TAFT, taft, _v.t._ in plumbing, to spread the end of a lead pipe outward so
as to form a wide thin flange.
TAG, tag, _n._ a tack or point of metal at the end of a string: any small
thing tacked or attached to another: any pendant or appendage, the tip of
an animal's tail: the rabble collectively, anything mean.--_v.t._ to fit a
tag or point to: to tack, fasten, or hang to: to dog or follow
closely.--_v.i._ to make tags, to string words or ideas together: to go
behind as a follower:--_pr.p._ tag'ging; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ tagged.--_ns._
TAG'-END, a loosely connected end, the concluding part; TAG'GER, anything
that tags, an appendage.--_n.pl._ TAG'GERS, thin sheet-iron.--_n._ and
_adj._ TAG'RAG, a fluttering rag, a tatter: the rabble, or denoting it--the
same as _Rag-tag_, often in phrase TAGRAG AND BOBTAIL.--_ns._ TAG'-SORE, a
disease in sheep, in which, the tail is excoriated through diarrhoea;
TAG'-TAIL, a worm with a tail like a tag: a hanger-on, parasite. [A weaker
form of _tack_.]
TAG, tag, _n._ a children's game in which the object is for the player to
chase the rest until he touches one, who then takes his place as
TAGG'GER.--_v.t._ to touch or hit in this game.
TAGHAIRM, tag'erm, _n._ an ancient mode of divination among the Scotch
Highlanders, in which a man was wrapped in a fresh bullock's hide and left
by a running stream to wait for inspiration. [Gael.]
TAGLIA, tal'ya, _n._ a rope and pulleys, tackle with a set of sheaves in a
fixed block and another set in a movable block to which the weight is
attached. [It.]
TAGLIONI, tal-y[=o]'ni, _n._ a kind of overcoat, so called from the famous
family of dancers, the most famous of whom was Maria _Taglioni_ (1804-84).
TAHA, tä'ha, _n._ an African weaver-bird of the family _Ploceidæ_.
TAHLI, tä'li, _n._ a Hindu gold ornament worn by the wives of Brahmans.
TAHONA, ta-h[=o]'na, _n._ a crushing-mill for ores worked by horse-power.
[Sp.,--Ar.]
TAI, t[=i], _n._ the Japanese bream.
TAIC, tä'ik, _adj._ pertaining to the _Tai_, the chief race in the
Indo-Chinese peninsula, including the Siamese, the Laos, &c.--_n._ the
group of languages spoken by the Tai.
TAIGLE, t[=a]'gl, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to entangle, hinder.--_v.i._ to delay,
tarry.
TAIL, t[=a]l, _n._ the posterior extremity of an animal, its caudal
appendage: anything resembling a tail in appearance, position, &c.: the
back, lower, or hinder part of anything: a retinue, suite: a queue or body
of persons in single file: anything long and hanging, as a catkin, train of
a comet, long curl of hair, &c.: in Turkey, a horse-tail, formerly carried
before a pasha as an emblem of relative rank.--_n._ TAIL'-BOARD, the board
at the hinder end of a cart or wagon, which can be let down or removed, for
convenience in unloading.--_adj._ TAILED, having a tail of a specified
kind.--_ns._ TAIL'-END, the hind part of any animal, the tip of the tail:
the end or finish of anything, the fag-end: (_pl._) inferior corn sorted
out from that of better quality; TAIL'-FEATH'ER, one of the rectrices or
rudder-feathers of a bird's tail; TAIL'-GATE, the aft or lower gate of a
canal lock.--_n.pl._ TAIL'INGS, refuse, dregs.--_adj._ TAIL'LESS, having no
tail.--_ns._ TAIL'PIECE, a piece at the tail or end, esp. of a series, as
of engravings; TAIL'PIPE, the suction pipe in a pump.--_v.t._ to fasten
something to the tail of, as a dog, to fix something to one by way of
joke.--_ns._ TAIL'RACE, the channel in which water runs away below a
mill-wheel; TAIL'ROPE, in coal-mining, a rope extending from the hind part
of a car or kibble in a slightly inclined passage, by means of which the
empties are drawn 'inby,' while the loaded cars are drawn 'outby.'--LAY, or
PUT, SALT ON THE TAIL OF (see SALT); MAKE NEITHER HEAD NOR TAIL OF ANYTHING
(see HEAD); TURN TAIL, to run away, to shirk a combat; TWIST THE LION'S
TAIL (_U.S._), to goad or insult the pacific and long-suffering British
public feeling for political purposes in America; WITH THE TAIL BETWEEN THE
LEGS, in a cowardly way, after the manner of a beaten cur when he sneaks
away. [A.S. _tægel_; Ger. _zagel_; Goth. _tagl_, hair.]
