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TAPIR — TAURIFORM NWAD TAPIR.1

TAPIR, n. A quadruped of S. America, about 6 feet long and 3 1/2 high, resembling a hog in shape, with a short movable proboscis. It frequents the water, like the hippopotamus. NWAD TAPIR.1

TAPIS, n. Tapestry. Upon the tapis, under consideration, or on the table. NWAD TAPIS.1

TAPPED, pp. Broached; opened. NWAD TAPPED.1

TAPPING, ppr. Broaching; opening for the discharge of a fluid. NWAD TAPPING.1

TAP-ROOT, n. [tap and root.] The main root of a plant, which penetrates the earth directly downwards to a considerable depth. NWAD TAP-ROOT.1

TAPSTER, n. One whose business is to draw ale or other liquor. NWAD TAPSTER.1

TAR, n. [Eng. tare, in commerce.] NWAD TAR.1

1. A thick resinous substance of a dark brown or black color, obtained from pine and fir trees, by burning the wood with a close smothering heat. NWAD TAR.2

Tar inspissated is called pitch, and is much used in ships and cordage. NWAD TAR.3

2. A sailor; so called form his tarred clothes. NWAD TAR.4

T`AR, v.t. To smear with tar; as, to tar ropes. NWAD TAR.5

1. To tease; to provoke. [Not in use.] NWAD TAR.6

TARABE, n. A large parrot with a red head. NWAD TARABE.1

TARANTULA, n. A species of spider, the Aranea tarantula, so called, it is said, from Tarentum in Apulia, where this animal is mostly found; a venomous insect, whose bite gives name to a new disease, called tarantismus. This is said to be cured by music. NWAD TARANTULA.1

TARANTULATE, v.t. To excite or govern emotions by music. NWAD TARANTULATE.1

TARAQUIRA, n. A species of American lizard. NWAD TARAQUIRA.1

TARDATION, n. [L. tardo. See Tardy.] The act of retarding or delaying. [Not used. We use for this, retardation.] NWAD TARDATION.1

TARDIGRADE, TARDIGRADOUS, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus, slow, and gradus, step.] NWAD TARDIGRADE.1

Slow-paced; moving or stepping slowly. NWAD TARDIGRADE.2

T`ARDIGRADE, n. The tardigrades are a genus of edentate quadrupeds, including the genus Bradypus or sloth. NWAD TARDIGRADE.3

TARDILY, adv. [from tardy.] Slowly; with slow pace or motion. NWAD TARDILY.1

TARDINESS, n. [from tardy.] Slowness; or the slowness of motion or pace. NWAD TARDINESS.1

1. Unwillingness; reluctance manifested by slowness. NWAD TARDINESS.2

2. Lateness; as the tardiness of witnesses or jurors in attendance; the tardiness of students in attending prayers or recitation. NWAD TARDINESS.3

TARDITY, n. [L. tarditas.] Slowness; tardiness. [Not used.] NWAD TARDITY.1

TARDY, a. [L. tardus.] NWAD TARDY.1

1. Slow; with a slow pace or motion. NWAD TARDY.2

And check the tardy flight of time. NWAD TARDY.3

2. Late; dilatory; not being in season. NWAD TARDY.4

The tardy plants in our cold orchards plac’d NWAD TARDY.5

You may freely censure him for being tardy in his payments. NWAD TARDY.6

3. Slow; implying reluctance. NWAD TARDY.7

Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. NWAD TARDY.8

4. Unwary. [Not in use.] NWAD TARDY.9

5. Criminal. [Not in use.] NWAD TARDY.10

T`ARDY, v.i. To delay. [Not in use.] NWAD TARDY.11

TARDY-GAITED, a. [tardy and gait.] Slow-paced; having a slow step or pace. NWAD TARDY-GAITED.1

The mellow horn NWAD TARDY-GAITED.2

Chides the tardy-gaited morn. NWAD TARDY-GAITED.3

TARE, n. [I know not the origin of this word. See the next word.] NWAD TARE.1

1. A weed that grows among corn. NWAD TARE.2

Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36. NWAD TARE.3

2. In agriculture, a plant of the vetch kind, of which there are two sorts, the purple flowered spring or summer tare, and the purple-flowered wild or winter tare. It is much cultivated in England for fodder. NWAD TARE.4

