2. Sung; close; firm; secure. Taut hand (Naut.), a sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.
TAUTAUG
Tau*taug", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Tautog.
TAUTEGORICAL
Tau`te*gor"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Allegory.]
Defn: Expressing the same thing with different words; — opposed to allegorical. [R.] Coleridge.
TAUTOCHRONE
Tau"to*chrone, n. Etym: [Gr. tautochrone.] (Math.)
Defn: A curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a tautochrone.
TAUTOCHRONOUS
Tau*toch"ro*nous, a. (Math.)
Defn: Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.
TAUTOG Tau*tog", n. Etym: [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tautaúog.] (Zoöl.)