Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 2
Tables d'hote (n. pl. ) of Table
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Table d'hote (n.) A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
Table d'hote (n.) Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price. Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'h[^o]te meal.
Table-land (n.) 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.
Table linen (n.) Linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
Table linen (n.) Linens for the dining table [syn: table linen, napery].
Table linen (n.) [ U ] 餐桌用布 The tablecloths and napkins that are put on a table for a meal.
Tablemen (n. pl. ) of Tableman
Tableman (n.) A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [R.] -- Bacon.
Tablement (n.) (Arch.) A table. [Obs.]
Tablements and chapters of pillars. -- Holland.
Tabler (n.) One who boards. [Obs.]
Tabler (n.) One who boards others for hire. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Tablespoon (n.) A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
Tablespoon (n.) As much as a tablespoon will hold [syn: tablespoon, tablespoonful].
Tablespoon (n.) A spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving.
Tablespoonfuls (n. pl. ) of Tablespoonful
Tablespoonful (n.) 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.
Tablespoonful (n.) As much as a tablespoon will hold [syn: tablespoon, tablespoonful].
Tablet (n.) A small table or flat surface.
Tablet (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture.
Tablet (n.) Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
Tablet (n.) pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
Tablet (n.) A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
Tablet (n.) (Pharm.) 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.
Tablet (n.) A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
Tablet (n.) A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge [syn: pad, pad of paper, tablet].
Tablet (n.) A small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap".
Tablet (n.) A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab].
TABLET () A query language. ["Human Factor Comparison of a Procedural and a Non-procedural Query Language", C. Welty et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 6(4):626-649 (Dec 1981)]. (1994-11-23)
Tablet () Probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.
Tableware (n.) Ware, or articles collectively, for use during meals, including, for example, dishes, plates, bowls, knives, forks, and spoons.
Tableware (n.) Articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware).
Tabling (n.) A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
Tabling (n.) (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
Tabling (n.) (Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. -- Totten.
Tabling (n.) Board; support. [Obs.] -- Trence in English (1614).
Tabling (n.) Act of playing at tables. See Table, n., 10. [Obs.]
Tabling house, A gambling house. [Obs.] -- Northbrooke.
Taboo (a.) [Written also tabu and tapu.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.
Taboo (n.) 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.]
Tabooed (imp. & p. p.) of Taboo
Tabooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taboo
Taboo (v. t.) 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.]
Taboo (a.) Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten].
Taboo (a.) Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands [syn: taboo, tabu].
Taboo (n.) A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature [syn: taboo, tabu].
Taboo (n.) An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion [syn: taboo, tabu].
Taboo (v.) Declare as sacred and forbidden.
Tabor (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]
Tabored (imp. & p. p.) of Tabor
Taboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabor
Tabor (v. i.) To play on a tabor, or little drum.
Tabor (v. i.) To strike lightly and frequently.
Tabor (v. t.) To make (a sound) with a tabor.
Tabor (n.) A small drum with one head of soft calfskin [syn: tabor, tabour].
Tabor () A height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. The view from the summit of it is said to be singularly extensive and grand. This is alluded to in Ps. 89:12; Jer. 46:18. It was here that Barak encamped before the battle with Sisera (q.v.) Judg. 4:6-14. There is an old tradition, which, however, is unfounded, that it was the scene of the transfiguration of our Lord. (See HERMON.) "The prominence and isolation of Tabor, standing, as it does, on the border-land between the northern and southern tribes, between the mountains and the central plain, made it a place of note in all ages, and evidently led the psalmist to associate it with Hermon, the one emblematic of the south, the other of the north." There are some who still hold that this was the scene of the transfiguration (q.v.). (2.) A town of Zebulum (1 Chr. 6:77). (3.) The "plain of Tabor" (1 Sam. 10:3) should be, as in the Revised Version, "the oak of Tabor." This was probably the Allon-bachuth of Gen. 35:8. Tabor, choice; purity; bruising
Tabor, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 993
Housing Units (2000): 416
Land area (2000): 1.277398 sq. miles (3.308445 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.277398 sq. miles (3.308445 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76935
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.896605 N, 95.672368 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51653
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tabor, IA
Tabor
Tabor, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 417
Housing Units (2000): 201
Land area (2000): 0.363433 sq. miles (0.941287 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.363433 sq. miles (0.941287 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62820
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 42.947641 N, 97.658104 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57063
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Tabor
Taborer (n.) One who plays on the tabor. -- Shak.
