Tarpaulin. Not any longer used in the sense of sailor, except in the shorter form of ‘tar.’ See the quotation from Smollett, s. v. ‘Companion.’
The Archbishop of Bordeaux is at present General of the French naval forces, who though a priest, is yet permitted to turn tarpaulin and soldier.--Turkish Spy, Letter 2.
Tawdry. ‘Tawdry’ laces and such like were cheap and showy articles of finery bought at St. Etheldrida’s or St. Awdry’s fair; but it is only in later times that this cheapness, showiness, with a further suggestion of vulgarity, made themselves distinctly felt in the word. [The Old English form of ‘Etheldrida’ was ‘Æthelthry̅th,’ which means noble strength. See Sweet, Oldest English Texts, p. 638.]
Bind your fillets fast,
And gird in your waist
For more fineness with a tawdry lace.
Spenser, Shepherd’s Calendar, Fourth Eclogue.
Come, you promised me a tawdry lace and a pair of sweet gloves.—Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, act iv. sc. 3.
Temper. What has been said under ‘Humour,’ which see, will also explain ‘Temper,’ and the earlier uses of it which we meet. The happy ‘temper’ would be the happy mixture, the blending in due proportions, of the four principal ‘humours’ of the body.
The exquisiteness of his [the Saviour’s] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment, and the ingenuity of his soul added to his sensibleness of the indignities and affronts offered to him.—Fuller, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, vol. i. p. 345.