Vocabulary : Tappoon to Tarantism

Tappoon : A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.
Taproom : A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
Taproot : The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tapster : One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Taqua-nut : A Central American name for the ivory nut.

Tar : A sailor; a seaman. ;; A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it. ;; To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Taranis : A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
Tarantass : A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.
Tarantella : A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia. ;; Music suited to such a dance.
Tarantism : A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.

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