TARE, n. NWAD TARE.5

1. In commerce, deficiency in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag or other thing containing the commodity, and which is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity from the weight or quantity of a commodity sold in a cask, chest, bag or the like, which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, chest or bag; or the abatement may be on the price of the commodity sold. When the tare is deducted, the remainder is called the net or neat weight. NWAD TARE.6

TARE, v.t. To ascertain or mark the amount of tare. NWAD TARE.7
TARE, old pret. of tear. WE now use tore. NWAD TARE.8

TARED, pp. Having the tare ascertained and marked. NWAD TARED.1

TARGE, for target, is obsolete. NWAD TARGE.1

TARGET, n. NWAD TARGET.1

1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war. NWAD TARGET.2

2. A mark for the artillery to fire at in their practice. NWAD TARGET.3

TARGETED, a. Furnished or armed with a target. NWAD TARGETED.1

TARGETEER, n. One armed with a target. NWAD TARGETEER.1

TARGUM, n. A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or dialect. Of these the Targum of Jonathan, and that of Onkelos, are held in most esteem by the Jews. NWAD TARGUM.1

TARGUMIST, n. The writer of a Targum. NWAD TARGUMIST.1

TARIF, n. NWAD TARIF.1

1. Properly, a list or table of goods with the duties or customs to be paid for the same, either on importation or exportation, whether such duties are imposed by the government of a country, or agreed on by the princes or governments of two countries holding commerce with each other. NWAD TARIF.2

2. A list or table of duties or customs to be paid on goods imported or exported. NWAD TARIF.3

TARIF, v.t. To make a list of duties on goods. NWAD TARIF.4

TARIN, n. A bird of the genus Fringilla, kept in cages for its beauty and fine notes; the citrinella. NWAD TARIN.1

TARING, ppr. Ascertaining or marking the amount of tare. NWAD TARING.1

TARN, n. A bog, a marsh; a fen. NWAD TARN.1

TARNISH, v.t. NWAD TARNISH.1

1. To sully; to soil by an alteration induced by the air, or by dust and the like; to diminish or destroy luster; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the brightness or beauty of color. NWAD TARNISH.2

2. To diminish or destroy the purity of; as to tarnish reputation or honor. NWAD TARNISH.3

T`ARNISH, v.i. To lose luster; to become dull; as, polished substances of gilding will tarnish in the course of time. Metals tarnish by oxydation. NWAD TARNISH.4

TARNISHED, pp. Sullied; having lost its brightness by oxydation, or by some alteration induced by exposure to air, dust and the like. NWAD TARNISHED.1

Gold and silver, when tarnished, resume their brightness by setting them over certain lyes. Copper and pewter, etc. tarnished, recover their luster with tripoli and potashes. NWAD TARNISHED.2

TARNISHING, pp. Sullying; losing brightness. NWAD TARNISHING.1

TARPAULIN, n. [from tar.] A piece of canvas well daubed with tar, and used to cover the hatchways of a ship to prevent rain or water from entering the hold. NWAD TARPAULIN.1

1. A sailor; in contempt. NWAD TARPAULIN.2

TARRACE, TARRASS, TERRASS, TRASS, n. A volcanic earth, resembling puzzolana, used as a cement; or a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. The Dutch tarrass is made of a soft rock stone found near Collen, on the lower part of the Rhine. It is burnt like lime, and reduced to powder in mills. It is of a grayish color. NWAD TARRACE.1

TARRAGON, n. A plant of the genus Artemisia, (A. dracunculus,) celebrated for perfuming vinegar in France. NWAD TARRAGON.1

TARRED, pp. Smeared with tar. NWAD TARRED.1

TARRIANCE, n. [from tarry.] A tarrying; delay; lateness. [Not in use.] NWAD TARRIANCE.1

