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- English Word Tapping Definition of Tap
- English Word Tappis Definition See Tapish.
- English Word Tappit hen Definition A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
- English Word Tappit hen Definition 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.
- English Word Taproom Definition A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
- English Word Taproot Definition The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
- English Word Tapster Definition One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
- English Word Taqua-nut Definition A Central American name for the ivory nut.
- English Word Tar Definition A sailor; a seaman.
- English Word Tar Definition 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.
- English Word Tar Definition To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
- English Word Taranis Definition A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
- English Word Tarantass Definition 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.
- English Word Tarantella Definition 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.
- English Word Tarantella Definition Music suited to such a dance.
- English Word Tarantism Definition 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.
- English Word Tarantula Definition 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.
- English Word Tarantulae Definition of Tarantula
- English Word Tarantulas Definition of Tarantula
- English Word Tarantulated Definition Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
- English Word Tarbogan Definition See Toboggan.
- English Word Tarboosh Definition 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.
- English Word Tardation Definition The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.
- English Word Tardigrada Definition A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
- English Word Tardigrada Definition An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
- English Word Tardigrade Definition Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
- English Word Tardigrade Definition Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
- English Word Tardigrade Definition One of the Tardigrada.
- English Word Tardigradous Definition Moving slowly; slow-paced.
- English Word Tardily Definition In a tardy manner; slowly.