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TA Confonant, and the nineteenth Letter in the Alphabet. See Letter. The T, inSound, bears a nearRefemblance to 9 the D, for which Reafon they are often put for each other ; and guivtilidn even rallies thole who Icrupled to write the one indifferently for the other; as at for ad, fit for fed, hunt for Mud, i$c.
The Th one of the five Confonants which the Abbot de T)angeau calls 'Palatal, and which are Tj-T, GK, and N: The four firff whereof have the fame Relation to each other, as the Labials S-f and V-P have. 'D, for Inftance, having the fame Relation to T, that S has to 3> 7 or ^to F. See
PALATAL.
The T, the fame Author obferves, is a Letter of a firong Sound , fo that a feeble one cannot be pronounc'd before it : Thus to form the Supine of rego, the T of turn changes the b, and flrengthens it to the Sound of a c ; fb that we fay reBum , as in the pteterperfecf Tenfe rsxi, which we pronounce rekji.
Tatnong the Ancients was ufed as a Numeral Letter, Signifying 160 j according to the Verfe,
inta tenebit*
Tqiioque centenos
WhenaDam was added a-top, thus, T, itfignify'difio.ooo*
When the Tribunes approv'd of the Decrees of the Se- nate, they teftify'd their Confent by fubfctibing a T.
T, in Mufic, is fbmetimes ufed to mark the Tenor. See Tenor.
T is alio a Mark, at Brand, which by Statute 4 Ben. 7. every Perfon convicted of any Felony, lave Murther, and admitted to the Benefit of the Clergy, lhall be mark'd withal, on the Brawn of the left Thumb. See Stigma.
T, ot Tau, in Heraldry, is a kind of Crofs potent, or truncated , found in all the Armories of the Commanders of the Order of St. Anthony. See Cross.
The T, Tan, azure, is feen in Arms above 400 Years old : Its Origin, according to fome Authors, is taken from the Apocalypfe ; where the fame is a Mark that the Angel im- preffesonthe Foreheads of the Elect. Othets take it to reprefcnt a Crutch ; a Symbol proper enough for this Order, which was fworn to Hofpitality. But the Ttutb, F. Me- sicftrier obferves, is, that 'tis the Top of a Greek Crofs.
The Bifhops and Abbots of the Greek Church wear it ft ill ; and if it be found on the Habit of St. Anthony, 'tis only to fhew that he was an Abbot.
TABACCO. See Tobacco.
TABBY, in Commerce, a kind ofcoarfe Taffaty, water'd.
It is manufactured like the common Taffaty, excepting that 'tis flronger and thicket both in the Woof and Warp. See Taffaty.
The Watering is given it by means of a Calender, the Rolls whereof ate of Iron or Copper, varioufly engraven, which bearing unequally on the Stuff, render the Surface thereof unequal, fo as to reflect the Rays of Light diffe- rently. See Calender.
TABBYING, the paffing a Stuff under the Calender, to make a Rcprefcntatiori of Waves thereon, as on a Tabby. See Calender.
'Tis ufual to tabby Mohairs, Ribbonds, cjfc.
Tabbying is perform'd without the Addition of any Water or Dye ; and furni flies the modern Philofophers with a firong Proof, that Colours are only Appearances. See Colol'R.
TABELLA, or TABLETTE, in Pharmacy, a folid E- lectuary, or Compolition of feveral Drugs, made up dry, and form'd into little Squates ; more ufually call'd Lozenges. See Lozenge.
Powders, Confeflions, Fruits, Salts, ZSc are diffolv'd, in Sugar, and made \t\to Tabulrf ^ as thole of the Juice of Liquorice for Colds, t£c.
We have Cordial, Stomachic, Aperitive, Hepatic, &c. Tablettes. Jellies and Broths are fometimes redue'd into Tablettes, to be carry'd in the Pocket. There are Tablettes of Mantis Chrifli, or Sugar of Rofes pearled. Tabellie Magna- mmitatis, are thole taken by feeble old Men, when match'd with young Wives, to affiff. and bear them out in the Affair of Generation.
TABELLION, TABELLIO TABULARITJS, in the Roman Law, a kind of Officer often confounded with Nota- ry, Notarius.
Yet did the two differ in this ; that the Notaries only drew up, and kept the Minutes of Acts and Inflrumehts on Paper, and in Notes, or Short-hand ; whereas the Tabelli- vns deliver'd them engrofs'd on Parchment, in full executory Form. The fame put the Seals to Contrafts, and render'd them authentic;
. The Domeftic Clerks of thefe Tabslliones, who, at (ML wrote under them in Procefs of Time came to be call'd! Notaries. See Notary.
