T () the twentieth letter of the
English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the
digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to
Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
Ta (v. t.) To take.
Taas (n.) A heap. See Tas.
Tab (n.) The flap or
latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Tab (n.) A tag. See Tag,
2.
Tab (n.) A loop for
pulling or lifting something.
Tab (n.) A border of lace
or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
Tab (n.) A loose pendent
part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an
edge or border.
Tabacco (n.) Tobacco.
Tabanus (n.) A genus of
blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Tabard (n.) A sort of
tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over
the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this
the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.
Tabarder (n.) One who
wears a tabard.
Tabarder (n.) A scholar on
the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a
tabard.
Tabaret (n.) A stout silk
having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
Tabasheer (n.) A
concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of
pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure
of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
Tabbinet (n.) A fabric
like poplin, with a watered surface.
Tabbies (pl. ) of Tabby
Tabby (n.) A kind of waved
silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and
stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Tabby (n.) A mixture of
lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal
proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
Tabby (n.) A brindled cat;
hence, popularly, any cat.
Tabby (n.) An old maid or
gossip.
Tabby (a.) Having a wavy
or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
Tabby (a.) Brindled;
diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
Tabbied (imp. & p. p.) of
Tabby
Tabbying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabby
Tabby (v. t.) To water; to
cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby
silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
Tabefaction (n.) A wasting
away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
Tabefied (imp. & p. p.) of
Tabefy
Tabefying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabefy
Tabefy (v. t.) To cause to
waste gradually, to emaciate.
Tabellion (n.) A secretary
or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the
old monarchy.
Taber (v. i.) Same as
Tabor.
Taberd (n.) See Tabard.
Tabernacle (n.) A slightly
built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Tabernacle (n.) A portable
structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through
the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.
Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the
Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
Tabernacle (n.)
Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
Tabernacle (n.) Any small
cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or
kept.
Tabernacle (n.) The
ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a
part of a building or movable.
Tabernacle (n.) A niche
for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a
work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a
solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
Tabernacle (n.) A tryptich
for sacred imagery.
Tabernacle (n.) A seat or
stall in a choir, with its canopy.
Tabernacle (n.) A boxlike
step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to
pass under bridges, etc.
Tabernacled (imp. & p. p.)
of Tabernacle
Tabernacling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabernacle
Tabernacle (v. i.) To
dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
Tabernacular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.
Tabernacular (a.) Formed
in latticework; latticed.
Tabernacular (a.) Of or
pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low.
Tabes (n.) Progressive
emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked
logical symptoms.
Tabescent (a.) Withering,
or wasting away.
Tabetic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid.
Tabetic (n.) One affected
with tabes.
Tabid (a.) Affected by
tabes; tabetic.
Tabific (a.) Alt. of
Tabifical
Tabifical (a.) Producing
tabes; wasting; tabefying.
Tabinet (n.) See Tabbinet.
Tablature (n.) A painting
on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed
according to one design; hence, a picture in general.
Tablature (n.) An ancient
mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by
notes.
Tablature (n.) Division
into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial
bones.
Table (n.) A smooth, flat
surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a
slab.
Table (n.) A thin, flat
piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut,
traced, written, or painted; a tablet
Table (n.) a memorandum
book.
Table (n.) Any smooth,
flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.
Table (n.) Hence, in a
great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended
by the eye in a single view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.
Table (n.) A view of the
contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a
syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
Table (n.) A list of
substances and their properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
Table (n.) Any collection
and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready
reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a
series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values
corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of
which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms,
sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables;
astronomical tables, etc.
Table (n.) The arrangement
or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
Table (n.) An article of
furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth
surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes,
as in eating, writing, or working.
Table (n.) Hence, food
placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; as, to set a good
table.
Table (n.) The company
assembled round a table.
Table (n.) One of the two,
external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls
of the cranium.
Table (n.) A stringcourse
which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an
offset is required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
Table (n.) The board on
the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
Table (n.) One of the
divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.
Table (n.) The games of
backgammon and of draughts.
Table (n.) A circular
plate of crown glass.
Table (n.) The upper flat
surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in
angles.
Table (n.) A plane
surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called
also perspective plane.
Table (n.) The part of a
machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
Tableed (imp. & p. p.) of
Table
Tableing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Table
Table (v. t.) To form into
a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to table fines.
Table (v. t.) To
delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
Table (v. t.) To supply
with food; to feed.
Table (v. t.) To insert,
as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the
middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
Table (v. t.) To lay or
place on a table, as money.
Table (v. t.) In
parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the
consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
Table (v. t.) To enter
upon the docket; as, to table charges against some one.
Table (v. t.) To make
board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in
the part attached to the boltrope.
Table (v. i.) To live at
the table of another; to board; to eat.
Tableaux (pl. ) of Tableau
Tableau (n.) A striking
and vivid representation; a picture.
Tableau (n.) A
representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner,
placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
Tableaux vivants (pl. ) of
Tableau vivant
Tableau vivant () Same as
Tableau, n., 2.
Tablebook (n.) A tablet; a
notebook.
Tablecloth (n.) A cloth
for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the
dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
Tables d'hote (pl. ) of
Table d'hote
Table d'hote () A common table
for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
Table-land (n.) A broad,
level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
Tablemen (pl. ) of
Tableman
Tableman (n.) A man at
draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10.
Tablement (n.) A table.
Tabler (n.) One who
boards.
Tabler (n.) One who boards
others for hire.
Tablespoon (n.) A spoon of
the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon,
dessert spoon, etc.
Tablespoonfuls (pl. ) of
Tablespoonful
Tablespoonful (n.) As much
as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned
as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
Tablet (n.) A small table
or flat surface.
Tablet (n.) A flat piece
of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece
containing an inscription or a picture.
Tablet (n.) Hence, a small
picture; a miniature.
Tablet (n.) A kind of
pocket memorandum book.
Tablet (n.) A flattish
cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative
against the plague.
Tablet (n.) A solid kind
of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and
usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche,
especially when of a round or rounded form.
Tableware (n.) Ware, or
articles collectively, for table use.
Tabling (n.) A forming
into tables; a setting down in order.
Tabling (n.) The letting
of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in
shipbuilding.
Tabling (n.) A broad hem
on the edge of a sail.
Tabling (n.) Board;
support.
Tabling (n.) Act of
playing at tables. See Table, n., 10.
Taboo (n.) A total
prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing
under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly
common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.
Tabooed (imp. & p. p.) of
Taboo
Tabooing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taboo
Taboo (v. t.) To put under
taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of;
as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.
Tabor (n.) A small drum
used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same
person.
Tabored (imp. & p. p.) of
Tabor
Taboring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabor
Tabor (v. i.) To play on a
tabor, or little drum.
Tabor (v. i.) To strike
lightly and frequently.
Tabor (v. t.) To make (a
sound) with a tabor.
Taborer (n.) One who plays
on the tabor.
Taboret (n.) A small
tabor.
Taborine (n.) A small,
shallow drum; a tabor.
Taborite (n.) One of
certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; --
so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of
their struggles.
Tabour (n. & v.) See
Tabor.
Tabouret (n.) Same as
Taboret.
Tabouret (n.) A seat
without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its
resemblance to a drum.
Tabouret (n.) An
embroidery frame.
Tabrere (n.) A taborer.
Tabret (n.) A taboret.
Tabu (n. & v.) See Taboo.
Tabulae (pl. ) of Tabula
Tabula (n.) A table; a
tablet.
Tabula (n.) One of the
transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
Tabular (a.) Having the
form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).
Tabular (a.) Having a flat
surface; as, a tabular rock.
Tabular (a.) Formed into a
succession of flakes; laminated.
Tabular (a.) Set in
squares.
Tabular (a.) Arranged in a
schedule; as, tabular statistics.
Tabular (a.) Derived from,
or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension.
Tabularization (n.) The
act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables;
tabulation.
Tabularized (imp. & p. p.)
of Tabularize
Tabularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabularize
Tabularize (v. t.) To
tabulate.
Tabulata (n. pl.) An
artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in
the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.
Tabulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Tabulate
Tabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tabulate
Tabulate (v. t.) To form
into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.
Tabulate (v. t.) To shape
with a flat surface.
Tabulation (n.) The act of
forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.
Tac (n.) A kind of
customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
Tacamahac (n.) Alt. of
Tacamahaca
Tacamahaca (n.) A bitter
balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E.
tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus
Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.
Tacamahaca (n.) Any tree
yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or
balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
Tacaud (n.) The bib, or
whiting pout.
Tace (n.) The cross, or
church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n.
Tace (n.) See Tasse.
Tacet (v.impers.) It is
silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a
whole movement.
Tache (n.) Something used
for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
Tache (n.) A spot, stain,
or blemish.
Tachhydrite (n.) A hydrous
chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly
deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.
Tachinae (pl. ) of Tachina
Tachina (n.) Any one of
numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae
are external parasites of other insects.
Tachometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of
a moving body or substance.
Tachometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal,
consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The
rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork.
Tachometer (n.) An
instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting
of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the
action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on
a graduated dial.
Tachometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a haematachometer.
Tachydidaxy (n.) A short
or rapid method of instructing.
Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A
division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New
Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
Tachygraphic (a.) Alt. of
Tachygraphical
Tachygraphical (a.) Of or
pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
Tachygraphy (n.) The art
or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.
Tachylyte (n.) A vitreous
form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
Tacit (a.) Done or made in
silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by
silence, or by not interposing an objection.
Taciturn (a.) Habitually
silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
Taciturnity (n.) Habilual
silence, or reserve in speaking.
Tack (n.) A stain; a tache.
Tack (n.) A peculiar
flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
Tack (n.) A small, short,
sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.
Tack (n.) That which is
attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3.
Tack (v. t.) A rope used
to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is
closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower
corner of a studding sail to the boom.
Tack (v. t.) The part of a
sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of
fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail).
Tack (v. t.) The direction
of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port
tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side;
hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.
Tack (v. t.) A contract by
which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
Tack (v. t.) Confidence;
reliance.
Tacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Tack
Tacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tack
Tack (v. t.) To fasten or
attach.
Tack (v. t.) Especially,
to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as,
to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to
tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of
solder.
Tack (v. t.) In
parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with
on or to.
Tack (v. t.) To change the
direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and
shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at
right angles to her former course.
Tack (v. i.) To change the
direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as
said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the
helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4.
Tacker (n.) One who tacks.
Tacket (n.) A small,
broad-headed nail.
Tackey (a. & n.) See
Tacky.
Tacking (n.) A union of
securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an
intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
Tackle (n.) Apparatus for
raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks;
sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
Tackle (n.) Any
instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated;
gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
Tackle (n.) The rigging
and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tackle
Tackling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tackle
Tackle (n.) To supply with
tackle.
Tackle (n.) To fasten or
attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or
wagon.
Tackle (n.) To seize; to
lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles
the game.
Tackle (n.) To begin to
deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Tackled (a.) Made of ropes
tacked together.
Tackling (n.) Furniture of
the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
Tackling (n.) Instruments
of action; as, fishing tackling.
Tackling (n.) The straps
and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like;
harness.
Tacksmen (pl. ) of
Tacksman
Tacksman (n.) One who
holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.
Tacky (a.) Sticky;
adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
Taconic (a.) Designating,
or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western
New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later
proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian.
Tact (n.) The sense of
touch; feeling.
Tact (n.) The stroke in
beating time.
Tact (n.) Sensitive mental
touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of
appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
Tactable (a.) Capable of
being touched; tangible.
Tactic (a.) Alt. of
Tactical
Tactical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
Tactic (n.) See Tactics.
Tactician (n.) One versed
in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.
Tactics (n.) The science
and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and
performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or
the tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.
Tactics (n.) Hence, any
system or method of procedure.
Tactile (a.) Of or
pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by
the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.
Tactility (n.) The quality
or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.
Taction (n.) The act of
touching; touch; contact; tangency.
Tactless (a.) Destitute of
tact.
Tactual (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.
Tadpole (n.) The young
aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external
or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called
also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy.
Tadpole (n.) The hooded
merganser.
Taedium (n.) See Tedium.
Tael (n.) A denomination
of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and
forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.
Taen () Alt. of Ta'en
Ta'en () p. p. of Ta, to take, or
a contraction of Taken.
Taeniae (pl. ) of Taenia
Taenia (n.) A genus of
intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
Taenia (n.) A band; a
structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the
brain.
Taenia (n.) The fillet, or
band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
Taeniada (n. pl.) Same as
Taenioidea.
Taeniata (n. pl.) A
division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The
Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.
Taenidia (pl. ) of
Taenidium
Taenidium (n.) The
chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust.
of Trachea.
Taenioglossa (n. pl.) An
extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and
narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of
families both marine and fresh-water.
Taenioglossate (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Taenioglossa.
Taenioid (a.) Ribbonlike;
shaped like a ribbon.
Taenioid (a.) Like or
pertaining to Taenia.
Taenioidea (n. pl.) The
division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
Taeniolae (pl. ) of
Taeniola
Taeniola (n.) One of the
radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
Taeniosomi (n. pl.) An
order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes
are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.
Tafferer (n.) See Taffrail.
Taffeta (n.) Alt. of
Taffety
Taffety (n.) A fine,
smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called watering. The term
has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to
modern times.
Taffrail (n.) The upper
part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes
ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern.
Taffy (n.) A kind of candy
made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
Taffy (n.) Flattery; soft
phrases.
Tafia (n.) A variety of
rum.
Tag (n.) Any slight
appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely;
specifically, a direction card, or label.
Tag (n.) A metallic
binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
Tag (n.) The end, or
catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
Tag (n.) Something mean
and paltry; the rabble.
Tag (n.) A sheep of the
first year.
Tag (n.) A sale of usually
used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac),
conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a
normal retail establishment.
Tagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Tag
Tagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tag
Tag (v. t.) To fit with,
or as with, a tag or tags.
Tag (v. t.) To join; to
fasten; to attach.
Tag (v. t.) To follow
closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
Tag (v. i.) To follow
closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a
person.
Tag (v.) A child's play in
which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being
touched.
Tagbelt (n.) Same as
Tagsore.
Tagger (n.) One who, or
that which, appends or joins one thing to another.
Tagger (n.) That which is
pointed like a tag.
Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin
or other plate which run below the gauge.
Tagger (n.) A device for
removing taglocks from sheep.
Taglet (n.) A little tag.
Taglia (n.) A peculiar
combination of pulleys.
Tagliacotain (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a
method of rhinoplasty described by him.
Taglioni (n.) A kind of
outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian
family of professional dancers.
Taglock (n.) An entangled
lock, as of hair or wool.
Tagnicate (n.) The
white-lipped peccary.
Tag-rag (n. & a.) The
lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
Tagsore (n.) Adhesion of
the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the
feces; -- called also tagbelt.
Tagtail (n.) A worm which
has its tail conspicuously colored.
Tagtail (n.) A person who
attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
Taguan (n.) A large flying
squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large
bushy tail nearly as long.
Taguicati (n.) The
white-lipped peccary.
Taha (n.) The African
rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).
Tahaleb (n.) A fox (Vulpes
Niloticus) of Northern Africa.
Tahitian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
Tahitian (n.) A native
inhabitant of Tahiti.
Tahr (n.) Same as Thar.
Tail (n.) Limitation;
abridgment.
Tail (a.) Limited;
abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Tail (n.) The terminal,
and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
Tail (n.) Any long,
flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail
of an animal, as a catkin.
Tail (n.) Hence, the back,
last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the
superior part.
Tail (n.) A train or
company of attendants; a retinue.
Tail (n.) The side of a
coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; --
rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.
Tail (n.) The distal
tendon of a muscle.
Tail (n.) A downy or
feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated
style.
Tail (n.) A portion of an
incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness
of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also
tailing.
Tail (n.) One of the
strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more
times.
Tail (n.) A rope spliced
to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
Tail (n.) The part of a
note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Tail (n.) Same as Tailing,
4.
Tail (n.) The bottom or
lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
Tail (n.) See Tailing, n.,
5.
Tail (v. t.) To follow or
hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be
evaded.
Tail (v. t.) To pull or
draw by the tail.
Tail (v. i.) To hold by
the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with
in or into.
Tail (v. i.) To swing with
the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel
tails down stream.
Tailage (n.) See Tallage.
Tail-bay (n.) One of the
joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space
between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.
Tail-bay (n.) The part of
a canal lock below the lower gates.
Tailblock (n.) A block
with a tail. See Tail, 9.
Tailboard (n.) The board
at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for
convenience in loading or unloading.
Tailed (a.) Having a tail;
having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as,
bobtailed, longtailed, etc.
Tailing (n.) The part of a
projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
Tailing (n.) Same as Tail,
n., 8 (a).
Tailing (n.) Sexual
intercourse.
Tailing (n.) The lighter
parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
Tailing (n.) The refuse
part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus.
It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also
tails.
Taille (n.) A tally; an
account scored on a piece of wood.
Taille (n.) Any imposition
levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.
Taille (n.) The French
name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
Tailless (a.) Having no
tail.
Taillie (n.) Same as
Tailzie.
Tailor (n.) One whose
occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and
makes ladies' outer garments.
Tailor (n.) The mattowacca;
-- called also tailor herring.
Tailor (n.) The
silversides.
Tailor (n.) The goldfish.
Tailored (imp. & p. p.) of
Tailor
Tailoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tailor
Tailor (v. i.) To practice
making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
Tailoress (n.) A female
tailor.
Tailoring (adv.) The
business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tailpiece (n.) A piece at
the end; an appendage.
Tailpiece (n.) One of the
timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
Tailpiece (n.) An ornament
placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a
book.
Tailpiece (n.) A piece of
ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar
instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
Tailpin (n.) The center in
the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tailrace (n.) See Race,
n., 6.
Tailrace (n.) The channel
in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
Tailstock (n.) The sliding
block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable
center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
Tail-water (n.) Water in a
tailrace.
Tailzie (n.) An entailment
or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one
substituted.
Tain (n.) Thin tin plate;
also, tin foil for mirrors.
Taint (n.) A thrust with a
lance, which fails of its intended effect.
Taint (n.) An injury done
to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a
lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
Tainted (imp. & p. p.) of
Taint
Tainting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taint
Taint (v. i.) To thrust
ineffectually with a lance.
Taint (v. t.) To injure,
as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an
unknightly or unscientific manner.
Taint (v. t.) To hit or
touch lightly, in tilting.
Taint (v. t.) To imbue or
impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious,
or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance
taint the air.
Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To
stain; to sully; to tarnish.
Taint (v. i.) To be
infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Taint (v. i.) To be
affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
Taint (n.) Tincture; hue;
color; tinge.
Taint (n.) Infection;
corruption; deprivation.
Taint (n.) A blemish on
reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Taintless (a.) Free from
taint or infection; pure.
Taintlessly (adv.) In a
taintless manner.
Tainture (n.) Taint;
tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
Taintworm (n.) A
destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Taira (n.) Same as Tayra.
Tairn (n.) See Tarn.
Tait (n.) A small
nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size
of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds
upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger.
Tajacu (n.) Alt. of
Tajassu
Tajassu (n.) The common,
or collared, peccary.
Take (p. p.) Taken.
Took (imp.) of Take
Takend (p. p.) of Take
Taking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Take
Take (v. t.) In an active
sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get
into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.
Take (v. t.) To obtain
possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce
into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner;
as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten
on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.
Take (v. t.) To gain or
secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to
charm.
Take (v. t.) To make
selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the
road to the right.
Take (v. t.) To employ; to
use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make
a coat.
Take (v. t.) To form a
likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person.
Take (v. t.) To draw; to
deduce; to derive.
Take (v. t.) To assume; to
adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in;
to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight,
shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by
a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I
take the liberty to say.
Take (v. t.) To lead; to
conduct; as, to take a child to church.
Take (v. t.) To carry; to
convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the
bindery.
Take (v. t.) To remove; to
withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two
from four.
Take (v. t.) In a somewhat
passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.
Take (v. t.) To accept, as
something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
Take (v. t.) To receive as
something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or
wine.
Take (v. t.) Not to refuse
or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
Take (v. t.) To bear
without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to
take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.
Take (v. t.) To admit, as,
something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive
in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or
look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take
to be man's motive; to take men for spies.
Take (v. t.) To accept the
word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into
agreement with; -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.
Take (v. i.) To take hold;
to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a
purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.
Take (v. i.) To please; to
gain reception; to succeed.
Take (v. i.) To move or
direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; --
usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.
Take (v. i.) To admit of
being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.
Take (n.) That which is
taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.
Take (n.) The quantity or
copy given to a compositor at one time.
Take-in (n.) Imposition;
fraud.
Taken () p. p. of Take.
Take-off (n.) An
imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
Taker (n.) One who takes
or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Take-up (n.) That which
takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up
the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
Taking (a.) Apt to take;
alluring; attracting.
Taking (a.) Infectious;
contageous.
Taking (n.) The act of
gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.
Taking (n.) Agitation;
excitement; distress of mind.
Taking (n.) Malign
influence; infection.
Taking-off (n.) Removal;
murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.
Talapoin (n.) A small
African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.
Talaria (n. pl.) Small
wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as
an attribute of Mercury.
Talbot (n.) A sort of dog,
noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
Talbotype (n.) Same as
Calotype.
Talc (n.) A soft mineral
of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in
foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is
a compact granular variety.
Talcose (a.) Alt. of
Talcous
Talcous (a.) Of or
pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
Tale (n.) See Tael.
Tale (v. i.) That which is
told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative;
discourse; statement; history; story.
Tale (v. i.) A number told
or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction
from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
Tale (v. i.) A count or
declaration.
Tale (v. i.) To tell
stories.
Talebearer (n.) One who
officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates
intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.
Talebearing (a.) Telling
tales officiously.
Talebearing (n.) The act
of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.
Taled (n.) A kind of
quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the
synagogues.
Taleful (a.) Full of
stories.
Talegalla (n.) A genus of
Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
Talent (v. t.) Among the
ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000
drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Talent (v. t.) Among the
Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to
3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a
denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396
sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold
shekels.
Talent (v. t.)
Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
Talent (v. t.)
Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill
in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like;
faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the
talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
Talented (a.) Furnished
with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
Tales (n.) Persons added
to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any
deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as,
the latter.
Tales (syntactically sing.)
The writ by which such persons are summoned.
Talesmen (pl. ) of
Talesman
Talesman (n.) A person
called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.
Taleteller (n.) One who
tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a
talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Talewise (adv.) In a way
of a tale or story.
Taliacotian (a.) See
Tagliacotian.
Taliation (n.)
Retaliation.
Talion (n.) Retaliation.
Talipes (n.) The deformity
called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
Talipot (n.) A beautiful
tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar
coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic
fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial
processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.
Talismans (pl. ) of
Talisman
Talisman (n.) A magical
figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the
configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal,
figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet,
engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in
order to receive its influence.
Talisman (n.) Hence,
something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling
evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases.
Talismanic (a.) Alt. of
Talismanical
Talismanical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative
against evils by occult influence; magical.
Talked (imp. & p. p.) of
Talk
Talking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Talk
Talk (n.) To utter words;
esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or
more persons interchange thoughts.
Talk (n.) To confer; to
reason; to consult.
Talk (n.) To prate; to
speak impertinently.
Talk (v. t.) To speak
freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
Talk (v. t.) To deliver in
talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk
nonsense; to talk politics.
Talk (v. t.) To consume or
spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
Talk (v. t.) To cause to
be or become by talking.
Talk (n.) The act of
talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered,
especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
Talk (n.) Report; rumor;
as, to hear talk of war.
Talk (n.) Subject of
discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
Talkative (a.) Given to
much talking.
Talker (n.) One who talks;
especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a
conversationist.
Talker (n.) A loquacious
person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; --
used in contempt or reproach.
Talking (a.) That talks;
able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
Talking (a.) Given to
talk; loquacious.
Tall (superl.) High in
stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and
comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion
to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
Tall (superl.) Brave;
bold; courageous.
Tall (superl.) Fine;
splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
Tallage (n.) Alt. of
Talliage
Talliage (n.) A certain
rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public
expenses.
Tallage (v. t.) To lay an
impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Tallier (n.) One who keeps
tally.
Tallness (n.) The quality
or state of being tall; height of stature.
Tallow (n.) The suet or
fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous
matter by melting.
Tallow (n.) The fat of
some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other
sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
Tallowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tallow
Tallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tallow
Tallow (v. t.) To grease
or smear with tallow.
Tallow (v. t.) To cause to
have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Tallower (n.) An animal
which produces tallow.
Tallow-face (n.) One who
has a sickly, pale complexion.
Tallow-faced (a.) Having a
sickly complexion; pale.
Tallowing (n.) The act, or
art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of
producing tallow.
Tallowish (a.) Having the
qualities of tallow.
Tallowy (a.) Of the nature
of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
Tallwood (n.) Firewood cut
into billets of a certain length.
Tallies (pl. ) of Tally
Tally (n.) Originally, a
piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;
later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts
were kept.
Tally (n.) Hence, any
account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a
book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
Tally (n.) One thing made
to suit another; a match; a mate.
Tally (n.) A notch, mark,
or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
Tally (n.) A tally shop.
See Tally shop, below.
Tallied (imp. & p. p.) of
Tally
Tallying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tally
Tally (n.) To score with
correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
Tally (n.) To check off,
as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
Tally (v. i.) To be
fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
Tally (v. i.) To make a
tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
Tally (a.) Stoutly; with
spirit.
Tallyho (interj. & n.) The
huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.
Tallyho (interj. & n.) A
tallyho coach.
Tallymen (pl. ) of
Tallyman
Tallyman (n.) One who
keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
Tallyman (n.) One who
keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
Talmas (pl. ) of Talma
Talma (n.) A kind of large
cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.
Talma (n.) A similar
garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
Talmud (n.) The body of
the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.
Talmudic (a.) Alt. of
Talmudical
Talmudical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek;
Talmudical phrases.
Talmudist (n.) One versed
in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
Talmudistic (a.)
Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.
Talon (n.) The claw of a
predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.
Talon (n.) One of certain
small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Talon (n.) A kind of
molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.
Talon (n.) The shoulder of
the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Talook (n.) Alt. of Taluk
Taluk (n.) A large estate;
esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of
which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due
from it.
Talookdar (n.) Alt. of
Talukdar
Talukdar (n.) A proprietor
of a talook.
Talpa (n.) A genus of
small insectivores including the common European mole.
Tali (pl. ) of Talus
Talus (n.) The astragalus.
Talus (n.) A variety of
clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.
Talus (n.) A slope; the
inclination of the face of a work.
Talus (n.) A sloping heap
of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
Tamability (n.) The
quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
Tamable (a.) Capable of
being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.
Tamandu (n.) A small
ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.
Tamanoir (n.) The
ant-bear.
Tamarack (n.) The American
larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See
Hackmatack, and Larch.
Tamarack (n.) The black
pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with
fine-grained wood.
Tamaric (n.) A shrub or
tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.
Tamarin (n.) Any one of
several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus
Midas, especially M. ursulus.
Tamarind (n.) A leguminous
tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical
countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree
is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at
the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.
Tamarind (n.) One of the
preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which contain an acid pulp, and are used
medicinally and for preparing a pleasant drink.
Tamarisk (n.) Any shrub or
tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They
have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species
(T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
Tambac (n.) See Tombac.
Tambour (n.) A kind of
small flat drum; a tambourine.
Tambour (n.) A small
frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for
stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered;
also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter
sense, tambour work.
Tambour (n.) Same as Drum,
n., 2(d).
Tambour (n.) A work
usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase,
or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
Tambour (n.) A shallow
metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever.
Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit
and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
Tamboured (imp. & p. p.)
of Tambour
Tambouring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tambour
Tambour (v. t.) To
embroider on a tambour.
Tambourin (n.) A
tambourine.
Tambourin (n.) An old
Provencal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.
Tambourine (n.) A small
drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and
having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Tambreet (n.) The duck
mole.
Tamburin (n.) See
Tambourine.
Tame (v. t.) To broach or
enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
Tame (superl.) Reduced
from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated;
domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
Tame (superl.) Crushed;
subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Tame (superl.) Deficient
in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame
scenery.
Tamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tame
Taming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tame
Tame (a.) To reduce from a
wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to
domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
Tame (a.) To subdue; to
conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
Tameable (a.) Tamable.
Tameless (a.) Incapable of
being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.
Tamely (adv.) In a tame
manner.
Tameness (n.) The quality
or state of being tame.
Tamer (n.) One who tames
or subdues.
Tamias (n.) A genus of
ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
Tamil (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
Tamil (n.) One of a
Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
Tamil (n.) The Tamil
language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
Tamilian (a. & n.) Tamil.
Tamine (n.) Alt. of Taminy
Taminy (n.) A kind of
woolen cloth; tammy.
Tamis (n.) A sieve, or
strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
Tamis (n.) The cloth
itself; tammy.
Tamkin (n.) A tampion.
Tammies (pl. ) of Tammy
Tammy (n.) A kind of
woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains,
sieves, strainers, etc.
Tammy (n.) A sieve, or
strainer, made of this material; a tamis.
Tamped (imp. & p. p.) of
Tamp
Tamping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tamp
Tamp (v. t.) In blasting,
to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored
in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being
misdirected.
Tamp (v. t.) To drive in
or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth
place.
Tampan (n.) A venomous
South African tick.
Tampeon (n.) See Tampion.
Tamper (n.) One who tamps;
specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the
charge is placed.
Tamper (n.) An instrument
used in tamping; a tamping iron.
Tampered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tamper
Tampering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tamper
Tamper (v. i.) To meddle;
to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
Tamper (v. i.) To meddle
so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
Tamper (v. i.) To deal
unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Tamperer (n.) One who
tampers; one who deals unfairly.
Tampico fiber () Alt. of fibre
fibre () A tough vegetable fiber
used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle
are both used under this name.
Tamping (n.) The act of
one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the
branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine.
Tamping (n.) The material
used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1.
Tampion (n.) A wooden
stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
Tampion (n.) A plug for
upper end of an organ pipe.
Tampoe (n.) The edible
fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It
somewhat resembles an apple.
Tampon (n.) A plug
introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest
hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.
Tampon (v. t.) To plug
with a tampon.
Tampoon (n.) The stopper
of a barrel; a bung.
Tam-tam (n.) A kind of
drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also
tom-tom.
Tam-tam (n.) A gong. See
Gong, n., 1.
Tamul (a. & n.) Tamil.
Tan (n.) See Picul.
Tan (n.) The bark of the
oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; --
so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
Tan (n.) A yellowish-brown
color, like that of tan.
Tan (n.) A brown color
imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
Tan (a.) Of the color of
tan; yellowish-brown.
Tanned (imp. & p. p.) of
Tan
Tanning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tan
Tan (n.) To convert (the
skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an
infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or
tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered
firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
Tan (n.) To make brown; to
imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tan (v. i.) To get or
become tanned.
Tana (n.) Same as
Banxring.
Tanager (n.) Any one of
numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga,
and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer
redbird (Piranga rubra) are common species of the United States.
Tanagrine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tanagers.
Tanagroid (a.) Tanagrine.
Tanate (n.) An Asiatic
wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a
short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.
Tandem (adv. & a.) One
after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before
another, instead of abreast.
Tandem (n.) A team of
horses harnessed one before the other.
Tang (n.) A coarse
blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
Tang (n.) A strong or
offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing
itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
Tang (n.) Fig.: A sharp,
specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
Tang (n.) A projecting
part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other
part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
Tang (n.) The part of a
knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
Tang (n.) The projecting
part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the
stock.
Tang (n.) The part of a
sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
Tang (n.) The tongue of a
buckle.
Tang (n.) A sharp,
twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Tanged (imp. & p. p.) of
Tang
Tanging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tang
Tang (v. t.) To cause to
ring or sound loudly; to ring.
Tang (v. i.) To make a
ringing sound; to ring.
Tangalung (n.) An East
Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).
Tangence (n.) Tangency.
Tangency (n.) The quality
or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Tangent (v. t.) A tangent
line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent
to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given
line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle
produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
Tangent (a.) Touching;
touching at a single point
Tangent (a.) meeting a
curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the
curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line
tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
Tangental (a.) Tangential.
Tangential (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangentially (adv.) In the
direction of a tangent.
Tangerine (n.) A kind of
orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is
said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.
Tangfish (n.) The common
harbor seal.
Tanghinia (n.) The ordeal
tree. See under Ordeal.
Tangibility (n.) The
quality or state of being tangible.
Tangible (a.) Perceptible
to the touch; tactile; palpable.
Tangible (a.) Capable of
being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real;
substantial; evident.
Tangled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tangle
Tangling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tangle
Tangle (n.) To unite or
knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make
it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
Tangle (n.) To involve; to
insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
Tangle (v. i.) To be
entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Tangle (n.) Any large
blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
Tangle (v.) A knot of
threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily
disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers.
Used also figuratively.
Tangle (v.) An instrument
consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of
frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea
urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
Tanglefish (n.) The sea
adder, or great pipefish of Europe.
Tanglingly (adv.) In a
tangling manner.
Tangly (a.) Entangled;
intricate.
Tangly (a.) Covered with
tangle, or seaweed.
Tangram (n.) A Chinese toy
made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven
pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in
various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often
used in primary schools as a means of instruction.
Tangue (n.) The tenrec.
Tangun (n.) A piebald
variety of the horse, native of Thibet.
Tangwhaup (n.) The
whimbrel.
Tanier (n.) An aroid plant
(Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West
Indies.
Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a
lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under
the system of tanistry.
Tanistry (n.) In Ireland,
a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to
which he was admitted by election.
Tanite (n.) A firm
composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding
wheels, slabs, etc.
Tank (n.) A small Indian
dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains,
for pearls.
Tank (n.) A large basin or
cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Tanka (n.) A kind of boat
used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called
also tankia.
Tankard (n.) A large
drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.
Tankia (n.) See Tanka.
Tankling (n.) A tinkling.
Tanling (n.) One tanned by
the sun.
Tannable (a.) That may be
tanned.
Tannage (n.) A tanning;
the act, operation, or result of tanning.
Tannate (n.) A salt of
tannic acid.
Tanner (n.) One whose
occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
Tanneries (pl. ) of
Tannery
Tannery (n.) A place where
the work of tanning is carried on.
Tannery (n.) The art or
process of tanning.
Tannic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; as, tannic acid.
Tannier (n.) See Tanier.
Tannin (n.) Same as Tannic
acid, under Tannic.
Tanning (n.) The art or
process of converting skins into leather. See Tan, v. t., 1.
Tanrec (n.) Same as
Tenrec.
Tansy (n.) Any plant of
the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided
leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for
medicinal and culinary purposes.
Tansy (n.) A dish common
in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the
juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish.
Tant (n.) A small scarlet
arachnid.
Tantalate (n.) A salt of
tantalic acid.
Tantalic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum; specifically,
designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric acid and the
polyacid compounds of phosphorus.
Tantalism (n.) A
punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near
approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
Tantalite (n.) A heavy
mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a
tantalate of iron.
Tantalization (n.) The act
of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
Tantalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Tantalize
Tantalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tantalize
Tantalize (v. t.) To tease
or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but
continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to
tease; to torment.
Tantalizer (n.) One who
tantalizes.
Tantalizingly (adv.) In a
tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tantalum (n.) A rare
nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and
fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by
burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian
king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake
whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his
thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise
receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
Tantalus (n.) A genus of
wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
Tantamount (a.) Equivalent
in value, signification, or effect.
Tantamount (v. i.) To be
tantamount or equivalent; to amount.
Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly;
speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
Tantivy (n.) A rapid,
violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
Tantivy (v. i.) To go away
in haste.
Tantrum (n.) A whim, or
burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Tanyard (n.) An inclosure
where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
Tanystomata (n. pl.) A
division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains
lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism (n.) One of the
popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Tap
Tapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tap
Tap (v. t.) To strike with
a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one
with the hand or a cane.
Tap (v. t.) To put a new
sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap (n.) A gentle or
slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Tap (n.) A piece of
leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the
sole or heel.
Tap (n.) A signal, by drum
or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to
bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Tap (v. i.) To strike a
gentle blow.
Tap (n.) A hole or pipe
through which liquor is drawn.
