Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 9
Tarantass (n.) 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.) [It.] (Mus.) 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
Tarantella (n.) Music suited to such a dance.
Tarantella (n.) Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella.
Tarantella (n.) A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons [syn: tarantella, tarantelle].
Tarantism (n.) (Med.) 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. [Written also tarentism.]
Tarantism (n.) A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider.
Tarantulas (n. pl. ) of Tarantula
Tarantulae (n. pl. ) of Tarantula
Tarantula (n.) (Zool.) 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. [Written also tarentula.]
Tarantula+killer,+a+very+large+wasp+({Pompilus+formosus">Tarantula killer, a very large wasp ({Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tarantula ({Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.
Tarantula (n.) Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement) [syn: European wolf spider, tarantula, Lycosa tarentula].
Tarantula (n.) Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.
Tarantulated (a.) Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
Tararabit , () (interjection) (informal) An expression used in the West Midlands to say goodbye.
// Tararabit, see you next year!
Tarbogan (n. & v.) See Toboggan.
Compare: Toboggan
Toboggan (n.) A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]
Tarboosh (n.) 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.
Tarboosh (n.) A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat- topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown [syn: fez, tarboosh].
Tardation (n.) The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]
Tardigrada (n. pl.) (Zool.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
Tardigrada (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
Tardigrada (n.) In some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx [syn: Tardigrada, class Tardigrada].
Tardigrade (a.) Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.] -- G. Eliot.
Tardigrade (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
Tardigrade (n.) (Zool.) One of the Tardigrada.
Tardigrade (n.) An arthropod of the division Tardigrada.
Tardigradous (a.) Moving slowly; slow-paced. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Tardily (adv.) In a tardy manner; slowly.
Tardily (adv.) Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" [syn: slowly, slow, easy, tardily] [ant: apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily].
Tardily (adv.) Later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon].
Tardiness (n.) The quality or state of being tardy.
Tardiness (n.) The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time [ant: promptness, punctuality].
Tarditation (n.) Tardiness. [Obs.]
To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs. --
Herrick.
Tardity (n.) Slowness; tardiness. [R.] -- Sir K. Digby.
Tardo (a.) [It.] (Mus.) Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.
Tardo (n.) (Zool.) A sloth.
Tardy (a.) Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time. -- Sandys.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. -- Prior.
Tardy (a.) Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. -- Arbuthnot.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. -- Waller.
Tardy (a.) Unwary; unready. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Tardy (a.) Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] -- Collier.
Syn: Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.
Tardy (v. t.) To make tardy. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Tardy (a.) After the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: belated, late, tardy].
Tear (v. t.) [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs. Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. Tearing.] To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. -- Shak.
Tear (v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. -- Addison.
Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
Tear (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's roar." -- Byron.
To tear a cat, To rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] -- Shak.
To tear down, To demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
To tear off, To pull off by violence; to strip.
To tear out, To pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes.
To tear up, To rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.
Tare (obs. imp.of Tear) Tore.
Tare (n.) A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? -- Matt. xiii. 27.
The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. -- Baird.
Tare (n.) (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare (n.) (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
Tared (imp. & p. p.) of Tare
Taring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tare
Tare (v. t.) To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Tared (a.) (Chem.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
Tarente (n.) (Zool.)A harmless lizard of the Gecko family ({Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Tarantism (n.) (Med.) 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. [Written also tarentism.]
Tarentism (n.) See Tarantism.
Target (n.) 靶子；攻擊的目標；（欲達到的）目標，指標 A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
Target (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
Target (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
Target (n.) (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
Target (n.) (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Compare: Conspicuous
Conspicuous (a.) 明顯的，易看見的；顯著的；引人注目的，出色的，著名的 [（+for）]；炫耀的 Standing out so as to be clearly visible.
‘He was very thin, with a conspicuous Adam's apple.’
Conspicuous (a.) Attracting notice or attention.
‘He showed conspicuous bravery.’
Phrases:
Conspicuous by one's absence
Obviously not present in a place where one should be.
‘Government members were conspicuous by their absence.’
Target (n.) A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. [Eng.]
Target (n.) A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. [Obs. Scot.]
Target (n.) A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.
Target (n.) A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.
Target (n.) Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.
Target (n.) A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.
Target (n.) A reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" [syn: target, mark].
Target (n.) A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, quarry, target, fair game].
Target (n.) The location of the target that is to be hit [syn: target, target area].
Target (n.) Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at [syn: target, butt].
Target (n.) The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target].
Target (v.) 把……作為目標（或對象）；規定……的指標 Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: {target}, {aim}, {place}, {direct}, {point}].
TARGET, () Thrustmaster Advanced pRogramming Graphical EdiTor, T.A.R.G.E.T.
SCSI target
Target
A SCSI device that executes a command from a SCSI initiator to perform some task. Typically the target is a SCSI peripheral device but the host adapter can also be a target. (1999-02-10)
Target, () (1 Sam. 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), A kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armour for the throat. The Revised Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").
Targeted (a.) 定向的；對準目標的；有目標的 Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.
Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier.]
Targums (n. pl. ) of Targum
Targumim (n. pl. ) of Targum
Targum (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.
