SYRINGE Syringe (sir'inj), n. [Gr. sprinx, syringos, a pipe, a tube, from syrizō, to pipe or whistle.] A portable hydraulic instrument of the pump kind, commonly employed to draw in a quantity of water or other fluid, and to squirt or eject the same with violence. In its simplest form it consists of a small cylindrical tube with an air-tight piston fitted with a rod and handle. The lower end of the cylinder terminates in a small tube, which being immersed in any fluid, and the piston then drawn up, the fluid is forced into the body of the cylinder by the atmospheric pressure. By pushing back the piston to the bottom of the cylinder the contained fluid is expelled in a small jet. The syringe acts on the principle of the sucking-pump, and is used by surgeons, &c., for washing wounds, for injecting fluids into animal bodies, and other purposes. A larger form is used for watering plants, trees, &c. The syringe is also used as a pneumatic machine for condensing or exhausting the air in a close vessel, but for this purpose two valves are necessary. Syringe (sir'inj), v.t. pret. & pp. syringed; ppr. syringing. To inject by means of a pipe or syringe; to wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe. Wiseman. Syringe (sir'inj), v.i. To make use of a syringe; to inject water with a syringe. Prior. Syringin, Syringine (si-rin'jin, si-rin'jin), n. (19H2OHO.) The bitter principle of the Syringa vulgaris. It is crystalline and soluble in alcohol. Syringodendron (sï-ring'gō-den"dron), n. (Gr. syrinx, syringos, a pipe, and dendron, a tree.] The name formerly given to many species of Sigillaria (a genus of extinct fossil trees) on account of the parallel pipe-shaped flutings which extend from the top to the bottom of their trunks. Syringopora (si-ring-gop'ō-ra), n. pl. [Gr. syrinx, syringos, a pipe, and pora, a pore.] A genus of paleozoic corals, abounding in the carboniferous limestone, and closely akin to the organ-pipe coral of Australian seas. Syringotomy (si-ring-got'o-mi), n. [Fr. syringotomie-Gr. syrinx, syringos, a pipe or tube, a fistula, and temno, to cut.] The operation of cutting for fistula. Syrinx (si'ringks), n [Gr. syrinx, a pipe. See SYRINGE.] 1. In surg. a fistula.-2. In music, a wind-instrument composed of reeds of different lengths tied together. It is also known by the name of Pandean Pipes or Pan's Pipes, its invention having been ascribed to Pan, the Greek sylvan deity. Syrma (ser'ma), n. [Gr., from syró, to drag, to trail] In antiq. a long dress reaching to the ground, worn by tragic actors. Syrop (sir'op), n. Same as Syrup. Syrphidæ (sèr'fi dë), n. pl. [Gr. syrphos, serphos, a small winged insect.] A family of dipterous insects some of which have larvæ that feed on the larva of bees and wasps, the insects themselves bearing a most striking resemblance to these insects. The genus Syrphus is the type of the family. Syrrhaptes (sir-rap'tez), n. [Gr. syn, together, and rhapto, to sew-from the union of the toes.] A genus of grouse, of which only one species, S. paradoxus or S. Pallasii (the three-toed sand-grouse, called also from its peculiarities heteroclite grouse), is known. It is a native of the steppes of Central Asia, but sometimes occurs in Europe, and has even been shot in Britain. It has long pointed wings and tail and only three toes, the tarsi being feathered and the toes united for the greater part of their length. Syrt (sért), n. [Fr. syrte, L. syrtis, Gr. syr tis, a sandbank, especially a name applied to two on the north coast of Africa, from syrö, to draw along] A quicksand. The shatter'd mast, The syrt, the whirlpool and the rock. Young. Syrtic (ser'tik),a. Relating to a syrt or quicksand. Ed. Rev. Syrtis (sér'tis), n. pl. Syrtes (sér'tēz). [L. Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Syrup (sir'up), n. [Fr. sirop, It. siroppo, from Ar. sharab, drink, beverage, syrup, from sharaba, sharib, to drink, whence also sherbet and shrub.] 1. In med. a saturated or nearly saturated solution of sugar in water, either simple, flavoured, or medicated with some special therapeutic or compound. --2. The uncrystallizable fluid 291 finally separated from crystallized sugar in the refining process, either by the draining of sugar in loaves, or by being forcibly ejected by the centrifugal apparatus in preparing moist sugar. This is the ordinary or 'golden syrup' of the grocers, but in the sugar manufacture the term syrup is applied to all strong saccharine solutions which contain sugar in a condition capable of being crystallized out, the ultimate uncrystallizable fluid being distinguished as molasses or treacle. Syruped (sir'upt), p. and a. Sweetened by or as by moistening or mixing with syrup. We'll lick the syrupt leaves, And tell the bees that theirs is gall. Drayton. Syrupy (sir'up-i), a. Like syrup or partaking of its qualities; sirupy. Syssarcosis (sis-ar-ko'sis), n. [Gr., from syssarkoō, to unite by flesh-syn, with, and sarz, sarkos, flesh.] In anat. a species of union of bones, in which one bone is united to another by means of an intervening muscle. Systaltic (sis-tal'tik), a [Gr. systaltikos, drawing together, from systello, to draw together-syn, with, together, and stellō, to send.] In med. having alternate contraction and dilatation; taking place by alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaitic action of the heart. Systasis (sis'ta-sis), n. [Gr. systasis, from synistemi. See SYSTEM.] A setting together; a union; a political union; a political constitution. [Rare.] It is a worse preservative of a general constitution than the systasis of Crete, or the Confederation of Poland, or any other ill-devised corrective which has yet been imagined in the necessities produced by an ill-constructed system of government. Burke. System (sis'tem), n. [Fr. système, L. systema, Gr. systēma, from synistemi, to place together-syn, with, together, and histěmi, to set.] 1. Any combination or assemblage of things adjusted into a regular and connected whole; a number of things or parts so connected as to make one complex thing: things connected according to a scheme; as, a system of canals for irrigation; a system of pulleys; a system of forces acting on a body. Every work, both of nature and art, is a system; and, as every particular thing, both natural and arti ficial, is for some use or purpose out of and beyond itself, one may add to what has already been brought into the idea of a system its conduciveness to this one or more ends. Let us instance in a watch. Butler. Hence, more specifically, (a) a number of heavenly bodies connected together and acting on each other according to certain laws; as, the solar system; the system of Jupiter and his satellites. 'Star and system rolling past.' Tennyson. Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, And now a bubble burst and now a world. Pope. (b) An assemblage of parts or organs in an animal body which are composed of the same tissues or are essentially necessary to the performance of some function; as, the absorbent system, the nervous system, the vascular system; hence, also, the body itself as a functional unity or whole; as, to take poison into the system.