Tap (n.) A plug or spile
for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Tap (n.) Liquor drawn
through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the
same tap.
Tap (n.) A place where
liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Tap (n.) A tool for
forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male
screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
Tap (v. t.) To pierce so
as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw
from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose
of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
Tap (v. t.) To draw, or
cause to flow, by piercing.
Tap (v. t.) To form an
internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Tapa (n.) A kind of cloth
prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; --
sometimes called also kapa.
Tapayaxin (n.) A Mexican
spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a
toad; -- called also horned toad.
Tape (n.) A narrow fillet
or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like;
as, curtains tied with tape.
Tape (n.) A tapeline;
also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
Tapeline (n.) A painted
tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed
in a case, -- used for measuring.
Taper (n.) A small wax
candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Taper (n.) A tapering
form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a
spire.
Taper (a.) Regularly
narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical;
as, taper fingers.
Tapered (imp. & p. p.) of
Taper
Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taper
Taper (v. i.) To become
gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taper (v. t.) To make or
cause to taper.
Tapered (a.) Lighted with
a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapering (a.) Becoming
gradually smaller toward one end.
Taperness (n.) The quality
or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
Tapestries (pl. ) of
Tapestry
Tapestry (n.) A fabric,
usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the
designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall
hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of
embroidery.
Tapestried (imp. & p. p.)
of Tapestry
Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tapestry
Tapestry (v. t.) To adorn
with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Tapet (n.) Worked or
figured stuff; tapestry.
Tapetis (pl. ) of Tapeti
Tapeti (n.) A small South
American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).
Tapetum (n.) An area in
the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an
iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark.
Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.
Tapeworm (n.) Any one of
numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera.
The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying
in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the
anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is
small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary
greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for
adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are
parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures,
and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the
mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
Taphouse (n.) A house
where liquors are retailed.
Taphrenchyma (n.) Same as
Bothrenchyma.
Tapinage (n.) A lurking or
skulking.
Tapioca (n.) A coarsely
granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened
starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and
as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.
Tapir (n.) Any one of
several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus,
and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and
stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on
the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of
little use.
Tapiroid (a.) Allied to
the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis (n.) Tapestry;
formerly, the cover of a council table.
Tapis (v. t.) To cover or
work with figures like tapestry.
Tapiser (n.) A maker of
tapestry; an upholsterer.
Tapish (v. i.) To lie
close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide
one's self.
Taplash (n.) Bad small
beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.
Taplings (n. pl.) The
strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Tapoa tafa () A small carnivorous
marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail
with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.
Tappen (n.) An
obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other
animals during hibernation.
Tapper (n.) The lesser
spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer,
little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
Tappester (n.) A female
tapster.
Tappet (n.) A lever or
projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch
something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.
Tappice (v. i.) Alt. of
Tappis
Tappis (v. i.) See Tapish.
Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft
of feathers on her head.
Tappit hen () A measuring pot
holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on
the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.
Taproom (n.) A room where
liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
Taproot (n.) The root of a
plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth
without dividing.
Tapster (n.) One whose
business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Taqua-nut (n.) A Central
American name for the ivory nut.
Tar (n.) A sailor; a
seaman.
Tar (n.) A thick, black,
viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a
varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in
obtaining it.
Tarred (imp. & p. p.) of
Tar
Tarring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tar
Tar (v. t.) To smear with
tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Taranis (n.) A Celtic
divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with
Jupiter.
Tarantass (n.) A low
four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long,
springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the
wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.
Tarantella (n.) A rapid
and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling
triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the
poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.
Tarantella (n.) Music
suited to such a dance.
Tarantism (n.) A nervous
affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance.
It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to
be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
Tarantulas (pl. ) of
Tarantula
Tarantulae (pl. ) of
Tarantula
Tarantula (n.) Any one of
several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous,
especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and
adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
Tarantulated (a.) Bitten
by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
Tarbogan (n. & v.) See
Toboggan.
Tarboosh (n.) A red cap
worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed
with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.
Tardation (n.) The act of
retarding, or delaying; retardation.
Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of
edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their
movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
Tardigrada (a.) An order
of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules,
and water bears.
Tardigrade (a.) Moving or
stepping slowly; slow-paced.
Tardigrade (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Tardigrada.
Tardigrade (n.) One of the
Tardigrada.
Tardigradous (a.) Moving
slowly; slow-paced.
Tardily (adv.) In a tardy
manner; slowly.
Tardiness (n.) The quality
or state of being tardy.
Tarditation (n.)
Tardiness.
Tardity (n.) Slowness;
tardiness.
Tardo (a.) Slow; -- a
direction to perform a passage slowly.
Tardo (n.) A sloth.
Tardy (superl.) Moving
with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
Tardy (superl.) Not being
inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's
payments.
Tardy (superl.) Unwary;
unready.
Tardy (superl.) Criminal;
guilty.
Tardy (v. t.) To make
tardy.
Tare (imp.) Tore.
Tare (n.) A weed that
grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the
Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
Tare (n.) A name of
several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the
V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare (n.) Deficientcy in
the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or
whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or
abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on
account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
Tared (imp. & p. p.) of
Tare
Taring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tare
Tare (v. t.) To ascertain
or mark the tare of (goods).
Tared (a.) Weighed;
determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used
in weighing precipitates.
Tarente (n.) A harmless
lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern
Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Tarentism (n.) See
Tarantism.
Tarentula (n.) See
Tarantula.
Targe (n.) A shield or
target.
Target (n.) A kind of
small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
Target (n.) A butt or mark
to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force
of a projectile.
Target (n.) The pattern or
arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he
made a good target.
Target (n.) The sliding
crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
Target (n.) A conspicuous
disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Targeted (a.) Furnished,
armed, or protected, with a target.
Targeteer (n.) One who is
armed with a target or shield.
Targums (pl. ) of Targum
Targumim (pl. ) of Targum
Targum (n.) A translation
or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or
Aramaic language or dialect.
Targumist (n.) The writer
of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
Tariff (n.) A schedule,
system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods
imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's
compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).
Tariff (n.) The duty, or
rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
Tariff (n.) Any schedule
or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares.
Tariffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tariff
Tariffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tariff
Tariff (v. t.) To make a
list of duties on, as goods.
Tarin (n.) The siskin.
Taring (n.) The common
tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock.
Tarlatan (n.) A kind of
thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Tarn (n.) A mountain lake
or pool.
Tarnished (imp. & p. p.)
of Tarnish
Tarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tarnish
Tarnish (a.) To soil, or
change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by
dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to
tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
Tarnish (v. i.) To lose
luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
Tarnish (n.) The quality
or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
Tarnish (n.) A thin film
on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original
color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
Tarnisher (n.) One who, or
that which, tarnishes.
Taro (n.) A name for
several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia
macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves
and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical
countries.
Tarot (n.) A game of
cards; -- called also taroc.
Tarpan (n.) A wild horse
found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tarpaulin (n.) A piece of
canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the
hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
Tarpaulin (n.) A hat made
of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a
sailor; a seaman; a tar.
Tarpon (n.) Same as
Tarpum.
Tarpum (n.) A very large
marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West
Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery
scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork.
Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.
Tarquinish (a.) Like a
Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.
Tarrace (n.) See Trass.
Tarragon (n.) A plant of
the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Tarras (n.) See Trass.
Tarre (v.) To set on, as a
dog; to incite.
Tarriance (n.) The act or
time of tarrying; delay; lateness.
Tarrier (n.) One who, or
that which, tarries.
Tarrier (n.) A kind of
dig; a terrier.
Tarrock (n.) The young of
the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
Tarrock (n.) The common
guillemot.
Tarrock (n.) The common
tern.
Tarry (n.) Consisting of,
or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarried (imp. & p. p.) of
Tarry
Tarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tarry
Tarry (v. i.) To stay or
remain behind; to wait.
Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to
put off going or coming; to loiter.
Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to
abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to
defer; to put off.
Tarry (v. t.) To wait for;
to stay or stop for.
Tarry (n.) Stay; stop;
delay.
Tarsal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).
Tarsal (n.) A tarsal bone
or cartilage; a tarsale.
Tarsal (n.) Same as
Tercel.
Tarsalia (pl. ) of Tarsale
Tarsale (n.) One of the
bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the
metatarsals.
Tarse (n.) The male
falcon.
Tarse (n.) tarsus.
Tarsectomy (n.) The
operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Tarsel (n.) A male hawk.
See Tercel.
Tarsi (n.) pl. of Tarsus.
Tarsia (n.) Alt. of
Tarsiatura
Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of
mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later,
in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes,
fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of
different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
Tarsier (n.) See Tarsius.
Tarsius (n.) A genus of
nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and
very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji,
and tarsier.
Tarso- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as,
tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsal (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as, the tarsometatarsal
articulations.
Tarsometatarsal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsi (pl. ) of
Tarsometatarsus
Tarsometatarsus (n.) The
large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the
distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
Tarsorrhaphy (n.) An
operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by
surrounding cicatrices.
Tarsotomy (n.) The
operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
Tarsi (pl. ) of Tarsus
Tarsus (n.) The ankle; the
bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg,
consisting in man of seven short bones.
Tarsus (n.) A plate of
dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; --
called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
Tarsus (n.) The foot of an
insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Tart (v. t.) Sharp to the
taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp;
keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
Tart (n.) A species of
small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of
fruit pie.
Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth,
checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the
Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a
similar pattern.
Tartan (n.) A small
coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large
leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
Tartar (n.) A reddish
crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of
tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; --
called also argol, wine stone, etc.
Tartar (n.) A correction
which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and
phosphate of lime.
Tartar (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly
Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
correctly but less usually, Tatar.
Tartar (n.) A person of a
keen, irritable temper.
Tartar (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartar (n.) See Tartarus.
Tartarated (a.) Tartrated.
Tartarean (a.) Alt. of
Tartareous
Tartareous (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Tartareous (a.) Consisting
of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
Tartareous (a.) Having the
surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous.
Tartarian (a.) Alt. of
Tartaric
Tartaric (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian (n.) The name of
some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.
Tartaric (a.) Of or
pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
Tartarine (n.) Potassium
carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
Tartarized (imp. & p. p.)
of Tartarize
Tartarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tartarize
Tartarize (v. t.) To
impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
Tartarize (v. t.) To cause
to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.
Tartarous (a.) Containing
tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.
Tartarous (a.) Resembling,
or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.
Tartarum (n.) See 1st
Tartar.
Tartarus (n.) The infernal
regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is
above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits
of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously
with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
Tartary (n.) Tartarus.
Tartini's tones () See the Note
under Tone.
Tartish (a.) Somewhat
tart.
Tartlet (n.) A small tart.
Tartly (adv.) In a tart
manner; with acidity.
Tartness (n.) The quality
or state of being tart.
Tartralic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent
substance, C8H10O11; -- called also ditartaric, tartrilic, or tartrylic acid.
Tartramate (n.) A salt of
tartramic acid.
Tartramic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide
derivative of tartaric acid.
Tartramide (n.) An acid
amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tartrate (n.) A salt of
tartaric acid.
Tartrated (a.) Containing,
or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.
Tartrazine (n.) An
artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a
phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.
Tartrelic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, C4H4O5, of tartaric acid, obtained
as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.
Tartro- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some
of its compounds or derivatives.
Tartronate (n.) A salt of
tartronic acid.
Tartronic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic
acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
Tartronyl (n.) A
hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid
and certain of its derivatives.
Tartrovinic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in
combination with ethyl, and now called ethyltartaric acid.
Tartuffe (n.) Alt. of
Tartufe
Tartufe (n.) A
hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Tartuffish (a.) Alt. of
Tartufish
Tartufish (a.) Like a
tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.
Tarweed (n.) A name given
to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the
species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia.
Tas (n.) A heap.
Tas (v. t.) To tassel.
Tasco (n.) A kind of clay
for making melting pots.
Tasimer (n.) An instrument
for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It
consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of
an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of
pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes
variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a
sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of
temperature.
Task (v.) Labor or study
imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Task (v.) Business;
employment; undertaking; labor.
Tasked (imp. & p. p.) of
Task
Tasking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Task
Task (v. t.) To impose a
task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
Task (v. t.) To oppress
with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Task (v. t.) To charge; to
tax; as with a fault.
Tasker (n.) One who
imposes a task.
Tasker (n.) One who
performs a task, as a day-laborer.
Tasker (n.) A laborer who
receives his wages in kind.
Taskmaster (n.) One who
imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign
tasks; an overseer.
Taskwork (n.) Work done as
a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
Taslet (n.) A piece of
armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.
Tasmanian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly
inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.
Tasse (n.) A piece of
armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.
Tassel (n.) A male hawk.
See Tercel.
Tassel (n.) A kind of bur
used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Tassel (n.) A pendent
ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending
in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
Tassel (n.) The flower or
head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
Tassel (n.) A narrow silk
ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
Tassel (n.) A piece of
board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to
the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.
Tasseled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tassel
Tasselled () of Tassel
Tasseling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tassel
Tasselling () of Tassel
Tassel (v. i.) To put
forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
Tassel (v. t.) To adorn
with tassels.
Tasset (n.) A defense for
the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the
belt on the lower edge of the corselet.
Tastable (a.) Capable of
worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
Tasted (imp. & p. p.) of
Taste
Tasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taste
Taste (v. t.) To try by
the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
Taste (v. t.) To try by
the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by
taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
Taste (v. t.) To try by
eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
Taste (v. t.) To become
acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
Taste (v. t.) To partake
of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Taste (v. i.) To try food
with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything;
as, to taste of each kind of wine.
Taste (v. i.) To have a
smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor
is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water
tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
Taste (v. i.) To take
sparingly.
Taste (v. i.) To have
perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's
bounty.
Taste (n.) The act of
tasting; gustation.
Taste (n.) A particular
sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality
or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the
taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
Taste (n.) The one of the
five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor,
flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
Taste (n.) Intellectual
relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste
for study.
Taste (n.) The power of
perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of
discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever
constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters;
critical judgment; discernment.
Taste (n.) Manner, with
respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style;
as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
Taste (n.) Essay; trial;
experience; experiment.
Taste (n.) A small portion
given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
Taste (n.) A kind of
narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Tasteful (a.) Having a
high relish; savory.
Tasteful (a.) Having or
exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful
drapery.
Tasteless (a.) Having no
taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
Tasteless (a.) Destitute
of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age.
Tasteless (a.) Not in
accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.
Taster (n.) One who
tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
Taster (n.) That in which,
or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
Taster (n.) One of a
peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They
somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
Siphonophora.
Tastily (adv.) In a tasty
manner.
Tasting (n.) The act of
perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we
perceive or distinguish savors.
Tasto (n.) A key or thing
touched to produce a tone.
Tasty (superl.) Having a
good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.
Tasty (n.) Being in
conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; as, tasty furniture; a
tasty dress.
Tat (n.) Gunny cloth made
from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
Tat (n.) A pony.
Tataupa (n.) A South
American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).
Tatch (n.) A spot or
stain; also, a trick.
Tath (obs.) 3d pers. sing.
pres. of Ta, to take.
Tath (n.) Dung, or
droppings of cattle.
Tath (n.) The luxuriant
grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.
Tath (v. t.) To manure
(land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
Tatou (n.) The giant
armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five
feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds
largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.
Tatouay (n.) An armadillo
(Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has
about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head
is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the
claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded
armadillo.
Tatouhou (n.) The peba.
Tatt (v. t. & i.) To make
(anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging.
Tatta (n.) A bamboo frame
or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to
trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
Tatter (n.) One who makes
tatting.
Tatter (n.) A rag, or a
part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Tattered (p. p.) of Tatter
Tatter (v. t.) To rend or
tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Tatterdemalion (n.) A
ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.
Tatting (n.) A kind of
lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
Tattled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tattle
Tattling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tattle
Tattle (v. i.) To prate;
to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Tattle (v. i.) To tell
tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
Tattle (n.) Idle talk or
chat; trifling talk; prate.
Tattler (n.) One who
tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
Tattler (n.) Any one of
several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
Tattlery (n.) Idle talk or
chat; tittle-tattle.
Tattling (a.) Given to
idle talk; apt to tell tales.
Tattoo (n.) 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.
Tattooed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tattoo
Tattooing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tattoo
Tattoo (v. t.) To color,
as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures
which can not be washed out.
Tattoos (pl. ) of Tattoo
Tattoo (n.) 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.
Tatu (n.) Same as Tatou.
Tatusiid (n.) Any
armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are
examples. Also used adjectively.
Tau (n.) The common
American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau
(/).
Taught (a.) See Taut.
Taught () imp. & p. p. of Teach.
Taunt (a.) Very high or
tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
Taunted (imp. & p. p.) of
Taunt
Taunting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taunt
Taunt (v. t.) To reproach
with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
Taunt (n.) Upbraiding
language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
Taunter (n.) One who
taunts.
Taunting () a. & n. from Taunt,
v.
Tauntingly (adv.) In a
taunting manner.
Tauntress (n.) A woman who
taunts.
Taur (n.) The
constellation Taurus.
Tauricornous (a.) Having
horns like those of a bull.
Tauridor (n.) A
bullfighter; a toreador.
Tauriform (a.) Having the
form of a bull.
Taurine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
Taurine (n.) A body
occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and
elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of
taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It
crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially
characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically
amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3.
Taurocholate (n.) A salt
of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.
Taurocholic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid)
composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in
that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally
as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter
taste.
Taurocol (n.) Alt. of
Taurocolla
Taurocolla (n.) Glue made
from a bull's hide.
Tauromachian (a.) Of or
pertaining to bullfights.
Tauromachian (n.) A
bullfighter.
Tauromachy (n.)
Bullfighting.
Taurus (n.) The Bull; the
second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about
the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs.
Taurus (n.) A zodiacal
constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the
Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.
Taurus (n.) A genus of
ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.
Taurylic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably
identical with cresol.
Taut (a.) Tight;
stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Taut (a.) Snug; close;
firm; secure.
Tautegorical (a.)
Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to allegorical.
Tautochrone (n.) A curved
line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will
always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever in the curve it may
begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a
tautochrone.
Tautochronous (a.)
Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a
tautochrone.
Tautog (n.) An edible
labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the
United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and
moll.
Tautologic (a.)
Tautological.
Tautological (a.)
Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression.
Tautologist (n.) One who
uses tautological words or phrases.
Tautologized (imp. & p. p.)
of Tautologize
Tautologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tautologize
Tautologize (v. i.) To
repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautologous (a.) Repeating
the same thing in different words; tautological.
Tautology (n.) A
repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an
idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause,
condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is
overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.
Tautomeric (a.) Relating
to, or characterized by, tautomerism.
Tautomerism (n.) The
condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective
derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or
the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the
lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.
Tautoousian (a.) Alt. of
Tautoousious
Tautoousious (a.) Having
the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Tautophonical (a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.
Tautophony (n.) Repetition
of the same sound.
Tautozonal (a.) Belonging
to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.
Tavern (n.) A public house
where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals;
an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell
liquor in small quantities.
Taverner (n.) One who
keeps a tavern.
Taverning (n.) A feasting
at taverns.
Tavernmen (pl. ) of
Tavernman
Tavernman (n.) The keeper
of a tavern; also, a tippler.
Taw (n.) Tow.
Taw (v. t.) To push; to
tug; to tow.
Tawed (imp. & p. p.) of
Taw
Tawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Taw
Taw (v. t.) To prepare or
dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.
Taw (v. t.) To dress and
prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the
like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and
bleaching them.
Taw (n.) A large marble to
be played with; also, a game at marbles.
Taw (n.) A line or mark
from which the players begin a game of marbles.
Tawdrily (adv.) In a
tawdry manner.
Tawdriness (n.) Quality or
state of being tawdry.
Tawdry (superl.) Bought at
the festival of St. Audrey.
Tawdry (superl.) Very fine
and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy
ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers;
tawdry colors.
Tawdries (pl. ) of Tawdry
Tawdry (n.) A necklace of
a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
Tawer (n.) One who taws; a
dresser of white leather.
Tawery (n.) A place where
skins are tawed.
Tawniness (n.) The quality
or state of being tawny.
Tawny (n.) Of a dull
yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as,
tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
Taws (n.) A leather lash,
or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.
Tax (n.) A charge,
especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
Tax (n.) A charge or
burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
Tax (n.) Especially, the
sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a
land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
Tax (n.) A sum imposed or
levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
Tax (n.) A task exacted
from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which
is imposed upon a subject.
Tax (n.) A disagreeable or
burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
Tax (n.) Charge; censure.
Tax (n.) A lesson to be
learned; a task.
Taxed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tax
Taxing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tax
Tax (n.) To subject to the
payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon;
especially, to exact money from for the support of government.
Tax (n.) To assess, fix,
or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in
court.
Tax (n.) To charge; to
accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an
indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
Taxability (n.) The
quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Taxable (a.) Capable of
being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as, taxable estate;
taxable commodities.
Taxable (a.) That may be
legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as,
taxable costs.
Taxaspidean (a.) Having
the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular
rows; -- said of certain birds.
Taxation (n.) The act of
laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by
government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper
authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.
Taxation (n.) The act of
taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.
Taxation (n.) Tax; sum
imposed.
Taxation (n.) Charge;
accusation.
Taxel (n.) The American
badger.
Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An
order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
Taxer (n.) One who taxes.
Taxer (n.) One of two
officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true
gauge of weights and measures is observed.
Taxgatherer (n.) One who
collects taxes or revenues.
Taxiarch (n.) An Athenian
military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
Taxicorn (n.) One of a
family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used
adjectively.
Taxidermic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
Taxidermist (n.) A person
skilled in taxidermy.
Taxidermy (v. t.) The art
of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent
their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
Taxine (n.) A poisonous
alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew
(Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.
Taxis (n.) Manipulation
applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of
reducing it.
Taxless (a.) Free from
taxation.
Taxology (n.) Same as
Taxonomy.
Taxonomic (a.) Pertaining
to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification;
classificatory.
Taxonomist (n.) One
skilled in taxonomy.
Taxonomy (n.) That
division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals
and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
Taxor (n.) Same as Taxer,
n., 2.
Taxpayer (n.) One who is
assessed and pays a tax.
Tayra (n.) A South
American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and
thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
Tazel (n.) The teasel.
Tazza (n.) An ornamental
cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often
having handles.
Tchawytcha (n.) The
quinnat salmon.
T cart () See under T.
Tea (n.) The prepared
leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a
native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other
countries.
Tea (n.) A decoction or
infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.
Tea (n.) Any infusion or
decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea;
chamomile tea; catnip tea.
Tea (n.) The evening meal,
at which tea is usually served; supper.
Tea (v. i.) To take or
drink tea.
Teaberry (n.) The
checkerberry.
Taught (imp. & p. p.) of
Teach
Teaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Teach
Teach (v. t.) To impart
the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge
before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to
exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to
teach morals.
Teach (v. t.) To direct,
as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to
instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a
child or a class.
Teach (v. t.) To accustom;
to guide; to show; to admonish.
Teach (v. i.) To give
instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
Teachable (a.) Capable of
being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.
Teachableness (n.)
Willingness to be taught.
Teache (n.) One of the
series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar;
especially, the last boiler of the series.
Teacher (n.) One who
teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an
instructor; a tutor.
Teacher (n.) One who
instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes,
one who preaches without regular ordination.
Teaching (n.) The act or
business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
Teachless (a.) Not
teachable.
Teacup (n.) A small cup
from which to drink tea.
Teacupfuls (pl. ) of
Teacupful
Teacupful (n.) As much as
a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
Tead (n.) Alt. of Teade
Teade (n.) A torch.
Teagle (n.) A hoisting
apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
Teague (n.) An Irishman;
-- a term used in contempt.
Teak (n.) A tree of East
Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber
highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.
Teakettle (n.) A kettle in
which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
Teal (n.) Any one of
several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera
Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green
or blue speculum on the wings.
Team (n.) A group of young
animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
Team (n.) Hence, a number
of animals moving together.
Team (n.) Two or more
horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a
coach, wagon, sled, or the like.
Team (n.) A number of
persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons
selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a
cricket, football, rowing, etc.
Team (n.) A flock of wild
ducks.
Team (n.) A royalty or
privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and
judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or
suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
Team (v. i.) To engage in
the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying
or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
Team (v. t.) To convey or
haul with a team; as, to team lumber.
Teamed (a.) Yoked in, or
as in, a team.
Teaming (n.) The act or
occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the
like, with a team.
Teaming (n.) Contract
work.
Teamster (n.) One who
drives a team.
Teamwork (n.) Work done by
a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
Teapot (n.) A vessel with
a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
Teapoy (n.) An ornamental
stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.
Tear (n.) A drop of the
limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland,
and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate
their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into
the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the
lids.
Tear (n.) Something in the
form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent,
tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
Tear (n.) That which
causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Tore (imp.) of Tear
Tare () of Tear
Torn (p. p.) of Tear
Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tear
Tear (v. t.) To separate
by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to
tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
Tear (v. t.) Hence, to
divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn
by factions.
Tear (v. t.) To rend away;
to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
Tear (v. t.) To pull with
violence; as, to tear the hair.
Tear (v. t.) To move
violently; to agitate.
Tear (v. i.) To divide or
separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
Tear (v. i.) To move and
act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Tear (n.) The act of
tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
Tearer (n.) One who tears
or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
Tear-falling (a.) Shedding
tears; tender.
Tearful (a.) Abounding
with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.
Tearless (a.) Shedding no
tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
Tearpit (n.) A cavity or
pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus;
larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy
substance.
Tear-thumb (n.) A name
given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems
beset with minute reflexed prickles.
Teary (a.) Wet with tears;
tearful.
Teary (a.) Consisting of
tears, or drops like tears.
Tea-saucer (n.) A small
saucer in which a teacup is set.
Teased (imp. & p. p.) of
Tease
Teasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tease
Tease (v. t.) To comb or
card, as wool or flax.
Tease (v. t.) To stratch,
as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
Tease (v. t.) To tear or
separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
Tease (v. t.) To vex with
importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty
requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
Tease (n.) One who teases
or plagues.
Teasel (n.) A plant of the
genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head
covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is
used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.
Teasel (n.) A bur of this
plant.
Teasel (n.) Any
contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Teaseled (imp. & p. p.) of
Teasel
Teaselled () of Teasel
Teaseling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Teasel
Teaselling () of Teasel
Teasel (v. t.) To subject,
as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has
an effect to raise a nap.
Teaseler (n.) One who uses
teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
Teaseling (n.) The cutting
and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
Teaser (n.) One who teases
or vexes.
Teaser (n.) A jager gull.
Teasle (n. & v. t.) See
Teasel.
Teaspoon (n.) A small
spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
Teaspoonfuls (pl. ) of
Teaspoonful
Teaspoonful (n.) As much
as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid
dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
Teat (n.) The protuberance
through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a
pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
Teat (n.) A small
protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
Teated (a.) Having
protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
Teathe (n. & v.) See Tath.
Teatish (a.) Peevish;
tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Teaze-hole (n.) The
opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
Teazel (n. & v. t.) See
Teasel.
Teazer (n.) The stoker or
fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
Teazle (n. & v. t.) See
Teasel.
Tebeth (n.) The tenth
month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a
part of January.
Techily (adv.) In a techy
manner.
Techiness (n.) The quality
or state of being techy.
Technic (a.) Technical.
Technic (a.) The method of
performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
Technic (a.) Technical
terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.
Technical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the
like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of
an indictment must be technical.
Technicalities (pl. ) of
Technicality
Technicality (n.) The
quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
Technicality (n.) That
which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
Technically (adv.) In a
technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art,
business, or profession.
Technicalness (n.) The
quality or state of being technical; technicality.
Technicals (n. pl.) Those
things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession;
technical terms; technics.
Technicist (n.) One
skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.
Technicological (a.)
Technological; technical.
Technicology (n.)
Technology.
Technics (n.) The doctrine
of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.
Technique (n.) Same as
Technic, n.
Technism (n.)
Technicality.
Technologic (a.)
Technological.
Technological (a.) Of or
pertaining to technology.
Technologist (n.) One
skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.
Technology (n.) Industrial
science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially
of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Techy (a.) Peevish;
fretful; irritable.
Tectibranch (n.) One of
the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
Tectibranchia (n. pl.)
Same as Tectibranchiata.
Tectibranchiata (n. pl.)
An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually
situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When
there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The
aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.
Tectibranchiate (a.)
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
Tectibranchiate (n.) A
tectibranchiate mollusk.
Tectly (adv.) Covertly;
privately; secretly.
Tectology (n.) A division
of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality
constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism
is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ
being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.
Tectonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Tectonics (n.) The
science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices,
are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in
conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
Tectorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of
Corti in the internal ear.
Tectrices (n. pl.) The
wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
Tecum (n.) See Tucum.
Tedded (imp. & p. p.) of
Ted
Tedding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ted
Ted (v. t.) To spread, or
turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used
in the past participle.
Tedder (n.) A machine for
stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.
Tedder (n.) Same as
Tether.
Teddered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tedder
Teddering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tedder
Tedder (v. t.) Same as
Tether.
Te Deum () An ancient and
celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St.
Ambrose; -- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of
the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of
thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise thee, O
God," it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England
and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.
Te Deum () A religious service in
which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.
Tedge (n.) The gate of a
mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.
Tediosity (n.)
Tediousness.
Tedious (a.) Involving
tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.
Tedium (n.) Irksomeness;
wearisomeness; tediousness.
Tee (n.) The mark aimed at
in curling and in quoits.
Tee (n.) The nodule of
earth from which the ball is struck in golf.
Tee (n.) A short piece of
pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a
right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in
shape.
Tee iron () See T iron, under T.
Teek (n.) See Teak.
Teel (n.) Sesame.
Teelseed (n.) The seed of
sesame.
Teem (v. t.) To pour; --
commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
Teem (v. t.) To pour, as
steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem (a.) To think fit.
Teemed (imp. & p. p.) of
Teem
Teeming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Teem
Teem (v. i.) To bring
forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be
pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
Teem (v. i.) To be full,
or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to
abound.
Teem (v. t.) To produce;
to bring forth.
Teemer (n.) One who teems,
or brings forth.
Teemful (a.) Pregnant;
prolific.
Teemful (a.) Brimful.
Teeming (a.) Prolific;
productive.
Teemless (a.) Not fruitful
or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.
Teen (n.) Grief; sorrow;
affiction; pain.
Teen (n.) To excite; to
provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.
Teen (v. t.) To hedge or
fence in; to inclose.
Teenage (n.) The longer
wood for making or mending fences.
Teend (v. t. & i.) To
kindle; to burn.
Teenful (a.) Full of teen;
harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.
Teens (n. pl.) The years
of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending
with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
Teeny (a.) Very small;
tiny.
Teeny (a.) Fretful;
peevish; pettish; cross.
Teeong (n.) The mino bird.
Teest (n.) A tinsmith's
stake, or small anvil.
Teetan (n.) A pipit.
Teetee (n.) Any one of
several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to
Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix
torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche,
titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
Teetee (n.) A diving
petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
Teetered (imp. & p. p.) of
Teeter
Teetering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Teeter
Teeter (v. i. & t.) To
move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do
for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.
Teeter-tail (n.) The
spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.
Teeth (n.) pl. of Tooth.
Teethed (imp. & p. p.) of
Teeth
Teething (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Teeth
Teeth (v. i.) To breed, or
grow, teeth.
Teething (n.) The process
of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the
gums; dentition.
Teetotal (a.) Entire;
total.
Teetotaler (n.) One
pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Teetotalism (n.) The
principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.
Teetotally (adv.)
Entirely; totally.
Teetotum (n.) A child's
toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
Teetuck (n.) The rock
pipit.
Teeuck (n.) The lapwing.
Teewit (n.) The pewit.
Teg (n.) A sheep in its
second year; also, a doe in its second year.
Tegmina (pl. ) of Tegmen
Tegmen (n.) A tegument or
covering.
Tegmen (n.) The inner
layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
Tegmen (n.) One of the
elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
Tegmen (n.) Same as
Tectrices.
Tegmental (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast;
the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
Tegmenta (pl. ) of
Tegmentum
Tegmentum (n.) A covering;
-- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of
the crura of the cerebrum.
Teguexin (n.) A large
South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and
is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon
fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied
species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.
Tegulae (pl. ) of Tegula
Tegula (n.) A small
appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to
the mesonotum.
Tegular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of
tiles; as, a tegular pavement.
Tegulated (a.) Composed of
small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of
ancient armor.
Tegument (n.) A cover or
covering; an integument.
Tegument (n.) Especially,
the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin;
hide.
Tegumentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a
tegument or covering.
Te-hee (n. & interj.) A
tittering laugh; a titter.
Te-hee (v. i.) To titter;
to laugh derisively.
Teil (n.) The lime tree,
or linden; -- called also teil tree.
Teind (n.) A tithe.
Teine (n.) See Teyne.
Teinland (n.) Land granted
by the crown to a thane or lord.
Teinoscope (n.) An
instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration
of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are
increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
Teint (n.) Tint; color;
tinge, See Tint.
Teinture (n.) Color;
tinge; tincture.
Tek (n.) A Siberian ibex.
Telamones (n. pl.) Same as
Atlantes.
Telangiectasis (n.)
Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
Telangiectasy (n.)
Telangiectasis.
Telarly (adv.) In a
weblike manner.
Telary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.
Teledu (n.) An East Indian
carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very
offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a
native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur.
Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
Telegram (n.) A message
sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
Telegrammic (a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.
Telegraph (n.) An
apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant
points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals
representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by
electrical action.
Telegraphed (imp. & p. p.)
of Telegraph
Telegraphing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Telegraph
Telegraph (v. t.) To
convey or announce by telegraph.
Telegrapher (n.) One who
sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.
Telegraphic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as,
telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.
Telegraphical (a.)
Telegraphic.
Telegraphist (n.) One
skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Telegraphy (n.) The
science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as,
submarine telegraphy.
Telemeter (n.) An
instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a
telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object
whose real dimensions are known.
Teleocephial (n. pl.) An
extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as
bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.
Teleological (a.) Of or
pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.
Teleologist (n.) One
versed in teleology.
Teleology (n.) The
doctrine of the final causes of things
Teleology (n.) the
doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life,
particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and
that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on
biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.
Teleophore (n.) Same as
Gonotheca.
Teleorganic (a.) Vital;
as, teleorganic functions.
Teleosaur (n.) Any one of
several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera.
These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.
Teleosaurus (n.) A genus
of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and
slender snout.
Teleost (n.) One of the
Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Teleostean (a.) Of or
pertaining to the teleosts.
Teleostean (n.) A
teleostean fish.
Teleostei (n. pl.) A
subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from
the ganoids.
Teleostomi (n. pl.) An
extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the
ganoids.
Teleozoic (a.) Having
tissued composed of cells.
Teleozoon (n.) A metazoan.
Telepathy (n.) The
sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of
another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of
sensation.
Telepheme (n.) A message
by a telephone.
Telephone (n.) An
instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
Telephone (v. t.) To
convey or announce by telephone.
Telephonic (a.) Conveying
sound to a great distance.
Telephonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
Telephonically (adv.) By
telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
Telephony (n.) The art or
process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
Telepolariscope (n.) A
polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.
Telerythin (n.) A red
crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because
regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.
Telescope (n.) An optical
instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
Telescoped (imp. & p. p.)
of Telescope
Telescoping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Telescope
Telescope (a.) To slide or
pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope
or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one
runs into another.
Telescope (v. t.) To cause
to come into collision, so as to telescope.
Telescopic (a.) Alt. of
Telescopical
Telescopical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
Telescopical (a.) Seen or
discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
Telescopical (a.) Able to
discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye;
telescopic vision.
Telescopical (a.) Having
the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a
small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric
tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the
telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being
lowered endwise.
Telescopically (adv.) In a
telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
Telescopist (n.) One who
uses a telescope.
Telescopy (n.) The art or
practice of using or making telescopes.
Telesm (n.) A kind of
amulet or magical charm.
Telesmatic (a.) Alt. of
Telesmatical
Telesmatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to telesms; magical.
Telespectroscope (n.) A
spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant
objects, as the sun or stars.
Telestereoscope (n.) A
stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic
stereoscope.
Telestic (a.) Tending or
relating to a purpose or an end.
Telestich (n.) A poem in
which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf.
Acrostic.
