Talmudistic Tal`mud·is"tic adjective Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.

Talon Tal"on noun [ French, heel, spur, Late Latin talo , from Latin talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. Bacon.

2. (Zoology) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

3. (Architecture) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee .

» When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon .

4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. Knight.

Talook, Taluk Ta·look", Ta·luk" noun [ Arabic ta'lluq .] A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it. [ India]

Talookdar, Talukdar Ta·look"dar, Ta·luk"dar noun [ Hind., from Persian ta'lluqdār .] A proprietor of a talook. [ India]

Talpa Tal"pa noun [ Latin , mole.] (Zoology) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

Talus Ta"lus noun ; plural Tali . [ Latin , the ankle, the ankle bone.] 1. (Anat.) The astragalus.

2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot ( Talipes calcaneus ). See the Note under Talipes .

Talus Ta"lus noun [ French] 1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Tam-o'-shanter Tam`-o'-shan"ter noun [ So named after Tam o'Shanter , a character in Burns's poem of the same name.] A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.

Tam-tam Tam"-tam` noun [ Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.) (a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom- tom . (b) A gong. See Gong , noun , 1.

Tamability Tam`a·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.

Tamable Tam"a·ble adjective Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness. - - Tam"a*ble*ness , noun

Tamale Ta·ma"le noun [ Written also tamal , tomale .] [ Amer. Spanish tamal , of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

Tamandu Ta·man"du noun [ Spanish , from the native name: confer French tamandua .] (Zoology) A small ant-eater ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) native of the tropical parts of South America.

» It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also tamandua , little ant-bear , fourmilier , and cagouare . The collared, or striped, tamandu ( Tamandua bivittata ) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety.

Tamanoir Ta`ma·noir" noun (Zoology) The ant-bear.

Tamarack Tam"a·rack noun (Botany) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia ( Larix occidentalis ). See Hackmatack , and Larch . (b) The black pine ( Pinus Murrayana ) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine- grained wood.

Tamaric Tam"a·ric noun [ Latin tamarice . See Tamarisk .] A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. [ Obsolete]

He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come.

Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).

Tamarin Tam"a·rin noun [ From the native name in Cayenne.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas , especially M. ursulus .

Tamarind Tam"a·rind noun [ Italian tamarindo , or Spanish tamarindo , or Portuguese tamarindo , tamarinho , from Arabic tamarhindī , literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: confer French tamarin . Confer Hindu .] (Botany) 1. A leguminous tree ( Tamarindus Indica ) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.

2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.

Tamarind fish , a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. -- Velvet tamarind . (a) A West African leguminous tree ( Codarium acutifolium ). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. -- Wild tamarind (Botany) , a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.

Tamarisk Tam"a·risk noun [ Latin tamariscus , also tamarix , tamarice , Sanskrit tamāla , tamālaka , a tree with a very dark bark; confer tamas darkness: confer French tamarisc , tamarix , tamaris .] (Botany) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix , the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species ( T. mannifera ) is the source of one kind of manna.

Tamarisk salt tree , an East Indian tree ( Tamarix orientalis ) which produces an incrustation of salt.

Tambac Tam"bac noun (Metal.) See Tombac . [ Obsolete]

Tambour Tam"bour noun 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.

2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work .

3. (Architecture) Same as Drum , noun , 2 (d) .

4. (Fort.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.

5. (Physiol.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.

Tambour Tam"bour transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tamboured ; present participle & verbal noun Tambouring .] To embroider on a tambour.

Tambourin Tam`bou`rin" noun [ French See Tambourine .] 1. A tambourine. [ Obsolete]

2. (Mus.) An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.

Tambourine Tam`bour·ine" noun [ French tambourin ; confer Italian tamburino . See Tambour , and confer Tamborine .] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.

Tambourine Tam`bour·ine" noun A South American wild dove ( Tympanistria tympanistria ), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.

Tambreet Tam"breet noun (Zoology) The duck mole.

Tamburin Tam`bu·rin" noun See Tambourine . Spenser.

Tame Tame transitive verb [ Confer French entamer to cut into, to broach.] To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]

In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.

Fuller.

Tame Tame adjective [ Compar. Tamer ; superl. Tamest .] [ Anglo-Saxon tam ; akin to Dutch tam , German zahm , Old High German zam , Dan. & Swedish tam , Icelandic tamr , Latin domare to tame, Greek ..., Sanskrit dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to English beteem . √61. Confer Adamant , Diamond , Dame , Daunt , Indomitable .] 1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.

2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.

Tame slaves of the laborious plow.

Roscommon.

3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.

Syn. -- Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle .

Tame Tame transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tamed ; present participle & verbal noun Taming .] [ Anglo-Saxon tamian , temian , akin to Dutch tammen , temmen , German zähmen , Old High German zemmen , Icelandic temja , Goth. ga tamjan . See Tame , adjective ] 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.

They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness.

Macaulay.

2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.

Tameable Tame"a·ble adjective Tamable. Bp. Wilkins.

Tameless Tame"less adjective Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. Bp. Hall. -- Tame"less*ness , noun

Tamely Tame"ly adverb In a tame manner.

Tameness Tame"ness noun The quality or state of being tame.

Tamer Tam"er noun One who tames or subdues.

Tamias Ta"mi·as noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a distributer.] (Zoology) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.

Tamil Ta"mil adjective Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [ Written also Tamul .]

Tamil Ta"mil noun [ Written also Tamul .] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.

2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian , adjective

Tamilian Ta·mil"i·an adjective & noun Tamil.

Tamine, Taminy Tam"ine, Tam"i·ny noun [ Confer French tamis a sort of sieve. Confer Stamin , Temse .] A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.

Tamis Tam"is noun [ French, a kind of sieve.] 1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.

2. The cloth itself; tammy.

Tamis bird (Zoology) , a Guinea fowl.

Tamkin Tam"kin noun A tampion. Johnson (Dict.).

Tammy Tam"my noun ; plural Tammies 1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

Tamp Tamp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tamped ; present participle & verbal noun Tamping .] [ Confer French tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion .] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.

2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.

Tampan Tam"pan noun (Zoology) A venomous South African tick. Livingstone.

Tampeon Tam"pe·on noun See Tampion . Farrow.

Tamper Tamp"er noun 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

Tamper Tam"per intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tampered ; present participle & verbal noun Tampering .] [ A corruption of temper .] 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

'T is dangerous tampering with a muse.

Roscommon.

2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.

Others tampered
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.

Hudibras.

Tamperer Tam"per·er noun One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.

Tampico fiber, fibre Tam·pi"co fi"ber, fi"bre A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

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