Tarin Tar"in noun [ French]
(Zoology) The siskin. [ Prov.]
Taring Tar"ing noun (Zoology) The common tern; -- called also tarret , and tarrock . [ Prov. Eng.]
Tarlatan Tar"la·tan noun A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Tarn Tarn noun [ Middle English
terne , Icelandic
tjörn .]
A mountain lake or pool. A lofty precipice in front,
A silent tarn below.
Wordsworth.
Tarnish Tar"nish transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tarnished ;
present participle & verbal noun Tarnishing .] [ French
ternir , from Old High German
tarnen to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to Old Saxon
dernian to hide, Anglo-Saxon
dernan ,
dyrnan , Old High German
tarni hidden, Old Saxon
derni , Anglo-Saxon
derne ,
dyrne . Confer
Dern ,
adjective , and see
-ish .]
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 Tar"nish intransitive verb 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 Tar"nish noun 1. The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish. 2. (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.
Tarnisher Tar"nish·er noun One who, or that which, tarnishes.
Taro Ta"ro noun [ From the Polynesian name.]
(Botany) 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.
Tarot Tar"ot noun [ F.; confer Italian
tarocco .]
A game of cards; -- called also taroc . Hoyle.
Tarpan Tar"pan noun [ From the native name.]
(Zoology) A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tarpaulin Tar·pau"lin noun [
Tar +
palling a covering, pall to cover. See
Pall a covering.]
1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. 2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. 3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar. To a landsman, these tarpaulins , as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.
Macaulay.
Tarpeian Tar·pe"ian adjective [ Latin
Tarpeius , prop., pertaining to
Tarpeia .]
Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.
Tarpon Tar"pon noun (Zoology) Same as Tarpum .
Tarpum Tar"pum noun (Zoology) 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 .
Tarquinish Tar"quin·ish adjective Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.
Tarrace Tar"race noun See Trass . [ Obsolete]
Tarragon Tar"ra·gon noun [ Spanish
taragona , Arabic
tarkh...n ; perhaps from Greek ... a dragon, or Latin
draco ; confer Latin
dracunculus tarragon. Confer
Dragon .]
(Botany) A plant of the genus Artemisa ( A. dracunculus ), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Tarras Tar"ras noun See Trass . [ Obsolete]
Tarre Tarre transitive verb [ Middle English
tarien ,
terien , to irritate, provoke, Anglo-Saxon
tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to English
tear , v.t. √63. Confer
Tarry ,
v. ]
To set on, as a dog; to incite. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Tarriance Tar"ri·ance noun The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [ Archaic]
Shak. And after two days' tarriance there, returned.
Tennyson.
Tarrier Tar"ri·er noun One who, or that which, tarries.
Tarrier Tar"ri·er noun (Zoology) A kind of dig; a terrier. [ Obsolete]
Tarrock Tar"rock noun [ Greenland
tattarock .]
(Zoology) (a) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt. (b) The common guillemot. [ Prov. Eng.]
(c) The common tern.
Tarry Tar"ry adjective [ From
Tar ,
noun ]
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarry Tar"ry intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tarried ;
present participle & verbal noun Tarrying .] [ Middle English
tarien to irritate (see
Tarre ); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with Middle English
targen to delay, Old French
targier , from (assumed) Late Latin
tardicare , from Latin
tardare to make slow, to tarry, from
tardus slow. Confer
Tardy .]
1. To stay or remain behind; to wait. Tarry ye for us, until we come again.
Ex. xxiv. 14. 2. 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. 3. 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 Tar"ry transitive verb 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [ Obsolete]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow.
Chaucer. 2. 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 Tar"ry noun Stay; stop; delay. [ Obsolete]
E. Lodge.
Tarsal Tar"sal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye). --
noun A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale. Tarsal tetter (Medicine) ,
an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.
Tarsal Tar"sal noun (Zoology) Same as Tercel . [ Obsolete]
Tarsale Tar·sa"le noun ;
plural Tarsalia . [ New Latin ]
(Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
Tarse Tarse noun [ Confer
Tassel ,
Tiercel .]
(Falconry) The male falcon.
Tarse Tarse noun [ Confer French
tarse .]
(Anat.) tarsus.
Tarsectomy Tar·sec"to·my noun [
Tarsus + Greek ... to cut out.]
(Surg.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Tarsel Tar"sel noun A male hawk. See Tercel . [ Obsolete]
Tarsi Tar"si noun ,
plural of Tarsus .
Tarsia Tar"si·a Tar`si*a*tu"ra noun [ Italian ] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
Tarsier Tar"si·er noun [ Confer French
tarsier .]
See Tarsius .
Tarsius Tar"si·us noun [ New Latin See
Tarsus .]
(Zoology) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag , spectral lemur , podji , and tarsier .
Tarso- Tar"so- A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with , or relation to , the tarsus ; as, tarso metatarsus.
Tarsometatarsal Tar`so·met`a·tar"sal adjective (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal articulations. (b) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsus Tar`so·met`a·tar"sus noun ;
plural Tarsometatarsi . [ New Latin ]
(Anat.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
Tarsorrhaphy Tar·sor"rha·phy noun [
Tarsus + Greek
"rafh` seam, from ... to sew.]
(Surg.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
Tarsotomy Tar·sot"o·my noun [
Tarsus + Greek ... to cut.]
(Surg.) The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
Tarsus Tar"sus noun ;
plural Tarsi . [ New Latin , from Greek ... the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Confer 2d
Tarse .]
1. (Anat.) (a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. (b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage , and tarsal plate . 2. (Zoology) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Tart Tart adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
teart . √63. Confer
Tear ,
transitive verb ]
1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple. 2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. Why art thou tart , my brother?
Bunyan.
Tart Tart noun [ Middle English
tarte , French
tarte ; perhaps originally the same word as
tourte , Late Latin
torta , from Latin
tortus , past participle of
torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Confer
Torture ,
noun ]
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
Tartan Tar"tan noun [ French
tiretane linsey- woolsey, akin to Spanish
tiritaña a sort of thin silk; confer Spanish
tiritar to shiver or shake with cold.]
Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern. MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the tartan .
Sir W. Scott. The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London with hatred.
Macaulay.
Tartan Tar"tan noun [ French
tartane , or Spanish , Portuguese , or Italian
tartana ; all perhaps of Arabic origin.]
(Nautical) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
Tartar Tar"tar noun [ French
tartre (cf. Pr.
tartari , Spanish , Portuguese , & Italian
tartaro , Late Latin
tartarum , LGr. ...); perhaps of Arabic origin.]
1. (Chemistry) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol , wine stone , etc. 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. Cream of tartar .
(Chemistry) See under Cream . --
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.) ,
a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
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