taxineæ

pl. [Latin tax ( us ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -ineœ.] Botany: A tribe of Conifere, founded by Richard. Flowers dioecious; cones much reduced; scales small, thin, or coriaceous, the upper with one ovule. Seed hard, with a fleshy coat, or seated in a fleshy cup. Pollen globose. ( Sir J. Hooker .) tăx'-Ing, pr. par. or a. [TΑΧ, υ.] taxing-master, s. Eng. Law : An officer of a court of law, who examines bills of costs, and allows or disallows charges. tax-Is, s. [Gr.=order, arrangement; tas so , fut. taxō -to set in order.] 1. Ancient Arch .: That disposition which a igns to every part of a building its just dimensions. It is synonymous with Ordonnance in modern arch i tecture. 2. Greek Antiq .: A division of troops corresponding in some respects to the modern battalion. 3. Surg .: An operation by which those parts which have quitted their natural situation are replaced by the hand without the a istance of instruments, as in reducing hernia, .