TALK
TALK, verb intransitive tauk.1. To converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.I will buy with you, sell with you, tal...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TALKATIVE
TALKATIVE, adjective tauk'ativ. Given to much talking; full of prate; loquacious; garrulous. One of the faults of old age is to be talkative
TALKATIVENESS
TALKATIVENESS, noun tauk'ativness. Loquacity; garrulity; the practice or habit of speaking much in conversation.
TALKER
TALKER, noun tauk'er. One who talks; also, a loquacious person, male or female; a prattler.1. A boaster.
TALKING
TALKING, participle present tense tauk'ing. Conversing; speaking in familiar conversation. Matthew 17:3.1.adjective Given to talking; loquacious; as talking age.TALKING, noun ta...
TALL
TALL, adjective [Eng. dally; Latin tollo.]1. High in stature; long and comparatively slender; applied to a person, or to a standing tree, mast or pole. tall always refers to som...
TALLAGE
TAL'LAGETAL'LIAGE, noun Anciently, a certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights and inferior tenants, towards the public expenses. When it was paid out of knight's fees, it was...
TALLIAGE
TAL'LIAGE, noun Literally, a share; hence, a tax or toll.
TALLNESS
TALL'NESS, noun Highth of stature. [See Tall.]
TALLOW
TAL'LOW, noun A sort of animal fat, particularly that which is obtained from animals of the sheep and ox kinds. We speak of the tallow of an ox or cow, or of sheep. This substan...
TALLOW-CANDLE
TAL'LOW-CANDLE, noun A candle made of tallow.
TALLOW-CHANDLER
TAL'LOW-CH'ANDLER, noun One whose occupation is to make, or to make and sell tallow candles.
TALLOW-FACED
TAL'LOW-FACED, adjective Having a sickly complexion; pale.
TALLOWED
TAL'LOWED, participle passive Greased or smeared with tallow.1. Made fat; filled with tallow.
TALLOWER
TAL'LOWER, noun An animal disposed to form tallow internally.
TALLOWING
TAL'LOWING, participle present tense Greasing with tallow.1. Causing to gather tallow; a term in agriculture.TAL'LOWING, noun The act, practice or art of causing animals to gath...
TALLOWISH
TAL'LOWISH, adjective Having the properties or nature of tallow.
TALLOWY
TAL'LOWY, adjective Greasy, having the qualities of tallow.
TALLY
TAL'LY, noun1. A piece of wood on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number. In purchasing and selling, it is customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stic...
TALLYING
TAL'LYING, participle present tense Fitting to each other; making to correspond.1. Agreeing; corresponding.2. Hauling aft the corners of the main and fore-sail.
TALLYMAN
TAL'LYMAN, noun [tally and man.] One who sells for weekly payment.1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
TALMUD
TAL'MUD, noun The 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 ...
TALMUDIC
TAL'MUDICTALMU'DICAL, adjective Pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as talmudic fables.
TALMUDICAL
TALMU'DICAL, a. Pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as Talmudic fables.
TALMUDIST
TAL'MUDIST, noun One versed in the Talmud.
TALMUDISTIC
TALMUDIST'IC, adjective Pertaining to the Talmud; resembling the Talmud.
TALON
TAL'ON, noun1. The claw of a fowl.2. In architecture, a kind of molding, concave at the bottom, and convex at the top. When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inver...