Chapter Tarrinzeau Field to Tear of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Tattoo (To). To mark the skin, especially the face, with indelible pigments rubbed into small punctures. (Tahitan, tatu, from ta, mark.)

Tau Marked with a tau, i.e. with a cross. Tertullian says, “Haee est litera Græcorum, nostra autem T, species crucis.” And Cyprian tells us that the sign of the cross on the forehead is the mark of salvation.

“This reward (Ezek. ix. 4) is for those whose foreheads are marked with Tau.”- Bp Andrews Sermons (Luke xvii. 32).

Taurus [the Bull ] indicates to the Egyptians the time for ploughing the earth, which is done with oxen.
   Mount Taurus, in Asia. In Judges xv. 3-19 we have an account of Samson and the jawbone, but probably Chamor (translated an ass) was the name of a hill or series of hills like Taurus, and should not have been translated. Similarly, Lehi (translated a jawbone) is probably a proper name also, and refers to a part of Chamor. If so, the meaning is, When he (Samson) came to Lehi, the summit of Mount Chamor, seeing a moist boulder, he broke it off and rolled it on his foes. Down it bounded, crushing “heaps upon heaps” of the Philistines. Where the boulder was broken off a spring of water jetted out, and with this water Samson quenched his thirst.
    What is now called the Mountain of St. Patrick was previously called “Mount Eagle”- in Irish, Cruachan Aichle.

Tawdry Showy, worthless finery; a corruption of St. Audrey. At the annual fair of St. Audrey, in the isle of Ely, showy lace called St. Audrey's lace was sold, and gave foundation to our word tawdry, which means anything gaudy, in bad taste, and of little value. (See Tanthony. )

“Tawdry. `Astrigmenta, timbriae, sen fasciolae, emptae nundinis S. Ethelredae.' ”- Henshawe.

“Come, you promised me a tawdry lace and a pair of sweet gloves.”- Winter's Tale, iv. 4.

Tawny (The). Alexandre Bonvicino the historian, called Il Moretto. (1514-1564.)

Taylor called The Water-Poet, who confesses he never learnt so much as the accidence. He wrote fourscore books, and afterwards opened an alehouse in Long Acre. (1580-1654.)

“Taylor, their better Charon, lends an oar,
Once swan of Thames, though now he sings no more.”
Dunciad, iii.

Taylor's Institute The Fitzwilliam Museum of Oxford. So called from Sir Robert Taylor, who made large bequests towards its erection. (1714-1788.)

Tchin The military system adopted in the municipal and momestic regimen of Russia.

“Peter the Great established what is here [in Russia] the `tchin,' that is to say, he applied the military system to the general administration of the empire.”- De Custine: Russia, chap. vii.

Tchow Dynasty The third imperial dynasty of China, which gave thirty-four kings, and lasted 866 years (B.C. 1122-256). It was so called from the seat of government.

Te Deum, etc. is usually ascribed to St. Ambrose, but is probably of a much later date. It is said that St. Ambrose improvised this hymn while baptising St. Augustine. In allusion to this tradition, it is sometimes called “the Ambrosian Hymn.”
   Te Deum (of ecclesiastical architecture) is a “theological series” of carved figures in niches: (1) of angels, (2) of patriarchs and prophets, (3) of apostles and evangelists, (4) of saints and martyrs, (5) of founders. In the restored west front of Salisbury cathedral there is a “Te Deum,” but the whole 123 original figures have been reduced in number.

Te Igitur One of the service-books of the Roman Catholic Church, used by bishops and other dignitaries. So called from the first words of the canon, “Te igitur, clementissime Pater.”
   Oaths upon the Te Igitur. Oaths sworn on the Te Igitur service-book, regarded as especially solemn.