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See Tarn. Coleridge.

A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.

ror Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture.

The common, or collared, peccary.

Taken. Chaucer.

Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]

An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.

That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

p. p. of Take.

One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehended.

Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller.

Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.

A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game. [Obs.] Wase (1654).

Same as Calotype.

us silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety. Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talc slate.

Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.

Same as Talc.

See Tael.