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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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TATTOO', n. [Eng. tap.] A beat of drum at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
TATTOO', v.t. [In the South Sea isles.] To prick the skin, and stain the punctured spots with a black substance, forming lines and figures upon the body. In some isles, the inhabitants tattoo the face, in others only the body. The same practice exists among other rude nations.
TATTOO', n. Figures on the body made by punctures and stains in lines and figures.
A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at
night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters
in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
The Devil's tattoo. See under Devil. To color, as the
flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which
can not be washed out.
An indelible mark or figure made by
puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a
mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient
and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by
sailors.
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