˜yÐÄvlog

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tauted

[ tah-tid ]

adjective

Scot.
  1. (especially of wood or hair) tangled or matted together.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tauted1

1775–85; taut (variant of dial. tate small tuft of wool, hair, or grass) + -ed 3
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The tow-line tauted as the mules leaned forward in their collars, and once more the Bluebird was under way.

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The animals leaned forward in their collars, the rope tauted, pulling with a swishing sound up from the water into which it had dropped.

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And not a second too soon, for, as he set his feet on the iron bottom, the cable tauted and the bucket started upward.

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The slack was running out rapidly, and at last the line tauted with a jerk on the sleeper's leg.

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She tightened her arms until they ached, tauted the thin strips of muscle under her soft flesh, and with a mighty effort raised it and held it.

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