A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
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One who keeps a tavern.
A feasting at taverns.
The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.
A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
In a tawdry manner.
Quality or state of being tawdry.
A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
A place where skins are tawed.
The quality or state of being tawny.
Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman.
A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.
To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.
Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.
The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.
The American badger.
An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
One who taxes.
One who collects taxes or revenues.
same as taxicab.
An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a chauffeur or hackie.
One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
A person skilled in taxidermy.
The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).
A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia. The usual preparation is a mixture of compounds. Taxine A has the chemical formula: C35H47NO10.
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.
Free from taxation.
Same as Taxonomy.
a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping.
Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
One skilled in taxonomy.
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.
Same as Taxer, n., 2.
One who is assessed and pays a tax.
A rare hereditary disease affecting lipid metabolism in humans, due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase. It occurs in infants and children, and causes death before the onset of adulthood. It occurs most commonly of people of Jewish origin from easter Europe. It is characterized by accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue, causes a red spot on the retina, and eventual blindness and paralysis before death.
A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
The teasel.
An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
The quinnat salmon.
A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. To make a tchick.
a knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of little value.
To titter; to laugh derisively.
To take or drink tea.
A small saucer in which a teacup is set.
The checkerberry.
To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
Willingness to be taught.
Any one of the series of boilers or evaporating pans in which the cane juice is concentrated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.
One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
Not teachable.
A small cup from which to drink tea.
As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
A torch.
A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.
A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber.
Yoked in, or as in, a team.
The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
One who drives a team.
Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
Shedding tears; tender.
A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.
One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.
Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
Wet with tears; tearful.
One who teases or plagues.
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
One who teases or vexes.
See Teasel.
A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon. In cooking, it is usually estimated as 4.9 milliliters, which is / of a fluid ounce, or / of a tablespoonful. In cooking recipes it may be abbreviated as t.
The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
See Tath.
Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
See Teasel.
The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
See Teasel.
The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.
In a techy manner.
The quality or state of being techy.
The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.
The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
The quality or state of being technical; technicality.
Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; -- formerly also called a technicist.
One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.
Technological; technical.
Technology.
the name of one process used for color cinematography; -- also used attributively.
The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.
A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.
The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called technic.
Technicality.
a form of music primarily created by computer sound synthizers rather than by musicians playing instruments.
technical jargon incomprehensible to non-specialists; -- sometimes used derogatorily of discussions using unnecessarily technical terminology and intended to impress or confuse, rather than inform, the listener.
government by technical specialists.
a technical specialist exercising governmental or managerial authority.
Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples.
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