TAIL, t[=a]l, _n._ (_law_) the term applied to an estate which is cut off
or limited to certain heirs.--_ns._ TAIL'[=A]GE, TALL'[=A]GE. [Fr.
_taille_, cutting. Cf. _Entail_.]
TAILOR, t[=a]l'ur, _n._ one whose business is to cut out and make men's
clothes:--_fem._ TAIL'ORESS.--_v.i._ to work as a tailor.--_v.t._ to make
clothes for.--_ns._ TAIL'OR-BIRD, one of several Oriental small passerine
birds which sew leaves together to form a nest: TAIL'ORING, the business or
work of a tailor.--_adj._ TAIL'OR-MADE, made by a tailor, esp. of plain,
close-fitting garments for women, in imitation of men's. [Fr.
_tailleur_--_tailler_, to cut.]
TAILZIE, TAILYE, t[=a]l'y[=e], _n._ (_law_) a Scotch form of _tail_.
TAINT, t[=a]nt, _v.t._ to tinge, moisten, or impregnate with anything
noxious: to infect: to stain.--_v.i._ to be affected with something
corrupting.--_n._ a stain or tincture: infection or corruption: a spot: a
moral blemish.--_adj._ TAINT'LESS, without taint, pure.--_adv._
TAINT'LESSLY, without taint.--_n._ TAINT'URE (_Shak._), taint, tinge,
stain. [O. Fr. _taint_ (Fr. _teint_), pa.p. of _teindre_, to dye--L.
_ting[)e]re_, _tinctum_, to wet.]
T'ÂI-P'ING, t[=i]-ping', _n._ the name given by foreigners to one of the
followers of Hung Hsiû-ch'wan (S'eiw-tseuen), who raised the standard of
rebellion in China in 1851, and whose enterprise was finally suppressed in
1865 mainly through the vigour of Colonel Charles ('Chinese') Gordon, the
hero of Khartoum.
TAISCH, t[=a]sh, _n._ the sound of the voice of a person about to die heard
by some one at a distance beyond the range of ordinary sounds.--Also TASK.
[Gael. _taibhs_, _taibhse_, an apparition.]
TAJ, täj, _n._ a crown, a distinctive head-dress, esp. the tall conical cap
worn by Mohammedan dervishes--applied as expressing pre-eminence to the
_Taj_ Mahal, the magnificent mausoleum of Shah Jehan (1628-58) at Agra.
[Pers.]
TAKE, t[=a]k, _v.t._ to lay hold of: to get into one's possession: to
catch: to capture: to captivate: to receive: to choose: to use: to allow:
to understand: to agree to: to become affected with.--_v.i._ to catch: to
have the intended effect: to gain reception, to please: to move or direct
the course of: to have recourse to:--_pa.t._ took; _pa.p._ t[=a]'ken.--_n._
quantity of fish taken or captured at one time.--_ns._ TAKE'-IN, an
imposition, fraud: that by which one is deceived; TAKE'-OFF, a burlesque
representation of any one; T[=A]'KER; T[=A]'KING, act of taking or gaining
possession: a seizing: agitation, excitement: (_Spens._ sickness: (_Shak._)
witchery: malignant influence.--_adj._ captivating: alluring.--_adv._
T[=A]'KINGLY.--_n._ T[=A]'KINGNESS, quality of being taking or
attractive.--_adj._ T[=A]'KY, attractive.--TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, to employ to
advantage: to make use of circumstances to the prejudice of; TAKE AFTER, to
follow in resemblance; TAKE AIR, to be disclosed or made public; TAKE
BREATH, to stop in order to breathe, to be refreshed; TAKE CARE, CARE OF
(see CARE); TAKE DOWN, to reduce: to bring down from a higher place, to
lower: to swallow: to pull down: to write down; TAKE FOR, to mistake; TAKE
FRENCH LEAVE (see FRENCH); TAKE FROM, to derogate or detract from; TAKE
HEED, to be careful; TAKE HEED TO, to attend to with care; TAKE IN, to
enclose, to embrace: to receive: to contract, to furl, as a sail: to
comprehend: to accept as true: to cheat: (_Shak._) to conquer; TAKE IN
HAND, to undertake; TAKE INTO ONE'S HEAD, to be seized with a sudden
notion; TAKE IN VAIN, to use with unbecoming levity or profaneness; TAKE IN
WITH, to deceive by means of; TAKE IT OUT OF, to extort reparation from: to
