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An outer vestment or garment. [R.] Bp. Horne.

The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]

Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. -- Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.

, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil. Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for axes, chise…

A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.

Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.

Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]

The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.

The act or work of a tinker.

In a tottering manner.

Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.

Cloth or material for making trousers.

agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the job. L'Estrange.

Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Born of the same mother, but by a different father. Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. WilkiWood.

A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.

Shifting. -- Veer"ing*ly, adv.

The act or art of one who veneers.

An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.