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TAUGHT, Tight, in the Sea Language, is the lame as fetting a Rope ftiff, or faft.
Thus they fay, Set taught the Shrouds, the Stays, or any other Ropes, when they are too flack and loofe.
TAUNT, a Sea Term : When the Marts of a Ship are too tall for her, the Sailors fay, (he is taunt-mafled.
TAURI liberi Libertas 1 In fome ancient Charters, Tau- nts liber Signifies a common Bull to all Tenants within fuch a Manor or Liberty, Cltm libertate fciMin, liberi Tauri (g liberi Apri, &c.
TAURUS, in Aflronomy, the Bull; one of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, and the fecond in Order. See Sign and Constellation.
The Stars in the Conftellation taunts, in <Ptolomy s Ca- talogue are 44 ; in Tycho's Catalogue 41 ; in the Sritatmic Catalogue 135. The Longitudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, iSc whereof, are as follow :
Names and Situation of ^Longitude thi Stars. *§
Stars in the Coitjlellation Taurus.
Names and Situation of the Stars.
South of 4 in the Section '
That following it That following this North of 4 in the S«ction Thatfol. this in preced. Should' f
Preced. Inform, under the Foot
Preced. of Square of Pleiades In W eft Angle of Square
if
Moft North of Pleiades North of Square
^Longitude
16 49 36
17 33 43
18 44 y8
19 if 18
18 47 41
22 yo 08
23 06 10 ■7 9? 38
24 26 24
19 03 08
23 30 49
23 yo 24 54 47 09 2f 07 oy 2y oy 21
2y t 8 y2
ly 14 42 zy 21 31 2y 2y 13 2y 26 40
2y 22 30 iy 38 31 2y 48 08 2y ;6 00
26 01 ya
26 03 19
' 06
21 13
23 00 if
22 y 4 17 27 2 y 21
27 36 33
28 00 y7 26 17 31
29 26 17 29 07 19
2y 3c 08
25 37 5-1 o 36 09
°y7 2 y
South of Square Lucida Pleiadum
In Eaft Angle
2f . A Lefs, contiguous to it
Preceding in the Foot
Subfeq. in preced. Shoulder
Subsequent in Foot
3°
That in the Breaft
In the middle of the Neck
In the Heel of the preced. Foot
Preced. the Square of theNeckE
North of Square of the Neck
Preceding of 2, at the Knee W 29 40 yi
40 Prec. theMid. ones Sq. of NeckH 1 l9 32 W 27 32 S-8 28 52 oy
That preced. lit of the HyadesH
4f That in the preceding Cheek K Subfequent of two at Knee n
Subfeq. mid. ones Squa. of Neck
f° pirft of the Hyades in Noftrils
That under the ift of the Hyad.
South of Square of the Neck f5
Betw. the Noftrils and N. Eye
Second
North of the South in the Ear
60 In the Heel of the hind Foot South of South in the Ear 3d and fmall betw. Noftr. & Ear Preceding of North in the Ear
6y
28
ff
38
27
43
29
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12
1
43
4*
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09
33
3
V-
f9
2.
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18
I
27
34
2
41
21
I
M
39
I
33
11
3
ti S6
1
42
49
2
31
27
3
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21
2
47
13
3
n
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1
H
57
3
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37
3
11
4*
4 09 4*
2
f4
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Latitude.
9 21 47A
8 49 48A 7 28 29A f f7 "3A
9 30 27A
y 02 24 B 3 41 37B
18 27 4tA y 32 yiA
16 04 y7A
o 00 yoA o 07 lyA
3 03 43 B
4 19 2yB 4 09 oy B
4 yo 42 B 4 29 02 B
421 2yB
4 31 33 B 429 49B
3 54 47'B
4 01 39 B 4 00 37 B 3 41 4fB 3 ya 37B
|3||57||34B||6
|13||30||06A||6
|8||40||36A||5
|13||22||57A||6
|1||58||32B||7
|2||38||20B||7
|0||10||38A||7
|7||59||37A||4
|3||13||326B||7
|1||13||20B||5
|14||29||50A||4 |15||04||02A||7 |6||33||06B||6 |7||54||38B||5 |1||24||06A||6
|5||16||41B||6 |15||21||10A||7 |13||17||55A||7 |11||47||39A||7 |5||50||14A||7
|12||13||17A||4 |0||47||26A||6 |0||08||53B||7 |9||46||12B||5 |0||19||23A||7
|5||46||22A||3 |0||15||00||B||7
|7||20||42A||6 7 |6||19||57A||7 |3||58||41B||5
|7||23||02A||7 |4||00||34A||4 |2||37||06B||7 |4||09||05A||5 |0||35||21B||4
