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Found 2 definition: kendal, tau.

kendal top

Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun kendal has 1 senses

   kendal(n = noun.substance) kendal green - a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant;
is a kind of dye, dyestuff


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

kendal,

   A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [1913 Webster]
"How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ?" [1913 Webster]


[RELATED WORDS]

kendal green



tau top

Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun tau has 1 senses

   tau(n = noun.communication) - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet;
is a kind of
alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of greek alphabet


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

tau, n. [Gr. tay^.].

   The nineteenth letter (t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


tau, n. [Gr. tay^ the letter T).].

   The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (1913 Webster]

Tau cross. See Illust. 6, of Cross.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

tau, n. the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (T).

Idiom:
tau cross a T-shaped cross. tau particle Physics an unstable, heavy, and charged elementary particle of the lepton class.

Etymology:
ME f. Gk


[RELATED WORDS]

kendall's tau, opsanus tau, tau coefficient of correlation, tau cross