526 Mr. Pickering on the present state of the English language 
cf 
To TACKLE;; to harness. ew England. I never heard this word used in Eng- 
land, and it is not in Johnson’s dictionary, as a verd, in any sense. dsh calls 
it “ alocal word from the subtantive’ Tackle, and defines it— To accou- 
tre ; to put the saddie and bridle on a horse.” £ntick also’ has it with the 
following definition: “ To saddle, accoutre, fit out, prepare.” 
To TARRY ; to stay, to stop. Wew England. This verb is entirely obsolete in 
England; and it sounds as strangely to the ear of an Englishman, as J 
wist not, I wot not, and a thousand other antiquated expressions of that sort 
would to us. | 
TAVERN. “ By the word savernin America is meant an inn, or publick house 
of any description.” Annual Rev, vol. i, p. 106, note. This word is also no- 
ticed in Kendall’s Travels, vol. i. p. 129; and the expression to keeft tav- 
err,in the same work, vol. ii. p. 148. In Great Britain (as an obliging 
English friend observes) “ a tavern is a mere eating house; an inn is a 
house with lations for man and horse.” The word tavern is used 
in the British Province of Canada just as it is in the U. States. See Lam- 
bert’s Travels, 
TEDIUM; ¢ irkso 7 ” Bailey, fol. edit. 
nae ge 
dani PeVieWEr OF Han srGrr LPS oF Wasnineen Wii this 
word is used) observes that “ tediwm is not English.” Monthly Anthot. vo 
iv. p. 665. The only English dictionary in which I have found it is the folio 
edition of Bailey’s ; the octavo edition of that work (of the year 1761) omits 
it. Itis not in Mr. Webdster’s dictionary. Itis extremely rare in the writ- 
ings of Americans ; I never met with it except in thei instance above alluded 
to by the reviewer. 
To TEST ; “to compare with a standard, try, prove.” Webst. This verb is now 
in general use with American writers. “ An occasion presented itself for 
testing the firmness of the resolution he had deliberately taken,” &c. Marsh. 
Life of Wash. vol. v. p. 400. [p. 469. Lond, 8vo. edit.] “Let us test this 
dogma by plain fact.” First Ripe Fruits, &c. by the Rev. John Mason, 
New York, “In order to test the correctness of this French system of ser- 
monizing,” &c. 4dams’ Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, vol. i. p. 334 
The use of test asa verb is condemned by the English Reviewers. The 
