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tauted

[ tah-tid ]
/ ˈtɑ tɪd /
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adjective Scot.
(especially of wood or hair) tangled or matted together.
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Origin of tauted

1775–85; taut (variant of dial. tate small tuft of wool, hair, or grass) + -ed3

Words nearby tauted

Taurus Mountains, Taussig, Taussig-Bing syndrome, taut, Tautavel man, tauted, tauten, tauto-, tautog, tautological, tautologism
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How to use tauted in a sentence

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

    Dick Hamilton's Fortune|Howard R. Garis

  • The tow-line tauted as the mules leaned forward in their collars, and once more the Bluebird was under way.

    The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat|Grace Brooks Hill
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