n. [ Russ. ataman': cf. Pol. hetman, G. hauptmann headman, chieftain. Cf. Hetman. ] A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Atamasco is fr. North American Indian. ] (Bot.) See under Lily. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ The native East Indian name. ] 1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha. [ Also spelled Gotama. ]
Syn. -- Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Syn. -- camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (C5H8NNaO4), used as a food additive to enhance flavor; abbreviated MSG. It is usually marketed as the monhydrate (C5H8NNaO4.H2O). It is commmonly used in Chinese-American restaurants, and has been identified as a main cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From the native name. ] (Naut.) A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. [ Written also pattemar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness. -- Tam"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Written also tamal, tomale. ] [ Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin. ] A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua. ] (Zool.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also tamandua, little ant-bear, fourmilier, and cagouare. The collared, or striped, tamandu (Tamandua bivittata) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The ant-bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch. (b) The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tamarice. See Tamarisk. ] A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name in Cayenne. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially Midas ursulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindī, literally, Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin. Cf. Hindu. ] (Bot.) 1. A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tamarind fish, a preparation of a variety of East Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit. --
Velvet tamarind. (a) A West African leguminous tree (Codarium acutifolium). (b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone. --
Wild tamarind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tamāla, tamālaka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris. ] (Bot.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tintamarre. ] A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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