T \T\ (t[=e]),
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, [sect][sect]262-264, and also [sect][sect]153,
156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180. The letter derives its name and
form from the Latin, the form of the Latin letter being
further derived through the Greek from the Ph[oe]nician. The
ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is etymologically
most nearly related to d, s, th; as in tug, duke; two, dual,
L. duo; resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh, tent, tense, a.,
tenuous, thin; nostril, thrill. See {D}, {S}.
{T bandage} (Surg.), a bandage shaped like the letter T, and
used principally for application to the groin, or
perineum.
{T cart}, a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure
driving.
{T iron}.
(a) A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a
hook.
(b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like the
letter T, -- used in structures.
{T rail}, a kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no
flange at the bottom so that a section resembles the
letter T.
{T square}, a ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end,
for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called
from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided
by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight
edge of the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be
set at different angles.
{To a T}, exactly, perfectly; as, to suit to a T. [Colloq.]
Ta \Ta\, v. t.
To take. [Obs. or Scot.] --Cursor Mundi.
Note: Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the
Northern dialect.
Taas \Taas\, n.
A heap. See {Tas}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tab \Tab\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a
buckle.
2. A tag. See {Tag}, 2.
3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner
front edge of ladies' bonnets.
5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a
series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Tabacco \Ta*bac"co\, n.
Tobacco. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Tabanus \Ta*ba"nus\, n. [L., horsefly.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Tabard \Tab"ard\, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo,
It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. ?, LL. tabardum.]
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. [Spelt
also {taberd}.]
In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.
--Chaucer.
Tabarder \Tab"ard*er\, n.
1. One who wears a tabard.
2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford,
England, whose original dress was a tabard. --Nares.
Tabaret \Tab"a*ret\, n. [Cf. {Tabby}.]
A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
Tabasheer \Tab`a*sheer"\, n. [Per. tab[=a]sh[=i]r: cf. Skr.
tvakksh[=i]r[=a], tvaksh[=i]r[=a].]
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 \Tab"bi*net\, n. [Cf. {Tabby}.]
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also
{tabinet}.]
Tabby \Tab"by\, n.; pl. {Tabbies}. [F. tabis (cf. It. tab[`i],
Sp. & Pg. tab['i], LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'att[=a]b[=i],
properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made,
the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson
of Omeyya. Cf. {Tobine}.]
1. A kind of waved silk, usually called {watered silk},
manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The
watering is given to it by calendering.
2. 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. --Weale.
3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron.
Tabby \Tab"by\, a.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby
waistcoat. --Pepys.
2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
{Tabby moth} (Zo["o]l.), the grease moth. See under {Grease}.
Tabby \Tab"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabbied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tabbying}.]
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of
calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon,
etc.
Tabefaction \Tab`e*fac"tion\, n. [See {Tabefy}.]
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
Tabefy \Tab"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabefied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tabefying}.] [L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L.
tabefacere to melt.]
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] --Harvey.
Tabellion \Ta*bel"lion\, n. [L. tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet,
a writing, document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F.
tabellion. See {Table}.]
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar
officer in France during the old monarchy.
Taber \Ta"ber\, v. i.
Same as {Tabor}. --Nahum ii. 7.
Taberd \Tab"erd\, n.
See {Tabard}.
Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of
taberna nut. See {Tabern}.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb.
xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in
winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
--Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) 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. --Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for
worship. --Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet.
i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically:
(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
painting or sculpture.
(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
partially architectural character, as a solid frame
resting on a bracket, or the like.
(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
bridges, etc.
{Feast of Tabernacles} (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
pilgrimage in the wilderness.
{Tabernacle work}, rich canopy work like that over the head
of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.
Tabernacle \Tab"er*na*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabernacled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tabernacling}.]
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the
flesh. --Dr. J.
Scott.
Tabernacular \Tab`er*nac"u*lar\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish
tabernacle.
2. Formed in latticework; latticed. --T. Warton.
3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low.
``Horribly tabernacular.'' --De Quincey.
Tabes \Ta"bes\, n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.)
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic
fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.
{Tabes dorsalis}[NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia;
-- sometimes called simply tabes.
{Tabes mesenterica}[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease
of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the
lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous
degeneration.
Tabescent \Ta*bes"cent\, a. [L. tabescens wasting, p. pr. of
tabescere.]
Withering, or wasting away.
Tabetic \Ta*bet"ic\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected
with tabes; tabid. -- n. One affected with tabes.
Tabid \Tab"id\, a. [L. tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See {Tabes}.]
(Med.)
Affected by tabes; tabetic.
In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative.
--Arbuthnot.
-- {Tab"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tab"id*ness}, n.
Tabific \Ta*bif"ic\, Tabifical \Ta*bif"ic*al\, a. [Tabes + L.
facere to make.] (Med.)
Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
Tabinet \Tab"inet\, n.
See {Tabbinet}. --Thackeray.
Tablature \Tab"la*ture\, n. [Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of
musical notation. See {Table}.]
1. (Paint.) 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. --Shaftesbury.
2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by
letters and other signs instead of by notes.
The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I
went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who
played all sorts of compositions from the tablature
before him as if he had fingered an organ. --Evelyn.
3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening
spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
Table \Ta"ble\, n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board, tablet, a
painting. Cf. {Tabular}, {Taffrail}, {Tavern}.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.
2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. ``The names . .
. written on his tables.'' --Chaucer.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
these tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest. --Ex. xxxiv.
1.
And stand there with your tables to glean The golden
sentences. --Beau. & Fl.
3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
drawing, or the like, may be produced. ``Painted in a
table plain.'' --Spenser.
The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.
St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant. --Addison.
4. 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. Specifically:
(a) (Bibliog.) 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.
(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
especially, a list of the elementary substances with
their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.
(c) (Mach.) 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.
(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
Mistress of a fairer table Hath not history for
fable. --B. Jonson.
5. 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.
We may again Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
The nymph the table spread. --Pope.
6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
entertainment; as, to set a good table.
7. The company assembled round a table.
I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
compact bone, separated by diplo["e], in the walls of the
cranium.
9. (Arch.) 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}.
10. (Games)
(a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand table.
(c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
--Shak.
11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
plane}.
14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
rests and is fastened.
{Bench table}, {Card table}, {Communion table}, {Lord's
table}, etc. See under {Bench}, {Card}, etc.
{Raised table} (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
intended to receive an inscription or the like.
{Roller table} (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
{Round table}. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
{Table anvil}, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
use in making slight repairs.
{Table base}. (Arch.) Same as {Water table}.
{Table bed}, a bed in the form of a table.
{Table beer}, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.
{Table bell}, a small bell to be used at table for calling
servants.
{Table cover}, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
other than mealtimes.
{Table diamond}, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.
{Table linen}, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
{Table money} (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.
{Table rent} (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
housekeeping. --Burrill.
{Table shore} (Naut.), a low, level shore.
{Table talk}, conversation at table, or at meals.
{Table talker}, one who talks at table.
{Table tipping}, {Table turning}, certain movements of
tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
{Tables of a girder} or {chord} (Engin.), the upper and lower
horizontal members.
{To lay on the table}, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
a vote.
{To serve tables} (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
{To turn the tables}, to change the condition or fortune of
contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
{Twelve tables} (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
Table \Ta"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tableed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tableing}.]
1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to
table fines.
2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a
picture. [Obs.]
Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.
--Bacon.
3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] --Milton.
4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by
alternate scores or projections from the middle, to
prevent slipping; to scarf.
5. To lay or place on a table, as money. --Carlyle.
6. 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.
7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against
some one.
8. (Naut.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of
(sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached
to the boltrope.
Table \Ta"ble\, v. i.
To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.]
``He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with
the beasts.'' --South.
Tableau \Ta`bleau"\, n.; pl. {Tableaux}. [F., dim. fr. L. tabula
a painting. See {Table}.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped
in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and
remaining silent and motionless.
Tableau vivant \Ta`bleau" vi`vant"\; pl. {Tableaux vivants}.
[F.]
Same as {Tableau}, n., 2.
Tablebook \Ta"ble*book`\, n.
A tablet; a notebook.
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy.
--Dryden.
Tablecloth \Ta"ble*cloth`\, n.
A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a
table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for
meals.
Table d'hote \Ta"ble d'h[^o]te"\ (t[.a]"bl' d[=o]t`); pl.
{Tables d'h[^o]te}. [F., literally, table of the landlord.]
A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
Table-land \Ta"ble-land`\, n.
A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
The toppling crags of Duty scaled, Are close upon the
shining table-lands To which our God himself is moon
and sun. --Tennyson.
Tableman \Ta"ble*man\, n.; pl. {Tablemen}.
A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables.
See {Table}, n., 10. [R.] --Bacon.
Tablement \Ta"ble*ment\, n. (Arch.)
A table. [Obs.]
Tablements and chapters of pillars. --Holland.
Tabler \Ta"bler\, n.
1. One who boards. [Obs.]
2. One who boards others for hire. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Tablespoon \Ta"ble*spoon`\, n.
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; --
distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
Tablespoonful \Ta"ble*spoon`ful\, n.; pl. {Tablespoonfuls}.
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 \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See {Table}.]
1. A small table or flat surface.
2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint,
draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an
inscription or a picture.
3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
6. (Pharm.) 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 \Ta"ble*ware`\, n.
Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.
Tabling \Ta"bling\, n.
1. A forming into tables; a setting down in order.
2. (Carp.) The letting of one timber into another by
alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.
3. (Naut.) A broad hem on the edge of a sail. --Totten.
4. Board; support. [Obs.] --Trence in English (1614).
5. Act of playing at tables. See {Table}, n., 10. [Obs.]
{Tabling house}, a gambling house. [Obs.] --Northbrooke.
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, 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. [Written also
{tabu}.]
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabooed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tabooing}.]
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. [Written also {tabu}.]
Tabor \Ta"bor\, n. [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr.
tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all
fr. Ar. & Per. tamb?r a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per.
tab[=i]r a drum. Cf. {Tabouret}, {Tambour}.] (Mus.)
A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both
being played by the same person. [Written also {tabour}, and
{taber}.]
Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tabored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taboring}.] [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also {tabour}.]
1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.
2. To strike lightly and frequently.
Tabor \Ta"bor\, v. t.
To make (a sound) with a tabor.
Taborer \Ta"bor*er\, n.
One who plays on the tabor. --Shak.
Taboret \Tab"o*ret\, n. [Dim. of tabor. Cf. {Tabret}.] (Mus.)
A small tabor. [Written also {tabouret}.]
Taborine \Tab"o*rine\, n. [OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See
{Tabor}, and cf. {Tambourine}.] (Mus.)
A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
Taborite \Ta"bor*ite\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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 \Ta"bour\, n. & v.
See {Tabor}.
Tabouret \Tab"ou*ret\, n. [F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum.
See {Tabor}.]
1. Same as {Taboret}.
2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high
stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.
3. An embroidery frame. --Knight.
{Right of the tabouret}, the privilege of sitting on a
tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly
granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French
court.
Tabrere \Tab"rere\, n.
A taborer. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Tabret \Tab"ret\, n.
A taboret. --Young.
Tabu \Ta*bu"\, n. & v.
See {Taboo}.
Tabula \Tab"u*la\, n.; pl. {Tabul[ae]}. [L.]
1. A table; a tablet.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the transverse plants found in the
calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
{Tabula rasa}[L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively,
the mind in its earliest state, before receiving
impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke,
and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the
doctrine of innate ideas.
Tabular \Tab"u*lar\, a. [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board,
table. See {Table}.]
Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the
uses of the word). Specifically:
(a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.
(b) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated.
--Woodward.
(c) Set in squares. [R.]
(d) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.
(e) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as,
tabular right ascension.
{Tabular difference} (Math.), the difference between two
consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its
proper place in the table.
{Tabular spar} (Min.), wollastonite.
Tabularization \Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion\, n.
The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized;
formation into tables; tabulation.
Tabularize \Tab"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabularized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tabularizing}.]
To tabulate.
Tabulata \Tab`u*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An artificial group of stony corals including those which
have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera
{Pocillopora} and Favosites are examples.
Tabulate \Tab"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabulated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tabulating}.] [L. tabula a table. See {Tabular}.]
1. To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or
synopses.
A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its
results may be tabulated, and put in figures. --I.
Taylor.
2. To shape with a flat surface.
Tabulation \Tab`u*la"tion\, n.
The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation
of statistics.
Tac \Tac\, n. [Cf. {Tack}, n., 4.] (O. Eng. Law)
A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in
old records. --Cowell. Burrill.
Tacamahac \Tac"a*ma*hac`\, Tacamahaca \Tac`a*ma*ha"ca\, n.
1. 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.
2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in
North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead
({Populus balsamifera}).
Tacaud \Ta*caud"\, n. [Cf. F. tacaud. See {Tomcod}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The bib, or whiting pout. [Prov. Eng.]
Tace \Tace\, n.
The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under
{Cross}, n. --Mollett.
Tace \Tace\, n.
See {Tasse}. --Fairholt.
Tacet \Ta"cet\, v.impers. [L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of
tacere to be silent.] (Mus.)
It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part
to be silent during a whole movement.
Tache \Tache\, n. [See {Tack} a kind of nail.]
Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a
button. [Obs.] --Ex. xxvi. 6.
Tache \Tache\, n. [F. tache spot. See {Techy}.]
A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] --Warner.
Tachhydrite \Tach*hy"drite\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + "y`dwr
water. So named from its ready deliquescence.] (Min.)
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.
Tachina \Tach"i*na\, n.; pl. {Tachin[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, for
? swift.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to {Tachina}
and allied genera. Their larv[ae] are external parasites of
other insects.
Tachometer \Ta*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? swiftness, speed (fr.
tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating
changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.
Specifically:
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of
the blood; a h[ae]matachometer.
Tachydidaxy \Tach"y*di*dax`y\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + ?
teaching.]
A short or rapid method of instructing. [R.]
Tachyglossa \Tach`y*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick
+ ? tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters
of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under {Echidna}.
Tachygraphic \Tach`y*graph"ic\, Tachygraphical
\Tach`y*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. tachygraphique.]
Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.
Tachygraphy \Ta*chyg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy:
cf. F. tachygraphie.]
The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing;
stenography. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Tachylyte \Tach"y*lyte\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + ? to dissolve.]
(Min.)
A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable
by acids and readily fusible.
Tacit \Tac"it\, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to
pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent,
Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[=e]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf.
{Reticent}.]
Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;
as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not
interposing an objection. -- {Tac"it*ly}, adv.
The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in
civil contracts. --Jer. Taylor.
Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
{Tacit}.]
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
speak. -- {Tac"i*turn*ly}, adv.
Syn: Silent; reserved.
Usage: {Taciturn}, {Silent}. Silent has reference to the act;
taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
may now and then make an effort at conversation.
Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F.
taciturnit['e].]
Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural
diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox.
The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
much offense. --Macaulay.
Tack \Tack\, n. [From an old or dialectal form of F. tache. See
{Techy}.]
1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. L. tactus.] A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty
tack. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Drayton.
Tack \Tack\, n. [OE. tak, takke, a fastening; akin to D. tak a
branch, twig, G. zacke a twig, prong, spike, Dan. takke a
tack, spike; cf. also Sw. tagg prickle, point, Icel. t[=a]g a
willow twig, Ir. taca a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. tacaid,
Armor. & Corn. tach; perhaps akin to E. take. Cf. {Attach},
{Attack}, {Detach}, {Tag} an end, {Zigzag}.]
1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a
broad, flat head.
2. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See
{Tack}, v. t., 3. --Macaulay.
Some tacks had been made to money bills in King
Charles's time. --Bp. Burnet.
3. (Naut.)
(a) 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.
(b) 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}).
(c) 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.
4. (Scots Law) A contract by which the use of a thing is set,
or let, for hire; a lease. --Burrill.
5. Confidence; reliance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
{Tack of a flag} (Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the
foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards.
{Tack pins} (Naut.), belaying pins; -- also called {jack
pins}.
{To haul the tacks aboard} (Naut.), to set the courses.
{To hold tack}, to last or hold out. --Milton.
Tack \Tack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tacking}.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin
to E. take. See {Tack} a small nail.]
1. To fasten or attach. ``In hopes of getting some commendam
tacked to their sees.'' --Swift.
And tacks the center to the sphere. --Herbert.
2. 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.
3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill;
to append; -- often with on or to. --Macaulay.
4. (Naut.) 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.
Note: In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first
directly to windward, and then so that the wind will
blow against the other side.
Tack \Tack\, v. i. (Naut.)
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.
Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to
larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out,
``Wheel to the left.'' --Macaulay.
Tacker \Tack"er\, n.
One who tacks.
Tacket \Tack"et\, n. [Dim. of tack a small nail.]
A small, broad-headed nail. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Tackey \Tack"ey\, a. & n.
See {Tacky}.
Tacking \Tack"ing\, n. (Law)
A union of securities given at different times, all of which
must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can
interpose his claim. --Bouvier.
Note: The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in American
law. --Kent.
Tackle \Tac"kle\ (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?,
especially by seamen), n. [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel,
Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v.t., or to
take.]
1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights,
consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the
rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object
is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting
tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. ``She to her
tackle fell.'' --Hudibras.
Note: In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.
3. (Naut.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any
purchase where more than one block is used.
{Fall and tackle}. See the Note under {Pulley}.
{Fishing tackle}. See under {Fishing}, a.
{Ground tackle} (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc.
{Gun tackle}, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon
in or out.
{Tackle fall}, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a
tackle, to which the power is applied.
{Tack tackle} (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks
of the principal sails.
{Tackle board}, {Tackle post} (Ropemaking), a board, frame,
or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the
spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.
Tackle \Tac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.]
1. To supply with tackle. --Beau. & Fl.
2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to
tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler
tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time
and strength in tackling windmills under conditions
the most fitted to insure her defeat. --Dublin Univ.
Mag.
Tackled \Tac"kled\, a.
Made of ropes tacked together.
My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made
like a tackled stair. --Shak.
Tackling \Tac"kling\, n. (Naut.)
1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage,
sails, etc.
2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. --Walton.
3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he
draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Tacksman \Tacks"man\, n.; pl. {Tacksmen}. (Scots Law)
One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or
lessee. --Sir W. Scott.
The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the
``peerage'' of the little community, must be the
captains. --Macaulay.
Tacky \Tack"y\, a. [Cf. {Techy}, {Tack} a spot.]
Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when
not well dried. [U. S.]
Taconic \Ta*con"ic\, a. (Geol.)
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 \Tact\, n. [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere,
tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See {Tangent}.]
1. The sense of touch; feeling.
Did you suppose that I could not make myself
sensible to tact as well as sight? --Southey.
Now, sight is a very refined tact. --J. Le Conte.
2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time.
3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice
perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and
doing what is required by circumstances.
He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and
boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them
into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of
Mazarin. --Macaulay.
A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much
as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours.
--Macaulay.
Tactable \Tac"ta*ble\, a.
Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] ``They [women] being
created to be both tractable and tactable.'' --Massinger.
Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?. See
{tactics}.]
Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics. --
{Tac"tic*al*ly}, adv.
Tactic \Tac"tic\, n.
See {Tactics}.
Tactician \Tac*ti"cian\, n. [Cf. F. tacticien.]
One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an
adroit manager.
Tactics \Tac"tics\, n. [Gr. ?, pl., and ? (sc. ?, sing., fr. ?
fit for ordering or arranging, fr. ?, ?, to put in order, to
arrange: cf. F. tactique.]
1. 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.
2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Tactile \Tac"tile\, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to
touch: cf. F. tactile.]
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.
``Tactile sweets.'' --Beaumont. ``Tactile qualities.'' --Sir
M. Hale.
{Tactile} sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure
sense. See {Touch}.
The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on
different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the
forehead, temples and back of the forearm. --H. N.
Martin.
Tactility \Tac*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tactilit['e].]
The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by
touch; tangibleness.
Taction \Tac"tion\, n. [L. tactio, from tangere, tactum, to
touch.]
The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency. ``External
taction.'' --Chesterfield.
Tactless \Tact"less\, a.
Destitute of tact.
Tactual \Tac"tu*al\, a. [See {Tact}.] (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch;
derived from touch.
In the lowest organisms we have a kind of tactual sense
diffused over the entire body. --Tyndall.
Tadpole \Tad"pole`\, n. [OE. tadde toad (AS. t[=a]die,
t[=a]dige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all
head. See {Toad}, and {Poll}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U. S.]
{Tadpole fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Forkbeard}
(a) .
Taedium \T[ae]"di*um\, n. [L.]
See {Tedium}.
Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta?l, a certain weight, probably fr.
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
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. [Written also {tale}.]
Taen \Taen\, or Ta'en \Ta'en\,
p. p. of {Ta}, to take, or a contraction of {Taken}. [Poetic
& Scot.] --Burns.
Taenia \T[ae]"ni*a\, n.; pl. {T[ae]ni[ae]}. [L., a ribbon, a
tapeworm.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the
common tapeworms of man. See {Tapeworm}.
2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several
bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric
frieze, separating it from the architrave.
Taeniada \T[ae]*ni"a*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {T[ae]nioidea}.
Taeniata \T[ae]`ni*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long,
ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar
example.
Taenidium \T[ae]*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {T[ae]nidia}. [NL., dim. fr.
L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zo["o]l.)
The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the
trache[ae] of insects. See Illust. of {Trachea}.
Taenioglossa \T[ae]`ni*o*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
ribbon + ? a tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \T[ae]`ni*o*glos"sate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the T[ae]nioglossa.
Taenioid \T[ae]"ni*oid\, a. [T[ae]nia + -oid.]
1. Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to T[ae]nia.
Taenioidea \T[ae]`ni*oi"de*a\, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms.
See {Tapeworm}.
Taeniola \T[ae]*ni"o*la\, n.; pl. {T[ae]niol[ae]}. [L., dim. of
taenia a ribbon.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the radial partitions which separate the internal
cavities of certain medus[ae].
Taeniosomi \T[ae]`ni*o*so"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ribbon + ?
body.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed
form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See {Ribbon fish},
under {Ribbon}.
Tafferer \Taf"fer*er\, n. (Naut.)
See {Taffrail}.
Taffeta \Taf"fe*ta\, Taffety \Taf"fe*ty\, n. [F. taffetas, It.
taffet[`a], from Per. t[=a]ftah, originally, twisted, woven,
from t[=a]ftan to twist, to spin.]
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.
Lined with taffeta and with sendal. --Chaucer.
Taffrail \Taff"rail\, n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr.
tafel table, fr. L. tabula. See {Table}.] (Naut.)
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. [Written also {tafferel}.]
Taffy \Taf"fy\, n. [Prov. E. taffy toffy.]
1. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled
down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in
England, {toffy}.]
2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang]
Tafia \Taf"i*a\, n. [Cf. F. & Sp. tafia, It. taffia; fr. Malay
t[=a]f[=i]a a spirit distilled from molasses. Cf. {Ratafia}.]
A variety of rum. [West Indies]
Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg
a prickle, point, tooth.]
1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something
slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or
label.
2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a
string, or lace, to stiffen it.
3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.]
{Tag and rag}, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed.
5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tagging}.]
1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
--Macaulay.
His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with
some fawning word. --Dryden.
2. To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke.
3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the
game of tag. See {Tag}, a play.
Tag \Tag\, v. i.
To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with
after; as, to tag after a person.
Tag \Tag\, n. [From {Tag}, v.; cf. {Tag}, an end.]
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another,
and then runs away to avoid being touched.
Tagbelt \Tag"belt`\, n. (Far.)
Same as {Tagsore}. [Obs.]
Tagger \Tag"ger\, n.
1. One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to
another.
2. That which is pointed like a tag.
Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. --Cotton.
3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the
gauge. --Knight.
4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. --Knight.
Taglet \Tag"let\, n.
A little tag.
Taglia \Tagl"ia\, n. [It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to
cut. See {Tailor}.] (Mech.)
A peculiar combination of pulleys. --Brande & C.
Tagliacotain \Tagl`ia*co"tain\, a. (Surg.)
Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the
Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by
him. [Also {Taliacotian}, and {Tagliacozzian}.]
Taglioni \Tagl*io"ni\, n.
A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named
after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.
He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or
comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. --Sir W.
Scott.
Taglock \Tag"lock`\, n.
An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. --Nares.
Tagnicate \Tag"ni*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The white-lipped peccary.
Tag-rag \Tag"-rag`\, n. & a. [See {Tag} an end, and {Rag}.]
The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. {Rag, tag, and
bobtail}, under {Bobtail}.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I
am no true man. --Shak.
Tagsore \Tag"sore`\, n. (Far.)
Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation
produced by contact with the feces; -- called also {tagbelt}.
[Obs.]
Tagtail \Tag"tail`\, n.
1. A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
2. A person who attaches himself to another against the will
of the latter; a hanger-on.
Taguan \Tag"u*an\, n. [From the native name in the East Indies.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large flying squirrel ({Pteromys petuarista}). Its body
becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as
long.
Taguicati \Ta`gui*ca"ti\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
The white-lipped peccary.
Taha \Ta"ha\, n.
The African rufous-necked weaver bird ({Hyphantornis texor}).
Tahaleb \Ta*ha"leb\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fox ({Vulpes Niloticus}) of Northern Africa.
Tahitian \Ta*hi"ti*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
-- n. A native inhabitant of Tahiti.
Tahr \Tahr\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Thar}.
Tail \Tail\, n. [F. taille a cutting. See {Entail}, {Tally}.]
(Law)
Limitation; abridgment. --Burrill.
{Estate in tail}, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an
estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other
heirs are precluded; -- called also {estate tail}.
--Blackstone.
Tail \Tail\, a. (Law)
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebr[ae], and is covered with flesh and
hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body.
The tail of existing birds consists of several more or
less consolidated vertebr[ae] which supports a fanlike
group of quills to which the term tail is more
particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of
the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a
caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the
entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes
to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior
part.
The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
``Ah,'' said he, ``if you saw but the chief with his
tail on.'' --Sir W.
Scott.
5. 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.
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
8. (Surg.)
(a) 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}.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4.
12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5.
{Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.
{Tail coverts} (Zo["o]l.), the feathers which cover the bases
of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than
the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the
quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those
below, the {under tail coverts}.
{Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
{Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.
{Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
{Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
{Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
{Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
{Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}.
{To turn tail}, to run away; to flee.
Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Tail \Tail\, v. t.
1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely
to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.]
Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds,
wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and
was called on the next Parliament. --Fuller.
2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras.
{To tail in} or {on} (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends
into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a
timber.
Tail \Tail\, v. i.
1. (Arch.) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it
rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
2. (Naut.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; --
said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down
stream.
{Tail on}. (Naut.) See {Tally on}, under {Tally}.
Tailage \Tail"age\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
See {Tallage}.
Tail-bay \Tail"-bay`\, n.
1. (Arch.) 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}.
2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
Tailblock \Tail"block`\, n. (Naut.)
A block with a tail. See {Tail}, 9.
Tailboard \Tail"board`\, 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 \Tailed\, a.
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; --
chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.
Snouted and tailed like a boar. --Grew.
Tailing \Tail"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted
in a wall. --Gwilt.
2. (Surg.) Same as {Tail}, n., 8
(a) .
3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed
threshing and winnowing; chaff.
5. pl. (Mining) 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}. --Pryce.
Taille \Taille\, n. [F. See {Tally}, {Tailor}.]
1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.]
Whether that he paid or took by taille. --Chaucer.
2. (O. F. Law) Any imposition levied by the king, or any
other lord, upon his subjects.
The taille, as it still subsists in France, may
serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It
was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they
estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.
--A. Smith.
3. (Mus.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also,
for the tenor viol or viola.
Tailless \Tail"less\, a.
Having no tail. --H. Spencer.
Taillie \Tail"lie\, n. (Scots Law)
Same as {Tailzie}.
Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
{Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
garments.
Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
(b) The silversides.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
{Salt-water tailor} (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
--Bartlett.
{Tailor bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
{Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
olive-green.
Tailor \Tai"lor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tailored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tailoring}.]
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a
tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped
rules. --M. Green.
Tailoress \Tai"lor*ess\, n.
A female tailor.
Tailoring \Tai"lor*ing\, adv.
The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tailpiece \Tail"piece`\, n.
1. A piece at the end; an appendage.
2. (Arch.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in
floor framing. See Illust. of {Header}.
3. (Print.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page
to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. --Savage.
4. 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 \Tail"pin"\, n. (Mach.)
