Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tamine

{ Tam″ine (?), Tam″i‐ny (?), } n. [Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve. Cf. Stamin, Temse.] A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

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Tamis

Tam″is (?), n. 1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.2. The cloth itself; tammy.Tamis bird(Zoöl.), a Guinea fowl.

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Tamkin

Tam″kin (?), n. A tampion. Johnson (Dict.).

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Tammy

Tam″my (?), n.; pl.Tammies (�). 1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, — used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.2. A sieve, or strainer, made ...

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Tamp

Tamp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tamped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tamping.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion.] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or...

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Tampan

Tam″pan (?), n.(Zoöl.) A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.

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Tampeon

Tam″pe‐on (?), n. See Tampion. Farrow.

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Tamper

Tamp″er (?), n. 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

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Tamper (2)

Tam″per (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tampered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tampering.] [A corruption of temper.] 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a dise...

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Tamperer

Tam″per‐er (?), n. One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

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Tampico fiber

{ Tam‐pi″co fi″berorfi″bre (?) }. A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

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Tamping

Tamp″ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding th...

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Tampion

Tam″pi‐on (?), n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and tompion.] 1. A wooden st...

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Tampoe

Tam″poe (?), n.(Bot.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

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Tampon

Tam″pon (?), n. [F. See Tampion.] (Surg.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

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Tampon (2)

Tam″pon, v. t.(Surg.) To plug with a tampon.

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Tampoon

Tam″poon (?), n. [See Tampion.] The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

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Tamul

Ta″mul (tä″mŭl), a. & n. Tamil.

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Tamworth

Tam″worth (tăm″wŭrth), n. [From Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.] One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long sno...

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Tan

Tan (tăn), n. See Picul.

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Tan (2)

Tan, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. Tawny.] 1. The bark of the oak...

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Tan (3)

Tan, a. Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.Black and tan. See under Black, a.

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Tan (4)

Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tanned (tănd); p. pr. & vb. n.Tanning.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by the usual process...

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Tan (5)

Tan (?), v. i. To get or become tanned.

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Tan (6)

Tan, v. t. To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch.

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Tana

Ta″na (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Banxring.

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Tanager

Tan″a‐ger (tăn″ȧ‐jẽr), n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and a...