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In the direction of a tangent.

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

The common harbor seal. [Prov. Eng.]

The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

The quality or state of being tangible.

Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A tangible blunder." Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. Southey. -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.

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…