English Dictionary: toper | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Koolokamba \Koo`lo*kam"ba\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A west African anthropoid ape ({Troglodytes koolokamba}, or {T. Aubryi}), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them. | |
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Taber \Ta"ber\, v. i. Same as {Tabor}. --Nahum ii. 7. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb[?]r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[c6]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and {taber}.] | |
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Taber \Ta"ber\, v. i. Same as {Tabor}. --Nahum ii. 7. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb[?]r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[c6]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and {taber}.] | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb[?]r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[c6]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and {taber}.] | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taboring}.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also {tabour}.] 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. t. To make (a sound) with a tabor. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb[?]r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[c6]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and {taber}.] | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taboring}.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also {tabour}.] 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. | |
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Tabour \Ta"bour\, n. & v. See {Tabor}. | |
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Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb[?]r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tab[c6]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and {taber}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taboring}.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also {tabour}.] 1. To play on a tabor, or little drum. 2. To strike lightly and frequently. | |
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Tabour \Ta"bour\, n. & v. See {Tabor}. | |
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Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tapering}.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. | |
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Taper \Ta"per\, v. t. To make or cause to taper. | |
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Taper \Ta"per\, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.] 1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak. 2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Taper \Ta"per\, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers. | |
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Tapir \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to {Tapirus}, {Elasmognathus}, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of little use. Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir ({Tapirus Indicus}), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir ({T. Americanus}), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America. {Tapir tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the wallah. | |
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Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); -- called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie}, {barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump borer}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Teaberry \Tea"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The checkerberry. | |
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Tepor \Te"por\, n. [L., fr. tepere to be tepid.] Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Fair \Fair\, n. 1. Fairness, beauty. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A fair woman; a sweetheart. I have found out a gift for my fair. --Shenstone. 3. Good fortune; good luck. Now fair befall thee ! --Shak. {The fair}, anything beautiful; women, collectively. [bd]For slander's mark was ever yet the fair.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure. See {Few}, and cf. {Parade}, {Pauper}, {Poverty}.] 1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent. Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor people. 2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. 3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected; as: (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. [bd]Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed.[b8] --Gen. xli. 19. (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. [bd]His genius . . . poor and cowardly.[b8] --Bacon. (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. [bd]A poor vessel.[b8] --Clarendon. (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil. (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture. (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night. (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. --Calamy. 4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. --Shak. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior. 5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. [bd]Blessed are the poor in spirit.[b8] --Matt. v. 3. {Poor law}, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor. {Poor man's treacle} (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng] --Dr. Prior. {Poor man's weatherglass} (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel ({Anagallis arvensis}), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather. {Poor rate}, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor. {Poor soldier} (Zo[94]l.), the friar bird. {The poor}, those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public. [bd]I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.[b8] --Franklin. | |
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Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n. 1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness. Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. --South. 2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Tibrie \Tib"rie\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The pollack. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tiebar \Tie"bar`\, n. A flat bar used as a tie. | |
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Tipper \Tip"per\, n. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [Eng.] | |
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Tiver \Tiv"er\, n. [AS. te[a0]for, te[a0]fur.] A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tiver \Tiv"er\, v. t. To mark with tiver. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Bear \Bear\, v. i. 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. This age to blossom, and the next to bear. --Dryden. 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. But man is born to bear. --Pope. 3. To endure with patience; to be patient. I can not, can not bear. --Dryden. 4. To press; -- with on or upon, or against. These men bear hard on the suspected party. --Addison. 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. 6. To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform. --Hawthorne. 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. {To bear against}, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. [Obs.] {To bear away} (Naut.), to change the course of a ship, and make her run before the wind. {To bear back}, to retreat. [bd]Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. {To bear down upon} (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy. {To bear in with} (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. {To bear off} (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. {To bear up}. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. --Hamersly. {To bear upon} (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center. {To bear up to}, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another. {To bear with}, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish. | |
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Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. {To veer away} [or] {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. | |
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Tofore \To*fore"\, Toforn \To*forn"\, prep. & adv. [AS. t[d3]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.] Before. [Obs.] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. --Chaucer. Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! --Shak. | |
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Toper \To"per\ (t[omac]"p[etil]r), n. One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot. | |
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Tope \Tope\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus, [or] Galeus, galeus}), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also {toper}, {oil shark}, {miller's dog}, and {penny dog}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Toper \To"per\ (t[omac]"p[etil]r), n. One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot. | |
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Tope \Tope\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus, [or] Galeus, galeus}), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also {toper}, {oil shark}, {miller's dog}, and {penny dog}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Topiary \Top"i*a*ry\, a. [L. topiarius belonging to ornamental gardening, fr. topia (sc. opera) ornamental gardening, fr. Gr. [?] a place.] Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian. {Topiary work}, arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings, etc. | |
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Topper \Top"per\, n. 1. One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.: (a) A cover of a top layer or part. [Colloq.] (b) One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. [Slang] (c) Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper. (d) One who tops steel ingots. (e) A three-square float (file) used by comb makers. 2. A top hat. [Slang or Colloq.] 3. Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called from its being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump. [Slang] | |
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Tuber \Tu"ber\, n.[L., a hump. knob; probably akin to tumere to swell. Cf. {Tumid}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of {Tuberous}. (b) A genus of fungi. See {Truffle}. 2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tabor, IA (city, FIPS 76935) Location: 40.89382 N, 95.67209 W Population (1990): 957 (395 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51653 Tabor, SD (town, FIPS 62820) Location: 42.94766 N, 97.65968 W Population (1990): 403 (194 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57063 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Teaberry, KY Zip code(s): 41660 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Taberah burning, a place in the wilderness of Paran, where the "fire of the Lord" consumed the murmuring Israelites (Num. 11:3; Deut. 9:22). It was also called Kibroth-hattaavah (q.v.). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tabor a height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. The view from the summit of it is said to be singularly extensive and grand. This is alluded to in Ps. 89:12; Jer. 46:18. It was here that Barak encamped before the battle with Sisera (q.v.) Judg. 4:6-14. There is an old tradition, which, however, is unfounded, that it was the scene of the transfiguration of our Lord. (See {HERMON}.) "The prominence and isolation of Tabor, standing, as it does, on the border-land between the northern and southern tribes, between the mountains and the central plain, made it a place of note in all ages, and evidently led the psalmist to associate it with Hermon, the one emblematic of the south, the other of the north." There are some who still hold that this was the scene of the transfiguration (q.v.). (2.) A town of Zebulum (1 Chr. 6:77). (3.) The "plain of Tabor" (1 Sam. 10:3) should be, as in the Revised Version, "the oak of Tabor." This was probably the Allon-bachuth of Gen. 35:8. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Taberah, burning | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Tabor, choice; purity; bruising |