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.

A mountain lake or pool.

The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.

One who, or that which, tarnishes.

A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

A game of cards; -- called also taroc.

A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.

A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.

Same as Tarpum.

A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.

Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.

See Trass.

A plant of the genus Artemisa (Artemisa dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.

See Trass.

To set on, as a dog; to incite.

The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.

A kind of dig; a terrier.

The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt. The common guillemot. The common tern.

Stay; stop; delay.

Same as Tercel.

One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.

The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

A male hawk. See Tercel.

pl. of Tarsus.

A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.

See Tarsius.

A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations. Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.

The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.

An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.

The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.

The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.

A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.

See Tartarus.

Tartrated.

Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.

Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.

The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.

Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.

Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.

To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.

Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

See 1st Tartar.

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

Tartarus.

Somewhat tart.

A small tart.

In a tart manner; with acidity.

The quality or state of being tart.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.

A salt of tartramic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.

An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A salt of tartaric acid.

Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.

An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.

A salt of tartronic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.

A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.

A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.

A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.

To tassel.

A kind of clay for making melting pots.

An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extensions or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.

To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.

One who imposes a task.

One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.

Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a tasse.

Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.

A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

To adorn with tassels.

A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.

Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

The act of tasting; gustation.

Having a high relish; savory.