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Of or pertaining to the Tænioglossa.

Like or pertaining to Tænia.

The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.

One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusæ.

An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.

See Taffrail.

plied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times. Lined with taffeta and with sendal. Chaucer.

The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]

A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, toffy.]

A variety of rum. [West Indies]

A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.

The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. Shak.

The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.

The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.

Same as Tagsore. [Obs.]

That which is pointed like a tag. Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. Cotton.

A little tag.

A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]