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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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Tānk'ling, n. p. 1353A ringing noise; a tinkling. [Obs.]Tān'ling, n. p. 1353One tanned or scorched by the heat of the sun. [R.] “Hot summer’s tanlings.” Shak.Tăn'nate, n. p. 1353(Chem.) A compound of tannic acid and a base. Brande.Tăn'ner, n. p. 1353One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.Tăn'ner-y, n. p. 1353The house and apparatus for tanning.Tān'nic, a. p. 1353(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, tan.Tannic acid p. 1353an acid occurring in oak bark and nut-galls, and in the bark of other trees, and which constitutes the astringent principle of these. It is obtained in a solid form by the action of ether on…Tăn'ni-er, n. p. 1353See TANIER.Tăn'nin, n. p. 1353(Chem.) Tannic acid; — applied also to any form of the astringent principle employed in tanning. Miller.Tăn'rec, n. p. 1353The same as TENREC, q. v.Tăn'-spŭd, n. p. 1353An instrument for peeling the bark from oak and other trees, for tan. [Local.]Tăn'-stōve, n. p. 1353A hot-house with a bark bed.Tăn'sy, n. p. 1353(Bot.) A plant of the genus Tanacetum, of many species. It is extremely bitter to the taste, has a strong aromatic odor, and is used for medicinal and culinary purposes. 2. A dish common in the…Tănt, n. p. 1353(Zoöl.) A small spider with two eyes and eight long legs, and of an elegant scarlet color.Tăn'ta-lism, n. p. 1353The punishment of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization. Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people? J. Quincy.Tăn'ta-līte, n. p. 1353(Min.) The same as COLUMBITE, q. v.Tan-tā'li-ŭm, n. p. 1353See TANTALUM.Tăn'ta-li-zā'tion, n. p. 1353The act of tantalizing.Tăn'ta-līze, v. t. p. 1353To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment. Thy vain desires, at…Tăn'ta-līz'er, n. p. 1353One who tantalizes.Tăn'ta-līz'ing-ly, adv. p. 1353In a tantalizing manner; by tantalizing.Tăn'ta-lŭm, n. p. 1353(Chem.) The metal columbium. See COLUMBIUM. [Written also tantalium.]Tăn'ta-lŭs, n. p. 1353(Myth.) A Phrygian king who was condemned to be plunged in water, with choice fruits hanging over him, without the power of reaching them to satisfy his hunger or his thirst. 2. (Ornith.) A genus of…Tăn'ta-mount', a. p. 1353Equivalent in value or signification; equal; as, a sum tantamount to all our expenses; silence is sometimes tantamount to consent. “The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount…Tăn'ta-mount', v. i. p. 1353To be tantamount or equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Tan-tĭv'ȳ or Tăn'ti-vy, adv. p. 1353Swiftly; speedily; rapidly;—a hunting term. To ride tantivy, to ride with great speed. Johnson.Tan-tīv'y, n. p. 1353A rapid, violent gallop. [Rare.]Tăn′tle, v. i. p. 1353To fondle; to caress; to pet. [Prov. Eng.]Tănt'ling, n. p. 1353One exposed to be tantalized; one seized with the hope of pleasure unattainable. [Obs.]Tăn’trum, n. p. 1353A whim or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.] Thackeray.Tăn'-vät, n. p. 1353A vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.Tăn'-yärd, n. p. 1353An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on.Tāp, v. t. p. 1353To strike with something small, or to strike with a very gentle blow; to touch gently; as, to tap one with the hand; to tap one on the shoulder with a cane. 2. To put a new sole or heel on, as a shoe…Tăp, n. p. 1353A gentle blow; a slight blow with a small thing. She gives her right-hand woman a tap on the shoulder. Addison. 2. The piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in tapping it, or in…Tăp, v. i. p. 1353To strike a gentle blow; as, he tapped at the door.Tāp, v. t. p. 1353To pierce so as to let out a fluid, as a cask, a tree, a humor, or any thing which contains a pent-up fluid. 2. Hence, to draw from in any analogous way.Tāp, n. p. 1353A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. 2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like. 3. Liquor which is measured out, as through a tap. 4. A place where liquor is…Tāp'-bōlt, n. p. 1353A bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut.Tāpe, n. p. 1353A narrow fillet or band; a narrow piece of woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.Tāpe'-line, n. p. 1353A painted tape, marked with inches, &c., and inclosed in a case, used by engineers and others in measuring.Tā'per, n. p. 1353A small wax-candle; a small lighted wax-candle, or a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak. 2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper…Tā'per, a. p. 1353Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidal; as, taper fingers.Tā'per, v. i. p. 1353To diminish or become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.Tā'per, v. t. p. 1353To make or cause to taper. 2. To illuminate with a taper or tapers. [Rare.]Tā'per-ing-ly, adv. p. 1353In a tapering manner.Tā'per-ness, n. p. 1353The state of being taper.Tāp'es-try, n. p. 1353A kind of woven hangings of wool and silk, often enriched with gold and silver, representing various figures. 2. A hiding-place. [Obs.] Chapman. Tapestry carpet, an elegant and cheap kind of two-ply…Tăp'es-try, v. t. p. 1353To adorn with tapestry, or as if with tapestry. The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay.Tāp'et, n. p. 1354Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. Spenser.Tāp'e-tĭ, n. p. 1354(Zoöl.) An animal of the hare kind; the Lepus Brasiliensis, a rodent mammal inhabiting South America.Tāpe'-worm, n. p. 1354(Med.) A broad, flat, many-jointed worm, often many feet in length, found in the intestines of man and other vertebrate animals. See TÆNIA.Tāp'-house, n. p. 1354A house where liquors are retailed.Tāp'in-age, n. p. 1354The act of hiding or skulking; lurking or hiding secretly. [Obs.]Tāp'i-ō'ēā, n. p. 1354A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the Janipha manihot, a plant which is a native of Brazil. Cassava or…Tā'pir, n. p. 1354(Zoöl.) A hoofed mammal of the genus Tapirus, somewhat like a pig, but having a short proboscis. One species is found in Sumatra, and there are one or more in South America.Tā'pir-oid, a. p. 1354Allied to the tapir, or the tapir family.Tā'pīs, n. p. 1354Carpeting; tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council-table. Upon the tapis, on the table, or under consideration.Tāp'is, v. t. p. 1354To cover or work with figures like tapestry.Tāp'ish or Tāp'pīs, v. i. p. 1354To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappice.] [Obs. and rare.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tapish…Tāp'-lāsh, n. p. 1354Bad small beer. [Prov. Eng.] 2. The refuse or dregs of liquor. “The tap-lash of strong ale and wine.” Halliwell.