Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 3
Tack (v. t.) To fasten or attach. "In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees." -- Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere. -- Herbert.
Tack (v. t.) 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.
Tack (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to ; as, to tack on a non-germane appropriation to a bill. -- Macaulay.
Tack (v. t.) (Naut.) 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 (v. i.) (Naut.) 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.
Tack (n.) The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
Tack (n.) A short nail with a sharp point and a large head.
Tack (n.) Gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack].
Tack (n.) (Nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud].
Tack (n.) (Nautical) The act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking].
Tack (n.) Sailing a zigzag course.
Tack (v.) Fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board".
Tack (v.) Turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked" [syn: tack, wear round].
Tack (v.) Create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart].
Tack (v.) Sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem" [syn: baste, tack].
Tack (v.) Fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on].
Tack (v.) Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop].
Tack, () Scotch law. A contract of location by which the use of land, or any other immovable subject, is, set to the lessee or tacksman for a certain yearly rent, either in money, the fruits of tho ground, or services. Ersk. Prin. Laws of Scot. B. 2, t. 6, n. 8; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 209. This word is nearly synonymous with lease.
Tacker (n.) One who tacks.
Tacker (n.) A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding).
Tacker (n.) A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches [syn: baster, tacker].
Tacker (n.) A hand-held machine for driving staples home [syn: staple gun, staplegun, tacker].
Tacket (n.) A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Tackey (a. & n.) See Tacky.
Compare: Tacky
Tacky (n.) [Written also tackey.] An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.]
Tacking (n.) (Law) 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.
Tacking (n.) A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking].
Tacking (n.) (Nautical) The act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking].
Tacking, () Eng. law. The union of securities given at different times, so as to prevent any intermediate purchasers claiming title to redeem, or otherwise discharge one lien, which is prior, without redeeming or discharging other liens also, which are subsequent to his own title. Jer. Eq. Jur. B. 1, c. 2, Sec. 1, p. 188 to 191; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 412.
Tacking, () It is an established doctrine in the English chancery that a bona fide purchaser and without any notice of a defect in his title at the time of the purchase, may lawfully buy any statute, mortgage, or encumbrance, and if he can defend by those at law, his adversary shall have no help in equity to set those encumbrances aside, for equity will not disarm such a purchaser. And as mortgagees are considered in equity as purchasers pro tanto, the same doctrine has extended to them, and a mortgagee who has advanced his money without notice of any prior encumbrance, may, by getting an assignment of a statute, judgment, or recognizance, protect himself from any encumbrance subsequent to such statute, judgment or recognizance, though prior to his mortgage; that is, he will be allowed to tack or unite his mortgage to such old security, and will by that means be entitled to recover all moneys for which such security was given, together with the money due on his mortgage, before the prior. mortgagees are entitled to recover anything. 2 Fonb. Eq. 306; 2 Cruise, t. 15, c. 5, s. 27; Powell on Morg. Index, h.t.; 1 Vern. 188; 8 Com. Dig. 953; Madd. Ch. Index, h.t.
Tacking, () This doctrine is inconsistent with the laws of the several states, which require the recording of mortgages. Caines' Cas. Er. 112; 1 Hop. C. R. 231; 3 Pick. 50; 2 Pick. 517.
Tacking, () The doctrine of tacking seems to have been acknowledged in the civil law, Code, 8, 27, 1; but see Dig. 13, 7, 8; and see 7 Toull. 110. But this tacking could not take place to the injury of intermediate encumbrancers. Story on Eq. Sec. 1010, and the authorities cited in the note.
Tackle (n.) 滑車，滑車組 [C] [U]；用具，裝備 [U] Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block, in which case the full appratus is referred to as a {block and tackle}.
Tackle (n.) 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.
Tackle (n.) (Naut.) (Nautical) 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 (n.) (Football) An act of tackling [4]; as, brought down by a tackle by a lineman.
Tackle (n.) (Football) One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.
Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of Tackle.
Tackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tackle.
