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T (t, the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation,
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The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of the Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the Phd, s, th; as in tug, duke; two, dual, L. duo; resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh, tent, tense, a., tenuous, thin; nostril, thrill. See D, S.
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T bandage (Surg.), a bandage shaped like the letter T, and used principally for application to the groin, or perineum. -- T cart, a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure driving. -- T iron. (a) A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook. (b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like the letter T, -- used in structures. -- T rail, a kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no flange at the bottom so that a section resembles the letter T. -- T square, a ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end, for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different angles. -- To a T, exactly, perfectly; as, to suit to a T. [Colloq.]
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Ta (?), v. t. To take. [Obs. or Scot.] Cursor Mundi.
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Taas (?), n. A heap. See Tas. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Tab (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
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2. A tag. See Tag, 2.
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3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
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4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
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5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
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6. a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc.
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7. a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab.
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8. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns.
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Ta*bac"co (?), n. Tobacco. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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\'d8Ta*ba"nus (?), n. [L., horsefly.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
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Tab"ard (?), n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. tampa`rion, LL. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]
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In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare. Chaucer.
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Tab"ard*er (?), n. 1. One who wears a tabard.
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2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. Nares.
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Tab"a*ret (?), n. [Cf. Tabby.] A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
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Ta*bas"co sauce (?). [So named after Tabasco, a river and state of Mexico.] A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.
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Tab`a*sheer" (?), n. [Per. tab\'besh\'c6r: cf. Skr. tvakksh\'c6r\'be, tvaksh\'c6r\'be.] A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
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Tab"bi*net (?), n. [Cf. Tabby.] A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]
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Tab"by (?), n.; pl. Tabbies (#). [F. tabis (cf. It. tab\'8d, Sp. & Pg. tab\'a1, LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'att\'beb\'c6, properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. Tobine.] 1. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
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2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. Weale.
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4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] Byron.
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Tab"by (?), a. 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. Pepys.
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Tabby moth (Zo\'94l.), the grease moth. See under Grease.
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Tab"by, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabbied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabbying (?).] To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
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Tab`e*fac"tion (?), n. [See Tabefy.] A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
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Tab"e*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabefying (?).] [L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to melt.] To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] Harvey.
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Ta*bel"lion (?), n. [L. tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F. tabellion. See Table.] A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
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Ta"ber (?), v. i. Same as Tabor. Nahum ii. 7.
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Tab"erd (?), n. See Tabard.
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Tab"er*na*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern.] 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
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Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Heb. xi. 9.
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Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn.
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2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi.
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Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14.
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(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
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Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. -- Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf. Gloss.
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Tab"er*na*cle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling (?).] To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
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He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. Dr. J. Scott.
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Tab`er*nac"u*lar (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.
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2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton.
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3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. \'bdHorribly tabernacular.\'b8 De Quincey.
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\'d8Ta"bes (t, n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
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\'d8Tabes dorsalis (t [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes. -- \'d8Tabes mesenterica ( [NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.
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Ta*bes"cent (?), a. [L. tabescens wasting, p. pr. of tabescere.] Withering, or wasting away.
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Ta*bet"ic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. -- n. One affected with tabes.
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Tab"id (?), a. [L. tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See Tabes.] (Med.) Affected by tabes; tabetic.
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In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot.
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-- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
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{ Ta*bif"ic (?), Ta*bif"ic*al (?), } a. [Tabes + L. facere to make.] (Med.) Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
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Tab"inet (?), n. See Tabbinet. Thackeray.
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Tab"la*ture (?), n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See Table.] 1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Shaftesbury.
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2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
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The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. Evelyn.
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Ta"ble (?), n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a painting. Cf. Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.] 1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. Sandys.
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2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. \'bdThe names . . . written on his tables.\'b8 Chaucer.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. Ex. xxxiv. 1.
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And stand there with your tables to glean
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The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which, with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip, is a most incomparable table. Evelyn.
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St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a poor peasant. Addison.
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4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule. Specifically: --
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(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
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(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties; especially, the a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc. -<-- periodic table -->
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(c) (Mach.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables, etc.
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Mistress of a fairer table
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5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working.
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The nymph the table spread. Pope.
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6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good table.
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I drink the general joy of the whole table. Shak.
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8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diplo\'89, in the walls of the cranium.
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9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
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10. (Games) (a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played. (b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table. (c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
tables, chides the dice. Shak.
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11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
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A circular plate or table of about five feet diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. Ure.
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12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
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13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.
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Bench table, Card table, Communion table, Lord's table, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc. -- Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially intended to receive an inscription or the like. -- Roller table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement. -- Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. -- Table anvil, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for use in making slight repairs. -- Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water table. -- Table bed, a bed in the form of a table. -- Table beer, beer for table, or for common use; small beer. -- Table bell, a small bell to be used at table for calling servants. -- Table cover, a cloth for covering a table, especially at other than mealtimes. -- Table diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper surface. -- Table linen, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like. -- Table money (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to officers over and above their pay, for table expenses. -- Table rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or housekeeping. Burrill. -- Table shore (Naut.), a low, level shore. -- Table talk, conversation at table, or at meals. -- Table talker, one who talks at table. -- Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the muscular force of persons in connection with the objects moved, or to physical force applied otherwise. -- Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), the upper and lower horizontal members. -- To lay on the table, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often used with the intention of postponing consideration of a motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion. -- To serve tables (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to distribute provisions for their wants. Acts vi. 2. -- To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming. -- Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings. Burrill.
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Ta"ble (t, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabled (t; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabling (t.] 1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
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2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.]
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Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. Bacon.
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3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton.
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4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
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5. To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.
