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T AL 



Jointed body. Order Parettchymata : fa 

 rally Tainioidea, Cuv. Name nu>t, sig 

 niftes a fillet or tape. The common species 

 found in the human subject is the T. lata, 

 Rud., or T. vulgarit, Gm. It is frequently 

 upwards of 20 feet in length, and it has 

 been found upwards of 100 feet, and an 

 inch broad. It is extremely injurious and 

 tenacious, and the most violent remedies 

 often fail to expel it. The T. solium, 

 Lin., is usually from 4 to 10 feet in length, 

 but much larger ones are sometimes met 

 with. It is one of the most dangerous of 

 the intestinal worms, and the most diffi- 

 cult to expel. There are many other 

 epecies. 



T-ENIOI'DEA. A family of parenchy- 

 tnatous intestinal worms, comprising 

 those species in whicli the head is pro- 

 vided with two or four suckers, placed 

 around its middle, which is itself some- 

 times marked with a pore, and sometimes 

 furnished with a proboscis. The type 

 is the genus Teenia, Lin. 



T-INIOI'DES. A family of acanthoptery- 

 gious fishes, closely connected with the 

 scomberoides. Named from rauvtet, a 

 tape, or riband ; the species being elonga- 

 ted, and flattened on the sides. 



TAF'FEREL, 1 Taffrail. The upper part 



TAT'FARIL. / of a ship's stern, usually 

 ornamented -with carved work. The 

 Dutch have taffereel, from tafel, a table. 



TAF'FETA, ) Fr. tafetas, taffetas; It. 



TAF'FETT, ) taffetta. A fine, light, smooth 

 stuff of silk, having usually a remarkably 

 fine gloss. Taffetas are of all colours. 



TA'FIA. A variety of rum. 



TAOLIACO'TIAN OPERATION. The opera- 

 tion for restoring a lost nose. See TALIA- 



COTIAN. 



TAIL, FT. tailler, to cut off. In late, an 

 estate in tail is a limited fee : an estate 

 limited to certain heirs, and from which 

 the other heirs are precluded. 



TAIL'LAGE, Fr. tailler, to cut off. A 

 portion cut out of a whole : a share of a 

 man's substance paid away by way of 

 tribute. 



TAILLE', Fr. tailler, to cut off. In late, 

 the fee that is opposite to fee-simple, be- 

 cause it is not in the free power of the 

 possessor to dispose of it, but is by the 

 first giver cut, or divided, from all other, 

 and tied to the issue of the donee. 



TAIL'LOIR (Fr.). In architecture, the 

 same as abacus (q. v.). 



TAIL-PIECE (of a violin). A piece of 

 ebony attached to the end of the instru- 

 ment to which the strings are fastened. 



TAI'LZIE, or EN'TAIL, Fr. tailler, to out 

 off. In Scottish law, a deed, whereby the 

 legal course of succession is cut off, and a 

 naw one substituted. 



TAL'APOII*. In Siam, the name (1) of a 

 priest, (2) of* monkey. 



TAL'BOT. A variety of the dog, noted 

 for his quick scent and eager pursuit of 

 game. The figure of this dog is said to 

 be borne in the arms of the Talbot family 



TALC. 1. A mineral genus, the talk oi 

 Werner, and the talcot Brongniart. There 

 are three species, the earthy talc, or tal- 

 cite of Kirwan, of a greenish-white 

 colour (usually) , a glistening pearly lustre , 

 and an unctuous feel. It is frequently 



confounded with agaric mineral. 



2. Common or Venetian talc. Colours, 

 greenish-white, pale apple-green, silvery, 

 reddish, and yellowish-white. Occurs 

 massive, rarely crystallised, in minute 

 hexagonal .tubers confusedly grouped 

 together. Found in primitive mountains, 

 particularly forming beds and veins in 

 serpentine, in the mountains of Tyrol 

 and Salzburg. It is employed as a basis 

 for coloured crayons, and for the finest 



rouge for the toilette. 3. Indurate 



talc, or talc-slate, of a greenish- white, 

 commonly, but sometimes, snow-white. 

 It occurs in mass : has a bright shining 

 lustre, between pearly and greasy, passing 

 sometimes into semi-metallic. Its frac- 

 ture is curved and lamellar, and its frag- 

 ments are blunt-edged plates. It is translu- 

 cent, and in thiri pieces semi-transparent ; 

 is very soft, sectile, smooth and unctuous 

 to the touch. It forms beds in moun- 

 tains of argillaceous and micaceous schist, 

 of gneiss, and the newer serpentine, in 

 the Alps, in Stiria, Austria, and Hungary, 

 and in Breadalbane and the Shetland 

 Isles. Talc is a silicate of magnesia and 

 alumina, usually with some oxide of iron 

 and water. 



TALE. In commerce, a weight for gold 

 and silver, in China, and some parts of 

 the East Indies. It is also a money of 

 account. See TAEL. 



TAL'ENT. A Grecian weight, much 

 used in computing money. 



TA'LES, Lat. plural of talis. In law, an 

 additional number of men for those em- 

 panelled on a jury of inquest, and not 

 appearing, or that are challenged on either 

 side. 



TALIACO'TIAN OPERATION. A surgical 

 operation for the restoration of noses and 

 other parts, by partially detaching a por- 

 tion from the arm, moulding it into a 

 proper shape, causing adhesion, and, 

 after a time, finally detaching it from the 

 arm, and leaving it adhering in its new 

 situation. Operations of this sort are 

 called taliacotian, from their discoverer 

 Caspar Taliacotius, who published a work 

 n 1598, detailing the processes and the 

 results of his experience. 



TALIO. Lex talionii. Pfena talionis. 

 The law of retaliation, as an eye for an, 

 eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c. 



TAL'ISMA.N. An oriental word, which 

 has been long used to denote a figure out 