-2. A plan or scheme according to which things are connected into a whole; a regular union of principles or facts forming one entire whole; an assemblage of facts, or of principles and conclusions scientifically arranged, or disposed according to certain mutual relations so as to form a complete whole; a connected view of all the truths or principles of some department of knowledge; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or of chemistry.-3. Regular method or order; as, to have no system in one's business or study; to work according to a system. --4. In astron. any hypothesis or theory of the disposition and arrangements of the heavenly bodies by which their phenomena, their motions, changes,&c., are explained; as, the Ptolemaic system; the Copernican system; a system of the universe, or of the world. See SOLAR5. In fine arts, a collection of the rules and principles upon which an artist works. 6. In anc. music, an interval compounded or supposed to be compounded of several lesser intervals, as the octave, the elements of which are called diastems. Systematic, Systematical (sis-te-mat'ik, sis-te-mat'ik-al), a. 1. Pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or SYSTYLE subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a great value for regularity and system. Watts 2. Proceeding according to system or regu lar method; as, a systematic writer.-3. Of or pertaining to the system of the universe; cosmical. Upon which accounts these ends may be called cosmical or systematical. Boyle. Systematically (sis-te-mat'ik-al-li), adv. In a systematic manner; in the form of a system; methodically. Systematism (sis'tem-at-izm), n. tion of facts to a system. Reduc Systematist (sis'tem-at-ist), n. 1. One who forms a system or reduces to system.-2. One who adheres to a system. Henslow. Systematization (sis'tem-at-iz-à"shon), n. The act of systematizing; the act or process of reducing to system, or of forming into a system. The systematization and deliberate carrying out of mental operations.' II. Spencer. Systematize (sis'tem-at-iz), v. t. pret. & pp. systematized; ppr. systematizing. [Fr. systematiser, from Gr. systema, systematos. See SYSTEM ] To reduce to system or regular method; as, to systematize the principles of moral philosophy. Before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts." Harris. The Goths had some general notions of the feudal policy, which were gradually systematized. Ld. Lyttelton. Systematizer (sis'tem-at-iz-ér), n. One who reduces things to system. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines. Harris. Systematology (sis'tem-a-tol"o-ji), n. [Gr. systema, systematos, system, and logos, discourse.] Knowledge or information regarding systems. Systemic (sis-tem'ik), a. 1. Pertaining to a system. 2. In physiol. pertaining to the body as a whole; common to a general system; as, systemic circulation; that is, the circulation of the blood through the body generally, as distinguished from that other circulation which is confined to the respiratory organs and the heart, or the pulmonary or respiratory circulation. The blood of reptiles is cold-that is to say, slightly warmer than the external medium-owing mainly to the fact that the pulmonary and systemic circulations are always directly connected together, either within the heart or in its immediate neighbour hood, so that the body is supplied with a mixture of venous and arterial blood in place of arterial blood alone. H. A. Nicholson. Same as Sys Systemization (sis'tem-i-ză”shon), n. Same as Systematization. N. Webster. Systemize (sis'tem-iz), v.t. Same as Systematize. N. Webster. Systemizer (sis'tem-iz-ér), n. tematizer. N. Webster. Systemless (sis'tem-les), a. 1. Without system. 2. In biol. not exhibiting any of the distinct systems or types of structure characteristic of organic life, that is the radiate in the vegetable kingdom, and the vertebrate, &c., in the animal kingdom; thus in the vegetable kingdom the Algae and in the animal kingdom the Protozoa are systemless. One System-maker (sis'tem-māk-ér), n. who makes or constructs a system or systems: generally used with a sense of slight contempt. We system-makers can sustain The thesis which you grant was plain. Prior. System-monger (sis'tem-mung-gér), n. One excessively fond of making or framing systems. A system-monger, who without knowing anything perience it in his dusty cell, it down that flattery is pleasing. Chesterfield. Systole (sis'tō-lė), n. [Gr. systole, from systello, to contract-syn, together, and stello, to send.] 1. In gram. the shortening of a long syllable.-2. In physiol. the contraction of the heart and arteries for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation. See DIASTOLE. Systolic (sis-tol'ik), a. Relating to systole; contracting. Systyle (sis'til), a. [Gr. systylos-syn, with or together, and stylos, a column] In arch. having columns standing close: (a) having columns placed in such a manner that they are two diameters of a column apart. (b) SYTE Having a row of columns set close together all round, as the Parthenon at Athens. Sytet (sit), n. Site; situation. Spenser. Sythe (siTH). See SCYTHE. Syver (si'ver), n. [Of same origin as sewer.] A covered drain; a sewer; a gutter; also, the grating or trap of a street drain. Written also Siver. [Scotch.] Syzygium (si-zi'ji-ura), n. [From Gr. syzygos, coupled-syn, together, and zygon, a yoke -in allusion to the manner in which the branches and leaves are united by pairs.] A genus of plants, nat. order Myrtacea. 292 The species inhabit tropical countries; they are trees or shrubs of a highly ornamental appearance, from their smooth shining leaves, which are opposite and entire: the flowers are in cymes or corymbs. S. guineense, which grows on the coast of Guinea and Senegal, has been employed as a remedy in rheumatism. S. Jambolanum is extensively cultivated in the East Indies on account of its edible fruit, sometimes called Java plum by Europeans, but jamoon by the natives. It is of a rich purplish colour, and of a subastringent sweetish taste, which TABERNACLE is more agreeable to the native than to the European palate. The bark is astringent, and dyes a brown colour; the wood is hard and durable, and much employed. Syzygy (si'zi-ji), n. [Gr. syzygia--syn, together, and zygon, a yoke.] 1. In astron, the conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun, or of any two of the heavenly bodies. On the phenomena and circumstances of the syzygies depends a great part of the lunar theory.