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to traan. te them , and lhe decemvir¡ arte:rwards com·
piled l nd reduCtd ,he", in'o 'en ..bies. Af,er a world
of eare .nd applieatioD, ,hey were . , leng,h en.lled aod
eDn6rOled by ,he feoa'e aO\I .n arren.bly of ,he people..
in ,be year of Rome 3°3. T he (ollowing year ,hey
(ound fome,hiog wan,ing ,herein, whieh ,hcy fupplied
from lbe of the for mer kiogs of Rome. and (rom
ceru iD euflom. whieh long ufe had .u,hDrifed : . 11 ,hefe
being en~ravcn on t\Va othc", tablcl , made lbe law5 of the
twe:l, c tablcs. fo r~mou, iDthe Roman jarifprudcncc, tbe
fouree l nd fOlndation of lhe civil or R onu lD ,
TA BL[ S lIf l/u law, in Jcwifh antiquit)', two u blcl" en
which wcrc WntlCD lhe dcc~ loguc. or ten commandmcnts,
gi. eD by G od ' o Mof.. 0 0 M. uo, Sin. i. See O, C A–
LOGU E..
TA BLE, in mathematics, a fyficm of nu mbcrs calculatcd to
be ready al hand (or the cxpedhiDg altronQmical, gcomc·
trical, and other operarion!.
AJlr~n""icQI TA BLI 5, are computado,,! Df lhe motio• • ,
placcs , 2nd other pnZDomenfl of Ibe plaoen.
T ABORITES, a branch or Ceél of ,he ancien' Hum'e•.
Tbey carried tbe point of rerormation farther ,hao Huf,
h:;.d done, rtjeéted purgatory, auricular coofeffion, the
U.a iOD of b' p,iCm, tr.nfubltan,iatioD. &,. T hey re–
duced the rC'fen Cacramenu of the RonllnHls to four, uiz .
baptifm, the eueharifi, ",arri. ge, and ordioalion . .
T AI:lRISTAN, a province of Perfi a, fi,uoted OD ,he north–
ern fuore of Ihe Ca.rpian fea, héu'iog the proTince of Anra·
~at on ,he eafl , and GilaDOD ,be .,en; bciDg P'r! of
the ancieM Hyrcania.
T ACAMAHACA, , a Cond reGn, improperly
called a gum, io Ihe fhop' :- it ís of a fragraot and pecu–
liar Cmell , and i. of 'wo kiDds ; ,he ORe ealled ,he Ihell–
ucamahaca, which i, lhe fin eft ~ lhe olher. which il ao
inferior kind, bciog lermed rougb-tacamahaca, (Ir taca.–
mahaca in grajos .
Sorne greatly eommend ,ae. in diCorders of ,he
and lu.g. ; bu" ., prmn, it i. very rarely uCed
interoalJy. Exteroally. howel'Cr, jI is iu tepute {or [oCt–
cDiDg tumours. and mifiguia, paio and aches.
T ACK. in a fhip, a great rope haTíos a wale·koot at one
cnd. which is feized or faHeDed into the c1ew of the raíl ;
fo is rcefed firft tbough lhe chcfTe..trees, aod theo i,
brough, ,hrough • hole in ,he Ihip', fideo lt, ufe i. to
carry forward Ihe clew of the rail, ilnd 10 make it nand
clore by a wind : and whene'f"er the fails are tbU8 Irim–
med, the maio_tack, the fo re_tack, and mizeo-tack, are
brough, e1.ofe by ,he board, and haled .s mueh (orward
on as they ea.n be.
TA CK , in Seoll h w. See L AW, Til . xiii. 8, b e.
TA CK - A80 U T , in the fea-Jancuage, is to turn the fh ip a–
boor, or bring her head about, fo a,s tO Iie (he co.,trary
w~y.
T ACKLE, among fea-men, denote, 01111 ,he ropes or cor~
dage of a f'hip, ufed in managiog tbe fails, Oc.
T ACTICS, in of IVar, i. ,he me,hoJ of difpo6ng
forces lo the befl: acluotage in arde r of b:.ttle. and of
performing the feveral milllary mOlian, and c'/olutions .
T ADCASTER, • market-'OWD of Yorlr.lhir<, ' en mile.
fou.h·well of York
T ADOR NA. in orni,hology. See A NA S.
T ADPO L E , a young frog, before 'í, ha. t1ifeng. ged i,felf
VO L. llI. N° 97· 3
T AL
froOl ,11. memorao.. ,ha, cnnlope i, i. i" firll fI' ge of
life. See IÜ . A.