Telethermometer (n.) An
apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a
thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
Teleutospore (n.) The
thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced
in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.
Telic (a.) Denoting the
final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic.
Told (imp. & p. p.) of
Tell
Telling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tell
Tell (v. t.) To mention
one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number;
to count; as, to tell money.
Tell (v. t.) To utter or
recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
Tell (v. t.) To make
known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
Tell (v. t.) To give
instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
Tell (v. t.) To order; to
request; to command.
Tell (v. t.) To discern so
as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not
tell where one color ends and the other begins.
Tell (v. t.) To make
account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
Tell (v. i.) To give an
account; to make report.
Tell (v. i.) To take
effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression
tells.
Tell (n.) That which is
told; tale; account.
Tell (n.) A hill or mound.
Tellable (a.) Capable of
being told.
Tellen (n.) Any species of
Tellina.
Teller (n.) One who tells,
relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
Teller (n.) One of four
officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to
the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
Teller (n.) An officer of
a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.
Teller (n.) One who is
appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting,
assembly, etc.
Tellership (n.) The office
or employment of a teller.
Tellina (n.) A genus of
marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored
shells.
Telling (a.) Operating
with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
Telltale (a.) Telling
tales; babbling.
Telltale (n.) One who
officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who
tells that which prudence should suppress.
Telltale (n.) A movable
piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ,
that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
Telltale (n.) A mechanical
attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the
position of the helm.
Telltale (n.) A compass in
the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours,
and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
Telltale (n.) A machine or
contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a
check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the
like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
Telltale (n.) The tattler.
See Tattler.
Tellural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earth.
Tellurate (n.) A salt of
telluric acid.
Telluret (n.) A telluride.
Tellureted (n.) Combined
or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.
Tellurhydric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid,
especially when in solution.
Tellurian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earth.
Tellurian (n.) A dweller
on the earth.
Tellurian (n.) An
instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession
of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.
Telluric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Telluric (a.) Of or
pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as
contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to
sulphuric acid.
Telluride (n.) A compound
of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called
telluret.
Tellurism (n.) An
hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which
the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
Tellurite (n.) A salt of
tellurous acid.
Tellurite (n.) Oxide of
tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
Tellurium (n.) A rare
nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found
native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined
with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in
Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
Tellurize (v. t.) To
impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used
adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.
Tellurous (a.) Of or
pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as
contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to
sulphurous acid.
Telodynamic (a.) Relating
to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving
ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Teloogoo (n.) See Telugu.
Telotrochae (pl. ) of
Telotrocha
Telotrocha (n.) An annelid
larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
Telotrochal (a.) Alt. of
Telotrochous
Telotrochous (a.) Having
both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of
certain annelids.
Telotype (n.) An electric
telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.
Telpher (n.) A contrivance
for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Telpherage (n.) The
conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Telsons (pl. ) of Telson
Telson (n.) The terminal
joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other
articulates. See Thoracostraca.
Telugu (n.) A Darvidian
language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use
it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
Telugu (n.) One of the
people speaking the Telugu language.
Telugu (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
Temerarious (a.)
Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious;
reckless; heedless.
Temeration (n.) Temerity.
Temerity (n.) Unreasonable
contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a
commander in war.
Temerous (a.) Temerarious.
Tempean (a.) Of or
pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account
of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful;
charming.
Tempered (imp. & p. p.) of
Temper
Tempering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Temper
Temper (v. t.) To mingle
in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new
element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to
assuage; to soothe; to calm.
Temper (v. t.) To fit
together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Temper (v. t.) To bring to
a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.
Temper (v. t.) To govern;
to manage.
Temper (v. t.) To moisten
to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for
molding, etc.
Temper (v. t.) To adjust,
as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Temper (n.) The state of
any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients;
due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.
Temper (n.) Constitution
of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the
four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
Temper (n.) Disposition of
mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and
affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
Temper (n.) Calmness of
mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.
Temper (n.) Heat of mind
or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
Temper (n.) The state of a
metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some
process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.
Temper (n.) Middle state
or course; mean; medium.
Temper (n.) Milk of lime,
or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
Temper (v. i.) To accord;
to agree; to act and think in conformity.
Temper (v. i.) To have or
get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
Tempera (n.) A mode or
process of painting; distemper.
Temperable (a.) Capable of
being tempered.
Temperament (v. t.)
Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of
different qualities, or constituent parts.
Temperament (v. t.) Due
mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or
concessions.
Temperament (v. t.) The
act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests,
passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.
Temperament (v. t.)
Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperament (v. t.) A
system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like,
whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually
modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual
practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far
artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system
of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has
the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale,
C/ becoming identical with D/, and so on.
Temperament (v. t.) The
peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times
erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and
proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as
the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament,
sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a
corresponding influence on the temperament.
Temperamental (a.) Of or
pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
Temperance (v. t.)
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and
passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in
eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically,
moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
Temperance (v. t.)
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
Temperance (v. t.) State
with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Temperancy (n.)
Temperance.
Temperate (v. t.)
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
Temperate (v. t.) Not
marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
Temperate (v. t.) Moderate
in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating
and drinking.
Temperate (v. t.)
Proceeding from temperance.
Temperate (v. t.) To
render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
Temperately (adv.) In a
temperate manner.
Temperateness (n.) The
quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.
Temperative (a.) Having
power to temper.
Temperature (n.)
Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
Temperature (n.) Freedom
from passion; moderation.
Temperature (n.) Condition
with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced,
or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature
of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of
boiling.
Temperature (n.) Mixture;
compound.
Tempered (a.) Brought to a
proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in
composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
Temperer (n.) One who, or
that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc.,
are mixed with water.
Tempering (n.) The process
of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron
and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness
required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article,
when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of
hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn
down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished
portion, or by the burning of oil.
Tempest (n.) An extensive
current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended
with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any
violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of
the passions.
Tempest (n.) A fashionable
assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
Tempest (v. t.) To disturb
as by a tempest.
Tempest (v. i.) To storm.
Tempestive (a.)
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers.
Tempestivily (n.) The
quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
Tempestuous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent;
stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
Templar (n.) One of a
religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part
of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher.
These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they
occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the
Temple.
Templar (n.) A student of
law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original
buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle
Temple, under Temple.
Templar (n.) One belonged
to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars.
Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.
Templar (a.) Of or
pertaining to a temple.
Template (n.) Same as
Templet.
Temple (n.) A contrivence
used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Temple (n.) The space, on
either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch
and in front of the ear.
Temple (n.) One of the
side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on
either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.
Temple (n.) A place or
edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at
Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
Temple (n.) The edifice
erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
Temple (n.) Hence, among
Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
Temple (n.) Fig.: Any
place in which the divine presence specially resides.
Temple (v. t.) To build a
temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.
Templed (a.) Supplied with
a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.
Templet (n.) A gauge,
pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of
the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.
Templet (n.) A short piece
of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to
distribute the weight or pressure.
Tempo (n.) The rate or
degree of movement in time.
Temporal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Temporal (n.) Of or
pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as
distinguished from sacred or eternal.
Temporal (n.) Civil or
political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal
courts.
Temporal (n.) Anything
temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Temporalities (pl. ) of
Temporality
Temporality (n.) The state
or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
Temporality (n.) The
laity; temporality.
Temporality (n.) That
which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue
of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and
the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Temporally (adv.) In a
temporal manner; secularly.
Temporalness (n.)
Worldliness.
Temporalty (n.) The laity;
secular people.
Temporalty (n.) A secular
possession; a temporality.
Temporaneous (a.)
Temporarity.
Temporarily (adv.) In a
temporary manner; for a time.
Temporariness (n.) The
quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
Temporary (a.) Lasting for
a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the
patient has obtained temporary relief.
Temporist (n.) A
temporizer.
Temporization (n.) The act
of temporizing.
Temporized (imp. & p. p.)
of Temporize
Temporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Temporize
Temporize (v. t.) To
comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion
or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
Temporize (v. t.) To
delay; to procrastinate.
Temporize (v. t.) To
comply; to agree.
Temporizer (n.) One who
temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing
opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
Temporizingly (adv.) In a
temporizing or yielding manner.
Temporo- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal
bone; as, temporofacial.
Temporo-auricular (a.) Of
or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve.
Temporofacial (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the temple and the face.
Temporomalar (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as, the
temporomalar nerve.
Temporomaxillary (a.) Of
or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.
Temps (n.) Time.
Tempse (n.) See Temse.
Tempted (imp. & p. p.) of
Tempt
Tempting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tempt
Tempt (v. t.) To put to
trial; to prove; to test; to try.
Tempt (v. t.) To lead, or
endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor
to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor
to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Temptability (n.) The
quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.
Temptable (a.) Capable of
being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Temptation (n.) The act of
tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
Temptation (n.) The state
of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
Temptation (n.) That which
tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
Temptationless (a.) Having
no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
Temptatious (a.) Tempting.
Tempter (n.) One who
tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great
enticer to evil.
Tempting (a.) Adapted to
entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting
pleasures.
Temptress (n.) A woman who
entices.
Temse (n.) A sieve.
Temulence (n.) Alt. of
Temulency
Temulency (n.)
Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.
Temulent (a.) Intoxicated;
drunken.
Temulentive (a.) Somewhat
temulent; addicted to drink.
Ten (a.) One more than
nine; twice five.
Ten (n.) The number
greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.
Ten (n.) A symbol
representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
Tenability (n.) The
quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.
Tenable (a.) Capable of
being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or
againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
Tenableness (n.) Same as
Tenability.
Tenace (n.) The holding by
the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes,
the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.
Tenacious (a.) Holding
fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as,
men tenacious of their just rights.
Tenacious (a.) Apt to
retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
Tenacious (a.) Having
parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious
metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
Tenacious (a.) Apt to
adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Tenacious (a.) Niggardly;
closefisted; miserly.
Tenacious (a.) Holding
stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Tenacity (n.) The quality
or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory;
tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
Tenacity (n.) That quality
of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force;
cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness,
fragility, mobility, etc.
Tenacity (n.) That quality
of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
Tenacity (n.) The greatest
longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually
expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance,
as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter,
necessary to produce rupture.
Tenacula (pl. ) of
Tenaculum
Tenaculums (pl. ) of
Tenaculum
Tenaculum (n.) An
instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used
mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness;
obstinacy.
Tenaille (n.) An outwork
in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of
Ravelin.
Tenaillon (n.) A work
constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure
additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
Tenacies (pl. ) of Tenancy
Tenancy (n.) A holding, or
a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs
to another.
Tenancy (n.) A house for
habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
Tenant (n.) One who holds
or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee
simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who
has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of
which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone,
under Tenement, 2.
Tenant (n.) One who has
possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
Tenanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Tenant
Tenanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tenant
Tenant (v. t.) To hold,
occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Tenantable (a.) Fit to be
rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.
Tenantless (a.) Having no
tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.
Tenantry (n.) The body of
tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.
Tenantry (n.) Tenancy.
Tenant saw () See Tenon saw,
under Tenon.
Tench (n.) A European
fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted
for its tenacity of life.
Tend (v. t.) To make a
tender of; to offer or tender.
Tended (imp. & p. p.) of
Tend
Tending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tend
Tend (v. t.) To accompany
as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch;
to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
Tend (v. t.) To be
attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
Tend (v. i.) To wait, as
attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
Tend (v. i.) To await; to
expect.
Tend (a.) To move in a
certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
Tend (a.) To be directed,
as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert
activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if
granted, might tend to our destruction.
Tendance (n.) The act of
attending or waiting; attendance.
Tendance (n.) Persons in
attendance; attendants.
Tendence (n.) Tendency.
Tendencies (pl. ) of
Tendency
Tendency (n.) Direction or
course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient
influence to bring about an effect or result.
Tender (n.) One who tends;
one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
Tender (n.) A vessel
employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other
stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
Tender (n.) A car attached
to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
Tendered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tender
Tendering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tender
Tender (v. t.) To offer in
payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture;
as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
Tender (v. t.) To offer in
words; to present for acceptance.
Tender (n.) An offer,
either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a
penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance;
as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
Tender (n.) Any offer or
proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of
friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
Tender (n.) The thing
offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
Tender (superl.) Easily
impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender
plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.
Tender (superl.) Sensible
to impression and pain; easily pained.
Tender (superl.)
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
Tender (superl.)
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness;
compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity,
forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
Tender (superl.) Exciting
kind concern; dear; precious.
Tender (superl.) Careful
to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
Tender (superl.) Unwilling
to cause pain; gentle; mild.
Tender (superl.) Adapted
to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as,
tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
Tender (superl.) Apt to
give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
Tender (superl.) Heeling
over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.
Tender (n.) Regard; care;
kind concern.
Tender (v. t.) To have a
care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
Tenderfoot (n.) A delicate
person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
Tender-hearted (a.) Having
great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate;
pitying; sensitive.
Tender-hefted (a.) Having
great tenderness; easily moved.
Tenderling (n.) One made
tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
Tenderling (n.) One of the
first antlers of a deer.
Tenderloin (n.) A strip of
tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the
hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
Tenderly (adv.) In a
tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to
injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.
Tenderness (n.) The
quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
Tendinous (a.) Pertaining
to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.
Tendinous (a.) Full of
tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
Tendment (n.) Attendance;
care.
Tendon (n.) A tough
insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle
with some other part; a sinew.
Tendonous (a.) Tendinous.
Tendosynovitis (n.) See
Tenosynovitis.
Tendrac (n.) Any one of
several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to
Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or
less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes
hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also
tenrec.
Tendril (a.) A slender,
leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body,
after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.
Tendril (a.) Clasping;
climbing as a tendril.
Tendriled (a.) Alt. of
Tendrilled
Tendrilled (a.) Furnished
with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils.
Tendron (n.) A tendril.
Tendry (n.) A tender; an
offer.
Tene (n. & v.) See 1st and
2d Teen.
Tenebrae (n.) The matins
and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and
death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.
Tenebricose (a.)
Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.
Tenebrific (a.) Rendering
dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
Tenebrificous (a.)
Tenebrific.
Tenebrious (a.) Tenebrous.
Tenebrose (a.)
Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
Tenebrosity (n.) The
quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
Tenebrous (a.) Dark;
gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
Tenement (n.) That which
is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor
in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.
Tenement (n.) Any species
of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands,
houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common,
a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements.
Tenement (n.) A dwelling
house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a
building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented.
Tenement (n.) Fig.:
Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Tenemental (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.
Tenementary (a.) Capable
of being leased; held by tenants.
Tenent (n.) A tenet.
Teneral (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain
Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and
has not fully attained its mature coloring.
Teneriffe (n.) A white
wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of
the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia.
Tenerity (a.) Tenderness.
Tenesmic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
Tenesmus (n.) An urgent
and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take
place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity
of the rectum.
Tenet (n.) Any opinion,
principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as
true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.
Tenfold (a. & adv.) In
tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
Tenia (n.) See Taenia.
Tenioid (a.) See Taenoid.
Tennantite (n.) A blackish
lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide
of arsenic and copper.
Tenne (n.) A tincture,
rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is
represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical
lines.
Tennis (n.) A play in
which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a
racket or with the open hand.
Tennis (v. t.) To drive
backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
Tennu (n.) The tapir.
Ten-o'clock (n.) A plant,
the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.
Tenon (n.) A projecting
member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a
mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such
a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the
mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
Tenon (v. t.) To cut or
fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
Tenonian (a.) Discovered
or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
Tenor (n.) A state of
holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general
tendency; course; career.
Tenor (n.) That course of
thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of
thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Tenor (n.) Stamp;
character; nature.
Tenor (n.) An exact copy
of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport,
which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
Tenor (n.) The higher of
the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the
harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of
sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other
parts were auxillary.
Tenor (n.) A person who
sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Tenosynovitis (n.)
Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
Tenotome (n.) A slender
knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
Tenotomy (n.) The division
of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Tenpenny (a.) Valued or
sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.
Tenpenny (a.) Denoting a
size of nails. See 1st Penny.
Tenpins (n.) A game
resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.
Ten-pounder (n.) A large
oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is
used chiefly for bait.
Tenrec (n.) A small
insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into
the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied
to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
Tense (n.) One of the
forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to
indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs
undergo for the indication of time.
Tense (a.) Stretched
tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Tensibility (n.) The
quality or state of being tensible; tensility.
Tensible (a.) Capable of
being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
Tensile (a.) Of or
pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
Tensile (a.) Capable of
extension; ductile; tensible.
Tensiled (a.) Made
tensile.
Tensility (n.) The quality
or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the
tensility of the muscles.
Tension (a.) The act of
stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness;
the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the
larynx.
Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme
strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
Tension (a.) The degree of
stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by
drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.
Tension (a.) The force by
which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in
motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.
Tension (a.) A device for
checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the
stitch the required degree of tightness.
Tension (a.) Expansive
force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede
from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the
tension of vapor; the tension of air.
Tension (a.) The quality
in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into
the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical
potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.
Tensioned (a.) Extended or
drawn out; subjected to tension.
Tensity (n.) The quality
or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.
Tensive (a.) Giving the
sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
Tensor (n.) A muscle that
stretches a part, or renders it tense.
Tensor (n.) The ratio of
one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two
vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one
vector into another. See Versor.
Ten-strike (n.) A knocking
down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.
Ten-strike (n.) Any quick,
decisive stroke or act.
Tensure (n.) Tension.
Tent (n.) A kind of wine
of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also
tent wine, and tinta.
Tent (n.) Attention;
regard, care.
Tent (n.) Intention;
design.
Tent (v. t.) To attend to;
to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
Tent (v. t.) To probe or
to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also
figuratively.
Tent (n.) A roll of lint
or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used
chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to
absorb discharges.
Tent (n.) A probe for
searching a wound.
Tent (n.) A pavilion or
portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and
sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
Tent (n.) The
representation of a tent used as a bearing.
Tented (imp. & p. p.) of
Tent
Tenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tent
Tent (v. i.) To lodge as a
tent; to tabernacle.
Tentacle (n.) A more or
less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or
cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense,
prehension, or motion.
Tentacled (a.) Having
tentacles.
Tentacular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.
Tentaculata (n. pl.) A
division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.
Tentaculate (a.) Alt. of
Tentaculated
Tentaculated (a.) Having
tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.
Tentaculifera (n. pl.)
Same as Suctoria, 1.
Tentaculiferous (a.)
Producing or bearing tentacles.
Tentaculiform (a.) Shaped
like a tentacle.
Tentaculite (n.) Any one
of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks.
They are supposed to be pteropods.
Tentaculocyst (n.) One of
the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
Tentacula (pl. ) of
Tentaculum
Tentaculum (n.) A
tentacle.
Tentaculum (n.) One of the
stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and
supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
Tentage (n.) A collection
of tents; an encampment.
Tentation (n.) Trial;
temptation.
Tentation (n.) A mode of
adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Tentative (a.) Of or
pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
Tentative (n.) An essay; a
trial; an experiment.
Tented (a.) Covered with
tents.
Tenter (n.) One who takes
care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
Tenter (n.) A kind of
governor.
Tenter (n.) A machine or
frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it
may dry even and square.
Tentered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tenter
Tentering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tenter
Tenter (v. i.) To admit
extension.
Tenter (v. t.) To hang or
stretch on, or as on, tenters.
Tentfuls (pl. ) of Tentful
Tentful (n.) As much, or
as many, as a tent will hold.
Tenth (a.) Next in order
after the ninth; coming after nine others.
Tenth (a.) Constituting or
being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
Tenth (n.) The next in
order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
Tenth (n.) The quotient of
a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
Tenth (n.) The tenth part
of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
Tenth (n.) The interval
between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above
it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the
third.
Tenth (n.) A temporary aid
issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament;
formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
Tenth (n.) The tenth part
of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope,
but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called
Queen Anne's Bounty.
Tenthly (adv.) In a tenth
manner.
Tenthmeter (n.) Alt. of
Tenthmetre
Tenthmetre (n.) A unit for
the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one
meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.
Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A
group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Tentif (a.) Attentive.
Tentifly (adv.)
Attentively.
Tentiginous (a.) Stiff;
stretched; strained.
Tentiginous (a.) Lustful,
or pertaining to lust.
Tentmaker (n.) One whose
occupation it is to make tents.
Tentorium (n.) A fold of
the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often
incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Tentory (n.) The awning or
covering of a tent.
Tentwort (n.) A kind of
small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.
Tenuated (imp. & p. p.) of
Tenuate
Tenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tenuate
Tenuate (v. t.) To make
thin; to attenuate.
Tenuifolious (a.) Having
thin or narrow leaves.
Tenuious (a.) Rare or
subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.
Tenuirosters (pl. ) of
Tenuiroster
Tenuiroster (n.) One of
the Tenuirostres.
Tenuirostral (a.)
Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.
Tenuirostres (n. pl.) An
artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.
Tenues (pl. ) of Tenuis
Tenuis (n.) One of the
three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle
letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also
applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
Tenuity (n.) The quality
or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness,
applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a
hair.
Tenuity (n.) Rarily;
rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of
the blood.
Tenuity (n.) Poverty;
indigence.
Tenuity (n.) Refinement;
delicacy.
Tenuous (a.) Thin;
slender; small; minute.
Tenuous (a.) Rare;
subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
Tenuous (a.) Lacking
substance, as a tenuous argument.
Tenure (n.) The act or
right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
Tenure (n.) The manner of
holding lands and tenements of a superior.
Tenure (n.) The
consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his
lord or superior for the use of his land.
Tenure (n.) Manner of
holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a
precarious tenure.
Teocallis (pl. ) of
Teocalli
Teocalli (n.) Literally,
God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the
aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.
Teosinte (n.) A large
grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and
Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States
and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
Tepal (n.) A division of a
perianth.
Tepee (n.) An Indian
wigwam or tent.
Tepefaction (n.) Act of
tepefying.
Tepefied (imp. & p. p.) of
Tepefy
Tepefying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tepefy
Tepefy (v. t. & i.) To
make or become tepid, or moderately warm.
Tephramancy (n.)
Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in
sacrifice.
Tephrite (n.) An igneous
rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or
both.
Tephroite (n.) A silicate
of manganese of an ash-gray color.
Tephrosia (n.) A genus of
leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few
herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent,
whence the name.
Tepid (a.) Moderately
warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
Tepidity (n.) The quality
or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
Tepor (n.) Gentle heat;
moderate warmth; tepidness.
Tequila (n.) An
intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
Ter- () A combining form from L.
ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.
Teraconic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and
homologous with citraconic acid.
Teracrylic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the
distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy
odor.
Teraphs (pl. ) of Teraph
Teraph (n.) See Teraphim.
Teraphim (n. pl.) Images
connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt
practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites
for oracular answers.
Terapin (n.) See Terrapin.
Teratical (a.) Wonderful;
ominous; prodigious.
Teratogeny (n.) The
formation of monsters.
Teratoid (a.) Resembling a
monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly
organized.
Teratological (a.) Of or
pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.
Teratology (n.) That
branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or
deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
Teratology (n.)
Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Teratoma (n.) A tumor,
sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture
of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
Terbic (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.
Terbium (n.) A rare
metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain
minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol
Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.
Terce (n.) See Tierce.
Tercel (n.) See Tiercel.
Called also tarsel, tassel.
Tercelet (n.) A male hawk
or eagle; a tiercelet.
Tercellene (n.) A small
male hawk.
Tercentenary (a.)
Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.
Tercentenary (n.) The
three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an
anniversary.
Tercet (n.) A triplet.
Tercet (n.) A triplet; a
group of three lines.
Tercine (n.) A cellular
layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf.
Quintine.
Terebate (n.) A salt of
terebic acid.
Terebene (n.) A polymeric
modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance;
-- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
Terebenthene (n.) Oil of
turpentine. See Turpentine.
Terebic (a.) Pertaining
to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating
an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as
a white crystalline substance.
Terebilenic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white
crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
Terebinth (n.) The
turpentine tree.
Terebinthic (a.) Of or
pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic
qualities.
Terebinthinate (a.)
Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.
Terebinthine (a.) Of or
pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its
qualities.
Terebras (pl. ) of Terebra
Terebrae (pl. ) of Terebra
Terebra (n.) A genus of
marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa.
Called also auger shell.
Terebra (n.) The boring
ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
Terebrant (a.) Boring, or
adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
Terebrantia (n. pl.) A
division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for
perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
Terebrate (v. t.) To
perforate; to bore; to pierce.
Terebrating (a.) Boring;
perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
Terebrating (a.) Boring;
piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor
ataxia.
Terebration (n.) The act
of terebrating, or boring.
Terebratulae (pl. ) of
Terebratula
Terebratula (n.) A genus
of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger
valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for
attachment. Called also lamp shell.
Terebratulid (n.) Any
species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.
Terebratuliform (a.)
Having the general form of a terebratula shell.
Teredine (n.) A borer; the
teredo.
Teredos (pl. ) of Teredo
Teredines (pl. ) of Teredo
Teredo (n.) A genus of
long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as
the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See
Shipworm. See Illust. in App.
Terephthalate (n.) A salt
of terephthalic acid.
Terephthalic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric
with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by
the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf.
Phthalic.
Teret (a.) Round; terete.
Terete (a.) Cylindrical
and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
Teretial (a.) Rounded; as,
the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some
fishes.
Teretous (a.) Terete.
Tergal (a.) Of or
pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.
Tergant (a.) Showing the
back; as, the eagle tergant.
Tergeminal (a.) Alt. of
Tergeminate
Tergeminate (a.) Thrice
twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
Tergeminous (a.)
Threefold; thrice-paired.
Tergiferous (a.) Carrying
or bearing upon the back.
Tergite (n.) The dorsal
portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under
Coleoptera.
Tergiversate (v. i.) To
shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Tergiversation (n.) The
act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Tergiversation (n.)
Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
Tergiversator (n.) One who
tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
Terga (pl. ) of Tergum
Tergum (n.) The back of an
animal.
Tergum (n.) The dorsal
piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
Tergum (n.) One of the
dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Terin (n.) A small yellow
singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.
Term (n.) That which
limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Term (n.) The time for
which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of
life.
Term (n.) In universities,
schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is
regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
Term (n.) A point, line,
or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a
superficies is the term of a solid.
Term (n.) A fixed period
of time; a prescribed duration
Term (n.) The limitation
of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for
the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
Term (n.) A space of time
granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
Term (n.) The time in
which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Term (n.) The subject or
the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism,
each one of which is used twice.
Term (n.) A word or
expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain
relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like;
as, a technical term.
Term (n.) A quadrangular
pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or
satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Term (n.) A member of a
compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
Term (n.) The menses.
Term (n.) Propositions or
promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another,
settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
Term (n.) In Scotland, the
time fixed for the payment of rents.
Term (n.) A piece of
carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termed (imp. & p. p.) of
Term
Terming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Term
Term (n.) To apply a term
to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Terma (n.) The terminal
lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the
brain.
Termagancy (n.) The
quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent
termagancy of temper.
Termagant (n.) An
imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false
god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as
extremely vociferous and tumultous.
Termagant (n.) A
boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now
only to women.
Termagant (a.) Tumultuous;
turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
Termatarium (n.) Any nest
or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
Termatary (n.) Same as
Termatarium.
Termer (n.) One who
resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to
carry on intrigues, or the like.
Termer (n.) One who has an
estate for a term of years or for life.
Termites (pl. ) of Termes
Termes (n.) A genus of
Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.
Terminable (a.) Capable of
being terminated or bounded; limitable.
Terminal (n.) Of or
pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.
Terminal (n.) Growing at
the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
Terminal (n.) That which
terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
Terminal (n.) Either of
the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an
inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for
the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the
machine; a pole.
Terminalia (n. pl.) A
festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus,
the god of boundaries.
Terminant (n.)
Termination; ending.
Terminated (imp. & p. p.)
of Terminate
Terminating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Terminate
Terminate (v. t.) To set a
term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as,
to terminate a surface by a line.
Terminate (v. t.) To put
an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
Terminate (v. t.) Hence,
to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
Terminate (v. i.) To be
limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease;
as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Terminate (v. i.) To come
to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Termination (n.) The act
of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or
concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
Termination (n.) That
which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination
of a line.
Termination (n.) End in
time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination
of happiness.
Termination (n.) End;
conclusion; result.
Termination (n.) Last
purpose of design.
Termination (n.) A word; a
term.
Termination (n.) The
ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in
inflection.
Terminational (a.) Of or
pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
Terminative (a.) Tending
or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.
Terminator (n.) One who,
or that which, terminates.
Terminator (n.) The
dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
Terminatory (a.)
Terminative.
Termine (v. t.) To
terminate.
Terminer (n.) A
determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
Terminism (n.) The
doctrine held by the Terminists.
Terminist (n.) One of a
class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the
probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have
the offer to grace.
Terminological (a.) Of or
pertaining to terminology.
Terminology (n.) The
doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
Terminology (n.) The terms
actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature;
technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
Termini (pl. ) of Terminus
Terminus (n.) Literally, a
boundary; a border; a limit.
Terminus (n.) The Roman
divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar
terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a
post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
Terminus (n.) Hence, any
post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
Terminus (n.) Either end
of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
Termites (pl. ) of Termite
Termite (n.) Any one of
numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied
genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
Termless (a.) Having no
term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.
Termless (a.)
Inexpressible; indescribable.
Termly (a.) Occurring
every term; as, a termly fee.
Termly (adv.) Term by
term; every term.
Termonology (n.)
Terminology.
Termor (n.) Same as
Termer, 2.
Tern (n.) Any one of
numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and
belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
Tern (a.) Threefold;
triple; consisting of three; ternate.
Tern (a.) That which
consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a
prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in
the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
Ternary (a.) Proceeding by
threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a
symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.
Ternary (a.) Containing,
or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or
radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the
molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
Ternaries (pl. ) of
Ternary
Ternary (n.) A ternion;
the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
Ternate (a.) Having the
parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.
Terneplate (a.) Thin iron
sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of
three metals.
Ternion (a.) The number
three; three things together; a ternary.
Terpene (n.) Any one of a
series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially
in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also
certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
Terpentic (a.) Terpenylic.
Terpenylic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (called also terpentic acid),
homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by
the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.
Terpilene (n.) A polymeric
form of terpene, resembling terbene.
Terpin (n.) A white
crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.
Terpinol (n.) Any oil
substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin,
and regarded as a related hydrate.
Terpsichore (n.) The Muse
who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.
Terpsichorean (a.) Of or
pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.
Terra (n.) The earth;
earth.
Terrace (v.) A raised
level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a
wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
Terrace (v.) A balcony,
especially a large and uncovered one.
Terrace (v.) A flat roof
to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
Terrace (v.) A street, or
a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of
houses.
Terrace (v.) A level
plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the
sea.
Terraced (imp. & p. p.) of
Terrace
Terracing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Terrace
Terrace (v. t.) To form
into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to
terrace a garden, or a building.
Terraculture (n.)
Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.
Terrane (n.) A group of
rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used
somewhat less comprehensively.
Terrapin (n.) Any one of
numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them
are valued for food.
Terraqueous (a.)
Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.
Terrar (n.) See 2d
Terrier, 2.
Terras (n.) See /rass.
Terreen (n.) See Turren.
Terreity (n.) Quality of
being earthy; earthiness.
Terrel (n.) A spherical
magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the
earth.
Terremote (n.) An
earthquake.
Terrene (n.) A tureen.
Terrene (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
Terrene (a.) Earthy;
terrestrial.
Terrene (n.) The earth's
surface; the earth.
Terrene (n.) The surface
of the ground.
Terrenity (n.) Earthiness;
worldliness.
Terreous (a.) Consisting
of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.
Terreplein (n.) The top,
platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed.
See Illust. of Casemate.
Terrestre (a.)
Terrestrial; earthly.
Terrestrial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial
animals.
Terrestrial (a.)
Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
Terrestrial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
Terrestrial (a.)
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the
land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial
serpents.
Terrestrial (a.) Adapted
for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial
telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
Terrestrial (n.) An
inhabitant of the earth.
Terrestrify (v. t.) To
convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
Terrestrious (a.)
Terrestrial.
Terret (n.) One of the
rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
Terre-tenant (n.) One who
has the actual possession of land; the occupant.
Terre-verte (n.) An
olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.
Terrible (a.) Adapted or
likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
Terrible (a.) Excessive;
extreme; severe.
Terricolae (n. pl.) A
division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.
Terrienniak (n.) The
arctic fox.
Terrier (n.) An auger or
borer.
Terrier (n.) One of a
breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which,
such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping
ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short,
close, smooth hair and upright ears.
Terrier (n.) Formerly, a
collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship,
containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.
Terrier (n.) In modern
usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are
described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.
Terrific (a.) Causing
terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a
terrific sight.
Terrifical (a.) Terrific.
Terrifically (adv.) In a
terrific manner.
Terrified (imp. & p. p.)
of Terrify
Terrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Terrify
Terrify (v. t.) To make
terrible.
Terrify (v. t.) To alarm
or shock with fear; to frighten.
Terrigenous (a.)
Earthborn; produced by the earth.
Territorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial
jurisdiction.
Territorial (a.) Limited
to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.
Territorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any
district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.
Territorialized (imp. & p. p.)
of Territorialize
Territorializing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Territorialize
Territorialize (v. t.) To
enlarge by extension of territory.
Territorialize (v. t.) To
reduce to the condition of a territory.
Territorially (adv.) In
regard to territory; by means of territory.
Territoried (a.) Possessed
of territory.
Territories (pl. ) of
Territory
Territory (n.) A large
extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
Territory (n.) The extent
of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form
of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent
country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the
territories of the East India Company.
Territory (n.) In the
United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any
State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a
separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed
by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly
organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.
Terror (n.) Extreme fear;
fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Terror (n.) That which
excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Terrorism (n.) The act of
terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or
intimidation.
Terrorism (n.) The
practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing
violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
Terrorist (n.) One who
governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the
revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Terrorize (v. t.) To
impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
Terrorless (a.) Free from
terror.
Terry (n.) A kind of heavy
colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often
called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.
Tersanctus (n.) An ancient
ascription of praise (containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, "Sanctus"
-- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before
the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and
the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion.
Terse (superl.) Appearing
as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Terse (superl.) Refined;
accomplished; -- said of persons.
Terse (superl.) Elegantly
concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language;
a terse style.
Tersulphide (n.) A
trisulphide.
Tersulphuret (n.) A
trisulphide.
Ter-tenant (n.) See
Terre-tenant.
Tertial (a. & n.) Same as
Tertiary.
Tertian (a.) Occurring
every third day; as, a tertian fever.
Tertian (n.) A disease,
especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning
inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.
Tertian (n.) A liquid
measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine,
gallons, being one third of a tun.
Tertiary (a.) Being of the
third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
Tertiary (a.) Possessing
some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of
three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary,
and Secondary.
Tertiary (a.) Later than,
or subsequent to, the Secondary.
Tertiary (a.) Growing on
the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
Tertiaries (pl. ) of
Tertiary
Tertiary (n.) A member of
the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the
Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.
Tertiary (n.) The Tertiary
era, period, or formation.
Tertiary (n.) One of the
quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See
Illust. of Bird.
Tertiate (v. t.) To do or
perform for the third time.
Tertiate (v. t.) To
examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general,
to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
Terutero (n.) The South
American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short
spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.
Terza rima () A peculiar and
complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from
the Troubadours.
Terzetto (n.) A
composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.
Tesselar (a.) Formed of
tesserae, as a mosaic.
Tessellata (n. pl.) A
division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is
covered with tessellated plates.
Tessellated (imp. & p. p.)
of Tessellate
Tessellating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tessellate
Tessellate (v. t.) To form
into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
Tessellate (a.)
Tessellated.
Tessellated (a.) Formed of
little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.
Tessellated (a.) Marked
like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
Tessellation (n.) The act
of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
Tesserae (pl. ) of Tessera
Tessera (n.) A small piece
of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square,
face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting
walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used
as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful
gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
Tesseraic (a.) Diversified
by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.
Tesseral (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, tesserae.
Tesseral (a.) Isometric.
Tessular (a.) Tesseral.
Test (n.) A cupel or
cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
Test (n.) Examination or
trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to
put a man's assertions to a test.
Test (n.) Means of trial;
as, absence is a test of love.
