taket 
takett, a. A Middle Knglish form of lackct. 
take-Up (tak'up),. In meeh.: (it) Any device 
by wliieh a tlcxilile hand, belt, rope, or tie 
may be tightened or shortened. (h) In many 
niiicliiiH's, any one of a variety of devices by 
which. when a part of the material is fed for- 
ward to lie acted upon, that which has already 
lieen treated is wound upon a roller or other- 
wise ''taken up." Also called titlci'-ii/i iniituin. 
Such devices are use I in IOOIDH, and in many other ma- 
chines for the manufacture and treatment of textile fab- 
i ii-s, pnper hangings, uilcluth-prlntlng, etc. Worm-gear- 
ing or nitchcl motions are features uf most of them, (<;) 
In a sewing-machine, a device for drawing up 
the slack of the tliread as the needle rises. 
A sewing maehine, and a take up and tension for sewing 
machines, form the subject of three patents. 
Sci. Anur., N. H., LVHI. 188. 
takie (tak'i), . [Syr.] The skull-cap of the 
Eastern peoples of Syria, and those of the des- 
ert country. It is similar to the tarboosh, but is worn 
only by persons of some wealth, or by those who Inhabit 
the towns. 
takigrafy (ta-kig'ra-fl), n. A common phonetic 
Hpi'lliiig of tncliygraiihu. 
taking (ta'king),' . [Verbal n. of hike, ;>.] 1. 
The act of one who takes, in any sense. 2. 
The state of being taken ; especially, a state of 
agitation, distress, or perplexity ; predicament ; 
dilemma. 
Well, I may jest or so; but Cupid knows 
My taking is as bad or worse than hers. 
B. Joiaon, Cue is Altered, 111. 3. 
0107 
r'/ni; endure, + nupav, go through, try: - 
nitr.] A genus of tineid nmtlis. typical of the 
family Tnla-fioriiilu; having twelve-veined fore 
wings, anil in the male both palpi and ocelli. It 
includes certain European sac-hearing KJM-< h s formerly 
included In the family i'sychida. T. pneudubuinbycetla 
Is one of the best-known species. 
Talseporiidae (tal'e-py-ri'i-de), n. />!. [NL., < 
I'lf/H'/iiH-ui + -nl;i.\ \ family of tineid moths, 
formerly placed among the llmiilii/wii, and in- 
eluding the genera Talxjmria and Suliimlnn. 
It differ* markedly from the Pnyehidjr, In which It was 
formerly put, by the non-pectinate male antenn*. by the 
presence of legs and antenna: in the female, and by the 
fact that the pupa works its way almost entirely out of 
the larval case. The larva: live in triangular silk-lined 
bags, to which hit* of wood or land are attached, and the 
female moths resemble those of the l'*ychida In being 
entirely wingless. 
talapoin (tal'a-poin), n. [Formerly also telti- 
jinin. tnllii/mi, lull UK, i<\ t/tl/iiiii, talloyin; Pg. 
tiiiiipihi, formerly talapoy, It. talapoi, etc. ; of 
obscure E. Ind. origin.] 1. A Buddhist monk 
of Ceylon, Siam, etc. 
In Pegu they haue many Tattipuie$ or priests, which 
preach against all abuses. Haklui/ft Voyaget, II. 261. 
How explicitly Buddhism recognizes such Ideas [belief 
in spirits] may be judged from one of the quest ions of- 
ficially put to candidate* for admission as monks or tain- 
point "Art thou afflicted by madness or the other Ills 
caused by giants, witches, or evil demons of the forest and 
mountain?" H. B. Tylor, 1'iini. Culture, II. 126. 
2. In goal., a monkey, Cercopithecus talapoin. 
Waked in the morning with my head in a sad taking 
's drink, which I am very sorry for. 
Pepys, Diary, April 24, 1661. 
through the last night's 
3. That which takes, (at) A blight ; a malignant 
influence. 
Bless thee from whirlwinds, star-blasting, and taking ! 
Shale., Lear, ill. 4. 61. 
Hence ((>) An attack of sickness; a sore, llnllin-i-11. 
[Prov. Eng.) 
4. That which is taken, (a) pi. Receipts. [Colloq.] 
There are but few [London crossing-sweepers] I have 
spoken to who would not, at one period, have considered 
fifteen shillings a bad week's work. But now "the i! 
inffi" are very much reduced. 
Mayhem, London Labour and London Poor, II. 28. 
The average takings of the [electric] road are $1,260 a 
week, as against 1760 for horses. 
Set. Amtr., N. 8., LXIII. 309. 
(6) In printing, same as take, 3 (e). Ure, Diet., III. 640. 
taking (ta'king), p. a. 1. Captivating; engag- 
ing; attractive; pleasing. 
To say the truth, it is not very taking at Drat sight. 
Cotton, In Walton's Angler, II. 237. 
She's dreadful taking. . . . When she gets talking, you 
could Just stop there forerer. 
