Vocabulary : Tarentula to Tariff

Tarentula : See Tarantula.
Targe : A shield or target.
Target : A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. ;; A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. ;; A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war. ;; A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. ;; The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target. ;; The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff. ;; A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Targeted : Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.
Targeteer : One who is armed with a target or shield.

Targum : A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.
Targumim : of Targum
Targumist : The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
Targums : of Targum
Tariff : A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a revenue tariff, or tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of retaliatory tariff. ;; A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833). ;; The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound. ;; Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. ;; To make a list of duties on, as goods.

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