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tive. againn .11 kind. of evil.. Tb.,e

'OIero

likewife tao

lifman, tak.n (rorll veg.tables, and othe.. from mineral•.

TALLOW. in

cOnlmer~eJ

the fat of cenain animal" rntlt ...

ed down aod c1arifi.d, fo a. to b. 6t for making eandle.,

&,.

TALLO\V~TRF.!J

a rernarkable t["te gro"ing in great plenry

in Chioa; fo ealled, (rom its produeing a fubrlaoee like

tallow, whieh fi,.e, for Ihe fame purpofe : il i, about

tbe hcight of acherry- trce,

ilS

leaves in form of a heart.

of •

d.ep

fh ining red eolour; and ils barle.

very

fmoolh.

lIS (ruil i. iodof.d in a lúnd of pod, or eo.", like a chef·

nut, "and confj(ls

three round wbite grain.,

the (ize

and form of a fmall nur, .aeh having ilO peculiar eapfula,

and ",ilhin a lilll. none. Thi. Ilon', i. eoeompalfed by

• whir. pulp whieh has all Ihe prop.rtie. of Irue tallo\Y,

both

2!1

to confiílcncc, (atotlr•. and even fmcll; and ac–

tordingly Ihe chinef. make Iheir eandle. of il; whieh

would doubtlef. b. a, good as thofe in Europ., if Ih.y

ko .... 110W 10 purify rhoír v.getable, as \Vdl as w. do our

.oimal, tallo ....

T ALLY, a

pi.ee

of wood cut in two parto, wherooo ae·

counts wcre anciemly

keptr

mean, of notches; one

part o( rhe ..lIy b.ing kept by ,he debror, aod Ihe olber

by rh. ¿reditor.

TALMUD, among Ihé Jew., .a eoll.étion of the doéhines

of their

religion and

monlity.

the

cDrpuljuril,

body o(lhe law, and eulloms of ·the Jews, who .Il••m

il .qual t()Olhe feriprures Ihemfelves-.

T ALPA, in zoology, a genu.·of

quadrup.cl

. b.looging ro'

th. ordcr of f.r.,. The,. are 6x for•. t••lh io Ihe tll'P.r·

jaw, and cight in ,he uod.r_ja",,; Ih.y have oo, large

dog-roorh, and fou , fmall.r on., . Ther. are two fpecios,

viz.

lhe

c¡¡udata,

&r common

mole,

Wilh a

taH, and

ti,e

tocs on (be

feel;

ir is a native of E-urope, {eeds UPO"

worms, and,

raifing (he earth,

¡n{elh

gardens and

eulti..r.d g,ound, . Tbi, animal has a p.nis mueh long.

er,_

proportion

(he (ize

ories

body, [han any other

cr.alure.

The fu, i. exeeediogly fmoorh ando6ne.

Though geo.rally beli. v. d 10 b. blind, il ha. a eoupk of

fmaU .yes moll ly hid wilh h,ir.

2 .

Th. afeariea has

no (ail, and

bUl

three

tolS 00

¡(s-feet. 1(;s a native of

Sib.ri•

•

TAMAND!\ U, in zoology.

5<:.

MUME COJ' HACA.

TAMARINDUS. io

bOI.ny

, a genus of Ihe triaodria mo·

nogynia clafs. Th. e.lix conGO. of (our fegl1'eo", and.rhe

eoroll. o( Ihr•• p'I.I,; Ihe neft.riumeon(i!is·of rwo (Ro"

brill!.s uod., the nlamen...; and th. pod is pulpy.

Th.re

is bU[

one fpecies, a native of

JEgypr, Arabia,

&c.

The pod is made up of a double rind, or membrane,

between which is a pulpy

ma~te·r. ;

which taken in

lhe

'luantíty of

t WD

or ihree drams.

o.r

ounee or more,

,rove, gemly lax.ativc or purgative; and

lhe

(a,me

time,

by itl aeidity, queochcs Ihirll, and allaYI immod.rate

htat.

