin" (?) , n. (Mach.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

Tailrace <Xpage=1469>

Tail"race` (?) , n. 1. See Race , n. , 6.

2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

Tailstock <Xpage=1469>

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-water <Xpage=1469>

Tail"-wa`ter (?) , n. Water in a tailrace.

Tailzie <Xpage=1469>

Tail"zie (-z&icr; &or; -y&icr;) , 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 <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

Taint , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tainted (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting .] To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]

Taint <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

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.

Taintless <Xpage=1469>

Taint"less , a. Free from taint or infection; pure.

Taintlessly <Xpage=1469>

Taint"less*ly , adv. In a taintless manner.

Tainture <Xpage=1469>

Tain"ture (?) , n. [F. teinture . See Taint to stain, and cf. Tincture .] Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.]

Shak.

Taintworm <Xpage=1469>

Taint"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Taira <Xpage=1469>

Tai"ra (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Tayra .

Tairn <Xpage=1469>

Tairn (?) , n. See Tarn .

Coleridge.

Tait <Xpage=1469>

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 .

Taja\'87u, Tajassu <Xpage=1469>

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 <Xpage=1469>

Take (?) , obs. p. p. of Take . Taken.

Chaucer.

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Take <Xpage=1470>

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 . "By your own law, I take your life away ." 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. "Doth God take care for oxen?" 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 . "I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down ." 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 &or; 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. " Take heed what doom against yourself you give." 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. "Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions." 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. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ." 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 . "The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off ." Locke . (h) To copy; to reproduce. " Take off all their models in wood." 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 . "Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian religion." 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.

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