-2. In pros. the coupling of different feet together in Greek or Latin verse. T. T is the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, a sharp mute consonant, closely allied to d, both being dentals. In forming it the tip of the tongue is pressed close to the root of the upper teeth, as may be perceived in uttering the syllables at, ta, ot, to. This is also the position of the tongue for the letter d, as in the syllables ad, da, od, do; but d is uttered with voice, whereas t is entirely non-vocal. In reality, t can be hardly said to have any sound at all, its use, like that of the other sharp mutes k and p, being merely to modify the manner of uttering the vocal sound which precedes or follows it. When t is followed by h in the same syllable, as in think, that, with, the combination forms two distinct soundssurd or breathed, as in think, and sonant or vocal, as in that. These sounds were represented by two characters in Anglo-Saxon and Old English, and it is a pity the old letters were given up. The letters ti before a vowel, and unaccented, usually pass into the sound of sh, as in nation, motion, partial, which are pronounced nashon, moshon, parshal. In this case t loses entirely its proper sound or use, and being blended with the subsequent letter a new sound results from the combination, which is in fact a simple sound. If s or x precede ti (as in mixtion, question), t retains its own sound, though in this case many speakers soften it to ch as in church, as they also do in such words as mixture, posture. In comparing words common to the Indo-European tongues we find that (as formulated by Grimm's law) t in English (as also in Dutch, Icelandic, Gothic, &c) corresponds to d in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, and to 8 or z in German. Thus E. tooth= L. dens, dentis, Gr. (o)dous, (o)dontos, Skr. dant, G. zahn; E. foot=L. pes (peds), pedis, Gr. pous, podos, Skr. pada, G. fuss; E. two =L. duo, Gr. dyo, Skr. dva, G. zwei; E. to eat L. edo, Gr. edo, Skr. ad, G. essen, and so on. An s before t, however, hinders this change from taking place, and hence the t in E. stand appears also in L. sto, Gr. histěmi, and G. stehen. The English th, on the other hand, answers to t in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, and to d in German; thus E. thou= L. and Gr. tu, Skr. tvam, G. du; E. three L. tres, Gr. treis, Skr. tri, G. drei. Hence it comes that G. tag= E. day; gut= good, wasser=water, and zahm tame. In some Latin words d has been changed to l. hence t in E. tear (n.)-1 in L. lacrima (for lacrima), Fr. larme, a tear. A final t has become attached to many English words to which it does not properly belong, this being particularly the case after n and s, as in tyrant, pheasant, ancient, amidst, whilst, against, &c. It has sometimes dropped out, as in best, last; so th has disappeared from worship. This letter is often doubled in the middle of words, seldom at the end, as in butt, mitt. T is often used to denote things of this form, as the T-palace in Mantua. See T-BANDAGE, T-BEARD, T-CLOTH, T-IRON, TJOINT, T-SQUARE.-To a T, exactly, with the utmost exactness; as, to suit or fit to a T. The allusion is to a mechanic's T-square, by which accuracy in making angles, &c., is secured. [Familiar.] resembling that of a cap, worn on the inner front edges of ladies' bonnets.-4. The hang. ing sleeve of a child's garment.-5. One of the revolving arms which lift the beaters of a fulling-mill. [Local or technical in all senses.] Tabaccot (ta-bak'ko),n. Tobacco. Minshew. Tabachir (tab-a-sher), n. Same as Taba sheer. Tabanidæ (ta-ban'i-de),n.pl. [See TABANUS.] A family of dipterous insects, of which Tabanus is the typical genus. They are popularly known by the names breeze, cleg, or gadfly, and are particularly annoying to cattle, the skins of which are often streaked with blood from their bites. Tabanus (ta-ba'nus), n. [L., a horse-fly.] A genus of dipterous insects, family Tabanidæ, of which T. bovinus, or gadfly, is the largest British species. It is extremely troublesome to cattle. An Tabard (ta'bärd), n. [Fr. tabard, Sp. and Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, L. L. tabarrus, tabardus, a cloak. Origin doubtful.] ancient close-fitting garment, open at the sides, with wide sleeves, or flaps, reaching to the elbows. It was worn over the body armour, and was generally emblazoned with the arms of the wearer or of his lord. At first the tabard was very long, reaching to the mid-leg, but it was afterwards made Tabard, Sir John Cornwall, Ampthill Church, Beds. shorter. It was at first chiefly worn by the military, but afterwards became an ordinary article of dress among other classes in France and England in the middle ages. In this country the tabard is now only worn by heralds and pursuivants of arms, and is embroidered with the arms of the sovereign. This garment gave name to the ancient hostelry from which Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims started. Written also Taberd, Tabert. Tabarder (tä-bärd'ér), n. One who wears a tabard; specifically, a scholar belonging to the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, whose original dress was a tabard. Often written in this sense Tabardeer. Tabaret (tab'a-ret), n. [Probably connected with tabby.] A stout satin-striped silk, used for furniture. Tabasheer (tab-a-sher), n. [Ar. tabashir.] A concretion found in the joints of the bamboo and other large grasses. It consists of silica mixed with a little lime and vegetable matter, and is formed probably by extrava sation of the juices in consequence of a morbid state of the plant. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a tonic, and as such is often chewed along with betel. It is used also in cases of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, &c. Its optical properties are peculiar, inasmuch as it exhibits the lowest refracting power of all known substances. The sweet juice of the bamboo stalks has also been called tabasheer. Tabbinet (tab'i-net), n. Same as Tabinet. Tabby (tab'i), n. [Fr. tabis, Sp. Pg. and It. tabi, L.L. attabi, from Ar. 'attabi, a rich kind of watered silk, from el 'attabiya, a quarter of Bagdad where this stuff was manufactured, so named after a prince called Attab. In meaning 2 the origin is doubtful.] 1. The name given to a kind of rich silk and other stuffs watered or figured by being passed through a calender, the rollers of which are variously engraved. The engraved parts, pressing unequally upon the stuff, renders the surface unequal so as to reflect the rays of light differently, and produce the appearance of waves. Brocadoes, and laces, and tabbies, and gauzes.' Swift.-2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water, forming a mass which, when dry, becomes as hard as rock. This is used in Morocco as a substitute for bricks or stone in building. Weale.-3. A cat of a mixed or brindled colour; any cat. [Colloq.]