Dictionary

"the twentieth letter of the English alphabet is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th which has two distinct sounds as in thin then. See Guide to Pronunciation //262-264 and also //153 156 169

"To take."

"The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle." — "A tag. See Tag 2." — "A loop for pulling or lifting something." — "A border of lace or other material worn on the inner front edge of ladies'

"A smooth flat surface like the side of a board; a thin flat smooth piece of anything; a slab." — "A thin flat piece of wood stone metal or other material on which anything is cut traced written or painted; a tablet"

"A small table or flat surface." — "A flat piece of any material on which to write paint draw or engrave; also such a piece containing an inscription or a picture." — "Hence a small picture; a miniature." — "A ki

"Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes the rope and attachments as distinct from the block." — "Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is

"Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics."

"The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics or the tactics of battles and elementary tactics or the tact

"Any slight appendage as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically a direction card or label." — "A metallic binding tube or point at the end of a string or lace to stiffen it." — "The

"of Tag"

"Limitation; abridgment." — "Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as estate tail." — "The terminal and usually flexible posterior appendage of an animal." — "Any long flexible terminal appendage; whatever rese

"Taken." — "In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey." — "To obtain possession of by fo

"p. p. of Take."

"of Take" — "Apt to take; alluring; attracting." — "Infectious; contageous." — "The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension." — "Agitation; excitement; distress of mind." — "Malign influence

"See Tael." — "That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story." — "A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumerati

"Among the ancient Greeks a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6 000 drachmae. The Attic talent as a weight was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money its value was ?243 15s. s

"Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted."

"of Talk"

"of Talk" — "That talks; able to utter words; as a talking parrot." — "Given to talk; loquacious."

"High in stature; having a considerable or an unusual extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as a tall person tree or mast." — "Brave

"See Picul." — "The bark of the oak and some other trees bruised and broken by a mill for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark." — "A yellowish-brown color like t

"A small Indian dry measure averaging 240 grains in weight; also a Bombay weight of 72 grains for pearls." — "A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids."

"To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as to tap one with the hand or a cane." — "To put a new sole or heel on; as to tap shoes." — "A gentle or slight blow; a light rap;

"A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as curtains tied with tape." — "A tapeline; also a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as a steel tap

"A kind of small shield or buckler used as a defensive weapon in war." — "A butt or mark to shoot at as for practice or to test the accuracy of a firearm or the force of a projectile." — "The pattern or arrangement

"Furnished armed or protected with a target."

"Labor or study imposed by another often in a definite quantity or amount." — "Business; employment; undertaking; labor." — "To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business labor or duty to." — "To