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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Talk, v. i. p. 1351To converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you; but I will not eat with you. Shak. 2. To…Talk, v. t. p. 1351To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. 2. To mention in talking; to speak; to utter; as, to talk nonsense. 3. To consume or spend in talking;—often followed by…Talk, n. p. 1351Familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered by one person in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. In various talk the instructive hours they passed. Pope.…Tălk, n. p. 1351The same as TALC. See TALC.Talk'a-tive, a. p. 1351Given to much talking; full of prate. Syn.—Garrulous; loquacious. See GARRULOUS.Talk'a-tive-ly, adv. p. 1351In a talkative manner.Talk'a-tive-ness, n. p. 1351The quality or condition of being talkative; loquacity; garrulity.Talk'er, n. p. 1351One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably. There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke…Talk'ing, a. p. 1351Given to talking; loquacious; as, talking age.Tall, a. p. 1351High in stature; long and comparatively slender;—applied to a person, or to a standing tree, mast, pole, or the like, having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height. Two of…Tāl'lage, n. p. 1351Tāl'li-age p. 1351(O. Eng. Law.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. When it was paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and…Tāl'lage, v. t. p. 1351To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.Tāl'li-er, n. p. 1351One who keeps tally.Tall'ness, n. p. 1351The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.Tăl'lōw, n. p. 1351The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting it down. 2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or…Tăl'lōw, v. t. p. 1351To grease or smear with tallow. 2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, to tallow sheep.Tāl'lōw-cān'dle, n. p. 1351A candle made of tallow.Tăl'lōw-cătch, n. p. 1351A mass of fat rolled up into a lump; a keech. See KEECH. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A low, mean fellow.Tāl'lōw-chănd'ler, n. p. 1351One whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow, candles.Tāl'lōw-chând'ler-y, n. p. 1351The trade of a tallow-chandler; the occupation of making or dealing in tallow-candles; also, the place where such business is carried on.Tāl'lōw-er, n. p. 1351An animal disposed to form or produce tallow.Tăl'lōw-fāçe, n. p. 1351One who has a sickly, pale complexion.Tāl'lōw-fāced, a. p. 1351Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.Tăl'lōw-ing, n. p. 1351(Agric.) The act, practice, or art, of causing animals to gather tallow; or the property in animals of producing tallow.Tăl'lōw-ĭsh, a. p. 1351Having the properties or nature of tallow; resembling tallow.Tăl'lōw-tree, n. p. 1351(Bot.) The Stillingia sebifera, a tree growing in China, which produces a substance resembling tallow, and is applied to the same purposes.Tăl'lōw'y, a. p. 1351Having the qualities of tallow; greasy.Tāl'ly, n. p. 1351A piece of wood on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number. In purchasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to…Tăl'ly, v. t. p. 1351To score with correspondent notches; to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. Pope. 2. (Naut.) To pull aft, as the sheets or lower corners…Tāl'ly, v. i. p. 1351To be fitted; to suit; to correspond. I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison. Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. H. Walpole.Tāl'ly, adv. p. 1351Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] B. & Fl.Tāl'ly-hō, interj. & n. p. 1351The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.Tăl'ly-man, n. p. 1351One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks. 2. One who keeps a tally-shop, or conducts his business as tally-trade.Täl'ly-shōp, n. p. 1351A shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter-tally, kept by the…Tăl'mȧ, n. p. 1351A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies, and worn also by gentlemen.Tăl'mud, n. p. 1351The body of the Hebrew laws, traditions, and explanations, or the book that contains them. ☞ The Talmud contains the laws, and a compilation of expositions of duties imposed on the people, either in…Tal-mŭd'ic or Tal-mŭd'ic-al, a. p. 1351Of, or pertaining to, the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic fables.Tăl'mud-ĭst, n. p. 1351One versed in the Talmud.Täl'-mud-īst'ic, a. p. 1351Of, or pertaining to, the Talmud; resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.Tāl'on, n. p. 1351The claw of a fowl. Bacon. 2. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; — usually called an ogee. ☞ When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.Ta-lōōk' or Ta-lōōk'ah, n. p. 1351A district or dependency in India, the revenues of which are under the management of a talookdar. Simmonds.Ta-lōōk'dar, n. p. 1351A native acting as the head of a revenue department, but under a superior. [India.]Tāl'pā, n. p. 1351(Zoöl.) A genus of small quadrupeds; the mole. 2. (Surg.) A kind of tumor upon the head; — so called because it is vulgarly supposed to burrow like a mole.Tā'lus, n. p. 1351(Anat.) The astragalus, or that bone of the foot which articulates with the leg. 2. (Arch. & Fort.) A slope; the inclination of a work. 3. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rocks lying at the…Tăl'wōod, n. p. 1351(Anc. Statutes.) Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. Crabb.Tām'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1351The quality of being tamable; tamableness.Tām'a-ble, a. p. 1351Capable of being tamed or subdued; capable of being reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.Tām'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1351The quality of being tamable.Ta-mān'du-ā, n. p. 1351(Zoöl.) A species of ant-eater, about the size of an ordinary cat, found in tropical America, having short, shining, and somewhat silky hair, and a prehensile tail; — called also little ant-bear.Tām'a-räck, n. p. 1351(Bot.) The larch (Larix Americana), a tree having a close-grained wood, and thread-like, deciduous leaves in clusters. It is found in swamps in the Northern United States, and is valuable for timber.…Tām'a-rīn, n. p. 1351(Zoöl.) A small South American monkey (the Midas rosalia), having glossy, golden hair, and resembling the squirrel in its general form.Tām'a-rīnd, n. p. 1351(Bot.) (a.) A leguminous tree of the genus Tamarindus, cultivated in both the Indies, and in other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty…Tăm'a-rind-fish, n. p. 1352A preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. Simmonds.Tăm′a-risk, n. p. 1352(Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Tamarix, of several species.Tām'bar, n. p. 1352An alloy of copper; tombac. See TOMBAC. 2. Agallochum, or aloes-wood. See AGALLOCHUM.Tăm/bour, n. p. 1352A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. 2. A small circular frame, somewhat resembling a drum, for working embroidery upon; also, a species of embroidery in which threads of gold and silver are…Tăm'bōur, v. t. p. 1352To embroider on a tambour.Tăm'bōur-īne', n. p. 1352A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides. 2. A lively French dance, formerly in vogue in operas.Tām'breet, n. p. 1352See DUCK-BILL.