Chapter 1699

Ta"pir (?) , n. [Braz. tapy'ra : cf. F. tapir .] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus , Elasmognathus , and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.

&hand; The best-known species are the Indian tapir ( Tapirus Indicus ), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir ( T. Americanus ), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America.

Tapir tiger (Zo\'94l.) , the wallah.

Tapiroid <Xpage=1474>

Ta"pir*oid (?) , a. [ Tapir + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.

Tapis <Xpage=1474>

Ta"pis (?) , n. [F. See Tapestry .] Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.

On , &or; Upon , the tapis , on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis .

Tapis <Xpage=1474>

Tap"is (?) , v. t. To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.]

Holland.

Tapiser <Xpage=1474>

Tap"is*er (?) , n. [F. tapissier .] A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.]

Chaucer.

Tapish <Xpage=1474>

Tap"ish (?) , v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappis , tappish , tappice .] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. Chapman.

Taplash <Xpage=1474>

Tap"lash` (?) , n. Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

The taplash of strong ale and wine. Taylor (1630).

Taplings <Xpage=1474>

Tap"lings (?) , n. pl. The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

Halliwell.

Tapoa tafa <Xpage=1474>

Ta*po"a ta"fa (?) . (Zo\'94l.) A small carnivorous marsupial ( Phascogale penicillata ) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale .

Tappen <Xpage=1474>

Tap"pen (?) , n. An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.

Tapper <Xpage=1474>

Tap"per (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocopus minor ); -- called also tapperer , tabberer , little wood pie , barred woodpecker , wood tapper , hickwall , and pump borer . [Prov. Eng.]

Tappester <Xpage=1474>

Tap"pes*ter (?) , n. [See Tapster .] A female tapster. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Tappet <Xpage=1474>

Tap"pet (?) , n. (Mach.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.

G. Francis.

Tappet motion , a valve motion worked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used in steam pumps, etc.

Tappice, Tappis <Xpage=1474>

Tap"pice (?) , Tap"pis (?) , v. i. See Tapish .

Tappit hen <Xpage=1474>

Tap"pit hen` (?) . 1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.]

Jamieson.

2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, though to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.]

Jamieson.

Taproom <Xpage=1474>

Tap"room` (?) , n. A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.

The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom , full of soldiers smoking. Macaulay.

Taproot <Xpage=1474>

Tap"root` (?) , n. (Bot.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

Tapster <Xpage=1474>

Tap"ster (?) , n. [AS. t\'91ppestre a female tapster. See Tap a plug, pipe, and -ster .] One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.

Taqua-nut <Xpage=1474>

Ta"qua-nut` (?) , n. (Bot.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.

Tar <Xpage=1474>

Tar (?) , n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin .] A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.]

Swift.

Tar <Xpage=1474>

Tar , n. [OE. terre , tarre , AS. teru , teoru ; akin to D. teer , G. teer , theer , Icel. tjara , Sw. tj\'84ra , Dan. ti\'91re , and to E. tree . \'fb63. See Tree .] A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Coal tar . See in the Vocabulary. -- Mineral tar (Min.) , a kind of soft native bitumen. -- Tar board , a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. Knight . -- Tar water . (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works. -- Wood tar , tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oakum, etc., impervious to water.

Tar <Xpage=1474>

Tar , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tarred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring .] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

To tar and feather a person . See under Feather , v. t.

Taranis <Xpage=1474>

Tar"a*nis (?) , n. [L. taranis , from the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn. taran thunder.] (Myth.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

Tarantass <Xpage=1474>

Tar`an*tass" (?) , n. [Russ. tarantas' .] A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.

Tarantella <Xpage=1474>

Tar`an*tel"la (?) , n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula . Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. (b) Music suited to such a dance.

Tarantism <Xpage=1474>

Tar"ant*ism (?) , n. [It. tarantismo : cf. F. tarentisme . See Tarantula .] (Med.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protraced dancing to appropriate music. [Written also tarentism .]

Tarantula <Xpage=1474>

Ta*ran"tu*la (?) , n. ; pl. E. Tarantulas (#) , L. Tarantul\'91 (#) . [NL., fr. It. tarantola , fr. L. Tarentum , now Taranto , in the south of Italy.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species ( Tarantula apuli\'91 ). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also tarentula .]

Tarantula killer , a very large wasp ( Pompilus formosus ), which captures the Texan tarantula ( Mygale Hentzii ) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.

Tarantulated <Xpage=1474>

Ta*ran"tu*la`ted (?) , a. Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.

Tarbogan <Xpage=1474>

Tar*bog"an (?) , n. & v. See Toboggan .

Tarboosh <Xpage=1474>

Tar*boosh" (?) , n. [Ar. tarb<?/sh ; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch .] A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez .

Tardation <Xpage=1474>

Tar*da"tion (?) , n. [L. tardatio , fr. tardare , tardatum , to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.] The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]

Tardigrada <Xpage=1474>

Tar`di*gra"da (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Tardigrade , a. ] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth , 3.

2. (Zo\'94l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules , sloth animalcules , and water bears .

Tardigrade <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*grade (?) , a. [L. tardigradus ; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade .] 1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.]

G. Eliot.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.

Tardigrade <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*grade , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Tardigrada.

