Sos Sos (part 6)

1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23.

2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. Isa. xxviii. 17. I have already swept the stakes. Dryden.

3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. Dryden.

4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. And like a peacock sweep along his tail. Shak.

5. To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. Pope.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.

7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. To sweep, or sweep up, a mold (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern.

SWEEP
Sweep, v. i.

1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like.

2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.

3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.

SWEEP
Sweep, n.

1. The act of sweeping.

2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.

3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.

4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.

5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.

6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.

7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. Sir W. Scott.

8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.

9. (Founding)

Defn: A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.

10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

11. (Refining)

Defn: The almond furnace. [Obs.]

12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe.]

13. (Card Playing)

Defn: In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.

14. pl.

Defn: The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. — Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.

SWEEPAGE
Sweep"age, n.

Defn: The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.]

SWEEPER
Sweep"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep;
as, a carpet sweeper.
It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.

SWEEPING
Sweep"ing, a.

Defn: Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. — Sweep"ing*ly, adv. -Sweep"ing*ness, n.

SWEEPINGS
Sweep"ings, n. pl.

Defn: Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.

SWEEP-SAW
Sweep"-saw`, n.

Defn: A bow-saw.

SWEEPSTAKE
Sweep"stake`, n.

1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin.

2. A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

SWEEPSTAKES
Sweep"stakes`, n.

1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

2. sing. or pl.

Defn: The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed.

3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.

SWEEPWASHER
Sweep"wash`er, n.

Defn: One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.

SWEEPY
Sweep"y, a.

Defn: Moving with a sweeping motion.
The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden.

SWEET Sweet, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] Etym: [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. swete; akin to OFries. swete, OS. swoti, D. zoet, G. süss, OHG. suozi, Icel. sætr, soetr, Sw. söt, Dan. söd, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. svadu sweet, svad, svad, to sweeten. *175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]

1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; — opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. Longfellow.

3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.

4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton.

5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. Bacon.

6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. M. Arnold.

Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum. — Sweet apple. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See Sweet- top. — Sweet bay. (Bot.) (a) The laurel (laurus nobilis). (b) Swamp sassafras. — Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora (P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. — Sweet cicely. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. Gray. (b) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata) growing in England. — Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet flag, below. — Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Cistus Ladanum) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. — Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot. — Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur (Petasites sagittata) found in Western North America. — Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under Corn. — Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub (Comptonia, or Myrica, asplenifolia) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. — Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See Calamus, 2. — Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub (Myrica Gale) having bitter fragrant leaves; — also called sweet willow, and Dutch myrtle. See 5th Gale. Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. — Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar. — Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. — Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. — Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse. — Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram. — Sweet marten (Zoöl.), the pine marten. — Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea Ageratum) allied to milfoil. — Sweet oil, olive oil. — Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea. — Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato. — Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag. — Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous ether, under Spirit. — Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); — called also sultan flower. — Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] — Sweet William. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink (Dianthus barbatus) of many varieties. (b) (Zoöl.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zoöl.) The European goldfinch; — called also sweet Billy. [Prov. Eng.] — Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale. — Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry. — To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Syn.
— Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.

SWEET
Sweet, n.

1. That which is sweet to the taste; — used chiefly in the plural. Specifically: (a) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. (b) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "A wilderness of sweets." Milton.

3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of
domestic life.
A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet.
Locke.

4. One who is dear to another; a darling; — a term of endearment. "Wherefore frowns my sweet" B. Jonson.

SWEET
Sweet, adv.

Defn: Sweetly. Shak.

SWEET
Sweet, v. t.

Defn: To sweeten. [Obs.] Udall.

SWEETBREAD
Sweet"bread`, n.

1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: The pancreas.

SWEET-BREASTED
Sweet"-breast`ed, a.

Defn: Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. [Obs.]

SWEETBRIER
Sweet"bri`er, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

SWEETEN
Sweet"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sweetened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweetening.]
Etym: [See Sweet, a.]

1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.

3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.

4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life. Dryden. And sweeten every secret tear. Keble.

5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate. Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. Dryden.

6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.

7. To make warm and fertile; — opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.

8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.

SWEETEN
Sweet"en, v. i.

Defn: To become sweet. Bacon.

SWEETENER
Sweet"en*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

SWEETENING
Sweet"en*ing, n.

1. The act of making sweet.

2. That which sweetens.

SWEETHEART
Sweet"heart`, n.

Defn: A lover of mistress.

SWEETHEARTING
Sweet"heart`ing, n.

Defn: Making love. "To play at sweethearting." W. Black.

SWEETING
Sweet"ing, n.

1. A sweet apple. Ascham.

2. A darling; — a word of endearment. Shak.

SWEETISH
Sweet"ish, a.

Defn: Somewhat sweet.
— Sweet"ish*ness, n.

SWEETLY
Sweet"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. swetlice.]

Defn: In a sweet manner.

SWEETMEAT
Sweet"meat`, n.

1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; — usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

2. The paint used in making patent leather.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
[Local, U.S.]

SWEETNESS
Sweet"ness, n. Etym: [AS. swetness.]

Defn: The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

SWEETROOT
Sweet"root`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Licorice.

SWEET-SCENTED
Sweet"-scent`ed, a.

Defn: Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant. Sweet-scented shrub (Bot.), a shrub of the genus Calycanthus, the flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance resembling that of strawberries.

SWEET-SOP
Sweet"-sop`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.

SWEETWATER
Sweet"wa`ter, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; — also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.

SWEETWEED
Sweet"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and
Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.

SWEETWOOD Sweet"wood`, n. (Bot.) (a) The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.) (b) The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.

SWEETWORT
Sweet"wort`, n.

Defn: Any plant of a sweet taste.

SWEIGH
Sweigh, n.

Defn: Sway; movement. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWEINMOTE
Swein"mote`, n.

Defn: See Swainmote. [Obs.]

SWELL Swell, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or Swollen (; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] Etym: [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. svälla.]

1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.

2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.

3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.

4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. Sir W. Scott.

5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.

6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.

7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.

8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly. Your equal mind yet swells not into state. Dryden.

9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. "Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" Shak.

10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.

11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. Shak.

SWELL
Swell, v. t.

1. To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population. [The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone. Keble.

2. To aggravate; to heighten. It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. Atterbury.

3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.

SWELL
Swell, n.

1. The act of swelling.

2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. Jefferson.

(c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron.

(d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. Landor.

3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.

4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. Hawthorne.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; — generally indicated by the sign.

6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang] Ground swell. See under Ground. — Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces increased sound. — Swell shark (Zoöl.), a small shark (Scyllium ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

SWELL
Swell, a.

Defn: Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang] Swell mob. See under Mob. [Slang]

SWELLDOM
Swell"dom, n.

Defn: People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
[Jocose]

SWELLFISH
Swell"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.

SWELLING
Swell"ing, n.

1. The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. Rise to the swelling of the voiceless sea. Coleridge.

2. A protuberance; a prominence; especially (Med.),

Defn: an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous
swelling.
The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities
and swellings. Sir I. Newton.

SWELLISH
Swell"ish, a.

Defn: Dandified; stylish. [Slang]

SWELLTOAD
Swell"toad`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A swellfish.

SWELT
Swelt, obs.

Defn: imp. of Swell.

SWELT Swelt, v. i. Etym: [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. svälta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry.]

1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]

2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer. Night she swelt for passing joy. Spenser.

SWELT
Swelt, v. t.

Defn: To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

SWELTER
Swel"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.]
Etym: [From Swelt, v. i.]

1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." Coleridge.

2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton.

SWELTER
Swel"ter, v. t.

1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.

2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.

SWELTRY
Swel"try, a. Etym: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.]

Defn: Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn.

SWELVE
Swel"ve, v. t.

Defn: To swallow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWEPT
Swept,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Sweep.

SWERD
Swerd, n. & v.

Defn: See Sward, n. & v. [Obs.]

SWERD
Swerd, n.

Defn: Sword. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWERVE Swerve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Swerving.] Etym: [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swaírban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps to E. swarm. Cf. Swarm.]

1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. Sir P. Sidney.

2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. "The point [of the sword] swerved." Sir P. Sidney.

3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton.

5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. Dryden.

SWERVE
Swerve, v. t.

Defn: To turn aside. Gauden.

SWEVEN Swe"ven, n. Etym: [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. *176. See Somnolent.]

Defn: A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] Wycliff (Acts ii. 17).
I defy both sweven and dream. Chaucer.

SWICH
Swich, a. Etym: [See Such.]

Defn: Such. [Obs.]
Swich things as that I know I will declare. Chaucer.

SWIETENIA Swie*te"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. Named after Gerard Van Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species
(Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.

SWIFT Swift, a. [Compar. Swifter; superl. Swiftest.] Etym: [AS. swift; akin to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to revolve. See Swoop, v. i., and cf. Swivel, Squib.]

1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James i. 19. Swift of dispatch and easy of access. Dryden. And bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet. ii. 1.

2. Of short continuance; passing away quickly. Shak.

Note: Swift is often used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, swift-darting, swift-footed, swift- winged, etc.

Syn.
— Quick; fleet; speedy; rapid; expeditious.

SWIFT
Swift, adv.

Defn: Swiftly. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.
Ply swift and strong the oar. Southey.

SWIFT
Swift, n.

1. The current of a stream. [R.] Walton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidæ. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

Note: The common European swift (Cypselus, or Micropus, apus) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also black martin, black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird, swingdevil, screech martin, and shreik owl. The common American, or chimney, swift (Chætura pelagica) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian swift (Chætura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift (Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

5. Etym: [Cf. Swivel.]

Defn: A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; — used chiefly in the plural.

6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

SWIFTER Swift"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Swivel.] (Naut.) (a) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. (b) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. (c) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

SWIFTER
Swift"er, v. t. (Naut.)

Defn: To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

SWIFTFOOT
Swift"foot`, a.

Defn: Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.

SWIFTFOOT
Swift"foot`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The courser.

SWIFTLET
Swift"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

SWIFTLY
Swift"ly, adv.

Defn: In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Wyclif.

SWIFTNESS
Swift"ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

SWIG
Swig, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. zwelgen to swallow, E. swallow, v.t.]

1. To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. [Colloq.]

2. To suck. [Obs. or Archaic] The lambkins swig the teat. Creech.

SWIG
Swig, n.

1. A long draught. [Colloq.] Marryat.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

3. A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

SWIG Swig, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. swig to leak out, AS. swijian to be silent, swican to evade, escape.]

1. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

SWILL
Swill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.] Etym:
[OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]

1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.] As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak.

2. Etym: [Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.]

Defn: To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett.

3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton.

SWILL
Swill, v. i.

Defn: To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South.

SWILL
Swill, n.

1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; — called also swillings.

2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

SWILLER
Swill"er, n.

Defn: One who swills.

SWILLINGS
Swill"ings, n. pl.

Defn: See Swill, n., 1.

SWIM Swim, v. i. [imp. Swam or Swum (; p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.] Etym: [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. swömme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.]

1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.

2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. Shak.

3. To be overflowed or drenched. Ps. vi. 6. Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. Thomson.

4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. Milton.

5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. Chaucer.

SWIM
Swim, v. t.

1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main. Dryden.

2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

SWIM
Swim, n.

1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson.

2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. — To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]

SWIM Swim, v. i. Etym: [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. swima; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, svia to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. swinan to dwindle. Cf. Squemish, Swindler.]

Defn: To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

SWIMBEL
Swim"bel, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWIMMER
Swim"mer, n.

1. One who swims.

2. (Far.)

Defn: A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A swimming bird; one of the natatores. Little swimmer (Zoöl.), a phalarope.

SWIMMERET
Swim"mer*et, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.

SWIMMING
Swim"ming, a.

1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes. Swimming bell (Zoöl.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under Siphonophora. — Swimming crab (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunidæ, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.

SWIMMING
Swim"ming, n.

Defn: The act of one who swims.

SWIMMING
Swim"ming, a. Etym: [From Swim to be dizzy.]

Defn: Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

SWIMMING
Swim"ming, n.

Defn: Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. Dryden.

SWIMMINGLY
Swim"ming*ly, adv.

Defn: In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.

SWIMMINGNESS
Swim"ming*ness, n.

Defn: Act or state of swimming; suffusion. "A swimmingness in the eye." Congreve.

SWINCK
Swinck, v. & n.

Defn: See Swink.

SWINDLE
Swin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swindling.]
Etym: [See Swindler.]

Defn: To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to
swindle a man out of his property.
Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres.
Carlyle.

SWINDLE
Swin"dle, n.

Defn: The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

SWINDLER Swin"dler, n. Etym: [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See Swim to be dizzy.]

Defn: One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

Syn. — Sharper; rogue. — Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in playing at cards or staking what he can not pay. Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler. V. Knox. Perhaps you 'll think I act the same As a sly sharper plays his game. Cotton.

SWINDLERY
Swin"dler*y, n.

Defn: Swindling; rougery. [R.] "Swindlery and blackguardism."
Carlyle.

SWINE Swine, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [OE. swin, AS. swin; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swin, Icel. svin, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v. 11. Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); — so called because eaten by swine. — Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. — Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus). — Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle.

SWINEBREAD
Swine"bread`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The truffle.

SWINECASE
Swine"case`, n.

Defn: A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]

SWINECOTE
Swine"cote`, n.

Defn: A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]

SWINECRUE
Swine"crue`, n. Etym: [Swine + Prov. E. crue a coop.]

Defn: A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]

SWINEFISH
Swine"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The wolf fish.

SWINEHERD
Swine"herd`, n.

Defn: A keeper of swine.

SWINEPIPE
Swine"pipe`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

SWINE-POX
Swine"-pox`, n. (Med.)

Defn: A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.

SWINERY
Swin"er*y, n.

Defn: Same as Piggery. [R.]

SWINESTONE
Swine"stone`, n. (Min.)

Defn: See Stinkstone.

SWINESTY
Swine"sty`, n.

Defn: A sty, or pen, for swine.

SWING Swing, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swung; Archaic imp. Swang; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinging.] Etym: [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. Swagger, Sway, Swinge, Swink.]

1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air. Boyle.

2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

4. (Naut.)

Defn: To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

5. To be hanged. [Colloq.] D. Webster. To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. [Colloq.] He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief. A. V. G. Allen.

SWING
Swing, v. t.

1. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other. He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round. Dryden. They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants. Spectator.

2. To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

3. (Mach.)

Defn: To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; — said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter. To swing a door, gate, etc. (Carp.), to put it on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

SWING
Swing, n.

1. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

2. Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

3. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

4. Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion. The ram that batters down the wall, For the great swing and rudeness of his poise, They place before his hand that made the engine. Shak.

5. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

6. Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency. "Take thy swing." Dryden. To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius. Burke. Full swing. See under Full. — Swing beam (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. — Swing bridge, a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. — Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. — Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.

SWINGDEVIL Swing"dev`il, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [So named from its swift flight and dark color, which give it an uncanny appearance.]

Defn: The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]

SWINGE
Swinge (swînj), v. & n.

Defn: See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.

SWINGE
Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (swînjd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Swingeing (swînj"îng).] Etym: [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake,
causative of swingan. See Swing.]

1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.

2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.

SWINGE
Swinge, n.

1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.

2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]

SWINGEBUCKLER
Swinge"buc`kler, n.

Defn: A swashbuckler; a bully; a roiserer. [Obs.] Shak.

SWINGEING
Swinge"ing, a.

Defn: Huge; very large. [Colloq.] Arbuthnot. Byron.
— Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden.

SWINGEL
Swin"gel, n. Etym: [AS. swingele whip, scourge. See Swing.]

Defn: The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

SWINGER
Swing"er, n.

Defn: One who swings or whirls.

SWINGER
Swin"ger, n.

1. One who swinges.

2. Anything very large, forcible; or astonishing. [Obs. or Colloq.] Herrick.

Defn: A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos. 4. A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.

SWINGLE
Swin"gle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of swing.]

1. To dangle; to wave hanging. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

SWINGLE
Swin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling.]
Etym: [See Swingel.]

1. To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

2. To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; — said of weeds. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

SWINGLE
Swin"gle, n.

Defn: A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; - - called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

SWINGLEBAR
Swin"gle*bar`, n.

Defn: A swingletree. De Quincey.

SWINGLETAIL
Swin"gle*tail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

SWINGLETREE
Swin"gle*tree`, n. Etym: [So named in allusion to its swinging. See
Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.]

Defn: A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

SWINGLING
Swin"gling, a. & n.

Defn: from Swingle, v. t. Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.

SWINGTREE
Swing"tree`, n.

Defn: The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

SWINISH
Swin"ish, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine;
hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. "Swinish
gluttony." Milton.
— Swin"ish*ly, adv.
— Swin"ish*ness, n.

SWINK
Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk (; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swinking.] Etym: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]

Defn: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer.
For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser.
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

SWINK
Swink, v. t.

1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.

2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.

SWINK
Swink, n. Etym: [As. swinc, geswinc.]

Defn: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

SWINKER
Swink"er, n.

Defn: A laborer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWINNEY
Swin"ney, n. (Far.)

Defn: See Sweeny.

SWIPE
Swipe, n. Etym: [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.]

1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. R. A. Proctor.

3. pl.

Defn: Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also swypes.] Craig.

SWIPE
Swipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.]

1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. R. A. Proctor.

