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422 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.2 (Noah Webster)
1. That has lost its native wildness and shyness; mild; accustomed to man; domestic; as a tame deer; a tame bird.
423 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.4 (Noah Webster)
And you, tame slaves of the laborious plow.
424 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Spiritless; unanimated; as a tame poem. [Not elegant nor in use.]
425 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.6 (Noah Webster)
TAME, v.t. [L. domo; Heb. to be silent, dumb.]
426 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.7 (Noah Webster)
1. To reclaim; to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; as, to tame a wild beast.
427 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.8 (Noah Webster)
2. To civilize; as, to tame the ferocious inhabitants of the forest.
428 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.9 (Noah Webster)
3. To subdue; to conquer; to depress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
429 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAME.11 (Noah Webster)
The tongue can no man tame. James 3:8 .
430 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMED.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMED, pp. Reclaimed from wildness; domesticated; made gentle; subdued.
431 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMELY.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMELY, adv. With unresisting submission; meanly; servilely; without manifesting spirit; as, to submit tamely to oppression; to bear reproach tamely.
432 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMENESS.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMENESS, n. The quality of being tame or gentle; a state of domestication.
433 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMER.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMER, n. One that tames or subdues; one that reclaims from wildness.
434 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMING.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMING, ppr. Reclaiming from a wild state; civilizing; subduing.
435 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMPING.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMPING, n. [allied probably to tame, dam, stem, stamp, etc.]
436 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TRAIN.15 (Noah Webster)
6. To break, tame and accustom to draw; as oxen.
437 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNBACKED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not tamed; not taught to bear a rider
438 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNBROKE.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Not tamed; not taught; not accustomed to the saddle, harness or yoke; as an unbroken horse or ox.
439 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNRECLAIMED.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Not reclaimed; not brought to a domestic state; not tamed; as a wild beast unreclaimed.
440 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNRULY.3 (Noah Webster)
The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil. James 3:8 .