4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of
ladies' bonnets.
5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of
pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Ta*bac"co (?), n. Tobacco. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
||Ta*ba"nus (?), n. [L., horsefly.] (Zoöl.) A genus of blood sucking
||flies, including the horseflies.
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Tab"ard (?), n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It.
tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. &?;, LL. tabardum.] A sort of tunic or mantle
formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor
it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this
the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also
taberd.]
In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.
Chaucer.
Tab"ard*er (?), n. 1. One who wears a tabard.
2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England,
whose original dress was a tabard. Nares.
Tab"a*ret (?), n. [Cf. Tabby.] A stout silk having satin stripes, —
used for furniture.
Tab`a*sheer" (?), n. [Per. tabshr: cf. Skr. tvakkshr, tvakshr.] A
concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or
chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a
medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and
various other diseases.
Tab"bi*net (?), n. [Cf. Tabby.] A fabric like poplin, with a watered
surface. [Written also tabinet.]
Tab"by (?), n.; pl. Tabbies (#). [F. tabis (cf. It. tabì, Sp. & Pg.
tabí, LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'attb, properly the name of a quarter of
Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince
Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. Tobine.] 1. A kind of waved silk,
usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and
stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal
proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes
as hard as rock. Weale.