Mrt. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, zxxiv. 
2f. Blighting; baleful; noxious; spreading con- 
tagion; infectious. 
Strike her young bones, 
You taking airs, with lameness! 
Shak., Lear, II. 4. 166. 
Come not near me, 
For I am yet too taking for your company. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, Ir. :. 
3. Easily taken; contagious; catching. [Col- 
loq.] 
takingly (ta'kiug-li), adr. In a taking or at- 
tractive manner. 
So I shall discourse In some sort takingly. 
Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, iv. 2. 
takingness (ta'king-nes), n. The quality of 
pleasing, or of being attractive or engaging. 
All outward adornings . . . have something in them of 
a complaisance and takingncts. 
Jer. Taylor (V), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 41. (Latham.) 
taking-off (ta'king-6f), . 1. Removal; spe- 
cifically, removal by death ; killing. 
Let her who would be rid of him devise 
His speedy taking off. Shak., Lear, v. 1. 65. 
2. In printing, the act of taking sheets from 
a printing-machine. [Eng.] Taklng-off board, 
the board or table on which the taker-oil places sheets 
newly printed. [Eng. ) 
taky (ta'ki), a. [< take + -yl.] Capable of 
taking, captivating, or charming; designed to 
attract notice and please; taking; attractive. 
[Colloq.] 
Mr. Blyth now proceeded to perform by one great effort 
those two difficult and delicate operations In art techni- 
cally described as "putting in taky touches, and bringing 
out bits of effect." If. CoUim, Hide and Seek, I. a. 
tal, tala (tal, tii'lS), . [E. Ind:, < Skt. fdta.] 
The palmyra-palm, BoniKsiif HiiMliforiis. See 
>)iil/ni. 
Talaeporia (tal-e-po'ri-a), n. [NL. (Zeller.1839), 
< Gr. Ta/Mtirupiu, hard work, severe labor, \ TaZai- 
iropof, having suffered much, much-enduring, 
prob. a collateral form of e<]niv. ra)a^iipiof, < 
Talapoin (Certofittucttt talafoift). 
talaria (ta-la'ri-a), n. pi. [L., neut. pi. of talaris, 
of or pertaining to the ankle, < talus, the ankle, 
the ankle-bone : see /<; ///.*.] 
In classical myth, and ar- 
cheeol., the sandals, bear- 
ing small wings, worn 
characteristically by Her- 
mes or Mercury and often 
by Iris and Heos (Dawn), 
and by other divinities, as 
Eros and the Furies and 
Harpies. In late or summary 
representations of the deity the 
sandals are sometimes omitted, 
so that the wings appear as if 
growing from the ankles, one 
on each side of the foot. Some- 
times, especially in archaic ex- 
amples, the talaria have the 
form of a sort of greaves bear- 
ing the wings much higher on 
the leg. They symbolize the 
faculty of swift and unimpeded 
passage through space. 
talaric (ta-lar'ik), a. [< 
L. talaris, of or pertain- 
ing to the ankle: see to- unTof'thi older or jSave 
torta.] Pertaining to the 
ankles: especially in the 
phrase talaric chiton or tunic, of Greek antiquity 
that is, one reaching to the ankles or feet, 
as the long tunic of the Ionian Greeks. 
A woman clothed In a sleeveless talaric chiton with 
dfplois. /;. 1'. Head, Hfstoria Nuinoruin, p. 177. 
talbot (tal'bot), n. [Probably from the Talbot 
family, who bear the figure of a dog in their 
coat of arms.] If. A kind of hound, probably 
the oldest of the slow-hounds. This dog had a 
broad mouth, very deep chops, and very long and large 
pendulous ears, was fine-coated and usually pure-white. 
This was the hound formerly known as St. Hubert's breed, 
and is probably the original stock of the bloodhound. 
Jesse says the earliest mention of bloodhounds was in 
the reign of Henry III. The breed originated from the 
talbot, which was brought over by William the Conqueror, 
and seems to have been very similar to the St Hubert 
The Century, XXXVIII. 189. 
2. In her., a dog, generally considered as a 
mastiff, represented with hanging ears, and tail 
somewhat long and curled over the back: it is 
represented walking unless otherwise blazoned. 
Fljjrure of Iris, wearing Ta- 
tale 
Behold the eagles, lions, talbvtt, bears. 
The badge* of your famous ancestries. 
Draytun, Baron's Wars, II. >-. 
Talbot'B head. In her., a bearing representing tin head 
of a large dog with hanging ears, sometimes freely tn-;tti'<i, 
having a long and forked tongue isimlncfrm the mouth 
It Is common both aa a bearing on the escutcheon and as 
a crest. 
talbotype (tal' bo-tip), . [< Talbot (see def.) 
+ type.] A photographic process invented by 
an Englishman, \V. II. Fox Tulbot, in whicli 
paper prepared in a partieiilar manner is used 
instead of the silver plates of Daguerre: same 
.is riiliili//H'. 
