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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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Tāst'y, a. p. 1356Having a good taste, or nice perception of excellence;—applied to persons; as, a tasty lady. 2. Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.Tăt, n. p. 1356Cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius;—so called in India. Simmonds.Tătch, n. p. 1356A spot or stain; a blemish; also, a trick; contrivance; plot. [Obs.]Tăt'ou-aȳ, n. p. 1356(Zoöl.) A kind of armadillo found in South America, having a round, pointed, and naked tail; Dasypus tatouay.Tăt'ou-hou, n. p. 1356(Zoöl.) A kind of armadillo; the peba. See PEBA.Tăt'tȧ, n. p. 1356A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, with a view of cooling the air as it enters. [India.]Tăt'ter, v. t. & i. p. 1356To rend or tear into rags; to be in tatters or rags;—obsolete, except in the past participle. “Where waved the tattered ensigns of Rag-fair.” Pope.Tăt'ter, n. p. 1356A rag, or a part torn and hanging to the thing;—chiefly used in the plural.Tăt'ter-de-măl'ion, n. p. 1356A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange.Tăt'ting, n. p. 1356A kind of lace edging woven or knit from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.Tăt'tle, v. i. p. 1356To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. Excuse it by the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden. 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; as, a…Tăt'tle, n. p. 1356Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. They told the tattle of the day. Swift.Tăt'tler, n. p. 1356One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.Tāt'ter-y, n. p. 1356Idle talk or chat.Tāt'tling, p. a. p. 1356Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.Tāt'tling-ly, adv. p. 1356In a tattling, tell-tale manner.Tat-tōō', n. p. 1356(Mil.) A beat of drum at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. Devil's tattoo, a beating or drumming with the fingers or…Tat-tōō', v. t. p. 1356To color, as the flesh, by pricking in fluids or other dyestuffs, so as to form figures which can not be washed out.Tat-tōō', n. p. 1356Indelible marks or figures made by puncturing the body and introducing some pigment;— practiced by various barbarous races both in ancient and modern times, and also among civilized nations by…Taught, a. p. 1356Tightly drawn or strained; stretched; not slack. Toften.Taught, imp. & p. p. p. 1356of teach. [A-S. tæhte, tæht.] See TEACH.Tāunt, a. p. 1356(Naut.) Very high or tall, as the masts of a ship. Totten.Tāunt, v. t. p. 1356To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to censure. “When I had at my pleasure taunted her.” Shak. “Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.” Burke. ☞—“I see no good…Tāunt, n. p. 1356Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. “With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.” Shak. “With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.” Prior.Tāunt’er, n. p. 1356One who taunts, reproaches, or upbraids, with sarcastic or censorious reflections.Tāunt'ing, n. p. 1356The act of insulting; insult. The shameless fair, to taunting ever prone, No more the venom of her tongue suppressed, But gave full vent to many a scornful jest. Hoole.Tāunt'ing-ly, adv. p. 1356In a taunting manner; insultingly; scoffingly.Tāunt'ress, n. p. 1356A female who taunts. [Rare.]Tau'ri-cōrn'ōus, a. p. 1356Having horns like a bull. [Rare.] Browne.Tau'ri-fōrm, a. p. 1356Having the form of a bull.Tau'rine, a. p. 1356Relating to a bull. 2. Of, or relating to, the species of the Linnæan genus Taurus, to which the common bull, or ox, and cow belong, and for which there is no peculiar name in English.Tau'rine, n. p. 1356(Physiol.) A crystallizable substance produced by the action of chemical re-agents upon certain proximate principles of the bile.Tau'ro-cōl or Tau'ro-cōl'la, n. p. 1356Glue made from a bull's hide.Tau'ro-mā'chi-an, a. p. 1356Of, or pertaining to, bull-fights.Tau'ro-mā'chi-an, n. p. 1356One who engages in bull-fights.Tau-rŏm'a-chy, n. p. 1356Bull-fighting.Tau'rus, n. p. 1356(Astron.) (a.) The Bull; one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the second in order, or that next to Aries. (b.) The second zodiacal constellation, containing the remarkable star named Aldebaran…Taut, a. p. 1356(Naut.) Tight. See TAUGHT, a. Totten.Tau'te-gŏr'ic-al, a. p. 1356Expressing the same thing or subject, but with different words or in a different form;—opposed to allegorical. [Rare.] Coleridge.Tau'to-chrōne, n. p. 1356(Math.) A curve line, such that a heavy body, descending along it, by the action of gravity will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; an…Tau-tŏch'ro-noŭs, a. p. 1356Occupying the same time; having the properties of a tautochrone.Tau-tŏg', n. p. 1356(Ichth.) A fish found on the coast of New England (Labrus Americanus), valued for food; the blackfish. [Also tautaug.]Tau'to-lŏġ'ic or Tau'to-lŏġ'ic-al, a. p. 1356Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, a tautological expression or phrase. Tautological echo, an echo that repeats the same sound or syllable many times.Tau'to-lŏġ'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1356In a tautological manner.Tau-tŏl'o-ġist, n. p. 1356One who uses different words or phrases, in succession, to express the same sense.Tau-tŏl'o-ġīze, v. i. p. 1356To repeat the same thing in different words.Tau-tŏl'o-goŭs, a. p. 1356Tautological. [Rare.] Tooke.Tau-tŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 1356A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of a thing in different words or phrases; or a representation of any thing as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself…Tau'to-ou'sian or Tau'to-ou'sioŭs, a. p. 1356Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature. [Rare.] Cudworth.Tau'to-phŏn'ic-al, a. p. 1356Repeating the same sound.Tau-tŏph'o-ny, n. p. 1356Repetition of the same sound.Tăv'ern, n. p. 1356A public house where entertainment and accommodation for travelers and other guests are provided; an inn; a hotel, usually licensed to sell liquors in small quantities.Tăv'ern-er, n. p. 1356One who keeps a tavern. [Obs.]Tăv'ern-häunt'er, n. p. 1356One who frequents taverns.Tăv'ern-ing, n. p. 1356A feasting at taverns. [Obs.]Tăv'ern-măn, n. p. 1356The keeper of a tavern. [Obs.] 2. A tippler; a tavern-haunter.Taw, v. t. p. 1356TAWING p. 1357To dress and prepare in white, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other materials. 2. To tow, as a boat. [Obs.] Drayton. 3.…Taw, n. p. 1357A large marble to be played with. 2. A game at marbles. 3. (pl.) A whip or instrument of punishment used by a schoolmaster. Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay.Taw'dri-ly, adv. p. 1357In a tawdry manner.