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One who taunts.
of Taunt
a. & n. from Taunt, v.
In a taunting manner.
A woman who taunts.
The constellation Taurus.
Having horns like those of a bull.
A bullfighter; a toreador.
Having the form of a bull.
Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.
Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.
Alt. of Taurocolla
Glue made from a bull's hide.
Of or pertaining to bullfights.
A bullfighter.
Bullfighting.
The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.
A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.