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||Tab`u*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.] (Zoöl.) An ||artificial group of stony corals including those which have ||transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and ||Favosites are examples. || Tab"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabulating.] [L. tabula a table. See Tabular.] 1. To form into a table or tables; to 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.
Tab`u*la"tion (?), n. The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.
Tac (?), n. [Cf. Tack, n., 4.] (O. Eng. Law) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; — a word used in old records. Cowell. Burrill.
{ Tac"a*ma*hac` (?), Tac`a*ma*ha"ca (?), } n. 1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
Ta*caud" (?), n. [Cf. F. tacaud. See Tomcod.] (Zoöl.) The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]
Tace (?), n. The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n. Mollett.
Tace, n. See Tasse. Fairholt.
||Ta"cet (?), v. impers. [L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of tacere to be ||silent.] (Mus.) It is silent; — a direction for a vocal or ||instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement. || Tache (?), n. [See Tack a kind of nail.] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6.
Tache, n. [F. tache spot. See Techy.] A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] Warner.
Tach*hy"drite (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + "y`dwr water. So named from its ready deliquescence.] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.
||Tach"i*na (?), n.; pl. Tachinæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, for &?; ||swift.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to ||Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of ||other insects. || Ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachomètre.] An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: —
(a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork.
(b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial.
(c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a hæmatachometer.
Tach"y*di*dax`y (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + &?; teaching.] A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]
||Tach`y*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick + &?; tongue.] ||(Zoöl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters ||of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna. || { Tach`y*graph"ic (?), Tach`y*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. tachygraphique.] Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
Ta*chyg"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie.] The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Tach"y*lyte (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + &?; to dissolve.] (Min.) A vitreous form of basalt; — so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
Tac"it (?), a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. þahan to be silent, Icel. þegja, OHG. dagn: cf. F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.] Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. — Tac"it*ly, adv.
The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts.
Jer. Taylor.
Tac"i*turn (?), a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See Tacit.] Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. — Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
Syn. — Silent; reserved. Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn may now and then make an effort at conversation.
Tac`i*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.] Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers.
V. Knox.
The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense.
Macaulay.
Tack (?), n. [From an old or dialectal form of F. tache. See Techy.] 1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. L. tactus.] A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.] Drayton.
Tack, n. [OE. tak, takke, a fastening; akin to D. tak a branch, twig, G. zacke a twig, prong, spike, Dan. takke a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. tagg prickle, point, Icel. tg a willow twig, Ir. taca a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. tacaid, Armor. & Corn. tach; perhaps akin to E. take. Cf. Attach, Attack, Detach, Tag an end, Zigzag.] 1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
2. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3. Macaulay.
Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.
Bp. Burnet.
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3. (Naut.) (a) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom. (b) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail). (c) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; — the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. Burrill.
5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Tack of a flag (Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards. — Tack pins (Naut.), belaying pins; — also called jack pins. — To haul the tacks aboard (Naut.), to set the courses. — To hold tack, to last or hold out. Milton.
Tack (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tacking.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E. take. See Tack a small nail.] 1. To fasten or attach. "In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees." Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere.
Herbert.
2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; — often with on or to. Macaulay.
4. (Naut.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.
In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.
Tack, v. i. (Naut.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.
Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, "Wheel to the left."
Macaulay.
Tack"er (?), n. One who tacks.
Tack"et (?), n. [Dim. of tack a small nail.] A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Tack"ey (?), a. & n. See Tacky.
Tack"ing, n. (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 American law. Kent.
Tac"kle (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?, especially by seamen), n. [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel, Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v.t., or to take.] 1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. "She to her tackle fell." Hudibras.
In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.
3. (Naut.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. — Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a. — Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc. — Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out. — Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a tackle, to which the power is applied. — Tack tackle (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails. — Tackle board, Tackle post (Ropemaking), a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.
Tac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tackling.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See Tackle, n.] 1. To supply with tackle. Beau. & Fl.
2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat.
Dublin Univ. Mag.
Tac"kled (?), a. Made of ropes tacked together.
My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair.
Shak.
Tac"kling, n. (Naut.) 1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.
3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Tacks"man (?), n.; pl. Tacksmen (&?;). (Scots Law) One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee. Sir W. Scott.
The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains.
Macaulay.
Tack"y (?), a. [Cf. Techy, Tack a spot.] Sticky; adhesive; raw; — said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]
Ta*con"ic (?), a. (Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.
Tact (?), n. [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.] 1. The sense of touch; feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
Southey.
Now, sight is a very refined tact.
J. Le Conte.
2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin.
Macaulay.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
Macaulay.
Tac"ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.
{ Tac"tic (?), Tac"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;. See tactics.] Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics. — Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Tac"tic (?), n. See Tactics.