The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tailrace \Tail"race`\, n.
1. See {Race}, n., 6.
2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in
water, are conducted away.
Tailstock \Tail"stock`\, 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 \Tail"-wa`ter\, n.
Water in a tailrace.
Tailzie \Tail"zie\ (-z[i^] or -y[i^]), n. [F. tailler to cut.
See {Tail} a limitation.] (Scots Law)
An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession
is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also
{tailzee}.]
Tain \Tain\, n. [OE. tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a twig, akin
to AS. t[=a]n, Goth. tains.]
Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. --Knight.
Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
{Attaint}.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]
This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.
2. 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. [Obs.]
Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tainting}.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
Taint \Taint\, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]
Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely.
--Massinger.
2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.
Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint
my love. --Shak.
Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.
Taint \Taint\, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
I can not taint with fear. --Shak.
2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
Taint \Taint\, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]
2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.
3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Taintless \Taint"less\, a.
Free from taint or infection; pure.
Taintlessly \Taint"less*ly\, adv.
In a taintless manner.
Tainture \Tain"ture\, n. [F. teinture. See {Taint} to stain, and
cf. {Tincture}.]
Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.] --Shak.
Taintworm \Taint"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Taira \Tai"ra\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tayra}.
Tairn \Tairn\, n.
See {Tarn}. --Coleridge.
Tait \Tait\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Ta*ja[,c]"u\, Tajassu \Ta*jas"su\, n. [Pg. taja[,c]['u],
from Braz. taya[,c]['u] a hog or swine.] (Zo["o]l.)
The common, or collared, peccary.
Take \Take\, obs. p. p. of {Take}.
Taken. --Chaucer.
Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth.
t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.]
1. 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. Hence, specifically:
(a) 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.
This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii.
27.
Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.
--Pope.
They that come abroad after these showers are
commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon.
There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle
And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
(b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to
captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
--Prov. vi.
25.
Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect,
that he had no patience. --Wake.
I know not why, but there was a something in
those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very
shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, --
which took me more than all the outshining
loveliness of her companions. --Moore.
(c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to
have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my
son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv.
42.
The violence of storming is the course which God
is forced to take for the destroying . . . of
sinners. --Hammond.
(d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.
This man always takes time . . . before he
passes his judgments. --I. Watts.
(e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to
picture; as, to take picture of a person.
Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
--Dryden.
(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.]
The firm belief of a future judgment is the most
forcible motive to a good life, because taken
from this consideration of the most lasting
happiness and misery. --Tillotson.
(g) 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.
(h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
(i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand
over; as, he took the book to the bindery.
He took me certain gold, I wot it well.
--Chaucer.
(k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as,
to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to
endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:
(a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to
refuse or reject; to admit.
Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer. --Num. xxxv.
31.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore. --1 Tim. v.
10.
(b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to
partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
(c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to
clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
You take me right. --Bacon.
Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing
else but the science love of God and our
neighbor. --Wake.
[He] took that for virtue and affection which
was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South.
You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.
--Tate.
(f) 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.
I take thee at thy word. --Rowe.
Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . .
Not take the mold. --Dryden.
{To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air},
etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc.
{To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.
{To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey.
{To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities.
{To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation
of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes
of bishops. ``By your own law, I take your life away.''
--Dryden.
{To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe
or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.
{To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be
solicitous. ``Doth God take care for oxen?'' --1 Cor. ix.
9.
{To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care
for; to superintend or oversee.
{To take down}.
(a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher,
place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower;
to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down
pride, or the proud. ``I never attempted to be
impudent yet, that I was not taken down.''
--Goldsmith.
(b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.
(c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a
house or a scaffold.
(d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's
words at the time he utters them.
{To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and
{Fire}.
{To take ground to the right} or {to the left} (Mil.), to
extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops,
to the right or left.
{To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be
encouraged.
{To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. ``Take heed what
doom against yourself you give.'' --Dryden.
{To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy
ways.
{To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on.
{To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.
{To take in}.
(a) To inclose; to fence.
(b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.
(c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail
or furl; as, to take in sail.
(d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.
[Colloq.]
(e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in
water.
(f) To win by conquest. [Obs.]
For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take
in. --Chapman.
(g) To receive into the mind or understanding. ``Some
bright genius can take in a long train of
propositions.'' --I. Watts.
(h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or
newspaper; to take. [Eng.]
{To take in hand}. See under {Hand}.
{To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. ``Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.''
--Ex. xx. 7.
{To take issue}. See under {Issue}.
{To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2.
{To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it
regularly, as on paying the price of subscription.
{To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular
attention.
{To take notice of}. See under {Notice}.
{To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial
manner.
{To take off}.
(a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove
from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to
take off one's hat.
(b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.
(c) To destroy; as, to take off life.
(d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of
an argument.
(e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke.
(f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.
(g) To purchase; to take in trade. ``The Spaniards having
no commodities that we will take off.'' --Locke.
(h) To copy; to reproduce. ``Take off all their models in
wood.'' --Addison.
(i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate.
(k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars
than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
{To take on}, to assume; to take upon one's self; as, to take
on a character or responsibility.
{To take one's own course}, to act one's pleasure; to pursue
the measures of one's own choice.
{To take order for}. See under {Order}.
{To take order with}, to check; to hinder; to repress. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
{To take orders}.
(a) To receive directions or commands.
(b) (Eccl.) To enter some grade of the ministry. See
{Order}, n., 10.
{To take out}.
(a) To remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct.
(b) To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; as,
to take out a stain or spot from cloth.
(c) To produce for one's self; as, to take out a patent.
(d) To put an end to; as, to take the conceit out of a
man.
(e) To escort; as, to take out to dinner.
{To take over}, to undertake; to take the management of.
[Eng.] --Cross (Life of G. Eliot).
{To take part}, to share; as, they take part in our
rejoicing.
{To take part with}, to unite with; to join with.
{To take place}, {root}, {sides}, {stock}, etc. See under
{Place}, {Root}, {Side}, etc.
{To take the air}.
(a) (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher
than the falcon; -- said of a bird.
(b) See under {Air}.
{To take the field}. (Mil.) See under {Field}.
{To take thought}, to be concerned or anxious; to be
solicitous. --Matt. vi. 25, 27.
{To take to heart}. See under {Heart}.
{To take to task}, to reprove; to censure.
{To take up}.
(a) To lift; to raise. --Hood.
(b) To buy or borrow; as, to take up goods to a large
amount; to take up money at the bank.
(c) To begin; as, to take up a lamentation. --Ezek. xix.
1.
(d) To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to
replace; as, to take up raveled stitches; specifically
(Surg.), to fasten with a ligature.
(e) To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, to take
up the time; to take up a great deal of room.
(f) To take permanently. ``Arnobius asserts that men of
the finest parts . . . took up their rest in the
Christian religion.'' --Addison.
(g) To seize; to catch; to arrest; as, to take up a thief;
to take up vagabonds.
(h) To admit; to believe; to receive. [Obs.]
The ancients took up experiments upon credit.
--Bacon.
(i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.
One of his relations took him up roundly.
--L'Estrange.
(k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in
continuous succession.
Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon
takes up the wondrous tale. --Addison.
(l) To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or
manage; as, to take up the quarrels of our neighbors;
to take up current opinions. ``They take up our old
trade of conquering.'' --Dryden.
(m) To comprise; to include. ``The noble poem of Palemon
and Arcite . . . takes up seven years.'' --Dryden.
(n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of
assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. --Ps.
xxvii. 10.
(o) To collect; to exact, as a tax; to levy; as, to take
up a contribution. ``Take up commodities upon our
bills.'' --Shak.
(p) To pay and receive; as, to take up a note at the bank.
(q) (Mach.) To remove, as by an adjustment of parts; as,
to take up lost motion, as in a bearing; also, to make
tight, as by winding, or drawing; as, to take up slack
thread in sewing.
(r) To make up; to compose; to settle; as, to take up a
quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To take up arms}. Same as {To take arms}, above.
{To take upon one's self}.
(a) To assume; to undertake; as, he takes upon himself to
assert that the fact is capable of proof.
(b) To appropriate to one's self; to allow to be imputed
to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as, to take upon
one's self a punishment.
{To take up the gauntlet}. See under {Gauntlet}.
Take \Take\, v. i.
1. 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. --Shak.
When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
--Bacon.
In impressions from mind to mind, the impression
taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any
manifest effect. --Bacon.
2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And
hint he writ it, if the thing should take.
--Addison.
3. 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.
4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his
face does not take well.
{To take after}.
(a) To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he takes
after a good pattern.
(b) To resemble; as, the son takes after his father.
{To take in with}, to resort to. [Obs.] --Bacon.
{To take on}, to be violently affected; to express grief or
pain in a violent manner.
{To take to}.
(a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become
attached to; as, to take to evil practices. ``If he
does but take to you, . . . you will contract a great
friendship with him.'' --Walpole.
(b) To resort to; to betake one's self to. ``Men of
learning, who take to business, discharge it generally
with greater honesty than men of the world.''
--Addison.
{To take up}.
(a) To stop. [Obs.] ``Sinners at last take up and settle
in a contempt of religion.'' --Tillotson.
(b) To reform. [Obs.] --Locke.
{To take up with}.
(a) To be contended to receive; to receive without
opposition; to put up with; as, to take up with plain
fare. ``In affairs which may have an extensive
influence on our future happiness, we should not take
up with probabilities.'' --I. Watts.
(b) To lodge with; to dwell with. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
{To take with}, to please. --Bacon.
Take \Take\, n.
1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish
captured at one haul or catch.
2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one
time.
Take-in \Take"-in`\, n.
Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]
Taken \Tak"en\,
p. p. of {Take}.
Take-off \Take"-off`\, n.
An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
Taker \Tak"er\ (t[=a]k"[~e]r), n.
One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Take-up \Take"-up`\, n. (Mach.)
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 \Tak"ing\, a.
1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting.
Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
--Fuller.
2. Infectious; contageous. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. --
{Tak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Tak"ing*ness}, n.
Taking \Tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure;
apprehension.
2. Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. [Colloq.]
What a taking was he in, when your husband asked who
was in the basket! --Shak.
3. Malign influence; infection. [Obs.] --Shak.
Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
Removal; murder. See {To take off}
(c), under {Take}, v. t.
The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
Talapoin \Tal"a*poin\ (t[a^]l"[.a]*poin), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small African monkey ({Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus,
talapoin}) -- called also {melarhine}.
Talaria \Ta*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [L., from talaris pertaining to the
ankles, fr. talus ankle.] (Class. Myth.)
Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the
ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.
Talbot \Tal"bot\, n.
A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of
game. [Obs.] --Wase (1654).
Note: The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the Talbot
family, whence, perhaps, the name.
Talbotype \Tal"bo*type\, n. (Photog.)
Same as {Calotype}.
Talc \Talc\, n. [F. talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL. talcus; all
fr. Ar. talq.] (Min.)
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.
{Indurated talc}, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly
compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; --
called also {talc slate}.
Talcose \Tal*cose"\, Talcous \Talc"ous\, a. [Cf. F. talqueux.]
(Min.)
Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
Tale \Tale\, n.
See {Tael}.
Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
also {Talk}, v. i.]
1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse;
statement; history; story. ``The tale of Troy divine.''
--Milton. ``In such manner rime is Dante's tale.''
--Chaucer.
We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
9.
2. 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.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
weight. --Hooker.
And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the
hawthornn in the dale. --Milton.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
--Carew.
3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]
{To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.]
Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so
holy was his heart. --Chaucer.
Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
account; legend; narrative.
Tale \Tale\, v. i.
To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.
Talebearer \Tale"bear`er\, n.
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or
maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and
makes mischief.
Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did
their best to inflame her resentment. --Macaulay.
Talebearing \Tale"bear`ing\, a.
Telling tales officiously.
Talebearing \Tale"bear`ing\, n.
The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts,
scandal, etc., maliciously.
Taled \Ta"led\, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when
repeating prayers in the synagogues. --Crabb.
Taleful \Tale"ful\, a.
Full of stories. [R.] --Thomson.
Talegalla \Tal`e*gal"la\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey.
See {Brush turkey}.
Talent \Tal"ent\, n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1),
Gr. ? a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a
talent; akin to ? to bear, endure, ?, L. tolerare, tollere,
to lift up, sustain, endure. See {Thole}, v. t., {Tolerate}.]
1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of
money equal to 60 min[ae] or 6,000 drachm[ae]. The Attic
talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243
15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five
hundred talents. --Jowett
(Thucid.).
2. 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
[pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645 to
$1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
They rather counseled you to your talent than to
your profit. --Chaucer.
4. 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).
He is chiefly to be considered in his three
different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a
writer of odes. --Dryden.
His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful
manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay.
Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See {Genius}.
Talented \Tal"ent*ed\, a.
Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally
gifted. --Abp. Abbot (1663).
Note: This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge
and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not
very good grounds, as the use of talent or talents to
signify mental ability, although at first merely
metaphorical, is now fully established, and talented,
as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as
gifted, bigoted, moneyed, landed, lilied, honeyed, and
numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but
derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.
Tales \Ta"les\, n. [L., pl. of talis such (persons).] (Law)
(a) pl. 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. --Blount. Blackstone.
(b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are
summoned.
{Tales book}, a book containing the names of such as are
admitted of the tales. --Blount. --Craig.
{Tales de circumstantibus} [L.], such, or the like, from
those standing about.
Talesman \Tales"man\, n.; pl. {Talesmen}. (Law)
A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of
jurors when a tales is awarded. --Wharton.
Taleteller \Tale"tell`er\, n.
One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous
or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Talewise \Tale"wise`\, adv.
In a way of a tale or story.
Taliacotian \Tal"ia*co`tian\, a.
See {Tagliacotian}.
Taliation \Tal`i*a"tion\, n.
Retaliation. [Obs.]
Just heav'n this taliation did decree. --Beaumont.
Talion \Ta"li*on\, n. [F., fr. L. talio, perh. fr. talis such.
Cf. {Retaliation}.]
Retaliation. [R.] --Holinshed.
Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes,
pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}.
Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes
varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
{T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T.
equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the
patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T.
calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole
faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
Talipot \Tal"i*pot\, n. [Hind. t[=a]lp[=a]t the leaf of the
tree.] (Bot.)
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.
Talisman \Tal"is*man\, n.; pl. {Talismans}. [Sp., from Ar.
tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl. tilsam[=a]n, fr. Gr. ?
tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from ? to
complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to
initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. ? completion,
end.]
1. 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.
2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp.
in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a
talisman to avert diseases. --Swift.
Talismanic \Tal`is*man"ic\, Talismanical \Tal`is*man"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. talismanique.]
Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a
talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence;
magical.
Talk \Talk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to
speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan
to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to
interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t?lka to interpret, t?lkr an
interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti,
tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to
talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see {Tale},
v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.
2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. ``The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done.'' --Addison.
{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
Talk \Talk\, v. t.
1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.
2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.
3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.
4. To cause to be or become by talking. ``They would talk
themselves mad.'' --Shak.
{To talk over}.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.
Talk \Talk\, n.
1. 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.
In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
--Pope.
Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and
curses. --Macaulay.
2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
--Locke.
3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of
the town.
Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See {Conversation}.
Talkative \Talk"a*tive\, a.
Given to much talking.
Syn: Garrulous; loquacious. See {Garrulous}. --
{Talk"a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Talk"a*tive*ness}, n.
Talker \Talk"er\, n.
1. One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power
of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.
There probably were never four talkers more
admirable in four different ways than Johnson,
Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick. --Macaulay.
2. A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a
babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt
or reproach. --Jer. Taylor.
Talking \Talk"ing\, a.
1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
2. Given to talk; loquacious.
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For
talking age and whispering lovers made. --Goldsmith.
Tall \Tall\, a. [Compar. {Taller}; superl. {Tallest}.] [OE. tal
seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS.
un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth. untals indocile, disobedient,
uninstructed, or W. & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit,
proper, just.]
1. 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.
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.
2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.]
As tall a trencherman As e'er demolished a pye
fortification. --Massinger.
His companions, being almost in despair of victory,
were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley,
which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
--Grafton.
3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
[Obs. or Slang] --B. Jonson.
Syn: High; lofty.
Usage: {Tall}, {High}, {Lofty}. High is the generic term, and
is applied to anything which is elevated or raised
above another thing. Tall specifically describes that
which has a small diameter in proportion to its
height; hence, we speak of a tall man, a tall steeple,
a tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill. Lofty has a
special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes
an imposing height; as, a lofty mountain; a lofty
room. Tall is now properly applied only to physical
objects; high and lofty have a moral acceptation; as,
high thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a
lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word, and is
usually coupled with the grand or admirable.
Tallage \Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
{Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law)
A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage},
{taillage}.]
Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage;
when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not
held by military tenure, hidage. --Blackstone.
Tallage \Tal"lage\, v. t.
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Tallier \Tal"li*er\, n.
One who keeps tally.
Tallness \Tall"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.
Tallow \Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D.
talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[=o]lgr, t[=o]lg,
t[=o]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large
amount of stearin it contains. See {Fat}.
2. 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.
{Tallow candle}, a candle made of tallow.
{Tallow catch}, a keech. See {Keech}. [Obs.]
{Tallow chandler}, one whose occupation is to make, or to
sell, tallow candles.
{Tallow chandlery}, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the
place where his business is carried on.
{Tallow tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Stillingia sebifera}) growing
in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance
which resembles tallow and is applied to the same
purposes.
Tallow \Tal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tallowing}.]
1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten;
as, tallow sheep.
Tallower \Tal"low*er\, n.
An animal which produces tallow.
Tallow-face \Tal"low-face`\, n.
One who has a sickly, pale complexion. --Shak.
Tallow-faced \Tal"low-faced`\, a.
Having a sickly complexion; pale. --Burton.
Tallowing \Tal"low*ing\, n.
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also,
the property in animals of producing tallow.
Tallowish \Tal"low*ish\, a.
Having the qualities of tallow.
Tallowy \Tal"low*y\, a.
Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
Tallwood \Tall"wood`\, n. [Cf. {Tally}.]
Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Tally \Tal"ly\, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille
a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
probably by taill['e], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and
cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.]
1. 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.
Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for
traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two
parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the
number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller
keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before
the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the
only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were
received as evidence in courts of justice. In the
English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being
kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the
creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
kept in duplicate.
3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
They were framed the tallies for each other.
--Dryden.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make
or earn a tally in a game.
5. A tally shop. See {Tally shop}, below.
{Tally shop}, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to
customers on account, the account being kept in
corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by
agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
--Eng. Encyc.
{To strike tallies}, to act in correspondence, or alike.
[Obs.] --Fuller.
Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tallying}.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See {Tally}, n.]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to
correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present
juncture. --Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard
or outboard. --W. C. Russell.
{Tally on} (Naut.), to dovetail together.
Tally \Tal"ly\, v. i.
1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with
the channel. --Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine.
--Walpole.
2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
{Tally on} (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men
standing in a line or tail.
Tally \Tal"ly\, adv. [See {Tall}, a.]
Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Tallyho \Tal"ly*ho`\, interj. & n.
1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.
2. A tallyho coach.
{Tallyho coach}, a pleasure coach. See under {Coach}.
Tallyman \Tal"ly*man\, n.; pl. {Tallymen}.
1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as
tally trade.
Talma \Tal"ma\, n.; pl. {Talmas}. [Prob. so called from Talma, a
French actor.]
(a) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming
part of the dress of ladies.
(b) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
Talmud \Tal"mud\, n. [Chald. talm[=u]d instruction, doctrine,
fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]
The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised
in the Pentateuch.
Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text,
and the Gemara, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the
name Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish
writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the
Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the
Talmud of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian Talmud. They
contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The
Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the
other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
Talmudic \Tal*mud"ic\, Talmudical \Tal*mud"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
talmudique.]
Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as,
Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases. --Lightfoot.
Talmudist \Tal"mud*ist\, n. [Cf. F. talmudiste.]
One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of
the Talmud.
Talmudistic \Tal`mud*is"tic\, a.
Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.
Talon \Tal"on\, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the
ankle, heel.]
1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the
claw of a bird of prey. --Bacon.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind
part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and
convex at the top; -- usually called an {ogee}.
Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an
{inverted talon}.
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts
to shoot the bolt. --Knight.
Talook \Ta*look"\, Taluk \Ta*luk"\, n. [Ar. ta'lluq.]
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.
[India]
Talookdar \Ta*look"dar\, Talukdar \Ta*luk"dar\, n. [Hind., fr.
Per. ta'lluqd[=a]r.]
A proprietor of a talook. [India]
Talpa \Tal"pa\, n. [L., mole.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small insectivores including the common European
mole.
Talus \Ta"lus\, n.; pl. {Tali}. [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
1. (Anat.) The astragalus.
2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot ({Talipes calcaneus}). See
the Note under {Talipes}.
Talus \Ta"lus\, n. [F.]
1. (Fort.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
2. (Geol.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the
foot of a precipice.
Tamability \Tam`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
Tamable \Tam"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness
or savage ferociousness. -- {Tam"a*ble*ness}, n.
Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F.
tamandua.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the
tropical parts of South America.
Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout,
small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout
and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with
minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end.
Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear},
{fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped,
tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct
species by some writers, but by others is regarded as
only a variety.
Tamanoir \Ta`ma*noir"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The ant-bear.
Tamarack \Tam"a*rack\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British
Columbia ({Larix occidentalis}). See {Hackmatack}, and
{Larch}.
(b) The black pine ({Pinus Murrayana}) of Alaska, California,
etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
Tamaric \Tam"a*ric\, n. [L. tamarice. See {Tamarisk}.]
A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some
kind of heath. [Obs.]
He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall
not see when good shall come. --Jer. xvii. 6
(Douay
version).
Tamarin \Tam"a*rin\, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South
American monkeys of the genus {Midas}, especially {M.
ursulus}.
Tamarind \Tam"a*rind\, n. [It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or
Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhind[=i], literally,
Indian date; tamar a dried date + Hind India: cf. F. tamarin.
Cf. {Hindu}.] (Bot.)
1. 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.
2. One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for
preparing a pleasant drink.
{Tamarind fish}, a preparation of a variety of East Indian
fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.
{Velvet tamarind}.
(a) A West African leguminous tree ({Codarium
acutifolium}).
(b) One of the small black velvety pods, which are used
for food in Sierra Leone.
{Wild tamarind} (Bot.), a name given to certain trees
somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the {Lysiloma
latisiliqua} of Southern Florida, and the {Pithecolobium
filicifolium} of the West Indies.
Tamarisk \Tam"a*risk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix,
tamarice, Skr. tam[=a]la, tam[=a]laka, a tree with a very
dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix,
tamaris.] (Bot.)
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.
{Tamarisk salt tree}, an East Indian tree ({Tamarix
orientalis}) which produces an incrustation of salt.
Tambac \Tam"bac\, n. (Metal.)
See {Tombac}. [Obs.]
Tambour \Tam"bour\, n.
1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
2. 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}.
3. (Arch.) Same as {Drum}, n., 2
(d) .
4. (Fort.) 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.
5. (Physiol.) 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.
Tambour \Tam"bour\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamboured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tambouring}.]
To embroider on a tambour.
Tambourin \Tam`bou`rin"\, n. [F. See {Tambourine}.]
1. A tambourine. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.) An old Proven[,c]al dance of a lively character,
common on the stage.
Tambourine \Tam`bour*ine"\, n. [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino.
See {Tambour}, and cf. {Tamborine}.]
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 \Tam"breet\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The duck mole.
Tamburin \Tam`bu*rin"\, n.
See {Tambourine}. --Spenser.
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [Cf. F. entamer to cut into, to broach.]
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to
distribute; to deal out. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country,
and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his
stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but
providence, hath reserved for time of need. --Fuller.
Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. {Tamer}; superl. {Tamest}.] [AS. tam;
akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel.
tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame,
and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. {Adamant}, {Diamond},
{Dame}, {Daunt}, {Indomitable}.]
1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame
deer, a tame bird.
2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon.
3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See {Gentle}.
Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taming}.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G.
z["a]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See
{Tame}, a.]
1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle
and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a
wild beast.
They had not been tamed into submission, but baited
into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay.
2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride
or passions of youth.
Tameable \Tame"a*ble\, a.
Tamable. --Bp. Wilkins.
Tameless \Tame"less\, a.
Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. --Bp.
Hall. -- {Tame"less*ness}, n.
Tamely \Tame"ly\, adv.
In a tame manner.
Tameness \Tame"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tame.
Tamer \Tam"er\, n.
One who tames or subdues.
Tamias \Ta"mi*as\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a distributer.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
Tamil \Ta"mil\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.
[Written also {Tamul}.]
Tamil \Ta"mil\, n. [Written also Tamul.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a Dravidian race of men native of
Northern Ceylon and Southern India.
2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian
languages. See {Dravidian}, a.
Tamilian \Ta*mil"i*an\, a. & n.
Tamil.
Tamine \Tam"ine\, Taminy \Tam"i*ny\, n. [Cf. F. tamis a sort of
sieve. Cf. {Stamin}, {Temse}.]
A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.
Tamis \Tam"is\, n. [F., a kind of sieve.]
1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
2. The cloth itself; tammy.
{Tamis bird} (Zo["o]l.), a Guinea fowl.
Tamkin \Tam"kin\, n.
A tampion. --Johnson (Dict.).
Tammy \Tam"my\, n.; pl. {Tammies}.
1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often
highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers,
etc.
2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.
Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See
{Tampion}.]
1. 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.
2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to
tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Tampan \Tam"pan\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A venomous South African tick. --Livingstone.
Tampeon \Tam"pe*on\, n.
See {Tampion}. --Farrow.
Tamper \Tamp"er\, n.
1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for
blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is
placed.
2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
Tamper \Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tampered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tampering}.] [A corruption of temper.]
1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to
tamper with a disease.
'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon.
2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and
Lambert. --Hudibras.
Tamperer \Tam"per*er\, n.
One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.
Tampico fiber \Tam*pi"co fi"ber\ or fibre \fi"bre\
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 \Tamp"ing\, n.
1. 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.
2. The material used in tamping. See {Tamp}, v. t., 1.
{Tamping iron}, an iron rod for beating down the earthy
substance in tamping for blasting.
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or
German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp},
{Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and
{tompion}.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece
of ordnance, when not in use.
2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Tampoe \Tam"poe\, n. (Bot.)
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree ({Baccaurea
Malayana}) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an
apple.
Tampon \Tam"pon\, n. [F. See {Tampion}.] (Surg.)
A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the
body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of
medicine.
Tampon \Tam"pon\, v. t. (Surg.)
To plug with a tampon.
Tampoon \Tam"poon\, n. [See {Tampion}.]
The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
Tam-tam \Tam"-tam`\, n. [Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.)
(a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental
countries; -- called also {tom-tom}.
(b) A gong. See {Gong}, n., 1.
Tamul \Ta"mul\, a. & n.
Tamil.
Tan \Tan\, n. [Chin.]
See {Picul}.
Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar;
or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir,
oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.]
1. 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}.
2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;
as, hands covered with tan.
{Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.
{Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather.
{Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
{Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}.
{Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with
tan.
Tan \Tan\, a.
Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
{Black and tan}. See under {Black}, a.
Tan \Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.]
1. 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.
Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that
the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a
series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather.
Similar results may be produced by the use of other
reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or
chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of
tanning.
2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of
the sun; as, to tan the skin.
Tan \Tan\, v. i.
To get or become tanned.
Tana \Ta"na\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Banxring}.
Tanager \Tan"a*ger\, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian
tangara.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tan"a*grine\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the tanagers.
Tanagroid \Tan"a*groid\, a. [Tanager + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Tanagrine.
Tanate \Ta*na"te\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An Asiatic wild dog ({Canis procyonoides}), native of Japan
and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called
also {raccoon dog}.
Tandem \Tan"dem\, adv. & a. [L. tandem at length (of time only),
punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]
One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and
driven one before another, instead of abreast.
Tandem \Tan"dem\, n.
A team of horses harnessed one before the other. ``He drove
tandems.'' --Thackeray.
{Tandem engine}, a compound steam engine having two or more
steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another.
{Tandem bicycle} or {tricycle}, one for two persons in which
one rider sits before the other.
Tang \Tang\ (t[a^]ng), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang
seaweed, Sw. t[*a]ng, Icel. [thorn]ang. Cf. {Tangle}.] (Bot.)
A coarse blackish seaweed ({Fuscus nodosus}). --Dr. Prior.
