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arge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. Macaulay.

The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a tax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper offi…

The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.

Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.

Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.

The American badger.

An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

One who taxes.

One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.

An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. Milford.

One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennæ are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.

A person skilled in taxidermy.

The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.

isonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.C35H47NO10

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

Free from taxation.

Same as Taxonomy.

Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.