TAMARIX, in bOllny, a

g.nu

. of the p.ntandria trigynia

claf.. The ealix confin. o( 6•• f.gm.nts, and th. eo.

rolla of rov. p.tals: the capfule has one

e.II,

aod Ih"e

V>JVCI; aod Ih.

fe.d~

are P' ppou.. There are I\VO fpe_

ci~:!I,

none of them

nalives

of Britaín.

The bark and l..... o, li>e la01ari,,_trte are mod.ratcly

.Ilrio~.nl

TAMBAC, a mixture of gold and copp.r, whieh Ihe p.o.

pie of Siam hold more b.auti(ul, aod f., a.gre...r ;'.Iue

on, Ihan go!J itfelf.

'fAMUS', io botaoy, a g. nu, of the diceci. hexand,ia c1af••

The calix o( bOlh male aod (.male eQ.nGIl. of fi" f.g .

ments ; neither of lhc:m have any corolla; the

Itylus

tri6d; aDd che berry boas three cdl" containiDg two ftedi.

There are two fpecies, none of Ihem natiycs of Brüain .

TAMWORTH, a

boroug~

of Stalfurdfhire. fi,"aled I\V'Dly

mil•• fOluh.eall of S,alford. It fcodo IWO

m.mb.

" 10

parlia~ent.

T>A"N; Ih. bark of Ihe oak, ehopped a.d ground in a tan.

ning-milJ ioto a coarre

powder,

to be ufed in the

unniog

n( I.arh.r. See TAN NrNc".

'f.ANACETUM, io botaoy, a g'Dus of Ihe fyngenefia poly.

gamia .,quali. daf.. The ree.prade i. nak.d ; anJ Ihe

caJix is hemifpherical aod imbricatfd. There

are

eight

fpecies, ooly one of them,

vj••

che

l'ulgare, or

comrao~

taofy, a nativc of Britatn.

Tanzy, confidered as a medicine, is •

moderateJy

warm bitt.r, and i, _mucb .xtoll.d

fome il> hyll.ric

complain.., .fp.eiaJly if proe.eding. from a d.6ci.DCY or

fuppr.llion of Ihe ulerin•. purgation, :.

ils.f.ed"

a.d l.....

have been in coorKlerable eCleem as anthelmintics ; and

are faid-to b. good' in eolie. and-Barul.nci.s.

TANGENT of ao areh i. a righl.lin. drawn

p.rp

.,dieu.

larly f,om ,he .nd of a diam.l.r, paffing to One .xtr,mir,

of ,he areh, and I.rminated by a richr-lio. drawn from

,h. e.ntre ,broogh the o,h.r end of Ih. arch, a.d call.d

the

recaat.

See

GEOf04ETR Y.

TANGIER,

port·towo of Afriu, iD th••mpir. of Mo–

roeeo and kingdom

Fez,

lituued

at (he ent·ranee of

Ihe llerai.. of Gibraltar, in W.long .

7·,

N . la..

'>5·

40':

1.t

was the

capiu!

the

aOc1eDt

~huriunia

TiDgitana,

and was' ooce in rhe polf.llion of th. En:¡lrOI.

'iANGUT,. a provinee of ChiA.Gan T.""y, firu",d

nortlj-weJ! of ,he gr." wall whieh divid•• Tartary f,om

China.

TANJOUR.. • city of. Ih. hi,her India, capiral of a pr<>–

vioee o( Ih. fame nam., firoar.d E. 10Dg. 79°, N . lar.

11° 30'.

TANNER, on. who

dr.If•

• bides,

Óe.

by. ,annina Ib.m .

Sec the oext

...

r~icle.

AN NING ia th••

of pr.paring raw hiJe! or íkin.

for lhe

hand

of lhe CUrriHj or for immedialc

urc,

wnhouI any

funht'r

oper:u ioTl.

TIoe 6rl! ra" of rb is d.finition ir.e1ud•• alllcath.r ufed

(or

the

upper p"rt of (hoe:s,

co¡ches,

coach .h:arn-eCso, C2dler.

Jeather, 6 (, and the

Jan,

lhc

ma.l1uf.l~tUH

l>in or backs.

&e.

W. fhall li,ll givc a g'D.ral aceount

,h. p,ocds or

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