3. To take to TASK. To reprove; to repri L'Efrange. Addifon. mand. To TASK. v. n. [from the noun.] To burthen with fomething to be done. TA'SKER. - tasks. Shakespeare Dryden. } S. [task and mafter.} One who impofes Milton. South. TA'SSEL. f. [taffe, French.] An ornamental bunch of filk, or glittering fubstances. TA'SSEL. Spenfer. Sandy's }s. An herb. Axifworth. TAʼZEL. TA'SSELLED. f. [from taffel.] Adorned with taffels. TA'SSES. f. Armour for the thighs. Milton. Ainjworth. TA'STABLE. a. That may be tafted; favoury. Boyle To TASTE. v. a. [tafler, to try, French.] 1. To perceive or diftinguish by the pa late. Jobn. 2. To try by the mouth; to eat at least in a fmall quantity. 3. To eflay firft. Milton Knolles. Dryden. 4. To feel; to have preception of. To TASTE. v. n. Hebrews. 1. To try by the mouth; to eat. Milton. 2. To have a fmack; to produce on the palate a particular fenfation. Bacon. Swift. 3. To diftinguifh intellectually. Swift. 4. To relish intellectually; to approve. Milton. 5. To be inftructed, or receive some quaShakespeare. lity or character. 6. To try the relish of any thing. Davies. Wisdom. Milton. Dryden. 1. The act of tafting; guftation. Milton. 2. The fenfe by which the relifh of any thing on the palate is perceived. Bacon, Waller. 3. That fenfation which all things taken into the mouth give particularly to the tongue. 4. Intellectual relish or discernment. Locke. Hooker. Milten. 5. An effay; a trial; an experiment. Shakespeare. Васим. 6. A fmall portion given as a specimen. [from tafter.] Having a parTA'STED. a. ticular relifh. Bacon. TA'STER. f. [t fleur, French.] 1. One who takes the first eflay of food. Crapaw. 2. TA'STELESS. a. [form tafte.] ; Boyle. Rogers. 1. Having no power of perceiving taste. 2. Having no relish or power of ftimulating the palate. 3. Having no power of giving pleasure infipid. 4. Having no intellectual guft. Addifon. TA'STLESSNESS. f. [from taflelefs.] 1. Infipidity; want of relish. 2. Want of perception of taste. 3. Want of intellectual relish. To TATTER. v. a. [zoræɲan, Saxon:] To tear; to rend; to make ragged. Shakespeare. Pope. TATTER. . [from the verb.] A rag; a fluttering rag. L'Efringe. TATTERDEMÄ'LION. S. A ragged fellow. L'Efrange. To TA'TTLE. v. n. [tateren, Dutch.] To prate; to talk idly. Spenfer. Locke. Addison. TATTLE. [from the verb.] Prate; idle chat; trifling talk. Swift. Watts. TATTLER.. [from tattle. ]An idle talker; Taylor. TATTOO. f. The beat of drum,by which foldiers are Warned to their quarters. a prater. Prior. TAUGHT. peterite and part. paffive of Milton. teach. To TAUNT. v. a. [tanfer, Fr. tanden, Dutch.] 1. To reproach; to infult; to revile; to ridicule. Shakespare. Rowe. 2. To exprobate; to mention with up. braiding. Shakespeare. TAUNT. S. [from the verb.] Infult; Scoff; reproach Shakespeare. Prior. TA'UNTER. f. [from taunt.] One who taunts, reproaches, or infults. TAUNTINGLY. ad. [from taunting.]With infult; fcoffingly, with contumely and exprobation. Shakefpare. Prior. TAURICO'RNOUS. a. [taurus and cornu, Lat.] Having horns like a bull. TAUTO'LOGICAL. a. [from tautology.] Repeating the fame thing. TAUTOLOGIST. f. [from tautology.] One who repeats tedioufly. TAUTO'LOGY... [Tavloney.a.] Repetition of the fame words, or of the fame fenfe in different words. Dryden. Addifon. To TAW. v. a. [towen, Dutch; tapan, Saxon.] To drefs white leather,coma se j called alum leather, in contradiflink from tan leather, that which is defid with bark. TAW.. A marble to play with. TAWDRINESS. J. [from tawdry.] Ta fel finery; finery too oftentatious. TAWDRY. a. [from Saint Awdry, or Saint Etheldred, as the things bought t Saint Etheldred's fair.] Meanly fewry; fplendid without coft, Spenfer. L'Efrange. Dryden. Allija TA'WER. ́S [from taw.] A dreffer of white leather. TA'WNY. a. [tane, tanné, Fr.] Yellow, like things tanned. Peacham. Milton. Brown. Adlife. TAX. f. [taxe, French; taxe, Dutch.] 1. An impoft; a tribute impofed; an excife; a tallage. Dryden, Arbatbar Clarenden. 2. Charge; fenfure. To TAX. v. a. [taxer, French.] 1. To load with impofts. 