TARDATION
TARDA'TION, noun [Latin tardo. See Tardy.] The act of retarding or delaying. [Not used. We use for this, retardation.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TARDIGRADE
T'ARDIGRADET'ARDIGRADOUS, adjective [Latin tardigradus; tardus, slow, and gradus, step.]Slow-paced; moving or stepping slowly.T'ARDIGRADE, noun The tardigrades are a genus of ed...
TARDIGRADOUS
T`ARDIGRADOUS, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus, slow, and gradus, step.]Slow-paced; moving or stepping slowly.
TARDILY
T'ARDILY, adverb [from tardy.] Slowly; with slow pace or motion.
TARDINESS
T'ARDINESS, noun [from tardy.] Slowness; or the slowness of motion or pace.1. Unwillingness; reluctance manifested by slowness.2. Lateness; as the tardiness of witnesses or juro...
TARDITY
T'ARDITY, noun [Latin tarditas.] Slowness; tardiness. [Not used.]
TARDY
T'ARDY, adjective [Latin tardus.]1. Slow; with a slow pace or motion.And check the tardy flight of time.2. Late; dilatory; not being in season.The tardy plants in our cold orcha...
TARDY-GAITED
T'ARDY-GAITED, adjective [tardy and gait.] Slow-paced; having a slow step or pace.The mellow hornChides the tardy-gaited morn.
TARE
TARE, noun [I know not the origin of this word. See the next word.]1. A weed that grows among corn.Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36.2. In agric...
TARED
TA'RED, participle passive Having the tare ascertained and marked.
TARGE
T'ARGE, for target, is obsolete.
TARGET
T'ARGET, noun1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war.2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice.
TARGETED
T'ARGETED, adjective Furnished or armed with a target.
TARGETEER
T'ARGETEE'R, noun One armed with a target.
TARGUM
T'ARGUM, noun A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or dialect. Of these the targum of Jonathan, and that of Onkelos, are held in most est...
TARGUMIST
T'ARGUMIST, noun The writer of a Targum.
TARIF
TAR'IF, noun1. Properly, a list or table of goods with the duties or customs to be paid for the same, either on importation or exportation, whether such duties are imposed by th...
TARIN
TAR'IN, noun A bird of the genus Fringilla, kept in cages for its beauty and fine notes; the citrinella.
TARING
TA'RING, participle present tense Ascertaining or marking the amount of tare.
TARN
T'ARN, noun A bog, a marsh; a fen.
TARNISH
T'ARNISH, verb transitive1. To sully; to soil by an alteration induced by the air, or by dust and the like; to diminish or destroy luster; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gil...
TARNISHED
T'ARNISHED, participle passive Sullied; having lost its brightness by oxydation, or by some alteration induced by exposure to air, dust and the like.Gold and silver, when tarnis...
TARNISHING
T'ARNISHING, participle passive Sullying; losing brightness.
TARPAULIN
T'ARPAU'LIN, noun [from tar.] A piece of canvas well daubed with tar, and used to cover the hatchways of a ship to prevent rain or water from entering the hold.1. A sailor; in c...
TARRACE
TAR'RACETAR'RAGON, noun A plant of the genus Artemisia, (A. dracunculus,) celebrated for perfuming vinegar in France.
TARRAGON
TAR'RAGON, n. A plant of the genus Artemisia, (A. dracunculus,) celebrated for perfuming vinegar in France.
TARRASS
TAR'RASST'ARRED, participle passive Smeared with tar.