Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
n. Fine lustrous silk or silklike fabric. [french or medieval latin from persian]
TAILEND
n. Hindmost, lowest, or last part.
TAKEOFF
n. - act of becoming airborne.
- act of mimicking.
TALKING
book n. Recorded reading of a book, esp. For the blind.
- —adj. - that talks, or is able to talk (talking parrot).
- expressive (talking eyes). —n. In senses of *talk v. talking of while we are discussing.
TALLBOY
n. Tall chest of drawers.
TALLYHO
—int. Huntsman's cry on sighting a fox. —n. (pl. -s) cry of this. —v. (-hoes, -hoed) 1 utter a cry of ‘tally-ho’.
- indicate (a fox) or urge (hounds) with this cry. [cf. French taïaut]
TAMBOUR
n. - drum.
- circular frame holding fabric taut for embroidering. [french: related to *tabor]
TANDOOR
n. Clay oven. [hindustani]
TANGENT
n. - (often attrib.) Straight line, curve, or surface that meets a curve at a point, but does not intersect it.
- ratio of two sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an acute angle in a right-angled triangle. at a tangent diverging from a previous course or from what is relevant or central (go off at a tangent). [latin tango tact- touch]
TANKARD
n. - tall beer mug with a handle.
- contents of or amount held by this (drank a tankard of ale). [probably dutch tankaert]
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