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6. In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
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8. (Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
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Ta"ble, v. i. To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] \'bdHe . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts.\'b8 South.
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\'d8Ta`bleau" (?), n.; pl. Tableaux (#). [F., dim. fr. L. tabula a painting. See Table.] 1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
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Ta"ble*book` (?), n. A tablet; a notebook.
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Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy. Dryden.
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Ta"ble*cloth` (?), n. A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
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\'d8Ta"ble d'h\'93te" (t; pl. Tables d'h\'93te (#). [F., literally, table of the landlord.] 1. A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
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Ta"ble-land` (?), n. A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
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The toppling crags of Duty scaled,
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Ta"ble*man (?), n.; pl. Tablemen (. A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [R.] Bacon.
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Ta"ble*ment (?), n. (Arch.) A table. [Obs.]
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Ta"bler (?), n. 1. One who boards. [Obs.]
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Ta"ble*spoon`ful (?), n.; pl. Tablespoonfuls (. As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
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5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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Ta"ble*ware` (?), n. Ware, or articles collectively, for use during meals, including, for example, dishes, plates, bowls, knives, forks, and spoons.
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Table work. (Print.) Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.
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Ta"bling (?), n. 1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
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Tab"loid (?), n. [A table-mark.] 1. A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.
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Tab"loid (t, a. 1. Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.
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Ta*boo" (?), n. A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]
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Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.] To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]
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Ta*boo" (?), a. [Written also tabu and tapu.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.
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Ta"bor (?), n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab\'c6r a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]
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Ta"bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.] 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.
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2. To strike lightly and frequently.
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Ta"bor, v. t. To make (a sound) with a tabor.
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Ta"bor*er (?), n. One who plays on the tabor. Shak.
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Tab"o*ret (?), n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]
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Tab"o*rine (?), n. [OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor, and cf. Tambourine.] (Mus.) A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
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Ta"bor*ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.
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Ta"bour (?), n. & v. See Tabor.
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Tab"ou*ret (?), n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See Tabor.] 1. Same as Taboret.
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2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.
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3. An embroidery frame. Knight.
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Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court.
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Tab"rere (?), n. A taborer. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Tab"ret (?), n. A taboret. Young.
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Ta*bu" (?), n. & v. See Taboo.
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\'d8Tab"u*la (?), n.; pl. Tabul\'91 (#). [L.] 1. A table; a tablet.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
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Tabula rasa ( [L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.
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Tab"u*lar (?), a. [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See Table.] Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: --
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(a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.
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(b) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
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Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated. Woodward.
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(c) Set in squares. [R.]
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(d) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.
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(e) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.
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Tabular difference (Math.), the difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper place in the table. -- Tabular spar (Min.), wollastonite.
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Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.
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Tab"u*lar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabularizing (?).] To tabulate.
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\'d8Tab`u*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.] (Zo\'94l.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples. -<-- ## note that Pocillopora is italicised but not listed separately in this dictionary. Favosites is not italicised, and has an entry as a headword. Is that the difference between italicisation or not for genus names? -->
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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.
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A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may be tabulated, and put in figures. I. Taylor.
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2. To shape with a flat surface.
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Tab`u*la"tion (?), n. The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.
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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.
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{ Tac"a*ma*hac` (?), Tac`a*ma*ha"ca (?), } n. 1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
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2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
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Ta*caud" (?), n. [Cf. F. tacaud. See Tomcod.] (Zo\'94l.) The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]
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\'d8Tac`-au-tac" (?), n. [F., fr. riposter du tac au tac to parry (where tac imitates the sound made by the steel).] (Fencing) The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.
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Tace (?), n. The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n. Mollett.
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Tace, n. See Tasse. Fairholt.
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\'d8Ta"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.
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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.
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Tache, n. [F. tache spot. See Techy.] A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] Warner.
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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.
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\'d8Tach"i*na (?), n.; pl. Tachin\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. tachino`s, for tachy`s swift.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larv\'91 are external parasites of other insects.
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Ta*chis"to*scope (?), n. [Gr. ta`chistos, superl. of tachy`s swift + -scope.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.
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Tach"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. ta`chos speed + -graph.] A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.
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Ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. ta`chos swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachom\'8atre.] An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: --
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(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.
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(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.
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(c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a h\'91matachometer.
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Ta*chom"e*try (?), n. Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers.
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Tach"y*di*dax`y (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + di`daxis teaching.] A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]
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\'d8Tach`y*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick + glw^ssa tongue.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
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Tach"y*graph (?), n. An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.
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Ta*chyg"ra*pher (?), n. [Gr. One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.
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{ Tach`y*graph"ic (?), Tach`y*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. tachygraphique.] Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
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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).
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Tach"y*lyte (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + ly`ein to dissolve.] (Min.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
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Ta*chym"e*ter (?), n. [Tachy- + -meter.] 1. (Surveying) An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects.
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Ta*chym"e*try (?), n. The science or use of the tachymeter. -- Ta`chy*met"ric (#), a.
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Tach"y*scope (?), n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + -scope.] An early form of animated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Ansch\'81tz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.
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Tac"it (?), a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. to be silent, Icel. , OHG. dag\'c7n: 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.
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The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. Jer. Taylor.
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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.
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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.
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Tac`i*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit\'82.] Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
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The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox.
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The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
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Tack (?), n. [From an old or dialectal form of F. tache. See Techy.] 1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.]
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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. t\'beg 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.
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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; as, to take a different tack; -- often used metaphorically.
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4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. Burrill.
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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.
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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. \'bdIn hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees.\'b8 Swift.
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2. Especially, to attach or secure in