Tardigradous <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*gra`dous (?) , a. Moving slowly; slow-paced. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Tardily <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*ly (?) , adv. In a tardy manner; slowly.

Tardiness <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*ness , n. The quality or state of being tardy.

Tarditation <Xpage=1474>

Tar`di*ta"tion (?) , n. Tardiness. [Obs.]

To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation , in the Lord's affairs. Herrick.

Tardity <Xpage=1474>

Tar"di*ty (?) , n. [L. tarditas .] Slowness; tardiness. [R.]

Sir K. Digby.

Tardo <Xpage=1474>

Tar"do (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.

Tardo <Xpage=1474>

Tar"do , n. [Sp., slow, L. tardus .] (Zo\'94l.) A sloth.

Tardy <Xpage=1474>

Tar"dy (?) , a. [ Compar. Tardier (?) ; superl. Tardiest .] [F. tardif , fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus , fr. L. tardus slow.] 1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.

And check the tardy flight of time. Sandys.

Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. Prior.

2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt ; as, to be tardy in one's payments .

Arbuthnot.

The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. Waller.

3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.]

Hudibras.

4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.]

Collier.

Syn. -- Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow .

Tardy <Xpage=1474>

Tar"dy , v. t. To make tardy. [Obs.]

Shak.

Tare <Xpage=1474>

Tare (?) , obs. imp. of Tear . Tore.

Tare <Xpage=1474>

Tare , n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.] 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum , or darnel.

Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares ? Matt. xiii. 27.

The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.

2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia ; especially, the V. sativa , sometimes grown for fodder.

Tare <Xpage=1474>

Tare , n. [F. tare ; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara ; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.] (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.

Tare <Xpage=1474>

Tare , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Taring .] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Tared <Xpage=1474>

Tared (?) , a. (Chem.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates .

Tarente <Xpage=1474>

Ta*ren"te (?) , n. [Cf. F. tarente .] (Zo\'94l.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family ( Platydactylus Mauritianicus ) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

Tarentism <Xpage=1474>

Tar"ent*ism (?) , n. See Tarantism .

Tarentula <Xpage=1474>

Ta*ren"tu*la (?) , n. See Tarantula .

Targe <Xpage=1474>

Targe (?) , n. [F. Cf. Target .] A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] "A buckler on a targe ."

Chaucer.

Target <Xpage=1474>

Tar"get (?) , n. [OF. targette , dim. of OF. & F. targe , of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. targe , OD. targie , G. zarge a frame, case, border, OHG. zarga , Icel. targa shield.] 1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

2. (a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. (b) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target .

3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

4. (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

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Targeted <Xpage=1475>

Tar"get*ed (?) , a. Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

Targeteer <Xpage=1475>

Tar`get*eer" (?) , n. One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier .]

Targum <Xpage=1475>

Tar"gum (?) , n. ; pl. Targums (#) . Heb. Targumim (#) . [Chald. targ&umac;m interpretation, fr. targ\'c7m to interpret. Cf. Truchman , and Dragoman .] A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Targumist <Xpage=1475>

Tar"gum*ist , n. The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

Tariff <Xpage=1475>

Tar"iff (?) , n. [F. tarif ; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa , It. tariffa ; all fr. Ar. ta'r\'c6f information, explanation, definition, from 'arafa , to know, to inform, explain.] 1. A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff ; a protective tariff ; Clay's compromise tariff . (U.S. 1833).

&hand; The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers only to imports.

2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.

3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares .

Bolingbroke.

Tariff <Xpage=1475>

Tar"iff , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tariffed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing .] To make a list of duties on, as goods.

Tarin <Xpage=1475>

Tar"in (?) , n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The siskin. [Prov.]

Taring <Xpage=1475>

Tar"ing (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The common tern; -- called also tarret , and tarrock . [Prov. Eng.]

Tarlatan <Xpage=1475>

Tar"la*tan (?) , n. A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.

Tarn <Xpage=1475>

Tarn (?) , n. [OE. terne , Icel. tj\'94rn .] A mountain lake or pool.

A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. Wordsworth.

Tarnish <Xpage=1475>

Tar"nish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tarnished (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarnishing .] [F. ternir , fr. OHG. tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan , dyrnan , OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni , AS. derne , dyrne . Cf. Dern , a. , and see -ish .] To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color . " Tarnished lace." Fuller . Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor .

Syn. -- To sully; stain; dim.

Tarnish <Xpage=1475>

Tar"nish , v. i. To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air .

Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight. Dryden.

Tarnish <Xpage=1475>

Tar"nish , n. 1. The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.

2. (Min.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite .

Tarnisher <Xpage=1475>

Tar"nish*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, tarnishes.

Taro <Xpage=1475>

Ta"ro (?) , n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants ( Colocasia antiquorum , var. esculenta , Colocasia macrorhiza , etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

Tarot <Xpage=1475>

Tar"ot (?) , n. [F.; cf. It. tarocco .] A game of cards; -- called also taroc .

Hoyle.

Tarpan <Xpage=1475>

Tar"pan (?) , n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.

Tarpaulin <Xpage=1475>

Tar*pau"lin (?) , n. [ Tar + palling a covering, pall to cover. See Pall a covering.] 1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.