TARRIER, n. A dog. [See Terrier.] NWAD TARRIER.1

1. [from tarry.] One who tarries or delays. NWAD TARRIER.2

TARRING, ppr. Smearing with tar. NWAD TARRING.1

TARROCK, n. A sea fowl of the genus Larus or gull kind, the L. tridactylus. It is of the size of the common pigeon, and is remarkable for having no hind toe, but in lieu of it a small protuberance. NWAD TARROCK.1

TARRY, v.i. [L. taurus, a bull.] NWAD TARRY.1

1. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. NWAD TARRY.2

Tarry all night and wash your feet. Genesis 19:2. NWAD TARRY.3

2. To stay behind. Exodus 12:39. NWAD TARRY.4

3. To stay in expectation; to wait. NWAD TARRY.5

Tarry ye here for us, till we come again to you. Exodus 24:14. NWAD TARRY.6

4. To delay; to put off going or coming; to defer. NWAD TARRY.7

Come down to me, tarry not. Genesis 45:9. NWAD TARRY.8

5. To remain; to stay. NWAD TARRY.9

He that telleth lies, shall not tarry in my sight. Psalm 101:7. NWAD TARRY.10

TARRY, v.t. To wait for. NWAD TARRY.11

I cannot tarry dinner. [Not in use.] NWAD TARRY.12

TARRY, a. [from tar.] Consisting of tar, or like tar. NWAD TARRY.13

TARRYING, ppr. Staying; delaying. NWAD TARRYING.1

TARRYING, n. Delay. Psalm 40:17. NWAD TARRYING.2

[This word is in respectable use.] NWAD TARRYING.3

TARSEL, n. A kind of hawk. NWAD TARSEL.1

TARSUS, n. That part of the foot to which the leg is articulated, the front of which is called the instep. NWAD TARSUS.1

TART, a. NWAD TART.1

1. Acid; sharp to the taste; acidulous; as a tart apple. NWAD TART.2

2. Sharp; keen; severe; as a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke. NWAD TART.3

T`ART, n. [L. tortus, twisted; and this may be the primary sense of tar, acid, sharp, and hence this noun, something acid or made of acid fruit.] A species of pie or pastry, consisting of fruit baked on paste. NWAD TART.4

TARTAN, n. A small coasting vessel with one mast and a bowsprit, and the principal sail, which is very large, extended by a lateen-yard. NWAD TARTAN.1

TARTAR, n. NWAD TARTAR.1

1. An acid concrete salt, formed from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the sides of the casks in the form of a hard crust. It is white or red, the white being most esteemed. In its crude state, it is much used as a flux in the assaying of ores. NWAD TARTAR.2

Tartar is a supertartrate of potash; that is, a compound of tartaric acid and potash, having the acid in excess. NWAD TARTAR.3

2. A person of a keen irritable temper. NWAD TARTAR.4

3. A native of Tartary; a corruption of Tatar. NWAD TARTAR.5

T`ARTAR, n. [L. Tartarus.] Hell. [Not in use.] NWAD TARTAR.6

TARTAREAN, TARAREOUS, a. Hellish; pertaining to Tartarus. NWAD TARTAREAN.1

TARTAREOUS, a. Consisting of tartar; resembling tartar, or partaking of its properties. NWAD TARTAREOUS.1

TARTARIC, TARAREAN, a. Pertaining to Tartary, in Asia. NWAD TARTARIC.1

Tartaric acid, the acid of tartar. NWAD TARTARIC.2

TARTARIN, n. [from tartar.] Fixed vegetable alkali or potash. NWAD TARTARIN.1

TARTARINATED, a. Combined with tartarin. NWAD TARTARINATED.1

TARTARIZE, v.t. To impregnate with tartar; to refine by means of the salt of tartar. NWAD TARTARIZE.1

TARTARIZED, pp. Impregnated with tartar; refined by tartar. NWAD TARTARIZED.1

TARTARIZING, ppr. Impregnating with tartar; refining by means of the salt of tartar. NWAD TARTARIZING.1

TARTAROUS, a. Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities. NWAD TARTAROUS.1

