Emily Dickinson Lexicon

tattered, adj. [ON] (webplay: torn).

Rent; torn; hanging in rags.

taunt (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [origin obscure.]

Reproach in a sarcastic, scornful, or insulting way; provoke; tease; censure.

tawdry, adj. [short for 'tawdry lace', showy but cheap lace in the 17th century.] (webplay: grace).

Cheap and pretentious finery; showy; gaudy without real value; cheaply adorned; decked out.

tawny, adj. [ME.]

Name of a composite color: brown with yellow or orange, like things tanned.

tax, n. [L. 'censure, charge, tax with a fault; rate, value, reckon, compute (at so much), make a valuation of; impose a tax'.]

A compulsory fee to support government, levied on persons, property, income, etc.

tea, n. [Fr. thé.]

The leaves of a tea-plant usually in a dried and prepared state for making the drink; drink made by infusing tea leaves in hot water.

teach (taught), v. [OE tæcan.]

Show; present to; demonstrate to.

teacher, n. [see teach, v.]

team, n. [OE 'team, bridle', also 'progeny, family, line of descendants'.]

Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to draw the same vehicle: coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sled, sleigh and the like; applied to persons drawing together in some joint action, as in team sports, etc.

tear (-s), n. [OE téar.]

Manifestation of weeping; droplet that forms in the eye.