Lexicon: tabernacle – tale

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tabernacle (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'tent, booth, shed'.] (webplay: habitation, worship).

Tent; shelter; temporary dwelling; [Biblical] shrine; holy place of worship; ornate canopied structure (see 2 Samuel 7:6).

table (-s, -'s), n. [OE < L. tabule, flat board, plank, board to play on, writing tablet, list, account, painting, votive tablet, flat piece of ground.] (webplay: die, God, spread).

Board; plank; article of furniture; flat horizontal panel held up by supports; place for sharing meals, work, conversation, or ornaments; [fig.] altar; place of holy communion; (see Ezekiel 41:22).

tableau, n. [Fr.; see table, n.]

Panorama; landscape; view; living picture; detailed description.

tactic (-s), n. [L < Gr. 'art of arrangement or tactics'.] (webplay: art).

Stratagem; maneuver; planned procedure to achieve a desired end.

tail, n. [OE tœel, a horse's tail.]

Movable slender posterior appendage; extremity at the end of the back above the hind legs.

tailor, n. [ME taillour, one who cuts.] (webplay: clothes).

Maker of garments; one who shapes and forms material.

taint (-s), n. [OFr < L. tinctus, dyed, stained.] (webplay: infection).

Spot; hint; stain; mark of dishonor; blemish on reputation.

taint (-ing), v. [see taint, n.] (webplay: spotted).

Sully; tinge; tarnish; blemish.

take (-en, -s, -th, -ing, took), v. [OE tacan, grasp, grip, seize, lay hold of.] (webplay: frost, hand, hold, liberty, Lord, mind, surprise).

  1. Bring; carry; tote.
  2. Hold; carry; secure; feel; control.
  3. Remove; strip; snatch; seize; extract; part.
  4. Assume; make; don.
  5. Use.
  6. Lead; carry; guide; lift.
  7. Eat; break; consume.
  8. Be careful.
  9. Call; beckon.
  10. Learn.
  11. See; handle.
  12. Measure.
  13. Be of; receive.
  14. Believe; accept.
  15. Raise.
  16. Taste; experience.
  17. Recant; withdraw.
  18. Require; necessitate; need.
  19. Go.
  20. Expend; require; delay.
  21. [Fig.] Glance; steal a look; remember or review the past.
  22. [Fig.] Kill; cause to die; bring through the veil of death.
  23. [Fig.] Decide on one thing over another and accept the possible outcome.
  24. [Fig.] Catch one's balance or achieve a state of equilibrium and constancy.
  25. [Fig.] Catch by surprise.

tale, n. [OE talu; talk; speech; relate.] (webplay: secret, story).

Myth; fable; story; legend; narrative.