2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]

SWIPLE
Swi"ple, n. Etym: [See Swipe.]

Defn: That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also swipel, and swipple.]

SWIPPER Swip"per, a. Etym: [From AS. swipian to whip, shake, whirl; akin to swapan to sweep. See Swoop.]

Defn: Nimble; quick. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Slang]

SWIRL
Swirl, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.]
Etym: [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan.
svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. *177. See Swarm, n.]

Defn: To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." C. Kingsley.

SWIRL
Swirl, n.

Defn: A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent swirl of bats." Mrs. Browning.

SWISH
Swish, v. t. Etym: [From the sound. Cf. Swash.]

1. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. Coleridge.

2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] Thackeray.

SWISH
Swish, v. i.

Defn: To dash; to swash.

SWISH
Swish, n.

1. A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air. [Colloq.]

2. (Naut.)

Defn: Light driven spray. [Eng.]

SWISS
Swiss, n.sing. & pl. Etym: [F. Suisse, of German origin. Cf.
Switzer.]

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of
Switzerland.

SWISS
Swiss, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland.

SWITCH
Switch, n. Etym: [Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip. Cf. Swink,
Swing.]

1. A small, flexible twig or rod. Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison.

2. (Railways)

Defn: A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

3. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

4. (Eccl.)

Defn: A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. Safety switch (Railways), a form of switch contrived to prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains. — Switch back (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached. — Switch board (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected or combined in any desired manner. — Switch grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.

SWITCH
Switch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Switched; p. pr. & vb. n. Switching.]

1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. Chapman.

2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; — generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

5. (Eccl.)

Defn: To shift to another circuit.

SWITCH
Switch, v. i.

Defn: To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]

SWITCHEL
Switch"el, n. Etym: [See Sweet.]

Defn: A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger. [U. S.]

SWITCHING
Switch"ing, a. & n.

Defn: from Switch, v. Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; — called also switch engine. [U.S.]

SWITCHMAN
Switch"man, n.; pl. Switchmen (.

Defn: One who tends a switch on a railway.

SWITCHY
Switch"y, a.

Defn: Whisking. [Colloq.] Coombe.

SWITHE
Swithe, adv. Etym: [AS. swi strongly, violently.]

Defn: Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly. [Obs.]
That thou doest, do thou swithe. Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

SWITZER
Switz"er, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schweizer. Cf. Swiss.]

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.

SWIVE
Swive, v. t. Etym: [OE. swiven, fr. AS. swifan. See Swivel.]

Defn: To copulate with (a woman). [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWIVEL
Swiv"el, n. Etym: [AS. swifan to move quickly, to remove; akin to
Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, svifa to ramble, to turn. See Swoop,
and cf. Swift a reel, Swift, a.]

1. (Mech.)

Defn: A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; — called also swivel gun. Wilhelm. Swivel bridge, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. — Swivel hook, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. — Swivel joint, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.

SWIVEL
Swiv"el, v. i.

Defn: To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

SWIVEL-EYED
Swiv"el-eyed`, a.

Defn: Squint-eyed. [Prov. Eng.]

SWIZZLE
Swiz"zle, v. t.

Defn: To drink; to swill. Halliwell.

SWIZZLE
Swiz"zle, n.

Defn: Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally. [Prov. Eng.]

SWOB
Swob, n. & v.

Defn: See Swab.

SWOBBER
Swob"ber, n.

1. See Swabber.

2. pl.

Defn: Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist. [Written also swabber.] Swift.

SWOLLEN
Swoll"en,

Defn: p. p. of Swell.

SWOLLEN
Swoll"en, a.

Defn: Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.

SWOLN
Swoln.

Defn: Contraction of Swollen, p. p. Milton.

SWOM
Swom, obs.

Defn: imp. of Swim. Shak.

SWOON
Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.] Etym:
[OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo, fr. swo to sigh deeply, to droop,
AS. swogan to sough, sigh; cf. geswogen senseless, swooned, geswowung
a swooning. Cf. Sough.]

Defn: To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent
suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; —
often with away.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Lam. ii. 11.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. Dryden.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. Tatler.

SWOON
Swoon, n.

Defn: A fainting fit; syncope.

SWOONING
Swoon"ing, a. & n.

Defn: from Swoon, v.
— Swoon"ing*ly, adv.

SWOOP
Swoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooping.] Etym:
[OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. swapan to sweep, to rush; akin to
G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl,
Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. swifan to move quickly. Cf. Sweep,
Swift, a. & n., Swipe, Swivel.]

1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. Glanvill.

SWOOP
Swoop, v. i.

1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.

2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] Drayton.

SWOOP
Swoop, n.

Defn: A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the
act of swooping.
The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a
swoop. L'Estrange.

SWOOPSTAKE
Swoop"stake`, n.

Defn: See Sweepstake. [Obs.]

SWOOPSTAKE
Swoop"stake`, adv.

Defn: Altogether; indiscriminately. [R.] Shak.

SWOP
Swop, v. & n.

Defn: Same as Swap. Dryden.

SWORD
Sword, n. Etym: [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird,
D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver, Sw. svärd,
Dan. sværd; of uncertain origin.]

1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp

2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of
authority and power.
He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. Rom. xiii. 4.
She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. Dryden.

3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. Matt. x. 34.

4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. Milton.

5. (Weaving)

Defn: One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is
suspended. Sword arm, the right arm.
— Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which
can be used as a sword.
— Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in
London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad.
— Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at
the side.
— Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
— Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger,
as in a sheath.
— Sword dance. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and
clashed together by the male dancers. Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance
performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them.
— Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords;
swordplay.
— Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen.
— Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
— Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
Milton.
— Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus.
— Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; — so called
from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
— Sword shrimp (Zoöl.), a European shrimp (Pasiphæa sivado) having
a very thin, compressed body.
— Sword stick, a sword cane.
— To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t.
— To put to the sword. See under Put.

SWORDBILL
Sword"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.

SWORDED
Sword"ed, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. geswurdod.]

Defn: Girded with a sword. Milton.

SWORDER
Sword"er, n.

Defn: One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. [Obs.] Shak.

SWORDFISH
Sword"fish`, n.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The ger pike. (c) The cutlass fish.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker (Zoöl.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

SWORDICK
Sword"ick, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The spotted gunnel (Murænoides gunnellus). [Prov. Eng.]

SWORDING
Sword"ing, n.

Defn: Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.

SWORDLESS
Sword"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of a sword.

SWORDMAN
Sword"man, n.; pl. Swordmen (.

Defn: A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak.

SWORDPLAY
Sword"play`, n.

Defn: Fencing; a sword fight.

SWORDPLAYER
Sword"play`er, n.

Defn: A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

SWORD-SHAPED
Sword"-shaped`, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the
Iris, cattail, and the like.

SWORDSMAN
Swords"man, n.; pl. Swordsmen (.

1. A soldier; a fighting man.

2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.

SWORDSMANSHIP
Swords"man*ship, n.

Defn: The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.
Cowper.

SWORDTAIL Sword"tail`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The limulus. (b) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.

SWORE
Swore,

Defn: imp. of Swear.

SWORN
Sworn,

Defn: p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms
who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence,
faithful friends.
— Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies.
— Sworn friends, close friends.

SWOUGH
Swough, n. Etym: [See Swoon.]

1. A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough. [Obs.] He sigheth with full many a sorry swough. Chaucer.

2. A swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWOUND
Swound, v. & n.

Defn: See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic] Shak. Dryden.
The landlord stirred As one awaking from a swound. Longfellow.

'SWOUNDS
'Swounds, interj. Etym: [Cf. Zounds.]

Defn: An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; — used as an oath. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.

SWOWN
Swown, v. & n.

Defn: Swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SWUM
Swum,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Swim.

SWUNG
Swung,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Swing.

SWYTHE
Swythe, adv.

Defn: Quickly. See Swithe. [Obs.]

SY
Sy, obs. imp. of See.

Defn: Saw. Chaucer.

SYB
Syb, a.

Defn: See Sib. [Obs. or Scot.]

SYBARITE
Syb"a*rite, n. Etym: [L. Sybarita, Gr. Sybarite.]

Defn: A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

SYBARITIC; SYBARITICAL
Syb`a*rit"ic, Syb`a*rit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. Sybariticus, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. "Sybaritic dinners." Bp. Warburton. "Sybaritical cloistres." Bp. Hall.

SYBARITISM
Syb"a*rit*ism, n.

Defn: Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

SYCAMINE
Syc"a*mine, n. Etym: [L. sycaminus, Gr.

Defn: See Sycamore.

SYCAMORE Syc"a*more, n. Etym: [L. sycomorus, Gr. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.) (a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture. (b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood. (c) A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). [Written sometimes sycomore.]

SYCE
Syce, n. Etym: [Ar. sa\'8bs.]

Defn: A groom. [India]

SYCEE Sy*cee", n. Etym: [Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.]

Defn: Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy. [China] McElrath.

SYCHNOCARPOUS
Sych`no*car"pous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

SYCITE
Sy"cite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. [Obs.]

SYCOCERIC
Syc`o*cer"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.

SYCOCERYL
Syc`o*ce"ryl, n. Etym: [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.

SYCOCK
Sy"cock, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

SYCONES
Sy*co"nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of calcareous sponges.

Note: They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampullæ connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body.

SYCONIUM; SYCONUS
Sy*co"ni*um, Sy*co"nus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

SYCOPHANCY
Syc"o*phan*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. L. sycophantia deceit, Gr.

Defn: The character or characteristic of a sycophant. Hence: - (a) False accusation; calumniation; talebearing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. (b) Obsequious flattery; servility. The sycophancy of A.Philips had prejudiced Mr. Addison against Pope. Bp. Warburton.

SYCOPHANT
Syc"o*phant, n. Etym: [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite,
Gr. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See
Phenomenon.]

1. An informer; a talebearer. [Obs.] "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney.

2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men. A sycophant will everything admire: Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire. Dryden.

SYCOPHANT
Syc"o*phant, v. t. Etym: [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick,
Gr.

1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate. [Obs.] Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. Milton.

2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

SYCOPHANT
Syc"o*phant, v. i.

Defn: To play the sycophant.

SYCOPHANTCY
Syc"o*phant*cy, n.

Defn: Sycophancy. [Obs.]

SYCOPHANTIC; SYCOPHANTICAL
Syc`o*phan"tic, Syc`o*phan"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant;
meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation;
parasitic.
To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite. South.
Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. De Quincey.

SYCOPHANTISH
Syc"o*phant`ish, a.

Defn: Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
— Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv.
Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De
Quincey.

SYCOPHANTISM
Syc"o*phant*ism, n.

Defn: Sycophancy.

SYCOPHANTIZE
Syc"o*phant*ize, v. i.

Defn: To play the sycophant.

SYCOPHANTRY
Syc"o*phant*ry, n.

Defn: Sycophancy. [Obs.]

SYCOSIS
Sy*co"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

SYDEROLITE
Syd"er*o*lite, n.

Defn: A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

SYE
Sye, obs. imp. of See.

Defn: Saw. Chaucer.

SYENITE Sy"e*nite, n. Etym: [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite. (b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elæolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elæolite) syenite or leucite syenite.

SYENITIC
Sy`e*nit"ic, a. Etym: [Written also sienitic.]

1. Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.

SYKE
Syke, n. & v.

Defn: See Sike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SYKER
Syk"er, a. & adv.

Defn: See Sicker. [Obs.]

SYLE
Syle, n. Etym: [See Sile a young herring.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.] But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. J. Ingelow.

SYLLABARIUM
Syl`la*ba"ri*um, n.; pl. Syllabaria. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: A syllabary.

SYLLABARY
Syl"la*ba*ry, n.

Defn: A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.

SYLLABE
Syl"labe, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Syllable. [R.] B. Jonson.

SYLLABIC; SYLLABICAL
Syl*lab"ic, Syl*lab"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. syllabique.]

1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. "The syllabic stage of writing." Earle.

SYLLABICALLY
Syl*lab"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a syllabic manner.

SYLLABICATE
Syl*lab"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syllabicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syllabicating.]

Defn: To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

SYLLABICATION
Syl*lab`i*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.

SYLLABIFICATION
Syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See Syllabify.]

Defn: Same as Syllabication. Rush. Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. H. Sweet.

SYLLABIFY
Syl*lab"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syllabified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syllabifying.] Etym: [L. syllaba syllable + -fy.]

Defn: To form or divide into syllables.

SYLLABISM
Syl"la*bism, n.

Defn: The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

SYLLABIST
Syl"la*bist, n.

Defn: One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.

SYLLABIZE
Syl"la*bize, v. t.

Defn: To syllabify. Howell.

SYLLABLE Syl"la*ble, n. Etym: [OE. sillable, OF. sillabe, F. syllabe, L. syllaba, Gr. labh, rabh. Cf. Lemma, Dilemma.]

1. An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reënforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, §275.

2. In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language. Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter. Chaucer.

3. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or
short; a particle.
Before any syllable of the law of God was written. Hooker.
Who dare speak One syllable against him Shak.

SYLLABLE
Syl"la*ble, v. t.

Defn: To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. Milton.

SYLLABUB
Syl"la*bub, n.

Defn: Same as Syllabub.

SYLLABUS Syl"la*bus, n.; pl. E. Syllabuses, L. Syllabi. Etym: [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]

Defn: A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

SYLLEPSIS Syl*lep"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from syllable, n.]

1. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

SYLLEPTIC; SYLLEPTICAL
Syl*lep"tic, Syl*lep"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
— Syl*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.

SYLLIDIAN
Syl*lid"i*an, n. Etym: [From NL. Syllis, the typical genus.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family
Syllidæ.

Note: Many of the species are phosphorescent; others are remarkable for undergoing strobilation or fission and for their polymorphism. The egg, in such species, develops into an asexual individual. When mature, a number of its posterior segments gradually develop into one or more sexual individuals which finally break away and swim free in the sea. The males, females, and neuters usually differ greatly in form and structure.

SYLLOGISM Syl"lo*gism, n. Etym: [OE. silogisme, OF. silogime, sillogisme, F. syllogisme, L. syllogismus, Gr. syllogismo`s a reckoning all together, a reasoning, syllogism, fr. syllogi`zesqai to reckon all together, to bring at once before the mind, to infer, conclude; sy`n with, together + logi`zesqai to reckon, to conclude by reasoning. See Syn-, and Logistic, Logic.] (Logic)

Defn: The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration;

Note: as in the following example: Every virtue is laudable; Kindness is a virtue; Therefore kindness is laudable. These propositions are denominated respectively the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.

Note: If the premises are not true and the syllogism is regular, the reasoning is valid, and the conclusion, whether true or false, is correctly derived.

SYLLOGISTIC; SYLLOGISTICAL Syl`lo*gis"tic, Syl`lo*gis"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. syllogisticus, Gr. syllogistique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.

SYLLOGISTICALLY
Syl`lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a syllogistic manner.

SYLLOGIZATION
Syl`lo*gi*za"tion, n.

Defn: A reasoning by syllogisms. [Obs. or R.] Harris.

SYLLOGIZE
Syl"lo*gize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Syllogized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syllogizing.] Etym: [Gr. syllogiser.]

Defn: To reason by means of syllogisms. Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or frame arguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of the question. I. Watts.

SYLLOGIZER
Syl"lo*gi`zer, n.

Defn: One who syllogizes.

SYLPH
Sylph, n. Etym: [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr.

1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).

SYLPHID
Sylph"id, n. Etym: [F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.]

Defn: A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. "The place of the sylphid queen." J. R. Drake. Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. Pope.

SYLPHINE
Sylph"ine, a.

Defn: Like a sylph.

SYLPHISH
Sylph"ish, a.

Defn: Sylphlike. Carlyle.

SYLPHLIKE
Sylph"like`, a.

Defn: Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze.
Byron.

SYLVA
Syl"va, n.; pl. Sylvæ. Etym: [L. sylva, better silva, a wood. See
Silva.] (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Silva.

SYLVAN
Syl"van, a. Etym: [See Silvan, a.]

1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. De Quincey.

2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

SYLVAN
Syl"van, n. Etym: [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.]

Defn: A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a
rustic.
Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all
access denied. Pope.

SYLVAN
Syl"van, n. Etym: [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)

Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; — called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

SYLVANITE Syl"van*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. [Written also silvanite.]

SYLVANIUM Syl*va"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., so called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Chem.)

Defn: An old name for tellurium. [Written also silvanium.]

SYLVATE
Syl"vate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of sylvic acid.

SYLVATIC Syl*vat"ic, a. Etym: [L. sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See Silvan, a.]

Defn: Sylvan. [R.]

SYLVESTRIAN
Syl*ves"tri*an, a. Etym: [L. sylvestris, better silvestris.]

Defn: Sylvan. [R.]

SYLVIC
Syl"vic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).

SYLVICOLINE Syl*vic"o*line, a. Etym: [L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidæ). See
Warbler.

SYLVICULTURE
Syl"vi*cul`ture, n. Etym: [L. sylva, silva, forest + E. culture.]

Defn: The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

SYLVICULTURIST
Syl`vi*cul"tur*ist, n.

Defn: One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.

SYLVINE; SYLVITE Syl"vine, Syl"vite, n. Etym: [So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.)

Defn: Native potassium chloride.

SYM-
Sym-.

Defn: See Syn-.