Tafquier obferves, that the Tabelliones at Rome were publick Slaves, appointed fur the keeping of Contrafls made between private Perions. According to Loyfeau, a Contract wrote by a Notary, was not perfefl or obligatory, till ths Tabellio had wrote it fair; after which the Parties fubferib'd it, 1, e. they wrote at Bottom that they approv'd the Con- tents ; for Signatures were not then in life. See Sig- nature.
— guoniam Tabellionum tifiis in regno Anglic n on> habetur, propter quod magis ad Sigilla Amhentica credi elf neceffi, m e$rlm Copia faalius habeatur, (lamimus ut Sigil- lum habeant eon folum Archiepifcopi, S? epifcopi fid eorttm Officinales. See Seal,
TABERNACLE, among the Jeim, the Place wherein the Ark of the Covenant was lodg'd ; both while they were; in Tents, duting their Journey from sEgypt ; and when fix'd in Jenifalem, and the Ark kept in the Temple.
'Philo defcribes the Jeivifi 'Tabernacle thus : It was A Building compos'd of 48 Cedar Boards, lined with maffive. Gold ; under each whereof was a Silver Stand, or Foot, and at the Top a Capital of Gold : It was encompals'd with ten Pieces of rich Tapiftry, of different Colours, Purple, Scar- let, Hyacinth, &. The Length of the Tabernacle was 30 Cubits; its Bteadth 10, Jofephus fays 12. See Ark.
The Atk was placed in a iecret Oratory, in the Middle of this Tabernacle ; and was gilt both within-fide and without: the Top whereof, being a Kind of Lid, was call'd 'Propitia- tory, becaufe it appeas'd the Wrath of God.
It was encompals'd with feveral Veils, ftretch'd over it. with Hooks, and Buckles of Gold.
The Word is form'd from the Latin Tabernaculmn, a Tent.
L'eajl of Tabernacles. See Scenopegia.
Tabernacle has alio been ufed of late for a fort of temporary Church, or Chapel, conttiv'd to ferve the imme- diate Purpofes of the Pari fhioners, l£c. while their proper Church is Repairing, Rebuilding, or the like.
TABES, in Medicine, a general Name forConfumptions o{ all Kinds. See Consumption, Phthisis, Atrophy, £s?c.
Tabes Dorfalisj, is a kind, or rather a Degree of Con- fumption ; proceeding fometimes from an exceffive Applica- tion to Venery.
The Patient has neither a Fever, nor Lofs of Appetite; but a Senfation, as if there were a Number of Pifmires run- ning from the Head, down the Spinal Marrow ; and when he evacuates, either by Urine, or Stool, there flows a liquid Matter like Semen.
After any violent Exercife his Head is heavy, and his Ears tingle ; and at length he dies of aLipyria, i. e. a Fever, where the external Parts are cold, and the internal burn at the. fame time. See Lipyria.
TABLA I URE, in Anatomy, a Divifion or patting of the Scull into two Tables. See Cranium.
Tablature, in Mufic, in the general, is] when, to ex:- prels the Sounds, or Notes of a Compofition, we ufe Letters of the Alphabet, ot Cyphers, or any other Characters, not ufual in the modern Mufic. See Score.
But in its ftricter Senle, Tablattlre is the Manner of Writing a Piece for a Lute, Theorba, Guitarre, Bafs-Viol, or the like ; which is done by. Writing on feveral parallel Lines (each whereof reprefents a String of the Infirument) certa : h Letters of the Alphabet ; whereof, A marks that the String is to be llruck open, i. e. without putting the Fin- get of the left Hand on the Head ; B fhews, that one of the Fingers is to be put on the firll Stop ; C on the fecond ; D on the third, efr. See Writinc) of Mufic.
The Tablatllfe of the Lute is wrote in Letters of the Al- phabet j that of the Harpfichord in the common Notes. See Lute, Harpsichord, &c.
TABLE, Tabula, a Moveable, ufually made of Wood, or Stone, fupported on Pillars, or the like ; for the commo- dious Reception of Things placed thereon.
Mofes made a Table in the Tabernacle for the laying of the Shew. Bread upon 5 defcrib'd by Vbi/o JudiCUS as two Cubits long, one broad, and one and half high. Among Chrittians, the Table, or Lord's Table, figoifies the Sacra- ment of the Euchafill. See Eucharist.
.Ro2<»iTABLE : Knights of the Round Table, a military- Order, fuppos'd to have been inftituted by Arthil'r firff. King of the Britons, in the Year 516 See Knight.
They are faid to have been 24 in Number; all pick'd from among the bravefl of the Nation.
The Round Table, which gave them their Title, was an In- vention of that Prince, to avoid Difputes about the upp-rand lower End ; and to tske away all Emulation as to Plac- .
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