2 Kirgh 2. To charge; to cenfure; to accufe. Shakespeare. Raleigh. Milten. Dway of Piety. Dryden. Addison. TAXABLE. a. [from tax.] That may be taxed. TAXATION. f. [taxation French.] 1. The act of loading with taxes; im Sidney. post; tax. 2. Accufation; fcandal. Shakespeare. TA'XER. S. [from tax.] He who taxes. TEA. . [French.] A Chinefe plant, ef which the infufion has lately been much drank in Europe. Waller. Addifon. Spe&t. Arbatha. Swift. To TEACH. v. a. pieter. and pret. pass. taught, fometimes teached, which is now obfolete. [ræcan, Saxon.] 1. To inftruct; to inform. Ija. Mits upon the mind. Shakespeare. Searb 4. To tell; to give intelligence. Tafer. To TEACH. v. n. To perform the office of an instructor. Shakespeare. Miab. TE'ACHABLE. a. [from teach.] Docile; fufceptive of inftruction. TE'ACHABLENESS. . [from teorbable,] Docility; willingness to learn; capacity TEACHER. S. [from teach.] to learn. Watts. To TEAR. pret. tore, anciently part. paff. 2. To laniate; to wound with any sharp point drawn along. Shakespeare. Jeremiah. 3. To break by violence. "Dryden, A. Phil. 4. To divide violently; to shatter. Locke. 5. To pull with violence; to drive violently. Dryden. Waller. Addifon. To TEAR. v.z, [tieren, Dutch.] To fume; to rave; to rant turbulently. L'Efrange. r.] He who TEARER. f. [ from to tear. rends or tears. TE'ARFALLING. a. [tear and fall.] Tender; fhedding tears. Shakespeare. TEARFUL. a. [tear and full ] Weeping; full of tears. Shakespeare. Pops. To TEASE. v. a. [tæran, Saxon.] 1. To comb or unravel wool or flax. 2. To fcratch cloth in order to level the nap. I 6. To take away by fudden violence. 3. To torment with importunity. Miller. Addifon. Prior. To TED. va. [readan, Saxon.] To lay To TEEM. v. n. [ream, Saxon, offspring.] 2. To be pregnant; to engender young. 3. To be full; to be charged as a breedAddison. ing animal. To TEEM. v. a. 1. To bring forth; to produce. Shakesp. Swift. 2. To pour. TE'EMER. f. [from teem.] One that brings young. TE'EMFUL. a. [reamṛul, Saxon.] 1. Pregnant; prolifick. 2. Brimful. Ainsworth, Dryden. TE'EMLESS. a. [from teem.] Unfruitful; not prolifick. TEEN f. [zinan, Saxon; tenen, Flemish, to vex.] Sorrow; grief. Spenfer. Shakesp To TEEN. v. a. [from tinan, to kindle, Saxon. To excite; to provoke to do a thing. as Granville. TEENS. f. [from teen, for ten.] The years breed teeth. Job. Arbuthnot, tegumentum, Latin. ] TE'GUMENT. S. Brown. Wiseman. Ray. Brown. TEIL tree, f. Linden or lime tree. Ifaiah: tance. 6 G Watts To To TELL. v. a. preterite and part, paff. told. [Tellan, Saxon; taelen, tellen, Dutch; talen, Danish.] 1. To utter; to exprefs; to speak. Milton. 2. To relate; to rehearse; to fpeak. Milten. Dryden. Pope. 3. To teach; to inform. Shakespeare. Sanderson. 4. To difcover; to betray. Numbers. 3. To count; to number. Waller. Prior. 6. To make excufes. A low word. Shakespeare. To TELL. v. 1. 1. One who tells or relates. 3. A teller is an officer of the exchequer, of which there are four in number: their bu-finefs is to receive all monies due to the king, and give the clerk of the pell a bill to charge him therewith: they alfo pay all perfons any money payable to them by the king, by warrant from the auditor of the receipt. Corvel. TELLTALE. S. [tell and tale.] One who gives malicious information; one who carries officious intelligence. * Shakespeare. Fairfax. Milton. TEMERA'RIOUS. a. [temeraire, Fr. temerarius, Latin.] 1. Rafh; heady. L'Eftrange. 2. Careless; heedlefs. Ray. TEM'ERITY. f. [temeritas, Latin.] Rafhnefs; unreasonable contempt of danger. Cowley. To TEMPER. v. a. [tempero, Latin.] 1. To mix fo as that one part qualifies the other. Milton. TEMPERAMENTAL. 4. [from tempes ment.] Conftitutional. TEMPERANCE. f. [temperantia, Latio) 1. Moderation; opposed to gluttony and drunkeness. Milton. Temple. 2. Patience; calmness; fedatenefs; mederation of paffion. Spenser, TEMPERATE. a. [temperatus, Latin.) 1. Not exceffive; moderate in degree of any quality. Bacon, 2. Moderate in meat and drink. Wijemen, 3. Free from ardent passion. Shakespeare. Brown. TEMPERATELY. ad. [from temperate.] 1. Moderately; not exceffively. Addija. 