SYMAR; SYMARR
Sy*mar", Sy"marr, n.

Defn: See Simar.

SYMBAL
Sym"bal, n.

Defn: See Cimbal. [Obs.]

SYMBIOSIS Sym`bi*o"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a living together, to live together; with + to live.] (Biol.)

Defn: The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, or antagonistic, or antipathetic, symbiosis, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form practically a single body, as in the union of algæ and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of algæ in radiolarians) it is called conjunctive symbiosis; if there is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes), disjunctive symbiosis.

SYMBIOTIC
Sym`bi*ot"ic, a. [Gr. .] (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. — Sym`bi*ot"ic*al (#), a. — Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

SYMBOL
Sym"bol, n. Etym: [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. symbole. Cf. Emblem,
Parable.]

1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e.g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. Coleridge.

2. (Math.)

Defn: Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes.

3. (Theol.)

Defn: An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

4. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or
accustomed duty. [Obs.]
They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their
symbol in a war or in a plague. Jer. Taylor.

5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. Jer. Taylor.

6. (Chem.)

Defn: An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.

Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene.

Syn.
— Emblem; figure; type. See Emblem.

SYMBOL
Sym"bol, v. t.

Defn: To symbolize. [R.] Tennyson.

SYMBOLIC
Sym*bol"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. symbolique. See Symbolic, a.] (Theol.)

Defn: See Symbolics.

SYMBOLIC; SYMBOLICAL
Sym*bol"ic, Sym*bol"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. symbolicus, Gr. symbolique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. — Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. — Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. Jer. Taylor. Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier. Chitty. — Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.

SYMBOLICS
Sym*bol"ics, n.

Defn: The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.),

Defn: that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; — called also symbolic.

SYMBOLISM
Sym"bol*ism, n.

1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.

2. A system of symbols or representations.

3. (Chem.) (a) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. (b) A combining together of parts or ingredients. [Obs.]

4. (Theol.)

Defn: The science of creeds; symbolics.

SYMBOLIST
Sym"bol*ist, n.

Defn: One who employs symbols.

SYMBOLISTIC; SYMBOLISTICAL
Sym`bol*is"tic, Sym`bol*is"tic*al, a.

Defn: Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.

SYMBOLIZATION
Sym`bol*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. symbolisation.]

Defn: The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. Sir T.
Browne.

SYMBOLIZE
Sym"bol*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Symbolized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Symbolizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. symboliser.]

1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. Bacon. They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. Howell.

2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. G. S. Faber.

3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.

SYMBOLIZE
Sym"bol*ize, v. t.

1. To make to agree in properties or qualities.

2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. "Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors." Sir T. Browne.

3. To represent by a symbol or symbols.

SYMBOLIZER
Sym"bol*i`zer, n.

Defn: One who symbolizes.

SYMBOLOGICAL
Sym`bo*log"i*cal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.

SYMBOLOGIST
Sym*bol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.

SYMBOLOGY
Sym*bol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Symbol + -logy.]

Defn: The art of expressing by symbols.

SYMBRANCHII
Sym*bran"chi*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.

SYMMETRAL
Sym"me*tral, a.

Defn: Commensurable; symmetrical. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

SYMMETRIAN
Sym*me"tri*an, n.

Defn: One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. [R.] Sir P.
Sidney.

SYMMETRIC
Sym*met"ric, a.

Defn: Symmetrical.

SYMMETRICAL
Sym*met"ric*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. symétrique. See Symmetry.]

1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: Having the organs or parts of one side correspponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry.See Symmetry, 2.

3. (Bot.) (a) Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; — said of flowers. (b) Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.

4. (Math.)

Defn: Having a common measure; commensurable. (b) Having corresponding parts or relations.

Note: A curve or a plane figure is symmetrical with respect to a given line, and a line, surface, or solid with respect to a plane, when for each point on one side of the line or plane there is a corresponding point on the other side, so situated that the line joining the two corresponding points is perpendicular to the line or plane and is bisectad by it. Two solids are symmetrical when they are so situate dwith the respect to an intervening plane that the several points of their surfaces thus correspond to each other in position and distance. In analysis, an expression is symmetrical with respect to several letters when any two of them may change places without affecting the expression; as, the expression a2b + ab2 + a2c + ac2 + b2c + bc2, is symmetrical with respect to the letters a, b, c. — Sym*met"ric*al*ly, adv. — Sym*met"ric*al*ness, n.

SYMMETRICIAN
Sym`me*tri"cian, n.

Defn: Same as Symmetrian. [R.] Holinshed.

SYMMETRIST
Sym"me*trist, n.

Defn: One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton.

SYMMETRIZE
Sym"me*trize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Symmetrized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Symmetrizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. symétriser.]

Defn: To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
Burke.

SYMMETRY Sym"me*try, n. Etym: [L. symmetria, Gr. symétrie. See Syn-, and Meter rhythm.]

1. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.

Note: Bilateral symmetry, or two-sidedness, in vertebrates, etc., is that in which the body can be divided into symmetrical halves by a vertical plane passing through the middle; radial symmetry, as in echinoderms, is that in which the individual parts are arranged symmetrically around a central axis; serial symmetry, or zonal symmetry, as in earthworms, is that in which the segments or metameres of the body are disposed in a zonal manner one after the other in a longitudinal axis. This last is sometimes called metamerism.

3. (Bot.) (a) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower. (b) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity. Axis of symmetry. (Geom.) See under Axis. — Respective symmetry, that disposition of parts in which only the opposite sides are equal to each other.

SYMPATHETIC
Sym`pa*thet"ic, a. Etym: [See Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.]

1. Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing. Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind. Goldsmith.

2. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. Gray.

3. (Physiol.) (a) Produced by sympathy; — applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. (b) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber. Sympathetic ink. (Chem.) See under Ink. — Sympathetic nerve (Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially, the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic system. — Sympathetic powder (Alchemy), a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the bloody clothes. Dunglison. — Sympathetic sounds (Physics), sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid. — Sympathetic system (Anat.), a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and nerve plexuses.

SYMPATHETICAL
Sym`pa*thet"ic*al, a.

Defn: Sympathetic.

SYMPATHETICALLY
Sym`pa*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a sympathetic manner.

SYMPATHIST
Sym"pa*thist, n.

Defn: One who sympathizes; a sympathizer. [R.] Coleridge.

SYMPATHIZE
Sym"pa*thize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sympathized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sympathizing.] Etym: [F. sympathiser. See Sympathy.]

1. To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be too distracted to fix itself in meditation. Buckminster.

2. To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. Their countrymen . . . sympathized with their heroes in all their adventures. Addison.

3. To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. Dryden.

SYMPATHIZE
Sym"pa*thize, v. t.

1. To experience together. [Obs.] "This sympathized . . . error." Shak.

2. To ansew to; to correspond to. [Obs.] Shak.

SYMPATHIZER
Sym"pa*thi`zer, n.

Defn: One who sympathizes.

SYMPATHY
Sym"pa*thy, n.; pl. Sympathies. Etym: [F. sympathie, L. sympathia,
Gr. Syn-, and Pathos.]

1. Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling. They saw, but other sight instead — a crowd Of ugly serpents! Horror on them fell, And horrid sympathy. Milton.

2. An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

3. Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration;
compassion.
I value myself upon sympathy, I hate and despise myself for envy.
Kames.

4. (Physiol.) (a) The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain. (b) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.

5. A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron. [R.]

6. Similarity of function, use office, or the like. The adverb has most sympathy with the verb. Earle.

Syn. — Pity; fellow-feeling; compassion; commiseration; tenderness; condolence; agreement. — Sympathy, Commiseration. Sympathy is literally a fellow-feeling with others in their varied conditions of joy or of grief. This term, however, is now more commonly applied to a fellow-feeling with others under affliction, and then coincides very nearly with commiseration. In this case it is commonly followed by for; as, to feel sympathy for a friend when we see him distressed. The verb sympathize is followed by with; as, to sympathize with a friend in his distresses or enjoyments. "Every man would be a distinct species to himself, were there no sympathy among individuals." South. See Pity. Fault, Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought Commiseration. Milton.

SYMPETALOUS
Sym*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. sym- + petal.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having the petals united; gamopetalous.

SYMPHONIC
Sym*phon"ic, a.

1. Symphonious.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition.

SYMPHONIOUS
Sym*pho"ni*ous, a. Etym: [From Symphony.]

1. Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious. Followed with acclamation and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps. Milton.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Symphonic.

SYMPHONIST
Sym"pho*nist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. symphoniste.]

Defn: A composer of symphonies.

SYMPHONIZE
Sym"pho*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Symphonized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Symphonizing.]

Defn: To agree; to be in harmony. [R.] Boyle.

SYMPHONY Sym"pho*ny, n.; pl. Symphonies. Etym: [F. symphonie (cf. It. sinfonia), L. symphonia, Gr. Phonetic.]

1. A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both. The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony in heard around. Dryden.

2. A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal. With harp and pipe and symphony. Chaucer.

3. (Mus.) (a) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental. (b) An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.

SYMPHYLA
Sym*phy"la, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.

SYMPHYSEAL
Sym*phys"e*al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to to symphysis.

SYMPHYSEOTOMY
Sym`phy*se*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [NL. symphysis pubis + Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; — formerly called the Sigualtian section. [Written also symphysotomy.] Dunglison.

SYMPHYSIS Sym"phy*sis, n.; pl. Symphyses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) (a) An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis. (b) The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.

SYMPHYSOTOMY
Sym`phy*sot"o*my, n.

Defn: Symphyseotomy.

SYMPHYTISM
Sym"phy*tism, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Coalescence; a growing into one with another word. [R.] Some of the phrasal adverbs have assumed the form of single words, by that symphytism which naturally attaches these light elements to each other. Earle.

SYMPIESOMETER
Sym`pi*e*som"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]

Defn: A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.

Note: The column of oil of a lower part BC of a glass tube compresses hydrogen gas in the upper part AB, and is thus measured on the scale pq by the position of a surface of the oil in the tube. The scale pq is adjustable, and its index must be set to the division on the scale rs corresponding to the temperature indicated by the termometer t, in order to correct for the effects of temperature on the gas. It is sensitive, and convenient for use at sea, but inferior in accuracy to the mercurial barometer.

SYMPLECTIC
Sym*plec"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Plaiting or joining together; — said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. — n.

Defn: The symplectic bone.

SYMPLOCE
Sym"plo*ce, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.

SYMPODE
Sym"pode, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A sympodium.

SYMPODIAL
Sym*po"di*al, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

SYMPODIUM
Sym*po"di*um, n.; pl. Sympodia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.

SYMPOSIAC
Sym*po"si*ac, a. Etym: [L. symposiacus, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings. Symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance. Arbuthnot.

SYMPOSIAC
Sym*po"si*ac, n.

Defn: A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.

SYMPOSIARCH
Sym*po"si*arch, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: The master of a feast.

SYMPOSIAST
Sym*po"si*ast, n.

Defn: One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking. Sydney
Smith.

SYMPOSION
Sym*po"si*on, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: A drinking together; a symposium. "Our symposion last night."
Sir W. Scott.

SYMPOSIUM Sym*po"si*um, n.; pl. Symposia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]

1. A drinking together; a merry feast. T. Warton.

2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; — so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

SYMPTOM Symp"tom, n. Etym: [F. symptôme, Gr. pat to fly, to fall. See Syn-, and cf. Asymptote, Feather.]

1. (Med.)

Defn: Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited. Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms. Swift.

2. A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

Syn.
— Mark; note; sign; token; indication.

SYMPTOMATIC; SYMPTOMATICAL
Symp`tom*at"ic, Symp`tom*at"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. symptomatique,
Gr.

1. Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else. Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper. Macaulay.

2. According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases. — Symp`tom*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

SYMPTOMATOLOGY
Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.]
(Med.)

Defn: The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

Note: It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

SYN-
Syn-. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time.
Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.

SYNACME; SYNACMY
Syn*ac"me, Syn*ac"my, n. Etym: [NL. synacme. See Syn-, and Acme.]
(Bot.)

Defn: Same as Synanthesis.

SYNAERESIS; SYNERESIS
Syn*ær"e*sis, Syn*er"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Syn-, and Heresy.]
(Gram.)

Defn: The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; — the opposite of diæresis.

SYNAGOGICAL
Syn`a*gog"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a synagogue.

SYNAGOGUE
Syn"a*gogue, n. Etym: [F., from L. synagoga, Gr. Syn-, and Agent.]

1. A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

2. The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

3. The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; — called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

4. A congregation in the early Christian church. My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring. James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).

5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] Milton.

SYNALEPHA
Syn`a*le"pha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also synaloepha.]

SYNALLAGMATIC
Syn`al*lag*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Law)

Defn: Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.

SYNALLAXINE
Syn`al*lax"ine, a. Etym: [From Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the outer and middle toes partially united; — said of certain birds related to the creepers.

SYNALOEPHA
Syn`a*loe"pha, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: Same as Synalepha.

SYNANGIUM
Syn*an"gi*um, n.; pl. Synangia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of
the amphibian heart.
— Syn*an"gi*al, a.

SYNANTHEROUS
Syn*an"ther*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + anther.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.

SYNANTHESIS
Syn`an*the"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom. Gray.

SYNANTHOUS
Syn*an"thous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; — said of certain plants.

SYNANTHROSE
Syn*an"throse", n. Etym: [From NL. Synantheræ the Compositæ; Gr.
(Chem.)

Defn: A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositæ.

SYNAPTA
Syn*ap"ta, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.

SYNAPTASE
Syn*ap"tase, n. Etym: [Gr. tase.] (Chem.)

Defn: A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf.
Amygdalin, and Emulsin.

SYNAPTICULA
Syn`ap*tic"u*la, n.; pl. Synapticulæ. Etym: [NL., dim. from Gr.
(Zoöl.)

Defn: One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.

SYNARCHY
Syn"ar*chy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Joint rule or sovereignity. [R.] Stackhouse.

SYNARTESIS
Syn`ar*te"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union. [R.] Coleridge.

SYNARTHRODIA
Syn`ar*thro"di*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Defn: Synarthrosis.
— Syn`ar*thro"di*al, a. Dunglison.

SYNARTHROSIS
Syn`ar*thro"sis, n.; pl. Synarthroses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.

SYNASTRY
Syn"as*try, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr.

Defn: Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation. [R.] Motley.

SYNAXIS
Syn*ax"is, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Synagogue.]

Defn: A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper. Jer. Taylor.

SYNCARP
Syn"carp, n. Etym: [NL. syncarpium. See Syncarpous.] (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

SYNCARPIUM
Syn*car"pi*um, n.; pl. Syncarpia. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Syncarp.

SYNCARPOUS
Syn*car"pous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

SYNCATEGOREMATIC
Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Syn-, and Categorematic.]
(Logic)

Defn: Not capable of being used as a term by itself; — said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

SYNCHONDROSIS
Syn`chon*dro"sis, n.; pl. Synchondroses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by
cartilage.
— Syn`chon*dro"si*al, a.

SYNCHONDROTOMY
Syn`chon*drot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: Symphyseotomy.

SYNCHORESIS
Syn`cho*re"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

SYNCHRONAL
Syn"chro*nal, a. Etym: [See Synchronous.]

Defn: Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous. Dr. H. More.

SYNCHRONAL
Syn"chro*nal, n.

Defn: A synchronal thing or event.

SYNCHRONICAL
Syn*chron"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. synchronique.]

Defn: Happening at the same time; synchronous. Boyle.
— Syn*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.

SYNCHRONISM
Syn"chro*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. Synchronous.]

1. The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.

2. The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.

3. (Paint.)

Defn: A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.

SYNCHRONISTIC
Syn`chro*nis"tic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.

SYNCHRONIZATION
Syn`chro*ni*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.

SYNCHRONIZE
Syn"chro*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Synchronized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Synchronizing.] Etym: [Gr.

Defn: To agree in time; to be simultaneous. The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey.

SYNCHRONIZE
Syn"chro*nize, v. t.

1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. "Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus." W. L. Bevan.

2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

SYNCHRONOLOGY
Syn`chro*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. -logy.]

Defn: Contemporaneous chronology.

SYNCHRONOUS
Syn"chro*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. Chronicle.]

Defn: Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
— Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.

SYNCHRONY
Syn"chro*ny, n.

Defn: The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [R.]
Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony.
Huxley.

SYNCHYSIS
Syn"chy*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye. Sparkling synchysis (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin.

SYNCLASTIC
Syn*clas"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.] (Math.
Physics)

Defn: Curved toward the same side in all directions; — said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; — opposed to anticlastic. Sir W. Thomson.

SYNCLINAL
Syn*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Gr.

1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; — opposed to anticlinal.

Note: A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an anticlinal axis.

SYNCLINAL
Syn*cli"nal, n. (Geol.)

Defn: A synclinal fold.

SYNCLINE
Syn*cline", n. (Geol.)

Defn: A synclinal fold.

SYNCLINICAL
Syn*clin"ic*al, a.

Defn: Synclinal. [R.]

SYNCLINORIUM
Syn`cli*no"ri*um, n.; pl. Synclinoria. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Geol.)

Defn: A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. Dana.

SYNCOPAL
Syn"co*pal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.

