tabefaction (tabefakshon)

[ tabefy (tab'e-fi), v.; pret. and pp. tabefied, ppr. tabefying. [ Meat eaten in greater quantity than is convenient tabe Harvey, Consumptions. fies the body. II. in trans . To emaciate; lose flesh; waste away gradually. [Rare.] tabella (ta-bel a), n.; pl. tabellæ (-6). [NL., tabella , a little board, a tablet, letter, ballot, legal paper, dim. of tabula , a table, tablet: see table . In phar ., a medicated lozenge or hard electuary, generally in the form of a disk, differing from a troche by having sugar mixed with the powdered drug and mucilage. tabellary (tab'e-la-ri), a. [L. tabellarius , of or pertaining to tablets, tabella , a see tabella .] Same as tabular , 2. - Tabellary method. See method. n. [ tabellion = tabellion (ta-bel'yon), Sp. tabelion = Pg. tabellião, taballião = It. tabel lione, taberna (tā-bėr'nä), n.; pl. tabernæ (-nē). [L.: see tabern, tavern.] In Rom. antiq., a tent, booth, or stall; a rude shelter; specifically, in later times, a shop or stall either for trade or for work, or a tavern. were a double set, and were The baths of Pompeii. surrounded with tabernæ, or shops. Encyc. Brit., III. 435. tabernacle (tab'er-nā-kl), n. [ Observe that man. He never talks to men; he never talks to girls; but, when he can get into a circle of old tabbies, he is just in his element. Rogers , quoted in Trevelyan's Macaulay, I. 241. tabby3 (tab'i), n. [Origin obscure; perhaps of Morocco (Ar.) origin.] A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water, forming a ma which when dry becomes as hard as rock. This is used in Morocco as a substitute for bricks or stone in building. Weale. 1