T JEN!A, in zoology, ) genos o( iofell" b:longing 10 ,he
order 01 vermes zOOfhyta ; Ihe body of which is of an
oblong form, and comporcd of ef idenc joints or articula–
tions, in lhe manner of lhe Jink, of a chaio , wi,h a mouth
an..::i , ifcera in e1eh joint ; fo lhat the jOi Dtt, which are
exc(edingly numerou, . are in fome mearun: fo m..ny
diClina animah, and cao live-indepeodent of eaeh olher.
T here are fou r fpecies ; Ibe folium. or U pe-worm . i,
fOUDd in .lhe l>o",e1s ot men, ar.d 61he., and frequehtl y
exteod\s 10 many yardl io length. See M EDI CIN E, p.
160. -
T lE N I A, in architellure, a member oCthe D one capital. re–
fembllng a fquar. 611e' , or re~let : i, fenes inllead of a
eymalium.
T AFfETY, in eommeree, • ' De finoo,h Glken lluff, re–
mark•• ly glorry .
TAGETES, in botany, a genu. o( ,he fyogcnefia polyg. –
mia fupc:rflua clafs. T he rcceptacle is nak-ed ; the pap–
pus has 6ve nraiJ~ht aWDs; lhe calix confins of one tu'·
bulous le.,( with rife teech; and there are fi ve pediU cpt
llrJfeules in lhe radius. T he fpec:ies are th ree, all natives
of America.
T AGUS, the lar: efi river of Spain i which, taking its rire
on lhe confines of ArragoQ, rans fO\lth-wefi through (he
provinees of Ne", C. lliJ. and En rem'Rura ; and pamng
by (be cities of A ranjuez, T oledo, aod Alcantan, and
\hen croffio, Portu gal , forms Ihe harbour of LiCbon, 2t
which eily it is about three miles over ; and about eigh t
o;' ten miles bcJow this, il fa'lls ¡nto the Atlantic 'Oceao.
TAJ ACU, in zoology, a (pecies of hog. See S us.
TAIL, ,he train of a beafl, blrd. or (¡Ih ; whieh, in land
animals, ferHs 10 drive away fl c:es, 6c. and iDbirds and
6rhes, 10 direa their courre, and ama fhem iDafcending
or defcendinJ: iDIhe air or water.
T AILZ IE .. in Seo" I.w. See LAw, T it. xxvii. 8, &,.
T AINE, • POrt " Olvn of R ofs-Ihir., in Seotland, r"uated
0 0 ,he Cou,h -fide oC,he Cri,h of Su,herl,nd, CeveD DiiJ.,
north of C roman y : W. long. 3° 38', N . lat. 58°,
T AL C, in natural hillory, a large e1afs of fonil bodies,
compofed of broad, O.n, and fmoolh Idrnlnre or pl<ltes,
bid eTenly aod re.=ululy on one another i eafi ly I1ffil!!,
according to lbe fite of {heCe plates, bUI no[·all fo io any
mherdireétioD; fiexile, and elallic; bright, ntining, and
traofparent ; nOI giving 6re with (leel, nor r<:rmentinl!
with acid menfi rua, and fultaioing the force oE a violent
I1rt without calcining .
T ALENT, money of account among lhe ancienn.
Among ,he: Jew" a talcnt in wcight \VdS cqu:.1to 60
ma neh, or 113 lb. JO oz. 1 dwl. l O} gr.
T ALIO, ¡ex /a/ioll;J , a fpecies of punilhment in the ~fofaie
law, whereby an e. il is rccurnt:d fimi lar to tlu t cOlOmit–
ed aJ!aioCl us by another ; h:nce thal exprellioD, eyc fl,)r
c1.e, looth (or tooth .
T ALI SM¡YNS, m.gic,l figures eu' or engr.ved ",i,h fu–
pedlitious obfervations on the charaflerifnis ane.! configu–
ftlt;~ns of lhe hcavens, 10 which fOlDe aftrologers luve
attnbutcd \Vondcl fui . ¡nucs, particuLuly ,hal of calJing
down c~lcnial ;nIlJcnccs. T he 1.. lifr'n itns of S.lmothrace,
fo (aOlou:. of old, were pieces of iron formed into ce nain
imag('s, ano fet in di eS ; (hefe \Vere ette:cmcu prc:fc:rva-
8 K t tive,