SYNCOPATE
Syn"co*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syncopated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syncopating.] Etym: [LL. syncopatus, p.p. of syncopare to syncopate,
to swoon. See Syncope.]

1. (Gram.)

Defn: To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."

2. (Mus.)

Defn: To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.

SYNCOPATION
Syn`co*pa"tion, n.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.

SYNCOPE
Syn"co*pe, n. Etym: [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Same as Syncopation.

3. (Med.)

Defn: A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.] Revely, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope and solemn pause. Cowper.

SYNCOPIST
Syn"co*pist, n.

Defn: One who syncopates. Addison.

SYNCOPIZE
Syn"co*pize, v. t.

Defn: To syncopate.

SYNCOTYLEDONOUS
Syn*cot`y*led"on*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + cotyledonous.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having united cotyledonous.

SYNCRETIC
Syn*cret"ic, a.

Defn: Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Smart.

SYNCRETISM
Syn"cre*tism, n. Etym: [Gr. syncrétisme.]

Defn: Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other. He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial. Baxter. Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy. Krauth-Fleming.

SYNCRETIST
Syn"cre*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. syncrétiste.]

Defn: One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),

Defn: an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.

SYNCRETISTIC
Syn`cre*tis"tic, a.

1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.

2. Of or pertaining to Syncretists.

SYNCRISIS
Syn"cri*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb.

SYNCYTIUM
Syn*cy"ti*um, n.; pl. Syncitia. Etym: [NL., from Gr.

1. (Biol.)

Defn: Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The ectoderm of a sponge.

SYNDACTYL; SYNDACTYLE
Syn*dac"tyl, Syn*dac"tyle, a. [Syn- + Gr. finger, toe.] (Zoöl. &
Med.)

Defn: Having two or more digits wholly or partly united. See
Syndactylism.

SYNDACTYLE
Syn*dac"tyle, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. syndactyle.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird having syndactilous feet.

SYNDACTYLIC
Syn*dac*tyl"ic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Syndactilous.

SYNDACTYLOUS
Syn*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.

SYNDESMOGRAPHY
Syn`des*mog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Defn: A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.

SYNDESMOLOGY
Syn`des*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.

SYNDESMOSIS
Syn`des*mo"sis, n.; pl. Syndesmoses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: An articulation formed by means of ligaments.

SYNDETIC; SYNDETICAL
Syn*det"ic, Syn*det"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Asyndetic.]

Defn: Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary. — Syn*det"ic*al*ly, adv. With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated. C. J. Grece (Trans. Maetzner's Gram.).

SYNDIC
Syn"dic, n. Etym: [L. syndictus, Gr. syndic. See Teach.]

1. An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

2. (Law)

Defn: An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.

Note: In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university, and the like, have their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng., has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.

SYNDICAL
Syn"dic*al, a.

1. Consisting of, or pert. to, a syndic.

2. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, syndicalism.

SYNDICALISM
Syn"dic*al*ism, n. [F. syndicalisme.]

Defn: The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Confédération Générale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of political action) — direct action including any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.

SYNDICALIST
Syn"dic*al*ist, n.

Defn: One who advocates or practices syndicalism. —Syn`dic*al*is"tic (#), a.

SYNDICATE
Syn"di*cate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.]

1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics. Bp. Burnet.

2. An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.

SYNDICATE Syn"di*cate, v. t. Etym: [LL. syndicatus, p.p. of syndicare to censure.]

Defn: To judge; to censure. [Obs.]

SYNDICATION
Syn`di*ca"tion, n.

Defn: Act or process of syndicating or forming a syndicate.

SYNDROME
Syn"dro*me, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr.

Defn: Concurrence. [R.] Glanvill.

Defn: A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.

SYNDYASMIAN
Syn`dy*as"mi*an, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; — said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring. Morgan.

SYNE
Syne, adv. Etym: [See Since.]

1. Afterwards; since; ago. [Obs. or Scot.] R. of Brunne.

2. Late, — as opposed to soon. [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace).

SYNE
Syne, conj.

Defn: Since; seeing. [Scot.]

SYNECDOCHE
Syn*ec"do*che, n. Etym: [L. synecdoche, Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain.

SYNECDOCHICAL
Syn`ec*doch"ic*al, a.

Defn: Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton.

SYNECDOCHICALLY
Syn`ec*doch"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: By synecdoche.

SYNECHIA
Syn*e"chi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.

SYNECPHONESIS
Syn*ec`pho*ne"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.

SYNEDRAL
Syn*e"dral, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.

SYNENTOGNATHI
Syn`en*tog"na*thi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.

SYNEPY
Syn"e*py, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet.)

Defn: The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.

SYNERESIS
Syn*er"e*sis, n.

Defn: Same as Synæresis.

SYNERGETIC
Syn`er*get"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Working together; coöperating; as, synergetic muscles.

SYNERGISM
Syn"er*gism, n. Etym: [See Synergetic.] (Theol.)

Defn: The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a coöperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man.

SYNERGIST
Syn"er*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. synergiste.]

1. One who holds the doctrine of synergism.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it.

SYNERGISTIC
Syn`er*gis"tic, a.

1. Of or pertaining to synergism. "A synergistic view of regeneration." Shedd.

2. Coöperating; synergetic.

SYNERGY
Syn"er*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Synergetic.]

Defn: Combined action; especially (Med.),

Defn: the combined healty action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.

Defn: An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. Also synergism.

SYNESIS
Syn"e*sis, n. [Gr. intelligence.] (Gram.)

Defn: A construction in which adherence to some element in the sense causes a departure from strict syntax, as in "Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ unto them."

SYNGENESIA
Syn`ge*ne"si*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.

SYNGENESIAN; SYNGENESIOUS
Syn`ge*ne"sian, Syn`ge*ne"sious, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.

SYNGENESIS
Syn*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + genesis.] (Biol.)

Defn: A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; — the opposite of epigenesis.

SYNGNATHI
Syng"na*thi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout
and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea
horses are examples.
— Syng"na*thous, a.

SYNGRAPH
Syn"graph, n. Etym: [L. syngrapha, Gr. (Law)

Defn: A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.

SYNIZESIS
Syn`i*ze"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Med.)

Defn: An obliteration of the pupil of the eye.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

SYNNEOROSIS
Syn`neo*ro"sis, n.; pl. Synneuroses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Syndesmosis.

SYNOCHA
Syn"o*cha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Synechia.] (Med.)

Defn: See Synochus. [Obs.]

SYNOCHAL
Syn"o*chal, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha. [Obs.]

SYNOCHUS
Syn"o*chus, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A continuous fever. [Obs.]

Note: Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two distinct types of fever, but in different senses at different periods. The same disease is placed under synocha by one author, under synochus by another. Quain.

SYNOCIL
Syn"o*cil, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + cilium.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.

SYNOD Syn"od, n. Etym: [L. synodus, Gr. sino, seno, F. synode, both from the Latin.]

1. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Note: Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are compopsed of bishops from different nations; — commonly called general council. 2. National, composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial, in which the bishops of only one province meet; — called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese or his representative presides. Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the ministers and a ruling elder from each parish.

2. An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. It hath in solemn synods been decreed, Both by the Syracusians and ourselves, To admit no traffic to our adverse towns. Shak. Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove! And you, bright synod of the powers above. Dryden.

3. (Astron.)

Defn: A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies. [R.]
Milton.

SYNODAL
Syn"od*al, a. Etym: [L. synodalis: cf. F. synodal.]

Defn: Synodical. Milton.

SYNODAL
Syn"od*al, n.

1. (Ch. of Eng.)

Defn: A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only. Gibson.

2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

SYNODIC; SYNODICAL
Syn*od"ic, Syn*od"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. synodicus, Gr. synodique.]

1. (Eccl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.

SYNODICALLY
Syn*od"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
"Synodically agreed upon." R. Nelson.

SYNODIST
Syn"od*ist, n.

Defn: An adherent to a synod. These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decrees from vulgar eyes. Fuller.

SYNOECIOUS
Syn*oe"cious, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.

SYNOMOCY
Syn*om"o*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.

SYNONYM Syn"o*nym, n.; pl. Synonyms . Etym: [F. synonyme, L. synonyma, pl. of synonymum, Gr. Synonymous.]

Defn: One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.] All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society. De Quincey. His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, a synonym for probity and philanthropy. Macaulay. In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in special dictionaries of such words, synonyms are words sufficiently alike in general signification to be liable to be confounded, but yet so different in special definition as to require to be distinguished. G. P. Marsh.

SYNONYMA
Syn*on"y*ma, n. pl. Etym: [L.]

Defn: Synonyms. [Obs.] Fuller.

SYNONYMAL
Syn*on"y*mal, a.

Defn: Synonymous. [Obs.]

SYNONYMALLY
Syn*on"y*mal*ly, adv.

Defn: Synonymously. [Obs.]

SYNONYME
Syn"o*nyme, n.

Defn: Same as Synonym.

SYNONYMIC
Syn`o*nym"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. G. synonymik. See Synonymous.] (Gram.)

Defn: The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.

SYNONYMIC; SYNONYMICAL
Syn`o*nym"ic, Syn`o*nym"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.

SYNONYMICON
Syn`o*nym"i*con, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: A dictionary of synonyms. C. J. Smith.

SYNONYMIST
Syn*on"y*mist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. synonymiste.]

Defn: One who collects or explains synonyms.

SYNONYMIZE
Syn*on"y*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Synonymized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Synonymizing.]

Defn: To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to. This word "fortis" we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold, daring, intrepid. Camden.

SYNONYMOUS
Syn*on"y*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. Syn-, and Name.]

Defn: Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea. — Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv. These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom and understanding are synonymous words here. Tillotson.

Syn. — Identical; interchangeable. — Synonymous, Identical. If no words are synonymous except those which are identical in use and meaning, so that the one can in all cases be substituted for the other, we have scarcely ten such words in our language. But the term more properly denotes that the words in question approach so near to each other, that, in many or most cases, they can be used interchangeably. 1. Words may thus coincide in certain connections, and so be interchanged, when they can not be interchanged in other connections; thus we may speak either strength of mind or of force of mind, but we say the force (not strength) of gravitation. 2. Two words may differ slightly, but this difference may be unimportant to the speaker's object, so that he may freely interchange them; thus it makes but little difference, in most cases, whether we speak of a man's having secured his object or having attained his object. For these and other causes we have numerous words which may, in many cases or connections, be used interchangeably, and these are properly called synonyms. Synonymous words "are words which, with great and essential resemblances of meaning, have, at the same time, small, subordinate, and partial differences, — these differences being such as either originally and on the ground of their etymology inhered in them; or differences which they have by usage acquired in the eyes of all; or such as, though nearly latent now, they are capable of receiving at the hands of wise and discreet masters of the tongue. Synonyms are words of like significance in the main, but with a certain unlikeness as well." Trench.

SYNONYMY
Syn*on"y*my, n. Etym: [L. synonymia, Gr. synonymie.]

1. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

2. A system of synonyms.

3. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

SYNOPSIS
Syn*op"sis, n.; pl. Synopses. Etym: [L., from Gr. optic.]

Defn: A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton.

Syn. — Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.

SYNOPTIC; SYNOPTICAL
Syn*op"tic, Syn*op"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synoptique. See Synopsis.]

Defn: Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." Alford. — Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.

SYNOPTIC
Syn*op"tic, n.

Defn: One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
Synoptist.

SYNOPTIST
Syn*op"tist, n.

Defn: Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.

SYNOSTEOLOGY
Syn*os`te*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Pref. syn- + Gr. -logy.]

Defn: That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.

SYNOSTEOSIS
Syn*os`te*o"sis, n.; pl. Synosteoses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

SYNOSTOSIS
Syn`os*to"sis, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Same as Synosteosis.

SYNOVIA
Syn*o"vi*a, n. Etym: [NL., perhaps fr. Gr. ovum egg: cf. F. synovie.]
(Anat.)

Defn: A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.

SYNOVIAL
Syn*o"vi*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. Synovial capsule, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. — Synovial fluid, synovia. — Synovial membrane, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.

SYNOVITIS
Syn`o*vi"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Synovia, -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of the synovial membrane.

SYNPELMOUS
Syn*pel"mous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.

SYNSEPALOUS
Syn*sep"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + sepal.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having united sepals; gamosepalous.

SYNTACTIC; SYNTACTICAL
Syn*tac"tic, Syn*tac"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. G. Syntax.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax,
or construction.
— Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

SYNTAX
Syn"tax, n. Etym: [L. syntaxis, Gr. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.]

1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. [Obs.] They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings. Glanvill.

2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

SYNTAXIS
Syn*tax"is, n.

Defn: Syntax. [R.] B. Jonson.

SYNTERESIS
Syn`te*re"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Med.)

Defn: Prophylaxis. [Obs.]

2. (Metaph.)

Defn: Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty. Whewell.

SYNTERETIC
Syn`te*ret"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Preserving health; prophylactic. [Obs.]

SYNTERETICS
Syn`te*ret"ics, n. (Med.)

Defn: That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis. [Obs.]

SYNTHERMAL
Syn*ther"mal, a. Etym: [Pref. syn- + thermal.]

Defn: Having the same degree of heat.

SYNTHESIS Syn"the*sis, n.; pl. Syntheses. Etym: [L., a mixture, properly, a putting together, Gr. Thesis.]

1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.

3. (Logic)

Defn: The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; — the opposite of Ant: analysis. Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the other. Sir W. Hamilton.

SYNTHESIST
Syn"the*sist, n.

Defn: One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

SYNTHESIZE
Syn"the*size, v. t.

1. To combine by synthesis; to unite.

2. To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.

SYNTHETIC; SYNTHETICAL
Syn*thet"ic, Syn*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synthétique.]

1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. Bolingbroke.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; — said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3. Synthetic, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; — opposed to analytic language. R. Morris.

SYNTHETICALLY
Syn*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a synthetic manner.

SYNTHETIZE
Syn"the*tize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gr.

Defn: To combine; to unite in regular structure. [R.]

SYNTOMY
Syn"to*my, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Brevity; conciseness. [R.]

SYNTONIC
Syn*ton"ic, a. (Physics)

Defn: Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. — Syn*ton"ic*al (#), a. —Syn*ton"ic*al*ly, adv.

SYNTONIN
Syn"to*nin, n. Etym: [Cf. Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; — formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.

SYNTONIZE
Syn"to*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -nized; p. pr. & vb. n. -nizing.]
[See Syntony.] (Physics)

Defn: To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. — Syn`to*ni*za"tion (#), n.

SYNTONIZER
Syn"to*niz`er, n. (Physics)

Defn: One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antennæ in wireless telegraphy (called also syntonizing coil).

SYNTONY
Syn"to*ny, n. [Cf. Gr. agreement. See Syn-; Tone.] (Physics)

Defn: State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.

SYPHERING
Sy"pher*ing, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Carp.)

Defn: The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

SYPHILIDE
Syph"i*lide, n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)

Defn: A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.

SYPHILIS Syph"i*lis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, "Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus," which was published in 1530; Gr. (Med.)

Defn: The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics.

SYPHILITIC
Syph`i*lit"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. syphilitique.] (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis. — n.

Defn: A syphilitic patient.

SYPHILITICALLY
Syph`i*lit"ic*al*ly, adv. (Med.)

Defn: In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.

SYPHILIZATION
Syph`i*li*za"tion, n. (Med.)

Defn: Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.

SYPHILIZE
Syph"i*lize, v. t. (Med.)

Defn: To inoculate with syphilis.

SYPHILODERM
Syph"i*lo*derm, n. Etym: [See Syphilis, and Derm.] (Med.)

Defn: A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.

SYPHILODERMATOUS
Syph`i*lo*der"ma*tous, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.

SYPHILOID
Syph"i*loid, a. Etym: [Syphilis + -oid.] (Med.)

Defn: Resembling syphilis.

SYPHILOLOGIST
Syph`i*lol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One skilled in syphilology.

SYPHILOLOGY
Syph`i*lol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Syphilis + -logy.]

Defn: That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

SYPHON
Sy"phon, n.

Defn: See Syphon.

SYRACUSE
Syr"a*cuse, n.

Defn: A red wine of Italy.

SYREN
Sy"ren, n.

Defn: See Siren. [R.]

SYRIAC
Syr"i*ac, a. Etym: [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F. syriaque.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. — n.

Defn: The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.

SYRIACISM
Syr"i*a*cism, n.

Defn: A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.

SYRIAN
Syr"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.
— n.

Defn: A native of Syria.

SYRIANISM
Syr"i*an*ism, n.

Defn: A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a
Syriacism. Paley.

SYRIASM
Syr"i*asm, n.

Defn: A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart.
The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
Bp. Warburton.

SYRINGA Sy*rin"ga, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Syringe.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants; the lilac. (b) The mock orange; — popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

SYRINGE
Syr"inge, n. Etym: [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It.
sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf.
Syringa.]

Defn: A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; — used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc. Garden syringe. See Garden.

SYRINGE
Syr"inge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Syringing.]

1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.

2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

SYRINGEAL
Sy*rin"ge*al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.

SYRINGIN
Sy*rin"gin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; — formerly called also lilacin.

SYRINGOCOELE
Sy*rin"go*coele, n. Etym: [Syrinx + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.

SYRINGOTOME
Sy*rin"go*tome, n. Etym: [Cf. F. syringotome. See Syringotomy.]
(Surg. & Anat.)

