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tau-bone (tii'lion), . A T-shaped bone, such acterized by the presence of several species of 
a.s the episleiniini or interchiviele nf a mono- N/.II-//' / and >/II;-I</IT</. 
treine. Also T-lnnit: See cut under iiiti-rrliirii-lr. taupe Cap), //. | Formerly also talpe ; < F. 
tau-crOBS i ta'kros), ii. A T-shuped cross, having IMM, OF. HMfM, tntpe,<. L. ta/;/, a mole.] A 
no arm above the horizontal bar. Also called mole. See 'I'li/jxt. 
Seoetymol- taupie, tawpie (ta'pi), N. [Dim. of *taup, < 
Icel. topi = Dan. laabe, a fool; cf. 8w. M/>c/. 
simple, foolish.] A foolish or thoughtless 
young woman. [Scotch.] 
No content wl' turning the taujiie*' heads wl' ballants. 
Scott, st Konan'n Well, IV. 
Taurt (tar), n. [ME.,<L. /r*, a bull.] The 
taut 
i-riifix-ttiii, n nd <;< /'A>V. .liitliniii/. 
ogy of tail, and cut under ovww 1 . 
tau-crucifix (ta'krd si-tiks), n. A crucifix tlie 
cross of which is of the tun form. 
taught 1 (tat). Preterit and past participle of 
trill-Ill. 
taught-t, a. An old spelling of tmit. 
tauld (tald). A Scotch form of tulil, preterit 
and past participle of Irll 1 . 
taunt 1 (tiiiit. or tiint), v. t. [Early mod. K. also 
sign of the zodiac Taurus. 
Myn ascendent was Tatir and Mara therlnne. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 613. 
tamfe, linntte, also (and still dial.) tnnt; accord- ^ l&1lxo ( t a r ) n. [< F. taure, < L. taurus, a bull.] 
ing to Skcat, prob. < ( >!'. /,<,-/-_;;, yar. of tenter, A Roumu head-dress characterized by a mass 
trwiitrr, try, tempt, provoke (> ME. tentea, temp- of liu , e curlg around the forehead, supposed to 
In,, \-:.li //,/),< L. li;iliiri; try, tempt: see /,/-! n . s( .,,,l,le those on the forehead of a Lull. Aft 
tfiii/it, of which tewwt is thus a differentiated Journal N S ' 
form. Skoat, also quoter - 
tr. of "Erasmus's Apo_ 
$ 68, " (jiouyng vnto the same liiinil /imir tainite, r|{ llr ;, i 
.X1X. 
notes a passage from I'.lall. taurian i '(ta'n an). ',i~. (< L. IWNft a Lull, + 
Apophthegms," Diogenes, _ iaH j of or partying to a bull; taurine. 
or one for another," suggesting an origin in the 
F. phrase, hint /tour taut, 'so much for so much': 
see tiniiiti/. There is no evidence that tho 
sense was affected by OF. tanner, tanccr, tenner, 
F. taticer, check, scold, reprove, taunt, < ML. 
as if 'tentiare, from the same source as tentare.] 
1. Originally, to tease; rally; later, to tease 
spitefully ; reproach or upbraid with severe or 
insulting words, or by casting something in 
one's teeth ; twit scornfully or insultingly. 
There were to be three days of bull-flghttiig, . . . with 
eight tiiurian victims each day. 
Uarper't Mag., LXV. 563. 
Taurian 2 (ta'ri-an), . [< L. Tauriua (in Tamil 
I mil. games in honor of the infernal gods), < 
'in iirm, a sterile cow, such animals being sa- 
cred to the infernal gods, + -an.] Only in the 
phrase Taurian games. Taurian games, a name 
under the Roman republic for the secular games (fudt 
ttecularei) of the empire. Also called TarenKne garnet. 
Sometime taunting w'oute dUiilesure, not wtout disport, Taurian 3 (ta'ri-an ), <J. [ < L. Taurus, Or. Taiywf , 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 6". a mountain-range in Asia Minor, + -tan.] Of 
When I had at my pleasure taunted her. or pertaining to the Taurus mountains in Asia 
Skat., M. N. u., Iv. i. 6i Minor Taurlanpine. Seejrfwi. 
2f. To censure, blame, or condemn for in a re- Tauric (ta'rik), a. [< L. Tauricus, < Or. Taty>of, 
proachf ul, scornful, or insulting manner; cast < tavpot, L. Tauri : seedef.] Pertaining to the 
ancient Tauri, or to their land, Taurica Cherso- 
nesus (the modern Crimea), noted in Greek 
legend. 
The Orestes of Tauric and Cappadoclan legend Is a dif- 
ferent person, connected with the spread of Artemis- 
up; twit with : with a thing as object. 