Test (n.) That with which
anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
Test (n.) Discriminative
characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.
Test (n.) Judgment;
distinction; discrimination.
Test (n.) A reaction
employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of
a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the
reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric
acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by
means of some soluble barium salt.
Tested (imp. & p. p.) of
Test
Testing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Test
Test (v. t.) To refine, as
gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
Test (v. t.) To put to the
proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some
principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test
the validity of an argument.
Test (v. t.) To examine or
try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
Test (n.) A witness.
Test (v. i.) To make a
testament, or will.
Tests (pl. ) of Testa
Testae (pl. ) of Testa
Test (n.) Alt. of Testa
Testa (n.) The external
hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
Testa (n.) The outer
integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
Testable (a.) Capable of
being tested or proved.
Testable (a.) Capable of
being devised, or given by will.
Testacea (n. pl.)
Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.
Testacean (n.) Onr of the
Testacea.
Testaceography (n.) The
science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.
Testaceology (n.) The
science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.
Testaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.
Testaceous (a.) Having a
dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.
Testacy (n.) The state or
circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at
death.
Testament (n.) A solemn,
authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to
disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
Testament (n.) One of the
two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of
the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in
which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New
Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
Testamental (a.) Of or
pertaining to a testament; testamentary.
Testamentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.
Testamentary (a.)
Bequeathed by will; given by testament.
Testamentary (a.) Done,
appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian
of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity
until the child becomes of age.
Testamentation (n.) The
act or power of giving by testament, or will.
Testamentize (v. i.) To
make a will.
Testamur (n.) A
certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita
testamur, with which it commences.
Testate (a.) Having made
and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate.
Testate (n.) One who
leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.
Testation (n.) A
witnessing or witness.
Testator (n.) A man who
makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
Testatrix (n.) A woman who
makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.
Teste (n.) A witness.
Teste (n.) The witnessing
or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.
Tester (n.) A headpiece; a
helmet.
Tester (n.) A flat canopy,
as over a pulpit or tomb.
Tester (n.) A canopy over
a bed, supported by the bedposts.
Tester (n.) An old French
silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently
reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English
slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
Testern (n.) A sixpence; a
tester.
Testern (v. t.) To present
with a tester.
Testes (n.) pl. of Teste,
or of Testis.
Testicardines (n. pl.) A
division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished
with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.
Testicle (n.) One of the
essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.
Testicond (a.) Having the
testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.
Testicular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the testicle.
Testiculate (a.) Shaped
like a testicle, ovate and solid.
Testiculate (a.) Having
two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.
Testiere (n.) A piece of
plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.
Testif (a.) Testy;
headstrong; obstinate.
Testification (n.) The act
of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of
our homage to God.
Testificator (n.) A
testifier.
Testifier (n.) One who
testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a
witness.
Testified (imp. & p. p.)
of Testify
Testifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Testify
Testify (v. i.) To make a
solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony
for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to
them.
Testify (v. i.) To make a
solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing,
or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending
before a tribunal.
Testify (v. i.) To declare
a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
Testify (v. t.) To bear
witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
Testify (v. t.) To affirm
or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some
fact.
Testify (adv.) In a testy
manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Testimonial (a.) A writing
or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct,
ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.
Testimonial (a.)
Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of
obligation for services rendered.
Testimonial (a.) Relating
to, or containing, testimony.
Testimonies (pl. ) of
Testimony
Testimony (n.) A solemn
declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some
fact.
Testimony (n.)
Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform
testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence
of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.
Testimony (n.) Open
attestation; profession.
Testimony (n.) Witness;
evidence; proof of some fact.
Testimony (n.) The two
tables of the law.
Testimony (n.) Hence, the
whole divine revelation; the sacre/ Scriptures.
Testimony (v. t.) To
witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.
Testiness (n.) The quality
or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Testing (n.) The act of
testing or proving; trial; proof.
Testing (n.) The operation
of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
Testes (pl. ) of Testis
Testis (n.) A testicle.
Teston (n.) A tester; a
sixpence.
Testone (n.) A silver coin
of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.
Testoon (n.) An Italian
silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty
cents.
Testudinal (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.
Testudinarious (a.) Of or
pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the
color or markings of a tortoise shell.
Testudinata (n. pl.) An
order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered
by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a
lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several
plates.
Testudinate (a.) Alt. of
Testudinated
Testudinated (a.)
Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
Testudineous (a.)
Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
Testudines (pl. ) of
Testudo
Testudo (n.) A genus of
tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now
restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise
(Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
Testudo (n.) A cover or
screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding
them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled
the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and
other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on
wheels.
Testudo (n.) A kind of
musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of
Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
Testy (superl.) Fretful;
peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Tetanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state;
tetanic contraction.
Tetanic (a.) Producing, or
tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic
remedy. See Tetanic, n.
Tetanic (n.) A substance
(notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a
poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in
comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.
Tetanin (n.) A poisonous
base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe
from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it
produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.
Tetanization (n.) The
production or condition of tetanus.
Tetanize (v. t.) To throw,
as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See
Tetanus, n., 2.
Tetanoid (a.) Resembling
tetanus.
Tetanomotor (n.) An
instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive
mechanical shocks.
Tetanus (n.) A painful and
usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its
principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of
the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes
various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the
spasm.
Tetanus (n.) That
condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory
contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.
Tetany (n.) A morbid
condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and
having intermittent spasms.
Tetard (n.) A gobioid fish
(Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.
Tetartohedral (a.) Having
one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.
Tetartohedrism (n.) The
property of being tetartohedral.
Tetaug (n.) See Tautog.
Tetchiness (n.) See
Techiness.
Tetchy (a.) See Techy.
Tete (n.) A kind of wig;
false hair.
Tete-a-tete (n.) Private
conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Tete-a-tete (n.) A short
sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
Tete-a-tete (a.) Private;
confidential; familiar.
Tete-a-tete (adv.) Face to
face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
Tetes-de-pont (pl. ) of
Tete-de-pont
Tete-de-pont (n.) A work
thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the
communications across a river; a bridgehead.
Tetel (n.) A large African
antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.
Tether (n.) A long rope or
chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or
feed only within certain limits.
Tethered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tether
Tethering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tether
Tether (v. t.) To confine,
as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
Tethydan (n.) A tunicate.
Tethyodea (n. pl.) A
division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and
compound. Called also Tethioidea.
Tethys (n.) A genus of a
large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and
branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are
brilliantly colored.
Tetra- () A combining form or
prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.
Tetra- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance
or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride,
tetroxide.
Tetrabasic (a.) Capable of
neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms
capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus,
normal silicic acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.
Tetraboric (a.) Same as
Pyroboric.
Tetrabranchiata (n. pl.)
An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only
the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state,
such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.
Tetrabranchiate (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata.
Tetrabranchiate (n.) One
of the Tetrabranchiata.
Tetracarpel (a.) Composed
of four carpels.
Tetrachord (n.) A scale
series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a
fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.
Tetrachotomous (a.) Having
a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of
fours.
Tetracid (a.) Capable of
neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms
capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus,
erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.
Tetracoccous (a.) Having
four cocci, or carpels.
Tetracolon (n.) A stanza
or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
Tetracoralla (n. pl.) Same
as Rugosa.
Tetractinellid (n.) Any
species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.
Tetractinellida (n. pl.) A
division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches
diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.
Tetrad (n.) The number
four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
Tetrad (n.) A tetravalent
or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.
Tetradactyl (a.) Alt. of
Tetradactyle
Tetradactyle (a.)
Tetradactylous.
Tetradactylous (a.)
Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
Tetradecane (n.) A light
oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the
fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tetradecapoda (n. pl.)
Same as Arthrostraca.
Tetradic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad;
as, a carbon is a tetradic element.
Tetradite (n.) A person in
some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth
day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.
Tetradon (n.) See
Tetrodon.
Tetradont (a. & n.) See
Tetrodont.
Tetradrachm (n.) Alt. of
Tetradrachma
Tetradrachma (n.) A silver
coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
Tetradymite (n.) A
telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and
usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.
Tetradynamia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the
others.
Tetradynamian (n.) A plant
of the order Tetradynamia.
Tetradynamian (a.) Alt. of
Tetradynamous
Tetradynamous (a.)
Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are
uniformly longer than the others.
Tetragon (n.) A plane
figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
Tetragon (n.) An aspect of
two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other
ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
Tetragonal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the
parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
Tetragonal (a.) Having
four prominent longitudinal angles.
Tetragonal (a.)
Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See
Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.
Tetragrammaton (n.) The
mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose
name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew
JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.
Tetragynia (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of plants having four styles.
Tetragynian (a.) Alt. of
Tetragynous
Tetragynous (a.) Belonging
to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.
Tetrahedral (a.) Having,
or composed of, four sides.
Tetrahedral (a.) Having
the form of the regular tetrahedron.
Tetrahedral (a.)
Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to
which the tetrahedron belongs.
Tetrahedrally (adv.) In a
tetrahedral manner.
Tetrahedrite (n.) A
sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a
very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of
silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.
Tetrahedron (n.) A solid
figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.
Tetrahexahedral (a.)
Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.
Tetrahexahedron (n.) A
solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces,
four corresponding to each face of the cube.
Tetrakishexahedron (n.) A
tetrahexahedron.
Tetrakosane (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas
series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.
Tetralogy (n.) A group or
series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece
(or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at
the Dionysiac festival.
Tetramera (n. pl.) A
division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint
being rudimentary.
Tetramerous (a.) Having
the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower.
Tetramerous (a.) Having
four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.
Tetrameter (n.) A verse or
line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic
verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.
Tetramethylene (n.) A
hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the
base of well-known series or derivatives.
Tetramethylene (n.)
Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are
really related to butylene.
Tetramorph (n.) The union
of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as
winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes.
The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch.
i.)
Tetrandria (n. pl.) A
Linnaean class of plants having four stamens.
Tetrandrian (a.) Alt. of
Tetrandrous
Tetrandrous (a.) Belonging
to the class Tetrandria.
Tetraonid (n.) A bird
belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse,
partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
Tetrapetalous (a.)
Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.
Tetrapharmacom (n.) Alt.
of Tetrapharmacum
Tetrapharmacum (n.) A
combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
Tetraphenol (n.) Furfuran.
Tetraphyllous (a.) Having
four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.
Tetrapla (sing.) A Bible
consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen;
hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
Tetraneumona (n. pl.) A
division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or
pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders.
See Mygale.
Tetrapnuemonian (n.) One
of the Tetrapneumona.
Tetrapod (n.) An insect
characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.
Tetrapody (n.) A set of
four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.
Tetrapteran (n.) An insect
having four wings.
Tetrapterous (a.) Having
four wings.
Tetraptote (n.) A noun
that has four cases only.
Tetrarch (a.) A Roman
governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent
prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.
Tetrarch (a.) Four.
Tetrarchate (n.) A
tetrarchy.
Tetrarchical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.
Tetrarchies (pl. ) of
Tetrarchy
Tetrarchy (n.) The
district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a
tetrarchate.
Tetraschistic (a.)
Characterized by division into four parts.
Tetrasepalous (a.) Having
four sepals.
Tetraspaston (n.) A
machine in which four pulleys act together.
Tetraspermous (a.) Having
four seeds.
Tetraspore (n.) A
nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.
Tetrastich (n.) A stanza,
epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.
Tetrastyle (a.) Having
four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.
Tetrastyle (n.) A
tetrastyle building.
Tetrasyllabic (a.) Alt. of
Tetrasyllabical
Tetrasyllabical (a.)
Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.
Terrasyllable (n.) A word
consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Tetrathecal (a.) Having
four loculaments, or thecae.
Tetrathionate (n.) A salt
of tetrathionic acid.
Tetrathionic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H/S/O/, of sulphuric acid,
obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
Tetratomic (a.) Consisting
of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.
Tetratomic (a.) Having a
valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense,
having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.
Tetravalence (n.) The
quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.
Tetravalent (a.) Having a
valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.
Tetraxile (a.) Having four
branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.
Tetrazo- (a.) A combining
form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double
derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.
Tetrazone (n.) Any one of
a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms;
for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an
odor of leeks.
Tetric (a.) Alt. of
Tetrical
Tetrical (a.) Forward;
perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.
Tetricity (n.)
Crabbedness; perverseness.
Tetricous (a.) Tetric.
Tetrinic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a
white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a
peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
Tetrodon (n.) Any one of
numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera.
Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.
Tetrodont (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tetrodons.
Tetrodont (n.) A tetrodon.
Tetrol (n.) A hypothetical
hydrocarbon, C4H4, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms
in the molecule.
Tetrolic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C3H3.CO2H, of the acetylene series,
homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tetroxide (n.) An oxide
having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide,
OsO/.
Tetryl (n.) Butyl; -- so
called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tetrylene (n.) Butylene;
-- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tetter (n.) A vesicular
disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.
Tettered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tetter
Tettering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tetter
Tetter (v. t.) To affect
with tetter.
Tetterous (a.) Having the
character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
Tetter-totter (n.) A
certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and
titter-cum-totter.
Tetterwort (n.) A plant
used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the
bloodroot.
Tettigonian (n.) Any one
of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to Tettigonia and allied genera; a
leaf hopper.
Tettish (a.) Captious;
testy.
Tettix (n.) The cicada.
Tettix (n.) A genus of
small grasshoppers.
Tetty (a.) Testy;
irritable.
Teufit (n.) The lapwing;
-- called also teuchit.
Teuk (n.) The redshank.
Teutons (pl. ) of Teuton
Teutones (pl. ) of Teuton
Teuton (n.) One of an
ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race
in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in
distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.
Teuton (n.) A member of
the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.
Teutonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.
Teutonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these
languages.
Teutonic (n.) The language
of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
Teutonicism (n.) A mode of
speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a
Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.
Tewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tew
Tewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tew
Tew (v.) To prepare by
beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
Tew (v.) Hence, to beat;
to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.
Tew (v. i.) To work hard;
to strive; to fuse.
Tew (v. t.) To tow along,
as a vessel.
Tew (n.) A rope or chain
for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.
Tewan (n.) A tribe of
American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent
regions.
Tewed (a.) Fatigued; worn
with labor or hardship.
Tewel (n.) A pipe, funnel,
or chimney, as for smoke.
Tewel (n.) The tuyere of a
furnace.
Tewhit (n.) The lapwing;
-- called also teewheep.
Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to
break, as flax or hemp.
Texas (n.) A structure on
the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins,
etc.
Text (n.) A discourse or
composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an
author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
Text (n.) The four
Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
Text (n.) A verse or
passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in
proof of a doctrine.
Text (n.) Hence, anything
chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic;
theme.
Text (n.) A style of
writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing;
as, German text.
Text (v. t.) To write in
large characters, as in text hand.
Text-book (n.) A book with
wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.
Text-book (n.) A volume,
as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any
manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
Text-hand (n.) A large
hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a
book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
Textile (a.) Pertaining to
weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven;
formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
Textile (n.) That which
is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
Textmen (pl. ) of Textman
Textman (n.) One ready in
quoting texts.
Textorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to weaving.
Textrine (a.) Of or
pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
Textual (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual
reading.
Textual (a.) Serving for,
or depending on, texts.
Textual (a.) Familiar with
texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.
Textualist (n.) A textman;
a textuary.
Textually (adv.) In a
textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
Textuarist (n.) A
textuary.
Textuary (a.) Contained in
the text; textual.
Textuary (a.) Serving as a
text; authoritative.
Textuary (n.) One who is
well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.
Textuary (n.) One who
adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
Textuel (a.) Textual.
Textuist (n.) A
textualist; a textman.
Textural (a.) Of or
pertaining to texture.
Texture (n.) The act or
art of weaving.
Texture (n.) That which
woven; a woven fabric; a web.
Texture (n.) The
disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies,
interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
Texture (n.) The
disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or
the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture
of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture
of paper; a loose or compact texture.
Texture (n.) A tissue. See
Tissue.
Textured (imp. & p. p.) of
Texture
Texturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Texture
Texture (v. t.) To form a
texture of or with; to interweave.
Textury (n.) The art or
process of weaving; texture.
Teyne (n.) A thin plate of
metal.
Th () In Old English, the article
the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision
as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle,
thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end,
etc.
Thack () Alt. of Thacker
Thacker () See Thatch, Thatcher.
Thak (v. t.) To thwack.
Thalamencephalon (n.) The
segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami,
pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.
Thalamic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.
Thalamifloral (a.) Alt. of
Thalamiflorous
Thalamiflorous (a.)
Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of
polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.
Thalamocoele (n.) The
cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.
Thalamophora (n. pl.) Same
as Foraminifera.
Thalami (pl. ) of Thalamus
Thalamus (n.) A mass of
nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called
also optic thalamus.
Thalamus (n.) Same as
Thallus.
Thalamus (n.) The
receptacle of a flower; a torus.
Thalassian (n.) Any sea
tortoise.
Thalassic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments
deposited upon the sea bottom.
Thalassinian (n.) Any
species of Thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a
long and soft abdomen.
Thalassography (n.) The
study or science of the life of marine organisms.
Thaler (n.) A German
silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.
Thalia (n.) That one of
the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
Thalia (n.) One of the
three Graces.
Thalia (n.) One of the
Nereids.
Thaliacea (n. pl.) A
division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and
Doliolum.
Thalian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
Thallate (n.) A salt of a
hypothetical thallic acid.
Thallene (n.) A
hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense
yellowish green fluorescence.
Thallic (a.) Of or
pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as
contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.
Thalline (a.) Consisting
of a thallus.
Thalline (n.) An
artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline
substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from
the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
Thallious (a.) See
Thallous.
Thallium (n.) A rare
metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain
pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric
acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in
moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.
Thallogen (n.) One of a
large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those
flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus
only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of
separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
Thalloid (a.) Resembling,
or consisting of, thallus.
Thallophyte (n.) Same as
Thallogen.
Thallous (a.) Of or
pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as
contrasted with the thallic compounds.
Thalli (pl. ) of Thallus
Thallus (n.) A solid mass
of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a
flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and
branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
Thammuz (n.) Alt. of
Tammuz
Tammuz (n.) A deity among
the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual
lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician
Adon, or Adonis.
Tammuz (n.) The fourth
month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with
our month of July.
Thamnophile (n.) A bush
shrike.
Thamyn (n.) An Asiatic
deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.
Than (conj.) A particle
expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express
comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is
usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes,
however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then
considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is
expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer
than that you should want.
Than (adv.) Then. See
Then.
Thanage (n.) The district
in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
Thanatoid (a.) Deathlike;
resembling death.
Thanatology (n.) A
description, or the doctrine, of death.
Thanatopsis (n.) A view of
death; a meditation on the subject of death.
Thane (n.) A dignitary
under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the
king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately
of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had
particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was
disused, and baron took its place.
Thanedom (n.) The property
or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
Thanehood (n.) The
character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
Thaneship (n.) The state
or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
Thanks (pl. ) of Thank
Thank (n.) A expression of
gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness
received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in
the plural.
Thanked (imp. & p. p.) of
Thank
Thanking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thank
Thank (n.) To express
gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for
kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
Thankful (a.) Obtaining or
deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Thankful (a.) Impressed
with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
Thankless (a.) Not
acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
Thankless (a.) Not
obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
Thankly (adv.) Thankfully.
Thanksgive (v. t.) To give
or dedicate in token of thanks.
Thanksgiver (n.) One who
gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.
Thanksgiving (n.) The act
of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
Thanksgiving (n.) A public
acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for
religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any
remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary
dispensation of his bounties.
Thankworthiness (n.) The
quality or state of being thankworthy.
Thankworthy (a.) Deserving
thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.
Thar (n.) A goatlike
animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns,
curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male
is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.
Thar (v. impersonal, pres.)
It needs; need.
Tharms (n. pl.) Twisted
guts.
Tharos (n.) A small
American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings
variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white
crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a
person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a
demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has
said is true; those in the basket are good apples.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is
followed by a noun.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out,
and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may
be either singular or plural.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the
subject or predicate nominative of a verb.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the
reason that, because.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently
preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or
such, sometimes by that.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish,
or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.
That (pron., a., conj., & adv.)
As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say
nothing.
Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes,
or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of
hay or grain.
Thatch (n.) A name in the
West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for
thatching.
Thatched (imp. & p. p.) of
Thatch
Thatching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thatch
Thatch (n.) To cover with,
or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a
roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
Thatcher (n.) One who
thatches.
Thatching (n.) The act or
art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.
Thatching (n.) The
materials used for this purpose; thatch.
Thaught (n.) See Thwart.
Thaumatolatry (n.) Worship
or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.
Thaumatrope (n.) An
optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the
eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
Thaumaturge (n.) A
magician; a wonder worker.
Thaumaturgic (a.) Alt. of
Thaumaturgical
Thaumaturgical (a.) Of or
pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.
Thaumaturgics (n.) Feats
of legerdemain, or magical performances.
Thaumaturgist (n.) One who
deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.
Thaumaturgus (n.) A
miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.
Thaumaturgy (n.) The act
or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
Thave (n.) Same as Theave.
Thawed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thaw
Thawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thaw
Thaw (v. i.) To melt,
dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the
ice thaws.
Thaw (v. i.) To become so
warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used
impersonally.
Thaw (v. i.) Fig.: To grow
gentle or genial.
Thaw (v. t.) To cause
(frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
Thaw (n.) The melting of
ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into
the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also,
a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.
Thawy (a.) Liquefying by
heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
The (v. i.) See Thee.
The (definite article.) A
word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
The (adv.) By that; by how
much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer
we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
Thea (n.) A genus of
plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.
Theandric (a.) Relating
to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the
joint agency of the divine and human nature.
Theanthropic (a.) Alt. of
Theanthropical
Theanthropical (a.)
Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.
Theanthropism (n.) A state
of being God and man.
Theanthropism (n.) The
ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity;
anthropomorphism.
Theanthropist (n.) One who
advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.
Theanthropy (n.)
Theanthropism.
Thearchic (a.) Divinely
sovereign or supreme.
Thearchy (n.) Government
by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
Theater (n.) Alt. of
Theatre
Theatre (n.) An edifice in
which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of
spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
Theatre (n.) Any room
adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public
lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations,
etc.
Theatre (n.) That which
resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or
gradations, like the seats of a theater.
Theatre (n.) A sphere or
scheme of operation.
Theatre (n.) A place or
region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
Theatin (n.) Alt. of
Theatine
Theatine (n.) One of an
order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation,
and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor
do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is
preaching and giving religious instruction.
Theatine (n.) One of an
order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.
Theatral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theater; theatrical.
Theatric (a.) Theatrical.
Theatrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner
of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical
performances; theatrical gestures.
Theatricals (n. pl.)
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
Theave (n.) A ewe lamb of
the first year; also, a sheep three years old.
Thebaic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible
preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This
version is also called the Sahidic version.
Thebaid (n.) A Latin epic
poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.
Thebaine (n.) A poisonous
alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp,
astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
Theban (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thebes.
Theban (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
Thecae (pl. ) of Theca
Theca (n.) A sheath; a
case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a
fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
Theca (n.) The chitinous
cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
Theca (n.) The more or
less cuplike calicle of a coral.
Theca (n.) The wall
forming a calicle of a coral.
Thecal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.
Thecaphore (n.) A surface
or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
Thecaphore (n.) See
Basigynium.
Thecasporous (a.) Having
the spores in thecae, or cases.
Thecata (n. pl.) Same as
Thecophora.
Thecla (n.) Any one of
many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and
allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
Thecodactyl (n.) Any one
of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished
with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
Thecodont (a.) Having the
teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
Thecodont (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thecodonts.
Thecodont (n.) One of the
Thecodontia.
Thecodontia (n. pl.) A
group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in
sockets.
Thecophora (n. pl.) A
division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the
gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called
also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
Thecosomata (n. pl.) An
order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.
Thedom (n.) Success;
fortune; luck; chance.
Thee (a.) To thrive; to
prosper.
Thee (pron.) The objective
case of thou. See Thou.
Theft (n.) The act of
stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property,
with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
Theft (n.) The thing
stolen.
Theftbote (n.) The
receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by
way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
Thegn (n.) Thane. See
Thane.
Thegnhood (n.) Thanehood.
Theiform (a.) Having the
form of tea.
Theine (n.) See Caffeine.
Called also theina.
Their (pron. & a.) The
possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.
Theism (n.) The belief or
acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or
polytheism.
Theist (n.) One who
believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal
God; -- opposed to atheist.
Theistic (a.) Alt. of
Theistical
Theistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.
Thelphusian (n.) One of a
tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical
countries.
Thelytokous (a.) Producing
females only; -- said of certain female insects.
Them (pron.) The objective
case of they. See They.
Thematic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.
Thematic (n.) Of or
pertaining to a theme, or subject.
Theme (n.) A subject or
topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or
argument; a text.
Theme (n.) Discourse on a
certain subject.
Theme (n.) A composition
or essay required of a pupil.
Theme (n.) A noun or verb,
not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains
unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
Theme (n.) That by means
of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
Theme (n.) The leading
subject of a composition or a movement.
Themis (n.) The goddess of
law and order; the patroness of existing rights.
Themselves (pron.) The
plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.
Then (adv.) At that time
(referring to a time specified, either past or future).
Then (adv.) Soon
afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
Then (adv.) At another
time; later; again.
Then (conj.) Than.
Then (conj.) In that case;
in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
Thenadays (adv.) At that
time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.
Thenal (a.) Alt. of Thenar
Thenar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.
Thenar (n.) The palm of
the hand.
Thenar (n.) The prominence
of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the
thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.
Thenardite (n.) Anhydrous
sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.
Thence (adv.) From that
place.
Thence (adv.) From that
time; thenceforth; thereafter.
Thence (adv.) For that
reason; therefore.
Thence (adv.) Not there;
elsewhere; absent.
Thenceforth (adv.) From
that time; thereafter.
Thenceforward (adv.) From
that time onward; thenceforth.
Thencefrom (adv.) From
that place.
Theobroma (n.) A genus of
small trees. See Cacao.
Theobromic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the
Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy
crystalline substance.
Theobromine (n.) An
alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced
artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao)
as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.
Theochristic (a.) Anointed
by God.
Theocracy (n.) Government
of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the
exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
Theocracy (n.) The state
thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
Theocrasy (n.) A mixture
of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.
Theocrasy (n.) An intimate
union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists
and of some Oriental mystics.
Theocrat (n.) One who
lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms
to divine law.
Theocratic (a.) Alt. of
Theocratical
Theocratical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as,
the theocratical state of the Israelites.
Theodicy (n.) A
vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral
evil.
Theodicy (n.) That
department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government
of God, and the immortality of the soul.
Theodolite (n.) An
instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate
measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is
variously constructed.
Theodolitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic
observations.
Theogonic (a.) Of or
relating to theogony.
Theogonism (n.) Theogony.
Theogonist (n.) A writer
on theogony.
Theogony (n.) The
generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals
with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such
genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
Theologaster (n.) A
pretender or quack in theology.
Theologer (n.) A
theologian.
Theologian (n.) A person
well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.
Theologic (a.)
Theological.
Theological (a.) Of or
pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a
theological treatise.
Theologics (n.) Theology.
Theologist (n.) A
theologian.
Theologized (imp. & p. p.)
of Theologize
Theologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Theologize
Theologize (v. t.) To
render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.
Theologize (v. i.) To
frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
Theologizer (n.) One who
theologizes; a theologian.
Theologue (n.) A
theologian.
Theologue (n.) A student
in a theological seminary.
Theologies (pl. ) of
Theology
Theology (n.) The science
of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and
attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and
the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the
knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed
truth, the science of Christian faith and life."
Theomachist (n.) One who
fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.
Theomachy (n.) A fighting
against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.
Theomachy (n.) A battle or
strife among the gods.
Theomachy (n.) Opposition
to God or the divine will.
Theomancy (n.) A kind of
divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
Theopathetic (a.) Alt. of
Theopathic
Theopathic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theopathy.
Theopathy (n.) Capacity
for religious affections or worship.
Theophanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
-nies (pl. ) of Theophany
Theophany (n.) A
manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
Theophilanthropic (a.)
Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
Theophilanthropism (n.)
The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
Theophilanthropist (n.) A
member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.
Theophilanthropy (n.)
Theophilanthropism.
Theophilosophic (a.)
Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and
philosophy.
Theopneusted (a.) Divinely
inspired; theopneustic.
Theopneustic (a.) Given by
the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
Theopneusty (n.) Divine
inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men
to receive and communicate revealed truth.
Theorbist (n.) One who
plays on a theorbo.
Theorbo (n.) An instrument
made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set
holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the
long bass strings used as open notes.
Theorem (n.) That which is
considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
Theorem (n.) A statement
of a principle to be demonstrated.
Theorem (v. t.) To
formulate into a theorem.
Theorematic (a.) Alt. of
Theorematical
Theorematical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of
theorems.
Theorematist (n.) One who
constructs theorems.
Theoremic (a.)
Theorematic.
Theoretic (a.) Alt. of
Theoretical
Theoretical (a.)
Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation;
speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as,
theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
Theoretics (n.) The
speculative part of a science; speculation.
Theoric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the theorica.
Theoric (a.) Relating to,
or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.
Theoric (n.) Speculation;
theory.
Theorica (n. pl.) Public
moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments
(especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called
theoric fund.
Theorical (a.) Theoretic.
Theorically (adv.) In a
theoretic manner.
Theorist (n.) One who
forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
Theorization (n.) The act
or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Theorized (imp. & p. p.)
of Theorize
Theorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Theorize
Theorize (v. i.) To form a
theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Theorizer (n.) One who
theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
Theories (pl. ) of Theory
Theory (n.) A doctrine, or
scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a
view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
Theory (n.) An exposition
of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
Theory (n.) The science,
as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
Theory (n.) The
philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as,
Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
Theosoph (n.) Alt. of
Theosopher
Theosopher (n.) A
theosophist.
Theosophic (a.) Alt. of
Theosophical
Theosophical (a.) Of or
pertaining to theosophy.
Theosophism (n.) Belief in
theosophy.
Theosophist (n.) One
addicted to theosophy.
Theosophistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Theosophized (imp. & p. p.)
of Theosophize
Theosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Theosophize
Theosophize (v. i.) To
practice theosophy.
Theosophy (n.) Any system
of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and
superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as
by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical
processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from
a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary
illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine
mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
Therapeutae (n. pl.) A
name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood
of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness
and credibility of which are now much discredited.
Therapeutic (a.) Alt. of
Therapeutical
Therapeutical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies
for diseases; curative.
Therapeutic (n.) One of
the Therapeutae.
Therapeutics (n.) That
part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of
remedies for diseases.
Therapeutist (n.) One
versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.
Therapy (n.) Therapeutics.
There (pron.) In or at
that place.
There (pron.) In that
matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct
place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
There (pron.) To or into
that place; thither.
Thereabout (adv.) Alt. of
Thereabouts
Thereabouts (adv.) Near
that place.
Thereabouts (adv.) Near
that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.
Thereabouts (adv.)
Concerning that; about that.
Thereafter (adv.) After
that; afterward.
Thereafter (adv.)
According to that; accordingly.
Thereafter (adv.) Of that
sort.
Thereagain (adv.) In
opposition; against one's course.
There-anent (adv.)
Concerning that.
Thereat (adv.) At that
place; there.
Thereat (adv.) At that
occurrence or event; on that account.
Therebefore (adv.) Alt. of
Therebiforn
Therebiforn (adv.) Before
that time; beforehand.
Thereby (adv.) By that; by
that means; in consequence of that.
Thereby (adv.) Annexed to
that.
Thereby (adv.) Thereabout;
-- said of place, number, etc.
Therefor (adv.) For that,
or this; for it.
Therefore (adv.) For that
or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
Therefore (adv.)
Consequently; by consequence.
Therefrom (adv.) From this
or that.
Therein (adv.) In that or
this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.
Thereinto (adv.) Into that
or this, or into that place.
Thereof (adv.) Of that or
this.
Thereology (n.)
Therapeutios.
Thereon (adv.) On that or
this.
Thereout (adv.) Out of
that or this.
Thereout (adv.) On the
outside; out of doors.
Thereto (adv.) To that or
this.
Thereto (adv.) Besides;
moreover.
Theretofore (adv.) Up to
that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
Thereunder (adv.) Under
that or this.
Thereunto (adv.) Unto that
or this; thereto; besides.
Thereupon (adv.) Upon that
or this; thereon.
Thereupon (adv.) On
account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
Thereupon (adv.)
Immediately; at once; without delay.
Therewhile (adv.) At that
time; at the same time.
Therewith (adv.) With that
or this.
Therewith (adv.) In
addition; besides; moreover.
Therewith (adv.) At the
same time; forthwith.
Therewithal (adv.) Over
and above; besides; moreover.
Therewithal (adv.) With
that or this; therewith; at the same time.
Therf (a.) Not fermented;
unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
Theriac (n.) Alt. of
Theriaca
Theriaca (n.) An ancient
composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a
certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means
of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice
treacle.
Theriaca (n.) Treacle;
molasses.
Theriac (a.) Alt. of
Theriacal
Theriacal (a.) Of or
pertaining to theriac; medicinal.
Therial (a.) Theriac.
Theriodont (n.) One of the
Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.
Theriodonta (n. pl.) Same
as Theriodontia.
Theriodontia (n. pl.) An
extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South
Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also
Theromorpha.
Theriotomy (n.) Zootomy.
Thermae (n. pl.) Springs
or baths of warm or hot water.
Thermal (a.) Of or
pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.
Thermally (adv.) In a
thermal manner.
Thermetograph (n.) A
self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and
minimum during long periods.
Thermic (a.) Of or
pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.
Thermidor (n.) The
eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and
ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire.
Thermifugine (n.) An
artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an
antipyretic, -- whence its name.
Thermo- () A combining form from
Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
Thermobarometer (n.) An
instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
Thermobattery (n.) A
thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Thermocautery (n.) Cautery
by the application of heat.
Thermochemic (a.) Alt. of
Thermochemical
Thermochemical (a.) Of or
pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.
Thermochemistry (n.) That
branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various
relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force
termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in,
chemical actions.
Thermochrosy (n.) The
property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different
degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission
through diathermic substances.
Thermocurrent (n.) A
current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.
Thermodynamic (a.)
Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application
of heat.
Thermodynamics (n.) The
science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.
Thermoelectric (a.)
Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.
Thermoelectricity (n.)
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.
Thermoelectrometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which
it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.
Thermogen (n.) Caloric;
heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.
Thermogenic (a.) Relating
to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the
thermogenic tissues.
Thermogenous (a.)
Producing heat; thermogenic.
Thermograph (n.) An
instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of
temperature.
Thermology (n.) A
discourse on, or an account of, heat.
Thermolysis (n.) The
resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.
Thermolyze (v. t.) To
subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.
Thermomagnetism (n.)
Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to
magnetism.
Thermometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of
temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes
or dimensions.
Thermometric (a.) Alt. of
Thermometrical
Thermometrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.
Thermometrical (a.) Made,
or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.
Thermometrically (adv.) In
a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
Thermometrograph (n.) An
instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the
indications of a thermometer.
Thermometry (n.) The
estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.
Thermomultiplier (n.) Same
as Thermopile.
Thermopile (n.) An
instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and
degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or
any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected
with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric
current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees
of heat.
Thermoscope (n.) An
instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree
of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count
Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the
differential thermometer.
Thermoscopic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as,
thermoscopic observations.
Thermostat (n.) A
self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of
different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper
of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
Thermostatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.
Thermosystaltic (a.)
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.
Thermotaxic (a.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal
body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
Thermotension (n.) A
process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a
determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical
strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be
exerted.
Thermotic (a.) Alt. of
Thermotical
Thermotical (a.) Of or
pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.
Thermotics (n.) The
science of heat.
Thermotropic (a.)
Manifesting thermotropism.
Thermotropism (n.) The
phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of
some plants.
Thermotype (n.) A picture
(as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with
hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press,
and next strongly heating this impression.
Thermotypy (n.) The art or
process of obtaining thermotypes.
Thermovoltaic (a.) Of or
relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects
produced by voltaic action.
Theromorpha (n. pl.) See
Theriodonta.
Theropoda (n. pl.) An
order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence
more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes
the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
Thesauri (pl. ) of
Thesaurus
Thesaurus (n.) A treasury
or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to
a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
These (pron.) The plural
of this. See This.
