Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 8
Tanning (n.) The art or process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
Tanning (n.) Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light.
Tanning (n.) Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation].
Tanning (n.) Making leather from rawhide.
Tanrec (n.) (Zool.) Same as Tenrec.
Tansy (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Tansy (n.) 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"> Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant ({Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.
Tansy (n.) Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally [syn: tansy, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare].
Tant (n.) (Zool.) A small scarlet arachnid.
Tantalate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of tantalic acid.
Tantalic (a.) (Chem.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) (Min.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
Tantalite (n.) A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum.
Tantalization (n.) The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized. -- Gayton.
Tantalization (n.) The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization].
Tantalized (imp. & p. p.) of Tantalize.
Tantalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tantalize.
Tantalize (v. t.) 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.
Usage: 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.
Tantalize (v.) Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride].
Tantalize (v.) [ T ] (UK usually tantalise) 撩撥，惹弄，逗引 To make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen.
Tantalizer (n.) One who tantalizes.
Tantalizer (n.) Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach [syn: tantalizer, tantaliser].
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a tantalizing manner; "she smiled at him tantalizingly" [syn: tantalizingly, invitingly].
Tantalum (n.) (Chem.) 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.
Tantalum (n.) A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73].
Tantalum
Symbol: Ta
Atomic number: 73
Atomic weight: 180.948
Heavy blue-grey metallic transition element. Ta-181 is a stable isotope, and Ta-180 is a radioactive isotope, with a half-life in excess of 10^7 years. Used in surgery as it is unreactive. Forms a passive oxide layer in air. Identified in 1802 by Ekeberg and isolated in 1820 by Jons J. Berzelius.
Tantalus (n.) (Gr. Myth.) 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.
Tantalus (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Tantalus (n.) (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
Tantamount (a.) 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 (v. i.) To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Tantamount (a.) Being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" [syn: equivalent, tantamount(p)].
Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
Tantivy (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush. -- Cleverland.
Tantivy (v. i.) To go away in haste. [Colloq.]
Tantrum (n.) 發脾氣；發怒 A whim; an affected air. [Colloq. and archaic] -- Thackeray.
Tantrum (n.) A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also {temper tantrum}. It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults.
Tantrum (n.) [fig.] A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects; as, the governor was so insulted by the article, he threw a temper tantrum and cancelled the ceremony.
Tantrum (n.) A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}, {scene}, {conniption}].
Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae.
The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism (n.) One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
Tap (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Tap (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]
Tap (n.) (Mech.) 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.
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.
Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Tap.
Tapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap.
Tap (v. t.) 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.
Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Tap (n.) pl. (Mil.) 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.
Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
Tap (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. -- Shak.
He has been tapping his liquors. -- Addison.
Tap (v. t.) (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut , a pipe, or
tubing.
Tap (v. t.) To connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.
Compare: Faucet
Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
Faucet (n.) The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
Tap (n.) The sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap].
Tap (n.) A gentle blow [syn: rap, strike, tap].
Tap (n.) A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: water faucet, water tap, tap, hydrant].
Tap (n.) A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing).
Tap (n.) A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads.
Tap (n.) A plug for a bunghole in a cask [syn: tap, spigot].
Tap (n.) The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information [syn: wiretap, tap].
Tap (n.) A light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab].
Tap (v.) Cut a female screw thread with a tap.
Tap (v.) Draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money."
Tap (v.) Strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap, tip].
Tap (v.) Draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" [syn: exploit, tap].
Tap (v.) Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" [syn: wiretap, tap, intercept, bug].
Tap (v.) Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine."
Tap (v.) Make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock, pink].
Tap (v.) Walk with a tapping sound.
Tap (v.) Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody" [syn: tapdance, tap].
Tap (v.) Draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar."
Tap (v.) Pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer."
Tap (v.) Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" [syn: solicit, beg, tap].
Tapa (n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
Tapayaxin (n.) A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.
Tape (n.) A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
Tapeline (n.) A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.
Taper (n.) 小臘燭，尖細，漸弱，錐形，圓錐 A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper (a.) 尖細的，分等級的 Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Tapered (imp. & p. p.) of Taper.
Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taper.
Taper (v. i.) (v. t.) (使) 逐漸變小 To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.
Taper (n.) A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
Taper (n.) The property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone).
Taper (n.) A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {wick}, {taper}].
Taper (n.) Stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: {candle}, {taper}, {wax light}].
Taper (v.) Diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off."
Taper (v.) Give a point to; "The candles are tapered" [syn: {sharpen}, {taper}, {point}].
Taper (v.) [ I or T ] （使）一端逐漸變窄To become gradually narrower at one end, or to make something do this.
// Then you'll come to a place where the pavement tapers off and the dirt road begins.
