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Lexicon technicum or an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art but the arts themselves / by John Harris
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T ABES. Sce Atrophia .

TABES dorsalis, a Consumption in the fpi-Nal Marrow, incident to those who are too muchaddicted to Venery, they are without a Fever,e at well, and yet wast, or consume away : If youas jt one in this Disease an account of himself, hew jll tell you, that there seems as if so many Pis*mires did crawl from his Head down upon his spi-nal Marrow ; when he eases Nature cither byUrine or Stool, there flows thin Liquid MatterKc a \Scmcv plentifully ; when he goes or runs anyVva )> but especially by a steep Place he grows' v °ak and Ihort Breathed, his Head is heavy, andhis Ears tingle ; so in Process of Time he Dies of aFever called Lipyria, where the External Partsare cold, and the Internal burn at the same Time.8 lanchard.

T. ABLE, in Architecture, is a smooth and sim-ple Part of a different Figure; but most commonlyln wrm of a long Square, or of a Triangle.

Projefluring Table, is that which jetts out be-yond the naked Face of a Wall, Pedestal, or anyfart whereof it makes the Ornament: And aKaked Table, is that which is hollowd in theic Pi are of a Pedestal, or elsewhere.

<- TABLETS, or solid Electuaries, are much thearne with Lozenges, being made usually of Sugar. Powder, (Sic. incorporated well together, and, cn in many Diseases, especially those of the^ungs and Breast.

CABLING of Fines, is the making a Table forCounty where his Majesties Writ runs, con-aining the Contents of every Fine passed in anyt? Crrn > as the Name of the County, Towns,^Places, wherein the Lands or Tenements lie ;o j. e Name of the Demandant and Deforceant, and^very Mannor named in the Fine.r 1 ARUM, isa thin fort of Matter that comes°Ta U ^ Ulcer. Blanchard.ifs/pK in a Ship, is a great Rope having aAt one End, which seined or fastenedU>°/r C C ^ e,p of rhe Sail; so is reeved first thro theSi Tt e cs, and then is brought thro a Hole in theof '^ c Us Use is to carry forwards the ClewAn c . le Sail, and to make it stand close by a Wind :ju . "'hen ever the Sails arc thus trimmed ; thebm ln '. tack > thc Fore-tack, and Missen-Tack areo ^° u ght close by the Board, and haled as forwardth a i they can be. The Bowlings also are so onaft " reat her Side ; the Lee-lheats arc haled closetvif the Lee-braces of all the Sails, arc like-or «raced aft. Hence they fay, a Ship Sails,IjJ, an d* close upon a Tacs, i. e. close by the Wind.daJ n ^°ard the Tacks ! Thar is, Bring the TackS] ? Uose to the Chess-trees / Ease the Tack. ! i. e.'s y CC: ** st, or let it go, or run out! Let rise theShi ' e or Ut it go all our. The Tacks of aj s P are usually belayed to the Bitts, or else there-p ss'i on purpose to fasten them.t 0 p jUK about : the Word, when a Ships Head isto .I C otought about so as to lie a contrary Way ;a n( i° '^hich, First they make her stay, (Sce stay)\ir' n ^ lc * s ftayd, they fay flic is Fayed : Theif / °M Let rife aud Hale, that is, let theall t '| n ss>fe, and Hale aft the Sheets, and so trimthey 10 SaUs .> Fy a Wind as they were before ; for> c ast ot that which was before the [Heather

Bowling, and set up the other taught; and so theydo also by all Sheets, Braces, and Tacky, which aa Ship that is trimmed by a Wind must have.

TACKLES, in a Sstip are small Ropes runningin three Parts, having at one End a Pendant witha Block fastened to them, or else a Lannier ;and at the other End, is a Block and anHook to hang any goods upon, which is to beheaved into the Ship, or out of it.

There are several sorts of these Tackles.

1. The Boats Tackles, which serve to hoise theBoat in and out, as also for many other Uses:These stand on the Main-mast Shrowds, rhe otheron those of the Fore-mast.

2. The Tackjes belonging to the Masts, theseserve as a kind of Shrowds, to keep the Mastsfrom straining.

3. The Gunners-Tackles, with which theOr-nancc are hoisted in aud out.

4. There is also another called Hfnding-tackje ;which fee under that Word.

There is also another kind of Tackle which iscalled a Burner. Sce Burnett.

TACTILE Quantities, are such as have a prima-ry Relation to the Sense of Feeling, or to outTouch: As Heat and Cold, ( 3 c.

TÆNIA, in Architecture, is a Member of theDorics Capital, which resembles rhe Shape of aIquarc Fillet, and serves instead of a Cymetiurn, be-ing fastned, as it were to a Capital below the Tri~glyphs, whereof it seems to be the Base.

T AFFEREL, is the uppermost Part, Frame, orRail of a Ship abaft over the Poop.

TA 1 LE, in common Law, signifies two severalThings both grounded upon one Reason. First, itis to be used for the Fee, which is opposite to Fee-Simple, by reason it is lo minced or parted as itwere, that it is not in the Owners free Power todilpose, but is by the first Giver car or divided fromall others, and tied to the Issue of the Donee: Andthis Limitation of T ail, is either General, or §/>»-cial.

Tail General, is that whereby Lands or Tene-ments are limited to a Man, and to the Heirs ofhis Body begotten ; and it is so called, how manyWives soever the Tenant holding by this Title,lhall have one after another in Lawful Marriage;his Issue by them all, have a Possibility to Inheritone after another.

Tail Special, is when Lands or Tenements limi-ted to Man and his Wife,and the Heirs of their twoBodies begotten ; and hath this Term of Special,because if the Man Bury his Wife before Issue, andtake another, the Issue by his second Wife, cannotInherit the Land, (3c. Also, if the Land be givento a Man and his Wife, and their Son If for everthis is Tail Special.

TAYLE after Possibility of Issue Ex tine}, 15where Land is given to a Man and his Wise, andto the Heirs of their two Bodies, the one over-livesthe other without Issue between them begotten ;

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