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The quality or state of being tangible.

Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. Bacon.

interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.

In a tangling manner.

Entangled; intricate.

A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.

A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction.

The tenrec.

A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.

The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]

agittæfolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also tannier.]

or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry. This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory within the present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower.

In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. -- Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron. -- Tank worm (Zoöl.), a small nematoid worm found in…

A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.

of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia. S. W. Williams.

The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

nking vessel, especially one with a cover. Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard, after the manner of Bacchus. Arbuthnot.