Just heav'n this taliation did decree.
Beaumont.
Ta"li*on (?), n. [F., fr. L. talio, perh. fr. talis such. Cf.
Retaliation.] Retaliation. [R.] Holinshed.
||Tal"i*pes (?), n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot;
||cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the
||ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
||
Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the
foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent
outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient
walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus),
in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
Tal"i*pot (?), n. [Hind. tlpt the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.) A beautiful
tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the
Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a
crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as
fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a
substitute for writing paper.
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Tal"is*man (?), n.; pl. Talismans (#). [Sp., from Ar. tilism, tilsam, a
magical image, pl. tilsamn, fr. Gr. &?; tribute, tax, LGr., an
initiation, incantation, from &?; to complete, perform, to play taxes,
to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. &?;
completion, end.] 1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain
superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which
wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image,
of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic
stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its
influence.
2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in
averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert
diseases. Swift.
{ Tal`is*man"ic (?), Tal`is*man"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. talismanique.]
Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or
preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
Talk (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Talked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Talking.]
[Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or
OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak
indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t&?;lka to
interpret, t&?;lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter,
tulkanti, tulkti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to talk
about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see Tale, v. i. & n.).] 1.
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar
discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and
so following, but I will not eat with you.
Shak.