{Tang sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Tang \Tang\, n. [Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally,
pinching; akin to E. tongs. [root]59. See {Tong}.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. {Tang} a
twang.
Such proceedings had a strong tang of tyranny.
--Fuller.
A cant of philosophism, and a tang of party
politics. --Jeffrey.
3. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tangi a projecting
point; akin to E. tongs. See {Tongs}.] 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. Specifically:
(a) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small
instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(b) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel,
by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(c) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is
fastened.
(d) The tongue of a buckle. [Prov. Eng.]
Tang \Tang\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Twang}. This word has
become confused with tang tatse, flavor.]
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
Tang \Tang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tanging}.]
To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. --Shak.
{To tang bees}, to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by
beating metal to make a din.
Tang \Tang\, v. i.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. --Shak.
Tangalung \Tan"ga*lung\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An East Indian civet ({Viverra tangalunga}).
Tangence \Tan"gence\, n.
Tangency. [R.]
Tangency \Tan"gen*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Tangent \Tan"gent\, n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to
touch; akin to Gr. ? having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf.
{Attain}, {Contaminate}, {Contingent}, {Entire}, {Tact},
{Taste}, {Tax}, v. t.] (Geom.)
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}.
{Artificial}, or {Logarithmic}, {tangent}, the logarithm of
the natural tangent of an arc.
{Natural tangent}, a decimal expressing the length of the
tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.
{Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having
a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent
of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional
to the strength of the current.
{Tangent of an angle}, the natural tangent of the arc
subtending or measuring the angle.
{Tangent of an arc}, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of
a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct,
passing from the center through the other extremity o.
Tangent \Tan"gent\, a. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr.]
Touching; touching at a single point; specifically (Geom.)
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.
{Tangent plane} (Geom.), a plane which touches a surface in a
point or line.
{Tangent scale} (Gun.), a kind of breech sight for a cannon.
{Tangent screw} (Mach.), an endless screw; a worm.
Tangental \Tan*gen"tal\, a. (Geom.)
Tangential.
Tangential \Tan*gen"tial\, a. (Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
{Tangential force} (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving
body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts
at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction
of the motion without changing the velocity.
{Tangential stress}. (Engin.) See {Shear}, n., 3.
Tangentially \Tan*gen"tial*ly\, adv.
In the direction of a tangent.
Tangerine \Tan"ger*ine`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
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. [Written also {tangierine}.]
Tangfish \Tang"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common harbor seal. [Prov. Eng.]
Tanghinia \Tan*ghin"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
The ordeal tree. See under {Ordeal}.
Tangibility \Tan`gi*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tanggibilit['e].]
The quality or state of being tangible.
Tangible \Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.]
1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.
2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. ``A
tangible blunder.'' --Byron.
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
--Southey.
-- {Tan"gi*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tan"gi*bly}, adv.
Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to
twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.]
1. 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.
2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies. ``Tangled in amorous nets.'' --Milton.
When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden
ways. --Crashaw.
Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i.
To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
Tangle \Tan"gle\, n.
1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.)
Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria
saccharina}. See {Kelp}.
Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the
palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley.
2. [From {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.
3. pl. 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.
{Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}.
{Tangle picker} (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]
Tanglefish \Tan"gle*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.
Tanglingly \Tan"gling*ly\, adv.
In a tangling manner.
Tangly \Tan"gly\, a.
1. Entangled; intricate.
2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay.
--Falconer.
Tangram \Tan"gram\, n. [Cf. {Trangram}.]
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 \Tangue\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The tenrec.
Tangun \Tan"gun\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.
Tangwhaup \Tang"whaup\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
Tanier \Tan"i*er\, n. (Bot.)
An aroid plant ({Caladium sagitt[ae]folium}), the leaves of
which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [Written also
{tannier}.]
Tanist \Tan"ist\, n. [Ir. tanaiste, tanaise, second, the second
person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a
prince.]
In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a
castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.
This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large
territory within the present county of Armagh. --M. A.
Lower.
Tanistry \Tan"ist*ry\, n. [See {Tanist}.]
In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor
had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.
Note: The primitive intention seems to have been that the
inheritance should descend to the oldest or most worthy
of the blood and name of the deceased. This was, in
reality, giving it to the strongest; and the practice
often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which
reason it was abolished under James I.
Tanite \Ta"nite\, n.
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement,
used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.
Tank \Tank\, n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;
also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. --Simmonds.
Tank \Tank\, n. [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of
East Indian origin. Cf. {Stank}, n.]
A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for
liquids.
{Tank engine}, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel
it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.
{Tank iron}, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and
thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron.
{Tank worm} (Zo["o]l.), a small nematoid worm found in the
water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of
the Guinea worm.
Tanka \Tan"ka\, n. (Naut.)
A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and
is often rowed by women. Called also {tankia}. --S. W.
Williams.
Tankard \Tank"ard\, n. [OF. tanquart; cf. OD. tanckaert; of
uncertain origin.]
A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.
Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard,
after the manner of Bacchus. --Arbuthnot.
Tankia \Tan"ki*a\, n. (Naut.)
See {Tanka}.
Tankling \Tank"ling\, n.
A tinkling. [Obs.]
Tanling \Tan"ling\, n.
One tanned by the sun. [R.]
Hot summer's tanlings and The shrinking slaves of
winter. --Shak.
Tannable \Tan"na*ble\, a.
That may be tanned.
Tannage \Tan"nage\, n.
A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. [R.]
They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. --R.
Browning.
Tannate \Tan"nate\, n. [Cf. F. tannate.] (Chem.)
A salt of tannic acid.
Tanner \Tan"ner\, n.
One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into
leather by the use of tan.
Tannery \Tan"ner*y\, n.; pl. {Tanneries}. [Cf. F. tannerie.]
1. A place where the work of tanning is carried on.
2. The art or process of tanning. [R.] --Carlyle.
Tannic \Tan"nic\, a.
Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan;
as, tannic acid.
{Tannic acid}. (Chem.)
(a) An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous
substance, {C14H10O9}, having an astringent taste, and
forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which
is the basis of common ink. Called also {tannin}, and
{gallotannic acid}.
(b) By extension, any one of a series of astringent
substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused
through the vegetable kingdom, as in oak bark, willow,
catechu, tea, coffee, etc.
Tannier \Tan"ni*er\, n. (Bot.)
See {Tanier}.
Tannin \Tan"nin\, n. [Cf. F. tannin.] (Chem.)
Same as {Tannic acid}, under {Tannic}.
Tanning \Tan"ning\, n.
The art or process of converting skins into leather. See
{Tan}, v. t., 1.
Tanrec \Tan"rec\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tenrec}.
Tansy \Tan"sy\, n. [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp.
tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr.
'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. +
qa`natos death.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
2. 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. [Obs.] --Pepys.
{Double tansy} (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the
leaves more dissected than usual.
{Tansy mustard} (Bot.), a plant ({Sisymbrium canescens}) of
the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.
Tant \Tant\, n. [Cf. {Taint} tincture.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small scarlet arachnid.
Tantalate \Tan"ta*late\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of tantalic acid.
Tantalic \Tan*tal"ic\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Tan"ta*lism\, n. [See {Tantalize}.]
A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting
by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable;
tantalization. --Addison.
Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people?
--Josiah
Quincy.
Tantalite \Tan"ta*lite\, n. [Cf. F. tantalite.] (Min.)
A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic
luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
Tantalization \Tan`ta*li*za"tion\, n.
The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
--Gayton.
Tantalize \Tan"ta*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tantalized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tantalizing}.] [From {Tantalus}: cf. F.
tantaliser.]
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.
Thy vain desires, at strife Within themselves, have
tantalized thy life. --Dryden.
Syn: To tease; vex; irritate; provoke.
Usage: {Tantalize}, {Disappoint}. To disappoint is literally
to do away with what was (or was taken to be)
appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus
dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger
term, describes a most distressing form of
disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the
Phrygian king. To tantalize is to visit with the
bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting
hopes or expectations which can never be realized.
Tantalizer \Tan"ta*li`zer\, n.
One who tantalizes.
Tantalizingly \Tan"ta*li`zing*ly\, adv.
In a tantalizing or teasing manner.
Tantalum \Tan"ta*lum\, n. [NL. So named on account of the
perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer
(Ekeberg) in isolating it. See {Tantalus}.] (Chem.)
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 \Tan"ta*lus\, n. [L., from Gr. Ta`ntalos.] (Gr. Myth.)
1. 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood
ibises.
{Tantalus's cup} (Physics), a philosophical toy, consisting
of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within
the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down
through the bottom of the cup, and allows the escape of
any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches as high
as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level
of the mouth of the figure in the cup.
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E.
amount.]
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right.
--Hallam.
The certainty that delay, under these circumstances,
was tantamount to ruin. --De Quincey.
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, v. i.
To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
Tantivy \Tan*tiv"y\, adv. [Said to be from the note of a hunting
horn.]
Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to
ride tantivy.
Tantivy \Tan*tiv"y\, n.
A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush. --Cleverland.
Tantivy \Tan*tiv"y\, v. i.
To go away in haste. [Colloq.]
Tantrum \Tan"trum\, n.
A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.
Tanyard \Tan"yard`\, n.
An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a
tannery.
Tanystomata \Tan`y*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to stretch
+ ?, ?, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is
large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxill[ae]. The
horseflies and robber flies are examples.
Taoism \Ta"o*ism\, n.
One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the
state. -- {Ta"o*ist}, a. & n.
Tap \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tapping}.] [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf.
dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to
grope.]
1. 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.
2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap \Tap\, n. [Cf. F. tape. See {Tap} to strike.]
1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. --Addison.
2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or
shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
3. pl. (Mil.) 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.
--Wilhelm.
Tap \Tap\, v. i.
To strike a gentle blow.
Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG.
zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. {Tampion},
{Tip}.]
1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or
the like; a faucet.
3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or
quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]
4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a
bar. [Colloq.]
5. (Mech.) 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.
{On tap}.
(a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap.
(b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on
tap.
{Plug tap} (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly
tapering end.
{Tap bolt}, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the
other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of
passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust.
under {Bolt}.
{Tap cinder} (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
Tap \Tap\, v. t.
1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to
tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as,
to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting
information; to tap the treasury.
3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. --Shak.
He has been tapping his liquors. --Addison.
4. (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means
of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Tapa \Ta"pa\, n.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner
bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also {kapa}.
Tapayaxin \Ta`pa*yax"in\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A Mexican spinous lizard ({Phrynosoma orbiculare}) having a
head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also {horned
toad}.
Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppe a fillet. Cf. {Tapestry},
{Tippet}.]
1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied
with tape.
2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve
as a tapeline; as, a steel tape.
{Red tape}. See under {Red}.
{Tape grass} (Bot.), a plant ({Vallisneria spiralis}) with
long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish
water; -- called also {fresh-water eelgrass}, and, in
Maryland, {wild celery}.
{Tape needle}. See {Bodkin}, n., 4.
Tapeline \Tape"line`\, n.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches,
feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for
measuring.
Taper \Ta"per\, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W.
tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a
small light.
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper \Ta"per\, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion
to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tapering}.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
Taper \Ta"per\, v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
Tapered \Ta"pered\, a.
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.]
--T. Warton.
Tapering \Ta"per*ing\, a.
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. --
{Ta"per*ing*ly}, adv.
Taperness \Ta"per*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
--Shenstone.
Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, n.; pl. {Tapestries}. [F. tapissere, fr.
tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr.
tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete
carpet, tapestry, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Tapis}, {Tippet}.]
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.
{Tapestry carpet}, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling
Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so
as to produce the figure in the cloth.
{Tapestry moth}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Carpet moth}, under
{Carpet}.
Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapestried}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Tapestrying}.]
To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of
rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay.
Tapet \Tap"et\, n. [L. tapete. See {Tapestry}.]
Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. [R.] --Spenser.
Tapeti \Tap"e*ti\, n.; pl. {Tapetis}. [Braz.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small South American hare ({Lepus Braziliensis}).
Tapetum \Ta*pe"tum\, n. [NL., from L. tapete a carpet, a
tapestry.] (Anat.)
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 \Tape"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to
T[ae]nia 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 larv[ae] (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.
Note: Three species are common parasites of man: the {pork
tapeworm} ({T[ae]nia solium}), the larva of which is
found in pork; the {beef tapeworm} ({T.
mediocanellata}), the larva of which lives in the flesh
of young cattle; and the {broad tapeworm}
({Bothriocephalus latus}) which is found chiefly in the
inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and
Asia. See also {Echinococcus}, {Cysticercus},
{Proglottis}, and 2d {Measles}, 4.
Taphouse \Tap"house`\, n.
A house where liquors are retailed.
Taphrenchyma \Taph*ren"chy*ma\, n. [Gr. ? a trench + enchyma, as
in parenchyma.] (Bot.)
Same as {Bothrenchyma}.
Tapinage \Tap"i*nage\, n. [See {Tapish}.]
A lurking or skulking. [Obs.] --Gower.
Tapioca \Tap`i*o"ca\, n. [Braz. tapioka: cf. Pg., Sp. & F.
tapioca.]
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 \Ta"pir\, n. [Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
Note: The best-known species are the Indian tapir ({Tapirus
Indicus}), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which
is black with a broad band of white around the middle,
and the common American tapir ({T. Americanus}), which,
when adult, is dull brown. Several others species
inhabit the Andes and Central America.
{Tapir tiger} (Zo["o]l.), the wallah.
Tapiroid \Ta"pir*oid\, a. [Tapir + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.
Tapis \Ta"pis\, n. [F. See {Tapestry}.]
Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
{On}, or {Upon}, {the tapis}, on the table, or under
consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the
tapis.
Tapis \Tap"is\, v. t.
To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.] --Holland.
Tapiser \Tap"is*er\, n. [F. tapissier.]
A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] --Chaucer.
Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.]
To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat;
to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis},
{tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he
tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman.
Taplash \Tap"lash`\, n.
Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
The taplash of strong ale and wine. --Taylor
(1630).
Taplings \Tap"lings\, n. pl.
The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail
are united. --Halliwell.
Tapoa tafa \Ta*po"a ta"fa\ (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tap"pen\, n.
An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine
of bears and other animals during hibernation.
Tapper \Tap"per\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor}); --
called also {tapperer}, {tabberer}, {little wood pie},
{barred woodpecker}, {wood tapper}, {hickwall}, and {pump
borer}. [Prov. Eng.]
Tappester \Tap"pes*ter\, n. [See {Tapster}.]
A female tapster. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tappet \Tap"pet\, n. (Mach.)
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. --G. Francis.
{Tappet motion}, a valve motion worked by tappets from a
reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used
in steam pumps, etc.
Tappice \Tap"pice\, Tappis \Tap"pis\, v. i.
See {Tapish}.
Tappit hen \Tap"pit hen`\
1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
2. 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. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Taproom \Tap"room`\, n.
A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
The ambassador was put one night into a miserable
taproom, full of soldiers smoking. --Macaulay.
Taproot \Tap"root`\, n. (Bot.)
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly
downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Tapster \Tap"ster\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppestre a female tapster. See
{Tap} a plug, pipe, and {-ster}.]
One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
Taqua-nut \Ta"qua-nut`\, n. (Bot.)
A Central American name for the ivory nut.
Tar \Tar\, n. [Abbrev. from tarpaulin.]
A sailor; a seaman. [Colloq.] --Swift.
Tar \Tar\, n. [OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D.
teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tj["a]ra, Dan.
ti[ae]re, and to E. tree. [root]63. See {Tree}.]
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.
{Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Mineral tar} (Min.), a kind of soft native bitumen.
{Tar board}, a strong quality of millboard made from junk and
old tarred rope. --Knight.
{Tar water}.
(a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.
(b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.
{Wood tar}, tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by
the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir,
and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes,
oakum, etc., impervious to water.
Tar \Tar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tarred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tarring}.]
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar
cloth.
{To tar and feather a person}. See under {Feather}, v. t.
Taranis \Tar"a*nis\, n. [L. taranis, from the Celtic; cf. W. &
Corn. taran thunder.] (Myth.)
A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but
confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.
Tarantass \Tar`an*tass"\, n. [Russ. tarantas'.]
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 \Tar`an*tel"la\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) Music suited to such a dance.
Tarantism \Tar"ant*ism\, n. [It. tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme.
See {Tarantula}.] (Med.)
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. [Written also {tarentism}.]
Tarantula \Ta*ran"tu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Tarantulas}, L.
{Tarantul[ae]}. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now
Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
({Tarantula apuli[ae]}). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent
countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also
{tarentula}.]
{Tarantula killer}, a very large wasp ({Pompilus formosus}),
which captures the Texan tarantula ({Mygale Hentzii}) and
places it in its nest as food for its young, after
paralyzing it by a sting.
Tarantulated \Ta*ran"tu*la`ted\, a.
Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.
Tarbogan \Tar*bog"an\, n. & v.
See {Toboggan}.
Tarboosh \Tar*boosh"\, n. [Ar. tarb?sh; perhaps from Per.
sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]
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 \Tar*da"tion\, n. [L. tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum,
to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.]
The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation. [Obs.]
Tardigrada \Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tardigrade}, a.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths.
They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on
the ground. See {Sloth}, 3.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called
also {bear animalcules}, {sloth animalcules}, and {water
bears}.
Tardigrade \Tar"di*grade\, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus slow +
gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.]
1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [R.] --G. Eliot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
Tardigrade \Tar"di*grade\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tardigrada.
Tardigradous \Tar"di*gra`dous\, a.
Moving slowly; slow-paced. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Tardily \Tar"di*ly\, adv.
In a tardy manner; slowly.
Tardiness \Tar"di*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tardy.
Tarditation \Tar`di*ta"tion\, n.
Tardiness. [Obs.]
To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in
the Lord's affairs. --Herrick.
Tardity \Tar"di*ty\, n. [L. tarditas.]
Slowness; tardiness. [R.] --Sir K. Digby.
Tardo \Tar"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.
Tardo \Tar"do\, n. [Sp., slow, L. tardus.] (Zo["o]l.)
A sloth.
Tardy \Tar"dy\, a. [Compar. {Tardier}; superl. {Tardiest}.] [F.
tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]
1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time. --Sandys.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. --Prior.
2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt;
as, to be tardy in one's payments. --Arbuthnot.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
--Waller.
3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] --Collier.
Syn: Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See {Slow}.
Tardy \Tar"dy\, v. t.
To make tardy. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tare \Tare\, obs. imp. of {Tear}.
Tore.
Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch
the wild vetch.]
1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged
by modern naturalists to be the {Lolium temulentum}, or
darnel.
Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From
whence then hath it tares? --Matt. xiii.
27.
The ``darnel'' is said to be the tares of Scripture,
and is the only deleterious species belonging to the
whole order. --Baird.
2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous
herbs of the genus {Vicia}; especially, the {V. sativa},
sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare \Tare\, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr.
Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject,
remove.] (Com.)
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.
Tare \Tare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taring}.]
To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Tared \Tared\, a. (Chem.)
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as,
tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
Tarente \Ta*ren"te\, n. [Cf. F. tarente.] (Zo["o]l.)
A harmless lizard of the Gecko family ({Platydactylus
Mauritianicus}) found in Southern Europe and adjacent
countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Tarentism \Tar"ent*ism\, n.
See {Tarantism}.
Tarentula \Ta*ren"tu*la\, n.
See {Tarantula}.
Targe \Targe\, n. [F. Cf. {Target}.]
A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] ``A buckler on a
targe.'' --Chaucer.
Target \Tar"get\, n. [OF. targette, dim. of OF. & F. targe, of
Teutonic origin; cf. AS. targe, OD. targie, G. zarge a frame,
case, border, OHG. zarga, Icel. targa shield.]
1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive
weapon in war.
2.
(a) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to
test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a
projectile.
(b) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by
a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good
target.
3. (Surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling
staff.
4. (Railroad) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever
to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Targeted \Tar"get*ed\, a.
Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.
Targeteer \Tar`get*eer"\, n.
One who is armed with a target or shield. [Written also
{targetier}.]
Targum \Tar"gum\, n.; pl. {Targums}. Heb. {Targumim}. [Chald.
targ[=u]m interpretation, fr. targ[=e]m to interpret. Cf.
{Truchman}, and {Dragoman}.]
A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old
Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or
dialect.
Targumist \Tar"gum*ist\, n.
The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
Tariff \Tar"iff\, n. [F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It.
tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'r[=i]f information, explanation,
definition, from 'arafa, to know, to inform, explain.]
1. 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).
Note: The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on
exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers
only to imports.
2. The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the tariff on
wool; a tariff of two cents a pound.
3. Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a
tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. --Bolingbroke.
Tariff \Tar"iff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tariffed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tariffing}.]
To make a list of duties on, as goods.
Tarin \Tar"in\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The siskin. [Prov.]
Taring \Tar"ing\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common tern; -- called also {tarret}, and {tarrock}.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tarlatan \Tar"la*tan\, n.
A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Tarn \Tarn\, n. [OE. terne, Icel. tj["o]rn.]
A mountain lake or pool.
A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below.
--Wordsworth.
Tarnish \Tar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tarnished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tarnishing}.] [F. ternir, fr. OHG. tarnen to darken,
to conceal, hide; akin to OS. dernian to hide, AS. dernan,
dyrnan, OHG. tarni hidden, OS. derni, AS. derne, dyrne. Cf.
{Dern}, a., and see {-ish}.]
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. ``Tarnished lace.'' --Fuller. Used also figuratively;
as, to tarnish one's honor.
Syn: To sully; stain; dim.
Tarnish \Tar"nish\, v. i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a
foul air.
Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, Grow
stale and tarnish with our daily sight. --Dryden.
Tarnish \Tar"nish\, n.
1. The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil;
blemish.
2. (Min.) 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 \Tar"nish*er\, n.
One who, or that which, tarnishes.
Taro \Ta"ro\, n. [From the Polynesian name.] (Bot.)
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 \Tar"ot\, n. [F.; cf. It. tarocco.]
A game of cards; -- called also {taroc}. --Hoyle.
Tarpan \Tar"pan\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Tarpaulin \Tar*pau"lin\, n. [Tar + palling a covering, pall to
cover. See {Pall} a covering.]
1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof
composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship,
hammocks, boats, etc.
2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth,
worn by sailors and others.
3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were
called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.
--Macaulay.
Tarpon \Tar"pon\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tarpum}.
Tarpum \Tar"pum\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tar"quin*ish\, a.
Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty;
overbearing.
Tarrace \Tar"race\, n.
See {Trass}. [Obs.]
Tarragon \Tar"ra*gon\, n. [Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh?n; perhaps
fr. Gr. ? a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon.
Cf. {Dragon}.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Artemisa} ({A. dracunculus}), much used
in France for flavoring vinegar.
Tarras \Tar"ras\, n.
See {Trass}. [Obs.]
Tarre \Tarre\, v. t. [OE. tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke,
AS. tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. tear,
v.t. [root]63. Cf. {Tarry}, v.]
To set on, as a dog; to incite. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tarriance \Tar"ri*ance\, n.
The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness. [Archaic]
--Shak.
And after two days' tarriance there, returned.
--Tennyson.
Tarrier \Tar"ri*er\, n.
One who, or that which, tarries.
Tarrier \Tar"ri*er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A kind of dig; a terrier. [Obs.]
Tarrock \Tar"rock\, n. [Greenland tattarock.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
(b) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The common tern.
Tarry \Tar"ry\, a. [From {Tar}, n.]
Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tarried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tarrying}.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see {Tarre}); but with
a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen
to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L.
tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf.
{Tardy}.]
1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv.
14.
2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Come down unto me, tarry not. --Gen. xic. 9.
One tarried here, there hurried one. --Emerson.
3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet. --Gen. xix. 2.
Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. t.
1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]
Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.
2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
tarry the grinding. --Shak.
He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Tarry \Tar"ry\, n.
Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.
Tarsal \Tar"sal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).
-- n. A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.
{Tarsal tetter} (Med.), an eruptive disease of the edges of
the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.
Tarsal \Tar"sal\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tercel}. [Obs.]
Tarsale \Tar*sa"le\, n.; pl. {Tarsalia}. [NL.] (Anat.)
One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of
the series articulating with the metatarsals.
Tarse \Tarse\, n. [Cf. {Tassel}, {Tiercel}.] (Falconry)
The male falcon.
Tarse \Tarse\, n. [Cf. F. tarse.] (Anat.)
tarsus.
Tarsectomy \Tar*sec"to*my\, n. [Tarsus + Gr. ? to cut out.]
(Surg.)
The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the
tarsus.
Tarsel \Tar"sel\, n.
A male hawk. See {Tercel}. [Obs.]
Tarsi \Tar"si\, n.,
pl. of {Tarsus}.
Tarsia \Tar"si*a\, Tarsiatura \Tar`si*a*tu"ra\, n. [It.]
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 \Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.]
See {Tarsius}.
Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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- \Tar"so-\
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsal \Tar`so*met`a*tar"sal\, a. (Anat.)
(a) Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; as,
the tarsometatarsal articulations.
(b) Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
Tarsometatarsus \Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus\, n.; pl.
{Tarsometatarsi}. [NL.] (Anat.)
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 \Tar*sor"rha*phy\, n. [Tarsus + Gr. "rafh` seam,
fr. ? to sew.] (Surg.)
An operation to diminish the size of the opening between
eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
Tarsotomy \Tar*sot"o*my\, n. [Tarsus + Gr. ? to cut.] (Surg.)
The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
Tarsus \Tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Tarsi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the flat of
the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d {Tarse}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) 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.
(b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also {tarsal
cartilage}, and {tarsal plate}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It
usually consists of form two to five joints.
Tart \Tart\, a. [AS. teart. [root]63. Cf. {Tear}, v. t.]
1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart
language; a tart rebuke.
Why art thou tart, my brother? --Bunyan.
Tart \Tart\, n. [OE. tarte, F. tarte; perhaps originally the
same word as tourte, LL. torta, fr. L. tortus, p. p. of
torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally
made of a twisted shape. Cf. {Torture}, n.]
A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing
jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
Tartan \Tar"tan\, n. [F. tiretane linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp.
tirita[~n]a a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp. tiritar to shiver or
shake with cold.]
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.
MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make
it, when it does not warm to the tartan. --Sir W.
Scott.
The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London
with hatred. --Macaulay.
Tartan \Tar"tan\, n. [F. tartane, or Sp., Pg., or It. tartana;
all perhaps of Arabic origin.] (Naut.)
A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having
one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with
staysail or jib.
Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic
origin.]
1. (Chem.) 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.
2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
{Cream of tartar}. (Chem.) See under {Cream}.
{Tartar emetic} (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
Tartar \Tar"tar\, n.
1. [Per. T[=a]t[=a]r, of Tartar origin.] 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}.
2. A person of a keen, irritable temper.
{To catch a tartar}, to lay hold of, or encounter, a person
who proves too strong for the assailant. [Colloq.]
Tartar \Tar"tar\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [Cf. F. tartare.]
See {Tartarus}. --Shak.
Tartarated \Tar"tar*a`ted\, a. (Chem.)
Tartrated.
Tartarean \Tar*ta"re*an\, Tartareous \Tar*ta"re*ous\, a. [L.
tartareus: cf. F. tartar['e]en.]
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.
Tartareous \Tar*ta"re*ous\, a. [Cf. 1st {Tartarous}.]
1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
2. (Bot.) Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many
lichens are tartareous.
Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
{Tartarian lamb} (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See {Barometz}.
Tartarian \Tar*ta"ri*an\, n. (Bot.)
The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian,
or the White Tartarian.
Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling,
tartar.
{Tartaric acid}. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the
vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries,
etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline
substance, {C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2}, having a strong pure acid
taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing,
photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon
juice. Called also {dextro-tartaric acid}.
(b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids
(racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid)
of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
Tartarine \Tar"tar*ine\, n. (Old Chem.)
Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
[Obs.]
Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tartarized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tartarizing}.] [Cf. F. tartariser.] (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. [R.]
{Tartarized antimony} (Med. Chem.), tartar emetic.
Tartarize \Tar"tar*ize\, v. t.
To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as
by conquest.
Tartarous \Tar"tar*ous\, a. [Cf. F. tartareux.]
Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its
qualities; tartareous.
Tartarous \Tar"tar*ous\, a.
Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured;
irritable.
The Tartarous moods of common men. --B. Jonson.
Tartarum \Tar"ta*rum\, n. (Chem.)
See 1st {Tartar}.
