Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tag (3)

Tag, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; — often with after; as, to tag after a person.

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Tag (4)

Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

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Tag day

Tag day. A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence ...

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Tag-rag

Tag″–rag′ (?), n. & a. [See Tag an end, and Rag.] The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.If the tag-rag people did not clap him and his...

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Tagal

Ta‐gal″ (?), n. 1. One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and...

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Tagalog

Ta‐ga″log (?), n. 1. (Ethnol.) Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.2. The language of the Taga...

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Tagbelt

Tag″belt′ (?), n.(Far.) Same as Tagsore.

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Tagger

Tag″ger (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.2. That which is pointed like a tag.Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. Cotton.3. pl. Sheet...

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Taglet

Tag″let (?), n. A little tag.

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Taglia

‖Tagl″ia (?), n. [It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut. See Tailor.] (Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C.

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Tagliacotain

Tagl′ia‐co″tain (?), a.(Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, ...

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Taglioni

Tagl‐io″ni (?), n. A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; — said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni...

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Taglock

Tag″lock′ (?), n. An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.

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Tagnicate

Tag″ni‐cate (?), n.(Zoöl.) The white-lipped peccary.

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Tagsore

Tag″sore′ (?), n.(Far.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; — called also tagbelt.

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Tagtail

Tag″tail′ (?), n. 1. A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.2. A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.

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Taguan

Tag″u‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

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Taguicati

Ta′gui‐ca″ti (?), n.(Zoöl.) The white-lipped peccary.

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Taha

Ta″ha (?), n. The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

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Tahaleb

Ta‐ha″leb (?), n.(Zoöl.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

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Tahitian

Ta‐hi″ti‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. — n. A native inhabitant of Tahiti.

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Tahr

Tahr (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Thar.

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Tai

Tai (?), a. Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.

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Tai (2)

Tai, n. A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear t...

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Tail

Tail (?), n. [F. taille a cutting. See Entail, Tally.] (Law) Limitation; abridgment. Burrill.Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain he...

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Tail (2)

Tail, a.(Law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

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Tail (3)

Tail, n. [AS. tægel, tægl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. √59.] 1. (Zoöl.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.☞ The ...