Index of English words, starting with "ta"

(1) - Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.

(1) - Tabby (v. t.) To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
(2) - Tabby (a.) Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
(3) - Tabby (a.) Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
(4) - Tabby (n.) An old maid or gossip.
(5) - Tabby (n.) A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
(6) - Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
(7) - Tabby (n.) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

(1) - Tabefaction (n.) A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.

(1) - Tabefy (v. t.) To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.

(1) - Tabernacle (v. i.) To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
(2) - Tabernacle (n.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
(3) - Tabernacle (n.) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
(4) - Tabernacle (n.) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(5) - Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
(6) - Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
(7) - Tabernacle (n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
(8) - Tabernacle (n.) Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
(9) - Tabernacle (n.) Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
(10) - Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
(11) - Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.
(12) - Tabernacle (n.) A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.