Tac*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. tacticien.] One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.
Tac"tics (?), n. [Gr. &?;, pl., and &?; (sc. &?;, sing., fr. &?; fit for ordering or arranging, fr. &?;, &?;, to put in order, to arrange: cf. F. tactique.] 1. The 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 elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.
2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Tac"tile (?), a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." Sir M. Hale.
Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch.
The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.
H. N. Martin.
Tac*til"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. tactilité.] The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
Tac"tion (?), n. [L. tactio, from tangere, tactum, to touch.] The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. "External taction." Chesterfield.
Tact"less (?), a. Destitute of tact.
Tac"tu*al (?), a. [See Tact.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.
In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense diffused over the entire body.
Tyndall.
Tad"pole` (?), n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. tdie, tdige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.] 1. (Zoöl.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.
2. (Zoöl.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See Forkbeard (a).
||Tæ"di*um (?), n. [L.] See Tedium. || Tael (?), n. [Malay ta&?;l, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tul a balance, weight, tul to weigh.] A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
{ Taen (?), or Ta'en }, p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic & Scot.] Burns.
||Tæ"ni*a (?), n.; pl. Tæniæ (#). [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. ||(Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common ||tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. || 2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; — applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
||Tæ*ni"a*da (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Tænioidea. || ||Tæ`ni*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zoöl.) A ||division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike ||body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example. || ||Tæ*nid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Tænidia (#). [NL., dim. fr. L. taenia a ||ribbon.] (Zoöl.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the ||tracheæ of insects. See Illust. of Trachea. || ||Tæ`ni*o*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a ribbon + &?; a ||tongue.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which ||the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of ||teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and ||fresh-water. || Tæ`ni*o*glos"sate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Tænioglossa.
Tæ"ni*oid (?), a. [Tænia + -oid.] 1. Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.
2. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to Tænia.
||Tæ`ni*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The division of cestode worms which ||comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm. || ||Tæ*ni"o*la (?), n.; pl. Tæniolæ (#). [L., dim. of taenia a ribbon.] ||(Zoöl.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal ||cavities of certain medusæ. || ||Tæ`ni*o*so"mi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ribbon + &?; body.] ||(Zoöl.) An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed ||form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon. || Taf"fer*er (?), n. (Naut.) See Taffrail.
{ Taf"fe*ta (?), Taf"fe*ty (?), } n. [F. taffetas, It. taffetà, from Per. tftah, originally, twisted, woven, from tftan to twist, to spin.] A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
Lined with taffeta and with sendal.
Chaucer.
Taff"rail (?), n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See Table.] (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. [Written also tafferel.]
Taf"fy (?), n. [Prov. E. taffy toffy.] 1. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.]
2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang]
Taf"i*a (?), n. [Cf. F. & Sp. tafia, It. taffia; fr. Malay tfa a spirit distilled from molasses. Cf. Ratafia.] A variety of rum. [West Indies]
Tag (?), n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.]
Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.
5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging (?).] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
Macaulay.
His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
Dryden.
2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.
3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
Tag, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; — often with after; as, to tag after a person.
Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
Tag"belt` (?), n. (Far.) Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]
Tag"ger (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.
2. That which is pointed like a tag.
Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers.
Cotton.
3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Knight.
4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. Knight.
Tag"let (?), n. A little tag.
||Tagl"ia (?), n. [It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut. See ||Tailor.] (Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C. || Tagl`ia*co"tain (?), a. (Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]
Tagl*io"ni (?), n. A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; — said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.
He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel.
Sir W. Scott.
Tag"lock` (?), n. An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.
Tag"ni*cate (?), n. (Zoöl.) The white-lipped peccary.
Tag"-rag` (?), n. & a. [See Tag an end, and Rag.] The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man.
Shak.
Tag"sore` (?), n. (Far.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; — called also tagbelt. [Obs.]
Tag"tail` (?), n. 1. A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
2. A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Tag"u*an (?), n. [From the native name in the East Indies.] (Zoöl.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.
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Ta`gui*ca"ti (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) The white-lipped peccary.
Ta"ha (?), n. The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).
Ta*ha"leb (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.
Ta*hi"ti*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. — n. A native inhabitant of Tahiti.
Tahr (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Thar.
Tail (?), n. [F. taille a cutting. See Entail, Tally.] (Law) Limitation; abridgment. Burrill.
Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded; — called also estate tail. Blackstone.
Tail, a. (Law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Tail, n. [AS. tægel, tægl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. √59.] 1. (Zoöl.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebræ, and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebræ which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term tail is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
Harvey.
3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, — as opposed to the head, or the superior part.
The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
Deut. xxviii. 13.
4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his tail on."
Sir W. Scott.
5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; — rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.