-4. An old maiden lady; an ancient spinster; a gossip. [Colloq.] Upon the rest 'tis not worth while to dwell, Tabby (tab'i), a. [See the noun.] 1. Having A brinded cat. The art or operation of passing stuffs between engraved rollers to give them a wavy appearance: called also Watering. Tabet (tab), n. A wasting of the body; tabes. Tabefaction (ta-be-fak'shon), n. [See TABEFY.] A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease; emaciation. Tabefy (tab'e-fi), v.t. pret. & pp. tabefied; ppr. tabefying. [L. tabes, a wasting away, and facio, to make.] To cause to consume or waste away; to emaciate. [Rare.] Meat eaten in greater quantity than is convenient tabefies the flesh. Harvey. Tabellion (ta-bel'li-on), n. [L. tabellio, from tabella, a tablet, dim. of tabula, a tablet.] A kind of secretary or notary; a scrivener. Such a functionary existed under the Roman Empire, and during the old monarchy in France. Cotgrave. Taber (tå'ber), v.i. Same as Tabor. Her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. Nahum ii. 7. Taberd (ta bérd). Same as Tabard. Tabern (tab'èrn), n. [L. taberna, a tavern.] A cellar. Halliwell. [Provincial English.j Tabernacle (tab'èr-na-kl), n. [L. tabernaculum, a tent, a dim. from taberna, a hut, a shed, a tavern, from root of tabula, a board, a tablet, a table.] 1. A slightly con TABERNACLE structed temporary habitation; especially, a tent or pavilion. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy taber nacles, O Israel! Num. xxiv. 5. Pavilions numberless and sudden rear'd, Celestial tabernacles, where they slept. Milton. 2. In Jewish antiq. a movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with ease and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was of a rectangular figure, 45 feet by 15, and 15 feet in height. The interior was divided into two rooms or compartments by a vail or curtain, and it was covered with four different spreads or carpets. The outer or larger compartment was called the holy place, being that in which incense was burned and the show-bread exhibited; and the inner the most holy place, or holy of holies, in which was deposited the ark of the covenant. It was situated in a court 150 feet by 75, surrounded by screens 74 feet high. 3. A temple; a place of worship; a sacred place; specifically, the temple of Solomon. Ps. xv. 1. 4. Any small cell or repository in which holy or precious things are deposited, as an ornamented chest placed on Roman Catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyx; or, a reliquary or small box for the presentation of relics and the like.-5. The human frame. Yea I think it meet, as long as I am in this taber nacie, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my taber nacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. 1 Pet. i. 13. 14. 6. In Goth. arch. a canopied stall or niche; a cabinet or shrine ornamented with openworked tracery, &c.; an arched canopy over a tomb; also, a tomb or monument.. 7. Naut. an elevated socket for a boat's mast, or a projecting post to which a mast may be hinged when it is fitted for lowering to pass beneath bridges. Feast of tabernacles, the last of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites, which required the presence of all the people in Jerusalem. Its object was to commemorate the dwelling of the people in tents during their journeys in the wilderness; and it was also a feast of thanksgiving for the harvest and vintage. It was celebrated in autumn, at the conclusion of the vintage, and lasted eight days, during which the people dwelt in booths made in the streets, in courts, or on the tops of their houses, of the leafy branches of certain trees. These booths were intended to represent the tents in which the Israelites dwelt in the wilderness. See Lev. xxiii. Tabernacle (tab'èr-na-kl), v.i. pret. & pp. tabernacled; ppr. tabernacling. To sojourn; to reside for a time; to be housed. He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. Dr. J. Scott. Tabernacle (tab'èr-na-kl), a. In arch. same as Tabernacular. Tabernacular (tab-ér-nak'ü-lér), a. Sculptured with delicate tracery or open work; latticed. n. The sides of every street were covered, the cloisters crowned with rich and lofty pinnacles, and fronted with tabernacular or open work. T. Warton. Tabernæmontana (tā-bêr'nē-mon-tā"na), [In honour of James Theodore Tabernæmontanus, a celebrated physician and botanist.] A large tropical genus of glabrous trees or shrubs (nat. order Apocynaceae), with opposite leaves, and cymose, white or yellowish, often rather large flowers. They possess a milky juice, which is not poisonous, as in many allied genera, but perfectly wholesome. T. utilis is the hya-hya or cowtree of Demerara, the thick juice of which is used as milk. Tabes (tā bez), n. [L., from tabeo, to waste away.) A dysthetic or cachectic disease, characterized by a gradually progressive emaciation of the whole body, accompanied with languor, depressed spirits, and, for the most part, imperfect or obscure hectic, without any topical affection of any of the viscera of the head, chest, or belly-Tabes mesenterica, that wasting of the body which follows scrofulous inflammation of the mesenteric glands.-Tabes dorsalis, an impairment of general health, attended by emaciation, muscular debility, and signs of nervous exhaustion, occasioned by an inordinate indulgence of the sexual appetite. It is so called from the weakness which it causes in the back and loins. [Tabes dorsalis has been used by some writers of eminence as synonymous with tabes mesenterica.] 293 Tabetic (ta-bet'ik), a. Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. Tabid (tab'id), a. [L. tabidus, from tabeo, to waste.] Relating to tabes; wasted by disease; tabetic. Arbuthnot. In tabid persons milk is the best restorative. Tabidly (tab'id-li), adv. In a tabid manner; wastingly; consumptively. Tabidness (tab'id-nes), n. State of being tabid or wasted by disease; emaciation; tabes. Tabific (ta-bif'ik), a. [Tabes, and L. facio, to make, to cause.] Causing consumption; wasting. Tabinet (tab'i-net), n. [According to Trench from a French Protestant refugee of this name who first made tabinet in Dublin.] A name applied to one or two fabrics: (a) a kind of taffety or tabby; (b) a fabric of silk and wool used for curtains. Tabitude (tab'i-tüd), n. [L. tabitudo.] The state of one affected with tabes. Tablature (tab'la-tür), n. [Fr. tablature. See TABLE.] 1. A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design. Shaftesbury.-2. In music, the expression of sounds or notes of composition by letters of the alphabet or ciphers, or other characters not used in modern music. In a stricter sense, the manner of writing a piece for the lute, theorbo, guitar, bass-viol, or the like, which is done by writing on several parallel lines (each of which represents a string of the instrument) certain letters of the alphabet, referring to the frets on the neck of the instrument, the time value of the notes being indicated by various arbitrary signs written over the lines. This mode of writing music has long been disused. 3. In anat. a division or parting of the skull into two tables. Table (tā'bl), n. [Fr. table, a table for taking food, fare or viands, a tablet, a list, a kind of game, &c., from L. tabula, a board, a painting, a tablet, a table of laws, or the like, from a root ta, to extend, and suffix bula. Comp. fabula, a fable, from fari, to speak. Of allied origin also tavern, tabernacle. The same root is in thin (which see).] 1. A flat surface of some extent; a flat smooth piece; a tablet; a slab. 