825 
T A I 
TAI, a large lake of China, in the provinces of Kiangnan 
and Tchekiang, near 50 leagues in circumference. 
TA1BE. See Thaibe. 
TA1DENT, a town of Fezzan, in Africa; 130 miles 
south-south-west of Mourzouk. 
TAIEF, a town of Hedsjas, in Arabia, which, in the time 
of Mahomet, was of considerable strength, and withstood a 
siege of twenty days, at the end of which the inhabitants 
submitted, and received the doctrine of Islam; 58 miles east 
of Mecca. 
TAIGUEN, a river of Chili, which runs north-north-west, 
and forming a curve, enters the Quinu. 
TAIL, s. [Goth, and Icel. tag/; Csejl, Saxon.] That 
which terminates the animal behind; the continuation of 
the vertebrae of the back hanging loose behind. 
Oft have I seen a hot o’er-weening cur. 
Run back and bite because he was with-held. 
Who, having suffer’d with the bear’s fell paw, 
Hath clapt his tail betwixt his legs and cried. Shakspeare. 
The tail fin is half a foot high, but underneath level with 
the tail. Grew. —The lower part.—The Lord shall make 
thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above, 
and not beneath. Deut. —Any thing hanging long; a 
catkin.—Duretus writes a great praise of the distilled water 
of those tails that hang upon willow trees. Harvey. —The 
hinder part of any thing.—With the helm they turn and steer 
the tail. Butler. 
To turn Tail. To fly ; to run away.—Would she turn 
tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way ; but all 
was to return in a higher pitch. Sidney. 
To TAIL, v. 11 . To pull by the tail. 
The conquering foe they soon assail’d, 
First Trulla stav’d and Cerdon tail'd. Hudibras. 
TAILBERD, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Sharp, Westmoreland. 
TA'ILED, adj. Furnished with a tail.—Snouted and 
tailed like a boar, footed like a goat. Grew. 
TAILLAD, Cape, a promontory in the south of France, 
in Provence, in the Mediterranean, to the east of Toulon. 
TA'ILLAGE, s. [tailler, Fr.] Taillage originally sig¬ 
nifies a piece cut out of the whole ; and, metaphorically, a 
share of a man’s substance paid by way of tribute. In law', 
it signifies a toll or tax. Co-wel. 
TAILLE, s. Taille, the fee which is opposite to fee- 
simple, because it is so minced or pared, that it is not in his 
free power to be disposed of who owns it; but is by the 
first giver, cut or divided from all other, and tied to the issue 
of the donee. This limitation, or taille, is either general or 
special. Taille general is that whereby lands or tenements 
are limited to a man, and to the heirs of his body begotten; 
and the reason of this term is, because how many soever 
women the tenant, holding by this title, shall take to his 
wives, one after another, in lawful matrimony, his issue by 
them all have a possibility to inherit one after the other. 
Taille special is that whereby lands or tenements be limited 
unto a man and his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies 
begotten. Co-wel. 
TAILLEBOURG, a small town in the west of France, 
situated on the Charente, with a castle and 1200 inhabitants. 
It has a traffic in corn, wine, and brandy; 7 miles north of 
Saintes, and 11 south-west of St. Jean de Angeley. 
TAILLEFER, a mountain of the Alps, on the borders of 
the French department of the Isere, elevated 8280 feet above 
the sea. 
TAI'LOR, s. [tailleur , from tailler, French, to cut; 
old Engl, ta/yowre, Prompt. Parv. and to this day taylior, 
in three syllables, is common in the north.] One whose 
business is to make clothes. 
I’ll entertain a score or two of tailors. 
To study fashions to adorn my body. Shakspeare. 
To TAI'LOR, v. n. To perform the business of a 
tailor. 
Vol. XXIII. No. 1610. 
T A I 
These tailoring artists for our lays 
Invent cramp’d rules; and, with strait stays 
Striving free nature’s shape to hit. 
Emaciate sense before they fit. Green. 
TAIMATI, a river of South America, in the province of 
Darien, which rises in the south coast, and falls into the gulf 
San Miguel.—There is another river in the same province and 
kingdom, which rises in the mountains of the north coast, 
runs south-west, and enters the Chucunaqui. 
TAIMATI, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
Choco, which enters the sea in the gulf of Darien. 
TAIMBOORNY, a town of Hindostan, province of Au¬ 
rangabad, now belonging to the British. Lat. 18. 0. N. 
long. 75. 23. E. 
TAIMUR, a cape of Asiatic Russia, in the district of Tur- 
ruchansk, on the Frozen ocean. All the efforts to double it 
have hitherto proved ineffectual. 
TAIMURSKAIA, a gulf of the Frozen ocean, on the 
coast of Asiatic Russia, situated between Cape Cevero Vos- 
topchin and Cape Cevero Zapadnoi. Lat. 75. to 77. N. 
long. 94. 10. to 98. 10. E. 
TAIN, a parish of Scotland, in Ross-shire, extending 8 
miles in length along the frith of Dornoch, by about 2 in 
breadth. Population 2384. 
TAIN, a royal burgh of Scotland, in the above parish, and 
county town of Ross-shire, seated on the south of the frith of 
Dornoch, 30| miles north-by-east of Inverness by the ferry 
of Kessock, and 9 from Dornoch by the Meikle Ferry. The 
town is old and irregularly built; but there is a number of 
new houses, and an elegant building for assemblies and the 
meeting of free masons. The town is governed by a provost 
3 bailies, a dean of guild, treasurer, and 9 councillors, and 
unites with Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, and Wick, in 
sending a representative to parliament. Population 1740. 
TAIN, or Tean, a river of England, in Staffordshire, 
which runs into the Dove, near Uttoxeter. 
TAIN, a small town in the south-east of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Drome, situated on the Rhone. It is noted for 
the excellent wines produced in the neighbourhood, and 
known by the names of Cote-Rotie and Hermitage. Po¬ 
pulation 1400; 10 miles north of Valence. 
TAIN-GAN, a city of China, of the second rank, in Shan¬ 
tung. Lat. 36.15. N. long. 116.50. E. 
To TAINT, v. a. [teindre, Fr.] To imbue or im¬ 
pregnate with any thing. 
The spaniel struck 
Stiff by the tainted gale, with open nose 
Draws full upon the latent prey. Thomson. 
To stain ; to sully. 
We come not by the way of accusation 
To taint that honour every good tongue blesses. 
Shakspeare. 
To infect; to poison ; to disease. 
With wholesome herbage mixt, the direful bane 
Of vegetable venom taints the plain. Pope. 
To corrupt. 
The yellow tinging plague 
Internal vision taints. Thomson. 
A corrupt contraction of attaint. 
To TAINT, v. n. To be infected; to be touched with 
something corrupting. 
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane 
I cannot taint with fear. Shakspeare. 
TAINT, s, [teinte, Fr.] A tincture; a stain.—An in¬ 
sect. 
As killing as the canker to the rose. 
Or taint- worm to the weaning herds that graze. Milton. 
Infection ; corruption ; depravation. 
Her offence 
Must be of such unnatural degree, 
That monsters it; or your forevouch’d affection 
Fall’n into taint. Shakspeare. 
10 A A spot j 
