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.

See Tanier.

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).

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.

A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.

The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.

A Central American name for the ivory nut.

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.

A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.

A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. Music suited to such a dance.

A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.

Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.

Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.

See Toboggan.

A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.

The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.

A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.

One of the Tardigrada.

Moving slowly; slow-paced.

In a tardy manner; slowly.

The quality or state of being tardy.

Tardiness.

Slowness; tardiness.

A sloth.

To make tardy.

To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.

A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

See Tarantism.

See Tarantula.

A shield or target.

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

The date set as a goal for completion of some activity.

the language into which a text is to be translated; -- correlative of source language.

Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

One who is armed with a target or shield.

A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

a native or resident of North Carolina; -- used as a nickname.

North Carolina; -- used as a nickname.

To make a list of duties on, as goods.

The siskin.

The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock.

A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.