Webster's Dictionary 1913

568

Tarnish (2)

Tar″nish, v. i. To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright,Grow stale and tarnish with our daily si...

569

Tarnish (3)

Tar″nish, n. 1. The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.2. (Min.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original...

570

Tarnisher

Tar″nish‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, tarnishes.

571

Taro

Ta″ro (?), n.(Bot.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate lea...

572

Tarot

Tar″ot (?), n. [F.; cf. It. tarocco.] A game of cards; — called also taroc. Hoyle.

573

Tarpan

Tar″pan (?), n.(Zoöl.) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.

574

Tarpaulin

Tar‐pau″lin (?), n. [Tar + palling a covering, pall to cover. See Pall a covering.] 1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatc...

575

Tarpeian

Tar‐pe″ian (?), a. [L. Tarpeius, prop., pertaining to Tarpeia.] Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hur...

576

Tarpon

Tar″pon (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Tarpum.

577

Tarpum

Tar″pum (?), n.(Zoöl.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has la...

578

Tarquinish

Tar″quin‐ish (?), a. Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.

579

Tarrace

Tar″race (?), n. See Trass.

580

Tarragon

Tar″ra‐gon (?), n. [Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh�n; perhaps fr. Gr. � a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon. Cf. Dragon.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracun...

581

Tarras

Tar″ras (?), n. See Trass.

582

Tarre

Tarre (?), v. t. [OE. tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke, AS. tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. tear, v.t. √63. Cf. Tarry, v.] To set on, as a dog; to incite...

583

Tarriance

Tar″ri‐ance (?), n. The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. Shak.And after two days' tarriance there, returned. Tennyson.

584

Tarrier

Tar″ri‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, tarries.

585

Tarrier (2)

Tar″ri‐er, n.(Zoöl.) A kind of dig; a terrier.

586

Tarrock

Tar″rock (?), n. [Greenland tattarock.] (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The common tern.

587

Tarry

Tar″ry (?), a. [From Tar, n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

588

Tarry (2)

Tar″ry (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tarried (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tarrying.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen t...

589

Tarry (3)

Tar″ry, v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off.Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. Chaucer.2. To wait for; to stay or stop for.He that will have a cake out of the wheat mus...

590

Tarry (4)

Tar″ry, n. Stay; stop; delay. E. Lodge.

591

Tarsal

Tar″sal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye). — n. A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.Tarsal tetter(Med.), an eruptive disease of the edg...

592

Tarsal (2)

Tar″sal (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Tercel.

593

Tarsale

‖Tar‐sa″le (?), n.; pl.Tarsalia (#). (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.

594

Tarse

Tarse (?), n. [Cf. Tassel, Tiercel.] (Falconry) The male falcon.