Rail thou in Fulvia's phrase, and iimnt my faults. 
Shale., A. andC., I. 2. 111. 
And yet the Poet Sophocles . . . 
Much tiiiHitt-it the vain Greeks Idolatrie. 
lleywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 10. 
Mithraic Taiirubolium. From a marble In the Vatican, Koine. 
tif ully in human bile. It is an amorphous solid, 
but forms crystalline salts. See choleie. 
taurocol, taurocolla (ta'ro-kol, ta-ro-kol'ji), n. 
[NL. taurocolla; < Qr. raitpof, bull, + K<iX^a, 
flue.] A gluey substance made from a bull's 
ide. 
tauromachian (ta-ro-ma'ki-an), a. and n. [< 
tauromach-y + -ian."] I. a. Pertaining or re- 
lating to tauromachy or bull-lighting; dis- 
posed to regard public bull-fights with favor. 
[Kare.] 
II. w. One who engages in bull-fights; a bull- 
fighter; a toreador. [Kare.] 
tauromachic (ta-ro-mak'ik), a. [< tauromach-y 
+ -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or relating to taurom- 
achy or bull-fighting. 
tauromachy (ta-roni'a-ki),M. [=F. tanromachie, 
< NL. tauromachia, (. Or. rav/muaxia, < ravpa;, 
bull, + ua x i, a fight, < //ojfoftw, fight.] Bull- 
fighting; a bull-fight. 
tauromorphoua (ta-ro-m6r'fus), a. [< Or. ravpo- 
/topjof, < raiipof , bull, + uopttfi, form.] Having the 
form of a bull : as, the tauromorphons Bacchus. 
Taurus (ta'rus), n. [< L. taurus, < Or. ravpaf, a 
bull, ox, = AS. stfor: see steer".] 1. An ancient 
worship. 
Encyc. Brit., XVII. 828. 
=Syn. 1. Kidicule, Chaff, Dende, Mock, Upbraid, Taunt, +aiiricnrnnnst (ta'ri-kor-nus) a (X F tauri- 
noutlML We may riuwufe or chaff from mere sportive- WUncornoUE uus;, a. 
ness ; we may ridicule or upbraid with a reformatory pur- cortie, < LL. taurtcormx ; < L,. taurus, bull, 
pose ; the other words represent, and all may represent, 
an act that is unkind. All except mock imply the use of 
words. As to ridicule, see ludicrous, and banter, p. and n. 
cornu, horn.] Horned like a bull. 
And If (as Vossins well contendeth) Moses and Bacchus 
were the same person, their descriptions must be relative, 
or the tauricununu picture of one perhaps the same with 
the other. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 9. 
d<rww Ism-humored and TaUlid (ta'rid), n. [< L. Taurus, the constel- 
'"lUs'n'ot'always'losevereas la tion Taurus, + -up 1 .] One of a shower of 
ock in its strongest sense ex- meteors appearing November 20th, and radiat- 
presses the next degree beyond derision, hut with less pre- ing from a point north preceding Aldebaran in 
tense of mirth (see imitate). We upbraid a person in the 
hope of making him feel his guilt and menu his ways, or 
. , which is still somewhat colloquial, means to make 
fun of or tease, kindly or unkindly, by light, Ironical, or 
satirical remarks or questions. Dende expresses a linn' 
and contemptuous feeling : 
scornful ; It is anger wear! 
J. Smith, Syn. Disc., p. 667). 
this quotation makes it. Mock in its strongest sense ex- 
eases the next degree beyond derision, hut with less pre- 
nse of mirth (see imitate). We upbraid a person in the 
..jpe of making him feel his guilt and mini . . 
for the relief that our feelings find in expression ; the word 
Taurus. The meteors are slow, and fire-balls 
occasionally appear among them. 
for the relief that our fei-linRS llnd in expression; the word ' -"./".'. , , 
is one degree weaker than (aunt. To taunt is to press taundor (ta n-dor), n. bame as toreador. 
upon a person certain facts or accusations of a reproach- tauriform (ta'ri-fdrm), a. (X L. taurifor 
dth his failure. To flout, or flout "J * ^ *, 
rith energy or abruptness; flout bull in shape. 2. shaped like the horns 01 a 
words. To tm't Is to taunt over bull. Compare arietiform. 3. Noting the sign 
Taurus of the zodiac ; having the form of the 
jormts, 
ftil character unsparingly, for the purpose of arinoying "bull-shaped, < taurus^ bull, "+ forma, shape, 
or shaming, and glorying in the effect of the insulting f . i Wmnn< thn fnrm nf a hull like a. 
words: as. to taunt one with his failure. To^out.or^out f'.-J } Having jne lorm Ola m 
at, is to mock or insult wit* 
is the strongest of these wi 
small matters, or in a small way ; tint bears the relation 
of a diminutive to taunt. 