Tackle (v. t.) 著手對付（或處理）；與……交涉 [O] [（+about/ over/ on）]；(v. i.) 擒抱並摔倒對方球員；阻截 To supply with tackle. -- Beau. & FL.
Tackle (v. t.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
Tackle (v. t.) 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.
Tackle (v. t.) (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play.
Tackle (v. t.) To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Tackle (n.) The person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student".
Tackle (n.) Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: {rigging}, {tackle}].
Tackle (n.) Gear used in fishing [syn: {fishing gear}, {tackle}, {fishing tackle}, {fishing rig}, {rig}].
Tackle (n.) (American football) A position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle".
Tackle (n.) (American football) Grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground.
Tackle (v.) Accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: {undertake}, {tackle}, {take on}].
Tackle (v.) Put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: {harness}, {tackle}] [ant: {unharness}].
Tackle (v.) Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.
Tackled (a.) Made of ropes tacked together.
My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. -- Shak.
Tackling (n.) (Naut.) 【罕】船的索具；tackle的動詞現在分詞、動名詞；阻截；擒抱 Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
Tackling (n.) (Naut.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling.
Tackling (n.) (Naut.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Tackling (n.) (Isa. 33:23), The ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the "gear" (27:17), all that could be removed from the ship.
Tacksmen (n. pl. ) of Tacksman.
Tacksman (n.) (Scots Law) 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.
Tacksman (n.) (pl. - men) (In British) A leaseholder, esp a tenant in the Highlands who sublets.
Compare : Leaseholder
Leaseholder (n.) (pl. Leaseholders) 租賃人 A leaseholder is a person who is allowed to use a property according to the terms of a lease. [mainly British]
Leaseholder (n.) [ C ] 承租人，租賃人 The person who pays the owner of a piece of land or a building in order to be able to use it.
Compare : Lease
Lease (v.) [ T ] 租借，租用 To make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time.
// The building's 60 units are currently leased to students of the university.
// [ + two objects ] It was agreed they would lease the apartment to him/lease him the apartment.
Lease (n.) [ C ] 租約，租契 A legal agreement in which you pay money in order to use a building, piece of land, vehicle, etc. for a period.
// He has the house on a long lease.
// The lease runs out/ expires in two years' time.
// We signed a three-year lease when we moved into the house.
Compare: Tenant
Tenant (n.) [ C ] (C2) 租戶；佃戶；房客 A person who pays rent for the use of land or a building
Compare: Highlands
Highlands (n. pl.) 山嶽地帶，高原地區；（H-）蘇格蘭高地 Highlands are mountainous areas of land.
Tacky (a.) Sticky; somewhat adhesive;; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]
Tacky (a.) Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt. [Local, U. S.]
Tacky (a.) In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.
Tacky (a.) Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.
Tacky (n.) An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.]
Tacky (a.) (Of a glutinous liquid such as paint) Not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish".
Tacky (a.) Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy].
Taconic (a.) (Geol.) 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 (n.) 老練；機智；得體；圓滑；手法 [U] 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.
Tact (n.) (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
Tact (n.) 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.
Tact (n.) Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense [syn: tact, tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness].
Tactable (a.) Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." -- Massinger.
Tactic (a.) Alt. of Tactical.
Tactical (a.) 作戰的；戰術的；策略（上）的；善於策略的 Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning for the long term. -- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Tactic (n.) See Tactics.
Tactic (n.) A plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre].
Tactical (a.) Of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error".
Tactical (a.) 策略性的，謀略性的 Relating to tactics or done in order to achieve something.
// It was a tactical vote.
Tactical (a.) （尤指核武器）戰術性的 Tactical weapons are for use over short distances and, especially in the case of nuclear weapons, have a local effect only.
Tactic, Tactical (a.) Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning for the long term. -- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Tactic (n.) See Tactics.
Tactic (n.) 戰術；策略；手法 A plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre].
