Tam"poe (?), n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree
(Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an
apple.
Tam"pon (?), n. [F. See Tampion.] (Surg.) A plug introduced into a
natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage,
or for the application of medicine.
Tam"pon, v. t. (Surg.) To plug with a tampon.
Tam"poon (?), n. [See Tampion.] The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
Tam"-tam` (?), n. [Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.) (a) A kind of
drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; — called
also tom- tom. (b) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
Ta"mul (?), a. & n. Tamil.
Tan (?), n. [Chin.] See Picul.
Tan, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of
Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a
forest. Cf. Tawny.] 1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees,
bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; — so called both
before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.