Tartarus \Tar"ta*rus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
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 \Tar"ta*ry\, n.
Tartarus. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Tartini's tones \Tar*ti"ni's tones`\ [From Tartini, an Italian
violinist, who discovered them in 1754.]
See the Note under {Tone}.
Tartish \Tart"ish\, a.
Somewhat tart.
Tartlet \Tart"let\, n.
A small tart. --V. Knox.
Tartly \Tart"ly\, adv.
In a tart manner; with acidity.
Tartness \Tart"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tart.
Syn: Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity;
asperity; acerbity; harshness. See {Acrimony}.
Tartralic \Tar*tral"ic\, a. [From {Tartar} the chemical
compound.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white
amorphous deliquescent substance, {C8H10O11}; -- called also
{ditartaric}, {tartrilic}, or {tartrylic acid}.
Tartramate \Tar*tram"ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of tartramic acid.
Tartramic \Tar*tram"ic\, a. [Tarto- + amic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the
primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.
Tartramide \Tar*tram"ide\, n. [Tarto- + amide.] (Chem.)
An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a
white crystalline substance.
Tartrate \Tar"trate\, n. [Cf. F. tartrate.] (Chem.)
A salt of tartaric acid.
Tartrated \Tar"tra`ted\, a. (Med. Chem.)
Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric
acid.
Tartrazine \Tar"tra*zine\, n. [Tartaric + hydrazine.] (Chem.)
An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder,
and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and
sulphonic acids.
Tartrelic \Tar*trel"ic\, a. [From {Tartar} the chemical
compound.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, {C4H4O5}, of
tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent
substance.
Tartro- \Tar"tro-\
A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to
denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or
derivatives.
Tartronate \Tar"tro*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of tartronic acid.
Tartronic \Tar*tron"ic\, a. [Tartro- + malonic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called
also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic
acid, as a white crystalline substance.
Tartronyl \Tar"tro*nyl\, n. [Tartronic + -yl.] (Chem.)
A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic
residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.
Tartrovinic \Tar`tro*vin"ic\, a. [Tartro- + vinic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of
tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called
ethyltartaric acid.
Tartuffe \Tar*tuffe"\, Tartufe \Tar*tufe"\, n. [F. tartufe.]
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.
Tartuffish \Tar*tuff"ish\, Tartufish \Tar*tuf"ish\, a.
Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. --Sterne.
Tarweed \Tar"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants
of California, esp. to the species of {Grindelia},
{Hemizonia}, and {Madia}.
Tas \Tas\, n. [F.]
A heap. [Obs.] ``The tas of bodies slain.'' --Chaucer.
Tas \Tas\, v. t.
To tassel. [Obs.] ``A purse of leather tassed with silk.''
--Chaucer.
Tasco \Tas"co\, n. [Cf. Sp. tasconio.]
A kind of clay for making melting pots. --Percy Smith.
Tasimer \Ta*sim"er\, n. [Gr. ? stretching, extension (from ? to
stretch) + -meter.] (Physics)
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.
--T. A. Edison.
Task \Task\, n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[^a]che, for tasche,
LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate.
See {Tax}, n. & v.]
1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite
quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil. --Milton.
Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees
it close. --Longfellow.
2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
--Atterbury.
{To take to task}. See under {Take}.
Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery;
study; lesson; stint.
Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tasking}.]
1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of
business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
--Dryden.
2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. &
Fl.
Tasker \Task"er\, n.
1. One who imposes a task.
2. One who performs a task, as a day-laborer. [R.]
3. A laborer who receives his wages in kind. [Scot.]
Taskmaster \Task"mas`ter\, n.
One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one
whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. --Ex. i. 11.
All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my
great Taskmaster's eye. --Milton.
Taskwork \Task"work`\, n.
Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
Taslet \Tas"let\, n. [See {Tasse} a piece of armor.]
A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.
Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\, 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.
{Tasmanain cider tree}. (Bot.) See the Note under
{Eucalyptus}.
{Tasmanain devil}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Devil}.
{Tasmanain wolf} (Zo["o]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial;
-- called also {zebra wolf}. See {Zebra wolf}, under
{Wolf}.
Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.]
A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the
ancient corselet.
Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the
cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also
called by this name.
Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. (Falconry)
A male hawk. See {Tercel}.
Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. [See {Teasel}.]
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. [OE., a fastening of a mantle, OF. tassel a
fastening, clasp, F. tasseau a bracket, Fr. L. taxillus a
little die, dim. of talus a die of a longish shape, rounded
on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle
bone.]
1. A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions,
to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose
threads or cords.
2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood
in all the splendor Of its garments green and
yellow, Of its tassels and its plumage.
--Longfellow.
3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be
put between the leaves.
4. (Arch.) 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.
{Tassel flower} (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of
the genus {Cineraria}, especially the {C. sconchifolia},
and of the blossoms which they bear.
Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tasseled}or {Tasselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasseling} or {Tasselling}.]
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. t.
To adorn with tassels. --Chaucer.
Tasset \Tas"set\, n. [See {Tasse}.]
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 \Tast"a*ble\, a.
Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.
Taste \Taste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tasting}.] [OE. tasten to feel, to taste, OF. taster, F.
tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste,
(assumed) LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare to touch sharply, to
estimate. See {Tax}, v. t.]
1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [Obs.]
--Chapman.
Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
--Chaucer.
2. 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.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water
that was made wine. --John ii. 9.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became
incapable of pity or remorse. --Gibbon.
3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
I tasted a little of this honey. --1 Sam. xiv.
29.
4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to
experience; to undergo.
He . . . should taste death for every man. --Heb.
ii. 9.
5. To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an
implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in
pleasure, solitary. --Milton.
Taste \Taste\, v. i.
1. 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.
2. 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.
Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason Shall to
the king taste of this action. --Shak.
3. To take sparingly.
For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
--Dryden.
4. To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake;
as, to taste of nature's bounty. --Waller.
The valiant never taste of death but once. --Shak.
Taste \Taste\, n.
1. The act of tasting; gustation.
2. 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.
3. (Physiol.) 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.
Note: Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter
with the terminal organs (connected with branches of
the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the
papill[ae] on the surface of the tongue. The base of
the tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter
substances, the point to sweet and acid substances.
4. Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with
of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
I have no taste Of popular applause. --Dryden.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Essay; trial; experience; experiment. --Shak.
8. A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece
tastted of eaten; a bit. --Bacon.
9. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Syn: Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout.
Usage: {Taste}, {Sensibility}, {Judgment}. Some consider
taste as a mere sensibility, and others as a simple
exercise of judgment; but a union of both is requisite
to the existence of anything which deserves the name.
An original sense of the beautiful is just as
necessary to [ae]sthetic judgments, as a sense of
right and wrong to the formation of any just
conclusions or moral subjects. But this ``sense of the
beautiful'' is not an arbitrary principle. It is under
the guidance of reason; it grows in delicacy and
correctness with the progress of the individual and of
society at large; it has its laws, which are seated in
the nature of man; and it is in the development of
these laws that we find the true ``standard of
taste.''
What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,
Active and strong, and feelingly alive To each
fine impulse? a discerning sense Of decent and
sublime, with quick disgust From things
deformed, or disarranged, or gross In species?
This, nor gems, nor stores of gold, Nor purple
state, nor culture, can bestow, But God alone,
when first his active hand Imprints the secret
bias of the soul. --Akenside.
{Taste of buds}, or {Taste of goblets} (Anat.), the
flask-shaped end organs of taste in the epithelium of the
tongue. They are made up of modified epithelial cells
arranged somewhat like leaves in a bud.
Tasteful \Taste"ful\, a.
1. Having a high relish; savory. ``Tasteful herbs.'' --Pope.
2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good
taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- {Taste"ful*ly},
adv. -- {Taste"ful*ness}, n.
Tasteless \Taste"less\, a.
1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a
tasteless age. --Orrery.
3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless
arrangement of drapery. -- {Taste"less*ly}, adv. --
{Taste"less*ness}, n.
Taster \Tast"er\, n.
1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or
drink to ascertain its quality.
Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat. --Dryden.
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram
cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3. (Zo["o]l.) 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 \Tast"i*ly\, adv.
In a tasty manner.
Tasting \Tast"ing\, n.
The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the
faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Tasto \Tas"to\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
A key or thing touched to produce a tone.
{Tasto solo}, single touch; -- in old music, a direction
denoting that the notes in the bass over or under which it
is written should be performed alone, or with no other
chords than unisons and octaves.
Tasty \Tast"y\, a. [Compar. {Tastier}; superl. {Tastiest}.]
1. Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty
woman. See {Taste}, n., 5.
2. Being in conformity to the principles of good taste;
elegant; as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress.
Tat \Tat\, n. [Hind. t[=a]t.]
Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the {Corchorus olitorius},
or jute. [India]
Tat \Tat\, n. [Hind. tatt?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A pony. [India]
Tataupa \Ta*tau"pa\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A South American tinamou ({Crypturus tataupa}).
Tatch \Tatch\, n. [F. tache spot. See {Techy}.]
A spot or stain; also, a trick. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
Tath \Tath\, obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Ta}, to take.
Tath \Tath\, n. [Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ta? dung,
ta?a the grass of a manured pasture, te?ja to manure.
[root]58. Cf. {Ted}.]
1. Dung, or droppings of cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle
in a pasture. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tath \Tath\, v. t.
To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them
to lie upon it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tatou \Ta*tou"\, n. [Cf. {Tatouay}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tat"ou*ay\, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F.
tatou.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tat"ou*hou\, n. [Cf. {Tatouay}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The peba.
Tatt \Tatt\, v. t. & i.
To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted
edging.
Tatta \Tat"ta\, n. [Hind. ?a??[=i], t[=a]t[=i].]
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. [India]
Tatter \Tat"ter\, n.
One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of
Needlework).
Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. [Icel. t["o]tur, t["o]ttur, pl. t["o]trar,
?["o]ttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters.
[root]240.]
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the
plural.
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak.
Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.]
To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past
participle as an adjective.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.
Tatterdemalion \Tat`ter*de*mal"ion\, n. [Tatter + OF.
desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon
long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See {Tatter}, and
{Mail} armor.]
A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. --L'Estrange.
Tatting \Tat"ting\, n.
A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a
peculiar stitch.
{Tatting shuttle}, the shuttle on which the thread used in
tatting is wound.
Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tattling}.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to
stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.]
1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little
meaning; to chat.
The tattling quality of age, which is always
narrative. --Dryden.
2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer;
as, a tattling girl.
Tattle \Tat"tle\, n.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
[They] told the tattle of the day. --Swift.
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large,
long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.
Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or
lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler
({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or
willet. The first two are called also {telltale},
{telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},
{yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
Tattlery \Tat"tler*y\, n.
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
Tattling \Tat"tling\, a.
Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly},
adv.
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n. [Earlier taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap,
faucet + toe to, shut (i. e., the taps, or drinking houses,
shut from the soldiers).] (Mil.)
A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night,
giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their
quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
{The Devil's tattoo}. See under {Devil}.
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tattooed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tattooing}.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to
tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).]
To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as
to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. {Tattoos}.
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 \Ta*tu"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tatou}.
Tatusiid \Ta*tu"si*id\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any armadillo of the family {Tatusiid[ae]}, of which the peba
and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.
Tau \Tau\, n. [Gr. tay^ the letter [tau] (English {T}).]
(Zo["o]l.)
The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking
resembling the Greek letter tau ([tau]).
{Tau cross}. See Illust. 6, of {Cross}.
Taught \Taught\, a.
See {Taut}. --Totten.
Taught \Taught\,
imp. & p. p. of {Teach}. [AS. imp. t[=ae]hte, p. p.
get[=ae]ht.]
Note: See {Teach}.
Taunt \Taunt\, a. [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L.
tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.)
Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. --Totten.
Taunt \Taunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to
tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.]
To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to
upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak.
Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
{Deride}.
Taunt \Taunt\, n.
Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting
invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.
--Shak.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. --Prior.
Taunter \Taunt"er\, n.
One who taunts.
Taunting \Taunt"ing\,
a. & n. from {Taunt}, v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
--Burke.
Tauntingly \Taunt"ing*ly\, adv.
In a taunting manner.
Tauntress \Taunt"ress\, n.
A woman who taunts.
Taur \Taur\, n. [L. Taurus.]
The constellation Taurus. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tauricornous \Tau`ri*cor"nous\, a. [L. tauricornis; taurus a
bull + cornu a horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having horns like those of a bull. --Sir T. Browne.
Tauridor \Tau`ri*dor"\, n. [See {Toreador}.]
A bullfighter; a toreador. --Sir W. Scott.
Tauriform \Tau"ri*form\, a. [L. tauriformis; taurus a bull +
-form: cf. F. tauriforme.]
Having the form of a bull.
Taurine \Tau"rine\, a. [L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See
{Taurus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.
Taurine \Tau"rine\, n. [So named because it was discovered in
the bile of the ox. See {Taurus}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
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 \Tau`ro*cho"late\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which
occurs in human bile.
Taurocholic \Tau`ro*chol"ic\, a. [Taurine + cholic.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
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 \Tau"ro*col\, Taurocolla \Tau`ro*col"la\, n. [NL.
taurocolla, fr. Gr. tayro`kolla; tay^ros a bull + ko`lla
glue: cf. F. taurocolle.]
Glue made from a bull's hide.
Tauromachian \Tau`ro*ma"chi*an\, a. [See {Tauromachy}.]
Of or pertaining to bullfights. -- n. A bullfighter.
Tauromachy \Tau*rom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. tayromachi`a; tay^ros bull +
ma`chh fight.]
Bullfighting.
Taurus \Tau"rus\ (t[add]"r[u^]s), n. [L., akin to Gr. tay^ros,
and E. steer. See {Steer} a young ox.]
1. (Astron.)
(a) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of
the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of
April; -- marked thus [[taurus]] in almanacs.
(b) 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common
domestic cattle.
Taurylic \Tau*ryl"ic\, a. [L. taurus a bull + E. phenylic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of
neat cattle, and probably identical with cresol.
Taut \Taut\, a. [Dan. t[ae]t; akin to E. tight. See {Tight}.]
1. (Naut.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a
rope that is tightly strained.
2. Snug; close; firm; secure.
{Taut hand} (Naut.), a sailor's term for an officer who is
severe in discipline.
Tautegorical \Tau`te*gor"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, for ? ? the same + ?
to speak. Cf. {Allegory}.]
Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to
allegorical. [R.] --Coleridge.
Tautochrone \Tau"to*chrone\, n. [Gr. ?, for ? ? the same + ?
time: cf. F. tautochrone.] (Math.)
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 \Tau*toch"ro*nous\, a. (Math.)
Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the
properties of, a tautochrone.
Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
by him tauta['u]og.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}. [Written also {tautaug}.]
Tautologic \Tau`to*log"ic\, a.
Tautological.
Tautological \Tau`to*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. tautologique.]
Involving tautology; having the same signification; as,
tautological expression. -- {Tau`to*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
{Tautological echo}, an echo that repeats the same sound or
syllable many times.
Tautologist \Tau*tol"o*gist\, n.
One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Tautologize \Tau*tol"o*gize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Tautologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tautologizing}.]
To repeat the same thing in different words.
Tautologous \Tau*tol"o*gous\, a. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ?
to speak.]
Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
[R.] --Tooke.
Tautology \Tau*tol"o*gy\, n. [L. tautologia, Gr. ?: cf. F.
tautologie.] (Rhet.)
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.
Syn: Repetition.
Usage: {Tautology}, {Repetition}. There may be frequent
repetitions (as in legal instruments) which are
warranted either by necessity or convenience; but
tautology is always a fault, being a sameness of
expression which adds nothing to the sense or the
sound.
Tautomeric \Tau`to*mer"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.
Tautomerism \Tau*tom"er*ism\, n. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ?
part.] (Chem.)
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 \Tau`to*ou"si*an\, Tautoousious \Tau`to*ou"si*ous\,
a. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ? being, essence.]
Having the same essence; being identically of the same
nature. [R.] --Cudworth.
Tautophonical \Tau`to*phon"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the
same sound.
Tautophony \Tau*toph"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ?
voice.]
Repetition of the same sound.
Tautozonal \Tau`to*zon"al\, a. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + E.
zonal.] (Crystallog.)
Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.
Tavern \Tav"ern\, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a
hut, booth, tavern. Cf. {Table}, {Tabernacle}.]
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 \Tav"ern*er\, n. [F. tavernier, L. tabernarius.]
One who keeps a tavern. --Chaucer. Camden.
Taverning \Tav"ern*ing\, n.
A feasting at taverns. [Obs.] ``The misrule of our
tavernings.'' --Bp. Hall.
Tavernman \Tav"ern*man\, n.; pl. {Tavernmen}.
The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler. [Obs.]
Taw \Taw\, n.
Tow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Taw \Taw\, v. t. [Cf. {Tew} to tow, {Tow}, v. t.]
To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Taw \Taw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tawing}.] [OE. tawen, tewen, AS. t[=a]wian to prepare; cf.
D. touwen, Goth. t[=e]wa order, taujan to do, and E. tool.
[root]64. Cf. 1st {Tew}, {Tow} the coarse part of flax.]
1. To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence,
to beat; to scourge. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. 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 \Taw\, n. [Cf. AS. t[=a]w instrument.]
1. A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.
2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of
marbles. [Colloq. U. S.]
Tawdrily \Taw"dri*ly\, adv.
In a tawdry manner.
Tawdriness \Taw"dri*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being tawdry.
A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more
ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. --Richardson.
Tawdry \Taw"dry\, a. [Compar. {Tawdrier}; superl. {Tawdriest}.]
[Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning
Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at
the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts
were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at
other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of
October.]
1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.]
And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a
tawdry lace. --Spenser.
2. 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.
He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry
courtiers. --Spectator.
Tawdry \Taw"dry\, n.; pl. {Tawdries}.
A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair;
hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.]
Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them
tawdries for their necks. --Drayton.
Tawer \Taw"er\, n.
One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
Tawery \Taw"er*y\, n.
A place where skins are tawed.
Tawniness \Taw"ni*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tawny.
Tawny \Taw"ny\, a. [Compar. {Tawnier}; superl. {Tawniest}.] [F.
tann['e], p. p. of tanner to tan. See {Tan}, v. t. & n. Cf.
{Tenn['e]}.]
Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or
persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the
tawny lion. ``A leopard's tawny and spotted hide.''
--Longfellow.
Taws \Taws\, n. [See {Taw} to beat.]
A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a
schoolmaster. [Written also {tawes}, {tawis}, and {tawse}.]
[Scot.]
Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn.
--Ramsay.
Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,
sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.
tangere, tactum, to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Task},
{Taste}.]
1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
by authority. Specifically:
(a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay.
(b) 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.
Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or
{indirect}, etc.
(c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
tax on time or health.
4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
{Tax cart}, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
Tax \Tax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.]
1. 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.
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride,
and folly than we are taxed by government.
--Franklin.
2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount
of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
3. 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.
I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak.
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have
taxed their crimes. --Dryden.
Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M.
Arnold.
Taxability \Tax`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Taxable \Tax"a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of
taxes; as, taxable estate; taxable commodities.
2. (Law) That may be legally charged by a court against the
plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs. --
{Tax"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tax"a*bly}, adv.
Taxaspidean \Tax`as*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement +
?, ?, shield.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular
and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.
Taxation \Tax*a"tion\, n. [F. taxation, L. taxatio a valuing,
estimation, from L. taxare. See {Tax}.]
1. 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.
2. (Law) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.
3. Tax; sum imposed. [R.] --Daniel.
4. Charge; accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.
Taxel \Tax"el\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The American badger.
Taxeopoda \Tax`e*op"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (?) + -poda.]
(Paleon.)
An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary
formations.
Taxer \Tax"er\, n.
1. One who taxes.
2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize
of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and
measures is observed. [Camb. Univ., Eng.] [Written also
{taxor}.]
Taxgatherer \Tax"gath`er*er\, n.
One who collects taxes or revenues. -- {Tax"gath`er*ing}, n.
Taxiarch \Tax"i*arch\, n. [Gr. ? and ?; ? a division of an army,
a brigade (from ? to arrange, array) + to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.)
An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of
an army. --Milford.
Taxicorn \Tax"i*corn\, n. [L. taxus a yew + cornu a horn: cf. F.
taxicorne.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a family of beetles ({Taxicornes}) whose antenn[ae]
are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
Taxidermic \Tax`i*der"mic\, a. [Cf. F. taxidermique.]
Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the
skins of animals.
Taxidermist \Tax"i*der`mist\, n.
A person skilled in taxidermy.
Taxidermy \Tax"i*der`my\, n. [Gr. ta`xis an arranging,
arrangement (fr. ta`ssein to arrange) + ? a skin, from ? to
skin: cf. F. taxidermie. See {Tactics}, {Tear}, v. t.]
The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of
animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for
cabinets.
Taxine \Tax"ine\, n. [L. taxus a yew.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the
leaves and seeds of the European yew ({Taxus baccata}).
Called also {taxia}.
Taxis \Tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or
arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.] (Surg.)
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal
obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison.
Taxless \Tax"less\, a.
Free from taxation.
Taxology \Tax*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ta`xis arrangement + -logy.]
(Biol.)
Same as {Taxonomy}.
Taxonomic \Tax`o*nom"ic\ (t[a^]ks`[o^]*n[o^]m"[i^]k), a.
Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and
principles of classification; classificatory.
Taxonomist \Tax*on"o*mist\ (t[a^]ks*[o^]n"[-o]*m[i^]st), n.
One skilled in taxonomy.
Taxonomy \Tax*on"o*my\ (-m[y^]), n. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement,
order + no`mos a law.]
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the
classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles
of classification.
Taxor \Tax"or\, n. [NL.]
Same as {Taxer}, n., 2.
Taxpayer \Tax"pay`er\, n.
One who is assessed and pays a tax.
Tayra \Tay"ra\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. [Written also {taira}.]
Tazel \Ta"zel\, n. (Bot.)
The teasel. [Obs.]
Tazza \Taz"za\, n. [It.]
An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl,
resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
Tchawytcha \Tcha*wy"tcha\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The quinnat salmon. [Local, U. S.]
T cart \T" cart`\
See under {T}.
Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[=a], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th['e].]
1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, or
Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but
has been introduced to some extent into some other
countries.
Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their
color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also
by various other characteristic differences, as of
taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and
quality are dependent upon the treatment which the
leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for
green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow
pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being
gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands
upon a table, to free them from a portion of their
moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly
dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in
the air for some time after being gathered, and then
tossed about with the hands until they become soft and
flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and
rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a
few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried
slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting
and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until
the leaves have become of the proper color. The
principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest
kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial,
and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a
choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in
the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest
kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest
varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made
chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou},
{Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong},
and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson.
Note: ``No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached
Europe till after the establishment of intercourse
between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese,
however, did little towards the introduction of the
herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch
established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century,
that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the
habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.''
--Encyc. Brit.
2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water;
as, tea is a common beverage.
3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the
dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea;
catnip tea.
4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
{Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the
plant itself. See {Kat}.
{Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought
there from China about the year 1850.
{Australian}, or {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing
plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}).
{Brazilian tea}.
(a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in
Brazil as a substitute for tea.
(b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used
for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for
preparing a beverage.
{Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}.
{New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of
which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot.
See {Redroot}.
{New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}.
{Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}.
{Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}.
{Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set.
{Tea bug} (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the
tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves.
{Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea.
{Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with
sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China.
{Tea clam} (Zo["o]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.]
{Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other
refreshments are served.
{Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used
in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea
Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.
{Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the
rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from
China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now
cultivated.
{Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a
tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the
teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish.
{Tea set}, a tea service.
{Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at
which tea is drunk.
{Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea
by tasting.
{Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant},
above.
{Tea urn}, a vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase,
for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing, tea.
Tea \Tea\, v. i.
To take or drink tea. [Colloq.]
Teaberry \Tea"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The checkerberry.
Teach \Teach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taught}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Teaching}.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t?cean,
imp. t?hte, to show, teach, akin to t[=a]cn token. See
{Token}.]
1. 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.
If some men teach wicked things, it must be that
others should practice them. --South.
2. 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. ``He taught his disciples.'' --Mark ix. 31.
The village master taught his little school.
--Goldsmith.
3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
I shall myself to herbs teach you. --Chaucer.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies. --Jer.
ix. 5.
Note: This verb is often used with two objects, one of the
person, the other of the thing; as, he taught me Latin
grammar. In the passive construction, either of these
objects may be retained in the objective case, while
the other becomes the subject; as, I was taught Latin
grammar by him; Latin grammar was taught me by him.
Syn: To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel;
admonish. See the Note under {Learn}.
Teach \Teach\, v. i.
To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform
the duties, of a preceptor.
And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. --Chaucer.
The priests thereof teach for hire. --Micah iii.
11.
Teachable \Teach"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to
receive instruction; docile.
We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and
teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God.
--I. Watts.
Teachableness \Teach"a*ble*ness\, n.
Willingness to be taught.
Teache \Teache\, n. [Cf. Ir. teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.]
(Sugar Works)
One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is
treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the
series. --Ure.
Teacher \Teach"er\, n.
1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or
occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a
minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches
without regular ordination.
The teachers in all the churches assembled. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Teaching \Teach"ing\, n.
The act or business of instructing; also, that which is
taught; instruction.
Syn: Education; instruction; breeding. See {Education}.
Teachless \Teach"less\, a.
Not teachable. [R.] --Shelley.
Teacup \Tea"cup`\, n.
A small cup from which to drink tea.
Teacupful \Tea"cup`ful\, n.; pl. {Teacupfuls}.
As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.
Tead \Tead\, Teade \Teade\, n. [L. taeda, teda.]
A torch. [Obs.] ``A burning teade.'' --Spenser.
Teagle \Tea"gle\, n. [Cf. {Tackle}.]
A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. [Prov.
Eng.]
Teague \Teague\, n. [Cf. W. taeog, taeawg, adj., rustic, rude,
n., a vassal, villain, pleasant, clown, Ir. th?atach rural,
boorish.]
An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. --Johnson.
Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.)
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. [Written also {teek}.]
{African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra
Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called
also {African oak}.
{New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New
Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
Teakettle \Tea"ket`tle\, n.
A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee,
etc.
Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation,
production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to
cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or
flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the
European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A.
querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species.
In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the
green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon
teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as
game birds. See {Garganey}.
{Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}.
{Teal duck}, the common European teal.
Team \Team\, n. [OE. tem, team, AS. te['a]m, offspring, progeny,
race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG.
toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to
beget, Icel. taumr to rein, bridle, Dan. t["o]mme, Sw.
t["o]m, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw. [root]64.
See {Tug}, and cf. {Teem} to bear.]
1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a
brood; a litter.
A team of ducklings about her. --Holland.
2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
A long team of snowy swans on high. --Dryden.
3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the
same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or
the like. ``A team of dolphins.'' --Spenser.
To take his team and till the earth. --Piers
Plowman.
It happened almost every day that coaches stuck
fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from
some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough.
--Macaulay.
4. 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.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of wild ducks.
6. (O. Eng. Law) 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. --Burrill.
Team \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 \Team\, v. t.
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
--Thoreau.
Teamed \Teamed\, a.
Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.]
Let their teamed fishes softly swim. --Spenser.
Teaming \Team"ing\, n.
1. The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or
carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
2. (Manuf.) Contract work. [R.] --Knight.
Teamster \Team"ster\, n.
One who drives a team.
Teamwork \Team"work`\, n.
Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by
personal labor.
Teapot \Tea"pot`\, n.
A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which
it is poured into teacups.
Teapoy \Tea"poy\, n. [Hind. tip[=a]i; Hind. tin there + Per.
p[=a]e foot.]
An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies
for holding tea.
Tear \Tear\ (t[=e]r), n. [AS. te['a]r; akin to G. z["a]rhe, OHG.
zahar, OFries. & Icel. t[=a]r, Sw. t[*a]r, Dan. taare, Goth.
tagr, OIr. d[=e]r, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma,
for older dacruma, Gr. da`kry, da`kryon, da`kryma. [root]59.
Cf. {Lachrymose}.]
1. (Physiol.) 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.
And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear.
--Chaucer.
2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid
matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as
of some balsams or resins.
Let Araby extol her happy coast, Her fragrant
flowers, her trees with precious tears. --Dryden.
3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
[R.] ``Some melodous tear.'' --Milton.
Note: Tear is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling,
tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like.
Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
{Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
zehren to consume, Icel. t[ae]ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. {Darn},
{Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.]
1. 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 him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
as, a party or government torn by factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.
4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
roar.'' --Byron.
{To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
{To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip.
{To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
out the eyes.
{To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
foundation of government or order.
Tear \Tear\, v. i.
1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as,
this cloth tears easily.
2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with
violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Tear \Tear\, n.
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a
fissure. --Macaulay.
{Wear and tear}. See under {Wear}, n.
Tearer \Tear"er\, n.
One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves
with violence.
Tear-falling \Tear"-fall`ing\, a.
Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] ``Tear-falling pity.''
--Shak.
Tearful \Tear"ful\, a.
Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful
eyes. -- {Tear"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"ful*ness}, n.
Tearless \Tear"less\, a.
Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. --
{Tear"less*ly}, adv. -- {Tear"less*ness}, n.
Tearpit \Tear"pit`\, n. (Anat.)
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 \Tear"-thumb`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several species of plants of the genus
Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed
prickles.
Teary \Tear"y\, a.
1. Wet with tears; tearful.
2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
Tea-saucer \Tea"-sau`cer\, n.
A small saucer in which a teacup is set.
Tease \Tease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Teasing}.] [AS. t?san to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen,
MHG. zeisen, Dan. t[ae]se, t[ae]sse. [root]58. Cf. {Touse}.]
1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. ``Teasing matted wool.''
--Wordsworth.
2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap;
teasel.
3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with
needles or similar instruments.
4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy,
disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and
raillery; to plague. --Cowper.
He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts
directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague;
torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin.
Usage: {Tease}, {Vex}. To tease is literally to pull or
scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect
to little things, which is often more irritating, and
harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally
to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence,
to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This
sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still
a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance
or anger created by minor provocations, losses,
disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of
a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or
stupidity of our servants.
Not by the force of carnal reason, But
indefatigable teasing. --Hudibras.
In disappointments, where the affections have
been strongly placed, and the expectations
sanguine, particularly where the agency of
others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into
vexation and chagrin. --Cogan.
{Tease tenon} (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to
receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.
Tease \Tease\, n.
One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]
Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t?sel, t?sl, the fuller's
herb. See {Tease}.] [Written also {tassel}, {tazel},
{teasle}, {teazel}, and {teazle}.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
Note: Small teasel is {Dipsacus pilosus}, wild teasel is {D.
sylvestris}.
2. A bur of this plant.
3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
dressing cloth.
{Teasel frame}, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
Teasel \Tea"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teaseled}or {Teaselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Teaseling} or {Teaselling}.]
To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any
substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
Teaseler \Tea"sel*er\, n.
One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written
also {teaseller}, {teasler}.]
Teaseling \Tea"sel*ing\, n.
The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
[Written also {teaselling}, {teazling}.]
Teaser \Teas"er\, n.
1. One who teases or vexes.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Teasle \Tea"sle\, n. & v. t.
See {Teasel}.
Teaspoon \Tea"spoon`\ (t[=e]"sp[=oo]n`), n.
A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc.,
and for other purposes.
Teaspoonful \Tea"spoon`ful\, n.; pl. {Teaspoonfuls}.
As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; --
usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a
tablespoonful.
Teat \Teat\, n. [OE. tete, titte, AS. tit, titt; akin to LG. &
OD. titte, D. tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette, probably of
Teutonic origin.]
1. 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.
2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat
of an animal.
Teated \Teat"ed\, a.
Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
Teathe \Teathe\, n. & v.
See {Tath}. [Prov. Eng.]
Teatish \Teat"ish\, a.
Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See {Tettish}.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Teaze-hole \Teaze"-hole`\, n. [Corrupted fr. F. tisard fire
door.] (Glass Works)
The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
Teazel \Tea"zel\, n. & v. t.
See {Teasel}.
Teazer \Tea"zer\, n. [Corrupted fr. F. tiser to feed a fire.]
The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
--Tomlinson.
Teazle \Tea"zle\, n. & v. t.
See {Teasel}.
Tebeth \Te"beth\, n. [Heb.]
The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering
to a part of December with a part of January. --Esther ii.
16.
Techily \Tech"i*ly\, adv.
In a techy manner.
Techiness \Tech"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being techy.
Technic \Tech"nic\, a.
Technical.
Technic \Tech"nic\, n. [See {Technical}, a.]
1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill;
artistic execution; technique.
They illustrate the method of nature, not the
technic of a manlike Artificer. --Tyndall.
2. pl. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the
practice of an art or science.
Technical \Tech"nic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? an art, probably from
the same root as ?, ?, to bring forth, produce, and perhaps
akin to E. text: cf. F. technique.]
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. --Blackstone.
Technicality \Tech`ni*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Technicalities}.
1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade,
profession, sect, or the like.
The technicalities of the sect. --Palfrey.
Technically \Tech"nic*al*ly\, adv.
In a technical manner; according to the signification of
terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
Technicalness \Tech"nic*al*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being technical; technicality.
Technicals \Tech"nic*als\, n. pl.
Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art,
science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
Technicist \Tech"ni*cist\, n.
One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical
arts.
Technicological \Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al\, a.
Technological; technical. [R.] --Dr. J. Scott.
Technicology \Tech`ni*col"o*gy\, n.
Technology. [R.]
Technics \Tech"nics\, n.
The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as
respect the arts.
Technique \Tech`nique"\, n. [F.]
Same as {Technic}, n.
Technism \Tech"nism\, n.
Technicality.
Technologic \Tech`no*log"ic\, a.
Technological.
Technological \Tech`no*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. technologique.]
Of or pertaining to technology.
Technologist \Tech*nol"o*gist\, n.
One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the
terms of arts.
Technology \Tech*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? an art + -logy; cf. Gr. ?
systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.]
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of
the industrial arts, especially of the more important
manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Note: Technology is not an independent science, having a set
of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications
of the principles established in the various physical
sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to
manufacturing processes. --Internat. Cyc.
Techy \Tech"y\, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit,
vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice,
F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small
nail. See {Tack} a small nail, and cf. {Touchy}.]
Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Tectibranch \Tec`ti*branch\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
Tectibranchia \Tec`ti*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL.]
Same as {Tectibranchiata}.
Tectibranchiata \Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
tectus (p. p. of tegere to cover) + Gr. ? a gill.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. tectus (p. p. of
tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to
the Tectibranchiata. -- n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.
Tectly \Tect"ly\, adv. [L. tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.]
Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Tectology \Tec*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a carpenter + -logy.]
(Biol.)
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 \Tec*ton"ic\, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a
carpenter, builder.]
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, 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 \Tec*to"ri*al\, a. [L. tectorius.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane
immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
Tectrices \Tec"tri*ces\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to
cover.] (Zo["o]l.)
The wing coverts of a bird. See {Covert}, and Illust. of
{Bird}.
Tecum \Te"cum\, n. (Bot.)
See {Tucum}.
Ted \Ted\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tedded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tedding}.] [Prob. fr. Icel. te?ja to spread manure, fr. ta?
manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. [root]58. Cf.
{Teathe}.]
To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as
new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
The smell of grain or tedded grass. --Milton.
The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field.
--Coleridge.
Tedder \Ted"der\, n.
A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its
drying.
Tedder \Ted"der\, n. [OE. [root]64. See {Tether}.]
Same as {Tether}.
Tedder \Ted"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teddered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Teddering}.]
Same as {Tether}.
Te Deum \Te` De"um\ [L., from te (accus. of tu thou) + Deum,
accus. of Deus God. See {Thou}, and {Deity}.]
1. 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.
2. A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms
a principal part.
Tedge \Tedge\, n. (Founding)
The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured;
runner, geat.
Tediosity \Te`di*os"i*ty\, n.
Tediousness. [Obs.]
Tedious \Te"di*ous\, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See
{Tedium}.]
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,
slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- {Te"di*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Te"di*ous*ness}, n.
I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.
I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.
Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See {Irksome}.
Tedium \Te"di*um\, n. [L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it
wearies one.]
Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also
{t[ae]dium}.] --Cowper.
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all
manner of bams. --Prof.
Wilson.
The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of
the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.
--Dickens.
Tee \Tee\, n. [Cf. Icel. tj[=a] to show, mark.]
(a) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.
(b) The nodule of earth
from which the ball is struck in golf.
Tee \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 \Tee" i`ron\
See {T iron}, under {T}.
Teek \Teek\, n. (Bot.)
See {Teak}. [Obs.]
Teel \Teel\, n.
Sesame. [Sometimes written {til}.]
{Teel oil}, sesame oil.
Teelseed \Teel"seed`\, n.
The seed of sesame.
Teem \Teem\, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty;
akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw. t["o]mma. See {Toom} to
empty.]
1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Swift.
2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to
fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See {Tame}, a., and cf. {Beteem}.]
To think fit. [Obs. or R.] --G. Gifford.
Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teemed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Teeming}.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m.
See {Team}.]
1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a
plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
If she must teem, Create her child of spleen.
--Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to
overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to
cover former villainy. --Sir W.
Scott.
The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
teem in our time. --F. Harrison.
Teem \Teem\, v. t.
To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute teems a new one. --Shak.
Teemer \Teem"er\, n.
One who teems, or brings forth.
Teemful \Teem"ful\, a.
1. Pregnant; prolific. [Obs.]
2. Brimful. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Teeming \Teem"ing\, a.
Prolific; productive.
Teeming buds and cheerful appear. --Dryden.
Teemless \Teem"less\, a.
Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.
[Poetic] --Dryden.
Teen \Teen\, n. [OE. tene, AS. te['o]na reproach, wrong, fr.
te['o]n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell,
announce, L. dicere to say. See {Token}.]
Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Spenser.
With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.
--M. Arnold.
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [AS. te['o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex.
[root]64. See {Teen}, n.]
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [See {Tine} to shut.]
To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Teenage \Teen"age\, n.
The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Teend \Teend\, v. t. & i. [See {Tinder}.]
To kindle; to burn. [Obs.] --Herrick.
Teenful \Teen"ful\, a.
Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
Teens \Teens\, n. pl. [See {Ten}.]
The years of one's age having the termination -teen,
beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl
in her teens.
Teeny \Tee"ny\, a.
Very small; tiny. [Colloq.]
Teeny \Teen"y\, a. [See {Teen} grief.]
Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross. [Prov. Eng.]
Teeong \Tee*ong"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The mino bird.
Teest \Teest\, n.
A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil.
Teetan \Tee"tan\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit['i].]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma
wrinatrix}).
Teeter \Tee"ter\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Teetered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Teetering}.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw;
cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[=o]n, G. zittern.]
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. [U. S.]
[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up
and down. --H. W.
Beecher.
Teeter-tail \Tee"ter-tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under {Sandpiper}.
Teeth \Teeth\, n.,
pl. of {Tooth}.
Teeth \Teeth\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teethed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Teething}.]
To breed, or grow, teeth.
Teething \Teeth"ing\, n.
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena
attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
Teetotal \Tee*to"tal\, a.
Entire; total. [Colloq.]
Teetotaler \Tee*to"tal*er\, n.
One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating
drinks.
Teetotalism \Tee*to"tal*ism\, n.
The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from
intoxicating drinks.
Teetotally \Tee*to"tal*ly\, adv.
Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]
Teetotum \Tee*to"tum\, n. [For T-totum. It was used for playing
games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the
letter {T} on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take
all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides
each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as {P}
meaning put down, {N} nothing or L. nil, {H} half. See
{Total}.]
A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the
fingers.
The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those
of a teetotum nearly spent. --Dickens.
Teetuck \Tee"tuck\, n.
The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teeuck \Tee"uck\, n.
The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Teewit \Tee"wit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teg \Teg\, n.
A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tegmen \Teg"men\, n.; pl. {Tegmina}. [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to
cover.]
1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually
thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of
certain Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tectrices}.
Tegmental \Teg*men"tal\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the
tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the
taste buds.
Tegmentum \Teg*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tegmenta}. [L., a covering.]
(Anat.)
A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of
longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the
cerebrum.
Teguexin \Te*guex"in\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
Tegula \Teg"u*la\, n.; pl. {Tegul[ae]}. [L., a tile, dim. fr.
tegere to cover.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of
Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
Tegular \Teg"u*lar\, a. [LL. tegularis, from L. tegula a tile.
See {Tile}.]
Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged
like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement. --
{Teg"u*lar*ly}, adv.
Tegulated \Teg`u*la"ted\, a.
Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping
like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor. --Fairholt.
Tegument \Teg"u*ment\, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover.
See {Thatch}, n., and cf. {Detect}, {Protect}.]
1. A cover or covering; an integument.
2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part
or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
Tegumentary \Teg`u*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]gumentaire.]
Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of
teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.
Te-hee \Te-hee"\, n. & interj.
A tittering laugh; a titter. ``'Te-hee,' quoth she.''
--Chaucer.
Te-hee \Te-hee"\, v. i.
To titter; to laugh derisively.
She cried, ``Come, come; you must not look grave upon
me.'' Upon this, I te-heed. --Madame
D'Arblay.
Teil \Teil\, n. [OF. teil, til, L. tilia.] (Bot.)
The lime tree, or linden; -- called also {teil tree}.
Teind \Teind\, n. [Cf. Icel. t[=i]und. See {Tithe}.]
A tithe. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Teine \Teine\, n.
See {Teyne}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Teinland \Tein"land\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. --Burrill.
Teinoscope \Tei"no*scope\, n. [Gr. ? to extend + -scope.]
(Physics)
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}. --Sir D. Brewster.
Teint \Teint\, n. [F. teint, teinte. See {Tint}.]
Tint; color; tinge, See {Tint}. [Obs.]
Time shall . . . embrown the teint. --Dryden.
Teinture \Tein"ture\, n. [F. See {Tincture}.]
Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.] --Holland.
Tek \Tek\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A Siberian ibex.
Telamones \Tel`a*mo"nes\, n. pl. [L., pl. of telamo or telamon,
Gr. ? a bearer, fr. ? to bear.] (Arch.)
Same as {Atlantes}.
Telangiectasis \Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? end + ?
vessel + ? extension.] (Med.)
Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
Telangiectasy \Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy\, n. (Med.)
Telangiectasis.
Telarly \Te"lar*ly\, adv.
In a weblike manner. [Obs.] ``Telarly interwoven.'' --Sir T.
Browne.
Telary \Te"la*ry\, a. [LL. telaris, fr. L. tela a web. See
{Toil} a snare.]
Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.
``Pictures of telary spiders.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Teledu \Tel"e*du\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. ? far + -gram.]
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
Note: ``A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask
leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word
into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of
telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication.''
--Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
Telegrammic \Tel`e*gram*mic\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise;
brief. [R.]
Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off (cf. Lith. toli)
+ -graph: cf. F. t['e]l['e]graphe. See {Graphic}.]
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.
Note: The instruments used are classed as indicator,
type-printing, symbol-printing, or chemical-printing
telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by
the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke &
Wheatstone's (the form commonly used in England), or by
impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types,
as in House's and Hughe's, or dots and marks from a
sharp point moved by a magnet, as in Morse's, or
symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in
Bain's. In the offices in the United States the
recording instrument is now little used, the receiving
operator reading by ear the combinations of long and
short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an
electro-magnet as it is put in motion by the opening
and breaking of the circuit, which motion, in
registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper
the lines and dots used to represent the letters of the
alphabet. See Illustration in Appendix.
{Acoustic telegraph}. See under {Acoustic}.
{Dial telegraph}, a telegraph in which letters of the
alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the
border of a circular dial plate at each station, the
apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of
the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the
movements of that at the sending station.
{Electric telegraph}, or {Electro-magnetic telegraph}, a
telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words
or signs to be made at another by means of a current of
electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over
an intervening wire.
{Facsimile telegraph}. See under {Facsimile}.
{Indicator telegraph}. See under {Indicator}.
{Pan-telegraph}, an electric telegraph by means of which a
drawing or writing, as an autographic message, may be
exactly reproduced at a distant station.
{Printing telegraph}, an electric telegraph which
automatically prints the message as it is received at a
distant station, in letters, not signs.
{Signal telegraph}, a telegraph in which preconcerted
signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one station,
are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a semaphore.
{Submarine telegraph cable}, a telegraph cable laid under
water to connect stations separated by a body of water.
{Telegraph cable}, a telegraphic cable consisting of several
conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting
material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass
for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to
water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or
under water, as in the ocean.
{Telegraph plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
gyrans}) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up
and down like the signals of a semaphore.
Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Telegraphed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Telegraphing}.] [F. t['e]l['e]graphier.]
To convey or announce by telegraph.
Telegrapher \Te*leg"ra*pher\, n.
One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a
telegraphist.
Telegraphic \Tel`e*graph"ic\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]l['e]graphique.]
Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a
telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art;
telegraphic intelligence.
Telegraphical \Tel`e*graph"ic*al\, a.
Telegraphic. -- {Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Telegraphist \Te*leg"ra*phist\, n.
One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Telegraphy \Te*leg"ra*phy\, n. [Cf. F. t['e]l['e]graphie.]
The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by
means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.
Telemeter \Te*lem"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? far + -meter.]
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 \Te`le*o*ceph"i*al\
(t[=e]`l[-e]*[-o]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[imac] or t[e^]`l[-e]-), n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. te`leos complete + kefalh` head.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the
common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.
Teleological \Te`le*o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
t['e]l['e]ologique.] (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design. --
{Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Teleologist \Te`le*ol"o*gist\, n. (Biol.)
One versed in teleology.
Teleology \Te`le*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, teleos, the end or issue +
-logy: cf. F. t['e]l['e]ologie.]
The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),
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 \Te"le*o*phore`\, n. [Gr. teleos complete + ? to
bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Gonotheca}.
Teleorganic \Te`le*or*gan"ic\, a. [Gr. teleos complete + E.
organic.] (Physiol.)
Vital; as, teleorganic functions.
Teleosaur \Te`le*o*saur"\, n. (Paleon.)
Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to
Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to
the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebr[ae].
Teleosaurus \Te`le*o*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? complete,
perfect + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic
period, having a long and slender snout.
Teleost \Te"le*ost\, n. [Gr. ? complete + ? bone.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Teleostean \Te`le*os"te*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the teleosts. -- n. A teleostean fish.
Teleostei \Te`le*os"te*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? complete + ?
bone.] (Zo["o]l.)
A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes
as distinguished from the ganoids.
Teleostomi \Te"le*os`to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? complete + ?
mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes
(Teleostei) and the ganoids.
Teleozoic \Te`le*o*zo"ic\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having tissued composed of cells.
Teleozoon \Te*le*o*zo"["o]n\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A metazoan.
Telepathy \Te*lep"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? far off + ?, ?, to suffer.]
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. --
{Tel`e*path"ic}, a. -- {Te*lep"a*thist}, n.
Telepheme \Tel"e*pheme\, n. [Gr. ? afar + ? a saying.]
A message by a telephone. [Recent]
Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, n. [Gr. ? far off + ? sound.] (Physics)
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate
speech, at a distance.
Note: The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device
by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds
through the agency of certain mechanical devices and
exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the
vibrations of the air which attend them, are
transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on
suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by
repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in
the electrical currents are usually produced by means
of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which
the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an
induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or
magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed
close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a
coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce
corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by
induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a
device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in
a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along
a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm
at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It
does not employ electricity.
Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, v. t.
To convey or announce by telephone.
Telephonic \Tel`e*phon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]l['e]phonique. See
{Telephone}.]
1. Conveying sound to a great distance.
2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
Telephonically \Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly\, adv.
By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the
telephone.
Telephony \Te*leph"o*ny\, n.
The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as
with the telephone.
Telepolariscope \Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
polariscope.] (Opt.)
A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.
--Lockyer.
Telerythin \Tel`e*ryth"in\, n. [Gr. ? end + E. erythrin.]
(Chem.)
A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from,
erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series
of erythrin compounds.
Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. ? viewing afar, farseeing; ?
far, far off + ? a watcher, akin to ? to view: cf. F.
t['e]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.]
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the
heavenly bodies.
Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first,
by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant
object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,
secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a
larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ,
thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would
otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential
parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which
collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the
object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by
which the image is magnified.
{Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}.
{Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic
eyepiece.
{Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple
eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the
image formed by the object glass, and consequently
exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in
astronomical observations.
{Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by
Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in
having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave,
and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian
represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their
natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust.
under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian
telescope.
{Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}.
{Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}.
{Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the
eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the
common opera glass. This was the construction originally
adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It
exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural
positions.
{Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under {Gregorian}.
{Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form
invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one
speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the
object is formed near one side of the open end of the
tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly.
{Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under {Newtonian}.
{Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed
to make photographs of the heavenly bodies.
{Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}.
{Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is
formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two
speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope,
and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an
object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian,
& Newtonian, telescopes}, above.
{Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is
formed by refraction through an object glass.
{Telescope carp} (Zo["o]l.), the telescope fish.
{Telescope fish} (Zo["o]l.), a monstrous variety of the
goldfish having very protuberant eyes.
{Telescope fly} (Zo["o]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus
{Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies
are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long
stalks.
{Telescope shell} (Zo["o]l.), an elongated gastropod
({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened
whorls.
{Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to
the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as
a sight.
{Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one
or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose
of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, a. [imp. & p. p. {Telescoped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Telescoping}.]
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. [Recent]
Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, v. t.
To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent]
Telescopic \Tel`e*scop"ic\, Telescopical \Tel`e*scop"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. t['e]lescopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic
stars.
3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing;
far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
4. 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 \Tel`e*scop"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
Telescopist \Te*les"co*pist\, n.
One who uses a telescope. --R. A. Proctor.
Telescopy \Te*les"co*py\, n.
The art or practice of using or making telescopes.
Telesm \Tel"esm\, n. [Ar. tilism. See {Talisman}.]
A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] --J. Gregory.
Telesmatic \Tel`es*mat"ic\, Telesmatical \Tel`es*mat"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. --J. Gregory.
Telespectroscope \Tel`e*spec"tro*scope\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
spectroscope.] (Astron.)
A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for
observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.
--Lockyer.
Telestereoscope \Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
stereoscope.] (Opt.)
A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or
landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.
Telestic \Te*les"tic\, a. [Gr. ? fit for finishing, from ? to
finish.]
Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] --Cudworth.
Telestich \Te*les"tich\, n. [Gr. ? the end + ? a line, verse.]
A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken
consequently, make a name. Cf. {Acrostic}.
Telethermometer \Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
thermometer.] (Physics)
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant
point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
Teleutospore \Te*leu"to*spore\, n. [Gr. ? completion + E.
spore.] (Bot.)
The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order
{Uredinales}), produced in late summer. See Illust. of
{Uredospore}.
Telic \Tel"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? the end.] (Gram.)
Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from
{ecbatic}. See {Ecbatic}. --Gibbs.
Tell \Tell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin
to D. tellen to count, G. z["a]hlen, OHG. zellen to count,
tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, t[ae]lle to
count. See {Tale} that which is told.]
1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to
enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell
money. ``An heap of coin he told.'' --Spenser.
He telleth the number of the stars. --Ps. cxlvii.
4.
Tell the joints of the body. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
narrate.
Of which I shall tell all the array. --Chaucer.
And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
--Gen. xii.
18.
4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
teach; to inform.
A secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to
tell me of? --Shak.
5. To order; to request; to command.
He told her not to be frightened. --Dickens.
6. 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.
7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
estimate. [Obs.]
I ne told no dainity of her love. --Chaucer.
Note: Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and
say, has not always the same application. We say, to
tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the
reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never
say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to
tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in
commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you
know.
{To tell off}, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
Tell \Tell\, v. i.
1. To give an account; to make report.
That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works. --Ps. xxvi. 7.
2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot
tells; every expression tells.
{To tell of}.
(a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe.
(b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of.
{To tell on}, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
--1 Sam.
xxvii. 11.
Tell \Tell\, n.
That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
I am at the end of my tell. --Walpole.
Tell \Tell\, n. [Ar.]
A hill or mound. --W. M. Thomson.
Tellable \Tell"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being told.
Tellen \Tel"len\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Tellina.
Teller \Tell"er\, n.
1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer,
narrator, or describer.
2. 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. --Cowell.
3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money
paid in, and pays money out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a
legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
Tellership \Tell"er*ship\, n.
The office or employment of a teller.
Tellina \Tel*li"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a kind of shellfish.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and
often handsomely colored shells.
Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
-- {Tell"ing*ly}, adv.
Telltale \Tell"tale`\, a.
Telling tales; babbling. ``The telltale heart.'' --Poe.
Telltale \Tell"tale`\, n.
1. One who officiously communicates information of the
private concerns of others; one who tells that which
prudence should suppress.
2. (Mus.) 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.
3. (Naut.)
(a) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which,
in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the
helm.
(b) 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.
4. (Mach.) 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.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The tattler. See {Tattler}.
Tellural \Tel*lu"ral\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Of or pertaining to the earth. [R.]
Tellurate \Tel"lu*rate\, n. [Cf. F. tellurate. See {Tellurium}.]
(Chem.)
A salt of telluric acid.
Telluret \Tel"lu*ret\, n. (Chem.)
A telluride. [Obsoles.]
Tellureted \Tel"lu*ret`ed\, n. (Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [Written
also {telluretted}.] [Obsoles.]
{Tellureted hydrogen} (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, {H2Te}, a
gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; --
called also {tellurhydric acid}.
Tellurhydric \Tel`lur*hy"dric\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which
is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Of or pertaining to the earth. --De Quincey.
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, n.
1. A dweller on the earth. --De Quincey.
2. An instrument for showing the operation of the causes
which produce the succession of day and night, and the
changes of the seasons. [Written also {tellurion}.]
Telluric \Tel*lu"ric\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F.
tellurique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Amid these hot, telluric flames. --Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) 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.
{Telluric bismuth} (Min.), tetradymite.
{Telluric silver} (Min.), hessite.
Telluride \Tel"lu*ride\, n. (Chem.)
A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or
radical; -- formerly called {telluret}.
Tellurism \Tel"lu*rism\, 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. [R.] --S. Thompson.
Tellurite \Tel"lu*rite\, n.
1. (Chem.) A salt of tellurous acid.
2. (Min.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of
white or yellowish crystals.
Tellurium \Tel*lu"ri*um\, n. [NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the
earth.] (Chem.)
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.
{Graphic tellurium}. (Min.) See {Sylvanite}.
{Tellurium glance} (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also {black
tellurium}.
Tellurize \Tel"lu*rize\, v. t. (Chem.)
To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of,
tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past
participle; as, tellurized ores.
Tellurous \Tel"lu*rous\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Tel`o*dy*nam"ic\, a. [Gr. ? far + E. dynamic.]
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 \Tel`oo*goo"\, n.
See {Telugu}. --D. O. Allen.
Telotrocha \Te*lot"ro*cha\, n.; pl. {Telotroch[ae]}. [NL. See
{Telotrochal}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.
Telotrochal \Te*lot"ro*chal\, Telotrochous \Te*lot"ro*chous\, a.
[Gr. ? complete + ? wheel, hoop.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; --
applied to the larv[ae] of certain annelids.
Telotype \Tel"o*type\, n. [Gr. ? far off + -type.]
An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters
and not in signs.
Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.)
A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by
means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.
{Telpher line}, or {Telpher road}, an electric line or road
over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by
electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the
line.
Telpherage \Tel"pher*age\, n.
The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
--Fleeming Jenkin.
Telson \Tel"son\, n.; pl. {Telsons}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a boundary,
limit.] (Zo["o]l.)
The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen
of Crustacea and other articulates. See {Thoracostraca}.
Telugu \Tel`u*gu"\, n.
1. 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. [Spelt also {Teloogoo}.]
2. One of the people speaking the Telugu language.
Telugu \Tel`u*gu"\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.
Temerarious \Tem`er*a"ri*ous\, a. [L. temerarius. See
{Temerity}.]
Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong;
audacious; reckless; heedless. -- {Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly}, adv.
I spake against temerarious judgment. --Latimer.
Temeration \Tem`er*a"tion\, n. [L. temerare to defile.]
Temerity. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Temerity \Te*mer"i*ty\, n. [L. temeritas, from temere by chance,
rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F.
t['e]m['e]rit['e].]
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness;
rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
Syn: Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness.
Usage: {Temerity}, {Rashness}. These words are closely allied
in sense, but have a slight difference in their use
and application. Temerity is Latin, and rashness is
Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin term is
more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more
familiar and energetic. We show temerity in hasty
decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show
rashness in particular actions, as dictated by sudden
impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach
the verge of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to
jump into a river without being able to swim.
Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger;
rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness
or excited feeling.
It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon
grounds uncapable of evidence. --Barrow.
Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the
fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton.
Temerous \Tem"er*ous\, a.
Temerarious. [Obs.]
Tempean \Tem*pe"an\, 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.
Temper \Tem"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tempering}.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp['e]rer,
and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time.
Cf. {Temporal}, {Distemper}, {Tamper}.]
1. 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.
Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch
indifference, that mercy itself could not have
dictated a milder system. --Bancroft.
Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man:
we had been brutes without you. --Otway.
But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope
far higher. --Byron.
She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and
clouds about her, that tempered the light into a
thousand beautiful shades and colors. --Addison.
2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the
eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
--Wisdom xvi.
21.
3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to
temper iron or steel.
The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound.
--Dryden.
4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And
furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. --Spenser.
5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as
clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual
scale, or to that in actual use.
Syn: To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.
Temper \Tem"per\, n.
1. 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.
2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the
mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood,
choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper
increased the exquisiteness of his torment.
--Fuller.
3. 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.
Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both
heared and judged. --Milton.
The consequents of a certain ethical temper. --J. H.
Newman.
4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as,
to keep one's temper.
To fall with dignity, with temper rise. --Pope.
Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. --B.
Jonson.
5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger;
-- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
6. 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.
7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the
mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general
principles, and the mere man of business, who can
see nothing but particular circumstances.
--Macaulay.
8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed
in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
{Temper screw}, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw
connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the
tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.
Syn: Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See
{Disposition}.
Temper \Tem"per\, v. i.
1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
[Obs.] --Shak.
2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to
grow soft and pliable.
I have him already tempering between my finger and
my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. --Shak.
Tempera \Tem"pe*ra\, n. [It.] (Paint.)
A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian
painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg,
yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice
of the fig tree, and the like.
Temperable \Tem"per*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tempered.
The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals.
--Emerson.
Temperament \Tem"per*a*ment\, n. [L. temperamentum a mixing in
due proportion, proper measure, temperament: cf. F.
temp['e]rament. See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative
proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its
just state and temperament. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by
mutual compromises or concessions. [Obs.]
However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any
temperament that can be found in things of this
nature, so disputable on their side. --Milton.
3. 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.
Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular
assemblies. --Sir J.
Mackintosh.
4. Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
Bodies are denominated ``hot'' and ``cold'' in
proportion to the present temperament of that part
of our body to which they are applied. --Locke.
5. (Mus.) 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[sharp]
becoming identical with D[flat], and so on.
6. (Physiol.) 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.
{Equal temperament} (Mus.), that in which the variations from
mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the
keys alike.
{Unequal temperament} (Mus.), that in which the variations
are thrown into the keys least used.
Temperamental \Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] --Sir
T. Browne.
Temperance \Tem"per*ance\, n. [L. temperantia: cf. F.
temp['e]rance. See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
[R.] ``A gentleman of all temperance.'' --Shak.
He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
--Spenser.
3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
``Tender and delicate temperance.'' --Shak.
{Temperance society}, an association formed for the purpose
of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as
a beverage.
Temperancy \Tem"per*an*cy\, n.
Temperance.
Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare.
See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate
climate.
2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as,
temperate language.
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. --Shak.
That sober freedom out of which there springs Our
loyal passion for our temperate kings. --Tennyson.
3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or
passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
--Franklin.
4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
--Pope.
{Temperate zone} (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies
between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle;
-- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid
zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.
Temperate \Tem"per*ate\, v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
--Marston.
Temperately \Tem"per*ate*ly\, adv.
In a temperate manner.
Temperateness \Tem"per*ate*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness;
temperance.
Temperative \Tem"per*a*tive\, a. [Cf. L. temperativus soothing.]
Having power to temper. [R.] --T. Granger.
Temperature \Tem"per*a*ture\, n. [F. temp['e]rature, L.
temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
The best composition and temperature is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit,
dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to
feign, if there be no remedy. --Bacon.
Memory depends upon the consistence and the
temperature of the brain. --I. Watts.
2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry. --Spenser.
3. (Physics) 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.
4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
--Holland.
{Absolute temperature}. (Physics) See under {Absolute}.
{Animal temperature} (Physiol.), the nearly constant
temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded
(homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source
of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during
respiration. See {Homoiothermal}.
{Temperature sense} (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving
cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of
temperature in external objects. --H. N. Martin.
Tempered \Tem"pered\, 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 \Tem"per*er\, n.
One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in
which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
Tempering \Tem"per*ing\, n. (Metal.)
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.
{Tempering color}, the shade of color that indicates the
degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow
for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw
yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for
axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple
for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch
springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue
tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.
Tempest \Tem"pest\, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[^e]te, (assumed)
LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season,
weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See {Temporal} of time.]
1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity
and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or
snow; a furious storm.
[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton.
2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under {Drum},
n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett.
Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten,
tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
like.
Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See {Storm}.
Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[^e]ter to
rage.]
To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]
Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their
gait, Tempest the ocean. --Milton.
Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. i.
To storm. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Tempestive \Tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood.
-- {Tem*pes"tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
Tempestivily \Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly\, n. [L. tempestivitas.]
The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
{Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n.
They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his
tempestuous beard. --Longfellow.
Templar \Tem"plar\, n. [OE. templere, F. templier, LL.
templarius. See {Temple} a church.]
1. 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.
Note: The order was first limited in numbers, and its members
were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the
conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars
spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation
for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous
donations of money and lands. The extravagances and
vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to
the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne
in 1312.
2. 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}. [Eng.]
3. 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 \Tem"plar\, a.
Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]
Solitary, family, and templar devotion. --Coleridge.
Template \Tem"plate\, n.
Same as {Templet}.
Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. {Templet}.] (Weaving)
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
transversely.
Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora,
tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot,
supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting
or appointed time. See {Temporal} of time, and cf. {Tempo},
{Tense}, n.]
1. (Anat.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the
eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of
the ear.
2. 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 \Tem"ple\, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked
out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off,
land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, from the Latin.
Cf. {Contemplate}.]
1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;
as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in
India. ``The temple of mighty Mars.'' --Chaucer.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the
worship of Jehovah.
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
--John x. 23.
3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
public worship; a church.
Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the
authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple
consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?
--Buckminster.
4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
resides. ``The temple of his body.'' --John ii. 21.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
the spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Cor. iii.
16.
The groves were God's first temples. --Bryant.
{Inner Temple}, & {Middle Temple}, two buildings, or ranges
of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on
the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights
Templars, called the Temple.
Temple \Tem"ple\, v. t.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to
temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.
Templed \Tem"pled\, a.
Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed
in a temple.
I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed
hills. --S. F. Smith.
Templet \Tem"plet\, n. [LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a
small timber.] [Spelt also {template}.]
1. 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.
2. (Arch.) 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 \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.
{A tempo giusto} (j[=oo]s"t[-o]) [It.], in exact time; --
sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo
rubato.
{Tempo rubato}. See under {Rubato}.
Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempora the
temples: cf. F. temporal. See {Temple} a part of the head.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal
bone; a temporal artery.
{Temporal bone}, a very complex bone situated in the side of
the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of
hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion
above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma
of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal
and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and
tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.
Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis,
time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F.
temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v.
t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n.,
{Thing}.]
1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or
this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or
eternal.
The things which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal. --2 Cor. iv.
18.
Is this an hour for temporal affairs? --Shak.
2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical;
as, temporal power; temporal courts.
{Lords temporal}. See under {Lord}, n.
{Temporal augment}. See the Note under {Augment}, n.
Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.
Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, n.
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly
in the plural. --Dryden.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to
the emperor or temporals. --Lowell.
Temporality \Tem`po*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Temporalities}. [L.
temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F.
temporalit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to
perpetuity.
2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
3. 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.
Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality
and temporality of the same church. --Fuller.
Temporally \Tem"po*ral*ly\, adv.
In a temporal manner; secularly. [R.] --South.
Temporalness \Tem"po*ral*ness\, n.
Worldliness. [R.] --Cotgrave.
Temporalty \Tem"po*ral*ty\, n. [See {Temporality}.]
1. The laity; secular people. [Obs.] --Abp. Abbot.
2. A secular possession; a temporality.
Temporaneous \Tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. temporaneus happening at
the right time, fr. tempus, temporis, time.]
Temporarity. [Obs.] --Hallywell.
Temporarily \Tem"po*ra*ri*ly\, adv.
In a temporary manner; for a time.
Temporariness \Tem"po*ra*ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to
perpetuity.
Temporary \Tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [L. temporarius, fr. tempus,
temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.]
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited
time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary
relief.
Temporary government of the city. --Motley.
{Temporary star}. (Astron.) See under {Star}.
Temporist \Tem"po*rist\, n.
A temporizer. [Obs.]
Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide. --Marston.
Temporization \Tem`po*ri*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. temporisation.]
The act of temporizing. --Johnson.
Temporize \Tem"po*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Temporized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Temporizing}.] [F. temporiser. See {Temporal}
of time.]
1. 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.
They might their grievance inwardly complain, But
outwardly they needs must temporize. --Daniel.
2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] --Bacon.
3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] --Shak.
Temporizer \Tem"po*ri`zer\, n.
One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies
with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a
trimmer.
A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain
all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of
preferment. --Burton.
Temporizingly \Tem"po*ri`zing*ly\, adv.
In a temporizing or yielding manner.
Temporo- \Tem"po*ro-\
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as,
temporofacial.
Temporo-auricular \Tem`po*ro-au*ric"u*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the
temporo-auricular nerve.
Temporofacial \Tem`po*ro*fa"cial\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.
Temporomalar \Tem`po*ro*ma"lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the
malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.
Temporomaxillary \Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and
the maxilla.
Temps \Temps\, n. [OF. & F., fr. L. tempus. See {Temporal} of
time.]
Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tempse \Tempse\, n.
See {Temse}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tempt \Tempt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tempting}.] [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter,
F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack,
to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum,
and tensum, to stretch. See {Thin}, and cf. {Attempt},
{Tend}, {Taunt}, {Tent} a pavilion, {Tent} to probe.]
1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
God did tempt Abraham. --Gen. xxii.
1.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. --Deut. vi.
16.
2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what
is wrong; to seduce.
Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his
own lust, and enticed. --James i. 14.
3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite;
to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. --Dryden.
Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
--Pope.
4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
--Dryden.
Syn: To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
Temptability \Tempt`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being temptable; lability to
temptation.
Temptable \Tempt"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. --Cudworth.
Temptation \Temp*ta"tion\, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.
tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season. --Luke iv. 13.
2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
Lead us not into temptation. --Luke xi. 4.
3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.
Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it,
and lay the bright temptation down. --Dryden.
Temptationless \Temp*ta"tion*less\, a.
Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
[R.] --Hammond.
Temptatious \Temp*ta"tious\, a.
Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]
Tempter \Tempt"er\, n.
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil,
regarded as the great enticer to evil. ``Those who are bent
to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.''
--Tillotson.
So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton.
Tempting \Tempt"ing\, a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- {Tempt"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Tempt"ing*ness}, n.
Temptress \Tempt"ress\, n.
A woman who entices.
She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W.
Scott.
Temse \Temse\, n. [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. {Tamine}.]
A sieve. [Written also {tems}, and {tempse}.] [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
{Temse bread}, {Temsed bread}, {Temse loaf}, bread made of
flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]
Temulence \Tem"u*lence\, Temulency \Tem"u*len*cy\, n. [L.
temulentia.]
Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] ``Their
temulency.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Temulent \Tem"u*lent\, a. [L. temulentus.]
Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]
Temulentive \Tem"u*lent*ive\, a.
Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] --R. Junius.
Ten \Ten\, a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]ne; akin to
OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel.
t[=i]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun, Lith. deszimt,
Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. ?,
Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. {Dean}, {Decade}, {Decimal},
{December}, {Eighteen}, {Eighty}, {Teens}, {Tithe}.]
One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
--Dryden.
Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and
other like words.
There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from
begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift
it asks. --Dryden.
Ten \Ten\, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and
five; ten units of objects.
I will not destroy it for ten's sake. --Gen. xviii.
32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, {x}, or {X}.
Tenability \Ten`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.
Tenable \Ten"a*ble\, a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L.
tenere. See {Thin}, and cf. {Continue}, {Continent},
{Entertain}, {Maintain}, {Tenant}, {Tent}.]
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.
If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be
tenable in your silence still. --Shak.
I would be the last man in the world to give up his
cause when it was tenable. --Sir W.
Scott.
Tenableness \Ten`a*ble*ness\, n.
Same as {Tenability}.
Tenace \Ten"ace\, n. [F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to
hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, and
adversary having to lead. See {Tenacious}.] (Whist)
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 \Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to
hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenace}.]
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain
what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just
rights.
2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough;
as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than
oil. --Sir I. Newton.
4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous;
sticking; adhesive. ``Female feet, too weak to struggle
with tenacious clay.'' --Cowper.
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate;
stubborn. -- {Te*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Te*na"cious*ness},
n.
Tenacity \Te*nac"i*ty\, n. [L. tenacitas: cf. F. t['e]nacit['e].
See {Tenacious}.]
1. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or
retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of
purpose.
2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting
without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of
attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness,
fragility, mobility, etc.
3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other
bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity. --Holland.
4. (Physics) 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.
Tenaculum \Te*nac"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Tenacula}; E.
{Tenaculums}. [L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf.
{Tenaille}.] (Surg.)
An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a
handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Tenacy \Ten"a*cy\, n. [L. tenacia obstinacy. See {Tenacious}.]
Tenaciousness; obstinacy. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Tenaille \Te*naille"\, n. [F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a
tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See {Tenaculum}.] (Fort.)
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain,
between two bastions. See Illust. of {Ravelin}.
Tenaillon \Te*nail"lon\, n. [F. See {Tenaille}.] (Fort.)
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.
Tenancy \Ten"an*cy\, n.; pl. {Tenacies}. [Cf. OF. tenace, LL.
tenentia. See {Tenant}.] (Law)
(a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the
temporary possession of what belongs to another.
(b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live
in, held of another. --Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.
Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See
{Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.]
1. (Law) 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. --Blount. Wharton.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an
occupant. ``Sweet tenants of this grove.'' --Cowper.
The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron.
{Tenant in capite} [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head,
chief.], or {Tenant in chief}, by the laws of England, one
who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal
system, all lands in England are considered as held
immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord
paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having
the fee of the lands and permanent possession.
--Blackstone.
{Tenant in common}. See under {Common}.
Tenant \Ten"ant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenanted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tenanting}.]
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have
served him or his ancestors. --Addison.
Tenantable \Ten"ant*a*ble\, a.
Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. --
{Ten"ant*a*ble*ness}, n.
Tenantless \Ten"ant*less\, a.
Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.
--Shak.
Tenantry \Ten"ant*ry\, n.
1. The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a
kingdom.
2. Tenancy. [Obs.] --Ridley.
Tenant saw \Ten"ant saw`\
See {Tenon saw}, under {Tenon}.
Tench \Tench\, n. [OF. tenche, F. tanche, L. tinca.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European fresh-water fish ({Tinca tinca}, or {T. vulgaris})
allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.
Tend \Tend\, v. t. [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law)
To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. 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. --Shak.
And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their
earthly charge. --Milton.
There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a
blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not
tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not
tend My way well down. --Chapman.
{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
the cable.
Tend \Tend\, v. i.
1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
-- with on or upon.
Was he not companion with the riotous knights That
tend upon my father? --Shak.
2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tend \Tend\, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to
stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to
stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend,
{Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt},
{Tender} to offer, {Tense}, a.]
1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or
towards.
Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still
tend from bad to worse. --Milton.
The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron.
2. 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.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only
to want. --Prov. xxi.
5.
The laws of our religion tend to the universal
happiness of mankind. --Tillotson.
Tendance \Tend"ance\, n. [See {Tend} to attend, and cf.
{Attendance}.]
1. The act of attending or waiting; attendance. [Archaic]
--Spenser.
The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him.
--Tennyson.
2. Persons in attendance; attendants. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tendence \Tend"ence\, n.
Tendency. [Obs.]
Tendency \Tend"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Tendencies}. [L. tendents,
-entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See {Tend} to
move.]
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or
result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about
an effect or result.
Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a
more particular tendency to the good of their country.
--Addison.
In every experimental science, there is a tendency
toward perfection. --Macaulay.
Syn: Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.
Tender \Tend"er\, n. [From {Tend} to attend. Cf. {Attender}.]
1. One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing;
a nurse.
2. (Naut.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to
supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey
intelligence, or the like.
3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of
fuel and water.
Tender \Ten"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tendered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tendering}.] [F. tendre to stretch, stretch out, reach,
L. tendere. See {Tend} to move.]
1. (Law) 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.
2. To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . .
tender down Their services to Lord Timon. --Shak.
Tender \Ten"der\, n.
1. (Law) 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.
Note: To constitute a legal tender, such money must be
offered as the law prescribes. So also the tender must
be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought
to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.
2. 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.
A free, unlimited tender of the gospel. --South.
3. The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of
an obligation. --Shak.
{Legal tender}. See under {Legal}.
{Tender of issue} (Law), a form of words in a pleading, by
which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it
to the appropriate mode of decision. --Burrill.
Tender \Ten"der\, a. [Compar. {Tenderer}; superl. {Tenderest}.]
[F. tendre, L. tener; probably akin to tenuis thin. See
{Thin}.]
1. Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or
hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender
fruit.
2. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our
faces. --L'Estrange.
3. Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship;
immature; effeminate.
The tender and delicate woman among you. --Deut.
xxviii. 56.
4. Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion,
kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's
good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor;
sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
--James v. 11.
I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
--Fuller.
5. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my
soul! --Shak.
6. Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
``Tender of property.'' --Burke.
The civil authority should be tender of the honor of
God and religion. --Tillotson.
7. Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will
never do him good. --Shak.
8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the
softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender
expostulations; a tender strain.
9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a
tender subject. ``Things that are tender and unpleasing.''
--Bacon.
10. (Naut.) Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said
of a vessel.
Note: Tender is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tender-footed,
tender-looking, tender-minded, tender-mouthed, and the
like.
Syn: Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive; compassionate;
kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.
Tender \Ten"der\, n. [Cf. F. tendre.]
Regard; care; kind concern. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tender \Ten"der\, v. t.
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to
esteem; to value. [Obs.]
For first, next after life, he tendered her good.
--Spenser.
Tender yourself more dearly. --Shak.
To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity.
Our western princes tendered his case, which they
counted might be their own. --Fuller.
Tenderfoot \Ten"der*foot`\, n.
A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and
rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U. S.]
Tender-hearted \Ten"der-heart`ed\, a.
Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or
influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. --
{Ten"der-heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Ten"der-heart`ed*ness}, n.
Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not
withstand them. --2 Chron.
xiii. 7.
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. --Eph. iv.
32.
Tender-hefted \Ten"der-heft`ed\, a.
Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tenderling \Ten"der*ling\, n.
1. One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [R.]
--W. Harrison (1586).
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the first antlers of a deer.
Tenderloin \Ten"der*loin`\, 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 \Ten"der*ly\, adv.
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly;
in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or
affection; kindly. --Chaucer.
Tenderness \Ten"der*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the
adjective).
Syn: Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness;
pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
Tendinous \Ten"di*nous\, a. [Cf. F. tendineux.]
1. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.
2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts
of the body.
Tendment \Tend"ment\, n.
Attendance; care. [Obs.]
Tendon \Ten"don\, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See
{Tend} to move.] (Anat.)
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous
connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a
sinew.
{Tendon reflex} (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a
muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its
absence is generally a sign of disease. See {Knee jerk},
under {Knee}.
Tendonous \Ten"don*ous\, a.
Tendinous.
Tendosynovitis \Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tendon}, and
{Synovitis}.]
See {Tenosynovitis}.
Tendrac \Ten"drac\, n. [See {Tenrec}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
family {Centetid[ae]}, 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 \Ten"dril\, n. [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F.
tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring
of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See {Tender}, a., and cf.
{Tendron}.] (Bot.)
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.
Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the
grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion
flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of
a leaf, as in the pea.
Tendril \Ten"dril\, a.
Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] --Dyer.
Tendriled \Ten"driled\, Tendrilled \Ten"drilled\, a. (Bot.)
Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils.
``The thousand tendriled vine.'' --Southey.
Tendron \Ten"dron\, n. [F. Cf. {Tendril}.]
A tendril. [Obs.] --Holland.
Tendry \Ten"dry\, n.
A tender; an offer. [Obs.] --Heylin.
Tene \Tene\, n. & v.
See 1st and 2d {Teen}. [Obs.]
Tenebrae \Ten"e*br[ae]\, n. [L., pl., darkness.] (R. C. Ch.)
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 \Te*neb"ri*cose`\, a. [L. tenebricosus.]
Tenebrous; dark; gloomy. [Obs.]
Tenebrific \Ten`e*brif"ic\, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to
make.]
Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene.
--Burns.
Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time. --R.
Browning.
Tenebrificous \Ten`e*brif"ic*ous\, a.
Tenebrific.
Authors who are tenebrificous stars. --Addison.
Tenebrious \Te*ne"bri*ous\, a.
Tenebrous. --Young.
Tenebrose \Ten"e*brose`\, a.
Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
Tenebrosity \Ten`e*bros"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
--Burton.
Tenebrous \Ten"e*brous\, a. [L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae
darkness: cf. F. t['e]n['e]breux.]
Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. -- {Ten"e*brous*ness}, n.
The most dark, tenebrous night. --J. Hall
(1565).
The towering and tenebrous boughts of the cypress.
--Longfellow.
Tenement \Ten"e*ment\, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.
t[`e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
{Tenant}.]
1. (Feud. Law) 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.
2. (Common Law) 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 or
frank tenements}.
The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
``tenant,'' and the manner of possession is called
``tenure.'' --Blackstone.
3. 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.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit
no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece? --Locke.
{Tenement house}, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the
purpose of being rented, and divided into separate
apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.
Usage: {Tenement}, {House}. There may be many houses under
one roof, but they are completely separated from each
other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by
itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for
the use of a family.
Tenemental \Ten`e*men"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by
tenants. --Blackstone.
Tenementary \Ten`e*men"ta*ry\, a.
Capable of being leased; held by tenants. --Spelman.
Tenent \Ten"ent\, n. [L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of
tenere.]
A tenet. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson.
Teneral \Ten"er*al\, a. [L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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 \Ten`er*iffe"\, n.
A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart,
produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called
also {Vidonia}.
Tenerity \Te*ner"i*ty\, n. [L. teneritas. See {Tender}, a.]
Tenderness. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Tenesmic \Te*nes"mic\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
Tenesmus \Te*nes"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to stretch: cf.
L. tenesmos.] (Med.)
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.
{Vesical tenesmus}, a similar sensation as to the evacuation
of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.
Tenet \Ten"et\, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See
{Tenable}.]
Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a
person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or
of Cicero.
That al animals of the land are in their kind in the
sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T.
Browne.
The religious tenets of his family he had early
renounced with contempt. --Macaulay.
Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See
{Dogma}.
Tenfold \Ten"fold`\, a. & adv.
In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold More dreadful and
deform. --Milton.
Tenia \Te"ni*a\, n. [NL.]
See {T[ae]nia}.
Tenioid \Te"ni*oid\, a.
See {T[ae]noid}.
Tennantite \Ten"nant*ite\, n. [Named after Smithson Tennant, an
English chemist.] (Min.)
A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to
tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and
copper.
Tenn'e \Ten`n['e]"\, n. [Cf. {Tawny}.] (Her.)
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 \Ten"nis\, n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain
origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to
hold (see {Tenable}).]
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.
--Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing
and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
--Macaulay.
{Court tennis}, the old game of tennis as played within
walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished
from lawn tennis.
{Lawn tennis}. See under {Lawn}, n.
{Tennis court}, a place or court for playing the game of
tennis. --Shak.
Tennis \Ten"nis\, v. t.
To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
[R.] --Spenser.
Tennu \Ten"nu\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The tapir.
Ten-o'clock \Ten"-o'*clock`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under {Star}.
Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.]
(Carp. & Join.)
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 saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a
brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly
written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt.
Tenon \Ten"on\, v. t.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a
piece of timber.
Tenonian \Te*no"ni*an\, a. (Anat.)
Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.
{Tenonian capsule} (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a
delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between
the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also
{capsule of Tenon}.
Tenor \Ten"or\, n. [L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a
holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See
{Tenable}, and cf. {Tenor} a kind of voice.]
1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of
continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course;
career.
Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept
the noiseless tenor of their away. --Gray.
2. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse;
the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent;
meaning; understanding.
When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor.
--Shak.
Does not the whole tenor of the divine law
positively require humility and meekness to all men?
--Spart.
3. Stamp; character; nature.
This success would look like chance, if it were
perpetual, and always of the same tenor. --Dryden.
4. (Law) 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.
--Bouvier.
5. [F. t['e]nor, L. tenor, properly, a holding; -- so called
because the tenor was the voice which took and held the
principal part, the plain song, air, or tune, to which the
other voices supplied a harmony above and below: cf. It.
tenore.] (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that
play it.
{Old Tenor}, {New Tenor}, {Middle Tenor}, different
descriptions of paper money, issued at different periods,
by the American colonial governments in the last century.
Tenosynovitis \Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn a
tendon + E. synovitis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
Tenotome \Ten"o*tome\, n. (Surg.)
A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
Tenotomy \Te*not"o*my\, n. [Gr. te`nwn a tendon + te`mnein to
cut.] (Surg.)
The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.
Tenpenny \Ten"pen*ny\, a.
Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d
{Penny}, n.
Tenpenny \Ten"pen*ny\, a.
Denoting a size of nails. See 1st {Penny}.
Tenpins \Ten"pins\, n.
A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See
{Ninepins}. [U. S.]
Ten-pounder \Ten"-pound`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large oceanic fish ({Elops saurus}) found in the tropical
parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac,
tanrec, tandrec.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tense\, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time,
tense. See {Temporal} of time, and cf. {Thing}.] (Gram.)
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.
Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which
express time past, present, and future; but these admit
of modifications, which differ in different languages.
Tense \Tense\, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See
{Tend} to move, and cf. {Toise}.]
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as,
a tense fiber.
The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a
fatal paleness was upon her. --Goldsmith.
-- {Tense"ly}, adv. -- {Tense"ness}, n.
Tensibility \Ten`si*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.
Tensible \Ten"si*ble\, a. [See {Tense}, a.]
Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and tensible.
--Bacon.
Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
Tensiled \Ten"siled\, a.
Made tensile. [R.]
Tensility \Ten*sil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of
extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
--Dr. H. Mere.
Tension \Ten"sion\, n. [L. tensio, from tendere, tensum, to
stretch: cf. F. tension. See {Tense}, a.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling;
intense effort.
3. 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. --Gwilt.
4. (Mech.) 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.
5. A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a
sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required
degree of tightness.
6. (Physics) 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.
7. (Elec.) 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.
{Tension brace}, or {Tension member} (Engin.), a brace or
member designed to resist tension, or subjected to
tension, in a structure.
{Tension rod} (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member
to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the
like.
Tensioned \Ten"sioned\, a.
Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension. ``A highly
tensioned string.'' --Tyndall.
Tensity \Ten"si*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tense, or strained to
stiffness; tension; tenseness.
Tensive \Ten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. tensif. See {Tense}, a.]
Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
A tensive pain from distension of the parts. --Floyer.
Tensor \Ten"sor\, n. [NL. See {Tension}.]
1. (Anat.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it
tense.
2. (Geom.) 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 \Ten"-strike`\, n.
1. (Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery
of the ball
. [U. S.]
2. Any quick, decisive stroke or act. [Colloq. U. S.]
Tensure \Ten"sure\, n. [L. tensura. See {Tension}.]
Tension. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Tent \Tent\, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L.
tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See {Tinge}, and cf.
{Tint}, {Tinto}.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or
Malaga in Spain; -- called also {tent wine}, and {tinta}.
Tent \Tent\, n. [Cf. {Attent}, n.]
1. Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Lydgate.
2. Intention; design. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tent \Tent\, v. t.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.
Tent \Tent\, v. t. [OF. tenter. See {Tempt}.]
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent;
as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
I'll tent him to the quick. --Shak.