'A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble.' Sandys.-2. An article of furniture, consisting usually of a frame with a flat surface or top of boards or other material, supported by legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as for holding dishes of meat, for writing on, &c. Curteys he was, lowely, and servysable And carf byforn his fadur at the table. Chaucer. 3. Fare or entertainment of provisions; as, he keeps a good table.-4. The persons sitting at table or partaking of entertainment. To set the table on a roar.' Shak. not on I drink to the general joy o' the whole table. Shak 5. A thin piece of something for writing on; a tablet; hence (in pl.) a memorandum book. Ex. xxxii. 15. 'Written tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.' 2 Cor. iii. 3. 'In the midst of the sermon, pulls out his tables in haste, as if he feared to lose that note.' Bp. Hall.6. A picture; a painting; also, a surface to be drawn or painted on. 'To sit and draw his arched brows. . . in our heart's table.' Shak. Learning flourished yet in the city of Sicyon, and they esteemed the painting of tables in that city to be the perfectest for true colours and fine drawing of all other places. North. 7. That part of a machine-tool on which work is placed to be operated upon.-8. The board or bar in a draw-loom to which the tails of the harness are attached.-9. In arch. (a) a tablet; a flat surface, generally rectangular, charged with some ornamental figure. When it projects from the naked of the wall it is termed a raised or projecting table; when it is not perpendicular to the horizon it is called a raking table; and when the surface is rough, frosted, or vermiculated it is called arustic table. Gwilt. (b) A horizontal moulding on the exterior or interior face of a wall, placed at different levels, which form basements, separate the stories of a building, and crown its upper portions; a string-course. Orford Glossary.-10. In persp. same as Perspective Plane. See PERSPECTIVE.-11. In anat. one of the two bony plates or laminæ, which, with a cellular structure between them, form the bones of the skull.-12. In 15. A presentation of many items or particulars in one connected group; especially when the items are in lists or columns; as, (a) a collection of heads or principal matters contained in a book, with reference to the pages where each may be found; an index; as, a table of contents. (b) In math., astron., &c., an arranged collection of many particulars, data, or values; a system of numbers calculated for expediting operations, or for exhibiting the measures or values of some property common to a number of different bodies in reference to some common standard; also, a series of numbers which proceed according to some given law expressed by a formula; as, tables of logarithms, tables of annuities, tables of rhumbs, tables of the powers or roots of the different numbers, tables of multiplication, tables of specific gravity, of refractive powers, of the expansions of bodies by heat, &c.; tables of aberration, of refraction, and the like.-16. In jewelry, the upper and flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone which has the sides only cut in angles. 17. pl. In Scotch eccles. hist. the designation given to the permanent council held in Edinburgh for managing the affairs of the Covenanters during the reign of Charles I. This council is said to have been so named from a green table at which the members sat. - The Lord's table, the sacrament or holy communion of the Lord's supper.-Round table. See ROUND.-Tables Toletanes, the Alphonsine astronomical tables, so called from their being adapted to the city of Toledo. Chaucer. -Twelve tables, the tables containing a celebrated body of ancient Roman laws. These laws were drawn up by the decemvirs, B.C. 451, and hence they were at first called the laws of the decemvirs. They were originally only ten in number, but two more were added to them B. C. 450. The twelve tables are called by Livy the source of public and private law; and the text of them was preserved down to the latest age of Roman literature. They formed the basis of the greater part of Roman jurisprudence. - To lay on the table, in parliamentary practice and in the usage of corporate and other bodies, to receive any document, as a report, motion, or the like, but to agree to postpone its consideration indefinitely. To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of contending parties: a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming. To serve tables, in Scrip. to administer the alms of the church. Acts vi. 2. Table (tabl), v.t. pret. & pp. tabled; ppr. tabling. 1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines. Though the catalogue of his endowments had been tabled by his side and I to peruse him by items. Shak. 2. To represent, as in a picture or painting; to delineate, as on a tablet. 'Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.' Bacon.-3. To board; to supply with food. When he himself tabled the Jews from heaven, that omer, which was every man's daily portion of manna, is computed to have been more than might well have sufficed the heartiest feeders thrice as many meals. Milton. 4. To lay or place upon a table. Forty thousand francs; to such length will the father-in-law . . . table ready-money. Carlyle. 5. To lay on the table in business meetings, whether public or private; to enter upon the record; as, to table charges against some one; to table a motion to be considered at a subsequent meeting.-6. In carp. to let, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections on each to prevent the pieces from drawing asunder or slipping upon one another.-7. Naut. to make broad hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope. R. H. Dana. TABLE Table (tá'bl), v.i. To board; to diet or live at the table of another. He (Nebuchadnezzar) was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts. South. Table (tabl), a. Appertaining to or provided for a table; as, table requisites. Tableau (tab-lo'), n. pl. Tableaux (tablôz'). [Fr.] 1. A picture; a striking and vivid representation. -2. Performers grouped in a dramatic scene, or any persons regarded as forming a dramatic group; especially, a group of persons so dressed and placed as to represent some interesting scene by way of amusement. In this sense called also a Tableau Vivant. Table-beer (tā'bl-ber), n. Beer for the table or for common use; a kind of beer of no great strength. Table-bell (tá'bl-bel), n. A small bell to be used at table for calling servants. Table-book (tä'bl-buk), n. 1. A book on which anything is engraved or written without ink; tablets. If I had played the desk or table-book.' Shak. Put into your table-book whatever you judge wor thy. Dryden. 