Webster's Dictionary 1913

703

Tattling

Tat″tling (?), a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. — Tat″tling‐ly, adv.

704

Tattoo

Tat‐too″ (?), n. [Earlier taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap, faucet + toe to, shut (i.e., the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).] (Mil.) A beat of drum, or sound of a...

705

Tattoo (2)

Tat‐too″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tattooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tattooing.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).] To color, as the fle...

706

Tattoo (3)

Tat‐too″, n.; pl.Tattoos (�). An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; — a mode of ornamentation practiced by var...

707

Tatty

Tat″ty (?), n.; pl. Tatties (#). [Hind. ṭaṭṭī.] A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

708

Tatu

Ta‐tu″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Tatou.

709

Tatusiid

Ta‐tu″si‐id (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidæ, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.

710

Tau

Tau (?), n. [Gr. ταυ̑ the letter τ (English T).] (Zoöl.) The common American toadfish; — so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (τ).Tau cross. See Illust. 6, o...

711

Tau (2)

Tau (tou), n. [Gr. ταυ̑.] The nineteenth letter (Τ, τ) of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to English t.

712

Taught

Taught (?), a. See Taut. Totten.

713

Taught (2)

Taught, imp. & p. p. of Teach. [AS. imp. tǣhte, p. p. getǣht.] See Teach.

714

Taunt

Taunt (?), a. [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.

715

Taunt (2)

Taunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n.Taunting.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.] To reproach with severe or...

716

Taunt (3)

Taunt, n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak.With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest....

717

Taunter

Taunt″er (?), n. One who taunts.

718

Taunting

Taunt″ing, a. & n. from Taunt, v.Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.

719

Tauntingly

Taunt″ing‐ly, adv. In a taunting manner.

720

Tauntress

Taunt″ress (?), n. A woman who taunts.

721

Taupie

{ Tau″pie, Taw″pie } (?), n. [Cf. Icel. tōpi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. tåp.] A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. Burns.

722

Taur

Taur (?), n. [L. Taurus.] The constellation Taurus. Chaucer.

723

Tauricornous

Tau′ri‐cor″nous (?), a. [L. tauricornis; taurus a bull + cornu a horn.] (Zoöl.) Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne.

724

Taurid

Tau″rid (?), n. [Taurus + 1st -id.] (Astron.) Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; — so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

725

Tauridor

Tau′ri‐dor″ (?), n. [See Toreador.] A bullfighter; a toreador. Sir W. Scott.

726

Tauriform

Tau″ri‐form (?), a. [L. tauriformis; taurus a bull + -form: cf. F. tauriforme.] Having the form of a bull.

727

Taurine

Tau″rine (?), a. [L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See Taurus.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.

728

Taurine (2)

Tau″rine (?), n. [So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See Taurus.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lung...

729

Taurocholate

Tau′ro‐cho″late (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.