Phrasal verb: Taper off
Taper off (- Phrasal verb with taper) (v.) [ I or T ] 逐漸變小；逐步減弱 To become gradually smaller or weaker, or happen less often.
// Her voice tapered off as she realized everyone was listening.
// Sales have gradually tapered off.
Taper (n.) [ C ] 細枝小蠟燭；點火木片；燈芯；燭芯 A very thin candle or a very thin strip of wood, used especially in the past for lighting candles, fires, etc.
Tapered (a.) Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Taperness (n.) The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Tapestried (imp. & p. p.) of Tapestry.
Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestry.
Tapestry (v. t.) 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.
Tapestries (n. pl. ) of Tapestry.
Tapestry (n.) 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. (Zool.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.
Tapestry (n.) Something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history."
Tapestry (n.) A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery [syn: tapestry, tapis].
Tapestry (n.) A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: tapestry, arras].
Tapet (n.) Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. [R.] -- Spenser.
Tapetis (n. pl. ) of Tapeti.
Tapeti (n.) (Zool.) A small South American hare ({Lepus Braziliensis).
Tapetum (n.) (Anat.) 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 (n.) (Zool.) 【動】絛蟲 Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia 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 larvae (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 ({Taenia solium}), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm ({Taenia 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.
Tapeworm (n.) Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm, cestode].
Taphouse (n.) A house where liquors are retailed.
Taphouse (n.) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals [syn: public house, pub, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse].
Taphrenchyma (n.) (Bot.) Same as Bothrenchyma.
Tapinage (n.) A lurking or skulking. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Tapioca (n.) 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.
Tapioca (n.) Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
Tapir (n.) (Zool.) 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 ({Tapirus Americanus), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America.
Tapir tiger (Zool.), The wallah.
Tapir (n.) Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
Tapiroid (a.) (Zool.) Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
On the tapis, or Upon the tapis, On the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.
Tapis (v. t.) To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.] -- Holland.
Tapis (n.) A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery [syn: tapestry, tapis].
Tapiser (n.) A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] -- Chaucer.
Tapish (v. i.) 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 (n.) Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
The taplash of strong ale and wine. -- Taylor (1630)
Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united. -- Halliwell.
Tapoa tafa () (Zool.) 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 (n.) An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.
Tappen, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 210
Housing Units (2000): 100
Land area (2000): 1.251960 sq. miles (3.242562 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.251960 sq. miles (3.242562 sq. km)
FIPS code: 77980
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.875903 N, 99.633648 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58487
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tappen, ND
Tappen
Tapper (n.) (Zool.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
Tapper (n.) A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster, tapper].
Tapper (n.) A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her."
Tapper (n.) A worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads.
Tapper (n.) Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire [syn: tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper].
Tapper (n.) A dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes [syn: tap dancer, tapper].
Tappester (n.) A female tapster. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tappet (n.) (Mach.) 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 (n.) A lever that is moved in order to tap something else.
Compare: Tapish
Tapish (v. i.) 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.
Tappice (v. i.) Alt. of Tappis
Tappis (v. i.) See Tapish.
Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Tappit hen () 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. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Taproom (n.) 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.
Taproom (n.) A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom].
Taproot (n.) (Bot.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Taproot (n.) (Botany) Main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem.
Taproot (n.) Something that provides an important central source for growth or development; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot."
Tapster (n.) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Tapster (n.) A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster, tapper].
Taqua-nut (n.) (Bot.) A Central American name for the ivory nut.
Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] -- Swift.
Tar (n.) 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.
Tar water. (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 (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Tarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarring.] 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.
Tar (n.) Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue [syn: pitch, tar].
Tar (n.) A man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog].
Tar (v.) Coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads."
TAR, () Tape ARchiver (Unix).
Tar
Tape archive
Tarball
("Tape ARchive", following ar) Unix's general purpose archive utility and the file format it uses.
Tar was originally intended for use with magnetic tape but, though it has several command line options related to tape, it is now used more often for packaging files together on other media, e.g. for distribution via the Internet.
The resulting archive, a "tar file" (humourously, "tarball") is often compressed, using gzip or some other form of compression (see tar and feather).
There is a GNU version of tar called gnutar with several improvements over the standard versions.
Filename extension: .tar
MIME type: unregistered, but commonly application/x-tar
Unix manual page: tar (1).
Compare shar, zip.
(1998-05-02)
Tarradiddle (n.)
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how
can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib,
story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle].
Tarradiddle (n.) Pretentious or silly talk or
writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool,
humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh,
twaddle].
Tarradiddle (n.) A petty falsehood; a fib.
Tarradiddle (n.) Pretentious nonsense. Tarradiddle is of unknown origin.
Taranis (n.) (Myth.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.