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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Citation:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''tace''</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Language:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">Latin</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">References:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">''[[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]'', page 475<br>''[[The Fortune of War]]'', page 219<br>''[[Clarissa Oakes (novel)|Clarissa Oakes]]'', page 45<br>''[[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]'', page 171<br>''[[The Golden Ocean]]'', page 231</td>
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<th style="text-align: right; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;">Meaning:</th>
<td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">be quiet</td>
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<p style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 70%;">Notes:</p>
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The phrase '''tace'' is Latin for a candle', meaning 'keep it quiet' is obscure in origin, but relatively common in 19<sup>th</sup> century English literature. The correct word in Latin for a candle is ''candela''; ''tace'' is the singular, imperative tense of the usual verb for 'be silent'.

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