Defn: A small blunt-pointed bistoury, — used in syringotomy.

SYRINGOTOMY
Syr`in*got"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. syringotomie.] (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of cutting for anal fistula.

SYRINX
Syr"inx, n.; pl. Syringes. Etym: [NL., from Gr.

1. (Mus.)

Defn: A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; — called also pandean pipes.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: The lower larynx in birds.

Note: In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, larynx in the usual position behind the tongue, and a lower one, at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi, which is the true organ of the voice.

SYRMA
Syr"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Antiq.)

Defn: A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in
Greek and Roman theaters.

SYRPHIAN
Syr"phi*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.
— n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A syrphus fly.

SYRPHUS FLY
Syr"phus fly`. Etym: [NL. Syrphus, the generic name, fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvæ feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.

SYRT
Syrt, n. Etym: [L. syrtis a sand bank in the sea, Gr. syrte.]

Defn: A quicksand; a bog. [R.] Young.

SYRTIC
Syr"tic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand. [R.]
Ed. Rev.

SYRTIS
Syr"tis, n.; pl. Syrtes. Etym: [See Syrt.]

Defn: A quicksand.
Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton.

SYRUP; SYRUPY
Syr"up, n., Syr"up*y, a. Etym: [See Sirup.]

Defn: Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

SYSSARCOSIS
Sys`sar*co"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The junction of bones by intervening muscles.

SYSTALTIC
Sys*tal"tic, a. Etym: [L. systalticus drawing together, Gr.
Sustaltic, Systole.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.

SYSTASIS
Sys"ta*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. System.]

Defn: A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.

SYSTEM
Sys"tem, n. Etym: [L. systema, Gr. système. See Stand.]

1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. I. Watts.

2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." Boyle.

3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.

5. (Biol.)

Defn: An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.

6. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under Block, Conservative, etc.

SYSTEMATIC; SYSTEMATICAL
Sys`tem*at"ic, Sys`tem*at"ic*al, a. [Gr. systématique.]

1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. Whewell.

2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.

3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical. Boyle.

4. (Med.)

Defn: Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. Systematic theology. See under Theology.

SYSTEMATICALLY
Sys`tem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a systematic manner; methodically.

SYSTEMATISM
Sys"tem*a*tism, n.

Defn: The reduction of facts or principles to a system. Dunglison.

SYSTEMATIST
Sys"tem*a*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. systématiste.]

1. One who forms a system, or reduces to system.

2. One who adheres to a system.

SYSTEMATIZATION
Sys`tem*a*ti*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. systématization.]

Defn: The act or operation of systematizing.

SYSTEMATIZE
Sys"tem*a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Systematized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Systematizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. systématiser. Cf. Systemize.]

Defn: To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts. Harris.

SYSTEMATIZER
Sys"tem*a*ti`zer, n.

Defn: One who systematizes.
Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines.
Harris.

SYSTEMATOLOGY
Sys`tem*a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems. Dunglison.

SYSTEMIC
Sys*tem"ic, a.

1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.

2. (Anat. & Physiol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. Systemic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1.

SYSTEMIZATION
Sys`tem*i*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act or process of systematizing; systematization.

SYSTEMIZE
Sys"tem*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Systemized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Systemizing.] Etym: [Cf. Systematize.]

Defn: To reduce to system; to systematize.

SYSTEMIZER
Sys"tem*i`zer, n.

Defn: One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.

SYSTEMLESS
Sys"tem*less, a.

1. Being without system.

2. (Nat. Hist.)

Defn: Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.

SYSTOLE
Sys"to*le, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: The shortening of the long syllable.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; — correlative to diastole.

SYSTOLIC
Sys*tol"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., ralating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison.

SYSTYLE
Sys"tyle, a. Etym: [L. systylos, Gr. systyle.] (Arch.)

Defn: Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; — said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation. — n.

Defn: A systyle temple or other edifice.

SYTH; SYTHE
Syth, Sythe, prep., adv., conj. & n.

Defn: See Sith, Sithe. [Obs.] Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

SYTHE
Sythe, n.

Defn: Scythe. [Obs. or R.]

SYZYGIAL
Sy*zyg"i*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a syzygy.

SYZYGY Syz"y*gy, n.; pl. Syzygies. Etym: [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr. syzygie. See Yoke, n.]

1. (Astron.)

Defn: The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; — commonly used in the plural.

2. (Gr. & L. Pros.)

Defn: The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side. (b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the latter is in conjunction or opposition; — used chiefly of the moon.

TA
Ta, v. t.

Defn: To take. [Obs. or Scot.] Cursor Mundi.

Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern dialect.

TAAS
Taas, n.

Defn: A heap. See Tas. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TAB
Tab, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

2. A tag. See Tag, 2.

3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.

4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.

5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.

TABACCO
Ta*bac"co, n.

Defn: Tobacco. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

TABANUS
Ta*ba"nus, n. [L., horsefly.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.

TABARD
Tab"ard, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro,
W. tabar, LGr. , LL. tabardum.]

Defn: A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [Spelt also taberd.]

In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.
Chaucer.

TABARDER
Tab"ard*er, n.

1. One who wears a tabard.

2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. Nares.

TABARET
Tab"a*ret, n. [Cf. Tabby.]

Defn: A stout silk having satin stripes, — used for furniture.

TABASCO SAUCE
Ta*bas"co sauce. [So named after Tabasco, a river and state of
Mexico.]

Defn: A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.

TABASHEER
Tab`a*sheer", n. [Per. tabashir: cf. Skr. tvakkshira, tvakshira.]

Defn: A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.

TABBINET
Tab"bi*net, n. [Cf. Tabby.]

Defn: A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]

TABEFACTION
Tab`e*fac"tion, n. [See Tabefy.]

Defn: A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

TABEFY
Tab"e*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabefying.]
[L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to melt.]

Defn: To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] Harvey.

TABELLION Ta*bel"lion, n. [L. tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F. tabellion. See Table.]

Defn: A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.

TABER
Ta"ber, v. i.

Defn: Same as Tabor. Nahum ii. 7.

TABERD
Tab"erd, n.

Defn: See Tabard.

TABERNACLE
Tab"er*na*cle, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See
Tabern.]

1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.

Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob.
Heb. xi. 9.

Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn.

2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi.

3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16.

4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.

Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14.

5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: —

(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.

(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.

(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.

(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.

(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.

6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.

Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. — Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf. Gloss.

TABERNACLE
Tab"er*na*cle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabernacling.]

Defn: To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.

He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh.
Dr. J. Scott.

TABERNACULAR
Tab`er*nac"u*lar, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.

2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton.

3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. "Horribly tabernacular." De Quincey.

TABES
Ta"bes (ta"bez), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.)

Defn: Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.

Tabes dorsalis (dôr*sa"lis) [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; — sometimes called simply tabes. — Tabes mesenterica [NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.

TABESCENT
Ta*bes"cent, a. [L. tabescens wasting, p. pr. of tabescere.]

Defn: Withering, or wasting away.

TABETIC
Ta*bet"ic, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. — n.

Defn: One affected with tabes.

TABID
Tab"id, a. [L. tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See Tabes.] (Med.)

Defn: Affected by tabes; tabetic.

In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative.
Arbuthnot.

— Tab"id*ly, adv. — Tab"id*ness, n.

TABIFIC; TABIFICAL
Ta*bif"ic, Ta*bif"ic*al, a. [Tabes + L. facere to make.] (Med.)

Defn: Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.

TABINET
Tab"inet, n.

Defn: See Tabbinet. Thackeray.

TABLATURE
Tab"la*ture, n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation.
See Table.]

1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Shaftesbury.

2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.

The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of
Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from
the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ.
Evelyn.

3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.

TABLE
Ta"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tableed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tableing.]

1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.

2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture. [Obs.] Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation. Bacon.

3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] Milton.

4. (Carp.)

Defn: To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.

5. To lay or place on a table, as money. Carlyle.

6. In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.

8. (Naut.)

Defn: To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

TABLE
Ta"ble, v. i.

Defn: To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] "He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts." South.

TABLEAU Ta`bleau", n.; pl. Tableaux. Etym: [F., dim. fr. L. tabula a painting. See Table.]

1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.

TABLEAU VIVANT
Ta`bleau" vi`vant"; pl. Tableaux vivants. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Same as Tableau, n., 2.

TABLEBOOK
Ta"ble*book`, n.

Defn: A tablet; a notebook.
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthly. Dryden.

TABLECLOTH
Ta"ble*cloth`, n.

Defn: A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.

TABLE D'HOTE Ta"ble d'hôte"; pl. Tables d'hôte. Etym: [F., literally, table of the landlord.]

Defn: A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.

TABLE-LAND
Ta"ble-land`, n.

Defn: A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau. The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the shining table- lands To which our God himself is moon and sun. Tennyson.

TABLEMAN
Ta"ble*man, n.; pl. Tablemen (.

Defn: A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See
Table, n., 10. [R.] Bacon.

TABLEMENT
Ta"ble*ment, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A table. [Obs.]
Tablements and chapters of pillars. Holland.

TABLER
Ta"bler, n.

1. One who boards. [Obs.]

2. One who boards others for hire. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

TABLESPOON
Ta"ble*spoon`, n.

Defn: A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; — distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.

TABLESPOONFUL
Ta"ble*spoon`ful, n.; pl. Tablespoonfuls (.

Defn: As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.

TABLET
Ta"blet, n. Etym: [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]

1. A small table or flat surface.

2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.

3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]

4. pl.

Defn: A kind of pocket memorandum book.

5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.

6. (Pharm.)

Defn: A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; — called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.

TABLEWARE
Ta"ble*ware`, n.

Defn: Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.

TABLE WORK
Table work. (Print.)

Defn: Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.

TABLING
Ta"bling, n.

1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

2. (Carp.)

Defn: The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten.

4. Board; support. [Obs.] Trence in English (1614).

5. Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. [Obs.] Tabling house, a gambling house. [Obs.] Northbrooke.

TABLOID
Tab"loid, n. [A table-mark.]

Defn: A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

TABLOID
Tab"loid, a.

Defn: Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.

TABOO
Ta*boo", n.

Defn: A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, — an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]

TABOO
Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.]

Defn: To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]

TABOR Ta"bor, n. Etym: [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabir a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (Mus.)

Defn: A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]

TABOR
Ta"bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.] Etym:
[Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.]

1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.

2. To strike lightly and frequently.

TABOR
Ta"bor, v. t.

Defn: To make (a sound) with a tabor.

TABORER
Ta"bor*er, n.

Defn: One who plays on the tabor. Shak.

TABORET
Tab"o*ret, n. Etym: [Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.)

Defn: A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]

TABORINE
Tab"o*rine, n. Etym: [OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor, and cf.
Tambourine.] (Mus.)

Defn: A small, shallow drum; a tabor.

TABORITE
Ta"bor*ite, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; — so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.

TABOUR
Ta"bour, n. & v.

Defn: See Tabor.

TABOURET
Tab"ou*ret, n. Etym: [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See
Tabor.]

1. Same as Taboret.

2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; — so called from its resemblance to a drum.

3. An embroidery frame. Knight. Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court.

TABRERE
Tab"rere, n.

Defn: A taborer. [Obs.] Spenser.

TABRET
Tab"ret, n.

Defn: A taboret. Young.

TABU
Ta*bu", n. & v.

Defn: See Taboo.

TABULA
Tab"u*la, n.; pl. Tabulæ. Etym: [L.]

1. A table; a tablet.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. Tabula rasa ( Etym: [L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; — a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.

TABULAR
Tab"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See
Table.]

Defn: Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: — (a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock. (b) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated. Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated. Woodward.

(c) Set in squares. [R.] (d) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics. (e) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension. Tabular difference (Math.), the difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper place in the table. — Tabular spar (Min.), wollastonite.

TABULARIZATION
Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.

TABULARIZE
Tab"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabularized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabularizing.]

Defn: To tabulate.

TABULATA
Tab`u*la"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.

TABULATE
Tab"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabulating.] Etym: [L. tabula a table. See Tabular.]

1. To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses. A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may be tabulated, and put in figures. I. Taylor.

2. To shape with a flat surface.

TABULATION
Tab`u*la"tion, n.

Defn: The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.

TAC
Tac, n. Etym: [Cf. Tack, n., 4.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A kind of customary payment by a tenant; — a word used in old records. Cowell. Burrill.

TACAMAHAC; TACAMAHACA
Tac"a*ma*hac`, Tac`a*ma*ha"ca, n.

1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North
America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).

TACAUD
Ta*caud", n. Etym: [Cf. F. tacaud. See Tomcod.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]

TAC-AU-TAC Tac`-au-tac", n. [F., fr. riposter du tac au tac to parry (where tac imitates the sound made by the steel).] (Fencing)

Defn: The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.

TACE
Tace, n.

Defn: The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under
Cross, n. Mollett.

TACE
Tace, n.

Defn: See Tasse. Fairholt.

TACET Ta"cet, v.impers. Etym: [L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of tacere to be silent.] (Mus.)

Defn: It is silent; — a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.

TACHE
Tache, n. Etym: [See Tack a kind of nail.]

Defn: Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] Ex. xxvi. 6.

TACHE
Tache, n. Etym: [F. tache spot. See Techy.]

Defn: A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] Warner.

TACHHYDRITE
Tach*hy"drite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.

TACHINA
Tach"i*na, n.; pl. Tachinæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of other insects.

TACHISTOSCOPE
Ta*chis"to*scope, n. [Gr. , superl. of swift + -scope.] (Physiol.)

Defn: An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.

TACHOGRAPH
Tach"o*graph, n. [Gr. speed + -graph.]

Defn: A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.

TACHOMETER
Ta*chom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. tachomètre.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance. Specifically: — (a) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork. (b) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial. (c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a hæmatachometer.

TACHOMETRY
Ta*chom"e*try, n.

Defn: Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers.

TACHYDIDAXY
Tach"y*di*dax`y, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]

TACHYGLOSSA
Tach`y*glos"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

TACHYGRAPH
Tach"y*graph, n.

Defn: An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.

TACHYGRAPHER
Ta*chyg"ra*pher, n. [Gr. a fast writer.]

Defn: One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient
Greek or Roman notary.

TACHYGRAPHIC; TACHYGRAPHICAL Tach`y*graph"ic, Tach`y*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. tachygraphique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.

TACHYGRAPHY
Ta*chyg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie.]

Defn: The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

TACHYLYTE
Tach"y*lyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A vitreous form of basalt; — so called because decompposable by acids and readily fusible.

TACHYMETER
Ta*chym"e*ter, n. [Tachy- + -meter.]

1. (Surveying) An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects.

2. A speed indicator; a tachometer.

TACHYMETRY
Ta*chym"e*try, n.

Defn: The science or use of the tachymeter. — Ta`chy*met"ric (#), a.

TACHYSCOPE
Tach"y*scope, n. [Gr. quick + -scope.]

Defn: An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

TACIT
Tac"it, a. Etym: [L. tacitus, p.p. of tacere to be silent, to pass
over in silence; akin to Goth. to be silent, Icel. , OHG. dagen: cf.
F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.]

Defn: Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;
as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an
objection.
— Tac"it*ly, adv.
The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts.
Jer. Taylor.

TACITURN
Tac"i*turn, a. Etym: [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See Tacit.]

Defn: Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
speak.
— Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.

Syn. — Silent; reserved. Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn may now and then make an effort at conversation.

TACITURNITY
Tac`i*tur"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.]

Defn: Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the
company of strangers. V. Knox.
The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense.
Macaulay.

TACK
Tack, n. Etym: [From an old or dialectal form of F. tache. See
Techy.]

1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. L. tactus.]

Defn: A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Drayton.

TACK Tack, n. Etym: [OE. tak, takke, a fastening; akin to D. tak a branch, twig, G. zacke a twig, prong, spike, Dan. takke a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. tagg prickle, point, Icel. tag a willow twig, Ir. taca a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. tacaid, Armor. & Corn. tach; perhaps akin to E. take. Cf. Attach, Attack, Detach, Tag an end, Zigzag.]

1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.

2. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v.
t., 3. Macaulay.
Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time. Bp.
Burnet.

3. (Naut.) (a) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom. (b) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail). (c) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; — the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.

4. (Scots Law)

Defn: A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. Burrill.

5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Tack of a flag
(Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for
securing the flag to the halyards.
— Tack pins (Naut.), belaying pins; — also called jack pins.
— To haul the tacks aboard (Naut.), to set the courses.
— To hold tack, to last or hold out. Milton.

TACK
Tack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tacking.] Etym:
[Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E. take. See Tack
a small nail.]

1. To fasten or attach. "In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees." Swift. And tacks the center to the sphere. Herbert.

2. Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.

3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; — often with on or to. Macaulay.

4. (Naut.)

Defn: To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.

Note: In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.

TACK
Tack, v. i. (Naut.)

Defn: To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4. Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, "Wheel to the left." Macaulay.

TACKER
Tack"er, n.

Defn: One who tacks.

TACKET
Tack"et, n. Etym: [Dim. of tack a small nail.]

Defn: A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] Jamieson.

TACKEY
Tack"ey, a. & n.

Defn: See Tacky.

TACKING
Tack"ing, n. (Law)

Defn: A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. Bouvier.

Note: The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in American law.
Kent.

