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Traditional English :: tabouret
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tabou.html - n.
(US taboret) a low seat usu. without arms or a back. [F, = stool, dimin. as TABOR] |
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Traditional English :: taboo
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tabou.html - n., adj., & v. (also tabu) --n. (pl. taboos or tabus)
1 a system or the act of setting a person or thing apart as sacred or accursed.
2 a prohibition or restriction imposed by social custom. --adj. 1 avoided or prohibited, esp. by social custom (taboo words).
2 designated as sacred and prohibited. --v.tr. (taboos, tabooed or tabus, tabued)
1 put (a thing, practice, etc.) under taboo.
2 exclude or prohibit by authority or social influence. [Tongan tabu] |
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Traditional English :: tabor
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tabou.html - n.
hist. a small drum, esp. one used to accompany a pipe. [ME f. OF tabour, tabur: cf. TABLA, Pers. tabira drum] |
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Traditional English :: tabouret
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tabou.html - n.
(US taboret) a low seat usu. without arms or a back. [F, = stool, dimin. as TABOR] |
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English Idioms :: tab
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tabou.html - See: KEEP TAB ON or KEEP TABS ON. |
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English Idioms :: table
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tabou.html - See: AT THE TABLE or AT TABLE, COFFEE TABLE, PUT ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE or LAY ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE, TURN THE TABLES, WAIT AT TABLE or WAIT ON TABLE. |
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