Tent \Tent\, n. [F. tente. See {Tent} to probe.] (Surg.)
(a) 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.
(b) A probe for searching a wound.
The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst.
--Shak.
Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tent} a roll
of lint.]
1. 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.
Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer.
2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
{Tent bed}, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
{Tent caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
({Clisiocampa Americana}). Called also {lackery
caterpillar}, and {webworm}.
Tent \Tent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tenting}.]
To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. --Shak.
We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground. --W.
Kittredge.
Tentacle \Ten"ta*cle\, n. [NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to
handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See {Tempt}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
{Tentacle sheath} (Zo["o]l.), a sheathlike structure around
the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.
Tentacled \Ten"ta*cled\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having tentacles.
Tentacular \Ten*tac"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. tentaculaire.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.
Tentaculata \Ten*tac`u*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long
tentacles.
Tentaculate \Ten*tac"u*late\, Tentaculated \Ten*tac"u*la`ted\,
a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.
Tentaculifera \Ten`ta*cu*lif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Suctoria}, 1.
Tentaculiferous \Ten`ta*cu*lif"er*ous\, a. [Tentaculum +
-ferous.] (Zo["o]l.)
Producing or bearing tentacles.
Tentaculiform \Ten`ta*cu"li*form\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Shaped like a tentacle.
Tentaculite \Ten*tac"u*lite\, n. (Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells
found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.
Tentaculocyst \Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst\, n. [Tentaculum + cyst.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the auditory organs of certain medus[ae]; -- called
also {auditory tentacle}.
Tentaculum \Ten*tac"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Tentacula}. [NL. See
{Tentacle}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A tentacle.
2. (Anat.) 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 \Tent"age\, n. [From {Tent} a pavilion.]
A collection of tents; an encampment. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Tentation \Ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. tentatio: cf. F. tentation. See
{Temptation}.]
1. Trial; temptation. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Mech.) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated
trials or experiments. --Knight.
Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif.
See {Tempt}.]
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying;
experimental. ``A slow, tentative manner.'' --Carlyle. --
{Ten*ta"tive*ly}, adv.
Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, n. [Cf. F. tentative.]
An essay; a trial; an experiment. --Berkley.
Tented \Tent"ed\, a.
Covered with tents.
Tenter \Ten"ter\, n.
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a
kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.
Tenter \Ten"ter\, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a
stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L.
tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.]
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks,
called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
{Tenter ground}, a place where tenters are erected.
{Tenter-hook}, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth
on a tenter.
{To be on the tenters}, or {on the tenter-hooks}, to be on
the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.
--Hudibras.
Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tentered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tentering}.]
To admit extension.
Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. --Bacon.
Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. t.
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
Tentful \Tent"ful\, n.; pl. {Tentfuls}.
As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.
Tenth \Tenth\, a. [From {Ten}: cf. OE. tethe, AS. te['o]?a. See
{Ten}, and cf. {Tithe}.]
1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Tenth \Tenth\, n.
1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine
others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal
parts into which anything is divided.
3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the
like; a tithe. --Shak.
4. (Mus.) 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.
5. pl. (Eng. Law)
(a) 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.
(b) (Eccl. Law) 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.
--Burrill.
Tenthly \Tenth"ly\, adv.
In a tenth manner.
Tenthmeter \Tenth"me`ter\, Tenthmetre \Tenth"me`tre\, n.
(Physics)
A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that
10^{10} of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part
of a millimeter.
Tenthredinides \Ten`thre*din"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
kind of wasp.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Tentif \Ten"tif\, a.
Attentive. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tentifly \Ten"tif*ly\, adv.
Attentively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tentiginous \Ten*tig"i*nous\, a. [L. tentigo, -inis, a tension,
lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]
1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.] --Johnson.
2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Tentmaker \Tent"mak`er\, n.
One whose occupation it is to make tents. --Acts xviii. 3.
Tentorium \Ten*to"ri*um\, n. [L., a tent.] (Anat.)
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 \Tent"o*ry\, n. [L. tentorium a tent.]
The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Tentwort \Tent"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under {Wall}.
Tenuate \Ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenuated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tenuating}.] [L. tenuatus, p. p. of tenuare to make
thin, fr. tenuis thin. See {Tenuous}.]
To make thin; to attenuate. [R.]
Tenuifolious \Ten`u*i*fo"li*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin + folium a
leaf.] (Bot.)
Having thin or narrow leaves.
Tenuious \Te*nu"i*ous\, a. [See {Tenuous}.]
Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense. [Obs.]
--Glanvill.
Tenuiroster \Ten`u*i*ros"ter\, n.; pl. {Tenuirosters}. [NL., fr.
L. tenuis thin + rostrum a beak.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tenuirostres.
Tenuirostral \Ten`u*i*ros"tral\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the
humming birds.
Tenuirostres \Ten`u*i*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills,
as the humming birds.
Tenuis \Ten"u*is\, n.; pl. {Tenues}. [NL., fr. L. tenuis fine,
thin. See {Tenuous}.] (Gr. Gram.)
One of the three surd mutes [kappa], [pi], [tau]; -- so
called in relation to their respective middle letters, or
medials, [gamma], [beta], [delta], and their aspirates,
[chi], [phi], [theta]. The term is also applied to the
corresponding letters and articulate elements in other
languages.
Tenuity \Te*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F.
t['e]nuit['e]. See {Tenuous}.]
1. 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.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity
of the air; the tenuity of the blood. --Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] --Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See {Thin}, and cf.
{Tenuis}.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
Tenure \Ten"ure\, n. [F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to
hold. See {Tenable}.]
1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real
estate.
That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the
Indian title to lands was in all cases to be
quieted. --Bancroft.
2. (Eng. Law) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a
superior.
Note: Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in
land, according to the theory of the English law; and
this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent,
the law of real property in the United States, where
the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost
all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior,
but the whole right and title to the property being
vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the
particular manner of holding real estate, as by
exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee
tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at
will, etc.
3. The consideration, condition, or service which the
occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use
of his land.
4. Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute
governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
All that seems thine own, Held by the tenure of his
will alone. --Cowper.
{Tenure by fee alms}. (Law) See {Frankalmoigne}.
Teocalli \Te`o*cal"li\, n.; pl. {Teocallis}. [Mexican.]
Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form,
such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.
And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild
war-drums made of serpent's skin. --Longfellow.
Teosinte \Te`o*sin"te\, n. (Bot.)
A large grass ({Euchl[ae]na 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 \Tep"al\, n. [F. t['e]pale, fr. p['e]tale, by
transposition.] (Bot.)
A division of a perianth. [R.]
Tepee \Tep*ee"\, n.
An Indian wigwam or tent.
Tepefaction \Tep`e*fac"tion\, n.
Act of tepefying.
Tepefy \Tep"e*fy\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Tepefied}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tepefying}.] [L. tepere to be tepid + -fy; cf. L.
tepefacere. See {Tepid}.]
To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. --Goldsmith.
Tephramancy \Teph"ra*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? ashes + -mancy.]
Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had
been consumed in sacrifice.
Tephrite \Teph"rite\, n. [Gr. ? ashes.] (Geol.)
An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and
either leucite or nephelite, or both.
Tephroite \Teph"ro*ite\, n. [See {Tephrosia}.] (Min.)
A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
Tephrosia \Te*phro"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ash-colored, from ?
ashes.] (Bot.)
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.
Note: The Tephrosia toxicaria is used in the West Indies and
in Polynesia for stupefying fish. T. purpurea is used
medicinally in the East Indies. T. Virginia is the
goat's rue of the United States.
Tepid \Tep"id\, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays;
tepid vapors. -- {Tep"id*ness}, n.
Tepidity \Te*pid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. t['e]pidit['e].]
The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth;
lukewarmness; tepidness. --Jer. Taylor.
Tepor \Te"por\, n. [L., fr. tepere to be tepid.]
Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. --Arbuthnot.
Tequila \Te*qui"la\, n.
An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district
of Tequila, Mexico.
Ter- \Ter-\
A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice.
See {Tri-}, 2.
Teraconic \Ter`a*con"ic\, a. [Terebic + citraconic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the
distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic
acid.
Teracrylic \Ter`a*cryl"ic\, a. [Terpene + acrylic.] (Chem.)
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.
Teraph \Ter"aph\, n.; pl. {Teraphs}.
See {Teraphim}.
Teraphim \Ter"a*phim\, n. pl. [Heb. ter[=a]ph[=i]m.]
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. --Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).
Terapin \Ter"a*pin\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Terrapin}.
Teratical \Te*rat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ? a wonder.]
Wonderful; ominous; prodigious. [Obs.] --Wollaston.
Teratogeny \Ter`a*tog"e*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a wonder, monster +
the root of ? to be born.] (Med.)
The formation of monsters.
Teratoid \Ter"a*toid\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, monster + -oid.]
Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth,
exceedingly complex or highly organized. --S. D. Gross.
Teratological \Ter`a*to*log"ic*al\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.
Teratology \Ter`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a wonder, monster +
-logy: cf. Gr. ? a telling of wonders, and F.
t['e]ratologie.]
1. That branch of biological science which treats of
monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the
normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Teratoma \Ter`a*to"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, monster + -oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made
up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone,
cartilage and muscle.
Terbic \Ter"bic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating
certain of its compounds.
Terbium \Ter"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See
{Erbium}.] (Chem.)
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 \Terce\, n.
See {Tierce}.
Tercel \Ter"cel\, n.
See {Tiercel}. Called also {tarsel}, {tassel}. --Chaucer.
Tercelet \Terce"let\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. --Chaucer.
Tercellene \Ter"cel*lene\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small male hawk. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Tercentenary \Ter*cen"te*na*ry\, a. [L. ter thirce + E.
centenary.]
Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred
years. -- n. The three hundredth anniversary of any event;
also, a celebration of such an anniversary.
Tercet \Ter"cet\, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo,
third, L. tertius. See {Tierce}, and cf. {Terzetto}.]
1. (Mus.) A triplet. --Hiles.
2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.
Tercine \Ter"cine\, n. [F., from L. tertius the third.] (Bot.)
A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and
surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. {Quintine}.
Terebate \Ter"e*bate\, n.
A salt of terebic acid.
Terebene \Ter"e*bene\, n. (Chem.)
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 \Ter`e*ben"thene\, n. (Chem.)
Oil of turpentine. See {Turpentine}.
Terebic \Te*reb"ic\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Ter`e*bi*len"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, {C7H8O4},
obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified
oxidation of terebic acid.
Terebinth \Ter"e*binth\, n. [L. terbinthus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
t['e]r['e]binthe. Cf. {Turpentine}.] (Bot.)
The turpentine tree.
Terebinthic \Ter`e*bin"thic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine;
terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.
Terebinthinate \Ter`e*bin"thi*nate\, a.
Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.
Terebinthine \Ter`e*bin"thine\, a. [L. terbinthinus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or
partaking of its qualities.
Terebra \Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. {Terebras}, L. {Terebr[ae]}.
[L., a borer.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long,
tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also
{auger shell}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous
insect.
Terebrant \Ter"e*brant\, a. [L. terebrans, -antis, p. pr.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain
Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
Terebrantia \Ter`e*bran"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an
ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the
sawflies.
Terebrate \Ter"e*brate\, v. t. [L. terebratus, p. p. of
terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.]
To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Terebrating \Ter"e*bra`ting\, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas
which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
2. (Med.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of
pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.
Terebration \Ter`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. terebratio.]
The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] --Bacon.
Terebratula \Ter`e*brat"u*la\, n.; pl. {Terebratul[ae]}. [Nl.,
dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Ter`e*brat"u*lid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also
adjectively.
Terebratuliform \Ter`e*bra*tu"li*form\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having the general form of a terebratula shell.
Teredine \Ter"e*dine\, n. [F. t['e]r['e]dine.] (Zo["o]l.)
A borer; the teredo.
Teredo \Te*re"do\, n.; pl. E. {Teredos}, L. {Teredines}. [L., a
worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. ?, L. terere
to rub.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Ter*eph"tha*late\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of terephthalic acid.
Terephthalic \Ter`eph*thal"ic\, a. [Terebene + phthalic.]
(Chem.)
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 \Ter"et\, a.
Round; terete. [Obs.] --Fotherby.
Terete \Te*rete"\, a. [L. teres, -etis, rounded off, properly,
rubbed off, fr. terere to rub.]
Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of
plants.
Teretial \Te*re"tial\, a. [See {Terete}.] (Anat.)
Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth
ventricle of the brain of some fishes. --Owen.
Teretous \Ter"e*tous\, a.
Terete. [Obs.]
Tergal \Ter"gal\, a. [L. tergum the back.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See {Dorsal}.
Tergant \Ter"gant\, a. (Her.)
Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant. [Written also
{tergiant}.]
Tergeminal \Ter*gem"i*nal\, Tergeminate \Ter*gem"i*nate\, a.
[See {Tergeminous}.] (Bot.)
Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.
Tergeminous \Ter*gem"i*nous\, a. [L. tergeminus; ter thrice +
geminus doubled at birth, twin-born. Cf. {Trigeminous}.]
Threefold; thrice-paired. --Blount.
Tergiferous \Ter*gif"er*ous\, a. [L. tergum the back + -ferous.]
Carrying or bearing upon the back.
{Tergiferous plants} (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on
the back of their leaves, as ferns.
Tergite \Ter"gite\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an
articulate animal. See Illust. under {Coleoptera}.
Tergiversate \Ter"gi*ver*sate\, v. i. [L. tergiversatus, p. p.
of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back +
versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to
shuffle. [R.] --Bailey.
Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal
conferences, as being freer from passions and
tergiversations. --Abp.
Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. --Clarendon.
Tergiversator \Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor\, n. [L.]
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
Tergum \Ter"gum\, n.; pl. {Terga}. [L., the back.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The back of an animal.
(b) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
(c) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Terin \Te"rin\, n. [F. tarin, Prov. F. tairin, t['e]rin,
probably from the Picard t[`e]re tender.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the
European siskin. Called also {tarin}.
Term \Term\, n. [F. terme, L. termen, -inis, terminus, a
boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft,
and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.]
1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit;
extremity; bound; boundary.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they
two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries.
--Bacon.
2. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a
term of five years; the term of life.
3. 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.
4. (Geom.) 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.
5. (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration; as:
(a) 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.
(b) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging
his obligation.
(c) The time in which a court is held or is open for the
trial of causes. --Bouvier.
Note: In England, there were formerly four terms in the year,
during which the superior courts were open: Hilary
term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of
January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April,
and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning
on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June;
Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the
25th day of November. The rest of the year was called
vacation. But this division has been practically
abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which
provide for the more convenient arrangement of the
terms and vacations. In the United States, the terms to
be observed by the tribunals of justice are prescribed
by the statutes of Congress and of the several States.
6. (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one
of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of
which is used twice.
The subject and predicate of a proposition are,
after Aristotle, together called its terms or
extremes. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: The predicate of the conclusion is called the major
term, because it is the most general, and the subject
of the conclusion is called the minor term, because it
is less general. These are called the extermes; and the
third term, introduced as a common measure between
them, is called the mean or middle term. Thus in the
following syllogism, -- Every vegetable is combustible;
Every tree is a vegetable; Therefore every tree is
combustible, - combustible, the predicate of the
conclusion, is the major term; tree is the minor term;
vegetable is the middle term.
7. 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. ``Terms quaint of law.'' --Chaucer.
In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be
expressed for want of terms. --Dryden.
8. (Arch.) 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.
Note: The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is
narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were
formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. --Gwilt.
9. (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a +
b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
10. pl. (Med.) The menses.
11. pl. (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts,
which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle
the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of
rents.
Note: Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to
quarter days in England and Ireland. There are two
legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov.
11; and two conventional terms -- Candlemas, Feb. 2,
and Lammas day, Aug. 1. --Mozley & W.
13. (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of
the taffrail. --J. Knowels.
{In term}, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
I can not speak in term. --Chaucer.
{Term fee} (Law)
(a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law
fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or
any term it is in court.
{Terms of a proportion} (Math.), the four members of which it
is composed.
{To bring to terms}, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or
submit; to force (one) to come to terms.
{To make terms}, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to
agree.
Syn: Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word;
expression.
Usage: {Term}, {Word}. These are more frequently interchanged
than almost any other vocables that occur of the
language. There is, however, a difference between them
which is worthy of being kept in mind. Word is
generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or
expresses our thoughts and feelings. Term originally
denoted one of the two essential members of a
proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of
specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class
of objects. Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a
technical term, and of stating things in distinct
terms. Thus we say, ``the term minister literally
denotes servant;'' ``an exact definition of terms is
essential to clearness of thought;'' ``no term of
reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;''
``every art has its peculiar and distinctive terms,''
etc. So also we say, ``purity of style depends on the
choice of words, and precision of style on a clear
understanding of the terms used.'' Term is chiefly
applied to verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these being
capable of standing as terms in a logical proposition;
while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never
be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but
simply as words.
Term \Term\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Termed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Terming}.] [See {Term}, n., and cf. {Terminate}.]
To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe
``imaginary space.'' --Locke.
Terma \Ter"ma\, n. [NL. See {Term}, n.] (Anat.)
The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior
wall of the third ventricle of the brain. --B. G. Wilder.
Termagancy \Ter"ma*gan*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence;
tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.
Termagant \Ter"ma*gant\, n. [OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant
(in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.]
1. 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. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``And
oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore.''
--Spenser.
The lesser part on Christ believed well, On
Termagant the more, and on Mahound. --Fairfax.
2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly
applied to both sexes, now only to women.
This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh.
--Bale (1543).
The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
--Macaulay.
Termagant \Ter"ma*gant\, a.
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome;
scolding. -- {Ter"ma*gant*ly}, adv.
A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
--Arbuthnot.
Termatarium \Ter`ma*ta"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Termes}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.
Termatary \Ter"ma*ta*ry\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Termatarium}.
Termer \Term"er\, n.
1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in
order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the
like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson.
2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for
life.
Termes \Ter"mes\ (t[~e]r"m[=e]z), n.; pl. {Termites}
(-m[i^]*t[=e]z). [L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf.
{Termite}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or
termites. See {Termite}.
Terminable \Ter"mi*na*ble\ (-m[i^]n*[.a]*b'l), a. [See
{Terminate}.]
Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. --
{Ter"mi*na*ble*ness}, n.
{Terminable annuity}, an annuity for a stated, definite
number of years; -- distinguished from {life annuity}, and
{perpetual annuity}.
Terminal \Ter"mi*nal\ (-nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal.
See {Term}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the
extremity; as, a terminal edge.
2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem;
terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
{Terminal moraine}. See the Note under {Moraine}.
{Terminal statue}. See {Terminus}, n., 2 and 3.
{Terminal velocity}.
(a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.
(b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body
approaches, as of a body falling through the air.
Terminal \Ter"mi*nal\, n.
1. That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.
2. (Eccl.) 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 \Ter`mi*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23
in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
Terminant \Ter"mi*nant\, n. [L. terminans, p. pr. of terminare.]
Termination; ending. [R.] --Puttenham.
Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terminated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Terminating}.] [L. terminatus, p. p. of
terminare. See {Term}.]
1. 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.
2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he
[Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves,
destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of
art. --J. S.
Harford.
Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. i.
1. 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.
2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
terminate on zhis side heaven. --South.
Termination \Ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. terminatio a bounding,
fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also
termination. See {Term}.]
1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds;
the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary
termination of hostilities.
2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent;
bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year,
or of life; the termination of happiness.
4. End; conclusion; result. --Hallam.
5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] --Shak.
7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter;
the part added to a stem in inflection.
Terminational \Ter`mi*na"tion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
Terminative \Ter"mi*na*tive\, a.
Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining;
definitive. --Bp. Rust. -- {Ter"mi*na*tive*ly}, adv. --Jer.
Taylor.
Terminator \Ter"mi*na`tor\, n. [L., he who limits or sets
bounds.]
1. One who, or that which, terminates.
2. (Astron.) The dividing line between the illuminated and
the unilluminated part of the moon.
Terminatory \Ter"mi*na*to*ry\, a.
Terminative.
Termine \Ter"mine\, v. t. [Cf. F. terminer.]
To terminate. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Terminer \Ter"mi*ner\, n. [F. terminer to bound, limit, end. See
{Terminate}.] (Law)
A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See {Oyer}.
Terminism \Ter"mi*nism\, n.
The doctrine held by the Terminists.
Terminist \Ter"mi*nist\, n. [Cf. F. terministe.] (Theol.)
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. --Murdock.
Terminological \Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to terminology. -- {Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly},
adv.
Terminology \Ter`mi*nol"o*gy\, n. [L. terminus term + -logy: cf.
F. terminologie.]
1. The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations;
a treatise on terms.
2. The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or
the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
terminology of chemistry.
The barbarous effect produced by a German structure
of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. --De
Quincey.
Terminus \Ter"mi*nus\, n.; pl. {Termini}. [L. See {Term}.]
1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
2. (Myth.) 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.
3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See
{Term}, 8.
4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or
the town or city, at that place.
Termite \Ter"mite\, n.; pl. {Termites}. [F. See {Termes}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects
belonging to {Termes} and allied genera; -- called also
{white ant}. See Illust. of {White ant}.
Note: They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are
noted for their destructive habits, their large nests,
their remarkable social instincts, and their division
of labor among the polymorphic individuals of several
kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has
ordinary workers, and large-headed individuals called
soldiers.
Termless \Term"less\, a.
1. Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as,
termless time. [R.] ``Termless joys.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Inexpressible; indescribable. [R.] --Shak.
Termly \Term"ly\, a.
Occurring every term; as, a termly fee. [R.] --Bacon.
Termly \Term"ly\, adv.
Term by term; every term. [R.] ``Fees . . . that are termly
given.'' --Bacon.
Termonology \Ter`mo*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, boundary, end +
-logy.]
Terminology. [R.]
Termor \Term"or\, n. (Law)
Same as {Termer}, 2.
Tern \Tern\ (t[~e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw.
t["a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,
allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various
allied genera.
Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form,
in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and
their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is
usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found
also in Asia and America. Among other American species
are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[ae]a}), the roseate
tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}),
the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S.
fuliginosa}).
{Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}.
{Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They
frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
{River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se["e]na} or allied
genera which frequent rivers.
{Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this
genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
seas and the mouths of large rivers.
Tern \Tern\, a. [L. pl. terni three each, three; akin to tres
three. See {Three}, and cf. {Trine}.]
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
{Tern flowers} (Bot.), flowers growing three and three
together.
{Tern leaves} (Bot.), leaves arranged in threes, or three by
three, or having three in each whorl or set.
{Tern peduncles} (Bot.), three peduncles growing together
from the same axis.
{Tern schooner} (Naut.), a three-masted schooner.
Tern \Tern\, n. [F. terne. See {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.
She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery. --Mrs.
Browning.
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See {Tern},
a.]
1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary
number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and
held in great veneration.
2. (Chem.) 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.
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ternaries}.
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a
triad.
Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
--Holder.
Ternate \Ter"nate\, a. [NL. ternatus, fr. L. terni three each.
See {Tern}, a.]
Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches,
leaves, or flowers. -- {Ter"nate*ly}, adv.
Terneplate \Terne"plate`\, n. [See {Tern}, a., and {Plate}.]
Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so
called because made up of three metals.
Ternion \Ter"ni*on\, n. [L. ternio, fr. terni three each. See
{Tern}, a.]
The number three; three things together; a ternary. --Bp.
Hall.
Terpene \Ter"pene\, n. [See {Turpentine}.] (Chem.)
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 \Ter*pen"tic\, a. (Chem.)
Terpenylic.
Terpenylic \Ter`pe*nyl"ic\, a. [Terpene + -yl + -ic.] (Chem.)
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 \Ter"pi*lene\, n. (Chem.)
A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.
Terpin \Ter"pin\, n. (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of
turpentine.
Terpinol \Ter"pin*ol\, n. [Terpin + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the
action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.
Terpsichore \Terp*sich"o*re\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? enjoyment
(fr. ? to gladden) + ? dance, dancing.] (Gr. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance,
especially the latter.
Terpsichorean \Terp`sich*o*re"an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.
Terra \Ter"ra\, n. [It. & L. See {Terrace}.]
The earth; earth.
{Terra alba} [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous
earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium
silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as
magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain
foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
{Terra cotta}. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto
cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See {Cook},
n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues,
architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
{Terr[ae] filius} [L., son of the earth], formerly, one
appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public
acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the
prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
{Terra firma} [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to
{water}.
{Terra Japonica}. [NL.] Same as {Gambier}. It was formerly
supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
{Terra Lemnia} [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under
{Lemnian}.
{Terra ponderosa} [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or
heavy spar.
{Terra di Sienna}. See {Sienna}.
Terrace \Ter"race\, n. [F. terrasse (cf. Sp. terraza, It.
terrazza), fr. L. terra the earth, probably for tersa,
originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch,
E. torrid, and thirst. See {Thirst}, and cf. {Fumitory},
{Inter}, v., {Patterre}, {Terrier}, {Trass}, {Tureen},
{Turmeric}.]
1. 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.
2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
3. A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental
nations are covered with terraces.
4. A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a
hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
5. (Geol.) A level plain, usually with a steep front,
bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
Note: Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at
different levels, indicating the flood plains at
successive periods in their history.
{Terrace epoch}. (Geol.) See {Drift epoch}, under {Drift}, a.
Terrace \Ter"race\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terraced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Terracing}.]
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace
or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.
--Thomson.
Terraculture \Ter"ra*cul`ture\, n. [L. terra the earth +
cultura.]
Cultivation on the earth; agriculture. [R.] --
{Ter`ra*cul"tur*al}, a. [R.]
Terrane \Ter"rane\, n. [F. terrain, from L. terra earth.]
(Geol.)
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly
equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less
comprehensively.
Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also {terapin}, {terrapen}, {terrapene}, and {turapen}.]
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries
Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and
{redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh
terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most
important American species. The diamond-back terrapin
is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of
the United States.
{Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle.
{Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}.
{Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}.
{Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin
({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}.
Terraqueous \Ter*ra"que*ous\, a. [L. terra the earth + E.
aqueous.]
Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous
globe. --Cudworth.
The grand terraqueous spectacle From center to
circumference unveiled. --Wordsworth.
Terrar \Ter"rar\, n. [LL. terrarius liber. See {Terrier} a
collection of acknowledgments.] (O. Eng. Law)
See 2d {Terrier}, 2.
Terras \Ter"ras\, n. (Min.)
See {?rass}.
Terreen \Ter*reen"\, n.
See {Turren}.
Terreity \Ter*re"i*ty\, n.
Quality of being earthy; earthiness. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Terrel \Ter"rel\, n. [NL. terrella, from L. terra the earth.]
A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc.,
correspond to those of the earth. [Obs.] --Chambers.
Terremote \Terre"mote`\, n. [OF. terremote, terremoete, fr. L.
terra the earth + movere, motum, to move.]
An earthquake. [Obs.] --Gower.
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n.
A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See
{Terrace}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene
substance. --Holland.
2. Earthy; terrestrial.
God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a
nature celestial and terrene. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and
truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and
terrene honor. --O. Eng. Oath
of Allegiance,
quoted by
Blackstone.
Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the
basis of our terrene experience. --Hickok.
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F.
terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton.
2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.
Terrenity \Ter*ren"i*ty\, n.
Earthiness; worldliness. [Obs.] ``A dull and low terrenity.''
--Feltham.
Terreous \Ter"re*ous\, a. [L. terreus, fr. terra the earth. See
{Terrace}.]
Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances;
terreous particles. [Obs.]
Terreplein \Terre"plein`\, n. [F., fr. L. terra earth + planus
even, level, plain.] (Fort.)
The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on
which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of {Casemate}.
Terrestre \Ter*res"tre\, a. [OE., from OF. & F. terrestre.]
Terrestrial; earthly. [Obs.] ``His paradise terrestre.''
--Chaucer.
Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the
earth. See {Terrace}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth;
earthly; as, terrestrial animals. ``Bodies terrestrial.''
--1 Cor. xv. 40.
2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a
terrestrial globe. ``The dark terrestrial ball.''
--Addison.
3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state;
sublunary; mundane.
Vain labors of terrestrial wit. --Spenser.
A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and
terrestrial aims. --Young.
4. 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.
The terrestrial parts of the globe. --Woodward.
5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the
earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an
astronomical telescope. -- {Ter*res"tri*al*ly}, adv. --
{Ter*res"tri*al*ness}, n.
Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, n.
An inhabitant of the earth.