Thesicle (n.) A little or
subordinate thesis; a proposition.
Theses (pl. ) of Thesis
Thesis (n.) A position or
proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually
maintained by argument.
Thesis (n.) Hence, an
essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an
essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
Thesis (n.) An
affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
Thesis (n.) The accented
part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.
Thesis (n.) The depression
of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
Thesis (n.) The part of
the foot upon which such a depression falls.
Thesmothete (n.) A
lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.
Thespian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian
art.
Thespian (n.) An actor.
Thessalian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.
Thessalian (n.) A native
or inhabitant of Thessaly.
Thessalonian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.
Thessalonian (n.) A native
or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
Theta (n.) A letter of the
Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky
letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation
on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.
Thetical (a.) Laid down;
absolute or positive, as a law.
Thetine (n.) Any one of a
series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.
Theurgic (a.) Alt. of
Theurgical
Theurgical (a.) Of or
pertaining to theurgy; magical.
Theurgist (n.) One who
pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.
Theurgy (n.) A divine
work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
Theurgy (n.) A kind of
magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and
supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of
purification and other sacramental rites.
Theurgy (n.) In later or
modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced
by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
Thew (n.) Manner; custom;
habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good
qualities; virtues.
Thew (n.) Muscle or
strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
Thewed (a.) Furnished with
thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
Thewed (a.) Accustomed;
mannered.
Thewy (a.) Having strong
or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
They (obj.) The plural of
he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper,
and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
Thialdine (n.) A weak
nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.
Thialol (n.) A colorless
oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl
disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.
Thibetan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thibet.
Thibetan (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Thibet.
Thibet cloth () A fabric made of
coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
Thibet cloth () A kind of fine
woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.
Thibetian (a. & n.) Same
as Thibetan.
Thible (n.) A slice; a
skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.
Thick (superl.) Measuring
in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension
other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
Thick (superl.) Having
more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or
slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
Thick (superl.) Dense; not
thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
Thick (superl.) Not
transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river
is apt to be thick after a rain.
Thick (superl.) Abundant,
close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession;
frequently recurring.
Thick (superl.) Not having
due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick
utterance.
Thick (superl.) Deep;
profound; as, thick sleep.
Thick (superl.) Dull; not
quick; as, thick of fearing.
Thick (superl.) Intimate;
very friendly; familiar.
Thick (n.) The thickest
part, or the time when anything is thickest.
Thick (n.) A thicket; as,
gloomy thicks.
Thick (adv.) Frequently;
fast; quick.
Thick (adv.) Closely; as,
a plat of ground thick sown.
Thick (adv.) To a great
depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
Thick (v. t. & i.) To
thicken.
Thickbill (n.) The
bullfinch.
Thickened (imp. & p. p.)
of Thicken
Thickening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thicken
Thicken (v. t.) To make
thick (in any sense of the word).
Thicken (v. t.) To render
dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
Thicken (v. t.) To make
close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of
trees or men.
Thicken (v. t.) To
strengthen; to confirm.
Thicken (v. t.) To make
more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
Thicken (v. i.) To become
thick.
Thickening (n.) Something
put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
Thicket (a.) A wood or a
collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
Thickhead (n.) A
thick-headed or stupid person.
Thickhead (n.) Any one of
several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males
of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly
called thrushes.
Thick-headed (a.) Having a
thick skull; stupid.
Thickish (a.) Somewhat
thick.
Thick-knee (n.) A stone
curlew. See under Stone.
Thickly (adv.) In a thick
manner; deeply; closely.
Thickness (n.) The quality
or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thickset (a.) Close
planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
Thickset (a.) Having a
short, thick body; stout.
Thickset (n.) A close or
thick hedge.
Thickset (n.) A stout,
twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
Thickskin (n.) A coarse,
gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
Thick-skinned (a.) Having
a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
Thickskull (n.) A dullard,
or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.
Thick-skulled (a.) Having
a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
Thick wind () A defect of
respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the
signs of emphysema.
Thick-winded (a.) Affected
with thick wind.
Thider (adv.) Thither.
Thiderward (adv.)
Thitherward.
Thieves (pl. ) of Thief
Thief (n.) One who steals;
one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Thief (n.) A waster in the
snuff of a candle.
Thiefly (a. & adv.) Like a
thief; thievish; thievishly.
Thienone (n.) A ketone
derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO,
by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.
Thienyl (n.) The
hypothetical radical C4H3S, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and
certain of its derivatives.
Thieved (imp. & p. p.) of
Thieve
Thieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thieve
Thieve (v. t. & i.) To
practice theft; to steal.
Thievery (n.) The practice
of stealing; theft; thievishness.
Thievery (n.) That which
is stolen.
Thievish (a.) Given to
stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
Thievish (a.) Like a
thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Thievish (a.) Partaking of
the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish
practice.
Thigh (n.) The proximal
segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
Thigh (n.) The coxa, or
femur, of an insect.
Thilk (pron.) That same;
this; that.
Thill (n.) One of the two
long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is
hitched; a shaft.
Thill (n.) The floor of a
coal mine.
Thiller (n.) The horse
which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last
horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
Thimble (n.) A kind of cap
or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing
to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is
usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to
catch the head of the needle.
Thimble (n.) Any
thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
Thimble (n.) A tubular
piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
Thimble (n.) A fixed or
movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
Thimble (n.) A tubular
cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
Thimble (n.) A ring of
thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice,
or the like, and protect it from chafing.
Thimbleberry (n.) A kind
of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.
Thimbleeye (n.) The chub
mackerel. See under Chub.
Thimblefuls (pl. ) of
Thimbleful
Thimbleful (n.) As much as
a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
Thimblerig (n.) A
sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a
small ball or little pea.
Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.)
of Thimblerig
Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Thimblerig
Thimblerig (v. t.) To
swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under
one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he
knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
Thimblerigger (n.) One who
cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant
of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the
sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.
Thin (superl.) Having
little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of
metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
Thin (superl.) Rare; not
dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin
broth; thin air.
Thin (superl.) Not close;
not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the
thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the
trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
Thin (superl.) Not full or
well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Thin (superl.) Not stout;
slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
Thin (superl.) Wanting in
body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin (superl.) Slight;
small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial;
inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
Thin (adv.) Not thickly or
closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
Thinned (imp. & p. p.) of
Thin
Thinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thin
Thin (v. t.) To make thin
(in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thin (v. i.) To grow or
become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological
strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
Thine (pron. & a.) A form
of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse
by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in
poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
Thing (n.) Whatever
exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or
inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
Thing (n.) An inanimate
object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
Thing (n.) A transaction
or occurrence; an event; a deed.
Thing (n.) A portion or
part; something.
Thing (n.) A diminutive or
slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or
contempt.
Thing (n.) Clothes;
furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
Thing (n.) Whatever may be
possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.
Thing (n.) In Scandinavian
countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
Thought (imp. & p. p.) of
Think
Thinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Think
Think (v. t.) To seem or
appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and
methought.
Think (v. t.) To employ
any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the
senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
Think (v. t.) To call
anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not
think of it.
Think (v. t.) To reflect
upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
Think (v. t.) To form an
opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will
rain to-morrow.
Think (v. t.) To purpose;
to intend; to design; to mean.
Think (v. t.) To presume;
to venture.
Think (v. t.) To conceive;
to imagine.
Think (v. t.) To plan or
design; to plot; to compass.
Think (v. t.) To believe;
to consider; to esteem.
Thinkable (a.) Capable of
being thought or conceived; cogitable.
Thinker (n.) One who
thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a
close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
Thinking (a.) Having the
faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is
a thinking being.
Thinking (n.) The act of
thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
Thinly (a.) In a thin
manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly
planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
Thinner (n.) One who
thins, or makes thinner.
Thinness (n.) The quality
or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
Thinnish (a.) Somewhat
thin.
Thinolite (n.) A
calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore
deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
Thin-skinned (a.) Having a
thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
Thio- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See Sulpho-.
Thiocarbonate (n.) A
sulphocarbonate.
Thiocarbonic (a.) Same as
Sulphocarbonic.
Thiocyanate (n.) Same as
Sulphocyanate.
Thiocyanic (a.) Same as
Sulphocyanic.
Thionaphthene (n.) A
double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like
it the base of a large series of derivatives.
Thionic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically,
designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids. Cf. Dithionic,
Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.
Thionine (n.) An
artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of
certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called
also phenylene violet.
Thionol (n.) A red or
violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially,
by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.
Thionoline (n.) A
beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between
thionol and thionine.
Thionyl (n.) The
hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain
sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
Thiophene (n.) A sulphur
hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of
a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic
derivatives.
Thiophenic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain
acid analogous to benzoic acid.
Thiophenol (n.) A
colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol;
-- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
Thiophthene (n.) A double
thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large
series of compounds.
Thiosulphate (n.) A salt
of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
Thiosulphuric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric
acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.
Thiotolene (n.) A
colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; --
called also methyl thiophene.
Thioxene (n.) Any one of
three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of
thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
Third (a.) Next after the
second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in
the day.
Third (a.) Constituting or
being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third
part of a day.
Third (n.) The quotient of
a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is
divided.
Third (n.) The sixtieth
part of a second of time.
Third (n.) The third tone
of the scale; the mediant.
Third (n.) The third part
of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is
entitled to enjoy during her life.
Third-borough (n.) An
under constable.
Thirdings (n. pl.) The
third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due
to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Thirdly (adv.) In the
third place.
Third-penny (n.) A third
part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which
was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
Thirled (imp. & p. p.) of
Thirl
Thirling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thirl
Thirl (v. t.) To bore; to
drill or thrill. See Thrill.
Thirlage (n.) The right
which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants
of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill
for grinding.
Thirst (n.) A sensation of
dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by
deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which
arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition
producing this sensation.
Thirst (n.) Fig.: A want
and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of,
or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Thirsted (imp. & p. p.) of
Thirst
Thirsting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thirst
Thirst (n.) To feel
thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as
for want of drink.
Thirst (n.) To have a
vehement desire.
Thirst (v. t.) To have a
thirst for.
Thirster (n.) One who
thirsts.
Thirstily (adv.) In a
thirsty manner.
Thirstiness (n.) The state
of being thirsty; thirst.
Thirstle (n.) The
throstle.
Thirsty (n.) Feeling
thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence,
having an eager desire.
Thirsty (n.) Deficient in
moisture; dry; parched.
Thirteen (a.) One more
than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.
Thirteen (n.) The number
greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.
Thirteen (n.) A symbol
representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
Thirteenth (a.) Next in
order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen;
as, the thirteenth day of the month.
Thirteenth (a.)
Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is
divided.
Thirteenth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Thirteenth (n.) The next
in order after the twelfth.
Thirteenth (n.) The
interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
Thirtieth (a.) Next in
order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of
thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.
Thirtieth (a.)
Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Thirtieth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal parts.
Thirty (a.) Being three
times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the
month of June consists of thirty days.
Thirties (pl. ) of Thirty
Thirty (n.) The sum of
three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.
Thirty (n.) A symbol
expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
Thirty-second (a.) Being
one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
These (pl. ) of This
This (pron. & a.) As a
demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place
or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.
This (pron. & a.) As an
adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed
by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.
Thistle (n.) Any one of
several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus,
Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Thistly (a.) Overgrown
with thistles; as, thistly ground.
Thistly (a.) Fig.:
Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
Thither (adv.) To that
place; -- opposed to hither.
Thither (adv.) To that
point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
Thither (a.) Being on the
farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as,
on the thither side of the water.
Thither (a.) Applied to
time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.
Thitherto (adv.) To that
point; so far.
Thitherward (adv.) To ward
that place; in that direction.
Thitsee (n.) The varnish
tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).
Thitsee (n.) A black
varnish obtained from the tree.
Thlipsis (n.) Compression,
especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.
Tho (def. art.) The.
Tho (pron. pl.) Those.
Tho (adv.) Then.
Tho (conj.) Though.
Thole (n.) A wooden or
metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in
rowing.
Thole (n.) The pin, or
handle, of a scythe snath.
Tholed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thole
Tholing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thole
Thole (v. t.) To bear; to
endure; to undergo.
Thole (v. i.) To wait.
Thomaean (n.) Alt. of
Thomean
Thomean (n.) A member of
the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India,
which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.
Thomism (n.) Alt. of
Thomaism
Thomaism (n.) The doctrine
of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.
Thomist (n.) A follower of
Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.
Thomite (n.) A Thomaean.
Thomsenolite (n.) A
fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of
Greenland.
Thomsen's disease () An affection
apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the
voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.
Thomsonian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thomsonianism.
Thomsonian (n.) A believer
in Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
Thomsonianism (n.) An
empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements,
earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used;
-- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
Thomsonite (n.) A zeolitic
mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous
silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.
Thong (n.) A strap of
leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.
Thooid (a.) Of or
pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.
Thor (n.) The god of
thunder, and son of Odin.
Thoracentesis (n.) The
operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the
cavity of the chest.
Thoracic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
Thoracic (n.) One of a
group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the
pectorial fins.
Thoracica (n. pl.) A
division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually
bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
Thoracometer (n.) Same as
Stethometer.
Thoracoplasty (n.) A
remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the
ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
Thoracostraca (a.) An
extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting
all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs,
lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.
Thoracotomy (n.) The
operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Thoral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a bed.
Thorax (n.) The part of
the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body
cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and
the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
Thorax (n.) The middle
region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings.
It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several
distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.
Thorax (n.) The second, or
middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate
animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term
thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the
five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
Thorax (n.) A breastplate,
cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
Thoria (n.) A rare white
earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also
thorina.
Thoric (a.) Of or
pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.
Thorite (n.) A mineral of
a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is
essentially a silicate of thorium.
Thorium (n.) A metallic
element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc.,
and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and
forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.
Thorn (n.) A hard and
sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a
spine.
Thorn (n.) Any shrub or
small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus,
as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
Thorn (n.) Fig.: That
which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Thorn (n.) The name of the
Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the
sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial
letter of thorn, a spine.
Thorn (v. t.) To prick, as
with a thorn.
Thornback (n.) A European
skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
Thornback (n.) The large
European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
Thornbill (n.) Any one of
several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus
Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey,
insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.
Thornbird (n.) A small
South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus
Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a
bush or tree.
Thornbut (n.) The turbot.
Thorn-headed (a.) Having a
head armed with thorns or spines.
Thornless (a.) Destitute
of, or free from, thorns.
Thornset (a.) Set with
thorns.
Thorntail (n.) A beautiful
South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail
feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed
crest.
Thorny (superl.) Full of
thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a
thorny crown.
Thorny (superl.) Like a
thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing;
perplexing.
Thoro (a.) Thorough.
Thorough (prep.) Through.
Thorough (a.) Passing
through; as, thorough lights in a house.
Thorough (a.) Passing
through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation;
thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
Thorough (adv.)
Thoroughly.
Thorough (adv.) Through.
Thorough (n.) A furrow
between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thorough bass () The
representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso
continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
Thorough-brace (n.) A
leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or
serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.
Thoroughbred (a.) Bred
from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as
horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome;
courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
Thoroughbred (n.) A
thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.
Thoroughfare (n.) A
passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an
unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street.
Thoroughfare (n.) A
passing or going through; passage.
Thoroughgoing (a.) Going
through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.
Thoroughgoing (a.) Going
all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense.
Thorough-lighted (a.)
Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or
building.
Thoroughly (adv.) In a
thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
Thoroughness (n.) The
quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
Thoroughpaced (a.) Perfect
in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or
Whig.
Thoroughpin (n.) A disease
of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the
synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; --
probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the
leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.
Thoroughsped (a.) Fully
accomplished; thoroughplaced.
Thoroughstitch (adv.) So
as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.
Thoroughwax (n.) An
umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
Thoroughwax (n.)
Thoroughwort.
Thoroughwort (n.) Same as
Boneset.
Thorow (prep.) Through.
Thorow (a.) Thorough.
Thorp (n.) Alt. of Thorpe
Thorpe (n.) A group of
houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly
occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.
Those (pron.) The plural
of that. See That.
Thoth (n.) The god of
eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the
inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the
Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis
or a lamb.
Thoth (n.) The Egyptian
sacred baboon.
Thou (obj.) The second
personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed;
thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or
poetical style.
Thou (v. t.) To address as
thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.
Thou (v. i.) To use the
words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends.
Though (conj.) Granting,
admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
Though (adv.) However;
nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle
or at the end of a sentence.
Thought () imp. & p. p. of Think.
Thought (n.) The act of
thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection;
cogitation.
Thought (n.) Meditation;
serious consideration.
Thought (n.) That which is
thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy,
purpose, or intention.
Thought (n.) Solicitude;
anxious care; concern.
Thought (n.) A small
degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
Thoughtful (a.) Full of
thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.
Thoughtful (a.) Attentive;
careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as,
thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.
Thoughtful (a.) Anxious;
solicitous; concerned.
Thoughtless (adv.) Lacking
thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.
Thoughtless (adv.) Giddy;
gay; dissipated.
Thoughtless (adv.)
Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
Thousand (n.) The number
of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or
objects.
Thousand (n.) Hence,
indefinitely, a great number.
Thousand (n.) A symbol
representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI/.
Thousand (a.) Consisting
of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
Thousand (a.) Hence,
consisting of a great number indefinitely.
Thousandfold (a.)
Multiplied by a thousand.
Thousand legs () A millepid, or
galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.
Thousandth (a.) Next in
order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive
individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a
thing.
Thousandth (a.)
Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is
divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
Thousandth (a.) Occurring
as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; --
used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.
Thousandth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into
which a unit is divided.
Thowel (n.) Alt. of Thowl
Thowl (n.) A thole pin.
Thowl (n.) A rowlock.
Thracian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thrace, or its people.
Thracian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Thrace.
Thrack (v. t.) To load or
burden; as, to thrack a man with property.
Thrackscat (n.) Metal
still in the mine.
Thraldom (n.) The
condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
Thrall (n.) A slave; a
bondman.
Thrall (n.) Slavery;
bondage; servitude; thraldom.
Thrall (n.) A shelf; a
stand for barrels, etc.
Thrall (a.) Of or
pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
Thrall (v. t.) To enslave.
Thralldom (n.) Thraldom.
Thrall-less (a.) Having no
thralls.
Thrall-less (a.) Not
enslaved; not subject to bonds.
Thrall-like (a.)
Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.
Thranite (n.) One of the
rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.
Thrapple (n.) Windpipe;
throttle.
Thrashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thresh
Thrashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thresh
Thrash (v. t.) Alt. of
Thresh
Thresh (v. t.) To beat out
grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a
flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats;
to thrash over the old straw.
Thresh (v. t.) To beat
soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
Thrash (v. t.) Alt. of
Thresh
Thresh (v. t.) To practice
thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from
straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
Thresh (v. t.) Hence, to
labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
Thrashel (n.) An
instrument to thrash with; a flail.
Thrasher (n.) Alt. of
Thresher
Thresher (n.) One who, or
that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
Thresher (n.) A large and
voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper
lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both
upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea
fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
Thresher (n.) A name given
to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.
Thrashing () a. & n. from Thrash,
v.
Thrasonical (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful;
vainglorious.
Thraste (imp.) of Thraste
Thrast (p. p.) of Thraste
Thraste (v. t.) To thrust.
Thrave (n.) Twenty-four
(in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
Thrave (n.) The number of
two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.
Thraw (n. & v.) See
Throse.
Thread (n.) A very small
twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to
considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns
doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
Thread (n.) A filament, as
of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or
silver.
Thread (n.) The prominent
part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
Thread (n.) Fig.:
Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a
discourse.
Thread (n.) Fig.:
Composition; quality; fineness.
Threaded (imp. & p. p.) of
Thread
Threading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thread
Thread (v. t.) To pass a
thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
Thread (v. t.) To pass or
pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through
or between obstacles; to thrid.
Thread (v. t.) To form a
thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
Threadbare (a.) Worn to
the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
Threadbare (a.) Fig.: Worn
out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
Threadbareness (n.) The
state of being threadbare.
Threaden (a.) Made of
thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.
Threader (n.) A device for
assisting in threading a needle.
Threader (n.) A tool or
machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
Threadfin (n.) Any one of
several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have
numerous long pectoral filaments.
Threadfish (n.) The
cutlass fish.
Threadfish (n.) A
carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or C. crinitus) having the anterior rays of the
soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
Threadiness (n.) Quality
of being thready.
Thread-shaped (a.) Having
the form of a thread; filiform.
Threadworm (n.) Any long,
slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
Thready (a.) Like thread
or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
Thready (a.) Containing,
or consisting of, thread.
Threaped (imp. & p. p.) of
Threap
Threaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Threap
Threap (v. t.) To call; to
name.
Threap (v. t.) To maintain
obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against
(another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.
Threap (v. t.) To beat, or
thrash.
Threap (v. t.) To cozen,
or cheat.
Threap (v. i.) To contend
obstinately; to be pertinacious.
Threap (n.) An obstinate
decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
Threat (n.) The expression
of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an
evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
Threat (n.) To threaten.
Threatened (imp. & p. p.)
of Threaten
Threatening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Threaten
Threaten (v. t.) To utter
threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt
to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
Threaten (v. t.) To
exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to
indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to
threaten war; to threaten death.
Threaten (v. i.) To use
threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.
Threatener (n.) One who
threatens.
Threatening () a. & n. from
Threaten, v.
Threatful (a.) Full of
threats; having a menacing appearance.
Threave (n.) Same as
Thrave.
Three (a.) One more than
two; two and one.
Three (n.) The number
greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Three (n.) A symbol
representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Three-coat (a.) Having or
consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of
pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States,
a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.
Three-cornered (a.) Having
three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
Three-cornered (a.) Having
three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
Three-decker (n.) A vessel
of war carrying guns on three decks.
Three-flowered (a.)
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
Threefold (a.) Consisting
of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
Three-handed (a.) Said of
games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against
one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
Three-leafed (a.) Alt. of
Three-leaved
Three-leaved (a.)
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
Three-leaved (a.)
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
Three-lobed (a.) Having
three lobes.
Three-nerved (a.) Having
three nerves.
Three-parted (a.) Divided
into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
Threepence (n.) A small
silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
Threepenny (a.) Costing or
worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.
Three-pile (n.) An old
name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
Three-piled (a.) Having
the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
Three-piled (a.) Fig.:
Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
Three-piled (a.)
Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.
Three-ply (a.) Consisting
of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting;
having three strands; threefold.
Three-pointed (a.) Having
three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Three-quarter (a.)
Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
Three-score (a.) Thrice
twenty; sixty.
Three-sided (a.) Having
three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf,
petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
Three-square (a.) Having a
cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a
kind of file.
Three-valved (a.)
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a
three-valved pericarp.
Three-way (a.) Connected
with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or
valve.
Threne (n.) Lamentation;
threnody; a dirge.
Threnetic (a.) Alt. of
Threnetical
Threnetical (a.)
Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
Threnode (n.) A threne, or
threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
Threnodist (n.) One who
composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.
Threnody (n.) A song of
lamentation; a threnode.
Threpe (v. t.) To call; to
term.
Threpsology (n.) The
doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.
Threshed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thresh
Threshing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thresh
Thresh (v. t. & i.) Same
as Thrash.
Thresher (n.) Same as
Thrasher.
Thresh-fold (n.)
Threshold.
Threshold (n.) The plank,
stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling
house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.
Threshold (n.) Fig.: The
place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of
life.
Threshwold (n.) Threshold.
Threste (imp.) of Threste
Threst (p. p. &) of
Threste
Threste (v. t.) To thrust.
Thretteen (a.) Thirteen.
Thretty (a.) Thirty.
Threw () imp. of Throw.
Thribble (a.) Triple;
treble; threefold.
Thrice (adv.) Three times.
Thrice (adv.) In a
threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
Thricecock (n.) The missel
thrush.
Thrid (a.) Third.
Thridded (imp. & p. p.) of
Thrid
Thridding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thrid
Thrid (v. t.) To pass
through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through;
to thread.
Thrid (v. t.) To make or
effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a
wood.
Thrid (n.) Thread;
continuous line.
Thrifallow (v. t.) See
Thryfallow, and Trifallow.
Thrift (n.) A thriving
state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
Thrift (n.) Success and
advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain;
prosperity.
Thrift (n.) Vigorous
growth, as of a plant.
Thrift (n.) One of several
species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
Thriftily (adv.) In a
thrifty manner.
Thriftily (adv.)
Carefully; properly; becomingly.
Thriftiness (n.) The
quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
Thriftless (a.) Without
thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.
Thrifty (superl.) Given
to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of
property; sparing; frugal.
Thrifty (superl.) Thriving
by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods;
increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
Thrifty (superl.) Growing
rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.
Thrifty (superl.) Secured
by thrift; well husbanded.
Thrifty (superl.) Well
appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
Thrill (n.) A warbling; a
trill.
Thrill (v. t.) A breathing
place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Thrilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Thrill
Thrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thrill
Thrill (v. t.) To
perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to
affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering,
throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
Thrill (v. t.) To hurl; to
throw; to cast.
Thrill (v. i.) To pierce,
as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that
runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills
through the whole frame.
Thrill (v. i.) To feel a
sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
Thrill (n.) A drill. See
3d Drill, 1.
Thrill (n.) A sensation as
of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of
joy.
Thrillant (a.) Piercing;
sharp; thrilling.
Thrilling (a.) Causing a
thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
Throng (imp.) of Thring
Thring (v. t. & i.) To
press, crowd, or throng.
Thrips (n.) Any one of
numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful
plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).
Thrist (n.) Thrist.
Thrittene (a.) Thirteen.
Throve (imp.) of Thrive
Thrived () of Thrive
Thrived (p. p.) of Thrive
Thriven () of Thrive
Thriving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thrive
Thrive (v. i.) To prosper
by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and
estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.
Thrive (v. i.) To prosper
in any business; to have increase or success.
Thrive (v. i.) To increase
in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish;
as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
Thriven () p. p. of Thrive.
Thriver (n.) One who
thrives, or prospers.
Thrivingly (adv.) In a
thriving manner.
Thrivingness (n.) The
quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.
Thro' () A contraction of
Through.
Throat (n.) The part of
the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
Throat (n.) Hence, the
passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes
restricted to the fauces.
Throat (n.) A contracted
portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
Throat (n.) The part of a
chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in
ascending, and the flue.
Throat (n.) The upper fore
corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
Throat (n.) That end of a
gaff which is next the mast.
Throat (n.) The angle
where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Throat (n.) The inside of
a timber knee.
Throat (n.) The orifice of
a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux,
or fauces.
Throat (v. t.) To utter in
the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
Throat (v. t.) To mow, as
beans, in a direction against their bending.
Throatband (n.) Same as
Throatlatch.
Throatboll (n.) The Adam's
apple in the neck.
Throating (n.) A drip, or
drip molding.
Throatlatch (n.) A strap
of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
Throatwort (n.) A plant
(Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of
its throat-shaped corolla.
Throaty (a.) Guttural;
hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Throbbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Throb
Throbbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throb
Throb (v. i.) To beat, or
pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of
agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
Throb (n.) A beat, or
strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
Throdden (v. i.) To grow;
to thrive.
Throe (n.) Extreme pain;
violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in
childbirth, or purturition.
Throe (n.) A tool for
splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe (v. i.) To struggle
in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe (v. t.) To put in
agony.
Thrombosis (n.) The
obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; --
distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought
from a distance.
Thrombi (pl. ) of Thrombus
Thrombus (n.) A clot of
blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.
Thrombus (n.) A tumor
produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Throne (n.) A chair of
state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or
other high dignitary.
Throne (n.) Hence,
sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested
with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
Throne (n.) A high order
of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Throned (imp. & p. p.) of
Throne
Throning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throne
Throne (v. t.) To place on
a royal seat; to enthrone.
Throne (v. t.) To place in
an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
Throne (v. i.) To be in,
or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Throneless (a.) Having no
throne.
Throng (n.) A multitude of
persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage;
a crowd.
Throng (n.) A great
multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
Thronged (imp. & p. p.) of
Throng
Thronging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throng
Throng (v. i.) To crowd
together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to
gather or move in multitudes.
Throng (v. t.) To crowd,
or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Throng (v. t.) To crowd
into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
Throng (a.) Thronged;
crowded; also, much occupied; busy.
Throngly (adv.) In throngs
or crowds.
Throp (n.) A thorp.
Thropple (n.) The
windpipe.
Thropple (v. t.) To
throttle.
Throstle (n.) The song
thrush. See under Song.
Throstle (n.) A machine
for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing
rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the
twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because
it makes a singing noise.
Throstling (n.) A disease
of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless
checked, causes strangulation.
Throttle (n.) The
windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
Throttle (n.) The throttle
valve.
Throttled (imp. & p. p.)
of Throttle
Throttling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throttle
Throttle (v. t.) To
compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Throttle (v. t.) To utter
with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
Throttle (v. t.) To shut
off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throttle (v. i.) To have
the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to
suffocate.
Throttle (v. i.) To
breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Throttler (n.) One who, or
that which, throttles, or chokes.
Throttler (n.) See
Flasher, 3 (b).
Through (prep.) From end
to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the
opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore
through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of
a ship.
Through (prep.) Between
the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an
avenue.
Through (prep.) By means
of; by the agency of.
Through (prep.) Over the
whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an
account.
Through (prep.) Among or
in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water;
the light glimmers through a thicket.
Through (prep.) From the
beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through
the year.
Through (adv.) From one
end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.
Through (adv.) From
beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
Through (adv.) To the end;
to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.
Through (a.) Going or
extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end;
thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also,
admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
Throughly (adv.)
Thoroughly.
Throughout (prep.) Quite
through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search
throughout the house.
Throughout (adv.) In every
part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
Throve () imp. of Thrive.
Throw (n.) Pain;
especially, pain of travail; throe.
Throw (n.) Time; while;
space of time; moment; trice.
Threw (imp.) of Throw
Thrown (p. p.) of Throw
Throwing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Throw
Throw (v. t.) To fling,
cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; --
distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
Throw (v. t.) To fling or
cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to
propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a
ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
Throw (v. t.) To drive by
violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
Throw (v. t.) To cause to
take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the
river.
Throw (v. t.) To overturn;
to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
Throw (v. t.) To cast, as
dice; to venture at dice.
Throw (v. t.) To put on
hastily; to spread carelessly.
Throw (v. t.) To divest or
strip one's self of; to put off.
Throw (v. t.) To form or
shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
Throw (v. t.) To give
forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
Throw (v. t.) To bring
forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
Throw (v. t.) To twist two
or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as
singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; --
sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for
the weaver.
Throw (v. i.) To perform
the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
Throw (n.) The act of
hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.
Throw (n.) A stroke; a
blow.
Throw (n.) The distance
which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
Throw (n.) A cast of dice;
the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
Throw (n.) An effort; a
violent sally.
Throw (n.) The extreme
movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank,
eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also,
frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an
eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the
stroke of the piston.
Throw (n.) A potter's
wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).
Throw (n.) A turner's
lathe; a throwe.
Throw (n.) The amount of
vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is
designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.
Throw-crook (n.) An
instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Throwe (n.) A turning
lathe.
Thrower (n.) One who
throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One
who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
Throwing () a. & n. from Throw,
v.
Thrown () a. & p. p. from Throw,
v.
Throw-off (n.) A start in
a hunt or a race.
Throwster (n.) One who
throws or twists silk; a thrower.
Thru (prep., adv. & a.)
Through.
Thrum (n.) One of the ends
of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
Thrum (n.) Any coarse
yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
Thrum (n.) A threadlike
part of a flower; a stamen.
Thrum (n.) A shove out of
place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Thrum (n.) A mat made of
canvas and tufts of yarn.
Thrummed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thrum
Thrumming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thrum
Thrum (v. t.) To furnish
with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Thrum (v. t.) To insert
short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a
mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.
Thrum (v. i.) To play
rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
Thrum (v. i.) Hence, to
make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
Thrum (v. t.) To play, as
a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
Thrum (v. t.) Hence, to
drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
Thrum-eyed (a.) Having the
anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in
long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.
Thrummy (a.) Like thrums;
made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
Thrumwort (n.) A kind of
amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).
Thruout () Throughout.
Thrush (n.) Any one of
numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They
are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
Thrush (n.) Any one of
numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in
appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or
thrasher). See Brown thrush.
Thrush (n.) An affection
of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by
minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.
Thrush (n.) An
inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the
horse it is in the frog.
Thrushel (n.) The song
thrush.
Thrusher (n.) The song
thrush.
Thrust (n. & v.) Thrist.
Thrust (imp. & p. p.) of
Thrust
Thrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thrust
Thrust (v. t.) To push or
drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything
with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
Thrust (v. t.) To stab; to
pierce; -- usually with through.
Thrust (v. i.) To make a
push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
Thrust (v. i.) To enter by
pushing; to squeeze in.
Thrust (v. i.) To push
forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
Thrust (n.) A violent push
or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or
with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a
term of fencing.
Thrust (n.) An attack; an
assault.
Thrust (n.) The force or
pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.),
a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments,
or of rafters against the wall which support them.
Thrust (n.) The breaking
down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Thruster (n.) One who
thrusts or stabs.
Thrusting (n.) The act of
pushing with force.
Thrusting (n.) The act of
squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
Thrusting (n.) The white
whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which
butter is sometimes made.
Thrustle (n.) The
throstle, or song thrust.
Thryes (a.) Thrice.
Thryfallow (v. t.) To plow
for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
Thud (n.) A dull sound
without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against,
some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such
sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.
Thug (n.) One of an
association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy
approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by
the British government.
Thuggee (n.) The practice
of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Thuggery (n.) Alt. of
Thuggism
Thuggism (n.) Thuggee.
Thuja (n.) A genus of
evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of
their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
Thule (n.) The name given
by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world.
According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more
probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase
ultima Thule, farthest Thule.
Thulia (n.) Oxide of
thulium.
Thulium (n.) A rare
metallic element of uncertain properties and identity, said to have been found
in the mineral gadolinite.
Thumb (n.) The short,
thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having
but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
Thumbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Thumb
Thumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thumb
Thumb (v. t.) To handle
awkwardly.
Thumb (v. t.) To play with
the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
Thumb (v. t.) To soil or
wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling;
also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
Thumb (v. i.) To play with
the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Thumbbird (n.) The
goldcrest.
Thumbed (a.) Having
thumbs.
Thumbed (a.) Soiled by
handling.
Thumbkin (n.) An
instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
Thumbless (a.) Without a
thumb.
Thumbscrew (n.) A screw
having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and
forefinger.
Thumbscrew (n.) An old
instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
Thummie (n.) The
chiff-chaff.
Thummim (n. pl.) A
mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See
the note under Urim.
Thump (n.) The sound made
by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
Thump (n.) A blow or
knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
Thumped (imp. & p. p.) of
Thump
Thumping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thump
Thump (v. t.) To strike or
beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
Thump (v. i.) To give a
thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
Thumper (n.) One who, or
that which, thumps.
Thumping (a.) Heavy;
large.
Thunder (n.) The sound
which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric
electricity.
Thunder (n.) The discharge
of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Thunder (n.) Any loud
noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
Thunder (n.) An alarming
or statrling threat or denunciation.
Thundered (imp. & p. p.)
of Thunder
Thundering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thunder
Thunder (n.) To produce
thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity;
-- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
Thunder (n.) Fig.: To make
a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
Thunder (n.) To utter
violent denunciation.
Thunder (v. t.) To emit
with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or
denunciation.
Thunderbird (n.) An
Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is
conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the
breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust,
black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft
of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the
heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.
Thunderbolt (n.) Something
resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
Thunderbolt (n.) Vehement
threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
Thunderbolt (n.) A
belemnite, or thunderstone.
Thunderburst (n.) A burst
of thunder.
Thunderclap (n.) A sharp
burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Thundercloud (n.) A cloud
charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.
Thunderer (n.) One who
thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied
by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.
Thunderfish (n.) A large
European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).
Thunderhead (n.) A rounded
mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a
thunderstorm.
Thundering (a.) Emitting
thunder.
Thundering (a.) Very
great; -- often adverbially.
Thundering (n.) Thunder.
Thunderless (a.) Without
thunder or noise.
Thunderous (a.) Producing
thunder.
Thunderous (a.) Making a
noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.
