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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tăb'ŭ-lā, n. p. 1347A table. Tabula rasa. [Lat.] A smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without.Tăb'ū-lar, a. p. 1347Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table, in any of the uses of the word; as, (a.) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock. (b.) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated. “Nodules . . .…Tăb'ū-lar-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1347The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables.Tāb'ū-lar-īze, v. t. p. 1347To form into a table or tables; to reduce to a tabular form; to tabulate.Tāb'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1347To 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.Tāb'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1347The act of forming into tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.Tāē, n. p. 1347(O. Law.) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; — a word used in old records. Cowell. Burvill.Tāe'a-ma-hāē or Tāe'a-ma-hā'ēa, n. p. 1347(Bot.) A tree of North America, commonly called balsam poplar; Populus balsamifera; also, the Calophyllum calaba, and Elaphrium tomentosum, trees of South America. 2. A resin yielded by certain…Tā'ce, n. p. 1347A crutch shaped like the letter T.Tă'cet, v. impers. p. 1347(Mus.) It is silent;—a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.Tāch or Tāche, n. p. 1347Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ec. xxvi. 6.Tăche, n. p. 1347A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] Warner.Tāch'e-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1347Tachygraphy. Brande.Ta-chōm'e-ter, n. p. 1347An instrument for measuring velocity; especially, (a.) An instrument employed Woltman's Tachometer. (b.) a, a, projections; b, b, toothed wheels; c, lever beam; d, pole; e, rod; f, spring; g, endless…Tăch'y-dī-dăx'y, n. p. 1347A short method of instructing. [Rare.]Tāch'y-drō'mi-an, n. p. 1347(Ornith.) One of a family of wading birds, allied to the plovers. Brande. 2. (Zoöl.) One of a certain tribe of saurian reptiles. Brande. 3. (Entom.) One of a certain family of dipterous insects.…Tăch'/y-grāph'ie or Tăch'/y-grāph'ie-al, a. p. 1347Of, or pertaining to, rapid writing; also, written in short-hand.Ta-chyg'ra-phy, n. p. 1347The art or practice of rapid writing; stenography; short-hand writing.Tăch'y-līte, n. p. 1347(Min.) A mineral of a velvet-brown or black color, and vitreous or greasy luster, consisting chiefly of silica, alumina, protoxide of iron, lime, magnesia, soda, and potash. Dana.Tăc'it, a. p. 1347Implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or not interposing an objection. “The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts.” Bp. Taylor.Tāç'it-ly, adv. p. 1347In a tacit manner; silently; by implication; without words; as, he tacitly assented.Tăç'i-tûrn, a. p. 1347Habitually silent; not free to converse; not apt to talk or speak. Syn.—Silent; reserved.—TACITURN, SILENT. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from…Tăç'i-tûrn'i-ty, n. p. 1347Habitual silence or reserve in speaking. “Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits.” Arbuthnot. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.Tăc'i-tŭrn-ly, adv. p. 1348In a taciturn manner; silently; without conversation.Tăck, v. t. p. 1348To fasten or attach. “In hopes of getting Commendam tacked to their sees.” Swift. “And tack the center to the sphere.” Herbert. 2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by…Tăck, n. p. 1348A spot. [Obs.]Tăck, n. p. 1348That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. [Obs.] Some tacks had been made to money-bills in King Charles's reign. Burnet. 2. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad head.…Tăck, v. i. p. 1348(Naut.) To change the course of a ship by shifting the tacks and position of the sails and rudder. Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out…Tăck, v. t. p. 1348(Naut.) To change the course of, as a ship, by shifting the position of the sails and rudder.Tăck, n. p. 1348(Dom. Econ.) A shelf on which cheese is dried. [Local.]Tăck'er, n. p. 1348One who tacks, or makes an addition.Tăck'et, n. p. 1348A small nail; a tack. [Rare.] Barrett.Tăck'ing, n. p. 1348(Law.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. Bouvier. ☞ The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in…Tăck'le, n. p. 1348A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and blocks, called a pulley, or the rope and attachments as distinct from the block. 2. Instruments of action; weapons. She to…Tăck'le, v. t. p. 1348To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 2. To harness; as, to tackle a horse into a gig, sleigh, coach, or wagon. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.] 3. To seize; to lay hold of; as, a wrestler tackles his…Tăck'led, p. a. p. 1348Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall Bring thee cords, made like a tackled stair. Shak.Tăck'ling, n. p. 1348Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, and the like. 2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. 3. The straps and fixtures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a…Tăcks'man, n. p. 1348One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant or lessee. W. Scott. The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the “peerage” of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.Tâct, n. p. 1348Touch; feeling. [Rare.] Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight, and assume corporeality as well as form? Southey. 2. Hence, sometimes, the stroke in beating…Tăc'ta-ble, a. p. 1348Capable of being touched. [Rare.] They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable. Massinger.Tăc'tie or Tăc'tie-al, a. p. 1348Of, or pertaining to the art of military and naval dispositions for battle, evolutions, and the like.Tăc'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1348In a tactical manner; according to tactics.Tac-tī'cian, n. p. 1348One versed in tactics; hence, a maneuverer; an adroit manager.Tāe'ties, n. sing. p. 1348The 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…Tăc'tile, a. p. 1348Capable of being touched; pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; as, tactile sweets; tactile qualities.Tac-til'i-ty, n. p. 1348The state of being tactile; tangibleness; perceptibility by touch.Tăc'tion, n. p. 1348The act of touching; touch; contact. Chesterfield.Tăct'less, a. p. 1348Destitute of tact.Tăct'ū-al, a. p. 1348Pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; consisting in, or derived from, touch.Ta-dôr'nā, n. p. 1348(Ornith.) A genus ofTăd'pōle, n. p. 1348The young of a batrachian animal, especially of a frog, in its first state from the spawn; a porwiggle, purwiggy, polliwig, or polliwog.Tæ'di-ūm, n. p. 1348Weariness; tedium. See TEDIUM.Tāel, n. p. 1348A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly seven shillings sterling, or about a dollar and a half; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.Tæ'ni-ă, n. p. 1348A genus of intestinal worms, which are parasitic animals composed of many articulations, and often many feet in length; tape-worm. The head is small, supplied with four suckers, between which is a…Ta'ni-oid, a. p. 1348Resembling, or formed like, a ribbon. 2. Related to the tænia, or tape-worm. Dana.Tāf'el-spūth, n. p. 1348(Min.) Tabular spar.Tā'feū, n. p. 1348A fertilizer composed of night-soil and guano. Simmonds.Tāf′/fer-el, n. p. 1348See TAFFRAIL.Tăf'fe-tȧ or Tăf'fe-ty, n. p. 1348A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually a remarkably wavy luster, imparted by pressure and heat with the application of an acidulous fluid, to produce the effect called watering. It is of all…Tăff'rail, n. p. 1348(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.