TARTARUM, n. A preparation of tartar, called petrified tartar. NWAD TARTARUM.1

TARTISH, a. [from tart.] Somewhat tart. NWAD TARTISH.1

TARTLY, adv. Sharply; with acidity. NWAD TARTLY.1

1. Sharply; with poignancy; severely; as, to reply or rebuke tartly. NWAD TARTLY.2

2. With sourness of aspect. NWAD TARTLY.3

TARTNESS, n. Acidity; sharpness to the taste; as the tartness of wine or fruit. NWAD TARTNESS.1

1. Sharpness of language or manner; poignancy; keenness; severity; as the tartness of rebuke. NWAD TARTNESS.2

TARTRATEARTRITE, n. [from tartar.] A salt formed by the combination of tartarous or tartaric acid with a base; as tartrite of potash; tartrite of soda. NWAD TARTRATEARTRITE.1

TARTUFFISH, a. Precise; formal. [Not in use.] NWAD TARTUFFISH.1

TAR-WATER, n. [tar and water.] A cold infusion of tar, used as a medicine. NWAD TAR-WATER.1

TASK, n. NWAD TASK.1

1. Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man has his task. When he has performed his task, his time is his own. Exodus 5:13. NWAD TASK.2

2. Business; employment. NWAD TASK.3

His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. NWAD TASK.4

3. Burdensome employment. NWAD TASK.5

To take to task, to reprove; to reprimand; as, to take one to task for idleness. NWAD TASK.6

T`ASK, v.t. NWAD TASK.7

1. To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor. NWAD TASK.8

2. To burden with some employment; to require to perform. NWAD TASK.9

There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. NWAD TASK.10

TASKED, pp. Required to perform something. NWAD TASKED.1

TASKER, n. One that imposes a task. NWAD TASKER.1

TASKING, ppr. Imposing a task on; requiring to perform. NWAD TASKING.1

TASKMASTER, n. [task and master.] One who imposes a task, or burdens with labor. Sinful propensities and appetites are men’s most unrelenting taskmasters. They condemn us to unceasing drudgery, and reward us with pain, remorse and poverty. Next to our sinful propensities, fashion is the most oppressive taskmaster. NWAD TASKMASTER.1

1. One whose office is to assign tasks to others. Exodus 1:11; Exodus 3:7. NWAD TASKMASTER.2

TASSEL, n. NWAD TASSEL.1

1. A sort of pendant ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains and the like, ending in loose threads. NWAD TASSEL.2

2. A small ribbon of silk sewed to a book, to be put between the leaves. NWAD TASSEL.3

3. In building, tassels are the pieces of boards that lie under the mantle-tree. NWAD TASSEL.4

4. A burr. [See Teasel.] NWAD TASSEL.5

5. A male hawk; properly terzol. NWAD TASSEL.6

TASSELED, a. Furnished or adorned with tassels; as the tasseled horn. NWAD TASSELED.1

TASSES, n. plu. Armor for the thighs; appendages to the ancient corslet, consisting of skirts of iron that covered the thighs. They were fastened to the cuirass with hooks. NWAD TASSES.1

TASTABLE, a. [from taste.] That may be tasted; savory; relishing. NWAD TASTABLE.1

TASTE, v.t. NWAD TASTE.1

1. To perceive by means of the tongue; to have a certain sensation in consequence of something applied to the tongue, the organ of taste; as, to taste bread; to taste wine; to taste a sweet or an acid. NWAD TASTE.2

2. To try the relish of by the perception of the organs of taste. NWAD TASTE.3

3. To try by eating a little; or to eat a little. NWAD TASTE.4

Because I tasted a little of this honey. 1 Samuel 14:29. NWAD TASTE.5

4. To essay first. NWAD TASTE.6

5. To have pleasure from. NWAD TASTE.7

6. To experience; to feel; to undergo. NWAD TASTE.8

That he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Hebrews 2:9. NWAD TASTE.9