TACKLE Tac"kle (; sometimes improperly pronounced , especially by seamen), n. Etym: [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel, Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v.t., or to take.]

1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.

2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. "She to her tackle fell." Hudibras.

Note: In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used. Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. — Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a. — Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc. — Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out. — Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a tackle, to which the power is applied. — Tack tackle (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails. — Tackle board, Tackle post (Ropemaking), a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.

TACKLE
Tac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tackling.]
Etym: [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See Tackle, n.]

1. To supply with tackle. Beau. & Fl.

2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]

3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat. Dublin Univ. Mag.

Defn: To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.

TACKLED
Tac"kled, a.

Defn: Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. Shak.

TACKLING
Tac"kling, n. (Naut.)

1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.

2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.

3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.

TACKSMAN
Tacks"man, n.; pl. Tacksmen (. (Scots Law)

Defn: One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or
lessee. Sir W. Scott.
The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the
little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.

TACKY
Tack"y, a. Etym: [Cf. Techy, Tack a spot.]

Defn: Sticky; adhesive; raw; — said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]

TACONIC
Ta*con"ic, a. (Geol.)

Defn: Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the
Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to
be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower
Silurian and Cambrian.

TACT Tact, n. Etym: [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.]

1. The sense of touch; feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well
as sight Southey.
Now, sight is a very refined tact. J. Le Conte.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The stroke in beating time.

3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances. He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin. Macaulay. A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours. Macaulay.

TACTABLE
Tac"ta*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.

TACTFUL
Tact"ful, a.

Defn: Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.

TACTIC; TACTICAL
Tac"tic, Tac"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. tactics.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
— Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

TACTIC
Tac"tic, n.

Defn: See Tactics.

TACTICIAN
Tac*ti"cian, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tacticien.]

Defn: One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.

TACTICS
Tac"tics, n. Etym: [Gr. tactique.]

1. The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.

2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.

TACTILE
Tac"tile, a. Etym: [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf.
F. tactile.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." Sir M. Hale. Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch. The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm. H. N. Martin.

TACTILITY
Tac*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tactilité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.

TACTION
Tac"tion, n. Etym: [L. tactio, from tangere, tactum, to touch.]

Defn: The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. "External taction." Chesterfield.

TACTLESS
Tact"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of tact.

TACTUAL
Tac"tu*al, a. Etym: [See Tact.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived
from touch.
In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense diffused over
the entire body. Tyndall.

TADPOLE Tad"pole`, n. Etym: [OE. tadde toad (AS. tadie, tadige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See
Forkbeard (a).

TAEDIUM
Tæ"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: See Tedium.

TAEL
Tael, n. Etym: [Malay ta, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola,
Skr. tula a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]

Defn: A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]

TAEN; TA'EN
Taen, or Ta'en,

Defn: p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic &
Scot.] Burns.

TAENIA
Tæ"ni*a, n.; pl. Tæniæ. Etym: [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A band; a structural line; — applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

TAENIACIDE; TENIACIDE
Tæ"ni*a*cide`, n. Also Te"ni*a*cide` . [Tænia + -cide.] (Med.)

Defn: A remedy to destroy tapeworms.

TAENIADA
Tæ*ni"a*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Tænioidea.

TAENIAFUGE; TENIAFUGE Tæ"ni*a*fuge`, n. Also Te"ni*a*fuge`. [Tænia + L. fugare to drive away.] (Med.)

Defn: A remedy to expel tapeworms.

TAENIASIS; TENIASIS
Tæ*ni"a*sis, n. Also Te*ni"a*sis. [NL. See Tænia.] (Med.)

Defn: Ill health due to tænia, or tapeworms.

TAENIATA
Tæ`ni*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.

TAENIDIUM Tæ*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Tænidia. Etym: [NL., dim. fr. L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheæ of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.

TAENIOGLOSSA
Tæ`ni*o*glos"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh- water.

TAENIOGLOSSATE
Tæ`ni*o*glos"sate, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Tænioglossa.

TAENIOID
Tæ"ni*oid, a. Etym: [Tænia + -oid.]

1. Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to Tænia.

TAENIOIDEA
Tæ`ni*oi"de*a, n. pl. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms.
See Tapeworm.

TAENIOLA
Tæ*ni"o*la, n.; pl. Tæniolæ. Etym: [L., dim. of taenia a ribbon.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusæ.

TAENIOSOMI
Tæ`ni*o*so"mi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.

TAFFERER
Taf"fer*er, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Taffrail.

TAFFETA; TAFFETY Taf"fe*ta, Taf"fe*ty, n. Etym: [F. taffetas, It. taffetà, from Per. taftah, originally, twisted, woven, from taftan to twist, to spin.]

Defn: A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times. Lined with taffeta and with sendal. Chaucer.

TAFFRAIL Taff"rail, n. Etym: [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See Table.] (Naut.)

Defn: The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]

TAFFY
Taf"fy, n. Etym: [Prov. E. taffy toffy.]

1. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.]

2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang]

TAFIA Taf"i*a, n. Etym: [Cf. F. & Sp. tafia, It. taffia; fr. Malay tafia a spirit distilled from molasses. Cf. Ratafia.]

Defn: A variety of rum. [West Indies]

TAG Tag, n. Etym: [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.]

1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.

5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Defn: 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.

Note: Frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the seller. Similar to a yard sale or garage sale. Compare flea market, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place rented for the purpose.

TAG
Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging.]

1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. Macaulay.
His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
Dryden.

2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.

3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

TAG
Tag, v. i.

Defn: To follow closely, as it were an appendage; — often with after; as, to tag after a person.

TAG
Tag, n. Etym: [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.]

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

TAGAL
Ta*gal", n.

1. 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.

2. The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.

TAGALOG
Ta*ga"log, n.

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

2. The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.

TAGBELT
Tag"belt`, n. (Far.)

Defn: Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]

TAG DAY
Tag day.

Defn: A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.

TAGGER
Tag"ger, n.

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

2. That which is pointed like a tag. Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. Cotton.

3. pl.

Defn: Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Knight.

4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. Knight.

TAGLET
Tag"let, n.

Defn: A little tag.

TAGLIA
Tagl"ia, n. Etym: [It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut.
See Tailor.] (Mech.)

Defn: A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C.

TAGLIACOTAIN
Tagl`ia*co"tain, a. (Surg.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the
Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him.
[Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]

TAGLIONI
Tagl*io"ni, n.

Defn: A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; — said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers. He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. Sir W. Scott.

TAGLOCK
Tag"lock`, n.

Defn: An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.

TAGNICATE
Tag"ni*cate, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The white-lipped peccary.

TAG-RAG
Tag"-rag`, n. & a. Etym: [See Tag an end, and Rag.]

Defn: The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and
bobtail, under Bobtail.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true
man. Shak.

TAGSORE
Tag"sore`, n. (Far.)

Defn: Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; — called also tagbelt. [Obs.]

TAGTAIL
Tag"tail`, n.

1. A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

2. A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.

TAGUAN
Tag"u*an, n. Etym: [From the native name in the East Indies.] (Zoöl.)

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

TAGUICATI
Ta`gui*ca"ti, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The white-lipped peccary.

TAHA
Ta"ha, n.

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

TAHALEB
Ta*ha"leb, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

TAHITIAN
Ta*hi"ti*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
— n.

Defn: A native inhabitant of Tahiti.

TAHR
Tahr, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Thar.

TAI
Tai, a.

Defn: Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of
Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.

TAI
Tai, n.

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

The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number. Census of India, 1901.

TAIL
Tail, n. Etym: [F. taille a cutting. See Entail, Tally.] (Law)

Defn: Limitation; abridgment. Burrill. Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded; — called also estate tail. Blackstone.

TAIL
Tail, a. (Law)

Defn: Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

TAIL Tail, n. Etym: [AS. tægel, tægl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. *59.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebræ, and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebræ which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term tail is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.

2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin. Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees. Harvey.

3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, — as opposed to the Ant: head, or the superior part. The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail. Deut. xxviii. 13.

4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue. "Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his tail on." Sir W. Scott.

5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; — rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.

6. (Anat.)

Defn: The distal tendon of a muscle.

7. (Bot.)

Defn: A downy or feathery appendage to certain achens. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

8. (Surg.) (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; — called also tailing. (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.

9. (Naut.)

Defn: A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.

10. (Mus.)

Defn: The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

11. pl.

Defn: Same as Tailing, 4.

12. (Arch.)

Defn: The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.

13. pl. (Mining)

Defn: See Tailing, n., 5. Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece. — Tail coverts (Zoöl.), the feathers which cover the bases of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the under tail coverts. — Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end of a contest. [Colloq.] — Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece. — Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a direction opposite to the sun. — Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. Totten. — Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond. — Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in advancing the lines of approach. — Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; — called also dead spindle. — To turn tail, to run away; to flee. Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch. Sir P. Sidney.

TAIL
Tail, v. t.

1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.] Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament. Fuller.

2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] Hudibras. To tail in or on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a timber.

TAIL
Tail, v. i.

1. (Arch.)

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

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To swing with the stern in a certain direction; — said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream. Tail on. (Naut.) See Tally on, under Tally.

TAILAGE
Tail"age, n. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: See Tallage.

TAIL-BAY
Tail"-bay`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Defn: 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.

2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.

TAILBLOCK
Tail"block`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.

TAILBOARD
Tail"board`, n.

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

TAILED
Tailed, a.

Defn: Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; — chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew.

TAILING
Tail"ing, n.

1. (Arch.)

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

2. (Surg.)

Defn: Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).

3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. pl.

Defn: The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

5. pl. (Mining)

Defn: The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails. Pryce.

TAILLE
Taille, n. Etym: [F. See Tally, Tailor.]

1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.] Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer.

2. (O. F. Law)

Defn: Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm. A. Smith.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.

TAILLESS
Tail"less, a.

Defn: Having no tail. H. Spencer.

TAILLIE
Tail"lie, n. (Scots Law)

Defn: Same as Tailzie.

TAILOR Tai"lor, n. Etym: [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.]

1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca; — called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the bluefish. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett. — Tailor bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.

TAILOR
Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.]

Defn: To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a
tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. M. Green.

TAILORESS
Tai"lor*ess, n.

Defn: A female tailor.

TAILORING
Tai"lor*ing, adv.

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

TAILOR-MADE
Tai"lor-made`, a.

Defn: 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.

TAILPIECE
Tail"piece`, n.

1. A piece at the end; an appendage.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing.
See Illust. of Header.

3. (Print.)

Defn: An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. Savage.

4. A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.

TAILPIN
Tail"pin", n. (Mach.)

Defn: The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

TAILRACE
Tail"race`, n.

1. See Race, n., 6.

2. (Mining)

Defn: The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

TAILSTOCK
Tail"stock`, n.

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

TAIL-WATER
Tail"-wa`ter, n.

Defn: Water in a tailrace.

TAILZIE Tail"zie (-zî or -yî), n. Etym: [F. tailler to cut. See Tail a limitation.] (Scots Law)

Defn: An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also tailzee.]

TAIN Tain, n. Etym: [OE. tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a twig, akin to AS. tan, Goth. tains.]

Defn: Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. Knight.

TAINT
Taint, n. Etym: [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See Attaint.]

1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman.

2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]

TAINT
Taint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting.]

Defn: To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]

TAINT
Taint, v. t.

1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. [Obs.] Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely. Massinger.

2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. Ld. Berners.

TAINT Taint, v. t. Etym: [F. teint, p.p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.]

1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.

2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. Shak.

Syn. — To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.

TAINT
Taint, v. i.

1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. I can not taint with fear. Shak.

2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

TAINT
Taint, n.

1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]

2. Infection; corruption; deprivation. He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. Macaulay.

3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

TAINTLESS
Taint"less, a.

Defn: Free from taint or infection; pure.

TAINTLESSLY
Taint"less*ly, adv.

Defn: In a taintless manner.

TAINTURE
Tain"ture, n. Etym: [F. teinture. See Taint to stain, and cf.
Tincture.]

Defn: Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.] Shak.

TAINTWORM
Taint"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

TAIPING; TAEPING
Tai"ping", or Tae"ping", a. [Chin. t'aip'ing great peace.] (Chinese
Hist.)

Defn: Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu- Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the Taiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.

TAIRA
Tai"ra, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Tayra.

TAIRN
Tairn, n.

Defn: See Tarn. Coleridge.

TAIT
Tait, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

TAJACU; TAJASSU Ta*jaç"u, Ta*jas"su, n. Etym: [Pg. tajaç\'a3, from Braz. tayaç\'a3 a hog or swine.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common, or collared, peccary.

TAJ MAHAL Taj Ma*hal" (täj ma*häl"). [Corruption of Per. Mumtaz-i-Mahsal, lit., the distinguished one of the palace, fr. Ar.]

Defn: 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.

TAKE
Take, obs. p. p. of Take.

Defn: Taken. Chaucer.

TAKE
Take, v. t. [imp. Took; p. p. Takend; p. pr. & vb. n. Taking.] Etym:
[Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. tekan to touch; of
uncertain origin.]

1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey. Hence, specifically: — (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; — said of a disease, misfortune, or the like. This man was taken of the Jews. Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yield blood. Shak.

(b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Prov. vi. 25. Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience. Wake. I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen features, — a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, — which took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. Moore.

(c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 1 Sam. xiv. 42. The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners. Hammond.

(d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. I. Watts.

(e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. Beauty alone could beauty take so right. Dryden.

(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. Tillotson.

(g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; — used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say. (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. Chaucer.

(k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; — with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: — (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer. Num. xxxv. 31. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. 1 Tim. v. 10.

(b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence. (d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man. (e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies. You take me right. Bacon. Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor. Wake. [He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise. South. You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl. Tate.

(f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; — used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape. I take thee at thy word. Rowe. Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold. Dryden. To be taken aback, To take advantage of, To take air, etc. See under Aback, Advantage, etc. — To take aim, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. — To take along, to carry, lead, or convey. — To take arms, to commence war or hostilities. — To take away, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. "By your own law, I take your life away." Dryden. — To take breath, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. — To take care, to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous. "Doth God take care for oxen" 1 Cor. ix. 9. — To take care of, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or oversee. — To take down. (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the proud. "I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down." Goldsmith. (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion. (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold. (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters them. — To take effect, To take fire. See under Effect, and Fire. — To take ground to the right or to the left (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. — To take heart, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. — To take heed, to be careful or cautious. "Take heed what doom against yourself you give." Dryden. — To take heed to, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy ways. — To take hold of, to seize; to fix on. — To take horse, to mount and ride a horse. — To take in. (a) To inclose; to fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. Chapman. (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. "Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions." I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] — To take in hand. See under Hand. — To take in vain, to employ or utter as in an oath. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." Ex. xx. 7. — To take issue. See under Issue. — To take leave. See Leave, n., 2. — To take a newspaper, magazine, or the like, to receive it regularly, as on paying the price of subscription. — To take notice, to observe, or to observe with particular attention. — To take notice of. See under Notice. — To take oath, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner. — To take off. (a) 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. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade. "The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off." Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce. "Take off all their models in wood." Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] Bacon. — To take on, to assume; to take upon one's self; as, to take on a character or responsibility. — To take one's own course, to act one's pleasure; to pursue the measures of one's own choice. — To take order for. See under Order. — To take order with, to check; to hinder; to repress. [Obs.] Bacon. — To take orders. (a) To receive directions or commands. (b) (Eccl.) To enter some grade of the ministry. See Order, n., 10. — To take out. (a) To remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct. (b) To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; as, to take out a stain or spot from cloth. (c) To produce for one's self; as, to take out a patent. (d) To put an end to; as, to take the conceit out of a man. (e) To escort; as, to take out to dinner. — To take over, to undertake; to take the management of. [Eng.] Cross (Life of G. Eliot). — To take part, to share; as, they take part in our rejoicing. — To take part with, to unite with; to join with. — To take place, root, sides, stock, etc. See under Place, Root, Side, etc. — To take the air. (a) (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; — said of a bird. (b) See under Air. — To take the field. (Mil.) See under Field. — To take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous. Matt. vi. 25, 27. — To take to heart. See under Heart. — To take to task, to reprove; to censure. — to take to the air, to take off. To take up. (a) To lift; to raise. Hood. (b) To buy or borrow; as, to take up goods to a large amount; to take up money at the bank. (c) To begin; as, to take up a lamentation. Ezek. xix. 1. (d) To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to replace; as, to take up raveled stitches; specifically (Surg.), to fasten with a ligature. (e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take up the time; to take up a great deal of room. (f) To take permanently. "Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian religion." Addison. (g) To seize; to catch; to arrest; as, to take up a thief; to take up vagabonds. (h) To admit; to believe; to receive. [Obs.] The ancients took up experiments upon credit. Bacon. (i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate. One of his relations took him up roundly. L'Estrange. (k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in continuous succession. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale. Addison. (l) To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or manage; as, to take up the quarrels of our neighbors; to take up current opinions. "They take up our old trade of conquering." Dryden. (m) To comprise; to include. "The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . takes up seven years." Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. Ps. xxvii. 10. (o) To collect; to exact, as a tax; to levy; as, to take up a contribution. "Take up commodities upon our bills." Shak. (p) To pay and receive; as, to take up a note at the bank. (q) (Mach.) To remove, as by an adjustment of parts; as, to take up lost motion, as in a bearing; also, to make tight, as by winding, or drawing; as, to take up slack thread in sewing. (r) To make up; to compose; to settle; as, to take up a quarrel. [Obs.] Shak. — To take up arms. Same as To take arms, above. — To take upon one's self. (a) To assume; to undertake; as, he takes upon himself to assert that the fact is capable of proof. (b) To appropriate to one's self; to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as, to take upon one's self a punishment. — To take up the gauntlet. See under Gauntlet.