Taboret (n.) (Mus) A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]
Taboret (n.) A low stool in the shape of a drum [syn: taboret, tabouret].
Taborine (n.) (Mus.) A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
Taborite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) 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 (n. & v.) See Tabor.
Tabouret (n.) Same as Taboret.
Tabouret (n.) A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.
Tabouret (n.) 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.
Taboret (n.) [Dim. of tabor. Cf. Tabret.] (Mus.) A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]
Tabouret (n.) A low stool in the shape of a drum [syn: taboret, tabouret].
Tabrere (n.) A taborer. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Tabret (n.) A taboret. -- Young.
Tabret () (Heb. toph), A timbrel (q.v.) or tambourine, generally played by women (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 10:5; 18:6). In Job 17:6 the word (Heb. topheth) "tabret" should be, as in the Revised Version, "an open abhorring" (marg., "one in whose face they spit;" lit., "a spitting in the face").
Tabu (n. & v.) See Taboo.
Tabulae (n. pl. ) of Tabula
Tabula (n.) A table; a tablet.
Tabula (n.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
Tabular (a.) Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).
Tabular (a.) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.
Tabular (a.) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
Tabular (a.) Set in squares.
Tabular (a.) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.
Tabular (a.) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.
Tabularization (n.) The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.
Tabularized (imp. & p. p.) of Tabularize
Tabularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabularize
Tabularize (v. t.) To tabulate.
Tabulata (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
Tabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Tabulate
Tabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tabulate
Tabulate (v. t.) To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.
Tabulate (v. t.) To shape with a flat surface.
Tabulation (n.) The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.
Tac (n.) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
Tacamahac (n.) Alt. of Tacamahaca
Tacamahaca (n.) 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.
Tacamahaca (n.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
Tacaud (n.) The bib, or whiting pout.
Tace (n.) The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n.
Tace (n.) See Tasse.
Tacet (v. impers.) It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
Tache (n.) A spot, stain, or blemish.
Tachhydrite (n.) 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.
Tachinae (n. pl. ) of Tachina
Tachina (n.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.
Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.
Tachometer (n.) 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.
Tachometer (n.) 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.
Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a haematachometer.
Tachydidaxy (n.) A short or rapid method of instructing.
Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
Tachygraphic (a.) Alt. of Tachygraphical
Tachygraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
Tachygraphy (n.) The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.
Tachylyte (n.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
Tacit (a.) 沈默寡言的，心照不宣的，緘默的 Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
Tacit (a.) 默示的；不明言的 Understood without being expressed directly.
// Tacit agreement/ approval/ support.
Tacitly (adv.) 沈默地；靜靜地；暗然地 In a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement.
// They are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day.
Taciturn (a.) Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
Syn: Silent; reserved.
Usage: 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.
Taciturn (a.) Habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: voluble].
Taciturnity (n.) 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.
Taciturnity (n.) The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence, taciturnity].
Tack (n.) A stain; a tache. [Obs.]
Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Drayton.
Tack (n.) A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
Tack (n.) 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.
Tack (n.) (Naut.) 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.
Tack (n.) (Naut.) 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).
Tack (n.) 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 ; as, to take a different tack; -- often used metaphorically.
Tack (n.) (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease. -- Burrill.
Tack (n.) 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.
Tacked (imp. & p. p.) of Tack
Tacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tack