tammin

See tamin. Tammuz (tam'uz), n. [Heb.] 1. A Hebrew month of twenty-nine days, being the tenth of the civil and the fourth of the sacred year. It corresponds to part of June and part of July.2. A Syrian deity, same as the Phenic i an Adon or Adonis, in whose honor a feast was held every year, beginning with the new moon of the month Tammuz. Also Thammuz. And, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Ezek. viii. 14. chipmunk of the West. There occur also several other tammy (tam'i), n. See tamin . geographical races; but the best-known is the common tammy-norie (tam'i-nō"ri), n. Some sea-bird, striped ground-squirrel, chipmunk, or hackee of eastern as the auk or puffin. [Scotch.] North America, T. striatus. See cut under chipmunk. tamidine (tam'i-din), n. [Trade-name.] A sub The screigh of a Tammie Norie . Scott, Antiquary, vii. lamp filaments, obtained by treating collodion with a reducing agent, such as ammonium hydro sulphid. Tamil (tam'il), n. [Also Tamul; Tamil name.] 1. One of a race of men inhabiting southern India and Ceylon, belonging to the Dravidian stock. The Tamils form the most civilized and energetic of the Dravidian peoples. 2. A language spoken in southern India and in parts of Ceylon. It is a member of the Dravidian or Tamil i an family. See Dravidian. Also Tamul , Tamulic . Tamil architecture, the native style of architecture characteristic of southern India, within the limits of the present Madras Presidency. The most prominent creations of the style are numerous and large temples consisting of a square building with a pyramidal roof, and within a cella or adytum for the image of the god. A peculiar porch precedes the entrance to the cella. The temple is contained in a quadrangular inclosure, the gates of which are surmounted by lofty pyramidal structures of numerous tiers or stories, in some respects recalling the Egyptian pylons. Pillared halls are always a ociated with the temples, and the sacred inclosures always contain water-tanks or wells. Sculptured decoration, both exterior and interior, is exceedingly elaborate and exuberant. In the older examples, from the tenth to the sixteenth cen tury, the designs are often elegant; the later work is bar barous from the overloading of its ornament. Also called Dravidian architecture. See cut in next column. Tamil i an (ta-mil'i-an), a. [Also Tamulian; from Tam o' Shanter, the hero of Burns's poem of that name.] Same as braid bonnet (which see, under bonnet ); also, a lighter head-dre of the same general shape. His head was capped with a ruby-colored tam - o ' - shanter with a yellow feather. St. Nicholas , XVIII. 222.