7. To relish intellectually; to enjoy. NWAD TASTE.10

Thou, Adam, wilt taste no pleasure. NWAD TASTE.11

8. To experience by shedding, as blood. NWAD TASTE.12

When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse. NWAD TASTE.13

TASTE, v.i. To try by the mouth; to eat or drink; or to eat or drink a little only; as, to taste of each kind of wine. NWAD TASTE.14

1. To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the quality or flavor is distinguished; as, butter tastes of garlic; apples boiled in a brass-kettle, sometimes taste of brass. NWAD TASTE.15

2. To distinguish intellectually. NWAD TASTE.16

Scholars, when good sense describing, NWAD TASTE.17

Call it tasting and imbibing. NWAD TASTE.18

3. To try the relish of any thing. Taste of the fruits; taste for yourself. NWAD TASTE.19

4. To be tinctured; to have a particular quality or character. NWAD TASTE.20

Ev’ry idle, nice and wanton reason NWAD TASTE.21

Shall, to the king, taste of this action. NWAD TASTE.22

5. To experience; to have perception of. NWAD TASTE.23

The valiant never taste of death but once. NWAD TASTE.24

6. To take to be enjoyed. NWAD TASTE.25

Of nature’s bounty men forbore to taste. NWAD TASTE.26

7. To enjoy sparingly. NWAD TASTE.27

For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours. NWAD TASTE.28

8. To have the experience or enjoyment of. NWAD TASTE.29

They who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and the good word of God. Hebrews 6:4-5. NWAD TASTE.30

TASTE, n. The act of tasting; gustation. NWAD TASTE.31

1. A particular sensation excited in an animal by the application of a substance to the tongue, the proper organ; as the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste. NWAD TASTE.32

2. The sense by which we perceive the relish of a thing. This sense appears to reside in the tongue or its papillae. Men have a great variety of tastes. In the influenza of 1790, the taste, for some days, was entirely extinguished. NWAD TASTE.33

3. Intellectual relish; as, he had no taste of true glory. NWAD TASTE.34

I have no taste NWAD TASTE.35

Of popular applause. NWAD TASTE.36

[Note. In this use, the word is now followed by for. “He had no taste for glory.” When followed by of, the sense is ambiguous, or rather it denotes experience, trial.] NWAD TASTE.37

4. Judgment; discernment; nice perception, or the power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles lettres. Taste is not wholly the gift of nature, nor wholly the effect of art. It depends much on culture. We say, a good taste, or a fine taste. NWAD TASTE.38

5. Style; manner, with respect to what is pleasing; as a poem or music composed in good taste. NWAD TASTE.39

6. Essay; trial; experiment. [Not in use.] NWAD TASTE.40

7. A small portion given as a specimen. NWAD TASTE.41

8. A bit; a little piece tasted or eaten. NWAD TASTE.42

TASTED, pp. Perceived by the organs of taste; experienced. NWAD TASTED.1

TASTEFUL, a. Having a high relish; savory; as tasteful herbs. NWAD TASTEFUL.1

1. Having good taste. NWAD TASTEFUL.2

TASTEFULLY, adv. With good taste. NWAD TASTEFULLY.1

TASTELESS, a. Having no taste; insipid; as tasteless fruit. NWAD TASTELESS.1

1. Having no power of giving pleasure; as tasteless amusements. NWAD TASTELESS.2

2. Having no power to perceive taste. [Not used.] NWAD TASTELESS.3

3. Having no intellectual gust. [Little used.] NWAD TASTELESS.4

TASTELESSNESS, n. Want of taste or relish; insipidness; as the tastelessness of fruit. NWAD TASTELESSNESS.1

1. Want of perception of taste. [Not in use.] NWAD TASTELESSNESS.2

2. Want of intellectual relish. [Not in use.] NWAD TASTELESSNESS.3

TASTER, n. One who tastes. NWAD TASTER.1

1. One who first tastes food or liquor. NWAD TASTER.2

Thy tutor be thy taster, e’er thou eat. NWAD TASTER.3

2. A dram cup. NWAD TASTER.4

TASTILY, adv. With good taste. NWAD TASTILY.1

TASTING, ppr. Perceiving by the tongue. NWAD TASTING.1

1. Trying; experiencing; enjoying or suffering. NWAD TASTING.2

TASTING, n. The art of perceiving by the tongue. NWAD TASTING.3

1. The sense by which we perceive of distinguish savors; or the perception of external objects through the instrumentality of the tongue or organs of taste. NWAD TASTING.4

