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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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Ta'bling, n. p. 1347A 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 made on the skirts of…Tabling-house p. 1347a house where tables for games are kept, or where the game of tables is played; a gambling-house. [Obs.]Ta-bōō', n. p. 1347A political prohibition and religious consecration interdict, formerly of great force among the inhabitants of the islands of the Pacific; hence, a total prohibition of intercourse with or approach…Ta-bōō', v. t. p. 1347To forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach or use; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]Tā′bor, n. p. 1347A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife. [Also tabour.]Tā'bŏr, v. i. p. 1347To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. Her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, taboring upon their breasts. Nahum ii. 7.Tā'bŏr, v. t. p. 1347To make, as a sound, with a tabor.Tā'bōr-er, n. p. 1347One who beats the tabor. [R.] Shak.Tăb'o-rĕt, n. p. 1347A small tabor. [Rare.]Tăb'o-rīne or Tăb'o-rin, n. p. 1347A small, shallow drum; a tabor. Shak.Tā'bōr-ite, n. p. 1347(Eccl. Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century, named from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles. Brande.Tāb'qu-rēt, n. p. 1347A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed; a stool. 2. An embroidery frame. Simmonds. Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the sovereign, formerly…Tāb'rere, n. p. 1347A taborer. [Obs.] Spenser.Tāb'ret, n. p. 1347A small tabor; a taboret. “The tabret’s sprightly sound.” Young.Ta-bū', n. & v. p. 1347See TABOO.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.