Compare: Maneuver
Maneuver (n.) (British Manoeuvre) [C] （部隊等的）調動；機動；【軍】軍事演習，機動演習 [P]；策略，謀略，花招A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
‘Spectacular jumps and other daring maneuvers.’
Maneuver (n.) A carefully planned scheme or action, especially one involving deception.
‘Shady financial maneuvers.’
Maneuver (n.) The fact or process of taking carefully planned or deceptive action.
‘The economic policy provided no room for maneuver.’
Maneuver (n.) [Maneuvers] A large-scale military exercise of troops, warships, and other forces.
‘The Russian vessel was on maneuvers.’
Maneuver [Verb] [Maneuvers, maneuvering, maneuvered] (v. i.) （部隊等）實施調動；進行演習；用計謀 Move skillfully or carefully.
[No object ]‘The truck was unable to maneuver comfortably in the narrow street.’
[With object ]‘I'm maneuvering a loaded tray around the floor.’
Maneuver [Verb] [With object and adverbial ] Carefully guide or manipulate (someone or something) in order to achieve an end.
‘They were maneuvering him into a betrayal of his countryman.’
Maneuver [Verb] [No object ] Carefully manipulate a situation to achieve an end.
[As noun M aneuvering ]‘Two decades of political maneuvering.’
Tactician (n.) [Cf. F. tacticien.] One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.
Tactician (n.) A person who is skilled at planning tactics
Tactics (n.) 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.
Tactics (n.) Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Tactile (a.) （有）觸覺的；能觸知的；有形的 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.
Tactile (a.) Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactile, tactual].
Tactile (a.) Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile, tactual].
Tactile (a.) Relating to the sense of touch.
Tactile (a.) Perceptible by touch : tangible.
Tactile (a.) Of, relating to, or being the sense of touch. -- Tactilely (adv.)
Tactile (a.) Of, relating to, mediated by, or affecting the sense of touch <tactile sensations> <tactile stimuli> <tactile anesthesia>.
Tactile (a.) Having or being organs or receptors for the sense of touch.
Tactile (n.) A person whose prevailing mental imagery is tactile rather than visual, auditory, or motor -- compare audile, motile, visualizer.
Tactile (a.) 觸覺的 Related to the sense of touch.
Tactile (a.) 手感舒適的，富有質感的 If something is tactile, it has a surface that is pleasant or attractive to touch.
// Her paintings have a very tactile quality.
Tactile (a.) 愛觸碰他人的，喜歡動手動腳的 A tactile person touches other people a lot.
Tactility (n.) 感觸性 The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
Tactility (n.) The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain [syn: tactual sensation, tactility, touch perception, skin perceptiveness].
Taction (n.) The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. "External taction." -- Chesterfield.
Tactless (a.) Destitute of tact.
Tactless (a.) Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age" [syn: tactless, untactful] [ant: tactful].
Tactless (a.) Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless].
Tactual (a.) (Physiol.) 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.
Tactual (a.) Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactile, tactual].
Tactual (a.) Producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile, tactual].
Tadpole (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Tadpole (n.) (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a) .
Tadpole (n.) A larval frog or toad [syn: tadpole, polliwog, pollywog].
Taedium (n.) [L.] See Tedium.
Compare: Tedium
Tedium (n.) Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also taedium.] -- Cowper.
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. -- Prof. Wilson.
The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. -- Dickens.
Taegeuk (Taekwondo) (n.) 跆拳道 The Korean taegeuk symbol, equivalent to the Chinese symbol Taijitu, representing the unity of opposites (the yin and yang).
In the context of taekwondo the term taegeuk refers to a set of Pumsae (also known as Poomsae or Poomse) Poomsae (品勢) or forms used to teach taekwondo. [1] A form or Pumsae is a defined pattern of defense-and-attack motions. Outside of the context of taekwondo, the word taegeuk refers to the Taoist principle of the "unity of opposites" (yin and yang). Taegeuk is also the name of the red and blue circular symbol used in the flag of South Korea.