TASTY, a. Having a good taste, or nice perception of excellence; applied to persons; as a tasty lady. NWAD TASTY.1

1. Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as tasty furniture; a tasty dress. NWAD TASTY.2

TATTER, v.t. To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.] NWAD TATTER.1

TATTER, n. A rag, or a part torn and hanging to the thing; chiefly used in the plural, tatters. NWAD TATTER.2

TATTERDEMALION, n. A ragged fellow. NWAD TATTERDEMALION.1

TATTERED, pp. or a. Rent; torn; hanging in rags; as a tattered garment. NWAD TATTERED.1

Where wav’d the tatter’d ensigns of Rag-fair. NWAD TATTERED.2

TATTLE, v.i. NWAD TATTLE.1

1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning. NWAD TATTLE.2

Excuse it by the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. NWAD TATTLE.3

2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; as a tattling girl. NWAD TATTLE.4

TATTLE, n. Prate, idle talk or chat; trifling talk. NWAD TATTLE.5

They told the tattle of the day. NWAD TATTLE.6

TATTLER, n. One who tattles; an idle talker; one that tells tales. NWAD TATTLER.1

TATTLING, ppr. Talking idly; telling tales. NWAD TATTLING.1

1. a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. NWAD TATTLING.2

TATTOO, n. [Eng. tap.] A beat of drum at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. NWAD TATTOO.1

TATTOO, v.t. [In the South Sea isles.] To prick the skin, and stain the punctured spots with a black substance, forming lines and figures upon the body. In some isles, the inhabitants tattoo the face, in others only the body. The same practice exists among other rude nations. NWAD TATTOO.2
TATTOO, n. Figures on the body made by punctures and stains in lines and figures. NWAD TATTOO.3

TATTOOED, pp. Marked by stained lines and figures on the body. NWAD TATTOOED.1

TATTOOING, ppr. Marking with various figures by stained lines. NWAD TATTOOING.1

TAU, n. The toad fish of Carolina, a species of Gadus. (G. tau.) NWAD TAU.1

1. A species of beetle; also, a species of moth, (Phalena;) also, a kind of fly, (Musca.) NWAD TAU.2

TAUGHT, a. taut. [from the root of tight.] Stretched; not slack. NWAD TAUGHT.1

TAUGHT, pret. and pp. of teach. pron. taut. [L. doctus.] NWAD TAUGHT.2

Experience taught him wisdom. He has been taught in the school of experience. NWAD TAUGHT.3

TAUNT, v.t. NWAD TAUNT.1

1. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid. NWAD TAUNT.2

When I had at my pleasure taunted her-- NWAD TAUNT.3

2. To exprobrate; to censure. NWAD TAUNT.4

Rail thou in Fulvia’s phrase, and taunt my faults. NWAD TAUNT.5

T`AUNT, n. Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. NWAD TAUNT.6

With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. NWAD TAUNT.7

TAUNTED, pp. Upbraided with sarcastic or severe words. NWAD TAUNTED.1

TAUNTER, n. One who taunts, reproaches or upbraids with sarcastic or censorious reflections. NWAD TAUNTER.1

TAUNTING, ppr. Treating with severe reflections; upbraiding. NWAD TAUNTING.1

TAUNTINGLY, adv. With bitter and sarcastic words; insultingly; scoffingly. NWAD TAUNTINGLY.1

TAURICORNOUS, a. [L. taurus, a bull, and cornu, horn.] NWAD TAURICORNOUS.1

Having horns like a bull. NWAD TAURICORNOUS.2

TAURIFORM, a. [L. taurus, a bull, and form.] NWAD TAURIFORM.1

Having the form of a bull. NWAD TAURIFORM.2