tasmannia

[Named after Abel Jan en Tasman, who set sail on his great voyage of discovery on Aug. 14, 1642. It is after him that the island of Tasmania is called.] Bot.: A genus of Winterese. Shrubs with simple, evergreen, entire, smooth, leathery, dotted leaves, with inconspicuous flowers, and small indehiscent fruit with shining black seeds. Tasmannia aromatic a, a native of Tasmania, is a handsome bush with dull purple branches. Every part is aromatic and pungent to the taste. The fruit is occasionally used as pepper. tă , *ta e (1), s. [Fr. ta e.] A cup. "Would you give Rob Campbell a ta of aqua vitæ if he lacked it?"- Scott : Rob Roy , ch. iv. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; taste tă e (2), *tăs-sět, s. [Fr. ta ette; dim in. from ta e a pouch.] Old Arm.: Armor for the thighs; one of a pair of appendages to the corselet, consisting of skirts of iron that covered the thighs. They were fastened to the cuira with hooks. "Their legs were armed with greaves, and their thighs with ta es ." -North : Plutarch , p. 273.