Thunderproof (a.) Secure
against the effects of thunder or lightning.
Thundershower (n.) A
shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thunderstone (n.) A
thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.
Thunderstone (n.) A
belemnite. See Belemnite.
Thunderstorm (n.) A storm
accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thunderstruck (imp.) of
Thunderstrike
Thunderstruck (p. p.) of
Thunderstrike
-strucken () of Thunderstrike
Thunderstriking (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Thunderstrike
Thunderstrike (v. t.) To
strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.
Thunderstrike (v. t.) To
astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in
the past participle.
Thunderworm (n.) A small,
footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to
Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after
a thundershower.
Thundery (a.) Accompanied
with thunder; thunderous.
Thundrous (a.) Thunderous;
sonorous.
Thunny (n.) The tunny.
Thurgh (prep.) Through.
Thurghfare (n.)
Thoroughfare.
Thurible (n.) A censer of
metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended
by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.
Thuriferous (a.) Producing
or bearing frankincense.
Thurification (n.) The act
of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.
Thuringian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people.
Thuringian (n.) A native,
or inhabitant of Thuringia.
Thuringite (n.) A mineral
occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and
pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.
Thurl (n.) A hole; an
aperture.
Thurl (n.) A short
communication between adits in a mine.
Thurl (n.) A long adit in
a coalpit.
Thurl (v. t.) To cut
through; to pierce.
Thurl (v. t.) To cut
through, as a partition between one working and another.
Thurling (n.) Same as
Thurl, n., 2 (a).
Thurrok (n.) The hold of a
ship; a sink.
Thursday (n.) The fifth
day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
Thurst (n.) The ruins of
the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
Thus (n.) The commoner
kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved
pine, and other conifers.
Thus (adv.) In this or
that manner; on this wise.
Thus (adv.) To this degree
or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.
Thussock (n.) See Tussock.
Thuya (n.) Same as Thuja.
Thuyin (n.) A substance
extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with
quercitrin.
Thwacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Thwack
Thwacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thwack
Thwack (v. t.) To strike
with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
Thwack (v. t.) To fill to
overflow.
Thwack (n.) A heavy blow
with something flat or heavy; a thump.
Thwaite (n.) The twaite.
Thwaite (n.) Forest land
cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
Thwart (a.) Situated or
placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
Thwart (a.) Fig.:
Perverse; crossgrained.
Thwart (a.) Thwartly;
obliquely; transversely; athwart.
Thwart (prep.) Across;
athwart.
Thwart (n.) A seat in an
open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
Thwarted (imp. & p. p.) of
Thwart
Thwarting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thwart
Thwart (v. t.) To move
across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
Thwart (v. t.) To cross,
as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate
or defeat.
Thwart (v. i.) To move or
go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to
be in opposition; to clash.
Thwarter (n.) A disease in
sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
Thwartingly (adv.) In a
thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwartly (adv.)
Transversely; obliquely.
Thwartness (n.) The
quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
Thwite (v. t.) To cut or
clip with a knife; to whittle.
Thwittle (v. t.) To cut or
whittle.
Thwittle (n.) A small
knife; a whittle.
Thy (pron.) Of thee, or
belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; --
used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in
poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
Thyine wood () The fragrant and
beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called
Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic
resin called sandarach.
Thylacine (n.) The zebra
wolf. See under Wolf.
Thymate (n.) A compound of
thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.
Thyme (n.) Any plant of
the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent
aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
Thymene (n.) A liquid
terpene obtained from oil of thyme.
Thymiatechny (n.) The art
of employing perfumes in medicine.
Thymic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thymus gland.
Thymic (a.) Pertaining to,
or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.
Thymol (n.) A phenol
derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme,
and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and
strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.
Thymus (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or designating, the thymus gland.
Thymus (n.) The thymus
gland.
Thymy (a.) Abounding with
thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.
Thyro- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the
thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.
Thyroarytenoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.
Thyrohyal (n.) One of the
lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid
bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.
Thyrohyoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.
Thyroid (a.) Shaped like
an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.
Thyroid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery;
thyroideal.
Thyroideal (a.) Thyroid.
Thyrotomy (n.) The
operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.
Thyrse (n.) A thyrsus.
Thyrsoid (a.) Alt. of
Thyrsoidal
Thyrsoidal (a.) Having
somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
Thyrsi (pl. ) of Thyrsus
Thyrsus (n.) A staff
entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy
leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs
and others engaging in Bacchic rites.
Thyrsus (n.) A species of
inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
Thysanopter (n.) One of
the Thysanoptera.
Thysanoptera (n. pl.) A
division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded
by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have
narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species
feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very
injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips.
Thysanopteran (n.) One of
the Thysanoptera.
Thysanopterous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Thysanoptera.
Thysanura (n. pl.) An
order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either
bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises
the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also
Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.
Thysanuran (n.) One of the
Thysanura. Also used adjectively.
Thysanurous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Thysanura.
Thysbe (n.) A common
clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).
Thyself (pron.) An
emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a
subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go,
and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou,
and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.
Tiar (n.) A tiara.
Tiara (n.) A form of
headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara
was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people
were flexible, or had rims turned over.
Tiara (n.) The pope's
triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed
with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The
papal dignity.
Tiaraed (a.) Adorned with,
or wearing, a tiara.
Tib-cat (n.) A female cat.
Tibiae (pl. ) of Tibia
Tibia (n.) The inner, or
preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below
the knee.
Tibia (n.) The fourth
joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
Tibia (n.) A musical
instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
Tibial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tibia.
Tibial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a pipe or flute.
Tibial (n.) A tibial bone;
a tibiale.
Tibialia (pl. ) of Tibiale
Tibiale (n.) The bone or
cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a
part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
Tibicinate (v. i.) To play
on a tibia, or pipe.
Tibio- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tibia; as,
tibiotarsus, tibiofibular.
Tibiotarsal (a.) Of or
pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal
articulation.
Tibiotarsal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tibiotarsus.
Tibiotarsi (pl. ) of
Tibiotarsus
Tibiotarsus (n.) The large
bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by
the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.
Tibrie (n.) The pollack.
Tic (n.) A local and
habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some
of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.
Tical (n.) A bean-shaped
coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy.
Tical (n.) A money of
account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces
avoirdupois.
Tice (v. t.) To entice.
Tice (n.) A ball bowled to
strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
Ticement (n.) Enticement.
Tichorrhine (n.) A fossil
rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy
rhinoceros.
Tick (n.) Credit; trust;
as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
Tick (v. i.) To go on
trust, or credit.
Tick (v. i.) To give tick;
to trust.
Tick (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck
the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they
become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species
often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at
first but six legs.
Tick (n.) Any one of
several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless
body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
Tick (n.) The cover, or
case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or
other filling.
Tick (n.) Ticking. See
Ticking, n.
Ticked (imp. & p. p.) of
Tick
Ticking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tick
Tick (v. i.) To make a
small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
Tick (v. i.) To strike
gently; to pat.
Tick (n.) A quick, audible
beat, as of a clock.
Tick (n.) Any small mark
intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
Tick (n.) The whinchat; --
so called from its note.
Tick (v. t.) To check off
by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Ticken (n.) See Ticking.
Ticker (n.) One who, or
that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a
telegraphic sounder, etc.
Ticket (v.) A small piece
of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or
distinguishing token of something.
Ticket (v.) A little note
or notice.
Ticket (v.) A tradesman's
bill or account.
Ticket (v.) A certificate
or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public
conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
Ticket (v.) A label to
show the character or price of goods.
Ticket (v.) A certificate
or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods,
or the like.
Ticket (v.) A printed list
of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party
for election; a ballot.
Ticketed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ticket
Ticketing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ticket
Ticket (v. t.) To
distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
Ticket (v. t.) To furnish
with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.
Ticketing (n.) A
periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the
tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
Ticking (n.) A strong,
closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is
usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; --
called also ticken.
Tickled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tickle
Tickling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tickle
Tickle (v. t.) To touch
lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes
laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.
Tickle (v. t.) To please;
to gratify; to make joyous.
Tickle (v. i.) To feel
titillation.
Tickle (v. i.) To excite
the sensation of titillation.
Tickle (a.) Ticklish;
easily tickled.
Tickle (a.) Liable to
change; uncertain; inconstant.
Tickle (a.) Wavering, or
liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.
Tickle-footed (a.)
Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
Ticklenburg (n.) A coarse,
mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
Tickleness (n.)
Unsteadiness.
Tickler (n.) One who, or
that which, tickles.
Tickler (n.) Something
puzzling or difficult.
Tickler (n.) A book
containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their
maturity.
Tickler (n.) A prong used
by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
Ticklish (a.) Sensible to
slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the
hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
Ticklish (a.) Standing so
as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily
affected; unstable.
Ticklish (a.) Difficult;
nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
Tickseed (n.) A seed or
fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
Tickseed (n.) Same as
Coreopsis.
Tickseed (n.) Any plant of
the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
Ticktack (n.) A noise like
that made by a clock or a watch.
Ticktack (n.) A kind of
backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Ticktack (adv.) With a
ticking noise, like that of a watch.
Ticpolonga (n.) A very
venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also
cobra monil.
Tid (a.) Tender; soft;
nice; -- now only used in tidbit.
Tidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and
falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
Tidbit (n.) A delicate or
tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
Tidde (obs.) imp. of Tide,
v. i.
Tidder (v. t.) Alt. of
Tiddle
Tiddle (v. t.) To use with
tenderness; to fondle.
Tide (prep.) Time; period;
season.
Tide (prep.) The alternate
rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc.,
connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the
space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the
attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times
that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the
earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth
is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and
moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their
action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring
tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter,
the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction,
thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.
Tide (prep.) A stream;
current; flood; as, a tide of blood.
Tide (prep.) Tendency or
direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
Tide (prep.) Violent
confluence.
Tide (prep.) The period of
twelve hours.
Tide (v. t.) To cause to
float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
Tide (n.) To betide; to
happen.
Tide (n.) To pour a tide
or flood.
Tide (n.) To work into or
out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes
adverse.
Tided (a.) Affected by the
tide; having a tide.
Tideless (a.) Having no
tide.
Tide-rode (a.) Swung by
the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
Tidesmen (pl. ) of
Tidesman
Tidesman (n.) A
customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of
the duties; a tidewaiter.
Tidewaiter (n.) A
customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in
order to secure payment of duties.
Tideway (n.) Channel in
which the tide sets.
Tidife (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Tidily (adv.) In a tidy
manner.
Tidiness (n.) The quality
or state of being tidy.
Tiding (n.) Tidings.
Tidings (n.) Account of
what has taken place, and was not before known; news.
Tidley (n.) The wren.
Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Tidology (n.) A discourse
or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
Tidy (n.) The wren; --
called also tiddy.
Tidy (superl.) Being in
proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.
Tidy (superl.) Arranged in
good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or
habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the
apartments are well furnished and tidy.
Tidies (pl. ) of Tidy
Tidy (n.) A cover, often
of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the
arms of a sofa, or the like.
Tidy (n.) A child's
pinafore.
Tidied (imp. & p. p.) of
Tidy
Tidying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tidy
Tidy (v. t.) To put in
proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.
Tidy (v. i.) To make
things tidy.
Tidytips (n.) A California
composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped
with white.
Ties (pl. ) of Tie
Tie (v. t.) A knot; a
fastening.
Tie (v. t.) A bond; an
obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the
ties of allegiance.
Tie (v. t.) A knot of
hair, as at the back of a wig.
Tie (v. t.) An equality in
numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being
victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
Tie (v. t.) A beam or rod
for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which
support the track and keep it in place.
Tie (v. t.) A line,
usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over
or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in
the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a
bind; a ligature.
Tie (v. t.) Low shoes
fastened with lacings.
Tied (imp. & p. p.) of Tie
Tight () of Tie
Tying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Tie
Tie (v. t.) To fasten with
a band or cord and knot; to bind.
Tie (v. t.) To form, as a
knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot
in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.
Tie (v. t.) To unite
firmly; to fasten; to hold.
Tie (v. t.) To hold or
constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to
constrain; to restrain; to confine.
Tie (v. t.) To unite, as
notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
Tie (v. t.) To make an
equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
Tie (v. i.) To make a tie;
to make an equal score.
Tiebar (n.) A flat bar
used as a tie.
Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting
as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from
thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
Tier (n.) One who, or that
which, ties.
Tier (n.) A chold's apron
covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
Tier (v. t.) A row or
rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than,
another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
Tierce (n.) A cask whose
content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid
measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
Tierce (n.) A cask larger
than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt
provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
Tierce (n.) The third tone
of the scale. See Mediant.
Tierce (n.) A sequence of
three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called
tierce-major.
Tierce (n.) A position in
thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
Tierce (n.) The third hour
of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service
appointed for that hour.
Tierce (a.) Divided into
three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
Tiercel (n.) Alt. of
Tiercelet
Tiercelet (n.) The male of
various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
Tierce-major (n.) See
Tierce, 4.
Tiercet (n.) A triplet;
three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Tie-rod (n.) A rod used as
a tie. See Tie.
Tiers etat () The third estate,
or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so
called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.
Tietick (n.) The meadow
pipit.
Tiewig (n.) A wig having a
tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the
head.
Tiff (n.) Liquor;
especially, a small draught of liquor.
Tiff (n.) A fit of anger
or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Tiffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tiff
Tiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tiff
Tiff (v. i.) To be in a
pet.
Tiff (v. t.) To deck out;
to dress.
Tiffany (n.) A species of
gause, or very silk.
Tiffin (n.) A lunch, or
slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English
word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.
Tiffish (a.) Inclined to
tiffs; peevish; petulant.
Tift (n.) A fit of
pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
Tig (n.) A game among
children. See Tag.
Tig (n.) A capacious,
flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for
passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Tigella (n.) That part of
an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
Tigelle (n.) Same as
Tigella.
Tiger (n.) A very large
and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East
Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with
black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white.
When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also
royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
Tiger (n.) Fig.: A
ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
Tiger (n.) A servant in
livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Tiger (n.) A kind of growl
or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Tiger (n.) A pneumatic box
or pan used in refining sugar.
Tiger-eye (n.) A siliceous
stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much
used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See
Crocidolite.
Tiger-foot (n.) Same as
Tiger's-foot.
Tiger-footed (a.)
Hastening to devour; furious.
Tigerine (a.) Tigerish;
tigrine.
Tigerish (a.) Like a
tiger; tigrish.
Tiger's-foot (n.) A name
given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in
pedate fashion.
Tigh (n.) A close, or
inclosure; a croft.
Tight () p. p. of Tie.
Tight (superl.) Firmly
held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
Tight (superl.) Close, so
as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight
ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second
member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
Tight (superl.) Fitting
close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
Tight (superl.) Not
ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tight (superl.) Close;
parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
Tight (superl.) Not slack
or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like,
extended or stretched out.
Tight (superl.) Handy;
adroit; brisk.
Tight (superl.) Somewhat
intoxicated; tipsy.
Tight (superl.) Pressing;
stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market.
Cf. Easy, 7.
Tight (v. t.) To tighten.
Tightened (imp. & p. p.)
of Tighten
Tightening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tighten
Tighten (v. t.) To draw
tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Tightener (n.) That which
tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
Tighter (n.) A ribbon or
string used to draw clothes closer.
Tightly (adv.) In a tight
manner; closely; nearly.
Tightness (n.) The quality
or condition of being tight.
Tights (n. pl.)
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
Tiglic (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid),
homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton
Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.
Tigress (n.) The female of
the tiger.
Tigrine (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
Tigrine (a.) Resembling
the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.
Tigrish (a.) Resembling a
tiger; tigerish.
Tike (n.) A tick. See 2d
Tick.
Tike (n.) A dog; a cur.
Tike (n.) A countryman or
clown; a boorish person.
Tikus (n.) The bulau.
Til (prep. & conj.) See
Till.
Tilburies (pl. ) of
Tilbury
Tilbury (n.) A kind of gig
or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.
Tilde (n.) The accentual
mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, –, /],
indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be
preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
Tile (v. t.) To protect
from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile (n.) A plate, or thin
piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for
drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
Tile (n.) A small slab of
marble or other material used for flooring.
Tile (n.) A plate of metal
used for roofing.
Tile (n.) A small, flat
piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are
fused.
Tile (n.) A draintile.
Tile (n.) A stiff hat.
Tiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tile
Tiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tile
Tile (v. t.) To cover with
tiles; as, to tile a house.
Tile (v. t.) Fig.: To
cover, as if with tiles.
Tile-drain (v. t.) To
drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
Tilefish (n.) A large,
edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less
thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.
Tiler (n.) A man whose
occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.
Tiler (n.) A doorkeeper or
attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.
Tileries (pl. ) of Tilery
Tilery (n.) A place where
tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
Tilestone (n.) A kind of
laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper
Silurian.
Tilestone (n.) A tile of
stone.
Tiliaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the
linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a
valuable fiber, as the jute.
Tiling (n.) A surface
covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.
Tiling (n.) Tiles,
collectively.
Till (n.) A vetch; a tare.
Till (n.) A drawer.
Till (n.) A tray or drawer
in a chest.
Till (n.) A money drawer
in a shop or store.
Till (n.) A deposit of
clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means
of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to
alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if
formed in the same manner.
Till (n.) A kind of
coarse, obdurate land.
Till (v. t.) To; unto; up
to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also,
of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England
and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
Till (conj.) As far as; up
to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the
time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
Tilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Till
Tilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Till
Till (prep.) To plow and
prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as,
to till the earth, a field, a farm.
Till (prep.) To prepare;
to get.
Till (v. i.) To cultivate
land.
Tillable (a.) Capable of
being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
Tillage (n.) The
operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping
the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
Tillage (n.) A place
tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Tillandsia (n.) A genus of
epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical
America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and
Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great
hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing
mattresses.
Tiller (v. t.) One who
tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Tiller (n.) A shoot of a
plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
Tiller (n.) A sprout or
young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Tiller (n.) A young timber
tree.
Tillered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tiller
Tillering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tiller
Tiller (v. i.) To put
forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as,
wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.
Tiller (n.) A lever of
wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in
steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is
moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
Tiller (n.) The stalk, or
handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
Tiller (n.) The handle of
anything.
Tiller (n.) A small
drawer; a till.
Tilley () Alt. of Tilley seed
Tilley seed () The seeds of a
small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish
croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
Tillmen (pl. ) of Tillman
Tillman (n.) A man who
tills the earth; a husbandman.
Tillodont (n.) One of the
Tillodontia.
Tillodontia (n. pl.) An
extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are
related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
Tillet (n.) A bag made of
thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.
Tillow (v. i.) See 3d
Tiller.
Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or
a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive
of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.
Tilmus (n.) Floccillation.
Tilt (n.) A covering
overhead; especially, a tent.
Tilt (n.) The cloth
covering of a cart or a wagon.
Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of
a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tilted (imp. & p. p.) of
Tilt
Tilting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tilt
Tilt (v. t.) To cover with
a tilt, or awning.
Tilt (v. t.) To incline;
to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
Tilt (v. t.) To point or
thrust, as a lance.
Tilt (v. t.) To point or
thrust a weapon at.
Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or
forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Tilt (v. i.) To run or
ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of
thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also,
figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen
tilting with lances.
Tilt (v. i.) To lean; to
fall partly over; to tip.
Tilt (n.) A thrust, as
with a lance.
Tilt (n.) A military
exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances;
a tournament.
Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer,
in the Vocabulary.
Tilt (n.) Inclination
forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
Tilter (n.) One who tilts,
or jousts; hence, one who fights.
Tilter (n.) One who
operates a tilt hammer.
Tilth (n.) The state of
being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
Tilth (n.) That which is
tilled; tillage ground.
Tilt hammer () A tilted hammer; a
heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or
wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
Tilting (n.) The act of
one who tilts; a tilt.
Tilting (n.) The process
by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
Tilt-mill (n.) A mill
where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
Til tree () See Teil.
Tilt-up (n.) Same as
Tip-up.
Tilt-yard (n.) A yard or
place for tilting.
Timal (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Timaline (a.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers
thrushes, and bulbuls.
Timbal (n.) A kettledrum.
See Tymbal.
Timber (n.) A certain
quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between
boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; --
called also timmer.
Timber (n.) The crest on a
coat of arms.
Timber (v. t.) To surmount
as a timber does.
Timber (n.) That sort of
wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages,
fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of
those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
Timber (n.) The body,
stem, or trunk of a tree.
Timber (n.) Fig.: Material
for any structure.
Timber (n.) A single piece
or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively,
the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or
other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
Timber (n.) Woods or
forest; wooden land.
Timber (n.) A rib, or a
curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a
vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
Timbered (imp. & p. p.) of
Timber
Timbering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Timber
Timber (v. t.) To furnish
with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
Timber (v. i.) To light on
a tree.
Timber (v. i.) To make a
nest.
Timbered (a.) Furnished
with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered
house.
Timbered (a.) Built;
formed; contrived.
Timbered (a.) Massive,
like timber.
Timbered (a.) Covered with
growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
Timberhead (n.) The top
end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.;
-- called also kevel head.
Timbering (n.) The act of
furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
Timberling (n.) A small
tree.
Timbermen (pl. ) of
Timberman
Timberman (n.) A man
employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
Timberwork (n.) Work made
of timbers.
Timbre (n.) See 1st
Timber.
Timbre (n.) The crest on a
coat of arms.
Timbre (n.) The quality or
tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the
timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under
Partial.
Timbrel (n.) A kind of
drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
Timbreled (a.) Alt. of
Timbrelled
Timbrelled (a.) Sung to
the sound of the timbrel.
Timburine (n.) A
tambourine.
Times (pl. ) of Time
Time (n.) Duration,
considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms
which designate limited portions thereof.
Time (n.) A particular
period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion
of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
Time (n.) The period at
which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the
Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the
plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
Time (n.) The duration of
one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
Time (n.) A proper time; a
season; an opportunity.
Time (n.) Hour of travail,
delivery, or parturition.
Time (n.) Performance or
occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition;
addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four
times four, or sixteen.
Time (n.) The present
life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as
contrasted with infinite, duration.
Time (n.) Tense.
Time (n.) The measured
duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as,
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
Timed (imp. & p. p.) of
Time
Timing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Time
Time (v. t.) To appoint
the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he
timed his appearance rightly.
Time (v. t.) To regulate
as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Time (v. t.) To ascertain
or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or
hours for workmen.
Time (v. t.) To measure,
as in music or harmony.
Time (v. i.) To keep or
beat time; to proceed or move in time.
Time (v. i.) To pass time;
to delay.
Timeful (a.) Seasonable;
timely; sufficiently early.
Time-honored (a.) Honored
for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long
continuance.
Timekeeper (n.) A clock,
watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
Timekeeper (n.) A person
who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.
Timekeeper (n.) A person
who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
Timekeeper (n.) One who
gives the time for the departure of conveyances.
Timekeeper (n.) One who
marks the time in musical performances.
Timekeeper (n.) One
appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other
contests.
Timeless (a.) Done at an
improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
Timeless (a.) Done or
occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave.
Timeless (a.) Having no
end; interminable; unending.
Timelessly (adv.) In a
timeless manner; unseasonably.
Timeliness (n.) The
quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.
Timeling (n.) A
timeserver.
Timely (superl.) Being or
occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.
Timely (superl.) Keeping
time or measure.
Timely (adv.) Early; soon;
in good season.
Timenoguy (n.) A rope
carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running
rigging in working a ship.
Timeous (a.) Timely;
seasonable.
Timepiece (n.) A clock,
watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a
chronometer.
Timepleaser (n.) One who
complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.
Timer (n.) A timekeeper;
especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of
stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
Timesaving (a.) Saving
time; as, a timesaving expedient.
Timeserver (n.) One who
adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with
the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
Timeserving (a.)
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in
power.
Timeserving (n.) An
obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in
power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's
integrity.
Time-table (n.) A tabular
statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take
place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad
trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
Time-table (n.) A plane
surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and
in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually
movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.
Time-table (n.) A table
showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
Timid (a.) Wanting courage
to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Timidity (n.) The quality
or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
Timidous (a.) Timid.
Timist (n.) A performer
who keeps good time.
Timist (n.) A timeserver.
Timmer (n.) Same as 1st
Timber.
Timocracy (n.) A state in
which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
Timocracy (n.) A state in
which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
Timocratic (a.) Belonging
to, or constituted by, timocracy.
Timoneer (n.) A helmsman.
Timorous (a.) Fearful of
danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Timorous (a.) Indicating,
or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.
Timorsome (a.) Easily
frightened; timorous.
Timothy () Alt. of Timothy grass
Timothy grass () A kind of grass
(Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in
England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for
fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.
Timous (a.) Timely;
seasonable.
Timpani (pl. ) of Timpano
Timpano (n.) See Tympano.
Tim-whiskey (n.) A kind of
carriage. See Whiskey.
Tin (n.) An elementary
substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft
white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when
heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron
to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the
reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other
alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn
(Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
Tin (n.) Thin plates of
iron covered with tin; tin plate.
Tin (n.) Money.
Tinned (imp. & p. p.) of
Tin
Tinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tin
Tin (v. t.) To cover with
tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
Tinamides (n. pl.) A
division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
Tinamou (n.) Any one of
several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.
Tincal (n.) Crude native
borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric
compounds. Cf. Borax.
Tinchel (n.) A circle of
sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in,
bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
Tinct (a.) Tined; tinged.
Tinct (n.) Color; tinge;
tincture; tint.
Tinct (v. t.) To color or
stain; to imblue; to tint.
Tinctorial (a.) Of or
relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.
Tincture (n.) A tinge or
shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
Tincture (n.) One of the
metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
Tincture (n.) The finer
and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a
part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
Tincture (n.) A solution
(commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less
diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
Tincture (n.) A slight
taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
Tincture (n.) A slight
quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.
Tinctured (imp. & p. p.)
of Tincture
Tincturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tincture
Tincture (v. t.) To
communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some
extraneous matter.
Tincture (v. t.) To imbue
the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
Tind (v. t.) To kindle.
Tindal (n.) A petty
officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a
cockswain.
Tindal (n.) An attendant
on an army.
Tinder (n.) Something very
inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Tine (n.) Trouble;
distress; teen.
Tine (v. t.) To kindle; to
set on fire.
Tine (v. i.) To kindle; to
rage; to smart.
Tine (v. t.) To shut in,
or inclose.
Tine (n.) A tooth, or
spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
Tinea (n.) A name applied
to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
Tinea (n.) A genus of
small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
Tinean (n.) Any species of
Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of
which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used
adjectively.
Tined (a.) Furnished with
tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Tineid (n.) Same as
Tinean.
Tinemen (pl. ) of Tineman
Tineman (n.) An officer of
the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.
Tinet (n.) Brushwood and
thorns for making and repairing hedges.
Ting (n.) A sharp sound,
as of a bell; a tinkling.
Ting (v. i.) To sound or
ring, as a bell; to tinkle.
Ting (n.) The apartment in
a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
Tinged (imp. & p. p.) of
Tinge
Tingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tinge
Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or
impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a
bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance,
either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color
slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with
a yellow color by saffron.
Tinge (n.) A degree,
usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused
into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue;
shade; taste.
Tingent (a.) Having the
power to tinge.
Tinger (n.) One who, or
that which, tinges.
Tingid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Tingis.
Tingis (n.) A genus of
small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves.
See Illustration in Appendix.
Tingled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tingle
Tingling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tingle
Tingle (v. i.) To feel a
kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
Tingle (v. i.) To feel a
sharp, thrilling pain.
Tingle (v. i.) To have, or
to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.
Tink (v. i.) To make a
sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.
Tink (n.) A sharp, quick
sound; a tinkle.
Tinker (n.) A mender of
brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
Tinker (n.) One skilled in
a variety of small mechanical work.
Tinker (n.) A small mortar
on the end of a staff.
Tinker (n.) A young
mackerel about two years old.
Tinker (n.) The chub
mackerel.
Tinker (n.) The
silversides.
Tinker (n.) A skate.
Tinker (n.) The
razor-billed auk.
Tinkered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tinker
Tinkering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tinker
Tinker (v. t.) To mend or
solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
Tinker (v. i.) To busy
one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be
occupied with small mechanical works.
Tinkering (n.) The act or
work of a tinker.
Tinkerly (a.) After the
manner of a tinker.
Tinkershire (n.) Alt. of
Tinkle
Tinkle (n.) The common
guillemot.
Tinkle (v. i.) To make, or
give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to
clink.
Tinkle (v. i.) To hear, or
resound with, a small, sharp sound.
Tinkled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tinkle
Tinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tinkle
Tinkle (v. t.) To cause to
clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tinkle (n.) A small,
sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
Tinkler (n.) A tinker.
Tinkling (n.) A tinkle, or
succession of tinkles.
Tinkling (n.) A grackle
(Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic
cattle, and rids them of insects.
Tinmen (pl. ) of Tinman
Tinman (n.) A manufacturer
of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
Tinmouth (n.) The crappie.
Tinned (a.) Covered, or
plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.
Tinned (a.) Packed in tin
cases; canned; as, tinned meats.
Tinnen (a.) Made or
consisting of tin.
Tinner (n.) One who works
in a tin mine.
Tinner (n.) One who makes,
or works in, tinware; a tinman.
Tinnient (a.) Emitting a
clear sound.
Tinning (n.) The act, art,
or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as
kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.
Tinning (n.) The covering
or lining of tin thus put on.
Tinnitus (n.) A ringing,
whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also
tinnitus aurium.
Tinnock (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Tinny (a.) Pertaining to,
abounding with, or resembling, tin.
Tinsel (n.) A shining
material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth
with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a
thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
Tinsel (n.) Something
shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false
luster, and more gay than valuable.
Tinsel (a.) Showy to
excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.
Tinseled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tinsel
Tinselled () of Tinsel
Tinseling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tinsel
Tinselling () of Tinsel
Tinsel (v. t.) To adorn
with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
Tinselly (a.) Like tinsel;
gaudy; showy, but cheap.
Tinselly (adv.) In a showy
and cheap manner.
Tinsmith (n.) One who
works in tin; a tinner.
Tinstone (n.) Cassiterite.
Tint (n.) A slight
coloring.
Tint (n.) A pale or faint
tinge of any color.
Tint (n.) A color
considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are
different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
Tint (n.) A shaded effect
produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Tinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Tint
Tinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tint
Tint (v. t.) To give a
slight coloring to; to tinge.
Tintamar (n.) A hideous or
confused noise; an uproar.
Tinternell (n.) A certain
old dance.
Tintle (n.) The wren.
Tintinnabular (a.) Alt. of
Tintinnabulary
Tintinnabulary (a.) Having
or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
Tintinnabulation (n.) A
tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
Tintinnabulous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound;
tintinnabular.
Tinto (n.) A red Madeira
wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny
port.
Tintype (n.) Same as
Ferrotype.
Tinware (n.) Articles made
of tinned iron.
Tiny (superl.) Very small;
little; puny.
Tip (n.) The point or
extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as,
the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
Tip (n.) An end piece or
part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end
of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
Tip (n.) A piece of
stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
Tip (n.) A thin, boarded
brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown
from a quarry.
Tipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Tip
Tipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tip
Tip (v. t.) To form a
point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or
silver.
Tip (v. t.) To strike
slightly; to tap.
Tip (v. t.) To bestow a
gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
Tip (v. t.) To lower one
end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
Tip (v. i.) To fall on, or
incline to, one side.
Tip (n.) A light touch or
blow; a tap.
Tip (n.) A gift; a
douceur; a fee.
Tip (n.) A hint, or secret
intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
Tipcart (n.) A cart so
constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.
Tipcat (n.) A game in
which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or
struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
Tipper (n.) A kind of ale
brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from
the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
Tippet (n.) A cape, or
scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually
made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
Tippet (n.) A length of
twisted hair or gut in a fish line.
Tippet (n.) A handful of
straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
Tipping (n.) A distinct
articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue
against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
Tippled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tipple
Tippling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tipple
Tipple (v. i.) To drink
spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper
used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities,
but without absolute drunkeness.
Tipple (v. t.) To drink,
as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Tipple (v. t.) To put up
in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Tipple (n.) Liquor taken
in tippling; drink.
Tippled (a.) Intoxicated;
inebriated; tipsy; drunk.
Tippler (n.) One who keeps
a tippling-house.
Tippler (n.) One who
habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he
becomes intoxicated or not.
Tippling-house (n.) A
house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the
premises.
Tipsify (v. t.) To make
tipsy.
Tipsily (adv.) In a tipsy
manner; like one tipsy.
Tipsiness (n.) The state
of being tipsy.
Tipstaff (pl. ) of
Tipstaff
Tipstaff (n.) A staff
tipped with metal.
Tipstaff (n.) An officer
who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
Tipsy (superl.) Being
under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not
absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
Tipsy (superl.)
Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
Tiptoes (pl. ) of Tiptoe
Tiptoe (n.) The end, or
tip, of the toe.
Tiptoe (a.) Being on
tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted;
also, alert.
Tiptoe (a.) Noiseless;
stealthy.
Tiptoe (v. i.) To step or
walk on tiptoe.
Tiptop (n.) The highest or
utmost degree; the best of anything.
Tiptop (a.) Very
excellent; most excellent; perfect.
Tipulae (pl. ) of Tipula
Tipulas (pl. ) of Tipula
Tipula (n.) Any one of
many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied
genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
Tipulary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tipulas.
Tip-up (n.) The spotted
sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.
Tirade (n.) A declamatory
strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or
harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Tirailleur (n.) Formerly,
a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used
sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to
check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
Tire (n.) A tier, row, or
rank. See Tier.
Tire (n.) Attire; apparel.
Tire (n.) A covering for
the head; a headdress.
Tire (n.) A child's apron,
covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
Tire (n.) Furniture;
apparatus; equipment.
Tire (n.) A hoop or band,
as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength
and receive the wear.
Tire (v. t.) To adorn; to
attire; to dress.
Tire (v. i.) To seize,
pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
Tire (v. i.) To seize,
rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
Tired (imp. & p. p.) of
Tire
Tiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tire
Tire (v. i.) To become
weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience
exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
Tire (v. t.) To exhaust
the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out
(one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
Tired (a.) Weary;
fatigued; exhausted.
Tiredness (n.) The state
of being tired, or weary.
Tireless (a.) Untiring.
Tireling (a.) Tired;
fatigued.
Tiresome (a.) Fitted or
tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome
journey; a tiresome discourse.
Tire-women (pl. ) of
Tire-woman
Tire-woman (n.) A lady's
maid.
Tire-woman (n.) A dresser
in a theater.
Tiring-house (n.) A
tiring-room.
Tiring-room (n.) The room
or place where players dress for the stage.
Tirma (n.) The oyster
catcher.
Tiro (n.) Same as Tyro.
T iron () See under T.
Tironian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him
into ancient Rome.
Tirralirra (n.) A verbal
imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.
Tirrit (n.) A word from
the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably
meaning terror.
Tirwit (n.) The lapwing.
'T is () A common contraction of
it is.
Tisane (n.) See Ptisan.
Tisar (n.) The fireplace
at the side of an annealing oven.
Tisic (a.) Alt. of Tisical
Tisical (a.) Consumptive,
phthisical.
Tisic (n.) Consumption;
phthisis. See Phthisis.
Tisicky (a.) Consumptive,
phthisical.
Tisri (n.) The seventh
month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a
part of October.
Tissue (n.) A woven
fabric.
Tissue (n.) A fine
transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven
with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
Tissue (n.) One of the
elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized
function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as,
epithelial tissue; connective tissue.
Tissue (n.) Fig.: Web;
texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries,
or of falsehood.
Tissued (imp. & p. p.) of
Tissue
Tissuing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tissue
Tissue (v. t.) To form
tissue of; to interweave.
Tissued (a.) Clothed in,
or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers.
Tit (n.) A small horse.
Tit (n.) A woman; -- used
in contempt.
Tit (n.) A morsel; a bit.
Tit (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and
Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
Tit (n.) The European
meadow pipit; a titlark.
Titan (a.) Titanic.
Titanate (n.) A salt of
titanic acid.
Titanic (a.) Of or
relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in
size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
Titanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically,
designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as
contrasted with the titanous compounds.
Titaniferous (a.)
Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.
Titanite (n.) See Sphene.
Titanitic (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.
Titanium (n.) An
elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene,
etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic
luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.
Titano- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some
other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.
Titanotherium (n.) A large
American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the
extinct Brontotherium.
