A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
ties:
of Rurality
Ta:
To take.
Taas:
A heap. See Tas.
Tab:
The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Tab:
A tag. See Tag, 2.
Tab:
A loop for pulling or lifting something.
Tab:
A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
Tab:
A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Tabacco:
Tobacco.
Tabanus:
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Tabard:
A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garmen ...
Tabarder:
One who wears a tabard.
Tabarder:
A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
Tabaret:
A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
Tabasheer:
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, ...
Tabbinet:
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
Tabbies:
of Tabby
Tabby:
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Tabby:
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.
Tabby:
A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
Tabby:
An old maid or gossip.
Tabby:
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
Tabby:
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
Tabbied:
of Tabby
Tabbying:
of Tabby
Tabby:
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
Tabefaction:
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
Tabefied:
of Tabefy
Tabefying:
of Tabefy
Tabefy:
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
Tabellion:
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
Taber:
Same as Tabor.
Taberd:
See Tabard.
Tabernacle:
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Tabernacle:
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.