A variety of rum.

A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.

The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.

One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated.

Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.

Same as Tagsore.

One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.

A little tag.

A peculiar combination of pulleys.

Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him.

A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.

An entangled lock, as of hair or wool.

The white-lipped peccary.

Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt.

A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

The white-lipped peccary.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. A native inhabitant of Tahiti.

Same as Thar.

A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.

To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.

One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.

Water in a tailrace.

See Tallage.

A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.

The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.

The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.

Having no tail.

Same as Tailzie.

To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.

Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

A female tailor.

The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.

A piece at the end; an appendage.

The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

See Race, n., 6.

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.

Aphetic form of Attaint.

Free from taint or infection; pure.

In a taintless manner.

Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.

A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Same as Tayra.

See Tarn.

A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.

A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture, and specifically of Mogul architecture.

The common, or collared, peccary (Tayassu tajacu). Called also javelina and tayaussa.

That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; as, the box-office take.

To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface.

To be assigned or to accept the blame for some misdeed; as, Mary broke the vase, but she acted innocent and young Johnny had to take the heat.

Imposition; fraud.

An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; -- used with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on the president.

That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company. It is a hostile takeover if the management of the company being taken over is opposed to the deal. A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a corporate raider.

One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.

A Buddhist monk or priest.

Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.

A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.

Same as Calotype.

A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.

Same as Talc.

To tell stories.

One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.

The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets, scandal, etc., maliciously.

A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.

Full of stories.

A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.

Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was /243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values).

Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.

Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. The writ by which such persons are summoned.

A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.

One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.

In a way of a tale or story.

See Tagliacotian.

Retaliation.

Retaliation.

The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.

A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence.

Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

Given to much talking.

One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.

To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.

A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.

A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.

One who keeps tally.

Same as Tallith.

An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners. A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.

The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.

To grease or smear with tallow.

One who has a sickly, pale complexion.

Having a sickly complexion; pale.

An animal which produces tallow.

The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.

Having the qualities of tallow.

Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.

Stoutly; with spirit.

The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.

One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.

A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies. A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.

The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases.

The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.