Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tallowing

Tal″low‐ing, n. The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.

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Tallowish

Tal″low‐ish, a. Having the qualities of tallow.

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Tallowy

Tal″low‐y (?), a. Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

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Tallwood

Tall″wood′ (?), n. [Cf. Tally.] Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.

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Tally

Tal″ly (?), n.; pl.Tallies (#). [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taillé, p. p. of tailler. See Tailor, and cf. ...

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Tally (2)

Tal″ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tallied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tallying.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.] 1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to...

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Tally (3)

Tal″ly (?), v. i. 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. Addison.Your idea... tallies exactly with mine...

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Tally (4)

Tal″ly (?), adv. [See Tall, a.] Stoutly; with spirit. Beau. & Fl.

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Tallyho

Tal″ly‐ho′ (?), interj. & n. 1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.2. A tallyho coach.Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.

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Tallyman

Tal″ly‐man (?), n.; pl.Tallymen (�). 1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.

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Talma

Tal″ma (?), n.; pl.Talmas (#). [Prob. so called from Talma, a French actor.] (a) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies. (b) A similar g...

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Talmud

Tal″mud (?), n. [Chald. talmūd instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.] The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.☞ The ...

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Talmudic

{ Tal‐mud″ic (?), Tal‐mud″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. talmudique.] Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases. Lightfoot.

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Talmudism

Tal″mud‐ism (?), n. (�), n. The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

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Talmudist

Tal″mud‐ist (?), n. [Cf. F. talmudiste.] One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

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Talmudistic

Tal′mud‐is″tic (?), a. Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.

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Talon

Tal″on (?), n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. Bacon.2. (Zoöl.) One ...

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Talook

{ Ta‐look″, Ta‐luk″ } (?), n. [Ar. ta'lluq.] A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collec...

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Talookdar

{ Ta‐look″dar, Ta‐luk″dar } (?), n. [Hind., fr. Per. ta'lluqdār.] A proprietor of a talook.

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Talpa

‖Tal″pa (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

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Talus

‖Ta″lus (?), n.; pl.Tali (#). 1. (Anat.) The astragalus.2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.

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Talus (2)

Ta″lus, n. 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

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Tam-o'-shanter

Tam′–o'–shan″ter (?), n. [So named after Tam o'Shanter, a character in Burns's poem of the same name.] A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flatti...

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Tam-tam

Tam″–tam′ (?), n.(Mus.) (a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; — called also tom-tom. (b) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.

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Tamability

Tam′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

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Tamable

Tam″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness. — Tam″a‐ble‐ness, n.

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Tamale

Ta‐ma″le (?), n. [Written also tamal, tomale.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped i...