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Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.

A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

See Tarantism.

See Tarantula.

A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] "A buckler on a targe." Chaucer.

arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.

One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also targetier.]

A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

ies imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U.S. 1833).

The siskin. [Prov.]

The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.

A mountain lake or pool. A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. Wordsworth.

r, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. "Tarnished lace." Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor.

One who, or that which, tarnishes.

A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.

A game of cards; -- called also taroc. Hoyle.

A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.