Definition of taut

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

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Tautochrone :: Tautochrone (n.) 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..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..
Tautomeric :: Tautomeric (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism..
Tautologizing :: Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tautologiz.
Toght :: Toght (a.) Taut.
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.) Snug; close; firm; secure.
Tautologic :: Tautologic (a.) Tautological.
Tetaug :: Tetaug (n.) See Tautog.
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..
Tautologist :: Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga).
Tautologize :: Tautologize (v. i.) To repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautoousious :: Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Tautologous :: Tautologous (a.) Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
Taut :: Taut (a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Tautoousian :: Tautoousian (a.) Alt. of Tautoousiou.
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..
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..
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