TAEL, t[=a]l, _n._ the Chinese _liang_ or ounce, equal to 1-1/3 oz. avoir.:
a money of account in China, equivalent to a tael weight of pure silver, or
to about 1250 of the copper coin known as 'cash.' The value of the Haikwan
tael, or customs tael, is about 4s. 9d. English, varying with the price of
silver.
TA'EN, t[=a]n, a contraction of taken.
TÆNIA, t[=e]'ni-a, _n._ a ribbon or fillet: the fillet above the architrave
of the Doric order: a tapeworm.--_n._ TÆ'NICIDE, a drug that destroys
tapeworms.--_adj._ TÆ'NIFORM, ribbon-like.--_n._ TÆ'NIFUGE, anything used
to expel tapeworms.--_adj._ TÆ'NIOID, ribbon-like. [L.,--Gr. _tainia_, a
band.]
TAFFEREL, taf'[.e]r-el, TAFFRAIL, taf'r[=a]l, _n._ the upper part of a
ship's stern timbers. [Dut. _tafereel_, a panel--_tafel_, a table--L.
_tabula_, a table; cf. Ger. _täfelei_, flooring--_tafel_, a table.]
TAFFETA, taf'e-ta, _n._ a thin glossy silk-stuff having a wavy lustre:
(_orig._) silk-stuff plainly woven.--Also TAFF'ETY. [It. _taffetà_--Pers.
_t[=a]ftah_, woven--_t[=a]ftan_, to twist.]
TAFFY, taf'i, _n._ Same as TOFFY.
TAFFY, taf'i, _n._ a Welshman--from _Davy_.