talitrus

[Latin * talitrum a rap or fillip with the finger.] Zool.: A genus of Amphipod a. They have no feet in the form of claws. The third articulation of the inferior antenne is longer than the two preceding ones united; the antenne are large and spiny. Talitrus locusta is the Sand hopper. It is a little more than half an inch long. It exists in myriads along sandy shores between high and low water mark, feeding on decaying garbage. It can leap several feet into the air, and escapes pursuit by burmoist seaweed. rowing into the damp sand or taking refuge under tâlk ( l silent), *talke, v . i. & t. [Sw. tolka ; Dan. tolke to interpret, to explain; Icel. túlka to interpret, to plead one's cause. According to Skeat, a word of Lithuanian origin, the Icel. túlka being from túlkr =an interpreter (Dan., Sw. & Dut. tolk ), from Lith. tulkas an interpreter.] IMG:content-0785.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To talk one up to : To persuade one to undertake. 6. To talk out : To continue the debate on, or dis cu ion of, until a certain hour, at which by rule, as in parliament, the debate be adjourned; as, to talk out a bill. 7. To talk over : (1) To talk about, to discu , to debate. (2) To gain over by talking or argument; to persuade. 8. To talk to : To addre one's self to in talking; to advise, to exhort, to remonstrate; to reprove gently. tâlk (1) ( I silent), *talke, v. [TALK, v.] 1. Familiar conversation; mutual discourse or converse. "Practise rhetoric in your common talk ." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, i. 1. 2. Rumor, report. "A blamele conduct, though it will not raise so early or so great a talk about you, will, sooner or later, dis tinguish you to your advantage."-Secker: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. iii. 3. Subject of conversation or discourse; as, It is the talk of the town. by a body of men by opposing parties co a body member ing partition, 4. A more or le formal or public discu ion held by a conference. *talk (2), s . [TALC.] con