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[Latinized from tautog (q. v.).] Ichthy.: A genus of Labride, from the Atlantic. Body compre ed, oblong, covered with small scales; double series of conical teeth in jaws; dorsal spines, seventeen; anal spines, three; lateral IMG:content-0847.png:[blocks in formation] "Unle we will grant, either two several raptures of the apostle, or an unnece ary and tautological repetition of one." Bp . Hall : Revelation Unrevealed , § 22. tâu-to-log-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. tautological; -ly.] In a tautological manner. tâu-tol-o-gist, subst. [Eng. tautolog (y); -ist.] One who uses or is given to tautology. tawdered Taverns existed in England at least as early as the thirteenth century. By 13 Edward I., c. 5, pa ed in 1284, they were ordered to be shut at curfew. In allowed in London; one in" Chepe," one in Wal the reign of Edward III. (1326-1377), only three were brok," and one in Lombard Street. By 7 Edward VI. (1552-3), forty were allowed in London, eight in York, six in Bristol, four each in Norwich, Hull, Exeter, Gloucester, Chester, Canterbury, Cambridge, and Newcastle upon Tyne, and three each in Westminster, Lincoln, Shrews bury, Salisbury, Here ford, Worcester, Southampton, Ipswich, Winchester, Oxford, and Col chester. Taverns were first licensed in 1752. In the early days of this country roadside taverns were frequent, but since the development of railroads they have given place to the hotel. *tavern-bush, s. The bush formerly hung out as a sign for inns. (Long fellow: Catawba Wine .) *tavern-haunter, s. One who frequents taverns. *tavern-man, s. 1. The keeper of a tavern; an innkeeper. 2. A tippler. *tavern-token, s. A token i ued of old by a tavern-keeper, and current only at his house. Gif IMG:content-0848.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] *1. To swallow a tavern - token : A euphemism= To be drunk. (Used only in the past tenses.) "Drunk, sir! you hear not me say so; perhaps he swal lowed a tavern - token or some such device." - Ben Jonson: Every Man in his Humor , i. 3. *2. To hunt a tavern fox: To be drunk. [FOXED, 1.] "Nor did he ever hunt a tavern fox ." J. Taylor: Life of Old Parr . (1635.) tăv-ern-er, *tăv-ern-õr, s . [English tavern ; who keeps a tavern. ferent words. "That in this brief description the wise man should tautologize, is not to be supposed."- Smith : On Old Age, p. 25. *tâu-tol-o-goŭs, adj . [Eng. tautolog ( y ); -ous.] Tautological. "I have been purposely tautologous , that by my indifferent a pplication of the two words of and for-both to her disgust and to her love, the smallest opposition between these prepositions might be done away." -Tooke : Diversions of Purley, pt. i., ch. xi. tâu-toi-ô-gỹ, s. [Latin tau to logia, from Greek tau to logia a saying the same thing over again: tau to , for to auto =the same, and logos =speaking; Fr. tau to logie .] A usele repetition of the same idea or meaning in different words; needle repetition of the same thing in different words or phrases. "A repetition of this kind, made in different words, is called a plenoasme, but when in the same words (as it is in the text in question, if there be any repetition at all) it is then a tautology."-War burton: On Occasional Reflec tions, rem. 9. tâu-to-ou-sĩ-an, a. [TAU TO US I AN.] tâu-to-phòn-ic-al, a . [English tautophon (y); tâu-toph-o-nỹ, subst . [Gr. tautophōnia , from tau to =the same, and phone =voice.] Repetition of the same sound. -ical.] Repeating the same sound. *tâu-tou-si-an, *tâu-tou-si-ous, a . [Greek tau to=the same, and ousia e ence.] Having the same e ence; of identically the same nature. (Cud worth .)