exhaust the strength or energy of; TAKE LEAVE (see LEAVE); TAKEN IN,
deceived, cheated; TAKE NOTICE, to observe: to show that observation is
made: (with _of_) to remark upon; TAKE OFF, to remove: to swallow: to mimic
or imitate; TAKE ON, to take upon: to claim a character: (_coll._) to
grieve; TAKE ORDERS, to receive ordination; TAKE ORDER WITH (_Bacon_), to
check; TAKE OUT, to remove from within: to deduct: (_Shak._) to copy; TAKE
PART, to share; TAKE PLACE, to happen: to prevail; TAKE ROOT, to strike out
roots, to live and grow, as a plant: to be established; TAKE THE FIELD, to
begin military operations; TAKE THE WALL OF, to pass on the side nearest
the wall: to get the advantage of; TAKE TO, to apply to: to resort to: to
be fond of; TAKE TO HEART, to feel sensibly; TAKE UP, to lift, to raise:
(_Shak._) to borrow money, to buy on credit, to make up a quarrel: to
employ, occupy or fill: to arrest: to comprise; TAKE UP ARMS, to commence
to fight; TAKE UPON, to assume; TAKE UP WITH, to be pleased or contented
with, to form a connection with, to fall in love with: to lodge; TAKE WITH,
to be pleased with. [M. E. _taken_--Scand.; Ice. _taka_ pa.t. _tók_, pa.p.
_tekinn_); conn. with L. _tang[)e]re_, _tetig-i_, to touch, and with Eng.
_tack_.]
TALARIA, t[=a]-l[=a]'ri-a, _n.pl._ the winged sandals of Hermes and other
divinities.--_adj._ TALAR'IC, pertaining to the ankles. [L.,--_talus_, the
ankle.]
TALAUNT, tal'awnt, _n._ (_Spens._) talon.
TALBOT, tal'bot, _n._ a broad-mouthed large-eared hound, usually
white--apparently the same as the St Hubert's breed. [From the _Talbot_
family.]
TALBOTYPE, tal'b[=o]-t[=i]p, _n._ a photographic process invented by
William Henry Fox _Talbot_ (1800-77), a calotype.
TALC, talk, _n._ a mineral occurring in thin flakes, of a white or green
colour and a soapy feel.--_n._ TAL'CITE, a massive variety of
talc.--_adjs._ TALC'KY, TAL'COSE, TAL'COUS, containing, consisting of, or
like talc. [Fr. _talc_ (Ger. _talk_)--Sp. _talco_--Ar. _talq_.]
TALE, t[=a]l, _n._ a narrative or story: a fable: what is told or counted
off: number: reckoning.--_v.i._ (_obs._) to speak.--_n._ TALE'-BEAR'ER, one
who maliciously tells tales or gives information.--_adj._ TALE'-BEAR'ING,
given to tell tales or give information officiously.--_n._ act of telling
secrets.--_adj._ TALE'FUL, abounding with stories.--_n._ TALE'-TELL'ER, one
who tells stories, esp. officiously.--BE IN A (or ONE) TALE, to be in full
accord; OLD WIVES' TALE, any marvellous story appealing to one's credulity;
TELL ONE'S (or ITS) OWN TALE, to speak for one's self or itself; TELL
TALES, to play the informer; TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL, to reveal
confidential matters. [A.S. _talu_, a reckoning, a tale, also speech; Ger.
_zahl_, a number.]
TALEGALLA, tal-e-gal'a, _n._ the brush-turkey, a genus of gallinaceous
birds, in the same family as the mound-building _Megapodes_.--Also
TALEGALL'US. [The latter part is probably from L. _gallus_, a cock.]
TALENT, tal'ent, _n._ an ancient weight or denomination of money--in the
Attic system of money (_N.T._), 100 _drachmæ_ made a _mnâ_ (pound, Luke
xix. 13), and 6000 made a _talent_; this talent weighed 57 lb. avoirdupois,
and in value may be put roughly at about £213-£235, the mnâ at about £4:
faculty: any natural or special gift: special aptitude: eminent ability:
abundance.--_adjs._ TAL'ENTED, possessing mental gifts; TAL'ENTLESS,
without talent. [L. _talentum_--Gr. _talanton_, a weight, a talent, from a
root meaning to lift, as in _tl[=e]nai_, to bear; akin to L. _toll[)e]re_,
Ger. _dulden_, Scot. _thole_.]
