Lexicographical Neighbors of Taishes
| tainture taintures taintworm taintworms taipan taipans taipo taira tairas tairn | tairns tais taisch taisches taish taishes (current term) tait taits taiver taivered | taivering taivers taivert taj tajes tajine tajines tak taka |
Literary usage of Taishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"taishes. Taces, armour for the thighs. This form of the word occurs in Warner's
Albion's England, xii. p. 291. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"An engraver. GRAVES, ». (1) The refuse at the bottom of the melting-pot in making
tallow candles. (2) Greaves. The taishes ..."
3. Travels in Siberia: Including Excursions Northwards, Down the Obi, to the by Adolph Erman (1848)
"In the year just mentioned, one of their taishes, or petty chiefs, pointed out
a lode of tin to some Russian miners, and sold it to the Russian crown, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"taishes.—A term commonly applied to the armor for the thighs. Take Aim.—To direct
the eye or weapon; to aim or point by means of sights. ..."
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