Targumist (n.) The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
Tariff (v. t.) 對……徵收關稅；定……的稅率；按稅率定……的價格 To make a list of duties on, as goods.
Tariff (n.) [C] 關稅；稅率；關稅表；價目表；收費表 A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers only to imports.
Note: A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a
Revenue tariff, Or
Tariff for revenue, Or for the artificial fostering of home industries (
A projective tariff), Or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of
Retaliatory tariff.
Tariff (n.) The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
Tariff (n.) Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. -- Bolingbroke.
Tariffed (imp. & p. p.) of Tariff
Tariffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tariff
Tariff (n.) A government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" [syn: {duty}, {tariff}].
Tariff (v.) Charge a tariff; "tariff imported goods".
TARIFF. Customs, duties, toll. or tribute payable upon merchandise to the general government is called tariff; the rate of customs, &c. also bears this name and the list of articles liable to duties is also called the tariff.
TARIFF. For the tariff of duties imposed on the importation of foreign merchandise into the United States.
TARIFF, (n.) A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.
Tarin (n.) [F.] (Zool.) The siskin. [Prov.]
Compare: Terin
Terin (n.) (Zool.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.
Compare: Tare
Tare (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Tared] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Taring (n.) (Zool.) The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov. Eng.]
Tarlatan (n.) A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Tarn (n.) A mountain lake or pool.
A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. -- Wordsworth.
Tarn (n.) A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
Tarnished (imp. & p. p.) of Tarnish
Tarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarnish
Tarnish (v. t.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. "Tarnished lace." -- Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor.
Syn: To sully; stain; dim.
Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight. -- Dryden.
Tarnish (n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Tarnish (n.) (Min.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
Tarnish (v.) (Metal) [ I or T ] （使）（尤指金屬）失去光澤，（使）變暗淡；（使）褪色 To make or (especially of metal) become less bright or a different colour.
Tarnish (n.) Discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation.
Tarnish (v.) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile].
Tarnish (v.) (Good opinion) [ T ] 誹謗；中傷 To make people think that someone or something is less good.
// By this time a series of scandals had severely tarnished the candidate's image/ reputation.
Tarnisher (n.) One who, or that which, tarnishes.
Taro (n.) (Bot.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.
Compare: Colocasia
Colocasia (n.) A small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of the arum family, of tropical Asia and the Pacific islands, including the taro+({Colocasia+esculente">taro ({Colocasia esculente).
Syn: genus Colocasia.
Taro (n.) Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo].
Taro (n.) Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves [syn: taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta].
Taro (n.) Tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda].
Tarot (n.) A game of cards; -- called also taroc. -- Hoyle.
Tarot (n.) Any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical images representing various objects or influences affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling; they are also used as trumps in the game of taroc. Various images are used by different artists to represent the themes of each card.
Tarot (n.) Any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers [syn: tarot card, tarot].
Tarpan (n.) (Zool.) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tarpan (n.) European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century [syn: tarpan, Equus caballus gomelini].
Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
Tarpaulin (n.) A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race. -- Macaulay.
Tarpaulin (n.) Waterproofed canvas [syn: tarpaulin, tarp].
Tarpon (n.) (Zool.) Same as Tarpum.
Tarpum (n.) (Zool.) A very large marine fish ({Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
Tarpon (n.) Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida [syn: tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus]
Tarquinish (a.) Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.
Tarrace (n.) See Trass.
Tarragon (n.) A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Tarrace (n.) See Trass. [Obs.]
Trass (n.) (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.]
Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
Tarre (v. t.) To set on, as a dog; to incite. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Tarriance (n.) 【古】耽擱；逗留 The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic] -- Shak.
And after two days' tarriance there, returned. -- Tennyson.
Tarriance (n.) The act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering]
Tarrier (n.) One who, or that which, tarries.
Tarrier (n.) (Zool.) A kind of dig; a terrier. [Obs.]
Compare: Taring
Taring (n.). (Zool.) The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov. Eng.]
Tarrock (n.) (Zool.) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
Tarrock (n.) (Zool.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Tarrock (n.) (Zool.) The common tern.
Tarry (a.) 像柏油的 Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarried (imp. & p. p.) of Tarry
Tarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tarry
Tarry (v. i.) 【文】耽擱，遲延；逗留，停留，暫住；等待 [（+for）] To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. -- Chaucer.
Tarry (v. t.) 【古】等待 To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. -- Shak.
He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. -- Sir W. Scott.
Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] -- E. Lodge.
Tarry (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarry (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying.] To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again. -- Ex. xxiv. 14.
Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Come down unto me, tarry not. -- Gen. xic. 9.
One tarried here, there hurried one. -- Emerson.
Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet. -- Gen. xix. 2.
Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
Tarry (a.) Having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry].
Tarry (v.) Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around].
Tarry (v.) Leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger].
Tarsal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).
Tarsal (n.) A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.
Tarsal tetter (Med.), An eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.
Tarsal (n.) (Zool.) Same as Tercel. [Obs.]
Tarsal (a.) Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot; "tarsal bones"
Tarsal (n.) Any bone of the tarsus [syn: tarsal, tarsal bone].
Tarsalia (n. pl. ) of Tarsale