Definition of taut

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Taut (a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.

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Chub :: Chub (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc..
Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..
Tautology :: Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison..
Tautological :: Tautological (a.) Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression..
Tautologized :: Tautologized (imp. & p. p.) of Tautologiz.
Tautoousious :: Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Tautophonical :: Tautophonical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound..
Taught :: Taught (a.) See Taut.
Tautologist :: Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Tautozonal :: Tautozonal (a.) Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes..
Tautog :: Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
Tautologic :: Tautologic (a.) Tautological.
Tautegorical :: Tautegorical (a.) Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.
Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Tautoousian :: Tautoousian (a.) Alt. of Tautoousiou.
Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.
Tautomeric :: Tautomeric (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism..
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
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