TALES, t[=a]'l[=e]z, _n.pl._ a list of persons, apparently a selection from
spectators in court, made by the sheriff or judge at a trial, to supply any
defect in a jury or panel.--_n._ T[=A]'LESMAN, a bystander so chosen.--PRAY
A TALES, to plead that the number of jurymen be completed in this way.
[From the phrase '_tales_ de circumstantibus,' _tales_, _pl._ of L.
_talis_, such.]
TALIACOTIAN, tal-i-a-k[=o]'shi-an, _adj._ pertaining to the rhinoplastic
operation of _Tagliacozzi_ or _Taliacotius_ (1546-99), in which the skin
for the new nose was taken from the arm of the patient, the arm requiring
to be kept in apposition with the face for about twenty days.
TALIAN, tal'i-an, _n._ an old Bohemian dance, or its music.
TALION, tal'i-on, _n._ the law of retaliation.--_adj._ TALION'IC. [L.
_talio_, like punishment--_talis_, of such kind.]
TALIPED, tal'i-ped, _adj._ club-footed: walking like the sloth.--_n._ a
club-footed person.--_n._ TAL'IPES, a club-foot: club-footedness: the
distorted formation of the feet of the sloth. [L. _talus_, the ankle,
_pes_, the foot.]
TALIPOT, tal'i-pot, _n._ an East Indian palm with fan-shaped leaves.--Also
TAL'IPUT, TAL'IPAT. [Hind. _t[=a]lp[=a]t_.]
TALISMAN, tal'is-man, _n._ a species of charm engraved on metal or stone
when two planets are in conjunction, or when a star is at its culminating
point, and supposed to exert some protective influence over the wearer of
it: (_fig._) something that produces extraordinary effects:--_pl._
TAL'ISMANS.--_adjs._ TALISMAN'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or having the
properties of, a talisman: magical. [Fr.,--Ar. _tilsam_--Late Ger.
_telesma_, consecration, incantation--Gr. _telein_, to consecrate.]
TALK, tawk, _v.i._ to speak familiarly: to prattle: to reason.--_n._
familiar conversation: that which is uttered in familiar intercourse:
subject of discourse: rumour.--_adjs._ TALK'ABLE, capable of talking, or of
being talked about; TALK'ATIVE, given to much talking: prating.--_adv._
TALK'ATIVELY.--_ns._ TALK'ATIVENESS; TALK'EE-TALK'EE, a corrupt dialect:
incessant chatter--also _adj._ TALK'Y-TALK'Y.--_n._ TALK'ER.--_adj._
TALK'ING, given to talking.--TALK AGAINST TIME, to keep on talking merely
to fill up time, as often in parliament: TALK BIG, to talk boastfully; TALK
DOWN, to argue down; TALK FROM THE POINT, to wander away from the proper
question; TALK GREEK, to talk above the understanding of one's hearers;
TALKING OF, apropos of, with regard to; TALK OVER, to persuade, convince:
to discuss, consider together; TALK ROUND, to exhaust the subject: to bring
to one's way of thinking by persuasive talk; TALK SHOP (see SHOP); TALK TO,
to address: to rebuke; TALK UP, to speak impudently or boldly to. [Prof.
Skeat takes the M. E. _talken_ from Scand., and that from Lithuanian; Sw.
_tolka_ (Ice. _túlka_), to interpret--Lith. _tulkas_, an interpreter.
Prob., however, the M. E. _talken_ is _talen_, _talien_, to speak, with
formative _-k_, giving a freq. or dim. force; cf. _Tale_.]
TALL, tawl, _adj._ high, esp. in stature: lofty: long: sturdy: bold:
courageous: great, remarkable: demanding much credulity, hardly to be
believed.--_n._ TALL'NESS. [Ety. very dub.; perh. conn. with W. _tal_,
large.]
TALLAGE, tal'[=a]j, _n._ a name applied to those taxes to which, under the
Anglo-Norman kings, the demesne lands of the crown and all royal towns were
subject--also TALL'IAGE.--_v.t._ to lay an impost upon--also
TALL'IATE.--_adj._ TALL'IABLE, subject to tallage.
TALLAT, tal'at, _n._ (_prov._) a hay-loft.--ALSO TALL'OT, TALL'ET.