tankage (tangkaj)

[ A new drier adapted for drying... tankage , sewage clay, fertilizers, etc. Sci . Amer., N. S., LV. 149. tankard (tang'kärd), n . and a. [ kard = MD. tanckaert (cf. Ir. tancard , tanquart , a tankard; origin unknown. The notion that the word is tankı + -ard is wholly untenable.] I. n. A ve el, IMG:content-2837.png:[graphic] Tankard presented to the first white person born in New Netherlands. larger than a common drinking-cup, used for holding liquor. The word is used loosely, but gener ally implies a covered ve el holding a quart or more, and is commonly a ociated with the tap-room of an inn. One of the Priests was to go with a large Golden Tankard to the Fountain of Siloam, and, having filled it with water, he brings it up to the water-gate over against the Altar. Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. ix. eschews hot potations, and addicts Our coachman himself to a tankard of ale. T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 4. Cool tankard. See cool- tankard . - Sapling-tankard. Same as stave - tankard . II. a. Of or pertaining to a tankard; hence, convivial; festive; jovial. [Rare.] No marvell if he brought us home nothing but a meer tankard drollery. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. tankard-bearert (tang'kärd-barer), n . One who, when London was very imperfectly supplied with water, fetched water in tankards, holding two or three gallons, from the conduits and pumps in the street. Such persons were compelled to wait their turn to draw water. A gentleman of your sort, parts, carriage, and estima tion to talk of your turn in this company, and to me alone, like a tankard - bearer at a conduit! fie! B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 2 tankard-turnip (tang' kärd-ter nip), ". Α name given to such common field-turnips as have the root oblong and in general rising a good deal above the surface of the ground. There are several varieties. [Prov. Eng.]