|12||01||21A||5 |0||29||46B||5 |3||43||27A||6 |1||04||06B||5 |5||41||50A||7 |- |65 |- | || ||3||02||12||6||02||44A||7 |Subsequent|| ||4||25||18||1||12||36B||6 |Preceding below the Hyades|| ||2||56||57||6||56||53A||5 |In North Eye || ||4||07||11||2||35||58A||3 4 | || ||3||39||12||5||23||43A||7 |- |70 |- | || ||3||22||25||6||59||01A||7 |Double one 'twixt Nost.&S. Eye|| ||3||36||25||5||47||16A||5 | || ||3||36||51||5||52||55A||5 |In the following Shoulder|| ||3||12||31||8||40||32A||5 | || ||3||56||42||6||06||26A||6 |- |75 |- | || ||4||07||06||5||37||49A||7 | || ||3||57||22||6||42||04A||7 | || ||3||44||57||8||04||25A||7 | || ||4||05||43||6||43||28A||7 | || ||4||22||35||6||00||53A||7 |- |80 |- |Middle, beneath the Hyades|| ||4||42||07||7||05||06A||5 |South Eye, Palilicium Aldebarn|| ||5||27||00||5||29||45A||1 |In the following Leg|| ||4||27||10||11||46||51A||1 | || ||5||54||15||6||03||20A||7 |Preceding in the hind Knee|| ||5||24||30||9||32||32A||5 |- |85 |- | || ||6||07||14||6||19||19A||7 |Subsequent beneath Hyades|| ||6||09||52||6||12||35A||6 | || ||5||49||58||9||55||14A||6 |Subsequent in hind Knee|| ||7||49||20||9||40||23B||5 |In Root of North Horn|| ||8||41||32||6||27||25A||7 |- |90 |- |In Root of South Horn|| ||9||24||58||3||40||35A||6 | || ||11||40||58||2||19||03B||6 | || ||10||42||09||6||18||31A||7 | || ||11||06||31||6||38||25A||7 |Preced. of 3 over South Horn|| ||12||27||36||1||14||34A||4 |- |95 |- |More South in the South Horn|| ||13||09||18||4||16||08A||6 |More North|| ||13||27||04| |2||30||59A||6 | || ||13||38||52||3||05||34A||6 |Middle of 3 over South Horn|| ||15||22||54||0||48||00A||6 |In the middle of the Horn|| ||16||14||58||1||03||03A||6 |- |100 |- | || ||17||37||31||5||42||51B||7 | || ||16||04||06||6||30||25A||7 | || ||17||04||29||5||50||14A||6 |In Extremity of North Horn|| ||18||13||56||5||21||34B||2 | || ||17||29||44||6||33||02A||6 |- |105 |- |Hindmost of 3 over South Horn|| ||18||10||06||1||20||12A||5 | || ||17||49||31||5||18||04A||7 | || ||17||59||37||6||01||45A||7 | || ||18||42||56||1||51||14B||7 | || ||19||03||45|4||43||55A||6 |- |110 |- | || ||19||22||21|||4||48||10A||7 | || ||19||15||54||9||02||19A||7 |Preced. of Inform. foll.N.Horn|| ||20||03||55||0||40||32B||6 | || ||20||08||47||6||20||26A||7 |In Extrem. of South Horn|| ||20||27||55||2||14||24A||3 |- |115 |- |Inform, in Tycho's Auriga || ||21||06||07|||2||29||23B||4,5 |North under South Horn|| ||21||09||28||6||52||43A||6 | || ||21||36||56||4||26||14A||6 | || ||21||59||23|||7||20||57A||6 |South below South Horn|| ||22||27||01|||7||38||01A||6 |- |120 |- | || ||22||39||50|||5||43||23A||6 | || ||22||32||16|||8||57||39A||6 |Inform, of Auriga|| ||23||10||03||1||06||31B||4,5 | || ||22||38||44||9||33||28A||6 | || ||23||04||03|10||48||50A||6 |- |125 |- | || ||23||19||48||9||09||37A||6 |- |Inform of Auriga|| ||24||10||37||4||08||15B||4,5 |- | || ||23||46||29||9||18||02A||6 |- | || ||23||46||54||9||31||13A||6 |- |Al. preced. in Orion's Club | ||24||22||03||3||12||03A||6 |- |130 |- |Another more South|| ||24||28||58||3||44||03A||6 |- |Inform, of Auriga|| ||25||12||28||2||28||05B||4,5 |- | || ||25||46||35||0||35||03A||7 |- | || ||26||03||40||1||04||43A||6 |- |Al. Subseq. in Orion's Club.|| ||26||36||02|||3||20||40A||6 |- |135 |}
Taurus, in our ancient Customs, signifies a Husband.
In leg. H. I. cap. 7 . Videtur autem Matris esse, cususcunque Taurus alluserit.
TAUTOLOGY, in Grammar, a needless Repetition of the same Thing in different Words.
Some People, particularly the Jesuits, write and pronounce
it Taftology. The Difference arises from the different Pro-
nunciation of the Greek upsilon in (
Greek characters) The modern
Greeks, 'tis true, pronounce the (Greek characters) as f and 'tis argued the
Ancients did the like: But as Cullom is the Standard of
a Language, this Plea avails but little with Regard to
the English.
TAUTOLOGICAL