2. A book, generally handsomely bound, and illustrated and intended to lie on a table for the amusement of visitors, &c. Table-cloth (tabl-kloth), n. A cloth for covering a table, particularly for spreading on a table before the dishes are set for meals. Table-clothing (táʼbl-klōтH-ing), n. Table linen. I've got lots o' sheeting, and table-clothing, and towelling. George Eliot. Table-cover (tā'bl-kuv-êr), n. A cloth made of wool, flax, cotton, &c., usually woven or stamped with a pattern, and laid on a table between meal-times. Table d'hote (tä'bl-dot). [Fr.] A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary. Table-diamond (tä'bl-di-a-mond), n. A diamond whose upper surface is quite flat, the sides only being cut in angles. Table-knife (tä'bl-nif), n. An ordinary knife used at table, as distinct from a fruit-knife, &c. Table-land (tabl-land), n. A stretch of elevated flat land; a plateau; a plain elevated considerably above the level of the sea, and having more or less steep acclivities on every side. The chief table-lands are those among the Andes, those of Mexico, and those of Central Asia. The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the shining table-lands To which our God himself is moon and sun. Tennyson. Table-layers (tā'bl-lā-érz), n. pl. In geol. that peculiar structure in certain granites, greenstones, and other igneous rocks, which gives to their sections the appearance of stratification. Page. Called also Pseudo-strata. Table-linen (tā'bl-lin-en), n. The linen used for and at the table, such as tablecloths, napkins, &c.; napery. Table-man (tā'bl-man), n. A man or piece at draughts. Bacon. Tablement (ta'bl-ment), n. In arch. a flat surface; a table. Tablements and chapters of pillars.' Holland. Table-money (tä'bl-mun-i), n. An allow- Table-moving (tä'bl-möv-ing), n. Same as Tabler (tabl-ér), n. 1. One who tables.- To be the music-master; tabler, too, B. Jonson. Table-rent (tá'bl-rent), n. In old Eng. law, rent paid to a bishop, &c., reserved and appropriated to his table or housekeeping. Table-shore (tä ́bl-shōr), n. Naut, a low level shore. Table-spar (tā'bl-spär). See Tabular Spar under TABULAR. Table-spoon (tá'bl-spön), n. The ordinary large spoon used at table. Table-spoonful (tabl-spön-ful), n. The full or once filling of a table-spoon; as much as a table-spoon will hold. Table-sport (tabl-sport), n. The object of amusement at table; a butt. If I find not what I seek, show no colour for my extremity; let me for ever be your table-sport. Shak. Tablet (tablet), n. [Fr. tablette, dim. of 294 table.] 1. A small table or flat surface. 2. A small flat piece of wood, metal, ivory, &c., prepared to write, paint, draw, or engrave upon. Anciently, tablets covered with wax, paper, or parchment were used as ordinary writing materials. Tablets of ivory, metal, stone, or other substance were also used in judiciary proceedings, and all public acts and monuments were in early ages preserved on such materials.-3. A slab of wood, stone, &c., or a plate of metal on which anything is painted, engraved, or the like. 'The pillar'd marble, and the tablet brass.' Prior. Through all Greece the young gentlemen learned ... to design on tablets of boxen wood. Dryden. In the dark church like a ghost Thy tablet glimmers to the dawn. Tennyson. 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum-book. 5. A small flattish cake, as of soap. It hath been anciently in use to wear tablets of ar senick, or preservatives, against the plague. Bacon. 6. In med. a solid kind of electuary or confection made of dry ingredients, usually with sugar, and formed into little flat squares. Called also Lozenge and Troche.7. In arch. Same as Table, 9. Table-talk (tā'bl-tak), n. Conversation at table or at meals; familiar conversation. He improves by the table-talk. I see myself an honour'd guest, Guardian. Or deep dispute, and graceful jest. Tennyson. Table-talker (tā bl-tak-ér), n. A conversationist; one who studies to lead or outshine others in table-talk; a verbal monopolist. Table-turning (tabl-térn-ing), n. One of the alleged phenomena of spiritualism, consisting of certain movements of tables attributed to an exertion of power of departed spirits, or to the development of latent, vital, or spiritual forces: generally considered, however, to be the result of simple physical causes. Called also Table-moving, Tabletipping. Tabling (ta'bling), n. 1. A forming into tables.-2. In carp. the letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in ship-building.-3. In sail-making, a broad hem made on the skirts of sails by turning over the edge of the canvas and sewing it down.-4. The act of playing at tables.-5.† Board; maintenance. My daughter hath there already now of me ten poundes which I account to be given for her tabling; after this ten poundes will follow another for her ap parel. R. Bernard. -Tabling of fines, in law, the forming into a table or catalogue the fines for every county, giving the contents of each fine passed in any one term. This was done by the chirographer of fines of the Common Pleas. Tabling-houset (tā'bling-hous), n. house where gaming-tables were kept. 1. A They allege that there is none but common gamehouses and tabling-houses that are condemned, and not the playing sometimes in their own private houses. Northbrooke. 2. A boarding-house. Tablinum (tab-li'num), n. [L.] In Rom. antiq. an apartment in a Roman house in which records were kept and the hereditary statues placed. It was situated at the further end of the atrium opposite the door leading into the hall. Taboo (tä-bo'), n. The setting of something apart, either as consecrated or accursed, the idea of prohibition being conveyed in either sense; the state of being so set apart: the name of an institution which was formerly in existence throughout Polynesia and New Zealand, but has now to a large extent disappeared; hence, a total prohibition of intercourse with or approach to anything; as, to put something under taboo. South-sea isle taboo.' Tennyson. Taboo (tä-bo'), v.t. To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to or contact or intercourse with, as for religious reasons; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals; a tabooed subject is one not to be discussed. Tabor (tá'bor), n. [0. Fr. tabour, Mod. Fr. tambour, Sp. and Pg. tambor, probably from Per. tabir, a tabor.] A small drum beaten with one stick, used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife. Written also Tabour. If you did but hear the pedlar at door, you would never dance again after a taber and pipe. Shak Tabor (tā'bor), v.i. 1. To play upon a tabor. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. Nah. ii. 7. TABULAR To sound by beating a One who beats the Tabor (ta bor), v.t. I would I could see this taborer. Shak Tabour (ta'bor), n. and v. Same as Tabor. Tabourer (ta'bor-ér), n. Same as Taborer. Tabouret (tabo-ret), n. [Fr., a dim. of O. Fr. tabour, a tabor. Meanings 2 and 3 are from its shape.] 1. Same as Taboret. They shall depart the manor before him, with trumpets, tabourets, and other minstrelsy. Spectator, 2. A seat without arms or back; a stool. 