Tal"ma (?), n.; pl. Talmas (#). [Prob. so called from Talma, a French
actor.] (a) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of
the dress of ladies. (b) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
Tal"mud (?), n. [Chald. talmd instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to
learn, limmad to teach.] The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law
not comprised in the Pentateuch.
The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text, and the Gemara,
or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name Talmud is restricted,
especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the
Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the Talmud of Jerusalem,
and the Babylonian Talmud. They contain the same Mishna, but different
Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the
other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
{ Tal*mud"ic (?), Tal*mud"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. talmudique.] Of or
pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek;
Talmudical phrases. Lightfoot.
Tal"mud*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. talmudiste.] One versed in the Talmud; one
who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
Tal`mud*is"tic (?), a. Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.
Tal"on (?), n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle,
heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw
of a bird of prey. Bacon.
2. (Zoöl.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the
face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the
top; — usually called an ogee.
When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot
the bolt. Knight.
{ Ta*look", Ta*luk" } (?), n. [Ar. ta'lluq.] A large estate; esp., one
constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of
which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public
revenue due from it. [India]
{ Ta*look"dar, Ta*luk"dar } (?), n. [Hind., fr. Per. ta'lluqdr.] A
proprietor of a talook. [India]
||Tal"pa (?), n. [L., mole.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small insectivores
||including the common European mole.
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||Ta"lus (?), n.; pl. Tali (#). [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.] 1.
||(Anat.) The astragalus.
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2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note
under Talipes.
Ta"lus, n. [F.] 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a
work.
2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a
precipice.
Tam`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tamable;
tamableness.
Tam"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from
wildness or savage ferociousness. - - Tam"a*ble*ness, n.
Ta*man"du (?), n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zoöl.)
A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts
of South America.
It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and
short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering,
and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end.
Called also tamandua, little ant-bear, fourmilier, and cagouare. The
collared, or striped, tamandu (Tamandua bivittata) is considered a
distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a
variety.
Ta`ma*noir" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ant-bear.
Tam"a*rack (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of
Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and
Larch. (b) The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc.
It is a small tree with fine- grained wood.
Tam"a*ric (?), n. [L. tamarice. See Tamarisk.] A shrub or tree supposed
to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. [Obs.]
He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good
shall come.
Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).
Tam"a*rin (?), n. [From the native name in Cayenne.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the
genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.
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Tam"a*rind (?), n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo,
tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind, literally, Indian date; tamar a dried
date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu.] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous
tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other
tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The
trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the
flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are
small and finely pinnated.
2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an
acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.
Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the
acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. — Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African
leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). (b) One of the small black
velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. — Wild tamarind
(Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind,
as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium
filicifolium of the West Indies.
Tam"a*risk (?), n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tamla,
tamlaka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F.
tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.) Any shrub or tree of the genus
Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have
minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian
species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which
produces an incrustation of salt.