TAMARIN, tam'a-rin, _n._ a small South American squirrel-monkey.
TAMARIND, tam'a-rind, _n._ a beautiful spreading East Indian tree, its pods
filled with a pleasant, acidulous, sweet, reddish-black pulp, in which the
seeds are embedded. [_Tamarindus_, Latinised from Ar. _tamar-u'l Hind_,
'date of India,' or perhaps rather, in Persian form, _tamar-i-Hind[=i]_.]
TAMARISK, tam'ar-isk, _n._ a genus of Mediterranean evergreen shrubs with
small white or pink flowers. [L. _tamariscus_.]
TAMBAC, tam'bak, _n._ agallochum or aloes-wood.--Also TOM'BAC.
TAMBOO, TAMBU. See TABOO.
TAMBOUR, tam'b[=oo]r, _n._ a small, shallow drum: a frame on which muslin
or other material is stretched for embroidering: a rich kind of gold and
silver embroidery: silk or other stuff embroidered on a tambour: a
cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column, a drum: a vestibule of
timber-work serving to break the draught in a church-porch, &c.: a work
formed of palisades, defending a gate, &c.--_v.t._ to embroider on a
tambour.--_v.i._ to do tambour-work. [Fr. _tambour_. Cf. _Tabour_.]
TAMBOURINE, tam-b[=oo]-r[=e]n', _n._ a shallow drum with one skin and bells
or jingles, and played on with the hand: a Provençal dance, also the music
for such--(_Spens._) TAM'BURIN. [Fr. _tambourin_, dim. of tambour.]
TAME, t[=a]m, _adj._ having lost native wildness and shyness: domesticated:
gentle: spiritless: without vigour: dull, flat, uninspiring: wonted,
accustomed.--_v.t._ to reduce to a domestic state: to make gentle: to
reclaim: to civilise.--_ns._ T[=A]MABIL'ITY, T[=A]MEABLI'ITY,
T[=A]M'ABLENESS, T[=A]ME'ABLENESS.--_adjs._ T[=A]M'ABLE, T[=A]ME'ABLE, that
may be tamed; T[=A]ME'LESS.--_n._ T[=A]ME'LESSNESS.--_adv._
T[=A]ME'LY.--_ns._ T[=A]ME'NESS; T[=A]'MER, one who tames. [A.S. _tam_;
cog. with Ger. _zahm_.]
TAMIL, tam'il, _n._ one of the Dravidian languages spoken in south-eastern
India and the northern half of Ceylon, possessing a rich and varied
literature: one of the Dravidian inhabitants of southern India and
Ceylon.--_adjs._ TAM'IL, TAMIL'LIAN, TAMIL'IC, TAMUL'IC.
TAMIN, tam'in, _n._ a thin worsted stuff, highly glazed.--Also TAM'INE,
TAM'INY, TAM'MY.
TAMISE, ta-m[=e]z', _n._ a trade name for various thin woollen
fabrics.--_n._ TAM'IS, a cloth for straining liquids.
TAMMANY, tam'a-ni, _n._ the Tammany Society, a Democratic organisation in
New York, notorious for the corrupt influence it has exerted in city
politics. [From the name of an Indian chief, _Tammanend_, who is said to
have signed the treaty with Penn.]
TAMMUZ, tam'uz, _n._ a Syrian deity, same as the Phoenician Adonis, a
sun-god, worshipped with peculiar naturalistic rites by women among the
Chaldæans, and even in Jerusalem (Ezek. viii. 14).
TAMMY-NORIE, tam'i-n[=o]'ri, _n._ (_Scot._) a sea-bird, the auk or puffin.
TAM-O'-SHANTER, tam-[=o]-shan't[.e]r, _n._ a broad bonnet. [From the hero
of Burns's famous poem.]
TAMP, tamp, _v.t._ to fill up, as a hole bored in a rock for blasting: to
pack earth, &c., round, as a mine, to prevent an explosion in a wrong
direction.--_n._ TAM'PING, the act of filling up a hole in a rock for
blasting: the material used. [_Tampion_ (q.v.).]
TAMPER, tam'p[.e]r, _v.i._ to try the temper of: to try little experiments
without necessity or authority: to meddle: to practise secretly and
unfairly.--_n._ TAM'PERER. [A by-form of _temper_.]
TAMPION, tamp'i-un, _n._ the stopper used to close the mouth of a cannon or
mortar.--Also TOM'PION. [O. Fr. _tampon_, _tapon_--_tape_, a tap--Dut.
_tap_, a bung.]
TAMPON, tamp'on, _n._ (_surg._) a. plug inserted in a cavity of the body in
order to arrest hæmorrhage.--_v.t._ to plug tightly.--_ns._ TAMPONADE',
TAM'PONAGE, TAM'PONING, TAM'PONMENT. [_Tampion_.]
TAM-TAM. See TOM-TOM.
TAN, tan, _n._ bark of the oak, &c., bruised and broken for tanning: a
yellowish-brown colour.--_v.t._ to convert skins and hides into leather by
steeping in vegetable solutions containing tannin: to make brown or tawny:
to take the freshness from: (_coll._) to beat.--_v.i._ to become
tanned:--_pr.p._ tan'ning; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ tanned.--_n.pl._ TAN'-BALLS,
the spent bark of the tanner's yard pressed into lumps, which harden on
drying, and serve for fuel.--_n._ TAN'-BED (_hort._), a bark-bed.--_adj._
TAN'-COL'OURED, of the colour of tan.--_ns._ TAN'LING (_Shak._), one tanned
or scorched by the heat of the sun; TAN'-LIQ'UOR, -OOZE, an aqueous extract
of tan-bark.--_adj._ TAN'NABLE.--_ns._ TAN'NAGE, act of tanning: browning
from exposure to the sun: the act of steeping cast slabs of artificial
marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble;
TAN'NER, one who tans; TAN'NERY, a place for tanning; TAN'NING, the art of
tanning or converting into leather; TAN'-PIT, -VAT, a vat in which hides
are steeped in liquor with tan; TAN'-YARD, a yard or enclosure where
leather is tanned. [A.S. _tannian_; cf. Dut. _tanen_, or prob. O. Fr.
_tan_--Bret. _tann_, an oak. If the latter, then Old High Ger. _tanna_
(Ger. _tanne_), fir, oak, is borrowed.]
TANA, tä'nä, _n._ a military or police station In India--also TAN'NA,
THAN'NAH.--_ns._ TÄ'NADAR, TAN'NADAR, the commandant of a tana. [Hind.
_th[=a]na_.]
TANAGER, tan'[=a]-j[.e]r, _n._ any tanagrine bird, a member of the
_Tanagridæ_, a family of the Passeriformes or perching birds, closely
allied to the finches.--_n._ TAN'[=A]GRA, the name-giving genus of the
family, now restricted to about a dozen species.--_adjs._ TAN'[=A]GRINE,
TAN'[=A]GROID. [Braz. _tangara_.]
TANDEM, tan'dem, _adv._ applied to the position of horses harnessed singly
one before the other instead of abreast.--_n._ a team of horses (usually
two) so harnessed: a bicycle or tricycle on which two ride one before the
other. [Originated in university slang, in a play on the L. adv. _tandem_,
at length.]
TANE, t[=a]n, _pa.p._ ta'en, taken.