See Tampion.

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.

A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

To plug with a tampon.

The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

Tamil.

One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.

To get or become tanned.

Same as Banxring.

Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.

Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

Tanagrine.

A term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.

An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.

A team of horses harnessed one before the other.

To make a ringing sound; to ring.

An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

Tangency.

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

Touching; touching at a single point meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.

Tangential.

Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

In the direction of a tangent.

A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.

The common harbor seal.

The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

The quality or state of being tangible.

Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.

The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.

In a tangling manner.

Entangled; intricate.

A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango. Any of various popular forms derived from this. a musical tune appropriate for this dance.

A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

The tenrec.

A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.

The whimbrel.

An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.

In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.

In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

a sleeveless and collarless shirt with wide shoulder straps and no front opening, often close-fitting and low-cut.

combat between tanks of opposing armies.

A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.

See Tanka.

A tinkling.

One tanned by the sun.

That may be tanned.

A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.

A salt of tannic acid.

A sixpence.

A place where the work of tanning is carried on.

Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.

A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis.

Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.

The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.

Same as Tenrec.

Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

A small scarlet arachnid.

A salt of tantalic acid.

Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.

A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.

A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.

The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

One who tantalizes.

In a tantalizing or teasing manner.

A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.

A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.

To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.

To go away in haste.

A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.

The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras.

A whim; an affected air.

An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.

A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.

One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.

In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.

To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.

A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.

One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.

A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.

To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape; to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.

an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; usually it needs to be connected to an amplifier system for playback.

an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; it often has an integrated microphone, amplifier, and speaker, and in such cases requires no additional equipment other than the magnetic tape for recording or playback.

a recording of sound or video on magnetic tape.

A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.

To make or cause to taper.

Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.

Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.

The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.

To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.

Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.

A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).

An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.

Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.

A house where liquors are retailed.

Same as Bothrenchyma.

A lurking or skulking.

A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.

Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use.

Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.

To cover or work with figures like tapestry.

A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.

To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.

Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.

The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.

An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.

A female tapster.

A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.

See Tapish.

A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.