A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Syue, sb. sieve, C3, Prompt.—­AS. sife (Voc.), sibi (OET), see Sievers, 262.

Sy3*en, pt. pl. saw; see Seon.

Sy3*t, sb. sight, S2; see Sighte.

Ta, v. to take, S2, S3; see Take.

Taa, Comb.:  the taa, the one, HD.

Taa, sb. toe, S2; see Too.

Tabard, sb. a short coat or mantle, usually sleeveless, formerly worn by ploughmen, noblemen, and heralds, now by heralds only, HD, SkD, C; tabart, S2, PP; tabarde, PP, Voc.; tabbard, collobium, Prompt; taberd, Voc.; taberde, Voc.; tabare, Voc.—­OF. tabard, tabart, also tabarre (Cotg.); cp.  It. tabarro.

Tabarder, sb. a name for scholars at Queen’s College, Oxford, ND.

Tabernacle, sb. a place in which some holy thing is deposited, WA; tabernacles, pl., niches of a lofty cross, S3; ornamental niches, HD; shrines, S3 (1. 181).—­Lat. tabernaculum (Vulg.); cp.  OF. tabernacle (Cotg).

Table, sb. in palmistry, a space between certain lines on the hand, HD; tables, pl., a game, now called backgammon, CM.  See Tavel.

Tabour, sb. a small drum, SkD; tabur, WA; taber, Voc.—­OF. tabor, thabour.

Taburne, sb. a drum, tympanum, WA, Voc., Cath.; taburn, H.

Taburner, sb. a player on the tabor, timpanista, Cath.; taberner, timpanizator, Voc.

Taburnystir, sb. female tabor player ( = tympanistria), H.

Tache, sb. a mark, sign, quality, stain, blemish, fault, HD; tacche, HD; tacches, pl., PP; tacchis, HD; teches, S2. Der.:  tached, pp., tainted, stained; tachyd, PP.—­OF. tache, teche, and OF. tacher, to spot, to stain.

Tache, sb. a clasp, brooch, fibula, Cath. (n), Voc.  Cf. Takke.

Tachen, v. to fasten, Cath. (n).  Cf. Takken.

Tacne, sb. token, S; see Tokne.

Tacnen, v. to betoken, S; takened, pp., S2.—­AS. (ge)_tAicnian_.

Tade, sb. toad, bufo, Voc., Cath., S2; tadde, S. Comb.:  tadde-chese, tubera, Voc.; tadde-pol, brucus, Voc.; tadpolle, lumbricus, Voc.; tade-stole, boletus, fungus, Cath.—­Cp.  AS. tAidige (tAidie).

Taffata, sb. a thin glossy silk stuff, C, WA, Cotg.; tafata, Palsg.; taffaty, HD.—­Low Lat. taffata (Ducange); cp.  OF. taffetas (Cotg.).

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