Targe, Target. (Welsh targa, wicker-work.)
Targum, Chaldee (lit. interpretation). A paraphrase, or lesson from the Old Testament in the Chaldee language.
Tarn. A mountain lake.
Tarots. Emblematical cards still used in Switzerland and parts of Germany. “They are unknown, except as curiosities, to the Parisians and to ourselves; but they are, nevertheless, the sole representatives of the original cards which the Gipsies brought with them into Europe.” (Rev. E. S. Taylor.)
Tarpaulin. A tarred palling or covering.
Tars, Cloth of. A web of silk and the downy wool of goats of Tibet, the forerunner of cashmere.
Tarsia or Intarsia. A kind of mosaic in woods; representing views of buildings and ornament of various kinds, by inlaying pieces of wood, of various colours and shades, into panels of walnut wood.
Tarsus. In Anatomy, the instep and socket of the ankle-bone.
Tartan, Fr. (not Gaelic). The Highland plaid, the dress of the Scottish Highlanders, said to be derived from the Celta; the Galli non braccati.
Tartarium. Cloth of Tars was a costly cloth of royal purple, probably a mixture of silk and goat’s hair from Thibet. It is mentioned by Chaucer:—