Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tappice

{ Tap″pice (?), Tap″pis (?) }, v. i. See Tapish.

515

Tappit hen

Tap″pit hen′ (?). 1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. Jamieson.2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); — so called from a knob on the...

516

Tappoon

Tap‐poon″ (?), n. [Sp. tampón a stopper.] (Irrigation) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.

517

Taproom

Tap″room′ (?), n. A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom, full of soldiers smoking. Macaulay.

518

Taproot

Tap″root′ (?), n.(Bot.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

519

Tapster

Tap″ster (?), n. [AS. tæppestre a female tapster. See Tap a plug, pipe, and -ster.] One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.

520

Taqua-nut

Ta″qua–nut′ (?), n.(Bot.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.

521

Tar

Tar (?), n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.] A sailor; a seaman. Swift.

522

Tar (2)

Tar, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D. teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tjära, Dan. tiære, and to E. tree. √63. See Tree.] A thick, black, viscous liquid o...

523

Tar (3)

Tar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tarring.] To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.

524

Taranis

Tar″a‐nis (?), n. [L. taranis, from the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn. taran thunder.] (Myth.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

525

Tarantass

Tar′an‐tass″ (?), n. [Russ. tarantas'.] A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletre...

526

Tarantella

Tar′an‐tel″la (?), n.(Mus.) (a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; — so called from a popular notion of its being a re...

527

Tarantism

Tar″ant‐ism (?), n. [It. tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme. See Tarantula.] (Med.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was su...

528

Tarantula

Ta‐ran″tu‐la (?), n.; pl. E. Tarantulas (#), L. Tarantulæ (#). [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species ...

529

Tarantulated

Ta‐ran″tu‐la′ted (?), a. Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.

530

Tarbogan

Tar‐bog″an (?), n. & v. See Toboggan.

531

Tarboosh

Tar‐boosh″ (?), n. [Ar. tarb�sh; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.] A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed...

532

Tardation

Tar‐da″tion (?), n. [L. tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum, to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.] The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.

533

Tardigrada

‖Tar′di‐gra″da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Tardigrade, a.] 1. (Zoöl.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground....

534

Tardigrade

Tar″di‐grade (?), a. [L. tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.] 1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. G. Eliot.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Tard...

535

Tardigrade (2)

Tar″di‐grade, n.(Zoöl.) One of the Tardigrada.

536

Tardigradous

Tar″di‐gra′dous (?), a. Moving slowly; slow-paced. Sir T. Browne.

537

Tardily

Tar″di‐ly (?), adv. In a tardy manner; slowly.

538

Tardiness

Tar″di‐ness, n. The quality or state of being tardy.

539

Tarditation

Tar′di‐ta″tion (?), n. Tardiness.To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs. Herrick.

540

Tardity

Tar″di‐ty (?), n. [L. tarditas.] Slowness; tardiness. Sir K. Digby.