Tanning (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
Tanrec (n.) Same as Tenrec.
Tansy (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
Tansy (n.) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish.
Tant (n.) A small scarlet arachnid.
Tantalate (n.) A salt of tantalic acid.
Tantalic (a.) Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.
Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
Tantalite (n.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
Tantalization (n.) The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
Tantalized (imp. & p. p.) of Tantalize
Tantalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tantalize
Tantalize (v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.
Tantalizer (n.) One who tantalizes.
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
Tantalus (n.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
Tantamount (a.) Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
Tantamount (v. i.) To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.
Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
Tantivy (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
Tantivy (v. i.) To go away in haste.
Tantrum (n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism (n.) One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Tap
Tapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap
Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
Tap (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Tap (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
Tap (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Tapa (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
Tapayaxin (n.) A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
Tape (n.) A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
Tapeline (n.) A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
Taper (n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper (a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Tapered (imp. & p. p.) of Taper
Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taper
Taper (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.
Tapered (a.) Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Taperness (n.) The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Tapestries (pl. ) of Tapestry
Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.
Tapestried (imp. & p. p.) of Tapestry
Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestry
Tapestry (v. t.) To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Tapet (n.) Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.
Tapetis (pl. ) of Tapeti
Tapeti (n.) A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).
Tapetum (n.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
Taphouse (n.) A house where liquors are retailed.
Taphrenchyma (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma.
Tapinage (n.) A lurking or skulking.
Tapioca (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.
Tapir (n.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.
Tapiroid (a.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
Tapis (v. t.) To cover or work with figures like tapestry.
Tapiser (n.) A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
Tapish (v. i.) To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.
Taplash (n.) Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Tapoa tafa () A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.
Tappen (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
Tappester (n.) A female tapster.
Tappet (n.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.
Tappice (v. i.) Alt. of Tappis
Tappis (v. i.) See Tapish.
Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.
Taproom (n.) A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tapster (n.) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Taqua-nut (n.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.
Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.
Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.
Tarred (imp. & p. p.) of Tar
Tarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tar
Tar (v. t.) To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Taranis (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.