Definition of taut

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

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Identical :: Identical (a.) Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails..
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..
Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Taught :: Taught (a.) See Taut.
Tautegorical :: Tautegorical (a.) Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
Tautologic :: Tautologic (a.) Tautological.
Toght :: Toght (a.) Taut.
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..
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..
Tautologize :: Tautologize (v. i.) To repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautological :: Tautological (a.) Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression..
Tautophonical :: Tautophonical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound..
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
Tautologous :: Tautologous (a.) Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
Tautomeric :: Tautomeric (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism..
Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Tautologist :: Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.
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