tau crucifix (takro"sifiks)

A crucifix the cro of which is of the tau form. taught1 (tât). Preterit and past participle of teach1. IMG:content-2899.png:[blocks in formation] No content wi' turning the tawpies ' heads wi' ballants. Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xV. taught2t, a. An old spelling of taut . tauld (tald). A Scotch form of told , preterit sign of the zodiac Taurus. and past participle of telll. taunt1 (tänt or tant), v. t. [Early mod. E. also taure (târ), n. [F. taure , taurus , a bull.] A Roman head-dre characterized by a ma of little curls around the forehead, supposed to resemble those on the forehead of a bull. Art taunte, tawnte, also (and still dial.) tant; according to Skeat, prob. ME. tenten, temp ten, E. tempt ), one's teeth; twit scornfully or insultingly. Sometime taunting wtoute disple sure, not wtout disport. Sir T. More, Works, p. 57. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. 62. 21. To censure, blame, or condemn for in a reproachful, scornful, or insulting manner; cast up; twit with: with a thing as object. Rail thou in Fulvia's phrase, and taunt my faults.