Between 1967 and 1971 Kukkiwon-style taekwondo made use of an older set of forms called the palgwae forms developed by the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) with input from some of the original nine kwans of taekwondo. By 1970 additional kwans had joined the KTA so the newer set of taegeuk forms was developed to better represent inputs from all the participating kwans. By 1971 the palgwae forms were considered to be deprecated in favor of the newer taegeuk forms, though some school still teach palgwae forms as well. [2] All World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Pumsae competitions use the taegeuk pumsae, along with 8 of the black belt Pumsae.
Each Taegeuk form symbolizes a specific state thought to be indicative of the belt the student currently holds, and is represented in WTF Taekwondo by trigrams (originally derived from the I-Ching) similar to those found in the four corners of the South Korean flag.
Tael (n.) 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
Tael (n.) A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
Taen () Alt. of Ta'en.
Ta'en () p. p. of Ta, To take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic & Scot.] -- Burns.
Taeniae (n. pl. ) of Taenia.
Taenia (n.) (Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
Taenia (n.) (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
Taenia (n.) (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. Taeniacide
Taenia (n.) A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet].
Taenia (n.) Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.
Taeniada (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Taenioidea. Taeniafuge
Taeniata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.
Taenidia (n. pl. ) of Taenidium.
Taenidium (n.) (Zool.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.
Taenioglossa (n. pl.) (Zool.) 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 (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa.
Taenioid (a.) Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.
Taenioid (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to Taenia.
Taenioidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
Taeniolae (n. pl. ) of Taeniola.
Taeniola (n.) (Zool.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
Taeniosomi (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.
Tafferer (n.) (Naut.) See Taffrail. Taffeta
Taffeta (n.) Alt. of Taffety.
Taffety (n.) 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.
Taffeta (n.) A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
Taffrail (n.) (Naut.) 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.]
Taffrail (n.) The railing around the stern of a ship.
Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.]
Taffy (n.) Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang].
Taffy (n.) Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy.
Tafia (n.) A variety of rum. [West Indies]
Tag (n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
Tag (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
Tag (n.) Something mean and paltry; the rabble. -- Holinshed.
Tag (n.) A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Tag sale (n.) 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.
Tagged (imp. & p. p.) of Tag.
Tagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tag.
Tag (v. t.) 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.
Tag (v. t.) To join; to fasten; to attach. -- Bolingbroke.
Tag (v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
Tag (v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
Tag (n.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
Tag (n.) A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. [syn: tag, ticket].
Tag (n.) A label associated with something for the purpose of identification; "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word".
Tag (n.) A small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter].
Tag (n.) A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser.
Tag (n.) (Sports) The act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game).
Tag (v.) Attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark].
Tag (v.) Touch a player while he is holding the ball.
Tag (v.) Provide with a name or nickname.
Tag (v.) Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track].
Tag (v.) Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes.
Tagbelt (n.) (Far.) Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]
Compare: Tagsore
Tagsore (n.) (Far.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]
Tagger (n.) One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.
Tagger (n.) That which is pointed like a tag.
Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. -- Cotton.
Tagger (n.) pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. -- Knight.
Tagger (n.) A device for removing taglocks from sheep. -- Knight.
Tagger (n.) Someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter.
Tagger (n.) Someone who appends or joins one thing to another; "a theory that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger".
Tagger (n.) A computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter [syn: tagger, tagging program].
Taglet (n.) A little tag.
Taglia (n.) (Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. -- Brande & C.
Tagliacotain (a.) (Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]
Taglioni (n.) 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 (n.) An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. -- Nares.
Tagnicate (n.) (Zool.) The white-lipped peccary.
Tag-rag (n. & a.) 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 (n.) (Far.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]
Tagtail (n.) A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
Tagtail (n.) A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Taguan (n.) (Zool.) A large flying squirrel ({Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.
Taguan (n.) East Indian flying squirrel [syn: taguan, flying marmot, flying cat, Petaurista petaurista].
Taguicati (n.) (Zool.) The white-lipped peccary.