Talbot published, six months before the discovery of tin- 
Daguerreotype, his process with thechlorlde of silver; and 
the year following the Calotype, or, as It Is now frequently 
denominated, the Tallmtyue, was made known 
.Silver Sunbeam, p. 171. 
talc (talk), n. [Formerly also talk, talck = D. 
G. Dan. Sw. talk; < F. talc = 8p. talco, tnl<i"< 
= Pg. It. talco (ML. talcuii, NL. also talcum) = 
Pere. talq, < Ar. talq, talc.] A magnesian sili- 
cate, usually consisting of broad, flat, smooth 
hiininii' or plates, unctuous to the touch, of a 
shining luster, translucent, and often transpa- 
rent when in very thin plates. Its prevailing colon 
are white, apple-green, and yellow. There are three prin- 
cipal varieties of talc foliated, massive (Including soap- 
stone or steatite), and indurated. Indurated talc is used 
for treeing lines on wood, cloth, etc., instead of chalk. Talc 
Is not Infrequently formed by the alteration of other min- 
erals, particularly the magnesian silicates of the pyroxene 
group ; thus, rensselaerite Is talc pseudomorphous after 
pyroxene, and a fibrous form of talc (sometimes called 
agalite), pseudomorph after enstatlte. Is found at Edwards, 
New York, and when finely ground Is used In giving a 
gloss to paper. Talc la also used as a lubricator, and ste- 
atite or soapstone for hearthstones, etc. 
All this promontory seems to have been the kingdom of 
Carpasla. I observed In this part a great quantity of talc 
In the hills. Pomcke, Description of the East, II. I. 218. 
Oil of talc*. Seeoft 
talc (talk), v. t. K talc, n.] To treat or rub 
with talc : as, in photography, to talc a plate to 
which it is desired to prevent the adherence of 
a film. 
A glass plate is first cleaned, talced, and collodionieed. 
The Engineer, LXVI. 884. 
talca gum. See gum arabic, under gum'*. 
Talchir group. [So called from Tdtchir, one of 
the tributary states of Orissa, in India.] In 
<ii <'/.. the lowest division of the Gondwana se- 
ries, a group of rocks of importance in India, 
consisting chiefly of shales and sandstones, 
which are almost entirely destitute of fossils, 
although having a maximum thickness of 800 
feet, and extending over a wide area. The Gond- 
wana system la believed by the geologists of the Indian 
Survey to range In geological age from the Permian to the 
Upper Jurassic. 
talcite (tal'sit), n. [< talc + -ifci.] 1 . A mas- 
sive variety of talc. 2. A kind of muscovite. 
talcky (tal f ki), a. [< talc(k') + -yl.] Talcose. 
Also spelled to/%. 
talcochloritic (tal'ko-klo-rit'ik), a. [< talc + 
chlorite + -ic.J Containing both talc and chlo- 
rite : as, talcochloritic schist. 
talcoid (tal'koid), a. [< talc + -oid.] Pertain- 
ing to, resembling, or characterized by the 
presence of talc. 
talcomicaceous (tal'ko-mi-ka'shius), a. [< talc 
+ mica + -aceous.] Containing both talc and 
mica : as, talcomicaceous schist. 
talcose (tal'kos), a. [< talc + -ose.] Contain- 
ing talc ; made up in considerable part of talc. 
Talcose granite. Same as protean*. Talcoae schist 
or slate. Same as talc nchut. 
talcous (tal'kns), a. [= F. talqueux ; as tale 
+ -ous.~\ Same as talcose. 
talc-schist (talk'shist), n. A rock consisting 
largely of talc, and having more or less of a 
schistose or foliated structure. It Is one of the 
rocks forming together the crystalline schist series, most 
of which are believed to be altered sedimentary rocks. 
See ilatc* and schut. 
Many rocks have been classed as talc-ttIM which con- 
tain no talc, but a hydrous mica. These have been called 
by Dana hydro-mica-schlst*. Talc nchitt Is not specially 
abundant, though It occurs in considerable mass In the 
Alps (Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Carinthia, etc.), and Is 
fouud also among the Apennine and I'ral Mountains. 
Geikie, Text-Book of Geology (2d ed.), p. 130. 
talcum (tal ' kum), . [NL. : see talc.} Talc ; 
soapstone Talcum powder. See powder. 
tale 1 (tal), n. [< MK. tale, < AS. talu (in comp. 
t/rl-), a number, reckoning, also speech, voice, 
talk, tale; cf. getiel, number, reckoning, di- 
vision ; = OS. tola = OFries. tale.tele = MP. 
tale, number, speech, language, D. tal, num- 
ber, too/, speech, language, = MLG. tal, num- 
ber, reckoning, count, tale, speech, plea. LG. 
taal, number, speech, plea, = OHG. zala, MHG. 
nl. G. :ahl. number. = Icel. tal, a number, 