TAKE
Take, v. i.

1. To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take. Shak. When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise. Bacon. In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect. Bacon.

2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed. Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And hint he writ it, if the thing should take. Addison.

3. To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; — usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well. To take after. (a) To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he takes after a good pattern. (b) To resemble; as, the son takes after his father. — To take in with, to resort to. [Obs.] Bacon. — To take on, to be violently affected; to express grief or pain in a violent manner. — To take to. (a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become attached to; as, to take to evil practices. "If he does but take to you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him." Walpole. (b) To resort to; to betake one's self to. "Men of learning, who take to business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of the world." Addison. — To take up. (a) To stop. [Obs.] "Sinners at last take up and settle in a contempt of religion." Tillotson. (b) To reform. [Obs.] Locke. — To take up with. (a) To be contended to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with; as, to take up with plain fare. "In affairs which may have an extensive influence on our future happiness, we should not take up with probabilities." I. Watts. (b) To lodge with; to dwell with. [Obs.] L'Estrange. — To take with, to please. Bacon.

TAKE
Take, n.

1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.

2. (Print.)

Defn: The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

TAKE-IN
Take"-in`, n.

Defn: Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]

TAKEN
Tak"en,

Defn: p. p. of Take.

TAKE-OFF
Take"-off`, n.

Defn: An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

TAKER
Tak"er, n.

Defn: One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended.

TAKE-UP
Take"-up`, n. (Mach.)

Defn: 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.

TAKING
Tak"ing, a.

1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller.

2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
— Tak"ing*ly, adv.
— Tak"ing*ness, n.

TAKING
Tak"ing, n.

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

2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.] What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket! Shak.

3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] Shak.

TAKING-OFF
Tak"ing-off`, n.

Defn: Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

TALAPOIN
Tal"a*poin, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) — called also melarhine.

TALARIA Ta*la"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [L., from talaris pertaining to the ankles, fr. talus ankle.] (Class. Myth.)

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

TALBOT
Tal"bot, n.

Defn: A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
[Obs.] Wase (1654).

Note: The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the Talbot family, whence, perhaps, the name.

TALBOTYPE
Tal"bo*type, n. (Photog.)

Defn: Same as Calotype.

TALC Talc, n. Etym: [F. talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL. talcus; all fr. Ar. talq.] (Min.)

Defn: 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. Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; — called also talc slate.

TALCOSE; TALCOUS
Tal*cose", Talc"ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. talqueux.] (Min.)

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

TALCUM
Tal"cum, n. [NL.] (Min.)

Defn: Same as Talc.

TALE
Tale, n.

Defn: See Tael.

TALE Tale, n. Etym: [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell, v. t., Toll a tax, also Talk, v. i.]

1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. "The tale of Troy divine." Milton. "In such manner rime is Dante's tale." Chaucer. We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9.

2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight. Hooker. And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

3. (Law)

Defn: A count or declaration. [Obs.] To tell tale of, to make account
of. [Obs.]
Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his
heart. Chaucer.

Syn. — Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.

TALE
Tale, v. i.

Defn: To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower.

TALEBEARER
Tale"bear`er, n.

Defn: One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay.

TALEBEARING
Tale"bear`ing, a.

Defn: Telling tales officiously.

TALEBEARING
Tale"bear`ing, n.

Defn: The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.

TALED
Ta"led, n. (Jewish Antiq.)

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

TALEFUL
Tale"ful, a.

Defn: Full of stories. [R.] Thomson.

TALEGALLA
Tal`e*gal"la, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

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

TALENT
Tal"ent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr.
tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t.,
Tolerate.]

1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. 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. Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. Jowett (Thucid.).

2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93

3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.] They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. Chaucer.

4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14- 30). He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. Dryden. His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. Macaulay.

Syn.
— Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius.

TALENTED
Tal"ent*ed, a.

Defn: Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot (1663).

Note: This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the use of talent or talents to signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and talented, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as gifted, bigoted, moneyed, landed, lilied, honeyed, and numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.

TALES
Ta"les, n. Etym: [L., pl. of talis such (persons).] (Law) (a) pl.

Defn: 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. Blount. Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing.

Defn: The writ by which such persons are summoned. Tales book, a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales. Blount. Craig. — Tales de circumstantibus Etym: [L.], such, or the like, from those standing about.

TALESMAN
Tales"man, n.; pl. Talesmen (. (Law)

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

TALETELLER
Tale"tell`er, n.

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

TALEWISE
Tale"wise`, adv.

Defn: In a way of a tale or story.

TALIACOTIAN
Tal"ia*co`tian, a.

Defn: See Tagliacotian.

TALIATION
Tal`i*a"tion, n.

Defn: Retaliation. [Obs.]
Just heav'n this taliation did decree. Beaumont.

TALION
Ta"li*on, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. talio, perh. fr. talis such. Cf.
Retaliation.]

Defn: Retaliation. [R.] Holinshed.

TALIPES Tal"i*pes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)

Defn: The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.

Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, Talipes varus, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; T. valgus, in which the foot is bent outward; T. equinus, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and T. calcaneus (called also talus), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.

TALIPOT
Tal"i*pot, n. Etym: [Hind. talpat the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

TALISMAN Tal"is*man, n.; pl. Talismans. Etym: [Sp., from Ar. tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl. tilsaman, fr. Gr.

1. 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.

2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases. Swift.

TALISMANIC; TALISMANICAL
Tal`is*man"ic, Tal`is*man"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. talismanique.]

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

TALK Talk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Talked; p. pr. & vb. n. Talking.] Etym: [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t to interpret, t an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulkoti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see Tale, v. i. & n.).]

1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you. Shak.

2. To confer; to reason; to consult. Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Jer. xii. 1.

3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.] To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done." Addison. — To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]

TALK
Talk, v. t.

1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.

3. To consume or spend in talking; — often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.

4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad." Shak. To talk over. (a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan. (b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent.

TALK
Talk, n.

1. 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. In various talk the instructive hours they passed. Pope. Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses. Macaulay.

2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. I hear a talk up and down of raising our money. Locke.

3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.

Syn. — Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See Conversation.

TALKATIVE
Talk"a*tive, a.

Defn: Given to much talking.

Syn.
— Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous.
— Talk"a*tive*ly, adv.
— Talk"a*tive*ness, n.

TALKER
Talk"er, n.

1. One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist. There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick. Macaulay.

2. A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; — used in contempt or reproach. Jer. Taylor.

TALKING
Talk"ing, a.

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

2. Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Goldsmith.

TALL Tall, a. [Compar. Taller; superl. Tallest.] Etym: [OE. tal seemly, elegant, docile; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth. untals indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or W. & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit, proper, just.]

1. 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. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. Milton.

2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.] As tall a trencherman As e'er demolished a pye fortification. Massinger. His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men. Grafton.

3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obs. or Slang] B. Jonson.

Syn. — High; lofty. — Tall, High, Lofty. High is the generic term, and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised above another thing. Tall specifically describes that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we speak of a tall man, a tall steeple, a tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill. Lofty has a special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes an imposing height; as, a lofty mountain; a lofty room. Tall is now properly applied only to physical objects; high and lofty have a moral acceptation; as, high thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word, and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable.

TALLAGE; TALLIAGE
Tal"lage, Tal"li*age, n. Etym: [F. taillage. See Taille, and cf.
Tailage.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also tailage, taillage.]

Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone.

TALLAGE
Tal"lage, v. t.

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

TALLBOY
Tall"boy`, n.

1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.

2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; — called also highboy.

3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

TALLIER
Tal"li*er, n.

Defn: One who keeps tally.

TALLIS
Tal"lis, n.

Defn: Same as Tallith.

TALLITH Tal"lith, n. [NHeb. tallith.] (Jewish Costume) (a) 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. (b) A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.

TALLNESS
Tall"ness, n.

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

TALLOW
Tal"low, n. Etym: [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D. talk, G.,
Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. tolgr, tolg, tolk; and perhaps to Goth.
tulgus firm.]

1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.

Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See Fat.

2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds. Tallow candle, a candle made of tallow. — Tallow catch, a keech. See Keech. [Obs.] — Tallow chandler, one whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles. — Tallow chandlery, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is carried on. — Tallow tree (Bot.), a tree (Stillingia sebifera) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes.

TALLOW
Tal"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallowing.]

1. To grease or smear with tallow.

2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.

TALLOWER
Tal"low*er, n.

Defn: An animal which produces tallow.

TALLOW-FACE
Tal"low-face`, n.

Defn: One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.

TALLOW-FACED
Tal"low-faced`, a.

Defn: Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.

TALLOWING
Tal"low*ing, n.

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

TALLOWISH
Tal"low*ish, a.

Defn: Having the qualities of tallow.

TALLOWY
Tal"low*y, a.

Defn: Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

TALLWOOD
Tall"wood`, n. Etym: [Cf. Tally.]

Defn: Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. [Obs.] [Eng.]

TALLY Tal"ly, n.; pl. Tallies. Etym: [OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taillé, p.p. of tailler. See Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation, Taille, Tallage.]

1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, — the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.

2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.

3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. They were framed the tallies for each other. Dryden.

4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.

5. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below. Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade. Eng. Encyc. — To strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.] Fuller.

TALLY
Tal"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.] Etym:
[Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]

1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. Pope.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
W. C. Russell. Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together.

TALLY
Tal"ly, v. i.

1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. Walpole.

2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.

TALLY
Tal"ly, adv. Etym: [See Tall, a.]

Defn: Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

TALLYHO
Tal"ly*ho`, interj. & n.

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

2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.

TALLYMAN
Tal"ly*man, n.; pl. Tallymen (.

1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.

2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.

TALMA Tal"ma, n.; pl. Talmas. Etym: [Prob. so called from Talma, a French actor.] (a) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies. (b) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.

TALMUD Tal"mud, n. Etym: [Chald. talmud instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]

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

Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text, and the Gemara, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the Talmud of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian Talmud. They contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.

TALMUDIC; TALMUDICAL
Tal*mud"ic, Tal*mud"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. talmudique.]

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

TALMUDISM
Tal"mud*ism, n. , n.

Defn: The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

TALMUDIST
Tal"mud*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. talmudiste.]

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

TALMUDISTIC
Tal`mud*is"tic, a.

Defn: Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.

TALON Tal"on, n. Etym: [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.]

1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. Bacon.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; — usually called an ogee.

Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.

4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. Knight.

TALOOK; TALUK
Ta*look", Ta*luk", n. Etym: [Ar. ta'lluq.]

Defn: A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it. [India]

TALOOKDAR; TALUKDAR
Ta*look"dar, Ta*luk"dar, n. Etym: [Hind., fr. Per. ta'lluqdar.]

Defn: A proprietor of a talook. [India]

TALPA
Tal"pa, n. Etym: [L., mole.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

TALUS
Ta"lus, n.; pl. Tali. Etym: [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The astragalus.

2. (Surg.)

Defn: A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under
Talipes.

TALUS
Ta"lus, n. Etym: [F.]

1. (Fort.)

Defn: A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

TAMABILITY
Tam`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

TAMABLE
Tam"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or
savage ferociousness.
— Tam"a*ble*ness, n.

TAMALE Ta*ma"le, n. [Written also tamal, tomale.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.]

Defn: A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

TAMANDU
Ta*man"du, n. Etym: [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also tamandua, little ant-bear, fourmilier, and cagouare. The collared, or striped, tamandu (Tamandua bivittata) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety.

TAMANOIR
Ta`ma*noir", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The ant-bear.

TAMARACK Tam"a*rack, n. (Bot.) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch. (b) The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.

TAMARIC
Tam"a*ric, n. Etym: [L. tamarice. See Tamarisk.]

Defn: A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some
kind of heath. [Obs.]
He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when
good shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).

TAMARIN
Tam"a*rin, n. Etym: [From the native name in Cayenne.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South
American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.

TAMARIND Tam"a*rind, n. Etym: [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindi, literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindoo.] (Bot.)

1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide- spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.

2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. — Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. — Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.

TAMARISK Tam"a*risk, n. Etym: [L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tamala, tamalaka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.)

Defn: Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.

TAMBAC
Tam"bac, n. (Metal.)

Defn: See Tombac. [Obs.]

TAMBOUR
Tam"bour, n.

1. (Mus.)

Defn: A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.

2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; — called also, in the latter sense, tambour work.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: Same as Drum, n., 2(d).

4. (Fort.)

Defn: A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.

5. (Physiol.)

Defn: A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.

TAMBOUR
Tam"bour, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamboured; p. pr. & vb. n. Tambouring.]

Defn: To embroider on a tambour.

TAMBOURIN
Tam`bou`rin", n. Etym: [F. See Tambourine.]

1. A tambourine. [Obs.]

2. (Mus.)

Defn: An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.

TAMBOURINE
Tam`bour*ine", n. Etym: [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See
Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.]

Defn: A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

TAMBREET
Tam"breet, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The duck mole.

TAMBURIN
Tam`bu*rin", n.

Defn: See Tambourine. Spenser.

TAME
Tame, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]

Defn: To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need. Fuller.

TAME Tame, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] Etym: [AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem. *61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.]

1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.

2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. Tame slaves of the laborious plow. Roscommon.

3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

Syn.
— Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.

TAME
Tame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Taming.] Etym: [AS.
tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. zähmen, OHG. zemmen,
Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See Tame, a.]

1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. Macaulay.

2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.

TAMEABLE
Tame"a*ble, a.

Defn: Tamable. Bp. Wilkins.

TAMELESS
Tame"less, a.

Defn: Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. Bp. Hall.
— Tame"less*ness, n.

TAMELY
Tame"ly, adv.

Defn: In a tame manner.

TAMENESS
Tame"ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being tame.

TAMER
Tam"er, n.

Defn: One who tames or subdues.

TAMIAS
Ta"mi*as, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.

TAMIL
Ta"mil, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [Written also Tamul.]

TAMIL
Ta"mil, n. Etym: [Written also Tamul.]

1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and
Southern India.

2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

TAMILIAN
Ta*mil"i*an, a. & n.

Defn: Tamil.

TAMINE; TAMINY
Tam"ine, Tam"i*ny, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve. Cf.
Stamin, Temse.]

Defn: A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

TAMIS
Tam"is, n. Etym: [F., a kind of sieve.]

1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.

2. The cloth itself; tammy. Tamis bird (Zoöl.), a Guinea fowl.

TAMKIN
Tam"kin, n.

Defn: A tampion. Johnson (Dict.).

TAMMY
Tam"my, n.; pl. Tammies (.

1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, — used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

TAMP
Tamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tamping.] Etym:
[Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion.]

1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

TAMPAN
Tam"pan, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.

TAMPEON
Tam"pe*on, n.

Defn: See Tampion. Farrow.

TAMPER
Tamp"er, n.

1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

TAMPER
Tam"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.]
Etym: [A corruption of temper.]

1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. Roscommon.

2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.

TAMPERER
Tam"per*er, n.

Defn: One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

TAMPICO FIBER; TAMPICO FIBRE
Tam*pi"co fi"ber or; Tam*pi"co fi"bre.

Defn: A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

TAMPING
Tamp"ing, n.

1. 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.

2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. Tamping iron, an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.

TAMPION
Tam"pi*on, n. Etym: [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German
origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.]
[Written also tampeon, and tompion.]

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

2. (Mus.)

Defn: A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.

TAMPOE
Tam"poe, n. (Bot.)

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

TAMPON
Tam"pon, n. Etym: [F. See Tampion.] (Surg.)

Defn: A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

TAMPON
Tam"pon, v. t. (Surg.)

Defn: To plug with a tampon.

TAMPOON
Tam"poon, n. Etym: [See Tampion.]

Defn: The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

TAM-'-SHANTER
Tam`-o'-shan"ter, n. [So named after Tam o'Shanter, a character in
Burns's poem of the same name.]

Defn: A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.

TAM-TAM Tam"-tam`, n. Etym: [Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.) (a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; — called also tom-tom. (b) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.

TAMUL
Ta"mul, a. & n.

Defn: Tamil.

TAMWORTH
Tam"worth, n. [From Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.]

Defn: 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.

TAN
Tan, n. Etym: [Chin.]

Defn: See Picul.

TAN
Tan, n. Etym: [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of
Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan
a forest. Cf. Tawny.]

1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; — so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as,
hands covered with tan. Tan bed (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark
bed.
— Tan pickle, the liquor used in tanning leather.
— Tan spud, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
— Tan stove. See Bark stove, under Bark.
— Tan vat, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.

TAN
Tan, a.

Defn: Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown. Black and tan. See under
Black, a.

TAN Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanning.] Etym: [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.]

1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning.

2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

TAN
Tan, v. i.

Defn: To get or become tanned.

TANA
Ta"na, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Banxring.

TANAGER
Tan"a*ger, n. Etym: [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

TANAGRINE
Tan"a*grine, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

TANAGROID
Tan"a*groid, a. Etym: [Tanager + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Tanagrine.