2. Calmly; without violence or paffion. Shakespeare. eties. 3. Without gluttony or luxury. Taylor. TEMPERATENESS. [from temperate.] 1. Freedom from excefles; mediocrity. 2. Calmness; coolness of mind. Daniel. TE'MPERATURE.ƒ. [temperatura, Lat.} 1. Conftitution of nature; degree of any qualities. Abbot. Watts. 2. Mediocrity; due balance of contrariDevin. 3. Moderation; freedom from predomi nant paffion. Spenfer TEMPERED. .. [from temper.] Difpoled with regard to the paffions. Shakespeare. TE'MPEST. f. [tempefias, Latin.] 1. The utmost violence of the wind. Abbot. Denne. 2. Any tumult; commotion; perturbe tion. To TE'MPEST. v. a. [from the noun.] To difturb as by a tempest. Malen. TEMPEST-BEATEN. a. tempeft and beat.] Shattered with ftorms. Drydre TEMPEST-TOST. a. [ tempeff and (4. ] Driven about by ftorms. Shakespeare. TEMPESTIVITY. f. [tempeftivus, Latin.] Seafonablencfs. Shakespeare Shakespeare. Swift. 3. Not fpiritual. Taylor. Rogers. 4. Placed at the temples. Arbuthnot. TEMPORALITY. 2 f. [temporalité, Fr. TE'MPORALS. from temporal.] Secular poffeffions; not ecclefiaftick rights. Corvel. Bacon. LITY. Z TEMPORA'LLY. ad. [from temporal.] With refpect to this life. South. TEMPORALTY. S. [from temporal.] 1. The laity; fecular people. Abbot. 2. Secular poffeffions. Ayliffe. TEMPORANEOUS. a. [temporis, Latin.] Temporary. TEMPORARINESS. . [from t temporary.] The state of being temporary. TEMPORARY. a. [tempus, Lat.] Laking only for a limited time. Bacon. Addijon. TO TEMPORIZE. v. n. [temporifer, Fr.] 1. To delay; to procraftinate. Shakespeare. 2. To comply with the times or occafions. TEMPORIZER. J. [temporifeur, Fr. from temporize.] One that complies with times or occafions; a trimmer. Shakespeare. To TEMPT. v. a. [tento, Lat. tenter, Fr.] 1. To folicit to ill; to intice by prefenting fome pleasure or advantage to the mind. Shakespeare. 1 Corinthians. Taylor. Shake pare. Dryden. 2. To provoke. 3. To try; to attempt. TÉ'MPTABLE. a. [from tempt.] 1. One who folicits to ill; an inticer. Shakespeare. Tillotson. 2. The infernal folicitor to evil. Hammond. TEMPTA'TION. f. [tentation, Fr. from tempt.] 1. The act of tempting; folicitation to ill; enticement. Milton. TEMSE BREAD. 2. The state of being tempted. Duppa. 3. That which is offered to the mind as a motive to ill. Shakespeare. Dryden. [temfen, tevis, Dur.] TEMSED BREAD. Bread made of flower better fifted that common. TE MULENCY. f. [temulentia, Lat.] Inebriation; intoxication by liquor. TE'MULENT. a. [temulentus, Lat.] Inebriated; intoxicated. TEN. a. [tyn, Sax. tien, Dutch. ] The decimal number; twice five. Brown. Dryden. TE'NABLE. a. [tenable, French.j Such as may be maintained against oppofition ; 3. Having parts difpofed to adhere to each other; cohesive. Newton. Arbuthnot. TENANCY. J. Temporary poffeffion of what belongs to another. Wotton. TE'NANT. f. [tenant, French.] 1. That holds of another; one that on certain conditions has temporary possession, and ufes the property of another. Pope. Swift. 2. One who refides in any place. Themfon. To TENANг. v. a. [from the noun.) To hold on certain conditions. Addifon. TENANTABLE. a. [from tenant.] Such as may be held by a tenant. Suckling. Decay of Piety. TE'NANTLESS. a. (from tenant.] Unoccupied; unpoffeffed. Shakespeare. TENANT-SAW. f. [co:rupted from tenon. Sarv.] TENCH. S. [tinez, Saxon; tinca, Lat.] A pond fish. Hale. Milton. To TEND. v. a. contracted from attend.] 1. To watch; to guard; to accompany as an affiftant or defender. Spenfer. Pope. 2. To attend; to accompany. 3. To be attentive to. To TEND. v. n. [tendo, Latin.] 1. To move toward a certain point or place. Wotton. Dryden. Milton. 2. To be directed to any end or purpose. Temple. Tillotfen. Hammond. 3. To contribute. 4. To wait; to expect. Shakespeare. 5. To attend; to wait as dependants or fervants. Shakespeare. 6. To attend as fomething infeparable. Shakespeare. TENDANCE. S. [from tend. Spenfer. 2. Perfon; attendant. Shakespeare. 3. Attendance; act of waiting. 4. Care; act of tending. TENDENCE. TENDENCY. Shakespeare. Shakespeare. Milton. }s. [from tend.] |