!t),_n. [Atac i al - <'"'< te^rin (t l' r in), , [So called because first dig- 
bull or ox, + -in 2 .] A 
(C 2 H 7 SNO3) of bile. It is a stable compound, 
forming colorless crystals readily soluble in 
water. 
castic reproach ; insulting invective. 
Have I lived to stand at the taunt of one that makes 
fritters of English ? Shak., M. W. of W. , v. 6. 161. 
These scornful taunts 
Neither become your modesty or years. 
l.J 'Tt= D 
Ford, Tis Pity, 111. 2. taurine (ta'rin), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. taurino, < 
2. An object of reproach ; an opprobrium. 
I will deliver them ... to be a reproach and a proverb, 
a taunt and a curse. Jer. xxfv. 9. 
= Syn. See taunti, p. t. 
taunt' 2 (tant), a. [By apheresis from ataunt, 
q. v.] Naut., high or tall: an epithet particu- 
larly noting masts of unusual height, 
taunter (tan'- or tan'ter), n. [< taunt 1 + -er 1 .] 
One who taunts, reproaches, or upbraids with 
sarcastic or censorious reflections, 
tauntingly (tiin'- or tan'ting-li), adv. In a 
taunting manner; teasiiigly; with bitter and 
sarcastic words; jeeringly; scoffingly. 
And thus most tauntingly she chaft 
Against poor silly Lot. 
Wanton Wife qf Bath (Child's Ballads, VIII. 154). 
Taunton (tiin'ton), . [So called from the 
place of manufacture. Tiiunion, a town in Som- 
erset, Eng.] A broadcloth of the seventeenth 
century. 
Tannusian (ta-nu'si-an), n. [< G. and L. Taii- 
IIHV, a mountain-ridge in Germany.] In t/eol., a taurocholic (t;V-ro-kol'ik), a. [< Gr. 
division of the Lower Devonian in Belgium and bull, + ^/c. gall, bile.] Noting an acid ob- 
the north of France. It is a sandstone char- tained from the bile of the ox. It occurs plen- 
L. taurinus, of or pertaining to a bull or ox, 
< taurus, bull: see Taurus.] 1. Relating to a 
bull ; having the character of a bull ; bovine ; 
bull-like. 
Lord Newton, full-blooded, full-brained, taurine with 
potential vigour. 
Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 356. 
2. Relating to the zodiacal sign Taurus; es- 
pecially, belonging to the period of time (from 
about 4500 to 1900 B. c.) during which the sun 
was in Taurus at the vernal equinox: as, the 
taurine religions; the taurine myths, 
taurobolium (ta-ro-bo'li-um), n.; pi. taurobolia 
(-&). [NL., < Gr. Tavpo/ttloc, slaughtering bulls, 
< raiipof, bull. + ^aMav, throw.] 1. The sac- 
rifice of a bull in the Mithraic rites ; the mys- 
tic baptism of a neophyte in the blood of a bull. 
See Mithras. 2. The representation in art, as 
in drawing or sculpture, of the killing of a bull, 
as by Mithras: a very common more or less 
conventional design. See cut in next column. 
The Constellation Taurus. 
constellation and sign of the zodiac, represent- 
ing the forward part of a bull. It contains the star 
Aldebaran of the first magnitude, the star Nath of the 
second magnitude, and the striking group of the Pleiads. 
Its sign li a . 
2f. In zool., a genus of cattle, to which the 
common bull and cow were referred. It is 
not now used, these animals representing the 
species called Bos taunts Taurus poniatovll, 
the bull of Ponlatowskl, a constellation namedoy the Abbe 
Poczobut In 1777, in honor of the last king of Poland. It 
was situated over the Shield of Sobieskl, between the east 
shoulder of (Iphiuchus and the Eagle, and contained most 
of the Uyades. The constellation Is obsolete. 
tan-Staff (ta'staf), w. [See tan.] A crutch- 
handled staff. 
A cross-headed or tautlaf. Jot. Andmoti. (Imp. Diet.) 
taut (tat), a. [Early mod. E. tauglit; < ME. 
toght, a var. of tight : see tight 1 . The form taut 
cannot be explained as coming directly from 
Dan. /;//.] 1. Tight; tense; not slack: as, a 
tiint line. 
This churl with bely stif and tnaht 
As any tabor. Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, I. 566. 
For their warres they haue a great deepe platter of wood. 
They cover the mouth thereof with a skin; at each corner 
they tie a walnut, which meeting on the backside neere 
the bottome, with a small rope they twitch them together 
till it be so taught and stiffe that they may beat vpon it 
as vpon a dramme. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 136. 