TANATE
Ta*na"te, n. (Zoöl.)

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

TANDEM Tan"dem, adv. & a. Etym: [L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]

Defn: One after another; — said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.

TANDEM
Tan"dem, n.

Defn: A team of horses harnessed one before the other. "He drove tandems." Thackeray. Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another. — Tandem bicycle or tricycle, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.

TANDEM CART
Tan"dem cart.

Defn: A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.

TANDEM ENGINE
Tandem engine.

Defn: A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.

TANDEM SYSTEM
Tandem system. (Elec.)

Defn: = Cascade system.

TANG
Tang, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång,
Icel. þang. Cf. Tangle.] (Bot.)

Defn: A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). Dr. Prior. Tang sparrow (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

TANG Tang, n. Etym: [Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. *59. See Tong.]

1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.

2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny. Fuller. A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party politics. Jeffrey.

3. Etym: [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting point; akin to E. tongs. See Tongs.]

Defn: A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. Specifically: — (a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. (b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. (c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. (d) The tongue of a buckle. [Prov. Eng.]

TANG Tang, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang tatse, flavor.]

Defn: A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

TANG
Tang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tanging.]

Defn: To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.
To tang bees, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to
make a din.

TANG
Tang, v. i.

Defn: To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.

TANGALUNG
Tan"ga*lung, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

TANGELO
Tan"ge*lo (tan"je*lo), n. [Tangerine + pomelo.]

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

TANGENCE
Tan"gence, n.

Defn: Tangency. [R.]

TANGENCY
Tan"gen*cy, n.

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

TANGENT
Tan"gent, n. Etym: [L. tangens, -entis, p.pr. of tangere to touch;
akin to Gr. tangente. Cf. Attain, Contaminate, Contingent, Entire,
Tact, Taste, Tax, v. t.] (Geom.)

Defn: A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. Artificial, or Logarithmic, tangent, the logarithm of the natural tangent of an arc. — Natural tangent, a decimal expressing the length of the tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity. — Tangent galvanometer (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the strength of the current. — Tangent of an angle, the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the angle. — Tangent of an arc, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the center through the other extremity o.

TANGENT
Tan"gent, a. Etym: [L. tangens, -entis, p.pr.]

Defn: Touching; touching at a single point; specifically (Geom.)

Defn: 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. Tangent plane (Geom.), a plane which touches a surface in a point or line. — Tangent scale (Gun.), a kind of breech sight for a cannon. — Tangent screw (Mach.), an endless screw; a worm.

TANGENTAL
Tan*gen"tal, a. (Geom.)

Defn: Tangential.

TANGENTIAL
Tan*gen"tial, a. (Geom.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; — distinguished from a normal force, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction of the motion without changing the velocity. — Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3.

TANGENTIALLY
Tan*gen"tial*ly, adv.

Defn: In the direction of a tangent.

TANGENT SPOKE
Tangent spoke.

Defn: A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.

TANGENT WHEEL
Tangent wheel.
(a) A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.
(b) A wheel with tangent spokes.

TANGERINE
Tan"ger*ine`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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. [Written also tangierine.]

TANGFISH
Tang"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common harbor seal. [Prov. Eng.]

TANGHINIA
Tan*ghin"i*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Defn: The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

TANGIBILITY
Tan`gi*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tanggibilité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being tangible.

TANGIBLE Tan"gi*ble, a. Etym: [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]

1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. Bacon.

2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A tangible blunder." Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. Southey. — Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. — Tan"gi*bly, adv.

TANGLE
Tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tangling.]
Etym: [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like
seaweed. See Tang seaweed, and cf. Tangle, n.]

1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

TANGLE
Tan"gle, v. i.

Defn: To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

TANGLE
Tan"gle, n.

1. Etym: [Cf. Icel. þöngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.)

Defn: Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria
saccharina. See Kelp.
Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean.
C. Kingsley.

2. Etym: [From Tangle, v.]

Defn: A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.

3. pl.

Defn: An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, — used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry. — Tangle picker (Zoöl.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]

TANGLEFISH
Tan"gle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.

TANGLINGLY
Tan"gling*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tangling manner.

TANGLY
Tan"gly, a.

1. Entangled; intricate.

2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed. Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay. Falconer.

TANGO Tan"go, n.; pl. Tangos (#). [Sp., a certain dance.] (a) 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. (b) Any of various popular forms derived from this.

TANGRAM
Tan"gram, n. Etym: [Cf. Trangram.]

Defn: 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.

TANGUE
Tangue, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The tenrec.

TANGUN
Tan"gun, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.

TANGWHAUP
Tang"whaup, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]

TANIER
Tan"i*er, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An aroid plant (Caladium sagittæfolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also tannier.]

TANIST Tan"ist, n. Etym: [Ir. tanaiste, tanaise, second, the second person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince.]

Defn: In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower.

TANISTRY
Tan"ist*ry, n. Etym: [See Tanist.]

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

Note: The primitive intention seems to have been that the inheritance should descend to the oldest or most worthy of the blood and name of the deceased. This was, in reality, giving it to the strongest; and the practice often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which reason it was abolished under James I.

TANITE
Ta"nite, n.

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

TANK
Tank, n.

Defn: A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. Simmonds.

TANK
Tank, n. Etym: [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of East
Indian origin. Cf. Stank, n.]

Defn: A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. — Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron. — Tank worm (Zoöl.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.

TANKA
Tan"ka, n. (Naut.)

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

TANKAGE
Tank"age, n.

1. The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

2. Fees charged for storage in tanks.

3. The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks.

4. (Agric.) Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

TANKARD Tank"ard, n. Etym: [OF. tanquart; cf. OD. tanckaert; of uncertain origin.]

Defn: A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover. Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot.

TANKIA
Tan"ki*a, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Tanka.

TANKLING
Tank"ling, n.

Defn: A tinkling. [Obs.]

TANK SHIP; TANK VESSEL
Tank ship, Tank vessel . (Naut.)

Defn: A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.

TANLING
Tan"ling, n.

Defn: One tanned by the sun. [R.]
Hot summer's tanlings and The shrinking slaves of winter. Shak.

TANNABLE
Tan"na*ble, a.

Defn: That may be tanned.

TANNAGE
Tan"nage, n.

Defn: A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. [R.]
They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. R. Browning.

TANNATE
Tan"nate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tannate.] (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of tannic acid.

TANNER
Tan"ner, n.

Defn: One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

TANNERY
Tan"ner*y, n.; pl. Tanneries. Etym: [Cf. F. tannerie.]

1. A place where the work of tanning is carried on.

2. The art or process of tanning. [R.] Carlyle.

TANNIC
Tan"nic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid. Tannic acid. (Chem.) (a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance, C14H10O9, having an astringent taste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is the basis of common ink. Called also tannin, and gallotannic acid. (b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc.

TANNIER
Tan"ni*er, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Tanier.

TANNIGEN
Tan"ni*gen, n. [Tannin + -gen.] (Pharm.)

Defn: 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.

TANNIN
Tan"nin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tannin.] (Chem.)

Defn: Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.

TANNING
Tan"ning, n.

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

TANREC
Tan"rec, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Tenrec.

TANSY
Tan"sy, n. Etym: [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp. tanaceto,
NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr. 'aqanasi`a immortality,
fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. + qa`natos death.]

1. (Bot.)

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

2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] Pepys. Double tansy (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual. — Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant (Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.

TANT
Tant, n. Etym: [Cf. Taint tincture.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small scarlet arachnid.

TANTALATE
Tan"ta*late, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of tantalic acid.

TANTALIC
Tan*tal"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

TANTALISM
Tan"ta*lism, n. Etym: [See Tantalize.]

Defn: A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by
the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable;
tantalization. Addison.
Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people Josiah Quincy.

TANTALITE
Tan"ta*lite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tantalite.] (Min.)

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

TANTALIZATION
Tan`ta*li*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized. Gayton.

TANTALIZE
Tan"ta*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tantalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tantalizing.] Etym: [From Tantalus: cf. F. tantaliser.]

Defn: 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. Thy vain desires, at strife Within themselves, have tantalized thy life. Dryden.

Syn. — To tease; vex; irritate; provoke. — Tantalize, Disappoint. To disappoint is literally to do away with what was (or was taken to be) appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger term, describes a most distressing form of disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the Phrygian king. To tantalize is to visit with the bitterest disappointment — to torment by exciting hopes or expectations which can never be realized.

TANTALIZER
Tan"ta*li`zer, n.

Defn: One who tantalizes.

TANTALIZINGLY
Tan"ta*li`zing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tantalizing or teasing manner.

TANTALUM
Tan"ta*lum, n. Etym: [NL. So named on account of the perplexity and
difficulty encounterd by its discoverer (Ekeberg) in isolating it.
See Tantalus.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

TANTALUS
Tan"ta*lus, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. Ta`ntalos.] (Gr. Myth.)

1. 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.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises. Tantalus's cup (Physics), a philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allows the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level of the mouth of the figure in the cup.

TANTAMOUNT
Tan"ta*mount`, a. Etym: [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E. amount.]

Defn: Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam.
The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount
to ruin. De Quincey.

TANTAMOUNT
Tan"ta*mount`, v. i.

Defn: To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

TANTIVY
Tan*tiv"y, adv. Etym: [Said to be from the note of a hunting horn.]

Defn: Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; — a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.

TANTIVY
Tan*tiv"y, n.

Defn: A rapid, violent gallop; an impetulous rush. Cleverland.

TANTIVY
Tan*tiv"y, v. i.

Defn: To go away in haste. [Colloq.]

TANTRA
Tan"tra (tan"tra; tun"-), n. [Skr.] (Hinduism)

Defn: A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. — Tan"tric (-trik), a.

TANTRISM
Tan"trism, n.

Defn: The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. —
Tan"trist (#), n.

TANTRUM
Tan"trum, n.

Defn: A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.]
Thackeray.

TANYARD
Tan"yard`, n.

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

TANYSTOMATA
Tan`y*stom"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

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

TAOISM
Ta"o*ism, n.

Defn: One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
— Ta"o*ist, a. & n.

TAOTAI
Tao`tai", n. [Chin. tao circuit + t'ai, a title of respect.]

Defn: 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.

TAP Tap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.] Etym: [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.]

1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

TAP
Tap, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. Addison.

2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

3. pl. (Mil.)

Defn: A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, — usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm.

TAP
Tap, v. i.

Defn: To strike a gentle blow.

TAP Tap, n. Etym: [AS. tæppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]

1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]

4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]

5. (Mech.)

Defn: A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. — Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end. — Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt. — Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.

TAP
Tap, v. t.

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

2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. Shak. He has been tapping his liquors. Addison.

4. (Mech.)

Defn: To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

TAPA
Ta"pa, n.

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

TAPADERA; TAPADERO Tap`a*de"ra, Tap`a*de"ro, n. [Also tapidero.] [Sp. tapadera lid, cover.]

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

TAPAYAXIN
Ta`pa*yax"in, n. (Zoöl.)

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

TAPE
Tape, n. Etym: [AS. tæppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet.]

1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See under Red. — Tape grass (Bot.), a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; — called also fresh-water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery. — Tape needle. See Bodkin, n., 4.

TAPELINE
Tape"line`, n.

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

TAPER
Ta"per, n. Etym: [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.]

1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak.

2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

TAPER Ta"per, a. Etym: [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.]

Defn: Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

TAPER
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]

Defn: To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

TAPER
Ta"per, v. t.

Defn: To make or cause to taper.

TAPERED
Ta"pered, a.

Defn: Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.] T.
Warton.

TAPERING
Ta"per*ing, a.

Defn: Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
— Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.

TAPERNESS
Ta"per*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Shenstone.

TAPESTRY Tap"es*try, n.; pl. Tapestries. Etym: [F. tapissere, fr. tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete carpet, tapestry, Gr. Tapis, Tippet.]

Defn: A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in the cloth. — Tapestry moth. (Zoöl.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.

TAPESTRY
Tap"es*try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapestried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapestrying.]

Defn: To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay.

TAPESTRY BEETLE
Tap"es*try bee"tle.

Defn: A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.

TAPET
Tap"et, n. Etym: [L. tapete. See Tapestry.]

Defn: Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. [R.] Spenser.

TAPETI
Tap"e*ti, n.; pl. Tapetis. Etym: [Braz.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).

TAPETUM
Ta*pe"tum, n. Etym: [NL., from L. tapete a carpet, a tapestry.]
(Anat.)

Defn: 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.

TAPEWORM
Tape"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Tænia 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 larvæ (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.

Note: Three species are common parasites of man: the pork tapeworm (Tænia solium), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm (T. mediocanellata), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the broad tapeworm (Bothriocephalus latus) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also Echinococcus, Cysticercus, Proglottis, and 2d Measles, 4.

TAPHOUSE
Tap"house`, n.

Defn: A house where liquors are retailed.

TAPHRENCHYMA
Taph*ren"chy*ma, n. Etym: [Gr. enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Bothrenchyma.

TAPINAGE
Tap"i*nage, n. Etym: [See Tapish.]

Defn: A lurking or skulking. [Obs.] Gower.

TAPIOCA
Tap`i*o"ca, n. Etym: [Braz. tapioka: cf. Pg., Sp. & F. tapioca.]

Defn: 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.

TAPIR
Ta"pir, n. Etym: [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir (Tapirus Indicus), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir (T. Americanus), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. Tapir tiger (Zoöl.), the wallah.

TAPIROID
Ta"pir*oid, a. Etym: [Tapir + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.

TAPIS
Ta"pis, n. Etym: [F. See Tapestry.]

Defn: Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. On, or Upon, the tapis, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.

TAPIS
Tap"is, v. t.

Defn: To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.] Holland.

TAPISER
Tap"is*er, n. Etym: [F. tapissier.]

Defn: A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] Chaucer.

TAPISH
Tap"ish, v. i. Etym: [F. se tapir to squat.]

Defn: To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappis, tappish, tappice.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. Chapman.

TAPLASH
Tap"lash`, n.

Defn: Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
The taplash of strong ale and wine. Taylor (1630).

TAPLINGS
Tap"lings, n. pl.

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

TAPOA TAFA
Ta*po"a ta"fa. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; — called also brush-tailed phascogale.

TAPPEN
Tap"pen, n.

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

TAPPER
Tap"per, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); — called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]

TAPPESTER
Tap"pes*ter, n. Etym: [See Tapster.]

Defn: A female tapster. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TAPPET
Tap"pet, n. (Mach.)

Defn: 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. G. Francis. Tappet motion, a valve motion worked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, — used in steam pumps, etc.

TAPPET ROD
Tap"pet rod. (Mech.)

Defn: A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.

TAPPICE; TAPPIS
Tap"pice, Tap"pis, v. i.

Defn: See Tapish.

TAPPIT HEN
Tap"pit hen`.

1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); — so called from a knob on the lid, though to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.] Jamieson.

TAPPOON
Tap*poon", n. [Sp. tampón a stopper.] (Irrigation)

Defn: A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.]

TAPROOM
Tap"room`, n.

Defn: A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom. The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom, full of soldiers smoking. Macaulay.

TAPROOT
Tap"root`, n. (Bot.)

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

TAPSTER Tap"ster, n. Etym: [AS. tæppestre a female tapster. See Tap a plug, pipe, and -ster.]

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

TAQUA-NUT
Ta"qua-nut`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A Central American name for the ivory nut.

TAR
Tar, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.]

Defn: A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] Swift.

TAR
Tar, n. Etym: [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D. teer, G.
teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tjära, Dan. tiære, and to E. tree. *63.
See Tree.]

Defn: A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary. — Mineral tar (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen. — Tar board, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. Knight. — Tar water. (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works. — Wood tar, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oakum, etc., impervious to water.

TAR
Tar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring.]

Defn: To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth. To tar and feather a person. See under Feather, v. t.

TARANIS Tar"a*nis, n. Etym: [L. taranis, from the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn. taran thunder.] (Myth.)

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

TARANTASS
Tar`an*tass", n. Etym: [Russ. tarantas'.]

Defn: 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.

TARANTELLA Tar`an*tel"la, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) Music suited to such a dance.

TARANTISM
Tar"ant*ism, n. Etym: [It. tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme. See
Tarantula.] (Med.)

Defn: 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 protraced dancing to appropriate music. [Written also tarentism.]

TARANTULA
Ta*ran"tu*la, n.; pl. E. Tarantulas, L. Tarantulæ. Etym: [NL., fr.
It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliæ). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also tarentula.] Tarantula killer, a very large wasp (Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tarantula (Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.

TARANTULATED
Ta*ran"tu*la`ted, a.

Defn: Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.

TARBOGAN
Tar*bog"an, n. & v.

Defn: See Toboggan.

TARBOOSH Tar*boosh", n. Etym: [Ar. tarb; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]

Defn: 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.

TARDATION Tar*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum, to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.]

Defn: The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]

TARDIGRADA
Tar`di*gra"da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Tardigrade, a.]

1. (Zoöl.)

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

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of minute aquatic arachnids; — called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.

TARDIGRADE Tar"di*grade, a. Etym: [L. tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.]

1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.] G. Eliot.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.

TARDIGRADE
Tar"di*grade, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Tardigrada.

TARDIGRADOUS
Tar"di*gra`dous, a.