Titanous (a.) Designating
certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as
contrasted with titanic compounds.
Titbit (n.) Same as
Tidbit.
Tith (a.) Tight; nimble.
Tithable (a.) Subject to
the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.
Tithe (n.) A tenth; the
tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from
the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in
England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of
England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.
Tithe (n.) Hence, a small
part or proportion.
Tithe (a.) Tenth.
Tithed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tithe
Tithing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tithe
Tithe (v. t.) To levy a
tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Tithe (v. i.) Tp pay
tithes.
Tither (n.) One who
collects tithes.
Tither (n.) One who pays
tithes.
Tithing (n.) The act of
levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
Tithing (n.) A number or
company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or
frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
Tithingmen (pl. ) of
Tithingman
Tithingman (n.) The chief
man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Tithingman (n.) A peace
officer; an under constable.
Tithingman (n.) A parish
officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine
service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the
observance of the Sabbath.
Tithly (a.) Tightly;
nimbly.
Tithonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects;
actinic.
Tithonicity (n.) The state
or property of being tithonic; actinism.
Tithonographic (a.) Of,
relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
Tithonometer (n.) An
instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
Tithymal (n.) Any kind of
spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
Titi (n.) Same as Teetee.
Titillated (imp. & p. p.)
of Titillate
Titillating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Titillate
Titillate (v. t. & i.) To
tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
Titillation (n.) The act
of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.
Titillation (n.) Any
pleasurable sensation.
Titillative (a.) Tending
or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
Titlark (n.) Any one of
numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera,
which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw;
especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
Title (n.) An inscription
put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
Title (n.) The inscription
in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the
author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
Title (n.) The panel for
the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
Title (n.) A section or
division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a
chapter or division of a law book.
Title (n.) An appellation
of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to
persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
Title (n.) A name; an
appellation; a designation.
Title (n.) That which
constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation
of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an
estate, or an imperfect title.
Title (n.) The instrument
which is evidence of a right.
Title (n.) That by which a
beneficiary holds a benefice.
Title (n.) A church to
which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
Titled (imp. & p. p.) of
Title
Titling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Title
Title (n.) To call by a
title; to name; to entitle.
Titled (a.) Having or
bearing a title.
Titleless (a.) Not having
a title or name; without legitimate title.
Title-page (n.) The page
of a book which contains it title.
Titler (n.) A large
truncated cone of refined sugar.
Titling (n.) The hedge
sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place
for depositing its own eggs.
Titling (n.) The meadow
pipit.
Titling (n.) Stockfish; --
formerly so called in customhouses.
Titmal (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Titmice (pl. ) of Titmouse
Titmouse (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and
allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
Titrated (imp. & p. p.) of
Titrate
Titrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Titrate
Titrate (n.) To analyse,
or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized
solution, under Solution.
Titrated (a.)
Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.
Titration (n.) The act or
process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.
Tittered (imp. & p. p.) of
Titter
Tittering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Titter
Titter (v. t.) To laugh
with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with
restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.
Titter (n.) A restrained
laugh.
Titter (v. i.) To seesaw.
See Teeter.
Titterel (n.) The
whimbrel.
Titter-totter (v. i.) See
Teeter.
Tittimouse (n.) Titmouse.
Tittle (n.) A particle; a
minute part; a jot; an iota.
Tittlebat (n.) The
three-spined stickleback.
Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle,
trifling talk; empty prattle.
Tittle-tattle (n.) An
idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
Tittle-tattle (v. i.) To
talk idly; to prate.
Tittle-tattling (n.) The
act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.
Titty (n.) A little teat;
a nipple.
Titubate (v. i.) To
stumble.
Titubate (v. i.) To rock
or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
Titubation (n.) The act of
stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
Titular (a.) Existing in
title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without
discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
Titular (n.) A titulary.
Titularity (n.) The
quality or state of being titular.
Titularly (adv.) In a
titular manner; nominally; by title only.
Titularies (pl. ) of
Titulary
Titulary (n.) A person
invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice,
whether he performs the duties of it or not.
Titulary (a.) Consisting
in a title; titular.
Titulary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a title.
Tituled (a.) Having a
title.
Tiver (n.) A kind of ocher
which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.
Tiver (v. t.) To mark with
tiver.
Tivy (adv.) With great
speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.
Tiza (n.) See Ulexite.
Tmesis (n.) The separation
of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in
what place soever, for whatsoever place.
To- (prep.) An obsolete
intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat,
to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the
Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
To (prep.) The preposition
to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a
place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without
arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from.
To (prep.) Hence, it
indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an
aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement,
or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.
To (prep.) In a very
general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects
transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns,
and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its
sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or
appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep
this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the
mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
To (prep.) As sign of the
infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive
as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or
adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good
for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the
almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no
prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject;
thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble,
i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or
purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what
went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).
To (prep.) In many
phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or
is used elliptically.
To (prep.) Extent; limit;
degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of
three hundred.
To (prep.) Effect; end;
consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to
his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
To (prep.) Apposition;
connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.
To (prep.) Accord;
adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
To (prep.) Comparison; as,
three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will
offend him.
To (prep.) Addition;
union; accumulation.
To (prep.) Accompaniment;
as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.
To (prep.) Character;
condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled.
Toad (n.) Any one of
numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera,
especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in
their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most
of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on
insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that
secrete an acrid fluid.
Toadeater (n.) A fawning,
obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.
Toadfish (n.) Any marine
fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and
bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very
common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo.
Toadfish (n.) The angler.
Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Toadflax (n.) An herb
(Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange
and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
Toadhead (n.) The golden
plover.
Toadish (a.) Like a toad.
Toadlet (n.) A small toad.
Toadstone (n.) A local
name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived
from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains
no ores.
Toadstone (n.) Bufonite,
formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.
Toadstool (n.) A name
given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species
are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.
Toadies (pl. ) of Toady
Toady (n.) A mean
flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Toady (n.) A coarse,
rustic woman.
Toadied (imp. & p. p.) of
Toady
Toadying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toady
Toady (v. t.) To fawn upon
with mean sycophancy.
Toadyism (n.) The practice
of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
Toasted (imp. & p. p.) of
Toast
Toasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toast
Toast (v. t.) To dry and
brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.
Toast (v. t.) To warm
thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
Toast (v. t.) To name when
a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as,
to toast a lady.
Toast (v.) Bread dried and
browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by
putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.
Toast (v.) A lady in honor
of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts
were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.
Toast (v.) Hence, any
person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk;
hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in,"
"The day we celebrate," etc.
Toaster (n.) One who
toasts.
Toaster (n.) A kitchen
utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
Toasting () a. & n. from Toast,
v.
Toastmaster (n.) A person
who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
Toat (n.) The handle of a
joiner's plane.
Tobacco (n.) An American
plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and
chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic.
Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.
Tobacco (n.) The leaves of
the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and
manufactured in various ways.
Tobacconing (n.) Smoking
tobacco.
Tobacconist (n.) A dealer
in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.
Tobacconist (n.) A smoker
of tobacco.
To-beat (v. t.) To beat
thoroughly or severely.
Tobias fish () The lant, or sand
eel.
Tobine (n.) A stout
twilled silk used for dresses.
Tobit (n.) A book of the
Apocrypha.
Toboggan (n.) A kind of
sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting
down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by
dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.
Tobogganed (imp. & p. p.)
of Toboggan
Tobogganing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toboggan
Toboggan (v. i.) To slide
down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
Tobogganer (n.) Alt. of
Tobogganist
Tobogganist (n.) One who
practices tobogganing.
To-break (v. t.) To break
completely; to break in pieces.
To-brest (v. t.) To burst
or break in pieces.
Toccata (n.) An old form
of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style
of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.
Tocher (n.) Dowry brought
by a bride to her husband.
Tockay (n.) A spotted
lizard native of India.
Toco (n.) A toucan
(Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.
Tocology (n.) The science
of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of
parturition.
Tocororo (n.) A cuban
trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the
end.
Tocsin (n.) An alarm bell,
or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
Tod (n.) A bush; a thick
shrub; a bushy clump.
Tod (n.) An old weight
used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
Tod (n.) A fox; --
probably so named from its bushy tail.
Tod (v. t. & i.) To weigh;
to yield in tods.
To-day (prep.) On this
day; on the present day.
To-day (n.) The present
day.
Toddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Toddle
Toddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toddle
Toddle (v. i.) To walk
with short, tottering steps, as a child.
Toddle (n.) A toddling
walk.
Toddler (n.) One who
toddles; especially, a young child.
Toddy (n.) A juice drawn
from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured
from it by fermentation.
Toddy (n.) A mixture of
spirit and hot water sweetened.
To-do (n.) Bustle; stir;
commotion; ado.
Tody (n.) Any one of
several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus.
They are allied to the kingfishers.
Toe (n.) One of the
terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
Toe (n.) The fore part of
the hoof or foot of an animal.
Toe (n.) Anything, or any
part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a
skate.
Toe (n.) The journal, or
pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
Toe (n.) A lateral
projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by
means of which it is moved.
Toe (n.) A projection from
the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
Toed (imp. & p. p.) of Toe
Toeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toe
Toe (v. t.) To touch or
reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.
Toe (v. i.) To hold or
carry the toes (in a certain way).
Toed (a.) Having (such or
so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.
Toed (a.) Having the end
secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a
brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal
nailing.
To-fall (n.) A lean-to.
See Lean-to.
Toffee (n.) Alt. of Toffy
Toffy (n.) Taffy.
Tofore (prep.) Alt. of
Toforn
Toforn (prep.) Before.
Toft (n.) A knoll or hill.
Toft (n.) A grove of
trees; also, a plain.
Toft (n.) A place where a
messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Toftmen (pl. ) of Toftman
Toftman (n.) The owner of
a toft. See Toft, 3.
Tofus (n.) Tophus.
Tofus (n.) Tufa. See under
Tufa, and Toph.
Togas (pl. ) of Toga
Togae (pl. ) of Toga
Toga (n.) The loose outer
garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen
cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the
border of the toga praetexta.
Togated (a.) Dressed in a
toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.
Toged (a.) Togated.
Together (prep.) In
company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in
one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.
Together (prep.) In or
into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to
mix things together.
Together (prep.) In
concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together.
Toggery (n.) Clothes;
garments; dress; as, fishing toggery.
Toggle (n.) A wooden pin
tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in
the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of
button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary
purposes.
Toggle (n.) Two rods or
plates connected by a toggle joint.
Toght (a.) Taut.
Togider (adv.) Alt. of
Togidres
Togidres (adv.) Together.
Togue (n.) The namaycush.
Tohew (v. t.) To hew in
pieces.
Toil (n.) A net or snare;
any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.
Toiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Toil
Toiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toil
Toil (v. i.) To exert
strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with
efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
Toil (v. t.) To weary; to
overlabor.
Toil (v. t.) To labor; to
work; -- often with out.
Toil (v.) Labor with pain
and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
Toiler (n.) One who toils,
or labors painfully.
Toilet (n.) A covering of
linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
Toilet (n.) A dressing
table.
Toilet (n.) Act or mode of
dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet
is perfect.
Toilette (n.) See Toilet,
3.
Toilful (a.) Producing or
involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care.
Toilinette (n.) A cloth,
the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used
for waistcoats.
Toilless (a.) Free from
toil.
Toilsome (a.) Attended
with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
Toise (a.) An old measure
of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
Tokay (n.) A grape of an
oval shape and whitish color.
Tokay (n.) A rich
Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
Token (n.) Something
intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign;
a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
Token (n.) A memorial of
friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in
mind; a memento; a souvenir.
Token (n.) Something given
or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity,
of power, good faith, etc.
Token (n.) A piece of
metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the
name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by
government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value
is much below its nominal value.
Token (n.) A livid spot
upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
Token (n.) Ten and a half
quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some
cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed
on both sides.
Token (n.) A piece of
metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to
partake of the Lord's Supper.
Token (n.) A bit of
leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends
one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
Tokened (imp. & p. p.) of
Token
Tokening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Token
Token (n.) To betoken.
Tokened (a.) Marked by
tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence.
Tokenless (a.) Without a
token.
Tokin (n.) A tocsin.
Tol (v. t.) To take away.
See Toll.
Tola (n.) A weight of
British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
Tolane (n.) A hydrocarbon,
C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced
artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl
acetylene.
Tolbooth (n.) See
Tollbooth.
Told () imp. & p. p. of Tell.
Toled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tole
Toling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tole
Tole (v. t.) To draw, or
cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by
some bait.
Toledo (n.) A sword or
sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th
centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
Tolerabolity (n.) The
quality or state of being tolerable.
Tolerable (a.) Capable of
being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
Tolerable (a.) Moderately
good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as
can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable;
as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable
translation.
Tolerance (n.) The power
or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
Tolerance (n.) The
endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the
expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
Tolerance (n.) The power
possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in
ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
Tolerant (a.) Inclined to
tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
Tolerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Tolerate
Tolerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tolerate
Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer
to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit
negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate
doubtful practices.
Toleration (n.) The act of
tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
Toleration (n.)
Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a
state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or
belief.
Toleration (n.) Hence,
freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of
others, especially in respect to religious matters.
Toll (v. t.) To take away;
to vacate; to annul.
Toll (v. t.) To draw; to
entice; to allure. See Tole.
Toll (v. t.) To cause to
sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the
funeral bell.
Toll (v. t.) To strike, or
to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed
friend.
Toll (v. t.) To call,
summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
Tolled (imp. & p. p.) of
Toll
Tolling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toll
Toll (v. i.) To sound or
ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals,
or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
Toll (n.) The sound of a
bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
Toll (n.) A tax paid for
some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a
bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the
like.
Toll (n.) A liberty to buy
and sell within the bounds of a manor.
Toll (n.) A portion of
grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Toll (v. i.) To pay toll
or tallage.
Toll (v. i.) To take toll;
to raise a tax.
Toll (v. t.) To collect,
as a toll.
Tollable (a.) Subject to
the payment of toll; as, tollable goods.
Tollage (n.) Payment of
toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.
Tollbooth (n.) A place
where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.
Tollbooth (n.) In
Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail.
Tollbooth (v. t.) To
imprison in a tollbooth.
Toller (n.) A toll
gatherer.
Toller (n.) One who tolls
a bell.
Tolletane (a.) Of or
pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo.
Tollgate (n.) A gate where
toll is taken.
Tollhouses (pl. ) of
Tollhouse
Tollhouse (n.) A house
occupied by a receiver of tolls.
Tollmen (pl. ) of Tollman
Tollman (n.) One who
receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer.
Tolmen (n.) See Dolmen.
Tolsester (n.) A toll or
tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants,
for liberty to brew and sell ale.
Tolsey (n.) A tollbooth;
also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.
Tolt (n.) A writ by which
a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.
Toltec (n.) One of a race
which formerly occupied Mexico.
Tolu (n.) A fragrant
balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada.
See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.
Toluate (n.) A salt of any
one of the toluic acids.
Toluene (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and
obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal
tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.
Toluenyl (n.) Tolyl.
Toluic (a.) Pertaining to,
or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related
to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline
substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and
paratoluic acid.
Toluid (n.) A complex
double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white
crystalline substance.
Toluidine (n.) Any one of
three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called
respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the
commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline
substance.
Toluol (n.) Alt. of
Toluole
Toluole (n.) Same as
Toluene.
Toluric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids,
C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.
Tolutation (n.) A pacing
or ambling.
Toluyl (n.) Any one of the
three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
Toluylene (n.) Same as
Stilbene.
Toluylene (n.) Sometimes,
but less properly, tolylene.
Tolyl (n.) The hydrocarbon
radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the
aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.
Tolylene (n.) A
hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene
derivatives.
Tolypeutine (n.) The apar.
Tom (n.) The knave of
trumps at gleek.
Tomahawk (n.) A kind of
war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but
afterwards of iron.
Tomahawked (imp. & p. p.)
of Tomahawk
Tomahawking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tomahawk
Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut,
strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Tomaley (n.) The liver of
the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
Toman (n.) A money of
account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its
average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.
Tomatoes (pl. ) of Tomato
Tomato (n.) The fruit of a
plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant
itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded,
flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow
color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
Tomb (n.) A pit in which
the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
Tomb (n.) A house or
vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the
reception of the dead.
Tomb (n.) A monument
erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Tombed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tomb
Tombing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tomb
Tomb (v. t.) To place in a
tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
Tombac (n.) An alloy of
copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper;
-- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and
when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of
arsenic makes white tombac.
Tombester (n.) A female
dancer.
Tombless (a.) Destitute of
a tomb.
Tomboy (n.) A romping
girl; a hoiden.
Tombstone (n.) A stone
erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
Tomcat (n.) A male cat,
especially when full grown or of large size.
Tomcod (n.) A small edible
American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn
on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish.
See Illust. under Frostfish.
Tomcod (n.) The kingfish.
See Kingfish (a).
Tomcod (n.) The jack. See
2d Jack, 8. (c).
Tome (n.) As many writings
as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually
applied to a ponderous volume.
Tomelet (n.) All small
tome, or volume.
Tomentose (a.) Covered
with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose
membrane.
Tometous (a.) Tomentose.
Tomenta (pl. ) of Tomentum
Tomentum (n.) The closely
matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Tomfool (n.) A great fool;
a trifler.
Tomfoolery (n.) Folly;
trifling.
Tomia (pl. ) of Tomium
Tomium (n.) The cutting
edge of the bill of a bird.
Tomjohn (n.) A kind of
open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.
Tommy (n.) Bread, --
generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily
allowance.
Tommy (n.) A truck, or
barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.
Tomnoddy (n.) A sea bird,
the puffin.
Tomnoddy (n.) A fool; a
dunce; a noddy.
Tomopteris (n.) A genus of
transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They
have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type
of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.
Tomorn (adv.) To-morrow.
Tomorrow (adv.) On the day
after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.
Tomorrow (n.) The day
after the present; the morrow.
Tompion (n.) A stopper of
a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
Tompion (n.) A plug in a
flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
Tompion (n.) The iron
bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
Tompon (n.) An inking pad
used in lithographic printing.
Tomrig (n.) A rude, wild,
wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy.
Tomtit (n.) A titmouse,
esp. the blue titmouse.
Tomtit (n.) The wren.
Tom-tom (n.) See Tam-tam.
Ton () pl. of Toe.
Ton (n.) The common tunny,
or house mackerel.
Ton (n.) The prevailing
fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
Ton (n.) A measure of
weight or quantity.
Ton (n.) The weight of
twenty hundredweight.
Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet
of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of
a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
Ton (n.) A certain weight
or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six
hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight
hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of
flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Tonality (n.) The
principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of
the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its
tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.
To-name (n.) A name added,
for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
Tonca bean () See Tonka bean.
Tone (n.) Sound, or the
character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a
low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
Tone (n.) Accent, or
inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
Tone (n.) A whining style
of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected
speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as,
children often read with a tone.
Tone (n.) A sound
considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high
tones.
Tone (n.) The larger kind
of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being
called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
Tone (n.) The peculiar
quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
Tone (n.) A mode or tune
or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
Tone (n.) That state of a
body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are
healthy and performed with due vigor.
Tone (n.) Tonicity; as,
arterial tone.
Tone (n.) State of mind;
temper; mood.
Tone (n.) Tenor;
character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
Tone (n.) General or
prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference
to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated
sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
Tone (n.) The general
effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together
with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as,
this picture has tone.
Toned (imp. & p. p.) of
Tone
Toning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tone
Tone (v. t.) To utter with
an affected tone.
Tone (v. t.) To give tone,
or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
Tone (v. t.) To bring, as
a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
Toned (a.) Having (such) a
tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
Toneless (a.) Having no
tone; unmusical.
Tong (n.) Alt. of Tonge
Tonge (n.) Tongue.
Tonga (n.) A drug useful
in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus
Epipremnum.
Tongkang (n.) A kind of
boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
Tongo (n.) The mangrove;
-- so called in the Pacific Islands.
Tongs (n. pl.) An
instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed
together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling
things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.
Tongue (n.) an organ
situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the
hyoid arch.
Tongue (n.) The power of
articulate utterance; speech.
Tongue (n.) Discourse;
fluency of speech or expression.
Tongue (n.) Honorable
discourse; eulogy.
Tongue (n.) A language;
the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Tongue (n.) Speech; words
or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
Tongue (n.) A people
having a distinct language.
Tongue (n.) The lingual
ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
Tongue (n.) The proboscis
of a moth or a butterfly.
Tongue (n.) The lingua of
an insect.
Tongue (n.) Any small
sole.
Tongue (n.) That which is
considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
Tongue (n.) A projection,
or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
Tongue (n.) A projection
on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
Tongue (n.) A point, or
long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
Tongue (n.) The pole of a
vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are
yoked.
Tongue (n.) The clapper of
a bell.
Tongue (n.) A short piece
of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper
main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
Tongue (n.) Same as Reed,
n., 5.
Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of
Tongue
Tonguing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tongue
Tongue (v. t.) To speak;
to utter.
Tongue (v. t.) To chide;
to scold.
Tongue (v. t.) To modulate
or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind
instruments.
Tongue (v. t.) To join
means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
Tongue (v. i.) To talk; to
prate.
Tongue (v. i.) To use the
tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind
instruments.
Tonguebird (n.) The
wryneck.
Tongued (a.) Having a
tongue.
Tonguefish (n.) A flounder
(Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Tongueless (a.) Having no
tongue.
Tongueless (a.) Hence,
speechless; mute.
Tongueless (a.) Unnamed;
not spoken of.
Tonguelet (n.) A little
tongue.
Tongue-pad (n.) A great
talker.
Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the
end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.
Tongue-shell (n.) Any
species of Lingula.
Tonguester (n.) One who
uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded
motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion
of its margins to the gums.
Tongue-tie (v. t.) To
deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute
of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp.
when caused by a short fraenum.
Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to
speak freely, from whatever cause.
Tongueworm (n.) Any
species of Linguatulina.
Tonguy (a.) Ready or
voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
Tonic (a.) Of or relating
to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech
sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely,
the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their
forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
Tonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic
power.
Tonic (a.) Increasing
strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility,
and restoring healthy functions.
Tonic (n.) A tonic element
or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Tonic (n.) The key tone,
or first tone of any scale.
Tonic (n.) A medicine that
increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
Tonical (a.) Tonic.
Tonicity (n.) The state of
healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone;
tonus.
Tonight (adv.) On this
present or coming night.
Tonight (adv.) On the last
night past.
Tonight (n.) The present
or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Tonite (n.) An explosive
compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Tonka bean () The seed of a
leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly
agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin
bean.
Tonnage (n.) The weight of
goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Tonnage (n.) The cubical
content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight
which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
Tonnage (n.) A duty or
impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods
per ton transported on canals.
Tonnage (n.) The whole
amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See
Ton.
Tonne (n.) A tun.
Tonnihood (n.) The female
of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
Tonnish (a.) In the ton;
fashionable; modish.
Tonometer (n.) An
instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.
Tonometer (n.) An
apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on
the excised heart of lower animals.
Tonometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.
Tonometry (n.) The act of
measuring with a tonometer;
Tonometry (n.) measurement
of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
Tonophant (n.) A
modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations.
It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being
adjystable by a screw socket.
Tonous (a.) Abounding in
tone or sound.
Tonquin bean () See Tonka bean.
Tonsil (n.) One of the two
glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils
are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
Tonsilar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
Tonsile (a.) Capable of
being clipped.
Tonsilitic (a.) Tonsilar.
Tonsilitis (n.)
Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
Tonsilotome (n.) An
instrument for removing the tonsils.
Tonsilotomy (n.) The
operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Tonsorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Tonsure (n.) The act of
clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being
shorn.
Tonsure (n.) The first
ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the
first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest,
consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the
head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor
orders.
Tonsure (n.) The shaven
corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
Tonsured (a.) Having the
tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
Tontine (n.) An annuity,
with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the
benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the
principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors,
until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three,
according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively;
as, tontine insurance.
Tonus (n.) Tonicity, or
tone; as, muscular tonus.
Tonies (pl. ) of Tony
Tony (n.) A simpleton.
Too (adv.) Over; more than
enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too
high; too many; too much.
Too (adv.) Likewise; also;
in addition.
Took () imp. of Take.
Tool (n.) An instrument
such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to
facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer
at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.;
also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses
work.
Tool (n.) A machine for
cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Tool (n.) Hence, any
instrument of use or service.
Tool (n.) A weapon.
Tool (n.) A person used as
an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have
their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
tooled (imp. & p. p.) of
Tool
tooling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tool
Tool (v. t.) To shape,
form, or finish with a tool.
Tool (v. t.) To drive, as
a coach.
Tooling (n.) Work
performed with a tool.
Tool-post (n.) Alt. of
Tool-stock
Tool-stock (n.) The part
of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
Tool-rest (n.) the part
that supports a tool-post or a tool.
Toom (a.) Empty.
Toom (v. t.) To empty.
Toon () pl. of Toe.
Toon (n.) The reddish
brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish
cedar; also. the tree itself.
Toonwood (n.) Same as
Toon.
Toot (v. i.) To stand out,
or be prominent.
Toot (v. i.) To peep; to
look narrowly.
Toot (v. t.) To see; to
spy.
Tooted (imp. & p. p.) of
Toot
Tooting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toot
Toot (v. i.) To blow or
sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of
the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such
a sound, as a horn when blown.
Toot (v. t.) To cause to
sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by
pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.
Tooter (n.) One who toots;
one who plays upon a pipe or horn.
Teeth (pl. ) of Tooth
Tooth (n.) One of the
hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the
walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the
prehension and mastication of food.
Tooth (n.) Fig.: Taste;
palate.
Tooth (n.) Any projection
corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the
teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or
the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.
Tooth (n.) A projecting
member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not
pierced through.
Tooth (n.) One of several
steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk.
Tooth (n.) An angular or
prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a
plant
Tooth (n.) one of the
appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.
Tooth (n.) Any hard
calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and
used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.
Toothed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tooth
Toothing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tooth
Tooth (v. t.) To furnish
with teeth.
Tooth (v. t.) To indent;
to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
Tooth (v. t.) To lock into
each other. See Tooth, n., 4.
Toothache (n.) Pain in a
tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
Toothback (n.) Any
notodontian.
Toothbill (n.) A peculiar
fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan
Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the
extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or
three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also
toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.
Toothbrush (n.) A brush
for cleaning the teeth.
Toothdrawer (n.) One whose
business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.
Toothed (a.) Having teeth;
furnished with teeth.
Toothed (a.) Having
marginal projecting points; dentate.
Toothful (a.) Toothsome.
Toothing (n.) The act or
process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Toothing (n.) Bricks
alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded
into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
Toothless (a.) Having no
teeth.
Toothlet (n.) A little
tooth, or like projection.
Toothleted (a.) Having a
toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.
Toothpick (n.) A pointed
instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Toothpicker (n.) A
toothpick.
Toothshell (n.) Any
species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See
Dentalium.
Toothsome (a.) Grateful to
the taste; palatable.
Toothwort (n.) A plant
whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus
Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.
Toothy (a.) Toothed; with
teeth.
Toozoo (n.) The ringdove.
Top (n.) A child's toy,
commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by
drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes
continued by means of a whip.
Top (n.) A plug, or
conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the
strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
Top (n.) The highest part
of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface;
summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house;
the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
Top (n.) The utmost
degree; the acme; the summit.
Top (n.) The highest rank;
the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top
of one's class, or at the top of the school.
Top (n.) The chief person;
the most prominent one.
Top (n.) The crown of the
head, or the hair upon it; the head.
Top (n.) The head, or
upper part, of a plant.
Top (n.) A platform
surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to
spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a
convenient standing place for the men aloft.
Top (n.) A bundle or ball
of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
Top (n.) Eve; verge;
point.
Top (n.) The part of a cut
gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
Top (n.) Top-boots.
Topped (imp. & p. p.) of
Top
Topping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Top
Top (v. i.) To rise aloft;
to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
Top (v. i.) To
predominate; as, topping passions.
Top (v. i.) To excel; to
rise above others.
Top (v. t.) To cover on
the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
Top (v. t.) To rise above;
to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
Top (v. t.) To rise to the
top of; to go over the top of.
Top (v. t.) To take off
the or upper part of; to crop.
Top (v. t.) To perform
eminently, or better than before.
Top (v. t.) To raise one
end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
Toparch (n.) The ruler or
principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
Toparchies (pl. ) of
Toparchy
Toparchy (n.) A small
state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a
toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
Top-armor (n.) A top
railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
Topau (n.) The rhinocerous
bird (a).
Topaz (n.) A mineral
occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless,
and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and
opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
Topaz (n.) Either one of
two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South
America and the West Indies.
Topazolite (n.) A
topaz-yellow variety of garnet.
Top-block (n.) A large
ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the
cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
Top-boots (n. pl.) High
boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the
upper part of the leg; riding boots.
Top-chain (n.) A chain for
slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the
ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
Top-cloth (n.) A piece of
canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to
protect the topmen.
Topcoat (n.) An outer
coat; an overcoat.
Top-drain (v. t.) To drain
the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
Top-draining (n.) The act
or practice of drining the surface of land.
Top-dressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Top-dress
Top-dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Top-dress
Top-dress (v. t.) To apply
a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
Top-dressing (n.) The act
of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so
applied.
Tope (n.) A moundlike
Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
Tope (n.) A grove or clump
of trees; as, a toddy tope.
Tope (n.) A small shark or
dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the
coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's
dog, and penny dog.
Tope (n.) The wren.
Toped (imp. & p. p.) of
Tope
Toping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tope
Tope (v. i.) To drink hard
or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
Toper (n.) One who topes,
or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.
Topet (n.) The European
crested titmouse.
Topful (a.) Full to the
top, ore brim; brimfull.
Topgallant (a.) Situated
above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the
third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and
the like. See Illustration of Ship.
Topgallant (a.) Fig.:
Highest; elevated; splendid.
Topgallant (n.) A
topgallant mast or sail.
Topgallant (n.) Fig.:
Anything elevated or splendid.
Toph (n.) kind of
sandstone.
Tophaceous (a.) Gritty;
sandy; rough; stony.
Top-hamper (n.) The upper
rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.
Top-heavy (a.) Having the
top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
Tophet (n.) A place lying
east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.
Tophin (n.) Same as Toph.
Tophi (pl. ) of Tophus
Tophus (n.) One of the
mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly
in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the
internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.
Tophus (n.) Calcareous
tufa.
Topiarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.;
practicing ornamental gardening.
Topiary (a.) Of or
pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.;
topiarian.
Topic (n.) One of the
various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from
demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places),
as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which
they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great
variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators
provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
Topic (n.) A treatise on
forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or
oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.
Topic (n.) An argument or
reason.
Topic (n.) The subject of
any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also,
the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of
conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.
Topic (n.) An external
local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.
Topic (a.) Topical.
Topical (n.) Of or
pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a
topical claim or privilege.
Topical (n.) Pertaining
to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
Topical (n.) Resembling a
topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an
argument.
Topically (adv.) In a
topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or
topic.
Topknot (n.) A crest or
knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an orgamental knot
worn on top of the head, as by women.
Topknot (n.) A small
Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied
species.
Topless (a.) Having no
top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled.
Top-light (n.) A lantern
or light on the top of a vessel.
Topmem (pl. ) of Topman
Topman (n.) See Topsman,
2.
Topman (n.) A man
stationed in the top.
Topmast (n.) The second
mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.
Topmost (a.) Highest;
uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.
Topographer (n.) One who
is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place,
town, city, or tract of land.
Topographic () Alt. of
Topographical
Topographical () Of or pertaining
to topography; descriptive of a place.
Topographist (n.) A
topographer.
Topography (n.) The
description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land;
especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute
detail of any place or region.
Topology (n.) The art of,
or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be
remembered with some place.
Toponomy (n.) The
designation of position and direction.
Toppiece (n.) A small wig
for the top of the head; a toupee.
Topping (a.) Rising above;
surpassing.
Topping (a.) Hence,
assuming superiority; proud.
Topping (a.) Fine;
gallant.
Topping (n.) The act of
one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.
Topping (n.) The act of
raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
Topping (n.) That which
comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.
Toppingly (adv.) In a
topping or proud manner.
Toppingly (a.) Same as
Topping, a., 3.
Toppled (imp. & p. p.) of
Topple
Toppling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Topple
Topple (v. i.) To fall
forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Topple (v. t.) To throw
down; to overturn.
Top-proud (a.) Proud to
the highest degree.
Top-rope (n.) A rope used
for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
Topsail (n.) In a
square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This
sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a
fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter,
Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
Tops-and-bottoms (n. pl.)
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used
as food for infants.
Top-shaped (a.) Having the
shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
Top-shell (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family
Trochidae.
Topsmen (pl. ) of Topsman
Topsman (n.) The chief
drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
Topsman (n.) The uppermost
sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.
Topsoil (n.) The upper
layer of soil; surface soil.
Topsoiling (n.) The act or
art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is
begun.
Topstone (n.) A stone that
is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
Topsy-turvy (adv.) In an
inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a
carriage topsy-turvy.
Top-tackle (n.) A tackle
used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
Top-timbers (n.) The
highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.
Top-tool (n.) A tool
applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil
and on which the work is placed.
Toque (n.) A kind of cap
worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.
Toque (n.) A variety of
the bonnet monkey.
Toquet (n.) See Toque, 1.
Tor (n.) A tower; a
turret.
Tor (n.) High-pointed
hill; a rocky pinnacle.
Torace (v. t.) Alt. of
Torase
Torase (v. t.) To scratch
to pieces.
Torbernite (n.) A mineral
occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is
a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and
chalcolite.
Torc (n.) Same as Torque,
1.
Torch (n.) A light or
luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large
candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
Torch (n.) A flashlight.
Torchbearer (n.) One whose
office it is to carry a torch.
Torcher (n.) One who gives
light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
Torchlight (n.) The light
of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.
Torchon lace () a simple thread
lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by
machinery.
Torchwood (n.) The
inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.);
also, the trees themselves.
Torchwort (n.) The common
mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches.
Called also torch, and hig-taper.
Tore () imp. of Tear.
Tore (n.) The dead grass
that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
Tore (n.) Same as Torus.
Tore (n.) The surface
described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in
its own plane.
Tore (n.) The solid
inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.
Toreador (n.) A
bullfighter.
To-rent (imp. & p. p.) of
To-rend
To-rend (v. t.) To rend in
pieces.
Toret (n.) A Turret.
Toret (n.) A ring for
fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a
dog, etc.
Toreumatography (n.) A
description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
Toreumatology (n.) The art
or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography.
Toreutic (a.) In relief;
pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to
chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.
Torgoch (n.) The saibling.
Torilto (n.) A species of
Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.
Torinese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Turin.
Torinese (n. sing. & pl.)
A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.
Torment (n.) An engine for
casting stones.
Torment (n.) Extreme pain;
anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
Torment (n.) That which
gives pain, vexation, or misery.
tormented (imp. & p. p.)
of Torment
tormenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Torment
Torment (v. t.) To put to
extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or
mind; to torture.
Torment (v. t.) To pain;
to distress; to afflict.
Torment (v. t.) To tease;
to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty
annoyances.
Torment (v. t.) To put
into great agitation.
Tormenter (n.) One who, or
that which, torments; a tormentor.
Tormenter (n.) An
executioner.
Tormentful (a.) Full of
torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating.
Tormentil (n.) A rosaceous
herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful
astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
Tormenting (a.) Causing
torment; as, a tormenting dream.
Tormentise (n.) Torture;
torment.
Tormentor (n.) One who, or
that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
Tormentor (n.) An
implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon
wheels.
Tormentress (n.) A woman
who torments.
Tormentry (n.) Anything
producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
Tormina (n. pl.) acute,
colicky pains; gripes.
Torminous (a.) Affected
with tormina; griping.
Torn () p. p. of Tear.
Tornadoes (pl. ) of
Tornado
Tornado (n.) A violent
whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid
whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder,
lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small
breadth; a small cyclone.
Tornariae (pl. ) of
Tornaria
Tornaria (n.) The peculiar
free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.
Torose (a.) Cylindrical
with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with
rounded prominences.
Torosity (n.) The quality
or state of being torose.
Torous (a.) Torose.
Torpedinous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence;
stupefying; dull; torpid.
Torpedoes (pl. ) of
Torpedo
Torpedo (n.) Any one of
numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera.
