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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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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.Tăf'fy, n. p. 1348A kind of candy made of molasses boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.] Thackeray. Wright.Tăf'i-ȧ, n. p. 1348A variety of rum. Ure.Tăg, n. p. 1348A metallic point put to the end of a string. 2. Hence, any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; specifically, a direction-card, or label. 3. The end, or catch-word, of an actor’s speech; cue.…Tăg, v. t. p. 1348To fit with a point or points. He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. Macaulay. 2. To fit, as one thing to another; to append to. His courteous host Tags every sentence with some fawning word.…Tăg, v. i. p. 1348To follow closely, as it were an appendage;—often with after; as, to tag after a person.Tăg, n. p. 1348A play in which one person runs after and touches another, and then in turn runs away to avoid being touched.Tăg'-bĕlt, n. p. 1348The same as TAG-SORE, q. v.Tăg'ger, n. p. 1348One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another; as, a tagger of verses. [Colloq.] 2. That which is pointed like a tag. “Hedge-hogs' or porcupines' small taggers.” Cotton. 3. A thin…Tăg'let, n. p. 1348A little tag.Tăgl'ià, n. p. 1348(Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande.Tăgl'ia-cō'tian, a. p. 1348(Surg.) Of, or pertaining to, Tagliacozzi. [Written also Taliacotian.] Tagliacotian operation, the operation of forming a new nose; rhinoplasty.Tagl-iō'ni, n. p. 1348A kind of outer coat, or overcoat. He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable great-coat, for a cuirass of steel. W. Scott.Tăg'-lŏck, n. p. 1348An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.Tăg'-răg, n. or a. p. 1348The lowest class of people; the rabble. [Low.] Tag-rag people did not clap him. Shak.Tăg'-sōre, n. p. 1348A disease under the tail of a sheep;—called also tag-belt.Tăg'-tāil, n. p. 1348A worm which has its tail of another color. Walton. 2. A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent; a sycophant; a parasite.Tā-hĭ'ti-an, a. p. 1348(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.Tā-hĭ'ti-an, n. p. 1348(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Tahiti.Tāil, n. p. 1348Any long, flexible, terminal appendage; the part of an animal which terminates its body behind. ☞ In many quadrupeds, the tail is a shoot or projection covered with hair, hanging loose from the…Tāil, n. p. 1349(Law.) Limitation; abridgment. Burvill. Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded. Blackstone.Tāil, a. p. 1349(Law.) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, an estate tail.Tāil, v. t. p. 1349To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as something which can not be evaded or got rid of. [Obs.] Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed…Tāil, v. i. p. 1349(Arch.) To hold by the end on a support, as the end of a timber when it rests upon a wall.Tāil'age, n. p. 1349A share; hence, a tax or toll; tailage. See TALEAGE. [Obs.] [Written also taillage.]Tāil'-blŏck, n. p. 1349(Naut.) A single block made fast to one end of a piece of rope by an eye-splice.Tāil'-bōard, n. p. 1349The board at the hinder end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in unloading.Tāiled, a. p. 1349Having a tail. “Snouted and tailed like a boar, footed like a goat.” Grew.Tāil'ing, n. p. 1349(Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. Gwill. 2. (Surg.) The same as TAIL, 8, q. v. 3. (pl.) The lighter parts of grain blown to one end of the heap in winnowing. 4.…Tāille, n. p. 1349(O. Fr. 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 tailages. It is a tax upon…Tāil'less, a. p. 1349Having no tail.Tail'lie, n. p. 1349(Scots Law.) The same as TAILZIE, q. v. “In direct contravention of an unrecorded taillie.” W. Scott.Tāi'lor, n. p. 1349One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments. 2. (Ichth.) A kind of fish resembling the shad, but inferior to it in size and flavor. [U. S.] ☞ The blue fish is called salt-water tailor…Tāi'lor, v. i. p. 1349To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. Green.