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Tappen
n.
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An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
Tappet
n.
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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.
Tappice
v. i.
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Alt. of Tappis
Tappis
v. i.
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See Tapish.
Tappit hen
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A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
Tappit hen
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A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.
Taproom
n.
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A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
Taproot
n.
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The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tapster
n.
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One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Tar
n.
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A sailor; a seaman.
Tar
n.
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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.
Tarred
imp. & p. p.
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of Tar
Tarring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tar
Tar
v. t.
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To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Taranis
n.
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A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
Tarantass
n.
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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
n.
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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.
Tarantella
n.
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Music suited to such a dance.
Tarantism
n.
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A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
Tarantulas
pl.
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of Tarantula
Tarantulae
pl.
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of Tarantula
Tarantula
n.
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Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
Tarantulated
a.
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Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
Tarbogan
n. & v.
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See Toboggan.
Tarboosh
n.
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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
n.
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The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.
Tardigrada
a.
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A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
Tardigrada
a.
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An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
Tardigrade
a.
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Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
Tardigrade
a.
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Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.