3. A frame for embroidery. Right of the tabouret (droit de tabouret), a privilege formerly enjoyed by ladies of the highest rank at the French court of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the queen: corresponding to droit de fauteuil enjoyed by gentlemen. Tabourine (täʼbö-rën),n. Same as Taborine. Beat loud the tabourines, let the trumpets blow. Shak. Tabrere+(ta'brĕr), n. A taborer. Spenser. Tabret (ta bret), n. [A dim. form. See TABOR.] A tabor. 1 Sam. xviii. 6. Tabu (tä-bö'), n. Same as Taboo. Tabula (tab'u-la), n. [L] A table; a tablet; a flat surface; specifically, in zool. the horizontal plate or floor found in some sclerodermic corals, extending across the cavity of the theca from side to side.-Tabula rasa, a smoothed tablet: applied figuratively to any object on which no impression has been made, as the mind of an infant, and the like. Tabular (tab'û-lèr), a. [L. tabularis, from tabula, a table.] 1: In the form of a table; having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.2. Having the form of lamina or plates. All the nodules except those that are tabular and plated.' Woodward.-3. Set down in or forming a table, list, or schedule; as, a tabular catalogue of substances.-4. Derived from or computed by the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.-Tabular crystal, one in which the prism is very short.— Tabular spar, in mineral. a silicate of lime, generally of a grayish-white colour. It occurs either massive or crystallized, in rectangular four-sided tables. Tabular spar is the schaalstein of Werner, and the prismatic augite of Jameson. Called also Wollastonite. Tabular structure, in mineral. a form of structure consisting of parallel plates separated by regular seams. It is the consequence of crystallization, and is not unconimonly confounded with stratification.-Tabular differences, in logarithmic tables of numbers, a column of numbers marked D, consisting of the differences of the logarithms taken in succession, each number being the difference between the successive logarithms in the same line with it. When the difference is not the same between all the logarithms in the same line the number which answers most nearly to it, one part taken with another, is inserted. In the common tables of logarithms the logarithms of all numbers from 1 to 10,000 can be found by inspection, but by the aid of the tabular differences the logarithms of numbers between 10,000 and 1,000,000 may be found. Also, by the aid of the same differences the number corresponding to any given logarithm can be found to five or six places. In logarithmic tables of sines, tangents, secants, cosines, cotangents, and cosecants there are three columns of tabular differences in each page. The first of these is placed between the sines and cosecants, the second between the tangents and cotangents, and the third between the secants and cosines. These numbers are the differences between the logarithms on the left hand, against which they are placed, and the next lower, increased in the proportion of 100 to 60. The use of these differences is to facilitate the finding of the logarithmic sine, tangent, secant, &c., for any given degrees, minutes, and seconds, or the degrees, minutes, and seconds corresponding to any given logarithmic sine, tangent, secant, &c. TABULARIZATION Tabularization (tab ́ú-lêr-iz-ä"shon), n. The act of tabularizing or forming into tables; tabulation. Tabularize (tab'ū-lèr-iz), v. t. To make tables of; to form into or reduce to tables; to tabulate. Tabulata (tab-ū-lā'ta), n. pl. [From tabula.] A group of sclerodermatous zoantharia in which the septa or partitions are rudimentary or entirely absent, the tabulæ, or horizontal transverse plates, well developed, dividing the visceral chamber into a series of stories. Tabulate (tab'ù-lat), v.t. pret. & pp. tabulated; ppr. tabulating: 1. To reduce to tables or synopses. A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may be tabulated, and put in figures. Is. Taylor. 2. To shape with a flat surface. Tabulate (tab'ü-lat), a. Table-shaped; tabulated; specifically, of or pertaining to the group of corals Tabulata. The so-called tabulate corals." H. A. Nicholson. Tabulation (tab-ū-lā'shon), n. The art or act of tabulating or forming tables, or throwing data into a tabular form; data put into a tabular form. The value of such a tabulation was immense at the time, and is even still very great. Whewell. Tact (tak), n. [A form of tack.] In law, a kind of customary payment by a tenant. Tacahout (tak'a-hut), n. [Ar] The native name of the small gall formed on the tamarisk-tree (Tamarix indica). See MAHEE. Tacamahac, Tacamahaca (tak'a-ma-hak, tak'a-ma-ha"ka), n. 1. The popular name of Icica Tacamahaca, a tree of South America; also of the form of Calophyllum Inophyllum occurring in Madagascar and the Isle of Bourbon, and of Populus balsamifera, a tree of North America -2. A resin, the produce of Calophyllum Inophyllum and of Elaphrium tomentosum, a tree of Mexico and the West Indies. It occurs in yellowish pieces, of a strong smell and a bitterish aromatic taste. Tacca (tak'ka), n. [Malay.] A genus of plants, the type of the nat. order Taccace, containing six or seven species, natives of tropical Africa and America, the hotter parts of India, and the South Sea Islands. It Tacca pinnatifida. consists of perennial, often large herbs with tuberous roots, simple or pinnate radical leaves, and greenish or brown flowers arranged in an umbel at the top of a leafless scape, and surrounded by an involucre of simple bracts. From the tubers of some species, especially T. pinnatifida, a white, highly nutritious substance, like arrow-root, is separated, which is employed as an article of diet by the inhabitants of the Malayan Peninsula and the Moluccas. The petioles and stalks of T. pinnatifida, boiled for some time, are also employed as articles of diet in China and Cochin-China. Tace (tä'cha). In music, a direction that a particular voice, instrument, or part is to be silent for a certain specified time. Taces (tas'ëz), n. pl. Armour for the thigh. See TASSES. Tacet (ta'set), v. [L., it is silent; third pers. sing. pres. ind. of tacco, to be silent.] In music, same as Tace. Tac-free (tak'fré), a. In old law, exempt from rents, payments, &c. Tach, Tache (tach), n. [A softened form of tack. See TACK.] Something used for Warner. Same as Usurp his father's throne, Of whom e'en his adorers write Evil taches many a one. Tacheography (tak-e-og'ra-fi), n. Tachygraphy. Tachometer (ta-kom'et-ér), n. [Gr. tachos, speed, and metron, measure.] An instrument for measuring velocity; especially, (a) a contrivance for the purpose of indicating small variations in the velocity of machines, one form of which consists of a cup and a tube opening into its centre, both being partly filled with mercury or a coloured fluid, and attached to a spindle. This apparatus is whirled round by the machine, and the centrifugal force produced by this whirling causes the mercury to recede from the centre and rise upon the sides of the cup. The mercury in the tube descends at the same time, and the degree of this descent is measured by a scale attached to the tube. On the velocity of the machine being lessened the mercury rises in the centre, causing a proportionate rise in the tube.