They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks.
Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
Torpedo (n.) An engine or
machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.
Torpedo (n.) A quantity of
explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current,
and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an
electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
Torpedo (n.) A kind of
small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship
against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
Torpedo (n.) A kind of
shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping
on it.
Torpedo (n.) A kind of
detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under
the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
Torpedo (n.) An explosive
cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded,
to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
Torpedo (n.) A kind of
firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon
a hard object.
Torpedo (v. t.) to destroy
by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
Torpent (a.) Having no
motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.
Torpescence (n.) The
quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.
Toppescent (a.) Becoming
torpid or numb.
Torpid (a.) Having lost
motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
Torpid (a.) Dull; stupid;
sluggish; inactive.
Torpidity (n.) Same as
Torpidness.
Torpidly (adv.) In a
torpid manner.
Torpidness (n.) The
qualityy or state of being torpid.
Torpified (imp. & p. p.)
of Torpify
Torpifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Torpify
Torpify (v. t.) To make
torpid; to numb, or benumb.
Torpitude (n.) Torpidness.
Torpor (n.) Loss of
motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total
insensibility; numbness.
Torpor (n.) Dullness;
sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
Torporific (a.) Tending to
produce torpor.
Torquate (a.) Collared;
having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.
torquated (a.) Having or
wearing a torque, or neck chain.
Torque (n.) A collar or
neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as
the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
Torque (n.) That which
tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
Torque (n.) A turning or
twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
Torqued (a.) Wreathed;
twisted.
Torqued (a.) Twisted;
bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.
Torques (n.) A cervical
ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.
Torrefaction (n.) The act
or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.
Torrefied (imp. & p. p.)
of Torrefy
Torrefying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Torrefy
Torrefy (v. t.) To dry by
a fire.
Torrefy (v. t.) To subject
to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
Torrefy (v. t.) To dry or
parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to
the state desired.
Torrent (n.) A violent
stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running
rapidly, as down a precipice.
Torrent (n.) Fig.: A
violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a
torrent of eloquence.
Torrent (n.) Rolling or
rushing in a rapid stream.
Torrential (a.) Alt. of
Torrentine
Torrentine (a.) Of or
pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent
.
Torricellian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in
1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is
due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.
Torrid (a.) Parched; dried
with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
Torrid (a.) Violenty hot;
drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Torridity (n.) Torridness.
Torridness (n.) The
quality or state of being torrid or parched.
Torril (n.) A worthless
woman; also, a worthless horse.
Torrock (n.) A gull.
Torsal (n.) A torsel.
Torse (n.) A wreath.
Torse (n.) A developable
surface. See under Developable.
Torsel (n.) A plate of
timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
Torsibillty (n.) The
tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
Torsion (n.) The act of
turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of
a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it
about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the
opposite direction.
Torsion (n.) That force
with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return,
to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
Torsional (a.) Of or
pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread
or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as,
torsional force.
Torsk (n.) The cusk. See
Cusk.
Torsk (n.) The codfish.
Called also tusk.
Torsos (pl. ) of Torso
Torsi (pl. ) of Torso
Torso (n.) The human body,
as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue,
mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
Tort (n.) Mischief;
injury; calamity.
Tort (n.) Any civil wrong
or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an
action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a
wrong or injury.
Tort (a.) Stretched tight;
taut.
Torta (n.) a flat heap of
moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
Torteaus (pl. ) of Torteau
Torteau (n.) A roundel of
a red color.
Torticollis (n.) See
Wryneck.
Tortile (a.) Twisted;
wreathed; coiled.
Tortility (n.) The quality
or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
Tortilla (n.) An
unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
Tortion (n.) Torment;
pain.
Tortious (a.) Injurious;
wrongful.
Tortious (a.) Imploying
tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.
Tortiously (adv.) In a
tortous manner.
Tortive (a.) Twisted;
wreathed.
Tortoise (n.) Any one of
numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.
Tortoise (n.) Same as
Testudo, 2.
Tortoise (n.) having a
color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; --
used mostly to describe cats of that color.
Tortoise (n.) a
tortoise-shell cat.
Tortricid (a.) Of or
pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidae.
Tortrix (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which
usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf
roller.
Tortrix (n.) A genus of
tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix
scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the
natives of Brazil for a necklace.
Tortulous (a.) Swelled out
at intervals like a knotted cord.
Tortuose (a.) Wreathed;
twisted; winding.
Tortuoslty (n.) the
quality or state of being tortuous.
Tortuous (a.) Bent in
different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a
tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
Tortuous (a.) Fig.:
Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
Tortuous (a.) Injurious:
tortious.
Tortuous (a.) Oblique; --
applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend
most rapidly and obliquely.
Torturable (a.) Capable of
being tortured.
Torture (n.) Extreme pain;
anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
Torture (n.) Especially,
severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the
purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire,
by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
Torture (n.) The act or
process of torturing.
Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of
Torture
Torturing. (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Torture
Torture (v. t.) To put to
torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
Torture (v. t.) To punish
with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
Torture (v. t.) To wrest
from the proper meaning; to distort.
Torture (v. t.) To keep on
the stretch, as a bow.
Torturer (n.) One who
tortures; a tormentor.
Torturingly (adv.) So as
to torture.
Torturous (a.) Involving,
or pertaining to, torture.
Torulae (pl. ) of Torula
Torula (n.) A chain of
special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used
adjectively.
Torulaform (a.) Having the
appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string
of micrococci.
Torulose (a.) Same as
Torose.
Torulous (a.) Same as
Torose.
Tori (pl. ) of Torus
Torus (n.) A lage molding
used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of
Molding.
Torus (n.) One of the
ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong
thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the
center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
Torus (n.) The receptacle,
or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.
Torus (n.) See 3d Tore, 2.
Torved (a.) Stern; grim.
See Torvous.
Torvity (a.) Sourness or
severity of countenance; sterness.
Torvous (a.) Sour of
aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.
Tories (pl. ) of Tory
Tory (n.) A member of the
conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly
called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of
exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.
Tory (n.) One who, in the
time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against
the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
Tory (a.) Of ro pertaining
to the Tories.
Toryism (n.) The
principles of the Tories.
Toscatter (v. t.) To
scatter in pieces; to divide.
Tose (v. t.) To tease, or
comb, as wool.
Tosh (a.) Neat; trim.
Toshred (v. t.) To cut
into shreads or pieces.
Tossed (imp. & p. p.) of
Toss
Tost () of Toss
Tossing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toss
Toss (v. t.) To throw with
the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw
upward; as, to toss a ball.
Toss (v. t.) To lift or
throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
Toss (v. t.) To cause to
rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
Toss (v. t.) To agitate;
to make restless.
Toss (v. t.) Hence, to
try; to harass.
Toss (v. t.) To keep in
play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
Toss (v. i.) To roll and
tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
Toss (v. i.) To be tossed,
as a fleet on the ocean.
Toss (n.) A throwing
upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
Toss (n.) A throwing up of
the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Tossel (n.) See Tassel.
Tosser (n.) Ohe who
tosser.
Tossily (adv.) In a tossy
manner.
Tossing (n.) The act of
throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
Tossing (n.) A process
which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to
separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing,
in Cornwall.
Tossing (n.) A process for
refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
Tosspot (n.) A toper; one
habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
Tossy (a.) Tossing the
head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly
indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace.
Tost () imp. & p. p. of Toss.
Tosto (a.) Quick; rapid.
Toswink (v. i.) To labor
excessively.
Tot (n.) Anything small;
-- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.
Tot (n.) A drinking cup of
small size, holding about half a pint.
Tot (n.) A foolish fellow.
Tota (n.) The grivet.
Total (a.) Whole; not
divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the
evidence; a total loss.
Total (n.) The whole; the
whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Totality (n.) The quality
or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.
Totality (n.) The whole
sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human
knowledge.
Totalize (v. t.) To make
total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.
Totally (adv.) In a total
manner; wholly; entirely.
Totalness (n.) The quality
or state of being total; entireness; totality.
Toted (imp. & p. p.) of
Tote
Toting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tote
Tote (v. t.) To carry or
bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern
States, and used esp. by negroes.
Tote (n.) The entire body,
or all; as, the whole tote.
Totear (v. t.) To tear or
rend in pieces.
Totem (n.) A rude picture,
as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a
symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
Totemic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
Totemism (n.) The system
of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
Totemism (n.)
Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object;
nature worship.
Totemist (n.) One
belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.
Toter (n.) The stone
roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.
T'other () A colloquial
contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the
Note under That, 2.
Totipalmate (a.) Having
all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and
the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.
Totipalmi (n.pl.) A
division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
Totipresence (n.)
Omnipresence.
Totipresent (a.)
Omnipresence.
Tottered (imp. & p. p.) of
Totter
Tottering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Totter
Totter (v. i.) To shake so
as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man
totters with age.
Totter (v. i.) To shake;
to reel; to lean; to waver.
Totterer (n.) One who
totters.
Totteringly (adv.) In a
tottering manner.
Tottery (a.) Trembling or
vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking.
Tottled (imp. & p. p.) of
Totly
Tottling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Totly
Totly (v. i.) To walk in a
wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.
Tottlish (a.) Trembling or
tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.
Totty (a.) Unsteady;
dizzy; tottery.
Toty (a.) Totty.
Toty (n.) A sailor or
fisherman; -- so called in some parts of the Pacific.
Toucan (n.) Any one of
numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to
Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae. They
have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body
itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and
black in striking contrast.
Toucan (n.) A modern
constellation of the southern hemisphere.
Toncanet (n.) A small
toucan.
Touched (imp. & p. p.) of
Touch
Touching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Touch
Touch (v. t.) To come in
contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the
like, so as to reach or rest on.
Touch (v. t.) To perceive
by the sense of feeling.
Touch (v. t.) To come to;
to reach; to attain to.
Touch (v. t.) To try; to
prove, as with a touchstone.
Touch (v. t.) To relate
to; to concern; to affect.
Touch (v. t.) To handle,
speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
Touch (v. t.) To meddle or
interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
Touch (v. t.) To affect
the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
Touch (v. t.) To mark or
delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
Touch (v. t.) To infect;
to affect slightly.
Touch (v. t.) To make an
impression on; to have effect upon.
Touch (v. t.) To strike;
to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
Touch (v. t.) To perform,
as a tune; to play.
Touch (v. t.) To influence
by impulse; to impel forcibly.
Touch (v. t.) To harm,
afflict, or distress.
Touch (v. t.) To affect
with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; --
rarely used except in the past participle.
Touch (v. t.) To be
tangent to. See Tangent, a.
Touch (a.) To lay a hand
upon for curing disease.
Touch (v. i.) To be in
contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two
spheres touch only at points.
Touch (v. i.) To fasten;
to take effect; to make impression.
Touch (v. i.) To treat
anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on
or upon.
Touch (v. i.) To be
brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
Touch (v.) The act of
touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
Touch (v.) The sense by
which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which
the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See
Tactile sense, under Tactile.
Touch (v.) Act or power of
exciting emotion.
Touch (v.) An emotion or
affection.
Touch (v.) Personal
reference or application.
Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a
touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
Touch (v.) A single stroke
on a drawing or a picture.
Touch (v.) Feature;
lineament; trait.
Touch (v.) The act of the
hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
Touch (v.) A small
quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
Touch (v.) A hint; a
suggestion; slight notice.
Touch (v.) A slight and
brief essay.
Touch (v.) A touchstone;
hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
Touch (v.) Hence,
examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
Touch (v.) The particular
or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument
to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of
touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a
staccato touch.
Touch (v.) The broadest
part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one
worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends);
also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
Touch (n.) That part of
the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
Touch (n.) A boys' game;
tag.
Touchable (a.) Capable of
being touched; tangible.
Touchback (n.) The act of
touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received
its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
Touch-box (n.) A box
containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to
kindle the match.
Touchdown (n.) The act of
touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Touchhole (n.) The vent of
a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the
charge.
Touchily (adv.) In a
touchy manner.
Touchiness (n.) The
quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
Touching (a.) Affecting;
moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
Touching (prep.)
Concerning; with respect to.
Touching (n.) The sense or
act of feeling; touch.
Touch-me-not (n.) See
Impatiens.
Touch-me-not (n.)
Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
Touch-needle (n.) A small
bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with
copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the
streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
Touch-paper (n.) Paper
steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing
gunpowder, and the like.
Touchstone (n.) Lydian
stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver
by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See
Basanite.
Touchstone (n.) Any test
or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
Touchwood (n.) Wood so
decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
Touchwood (n.) Dried fungi
used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
Touchy (a.) Peevish;
irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
Tough (superl.) Having the
quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking;
capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably
tough.
Tough (superl.) Not easily
broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.
Tough (superl.) Not easily
separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
Tough (superl.) Stiff;
rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
Tough (superl.) Severe;
violent; as, a tough storm.
Tough-cake (n.) See
Tough-pitch (b).
Toughened (imp. & p. p.)
of Toughen
Toughening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toughen
Toughen (v. i. & t.) To
grow or make tough, or tougher.
Tough-head (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Toughish (a.) Tough in a
slight degree.
Toughly (adv.) In a tough
manner.
Toughness (n.) The quality
or state of being tough.
Tough-pitch (n.) The exact
state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so
reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
Touite (n.) The wood
warbler.
Toupee (n.) Alt. of Toupet
Toupet (n.) A little tuft;
a curl or artificial lock of hair.
Toupet (n.) A small wig,
or a toppiece of a wig.
Toupettit (n.) The crested
titmouse.
Tour (n.) A tower.
Tour (v. t.) A going
round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey;
a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or
England.
Tour (v. t.) A turn; a
revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
Tour (v. t.) anything done
successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Toured (imp. & p. p.) of
Tour
Touring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tour
Tour (v. i.) To make a
tourm; as, to tour throught a country.
Touraco (n.) Same as
Turacou.
Tourbillion (n.) An
ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll
of fire.
Tourist (n.) One who makes
a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.
Tourmaline (n.) A mineral
occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral
or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety,
but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite),
also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are
valued as jewels.
Tourn (n.) A spinning
wheel.
Tourn (n.) The sheriff's
turn, or court.
Tournament (n.) A mock
fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants
were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence,
figuratively, a real battle.
Tournament (n.) Any
contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a
chess tournament.
Tournery (n.) Work turned
on a lathe; turnery.
Tourney (v. t.) A
tournament.
Tourney (n.) To perform in
tournaments; to tilt.
Tourniquet (n.) An
instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or
compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or
other means.
Tournois (n.) A former
French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in
distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.
Tournure (n.) Turn;
contour; figure.
Tournure (n.) Any device
used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
Toused (imp. & p. p.) of
Touze
Tousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Touze
Touse (v. t. & i.) Alt. of
Touze
Touze (v. t. & i.) To
pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
Touse (n.) A pulling; a
disturbance.
Tousel (v. t.) Same as
Tousle.
Touser (n.) One who
touses.
Tousle (v. t.) To put into
disorder; to tumble; to touse.
Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind
of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and
extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a
species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month
in the year.
Tout (v. i.) To act as a
tout. See 2d Tout.
Tout (v. i.) To ply or
seek for customers.
Tout (n.) One who secretly
watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about
their capabilities, for use in betting.
Tout (v. i.) To toot a
horn.
Tout (n.) The anus.
Tout-ensemble (n.) All
together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work
as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.
Touter (n.) One who seeks
customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an
obtrusive candidate for office.
Touze (v.t & i.) See
Touse.
Tow (n.) The coarse and
broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or
swingle.
Towed (imp. & p. p.) of
Tow
Towing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tow
Tow (v. t.) To draw or
pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
Tow (v. t.) A rope by
which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
Tow (v. t.) The act of
towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in
tow, that is to tow.
Tow (v. t.) That which is
towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
Towage (v.) The act of
towing.
Towage (v.) The price paid
for towing.
Towall (n.) A towel.
Toward (prep.) Alt. of
Towards
Towards (prep.) In the
direction of; to.
Towards (prep.) With
direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding;
concerning.
Towards (prep.) Tending
to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
Towards (prep.) Near;
about; approaching to.
Toward (adv.) Alt. of
Towards
Towards (adv.) Near; at
hand; in state of preparation.
Toward (prep.)
Approaching; coming near.
Toward (prep.) Readly to
do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a
toward youth.
Toward (prep.) Ready to
act; forward; bold; valiant.
Towardliness (n.) The
quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
Towardly (a.) Same as
Toward, a., 2.
Towardness (n.) Quality or
state of being toward.
Towards (prep. & adv.) See
Toward.
Towboat (n.) A vessel
constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
Towboat (n.) A steamer
used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Towel (n.) A cloth used
for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a
bath.
Towel (v. t.) To beat with
a stick.
Toweling (n.) Cloth for
towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as
distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
Tower (n.) A mass of
building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but
when of great size not always of that proportion.
Tower (n.) A projection
from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker,
either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
Tower (n.) A structure
appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then
usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the
edifice; as, a church tower.
Tower (n.) A citadel; a
fortress; hence, a defense.
Tower (n.) A headdress of
a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century
and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
Tower (n.) High flight;
elevation.
towered (imp. & p. p.) of
Tower
towering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tower
Tower (v. i.) To rise and
overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
Tower (v. t.) To soar
into.
Towered (a.) Adorned or
defended by towers.
Towering (a.) Very high;
elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
Towering (a.) Hence,
extreme; violent; surpassing.
Towery (a.) Having towers;
adorned or defended by towers.
Tow-head (n.) An urchin
who has soft, whitish hair.
Tow-head (n.) The hooded
merganser.
Towhee (n.) The chewink.
Towilly (n.) The
sanderling; -- so called from its cry.
Towline (v. t.) A line
used to tow vessels; a towrope.
Town (adv. & prep.)
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of
the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the
domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
Town (adv. & prep.) Any
number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is
not a city or the see of a bishop.
Town (adv. & prep.) Any
collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city;
also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not,
in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
Town (adv. & prep.) The
body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two
representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing
the highways.
Town (adv. & prep.) A
township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a
country.
Town (adv. & prep.) The
court end of London;-- commonly with the.
Town (adv. & prep.) The
metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in
summer, in the country.
Town (adv. & prep.) A farm
or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
Town-crier (n.) A town
officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.
Towned (a.) Having towns;
containing many towns.
Townhall (n.) A public
hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established,
the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
Townhouse (n.) A building
devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
Townish (a.) Of or
pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
Townless (a.) Having no
town.
Townlet (n.) A small town.
Townsfolk (n.) The people
of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country
people; townspeople.
Township (n.) The district
or territory of a town.
Township (n.) In surveys
of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles
square, containing 36 sections.
Township (n.) In Canada,
one of the subdivisions of a county.
Townsmen (pl. ) of
Townsman
Townsman (n.) An
inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
Townsman (n.) A selectman,
in New England. See Selectman.
Townpeople (n.) The
inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people;
townsfolk.
Townward (adv.) Alt. of
Townwards
Townwards (adv.) Toward a
town.
Towpath (n.) A path
traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
Towrope (n.) A rope used
in towing vessels.
Towser (n.) A familiar
name for a dog.
Towy (a.) Composed of, or
like, tow.
Tox/mia (a.) Blood
poisoning. See under Blood.
Toxic (a.) Alt. of Toxical
Toxical (a.) Of or
pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
Toxicant (n.) A poisonous
agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
Toxicological (a.) Of or
pertaining to toxicology.
Toxicologist (n.) One
versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.
Toxicology (n.) The
science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition;
also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
Toxicomania (n.)
Toxiphobia.
Toxicomania (n.) An insane
desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.
Toxifera (n.pl.) Same as
Toxoglossa.
Toxin (n.) Alt. of Toxine
Toxine (n.) A poisonous
product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
Toxiphobia (n.) An insane
or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
Toxodon (n.) A gigantic
extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It
is the type of the order Toxodonta.
Toxodonta (n.pl.) An
extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The
incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are
supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also
Toxodontia.
Toxoglossa (n.pl.) A
division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into
poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples.
See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
Toxophilite (n.) A lover
of archery; one devoted to archery.
Toxotes (n.) A genus of
fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
Toy (v. t.) A plaything
for children; a bawble.
Toy (v. t.) A thing for
amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.
Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy;
an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
Toy (v. t.) Amorous
dalliance; play; sport; pastime.
Toy (v. t.) An old story;
a silly tale.
Toy (v. t.) A headdress of
linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the
lower classes; -- called also toy mutch.
toyed (imp. & p. p.) of
Toy
toying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toy
Toy (v. i.) To dally
amorously; to trifle; to play.
Toy (v. t.) To treat
foolishly.
Toyear (adv.) This year.
Toyer (n.) One who toys;
one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Toyful (a.) Full of
trifling play.
Toyhouse (n.) A house for
children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Toyingly (adv.) In a
toying manner.
Toyish (a.) Sportive;
trifling; wanton.
Toyish (a.) Resembling a
toy.
Toyman (n.) One who deals
in toys.
Toyshop (n.) A shop where
toys are sold.
Toysome (a.) Disposed to
toy; trifling; wanton.
Toze (v. t.) To pull
violently; to touse.
Tozy (a.) Soft, like wool
that has been teased.
Trabeae (pl. ) of Trabea
Trabea (n.) A toga of
purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls,
and augurs.
Trabeated (a.) Furnished
with an entablature.
Trabeation (n.) Same as
Entablature.
Trabeculae (pl. ) of
Trabecula
Trabecula (n.) A small
bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ
part.
Trabecular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae.
Trabeculate (a.)
Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.
Trabu (n.) Same as Trubu.
Trace (n.) One of two
straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate
to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Trace (v. t.) A mark left
by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the
trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
Trace (v. t.) A very small
quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so
small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence,
in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
Trace (v. t.) A mark,
impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no
longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
Trace (v. t.) The
intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate
plane.
Trace (v. t.) The ground
plan of a work or works.
traced (imp. & p. p.) of
Trace
tracing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Trace
Trace (v. t.) To mark out;
to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving,
by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which
they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
Trace (v. t.) To follow by
some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow
by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.
Trace (v. t.) Hence, to
follow the trace or track of.
Trace (v. t.) To copy; to
imitate.
Trace (v. t.) To walk
over; to pass through; to traverse.
Trace (v. i.) To walk; to
go; to travel.
Traceable (a.) Capable of
being traced.
Tracer (n.) One who, or
that which, traces.
Traceries (pl. ) of
Tracer/y
Tracer/y (n.) Ornamental
work with rambled lines.
Tracer/y (n.) The
decorative head of a Gothic window.
Tracer/y (n.) A similar
decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the
minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
Tracheae (pl. ) of Trachea
Trachea (n.) The windpipe.
See Illust. of Lung.
Trachea (n.) One of the
respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
Trachea (n.) One of the
large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and
are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
Tracheal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
Trachearia (n.pl.) A
division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It
includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
Tracheary (a.) Tracheal;
breathing by means of tracheae.
Tracheary (n.) One of the
Trachearia.
Tracheata (n.pl.) An
extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae,
as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.
Tracheate (a.) Breathing
by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
Tracheate (n.) Any
arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata.
Tracheid (n.) A wood cell
with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
Tracheitis (n.)
Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.
Trachelidan (n.) Any one
of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel.
The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.
Trachelipod (n.) One of
the Trachelipoda.
Trachelipoda (n.pl.) An
extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a
spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.
Trachelipodous (a.) Having
the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.
Trachelobranchiate (a.)
Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.
Trachelorrhaphy (n.) The
operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
Trachenchyma (n.) A
vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.
Tracheobranchlae (pl. ) of
Tracheobranchia
Tracheobranchia (n.) One
of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain
tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
Tracheobronchial (a.)
Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; --
said of the syrinx of certain birds.
Tracheocele (n.) Goiter.
Tracheocele (n.) A tumor
containing air and communicating with the trachea.
Tracheophonae (n. pl.) A
group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.
Tracheoscopy (n.)
Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.
Tracheotomy (n.) The
operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
Trachinoid (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers.
See Weever.
Trachitis (n.) Tracheitis.
Trachycarpous (a.)
Rough-fruited.
Trachymedusae (n. pl.) A
division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a
hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
Trachyspermous (a.)
Rough-seeded.
Trachystomata (n. pl.) An
order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They
have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small
patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
Trachyte (n.) An igneous
rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists
chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
Trachytic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
Trachytoid (a.) Resembling
trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.
Tracing (n.) The act of
one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or
other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the
copy thus producted.
Tracing (n.) A regular
path or track; a course.
Track (n.) A mark left by
something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of
a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
Track (n.) A mark or
impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Track (n.) The entire
lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
Track (n.) A road; a
beaten path.
Track (n.) Course; way;
as, the track of a comet.
Track (n.) A path or
course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
Track (n.) The permanent
way; the rails.
Track (n.) A tract or
area, as of land.
tracked (imp. & p. p.) of
Track
tracking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Track
Track (v. t.) To follow
the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace;
to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
Track (v. t.) To draw
along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the
motive power; to tow.
Trackage (n.) The act of
tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
Tracker (n.) One who, or
that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
Tracker (n.) In the organ,
a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate
motion by pulling.
Trackless (a.) Having no
track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.
Trackmaster (n.) One who
has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.
Track-road (n.) A towing
path.
Trackscout (n.) See
Trackschuyt.
Tract (n.) A written
discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise,
especially on practical religion.
Tract (v.) Something drawn
out or extended; expanse.
Tract (v.) A region or
quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored
tract of sea.
Tract (v.) Traits;
features; lineaments.
Tract (v.) The footprint
of a wild beast.
Tract (v.) Track; trace.
Tract (v.) Treatment;
exposition.
Tract (v.) Continuity or
extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
Tract (v.) Continued or
protracted duration; length; extent.
Tract (v.) Verses of
Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till
the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a
break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
Tract (v. t.) To trace
out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
Tractability (n.) The
quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Tractable (v. t.) Capable
of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as,
tractable children; a tractable learner.
Tractable (v. t.) Capable
of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
Tractarian (n.) One of the
writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the
period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority
of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a
member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the
Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.
Tractarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
Tractarianism (n.) The
principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of
the "Tracts for the Times."
Tractate (n.) A treatise;
a tract; an essay.
Tractation (n.) Treatment
or handling of a subject; discussion.
Tractator (n.) One who
writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
Tractile (a.) Capable of
being drawn out in length; ductile.
Tractility (n.) The
quality of being tractile; ductility.
Traction (n.) The act of
drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
Traction (n.)
Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the
drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
Traction (n.) Attraction;
a drawing toward.
Traction (n.) The adhesive
friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
Tractite (n.) A
Tractarian.
Tractitious (a.) Treating
of; handling.
Tractive (a.) Serving to
draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
Tractor (n.) That which
draws, or is used for drawing.
Tractor (n.) Two small,
pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.
Tractoration (n.) See
Perkinism.
Tractory (n.) A tractrix.
Tractrix (n.) A curve such
that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight
line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the
motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given
line.
Trad () imp. of Tread.
Trade (v.) A track; a
trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
Trade (v.) Course; custom;
practice; occupation; employment.
Trade (v.) Business of any
kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
Trade (v.) Specifically:
The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and
selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.
Trade (v.) The business
which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence,
or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished
from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of
the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a
farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
Trade (v.) Instruments of
any occupation.
Trade (v.) A company of
men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of
the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.
Trade (v.) The trade
winds.
Trade (v.) Refuse or
rubbish from a mine.
Traded (imp. & p. p.) of
Trade
Trading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Trade
Trade (v. i.) To barter,
or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods,
wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on
commerce as a business.
Trade (v. i.) To buy and
sell or exchange property in a single instance.
Trade (v. i.) To have
dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.
Trade (v. t.) To sell or
exchange in commerce; to barter.
Trade () imp. of Tread.
Traded (a.) Professional;
practiced.
Tradeful (a.) Full of
trade; busy in traffic; commercial.
Tradeless (a.) Having no
trade or traffic.
Trade-mark (n.) A peculiar
distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his
goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
Trader (n.) One engaged in
trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter;
a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.
Trader (n.) A vessel
engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
Tradescantia (n.) A genus
including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
Tradesfolk (n.) People
employed in trade; tradesmen.
Tradesmen (pl. ) of
Tradesman
Tradesman (n.) One who
trades; a shopkeeper.
Tradesman (n.) A mechanic
or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.
Tradespeople (n.) People
engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
trades union () Alt. of Trade
union
Trade union () An organized
combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights,
privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.
Trades-unionist (n.) Alt.
of Trade-unionist
Trade-unionist (n.) A
member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
Tradeswomen (pl. ) of
Tradeswoman
Tradeswoman (n.) A woman
who trades, or is skilled in trade.
Trading (a.) Carrying on
trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.
Trading (a.) Frequented by
traders.
Trading (a.) Venal;
corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.
Tradition (n.) The act of
delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
Tradition (n.) The
unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices,
rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the
transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to
descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.
Tradition (n.) Hence, that
which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity;
knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or
practice long observed.
Tradition (n.) An
unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.
Tradition (n.) That body
of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put
forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing.
Tradition (v. t.) To
transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
Traditional (a.) Of or
pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to
descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as,
traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the
Scriptures.
Traditional (a.) Observant
of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
Traditionlism (n.) A
system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious
faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority,
exclusive of rational processes.
Traditionalist (n.) An
advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.
Traditionally (adv.) In a
traditional manner.
Traditionarily (adv.) By
tradition.
Traditionary (a.)
Traditional.
Traditionaries (pl. ) of
Traditionary
Traditionary (n.) One,
among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the
Scriptures by them.
Traditioner (n.) Alt. of
Traditionist
Traditionist (n.) One who
adheres to tradition.
Traditive (a.) Transmitted
or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication;
traditional.
Traditor (n.) A deliverer;
-- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the
goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.
Traduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Traduce
Traducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Traduce
Traduce (v. t.) To
transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's
descendants.
Traduce (v. t.) To
translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
Traduce (v. t.) To
increase or distribute by propagation.
Traduce (v. t.) To draw
away; to seduce.
Traduce (v. t.) To
represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
Traduce (v. t.) To expose
to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to
defame.
Traducement (n.) The act
of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.
Traducent (a.) Slanderous.
Traducer (n.) One who
traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.
Traducer (n.) One who
derives or deduces.
Traducian (n.) A believer
in traducianism.
Traducianism (n.) The
doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to
creationism, and infusionism.
Traducible (a.) Capable of
being derived or propagated.
Traducible (a.) Capable of
being traduced or calumniated.
Traducingly (adv.) In a
traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.
Traduct (v. t.) To derive
or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer.
Traduct (n.) That which is
traducted; that which is transferred; a translation.
Traduction (n.)
Transmission from one to another.
Traduction (n.)
Translation from one language to another.
Traduction (n.) Derivation
by descent; propagation.
Traduction (n.) The act of
transferring; conveyance; transportation.
Traduction (n.)
Transition.
Traduction (n.) A process
of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of
the premises applies to.
Traductive (a.) Capable of
being deduced; derivable.
Trafficked (imp. & p. p.)
of Traffic
Trafficking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Traffic
Traffic (v. i.) To pass
goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or
money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
Traffic (v. i.) To trade
meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
Traffic (v. t.) To
exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
Traffic (v.) Commerce,
either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities;
trade.
Traffic (v.) Commodities
of the market.
Traffic (v.) The business
done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of
passengers or the amount of freight carried.
Trafficable (a.) Capable
of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.
Trafficker (n.) One who
traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
Trafficless (a.) Destitute
of traffic, or trade.
Tragacanth (n.) A kind of
gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western
Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish
flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a
mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and
the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
Tragedian (n.) A writer of
tragedy.
Tragedian (n.) An actor or
player in tragedy.
Tragedienne (n.) A woman
who plays in tragedy.
Tragedious (a.) Like
tragedy; tragical.
Tragedies (pl. ) of
Tragedy
Tragedy (n.) A dramatic
poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some
person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which
represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
Tragedy (n.) A fatal and
mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more
especially by unauthorized violence.
Tragic (a.) Alt. of
Tragical
Tragical (a.) Of or
pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem;
a tragic play or representation.
Tragical (a.) Fatal to
life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French
revolution.
Tragical (a.) Mournful;
expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
Tragic (n.) A writer of
tragedy.
Tragic (n.) A tragedy; a
tragic drama.
Tragi-comedy (n.) A kind
of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended;
a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
Tragi-comic (a.) Alt. of
Tragi-comical
Tragi-comical (a.) Of or
pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.
Tragi-comi-pastoral (a.)
Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry.
Tragopan (n.) Any one of
several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are
brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually
covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two
bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C.
satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
Tragus (n.) The prominence
in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.
T rail () See under T.
Trailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Trail
Trailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Trail
Trail (v. t.) To hunt by
the track; to track.
Trail (v. t.) To draw or
drag, as along the ground.
Trail (v. t.) To carry, as
a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward,
the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
Trail (v. t.) To tread
down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
Trail (v. t.) To take
advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
Trail (v. i.) To be drawn
out in length; to follow after.
Trail (v. i.) To grow to
great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant;
to run or climb.
Trail (n.) A track left by
man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the
animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
Trail (n.) A footpath or
road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the
plains.
Trail (n.) Anything drawn
out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
Trail (n.) Anything drawn
behind in long undulations; a train.
Trail (n.) Anything drawn
along, as a vehicle.
Trail (n.) A frame for
trailing plants; a trellis.
Trail (n.) The entrails of
a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also,
sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
Trail (n.) That part of
the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is
unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
Trail (n.) The act of
taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
Trailer (n.) One who, or
that which, trails.
Trailer (n.) A part of an
object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the
trailer of a plant.
Trailing () a. & vb. n. from
Trail.
Trained (imp. & p. p.) of
Train
Training (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Train
Train (v. t.) To draw
along; to trail; to drag.
Train (v. t.) To draw by
persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to
allure.
Train (v. t.) To teach and
form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the
militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
Train (v. t.) To break,
tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
Train (v. t.) To lead or
direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending,
lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
Train (v. t.) To trace, as
a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
Train (v. i.) To be
drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
Train (v. i.) To prepare
by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for
a boat race.
Train (v.) That which
draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
Train (v.) Hence,
something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
Train (v.) That which is
drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder
part or rear.
Train (v.) That part of a
gown which trails behind the wearer.
Train (v.) The after part
of a gun carriage; the trail.
Train (v.) The tail of a
bird.
Train (v.) A number of
followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
Train (v.) A consecution
or succession of connected things; a series.
Train (v.) Regular method;
process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
Train (v.) The number of
beats of a watch in any certain time.
Train (v.) A line of
gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
Train (v.) A connected
line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
Train (v.) A heavy, long
sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
Train (v.) A roll train;
as, a 12-inch train.
Trainable (a.) Capable of
being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.
Trainbands (pl. ) of
Trainband
Trainband (n.) A band or
company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by
Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.
Trainbearer (n.) One who
holds up a train, as of a robe.
Trainel (n.) A dragnet.
Trainer (n.) One who
trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc.,
for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
Trainer (n.) A militiaman
when called out for exercise or discipline.
Training (n.) The act of
one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
Train oil () Oil procured from
the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
Trainy (a.) Belonging to
train oil.
Traipse (v. i.) To walk or
run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.
Trais (n. pl.) Alt. of
Trays
Trays (n. pl.) Traces.
Trait (v.) A stroke; a
touch.
Trait (v.) A
distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
Traiteur (n.) The keeper
of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.
Traitor (n.) One who
violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who,
in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or
place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the
enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against
his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason.
Traitor (n.) Hence, one
who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.
Traitor (a.) Traitorous.
Traitor (v. t.) To act the
traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Traitoress (n.) A
traitress.
Traitorly (a.) Like a
traitor; treacherous; traitorous.
Traitorous (a.) Guilty of
treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or
subject.
Traitorous (a.) Consisting
in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a
traitorous scheme.
Traitory (n.) Treachery.
Traitress (n.) A woman who
betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Trajected (imp. & p. p.)
of Traject
Trajecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Traject
Traject (v. t.) To throw
or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three
or more cross prisms.
Traject (v. t.) A place
for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
Traject (v. t.) The act of
trajecting; trajection.
Traject (v. t.) A
trajectory.
Trajection (n.) The act of
trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
Trajection (n.)
Transposition.
Trajectories (pl. ) of
Trajectory
Trajectory (n.) The curve
which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone
thrown upward obliquely in the air.
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