TAR 



pTiyfician acknowledges tliat he found tliis preparation in 

 fcveral cafes to be a taluablc medicine ; and that it appeared 

 to ftrengtlien the tone of the ftoraach, to excite appetite, to 

 promote digeftion, and to cure all fymptoms of dyfpcpfia. 

 At the fume time, it manifeftly promotes the excretions, 

 particularly that of urine. From all thefe operations, it will 

 be obvious, as tlie do&OT thinks, that in many diforders of the 

 fyllem this medicine may be highly ufeful. Lewis. Wood- 

 tille. 



It has been lately obfervcd by Dr. Darwin, that the wa- 

 tering of ground with tar-water is capable ofdeftroying the 

 while Aug, which is fo highly deftruftive to vegetables. 



T.\n-Ketlle, in Rope-Making, is made of copper, and holds 

 from ten to twenty barrels of tar. It is fet in ihong brick-work, 

 and over it is faftened, from fide to fide, in the direction of the 

 nipper, a bridge, made of three -inch oak -plank, thirteen inches 

 broad, through the middle of which is a nortife for the ftep 

 to go through, to keep the yarn down and clear of the bot- 

 tom, when drawing through the kettle. On the fide of the 

 kettle next the capftern, is an upright port, twelve inches 

 fquare, in which is fixed a nipper to prefs the tar out of the 

 yarn ; and a flaf, with a weight fufpended at the end, is 

 fixed on the fid' of the nipper to keep it down, that the yarn 

 may imbibe no more tar than is neceffary. 



Tau-.'?o/c, a term ufed to fignify tarred rope, or rope- 

 yarn, fuch as the thread of old cables, &c. This fort of tar- 

 rope is ufeful for a great Humber of different purpofes, fuch 

 as thofe of tying up the wads or (heaves of beans in the field, 

 and many other fiinilar articles ; the fattening of plants and 

 trees to various kinds of (upports ; and for bein^ applied to 

 a variety of other little ufes of the more domeilic kind, as 

 being cheap and readily procured. 



Tar, in Commerce, a fmall filver coin on the coaft of 

 Malabar. 



Tar, in Sea Language, a figurative expreffion for a failor 

 of any kind. 



TARA, in Geography, a town of Ruffia, in the govern- 

 ment of Tobolfls, on the Irtifch ; 220 miles E.S.E. of 

 Tobolfk. N. lat. 57°. E. long. 74° 43'.— Alfo, a town 

 of Japan, in tlie ifland of Xicoco ; 28 miles N.N.E. of 

 Ovutfi. 



Taua Hill, a mountain of Ireland, in the county of 

 Wexford, near the fea-coaft ; 4 miles N. of Newborough. 

 See Tahagh. 



Tara, the name of a fimian hero renowned in the 

 Hindoo epic the Ramayana, for mighty deeds in battle with 

 the hods of the tyrant Ravena, for the recovery of Sita, the 

 ravifhd fpoufe of Rama. 



TAR A AN, in Geography, a town of Grand Bucharia ; 

 JO miles E. of Samarcand. 



TARABAD, a town of Hindooftan, in Baglana ; 13 

 miles E. of Saler Mooler. 



TARA BE, in Ornithology, the name of a Brafilian parrot, 

 larger than the common green parrot. Its general colour is 

 green ; but its head, breaft, and the origin of its wings, are 

 fed ; its beak and legs are of a dufliy grey. Marcgrave. 

 See PsiTTACus. 



TARACASSA, in Geography, a diftrift of South 

 America, in the viceroyalty of Buenos Ay res, part of the 

 jurifdiftion of Carangas. 



TARAE Laimk, the name given by the writers of the 

 middle ages to a (lone which they fay had the power of 

 Hopping all forts of fluxes. They have left us no defcrip- 

 tioD of It, and it feema to have been loft; even in their times ; 

 for they obferve that the phyficians ufed theyanjaw draconis, 

 er dragon's-blood, in its place. 



TARAGH, in Geography, a fmall town or rather village 



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of the county of Meath, Ireland, on tfie noted hill of Taragh 7 

 where the ftatea of Ireland are faid to have antmbied, and 

 where fome pretend that there was a magnificent palace 

 belonging to the kings of Ireland ; but as no trace of any 

 fuch palace is to be found, its liaving exiftcd muft be re- 

 garded as improbable. General Vallancey accounted for 

 there being no trace of it, by fuppofing it to have been 

 made of mud and ftraw. A Danifh invader is alfo fuppofed 

 to have taken up his abode here, and to have built the fine 

 Dinilh fort, or rath, on the fouth.<-ait fide of the hill, which 

 is now beautifully planted. It is 5 miles N. by W. from 

 Dunfiiaghlin, and 19 miles from Dublin, on the road to 

 Cavan. There are two other hills of the fame name, one ii» 

 the county of Down, and the other in the county of Wex- 

 ford, both of them near the fea. 



TARAGOT, or Taragale, a town of Africa, in the 

 country of D.irah ; 130 miles S.E. of Morocco. 



TARAGUICO Aycuraba, in Zoology, the Brafilian 

 name for a fpecies of lizard, much approaching to the nature 

 of the taraguira ; but its tail is covered from its beginning 

 with fmall triangular fcales, and very regularly marked with 

 four brown fpots ; the back alfo, particularly that part 

 which is next the head, is variegated with undulated brown 

 lines. Ray. 



TARAGUIRA, the name of an American lizard. It 

 grows to about a foot long ; its body is rounded, and every 

 where covered with fmall triangular du(]<y grey fcales ; its 

 back is fmooth, and it has not that falfe g^iUet under the 

 throat which the iguana has. 



This is the fpecies of lizard of which it is reported, that 

 it will wake a fleeping perfon, if it fee him in danger of 

 being bitten by a ferpent. It is very common about houfes 

 and gardens in South America, and runs very fwiftly, 

 but with a waddling motion ; and when it fees any thing 

 at a dillance, has an odd way of nodding its head very 

 fwifdy. Ray. 



TARAGUPALA, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 Jn Telhngana ; 25 miles N.W. of Warangole. 



TARAKLI, a town of European Turkey, in Beffa- 

 rabia ; 24 miles S.S.W. of Bender. 



TARALEA, in Botany, a barbarous name of Aublet's. 

 See DiPTERYX, fpecies 2d. 



TARAMA, in Geography, a jurifdiftion of Peru, in the 

 audience of Lima. The air is healthy, and the foil fertile. 



TARAMAMON, a name given by Loubere to a ridge 

 of mountains that pafles E. and W. in Siam, not far to the 

 north of Yuthia. 



TARAMANDAHU, a river of Brafil, which runs 

 into the Atlantic, S. lat. 30° 40'. 



TARAMEH, Al, a town of Egypt, in ruins ; 2 miles 

 N.E. of Tineh. 



TARAMUNDE, a town of Spain, in Afturia ; 45 

 miles W. of Oviedo. 



TARANCON, a town of Spain, in New Caftile ; 33 

 miles S.E. of Madrid. 



TARANDUS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Lucanui i 

 which fee. 



Tarandus, in Zoology, a name given by Agricola, and 

 fome other authors, to the rein-deer. See Cervus Ta- 

 randus. 



TARANIOLO, in Ornithology, a name by which the 

 whimbrel, or fmall curlew, called the arquata minor by 

 authors, is known in the markets of Italy. 



TARANIS, probably from taran, thunder, in jiacient 

 Mythology, a name given by the Gauls to Jupiter, under 

 which appellation they facrificed human viftims to him. 



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