(b) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in rivers, &c., as by means of its action on a flat surface connected with a lever above the surface carrying a movable counterpoise, or by its action on the vanes of a wheel, whose revolutions are registered by a train of wheelwork. Tachydidaxy (tak'i-di-dak"si), n. [Gr. tachys, quick, and didaxis, teaching.] A short method of imparting knowledge. [Rare.] 1. A Tachydromian (tak-i-dro'mi-an), n. bird of the genus Tachydromus.-2. One of a tribe of saurians of the same name. 3. One of a family of dipterous insects. Tachydromus (ta-kid'ro-mus), n. [Gr. tachys, quick, and dromos, a running.] 1. According to Illiger, a genus of wading birds, the Cursorius of Lacépède.-2. A sub-genus of saurian reptiles found in the Indian Islands and China. Tachygraphic, Tachygraphical (tak-igrafik, tak-i-graf'ik-al), a. Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand. Tachygraphy (ta-kigʻra-fi), n. [Gr. tachys, quick, and grapho, to write.] The art or practice of quick writing; shorthand; stenography. Sometimes written Tacheography. [Rare.] Tachylite (tak'i-lit), n. [Gr. tachys, quick, and lithos, a stone. The name has reference to the facility with which it fuses under the blow-pipe.] A black vitreous mineral of the hornblende family, occurring in amorphous fragments in the softer trap-rocks, and nearly allied to obsidian and isopyre. Tachypetes (ta-kip'e-tēz), n. [Gr. tachys, quick, and petomai, to fly.] Vieillot's generic name for the frigate-bird. Tacit (tas'it), a. [L. tacitus, silent, from taceo, to be silent.] Implied but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or not interposing an objection. A natural and tacit confederation amongst all men, against the enemy of human society, pirates.' Bacon. In elective governments there is a tacit covenant, that the king of their own making shall make his makers princes. Sir R. L'Estrange. -Tacit relocation. See RELOCATION. Tacitly (tas'it-li), adv. In a tacit manner; silently; by implication, without words; as, he tacitly assented. While they are exposing another's weaknesses, they are tacitly aiming at their own commendations. Addison. Taciturn (tas'i-térn), a. [L. taciturnus, from tacitus, silent, from taceo, to be silent.] Habitually silent; not given readily to converse; not apt to talk or speak. Grieve was very submissive, respectful, and reSmollett. markably taciturn. Taciturnity (tas-i-térn'i-ti), n. [Fr. taciturnité, L. taciturnitas.] 1. The state or quality of being taciturn; habitual silence or reserve in speaking. Too great loquacity, and too great taciturnity by fits.' Arbuthnot.-2. In Scots law, a mode of extinguishing an obligation in a shorter period than by the forty years' prescription. This mode of extinguishing obligations is by the silence of the creditor, and arises from a presumption that, in the relative situations of himself and creditor, he would not have TACKET been so long silent if the debt had not been paid or the obligation implemented. Taciturnly (tas'i-térn-li), adv. In a taciturn manner; silently; without conversation. Tack (tak), n. [Probably of Celtic origin; Ir. taca, a pin, a nail, a fastening; Gael. tacaid, a tack, a peg; Armor. tach, a small nail; comp. also D. tak, Dan. takke, G. zacke, a prong, a jag, &c. This word also appears in attach, attack (which see).] 1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad head. Tacks are used for various purposes, as for stretching cloth upon a board, and fastening slightly any covering. 2. A hook or clasp; a stitch or similar slight fastening connecting two pieces. [Provincial English and Scotch.] 3. Naut. (a) a rope used to confine the foremost lower corners of the courses and staysails, when the wind crosses the ship's course obliquely; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding-sail to the boom. (b) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of the courses. Hence, (c) the course of a ship in regard to the position of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; the former when she is close-hauled with the wind on her starboard, the latter when close-hauled with the wind on her port side.-4. That which is attached; an appendix; a supplement; addition. Some tacks had been made to money-bills in King Charles's reign. Burnet. 5. In Scots law, a contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease; as, a tack of land. Hard tack. See HARDTACK. [Tack here may be the same as tack, touch, taste, flavour. See separate entry.] -To bear or to hold tack, an old phrase signifying to last or hold out. Martilmas beefe doth bear good tacke If this twig be made of wood Tusser. Hudibras. -Tack of a flag, a line spliced into the eye at the bottom of the tabling, for securing the flag to the halliards. Tack (tak), v.t. [See the noun.] 1. To fasten; to attach. In hopes of getting commendam tacked to their sees.' Swift. And tack the centre to the sphere.' G. Herbert. - 2. To attach, secure, or unite together in a slight or hasty manner; to fix or join together, as by tacks or stitches; as, to tack together the sheets of a book. There's but a shirt and a half in all my company; and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like an herald's coat without sleeves. Shak. 3. To add as a supplement to, as to a bill in its progress through parliament; to append. Let them take care that they do not provoke us to tack in earnest. How would they like to have bills of supply with bills of attainder tacked to them. Macaulay. Tack (tak), v.i. To change the course of a ship by shifting the tacks and position of the sails from one side to the other; to alter its course through the shifting of the tacks and sails. Tacking is an operation by which, when a ship is proceeding in a course making any acute angle with the direction of the wind on one of her bows, her head is turned towards the wind, so that she may sail on a course making nearly the same angle with its direction on the other bow. This is effected by means of the rudder and sails. As when a boat tacks, and the slacken'd sails flap.' Tennyson. 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 (tak), n. A shelf on which cheese is dried. [Local.] Tack (tak), n. [Perhaps literally something tacked on or attached to one.] A stain; a blemish; a spot. You do not the thing that you would; that is perhaps perfectly, purely, without some tack or mixture. Hammond. Tackt (tak), n. [A corruption of tact.] Touch; feeling; flavour; taste. Or cheese, which our fat soil to every quarter sends, Whose tack the hungry clown and plowman so commends. Drayton. Tack-duty (tak'du-ti), n. In Scots law, rent reserved on a tack or lease. Tacker (tak'èr), n. One who tacks or makes an addition. Tacket (tak'et), n. [From tack] A short nail with a large prominent head, worn in the soles of strong shoes; a clout-nail or hobnail. [Scotch. ] |