Lexicographical Neighbors of Tattow
Literary usage of Tattow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner (1820)
"On their brown skins the tattow has a black appearance, on the skin of an European
a fine blue appearance. This operation causes that portion of the skin on ..."
2. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean ...by William Mariner, John Martin by William Mariner, John Martin (1817)
"tattow. The custom of marking the body by puncturing, &c. See ta-tattow, under
the article in. . Alike; like; similar to; co-equal. • A screen. tattow-anga. ..."
3. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1818)
"On their brown skins the tattow has a black appearance, on the skin of an European a
... I have seen two instances of the Tonga tattow, in Jeremiah Higgins, ..."
4. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1827)
"Unmarried. Tai-origo. Noiseless. Tai-taan. Unobstructed. Tai-tammy. Fatherless.
Tai-tattow. Disproportionate. Tai-toli. ..."
5. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1817)
"TA tattow, striking the tattow. This operation has already been described in the
last chapter, and nothing farther is here to be said, ..."
6. At Home in Fijiby Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1817)
"Ta-tattow. (To strike the tattow). This operation consists in puncturing the body
with an instru- ment resembling a small tooth comb,, which is dipped in a ..."
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