2. (Mus.) An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the
stage.
Tam`bour*ine" (?), n. [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour,
and cf. Tamborine.] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only
one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a
timbrel.
Tam"breet (?), n. (Zoöl.) The duck mole.
Tam`bu*rin" (?), n. See Tambourine. Spenser.
Tame (?), v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.] To broach or
enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal
out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the
poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his
covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.
Fuller.
Tame, a. [Compar. Tamer (?); superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam; akin to D. tam,
G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr.
&?;, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem. √61. Cf.
Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.] 1. Reduced from a state of
native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic;
as, a tame deer, a tame bird.