Terrestrify \Ter*res"tri*fy\, v. t. [L. terrestris terrestrial +
-fy.]
To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth;
to make earthy. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Terrestrious \Ter*res"tri*ous\, a. [See {Terrestrial}.]
Terrestrial. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Terret \Ter"ret\, n.
One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness,
through which the reins pass.
Terre-tenant \Terre"-ten`ant\, n. [F. terre earth, land +
tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold.] (Law)
One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.
[Written also {ter-tenant}.]
Terre-verte \Terre"-verte`\, n. [F., fr. terre earth + vert,
verte, green.]
An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See {Glauconite}.
Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
frighten. See {Terror}.]
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable.
Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.
2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. --
{Ter"ri*bly}, adv.
Terricolae \Ter*ric"o*l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. terra + colere
to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of annelids including the common earthworms and
allied species.
Terrienniak \Ter`ri*en"ni*ak\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The arctic fox.
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n. [CF. L. terere to rub, to rub away,
terebra a borer.]
An auger or borer. [Obs.]
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n.
1. [F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L.
terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock
(hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a
burrow). See {Terrace}, and cf. {Terrier}, 2.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
Note: Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the
acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to
hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in
destroying rats, etc. See {Fox terrier}, under {Fox}.
2. [F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a
book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates.
See {Terrier}, 1, and cf. {Terrar}.] (Law)
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
[Written also {terrar}.]
Terrific \Ter*rif"ic\, a. [L. terrificus; fr. terrere to
frighten + facere to make. See {Terror}, and {Fact}.]
Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread;
terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
Terrifical \Ter*rif"ic*al\, a.
Terrific. [R.]
Terrifically \Ter*rif"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a terrific manner.
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F.
terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
--Milton.
2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
--Luke xxi. 9.
Terrigenous \Ter*rig"e*nous\, a. [L. terrigena, terrigenus;
terra the earth + genere, gignere, to bring forth.]
Earthborn; produced by the earth.
Territorial \Ter`ri*to"ri*al\, a. [L. territorialis: cf. F.
territorial.]
1. Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial
limits; territorial jurisdiction.
2. Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal
or territorial.
3. Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the
United States, or to any district similarly organized
elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.
Territorialize \Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Territorialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Territorializing}.]
1. To enlarge by extension of territory.
2. To reduce to the condition of a territory.
Territorially \Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly\, adv.
In regard to territory; by means of territory.
Territoried \Ter"ri*to*ried\, a.
Possessed of territory. [R.]
Territory \Ter"ri*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Territories}. [L.
territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See
{Terrace}.]
1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a
district.
He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him
-- towns, and rural works between. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. 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 \Ter"ror\, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten,
for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to
tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F.
terreur. Cf. {Deter}.]
1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent
dread; fright.
Terror seized the rebel host. --Milton.
2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Those enormous terrors of the Nile. --Prior.
Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii.
3.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
--Shak.
Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are
generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught,
terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken,
terror-struck, and the like.
{King of terrors}, death. --Job xviii. 14.
{Reign of Terror}. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
{Alarm}.
Terrorism \Ter"ror*ism\, n. [Cf. F. terrorisme.]
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode
of government by terror or intimidation. --Jefferson.
Terrorist \Ter"ror*ist\, n. [F. terroriste.]
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically,
an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the
Reign of Terror in France. --Burke.
Terrorize \Ter"ror*ize\, v. t. [Cf. F. terroriser.]
To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and
terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. --J. A.
Symonds.
Terrorless \Ter"ror*less\, a.
Free from terror. --Poe.
Terry \Ter"ry\, 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 \Ter*sanc"tus\, n. [L. ter thrice + sanctus holy.]
(Eccl.)
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 \Terse\, a. [Compar. {Terser}; superl. {Tersest}.] [L.
tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.]
1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth;
polished. [Obs.]
Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have
not this power attractive. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons. [R. & Obs.]
``Your polite and terse gallants.'' --Massinger.
3. Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to
smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
Terse, luminous, and dignified eloquence.
--Macaulay.
A poet, too, was there, whose verse Was tender,
musical, and terse. --Longfellow.
Syn: Neat; concise; compact.
Usage: {Terse}, {Concise}. Terse was defined by Johnson
``cleanly written'', i. e., free from blemishes, neat
or smooth. Its present sense is ``free from
excrescences,'' and hence, compact, with smoothness,
grace, or elegance, as in the following lones of
Whitehead:
``In eight terse lines has Ph[ae]drus told (So
frugal were the bards of old) A tale of goats;
and closed with grace, Plan, moral, all, in that
short space.'' It differs from concise in not
implying, perhaps, quite as much condensation, but
chiefly in the additional idea of ``grace or
elegance.'' -- {Terse"ly}, adv. -- {Terse"ness}, n.
Tersulphide \Ter*sul"phide\, n. [Pref. ter- + sulphide.] (Chem.)
A trisulphide.
Tersulphuret \Ter*sul"phu*ret\, n. [Pref. ter- + sulphuret.]
(Chem.)
A trisulphide. [R.]
Ter-tenant \Ter"-ten`ant\, n.
See {Terre-tenant}.
Tertial \Ter"tial\, a. & n. [From L. tertius third, the tertial
feathers being feathers of the third row. See {Tierce}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tertiary}.
Tertian \Ter"tian\, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third.
See {Tierce}.] (Med.)
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
Tertian \Ter"tian\, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF.
tertiane.]
1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which
returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in
which the intermission lasts one day.
2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy
imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of
a tun.
Tertiary \Ter"ti*a*ry\, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third
part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See {Tierce}.]
1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a
tertiary use of a word. --Trench.
2. (Chem.) 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}.
3. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's
wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
{Tertiary age}. (Geol.) See under {Age}, 8.
{Tertiary color}, a color produced by the mixture of two
secondaries. ``The so-called tertiary colors are citrine,
russet, and olive.'' --Fairholt.
{Tertiary period}. (Geol.)
(a) The first period of the age of mammals, or of the
Cenozoic era.
(b) The rock formation of that period; -- called also
{Tertiary formation}. See the Chart of {Geology}.
{Tertiary syphilis} (Med.), the third and last stage of
syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal
organs.
Tertiary \Ter"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Tertiaries}.
1. (R. C. Ch.) 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}. --Addis & Arnold.
2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon
the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of
{Bird}.
Tertiate \Ter"ti*ate\, v. t. [L. tertiatus, p. p. of tertiare to
do for the third time, fr. tertius the third.]
1. To do or perform for the third time. [Obs. & R.]
--Johnson.
2. (Gun.) 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 \Ter`u*ter"o\, n. [Probably so named from its city.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The South American lapwing ({Vanellus Cayennensis}). Its
wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also {Cayenne
lapwing}.
Terza rima \Ter"za ri"ma\ [It., a third or triple rhyme.]
A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed
by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.
Terzetto \Ter*zet"to\, n. [It., dim. of terzo the third, L.
tertius. See {Tierce}.] (Mus.)
A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an
instrumental) trio.
Tesselar \Tes"sel*ar\, a. [L. tessella a small square piece, a
little cube, dim. of tessera a square piece of stone, wood,
etc., a die.]
Formed of tesser[ae], as a mosaic.
Tessellata \Tes`sel*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tessellate}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in
which the body is covered with tessellated plates.
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
See {Tessellar}.]
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
fashion of France. --Macaulay.
Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, a. [L. tesselatus.]
Tessellated.
Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
tessellated pavement.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
tessellated leaf.
Tessellation \Tes`sel*la"tion\, n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
--J. Forsyth.
Tessera \Tes"se*ra\, n.; pl. {Tesser[ae]}. [L., a square piece,
a die. See {Tessellar}.]
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. --Fairholt.
Tesseraic \Tes`se*ra"ic\, a.
Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated. [Obs.]
--Sir R. Atkyns (1712).
Tesseral \Tes"se*ral\, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesser[ae].
2. (Crystallog.) Isometric.
Tessular \Tes"su*lar\, a. (Crystallog.)
Tesseral.
Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[^e]t,
from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of
burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta,
and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. {Thirst}, and
{Terrace}), but cf. Zend tasta cup. Cf. {Test} a shell,
{Testaceous}, {Tester} a covering, a coin, {Testy},
{T[^e]te-[`a]-t[^e]te}.]
1. (Metal.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious
metals are melted for trial and refinement.
Our ingots, tests, and many mo. --Chaucer.
2. Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical
examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's
assertions to a test. ``Bring me to the test.'' --Shak.
3. Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.
Each test every light her muse will bear. --Dryden.
4. That with which anything is compared for proof of its
genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
Life, force, and beauty must to all impart, At once
the source, and end, and test of art. --Pope.
5. Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment;
ground of admission or exclusion.
Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. --Dryden.
6. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
Who would excel, when few can make a test Betwixt
indifferent writing and the best? --Dryden.
7. (Chem.) 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.
{Test act} (Eng. Law), an act of the English Parliament
prescribing a form of oath and declaration against
transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and
military, were formerly obliged to take within six months
after their admission to office. They were obliged also to
receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church
of England. --Blackstone.
{Test object} (Optics), an object which tests the power or
quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a
certain degree of excellence in the instrument to
determine its existence or its peculiar texture or
markings.
{Test paper}.
(a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain
substances by being saturated with a reagent which
changes color in some specific way when acted upon by
those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by
acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned
brown by alkalies, etc.
(b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or
comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in
which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of
proving handwriting.
{Test tube}. (Chem.)
(a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for
heating solutions and for performing ordinary
reactions.
(b) A graduated tube.
Syn: Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment;
trial.
Usage: {Test}, {Trial}. Trial is the wider term; test is a
searching and decisive trial. It is derived from the
Latin testa (earthen pot), which term was early
applied to the fining pot, or crucible, in which
metals are melted for trial and refinement. Hence the
peculiar force of the word, as indicating a trial or
criterion of the most decisive kind.
I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose
trial shall better publish his commediation.
--Shak.
Thy virtue, prince, has stood the test of
fortune, Like purest gold, that tortured in the
furnace, Comes out more bright, and brings forth
all its weight. --Addison.
Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Testing}.]
1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or
cupel; to subject to cupellation.
2. 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.
Experience is the surest standard by which to test
the real tendency of the existing constitution.
--Washington.
3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;
as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
Test \Test\, n. [L. testis. Cf. {Testament}, {Testify}.]
A witness. [Obs.]
Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the
more surety tests of that deed. --Ld. Berners.
Test \Test\, v. i. [L. testari. See {Testament}.]
To make a testament, or will. [Obs.]
Test \Test\, Testa \Tes"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Tests}, L. {Test[ae]}.
[L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of
earthenware, a shell. See {Test} a cupel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The external hard or firm covering of many
invertebrate animals.
Note: The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely
of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of
calcium carbonate, and is called the shell.
2. (Bot.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or
spermoderm.
Testable \Test"a*ble\, a. [See {Testament}.]
1. Capable of being tested or proved.
2. Capable of being devised, or given by will.
Testacea \Tes*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. testaceum a shelled
anumal. See {Testaceous}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially
mollusks; shellfish.
Testacean \Tes*ta"cean\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Onr of the Testacea.
Testaceography \Tes*ta`ce*og"ra*phy\, n. [Testacea + -graphy:
cf. F. testac['e]ographie.]
The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the
description of shellfish. [R.]
Testaceology \Tes*ta`ce*ol"o*gy\, n. [Testacea + -logy: cf. F.
testac['e]ologie.]
The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology. [R.]
Testaceous \Tes*ta"ceous\, a. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell.
See {Testa}.]
1. Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or
having a hard shell.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having a dull red brick color or a
brownish yellow color.
{Testaceous animals} (Zo["o]l.), animals having a firm,
calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished
from {crustaceous animals}, whose shells are more thin and
soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as
lobsters and crabs.
Testacy \Tes"ta*cy\, n. [See {Testate}.] (Law)
The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a
valid will, or testament, at death.
Testament \Tes"ta*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari
to be a witness, to make one's last will, akin to testis a
witness. Cf. {Intestate}, {Testify}.]
1. (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which
a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate
and effects after his death.
Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last
will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be
made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed
and published in due form of law. A man, in certain
cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See
{Nuncupative will}, under {Nuncupative}.
2. 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.
He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for
the redemption of the transgressions that were under
the first testament. --Heb. ix. 15.
{Holographic testament}, a testament written wholly by the
testator himself. --Bouvier.
Testamental \Tes`ta*men"tal\, a. [L. testamentalis.]
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.
Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee.
--J.
Montgomery.
Testamentary \Tes`ta*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. testamentarius: cf. F.
testamentaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters
testamentary.
2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament.
How many testamentary charities have been defeated
by the negligence or fraud of executors!
--Atterbury.
3. 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 \Tes`ta*men*ta"tion\, n.
The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [R.]
--Burke.
Testamentize \Tes"ta*men*tize\, v. i.
To make a will. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Testamur \Tes*ta"mur\, n. [L., we testify, fr. testari to
testify.] (Eng. Universities)
A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the
Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.
Testate \Tes"tate\, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See
{Testament}.] (Law)
Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die
testate. --Ayliffe.
Testate \Tes"tate\, n. (Law)
One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person. [R.]
Testation \Tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. testatio.]
A witnessing or witness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
Testatrix \Tes*ta"trix\, n. [L.] (Law)
A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female
testator.
Teste \Tes"te\, n. [So called fr. L. teste, abl. of testis a
witness, because this was formerly the initial word in the
clause.] (Law)
(a) A witness.
(b) The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; --
said of a writ, deed, or the like. --Burrill.
Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [OE. testere a headpiece, helmet, OF.
testiere, F. t[^e]ti[`e]re a head covering, fr. OF. teste the
head, F. t[^e]te, fr. L. testa an earthen pot, the skull. See
{Test} a cupel, and cf. {Testi[`e]re}.]
1. A headpiece; a helmet. [Obs.]
The shields bright, testers, and trappures.
--Chaucer.
2. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. --Oxf. Gross.
3. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
No testers to the bed, and the saddles and
portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
--Walpole.
Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr.
OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon
the coin. See {Tester} a covering, and cf. {Testone},
{Testoon}.]
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}. --Shak.
Testern \Tes"tern\, n.
A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]
Testern \Tes"tern\, v. t.
To present with a tester. [Obs.] --Shak.
Testes \Tes"tes\, n.,
pl. of {Teste}, or of {Testis}.
Testicardines \Tes`ti*car"di*nes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Test} a
shell, and {Cardo}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of brachiopods including those which have a
calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth.
Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.
Testicle \Tes"ti*cle\, n. [L. testiculus, dim. of testis a
testicle, probably the same word as testis a witness, as
being a witness to manhood. Cf. {Test} a witness.] (Anat.)
One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the
semen.
Testicond \Tes"ti*cond\, a. [L. testis testis + condere to
hide.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of
the cetaceans.
Testicular \Tes*tic"u*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the testicle.
Testiculate \Tes*tic"u*late\, a. [NL. testiculatus.] (Bot.)
(a) Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.
(b) Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some
species of orchis.
Testiere \Tes`ti*[`e]re"\, n. [OF. testiere. See {Tester} a
headpiece.]
A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.
Testif \Tes"tif\, a. [See {Testy}.]
Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.]
Testif they were and lusty for to play. --Chaucer.
Testification \Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. testificatio: cf. OF.
testification. See {Testify}.]
The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a
direct testification of our homage to God. --South.
Testificator \Tes"ti*fi*ca`tor\, n. [NL.]
A testifier.
Testifier \Tes"ti*fi`er\, n.
One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness
to prove anything; a witness.
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Testified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Testifying}.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis
a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}, and cf.
{Attest}, {Contest}, {Detest}, {Protest}, {Testament}.]
1. 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.
Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of
man, for he knew what was in man. --John ii. 25.
2. (Law) 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.
One witness shall not testify against any person to
cause him to die. --Num. xxxv.
30.
3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to
bear witness; -- with against.
O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. --Ps.
l. 7.
I testified against them in the day wherein they
sold victuals. --Neh. xiii.
15.
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. t.
1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony;
to affirm or declare solemny.
We speak that we do know, and testify that we have
seen; and ye receive not our witness. --John iii.
11.
2. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation
before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, adv.
In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Testimonial \Tes`ti*mo"ni*al\, n. [Cf. OF. testimoniale, LL.
testimonialis, L. testimoniales (sc. litter[ae]). See
{Testimonial}, a.]
1. A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of
one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the
value of a thing.
2. Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a
token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.
Testimonial \Tes`ti*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. testimonialis: cf. F.
testimonial.]
Relating to, or containing, testimony.
Testimony \Tes"ti*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Testimonies}. [L.
testimonium, from testis a witness: cf. OF. testimoine,
testemoine, testimonie. See {Testify}.]
1. A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose
of establishing or proving some fact.
Note: Such declaration, in judicial proceedings, may be
verbal or written, but must be under oath or
affirmation.
2. 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.
3. Open attestation; profession.
[Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne
Universal reproach. --Milton.
4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your
feet for a testimony against them. --Mark vi. 11.
5. (Jewish Antiq.) The two tables of the law.
Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I
shall give thee. --Ex. xxv. 16.
6. Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre? Scriptures.
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the
simple. --Ps. xix. 7.
Syn: Proof; evidence; attestation; witness; affirmation;
confirmation; averment.
Usage: {Testimony}, {Proof}, {Evidence}. Proof is the most
familiar, and is used more frequently (though not
exclusively) of facts and things which occur in the
ordinary concerns of life. Evidence is a word of more
dignity, and is more generally applied to that which
is moral or intellectual; as, the evidences of
Christianity, etc. Testimony is what is deposed to by
a witness on oath or affirmation. When used
figuratively or in a wider sense, the word testimony
has still a reference to some living agent as its
author, as when we speak of the testimony of
conscience, or of doing a thing in testimony of our
affection, etc. Testimony refers rather to the thing
declared, evidence to its value or effect. ``To
conform our language more to common use, we ought to
divide arguments into demonstrations, proofs, and
probabilities; ba proofs, meaning such arguments from
experience as leave no room for doubt or opposition.''
--Hume. ``The evidence of sense is the first and
highest kind of evidence of which human nature is
capable.'' --Bp. Wilkins. ``The proof of everything
must be by the testimony of such as the parties
produce.'' --Spenser.
Testimony \Tes"ti*mo*ny\, v. t.
To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony. [Obs.] --Shak.
Testiness \Tes"ti*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.
Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry.
--Locke.
Testing \Test"ing\, n.
1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
2. (Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a
test, or cupel; cupellation.
{Testing machine} (Engin.), a machine used in the
determination of the strength of materials, as iron,
stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various
kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc.
Testis \Tes"tis\, n.; pl. {Testes}. [L.] (Anat.)
A testicle.
Teston \Tes"ton\, n.
A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]
Testone \Tes*tone"\, n. [Cf. Pg. test[~a]o, tost[~a]o. See
{Testoon}.]
A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or
about eleven cents. --Homans.
Testoon \Tes*toon"\, n. [It. testone. See {Tester} a coin.]
An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d.
sterling, or about thirty cents. --Homans.
Testudinal \Tes*tu"di*nal\, a. [See {Testudo}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.
Testudinarious \Tes*tu`di*na"ri*ous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a
tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise
shell.
Testudinata \Tes*tu`di*na"ta\, n. pl. [Nl. See {Testudo}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tes*tu"di*nate\, Testudinated \Tes*tu"di*na`ted\,
a. [L. testudinatus, fr. testudo, -inis, a tortoise, an arch
or vault.]
Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure;
roofed; arched; vaulted.
Testudineous \Tes`tu*din"e*ous\, a. [L. testudineus.]
Resembling the shell of a tortoise.
Testudo \Tes*tu"do\, n.; pl. {Testudines}. [L., from testa the
shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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 Gr[ae]ca}) and the gopher of the
Southern United States.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
3. (Mus.) 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 \Tes"ty\, a. [Compar. {Testier}; superl. {Testiest}.] [OF.
testu obstinate, headstrong, F. t[^e]tu, fr. OF. teste the
head, F. t[^e]te. See {Test} a cupel.]
Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch Under your
testy humor? --Shak.
I was displeased with myself; I was testy. --Latimer.
Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from
tetanus, Gr. ?, F. t['e]tanique.]
1. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the
character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic
contraction.
This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of
simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous
effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction.
--Foster.
2. (Physiol. & Med.) Producing, or tending to produce,
tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a
tetanic remedy. See {Tetanic}, n.
Tetanic \Te*tan"ic\, n. (Physiol. & Med.)
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 \Tet"a*nin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
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 \Tet`a*ni*za"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
The production or condition of tetanus.
Tetanize \Tet"a*nize\, v. t. (Physiol.)
To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction;
to cause tetanus in. See {Tetanus}, n., 2.
Tetanoid \Tet"a*noid\, a. [Tetanus + -oid.] (Med. & Physiol.)
Resembling tetanus.
Tetanomotor \Tet`a*no*mo"tor\, n. (Physiol.)
An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its
nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Tetanus \Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? stretched, ? to
stretch.]
1. (Med.) 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.
2. (Physiol.) 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 \Tet"a*ny\, n. (Med.)
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from
it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.
Tetard \Te*tard"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A gobioid fish ({Eleotris gyrinus}) of the Southern United
States; -- called also {sleeper}.
Tetartohedral \Te*tar`to*he"dral\, a. [Gr. ? fourth + ? base.]
(Crystallog.)
Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to
complete symmetry. -- {Te*tar`to*he"dral*ly}, adv.
Tetartohedrism \Te*tar`to*he"drism\, n. (Crystallog.)
The property of being tetartohedral.
Tetaug \Te*taug"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Tautog}. [R.]
Tetchiness \Tetch"i*ness\, n.
See {Techiness}.
Tetchy \Tetch"y\, a.
See {Techy}. --Shak.
Tete \T[^e]te\, n. [F., the head. See {Tester} a covering.]
A kind of wig; false hair.
Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\ (t[=a]t`[.a]*t[=a]t"), n.
[F., head to head. See {Tester} a covering, {Test} a cupel.]
1. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of
two persons.
2. A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, a.
Private; confidential; familiar.
She avoided t[^e]te-[`a]-t[^e]te walks with him. --C.
Kingsley.
Tete-a-tete \T[^e]te`-[`a]-t[^e]te"\, adv.
Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
--Prior.
Tete-de-pont \T[^e]te`-de-pont"\ (t[=a]t`de*p[^o]N"), n.; pl.
{T[^e]tes-de-pont}. [F., head of a bridge.] (Mil.)
A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy,
for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
Tetel \Te*tel"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large African antelope ({Alcelaphus tora}). It has widely
divergent, strongly ringed horns.
Tether \Teth"er\, n. [Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG.
tider, tier, Icel. tj[=o]?r, Dan. t["o]ir. [root]64.]
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.
Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tethering}.]
To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for
feeding within certain limits.
And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.
--Wordsworth.
Tethydan \Te*thy"dan\, n. [See {Tethys}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tunicate.
Tethyodea \Te`thy*o"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Tethys + Gr. ?
form.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Tunicata including the common attached
ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also
{Tethioidea}.
Tethys \Te"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an oyster, or ? a kind of
ascidian.] (Zo["o]l.)
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- \Tet"ra-\ [Gr. te`tra-, from te`sares, te`ttares, four.
See {Four}.]
1. A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in
tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.
2. (Chem.) 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 \Tet`ra*bas"ic\, a. [Tetra- + basic.] (Chem.)
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 \Tet`ra*bor"ic\, a. [Tetra- + boric.] (Chem.)
Same as {Pyroboric}.
Tetrabranchiata \Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See
{Tetra-}, and {Branchia}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tet`ra*bran`chi*ate\, a. [Tetra + branchiate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata. -- n. One of the
Tetrabranchiata.
Tetracarpel \Tet`ra*car"pel\, a. [Tetra- + carpellary.] (Bot.)
Composed of four carpels.
Tetrachord \Tet"ra*chord\, n. [L. tetrachordon, Gr. ?, from ?
four-stringed; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ? a chord: cf. F.
t['e]trachorde.] (Anc. Mus.)
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 \Tet`ra*chot"o*mous\, a. [Gr. te`tracha in four
parts + te`mnein to cut.] (Bot.)
Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or
series, or into series of fours.
Tetracid \Tet*rac"id\, a. [Tetra + acid.] (Chem.)
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 \Tet`ra*coc"cous\, a. [See {Tetra-}, and {Coccus}.]
(Bot.)
Having four cocci, or carpels.
Tetracolon \Tet`ra*co"lon\, n. [Gr. ? with four members; te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? limb, member.] (Pros.)
A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four
verses or lines. --Crabb.
Tetracoralla \Te`tra*co*ral"la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tetra-}, and
{Corallum}.] (Paleon.)
Same as {Rugosa}.
Tetractinellid \Te*trac`ti*nel"lid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also
used adjectively.
Tetractinellida \Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr.
te`tra- tetra- + ?, ?, ray, spoke.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Spongi[ae] in which the spicules are siliceous
and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also
{Tetractinellin[ae]}.
Tetrad \Tet"rad\, n. [L. tetras, -adis, Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
t['e]trade.]
1. The number four; a collection of four things; a
quaternion.
2. (Chem.) A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as,
carbon is a tetrad.
Tetradactyl \Tet`ra*dac"tyl\, Tetradactyle \Tet`ra*dac"tyle\, a.
[Cf. F. t['e]tradactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
Tetradactylous.
Tetradactylous \Tet`ra*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ? finger, toe.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
Tetradecane \Tet`ra*dec"ane\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? ten.] (Chem.)
A light oily hydrocarbon, {C14H30}, of the marsh-gas series;
-- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tetradecapoda \Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tetra-},
and {Decapoda}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Arthrostraca}.
Tetradic \Tet*rad"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the
characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic
element.
Tetradite \Tet"ra*dite\, n. [See {Tetrad}.]
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. --Smart.
Tetradon \Tet"ra*don\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Tetrodon}.
Tetradont \Tet"ra*dont\, a. & n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Tetrodont}.
Tetradrachm \Tet"ra*drachm\, Tetradrachma \Tet`ra*drach"ma\, n.
[NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.]
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four
drachms.
Note: The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or
about 76 cents.
Tetradymite \Tet*rad"y*mite\, n. [Gr. tetra`dymos fourfold. So
named from its occurrence in compound twin crystals, or
fourlings.] (Min.)
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 \Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? power.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an class of plants having six stamens, four of
which are longer than the others.
Tetradynamian \Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the order Tetradynamia.
Tetradynamian \Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an\, Tetradynamous
\Tet`ra*dyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.)
Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four
of which are uniformly longer than the others.
Tetragon \Tet"ra*gon\, n. [L. tetragonum, Gr. tetra`gwnon;
te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. F.
t['e]tragone.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a
quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
2. (Astrol.) 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. --Hutton.
Tetragonal \Te*trag"o*nal\, a.
1. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles
or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the
rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
2. (Bot.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
3. (Crystallog.) Designating, or belonging to, a certain
system of crystallization; dimetric. See {Tetragonal
system}, under {Crystallization}.
Tetragrammaton \Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? a letter.]
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 \Tet`ra*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + gynh` a woman, female.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an order of plants having four styles.
Tetragynian \Tet`ra*gyn"i*an\, Tetragynous \Te*trag"y*nous\, a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.
Tetrahedral \Tet`ra*he"dral\, a. [See {Tetrahedron}.]
1. Having, or composed of, four sides.
2. (Crystallog.)
(a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.
(b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the
system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron
belongs.
{Tetrahedral angle} (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or
inclosed by four plane angles.
Tetrahedrally \Tet`ra*he"dral*ly\, adv.
In a tetrahedral manner.
Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the
crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.)
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 \Tet`ra*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr.
? to sit.] (Geom.)
A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.
Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded
as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.
{Regular tetrahedron} (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal
equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.
Tetrahexahedral \Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dral\, a. (Crystallog.)
Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.
Tetrahexahedron \Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- +
hexahedron.] (Crystallog.)
A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal
triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the
cube.
Tetrakishexahedron \Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ? four
times + E. hexahedron.] (Crystallog.)
A tetrahexahedron.
Tetrakosane \Tet"ra*ko*sane`\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? twenty.]
(Chem.)
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 \Te*tral"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ?
a speech, discourse: cf. F. t['e]tralogie.] (Gr. Drama)
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.
Note: A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited
together without a fourth piese, was called a trilogy.
Tetramera \Te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tetramerous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal
joints, one joint being rudimentary.
Tetramerous \Te*tram"er*ous\, a. [Tetra- + Gr. ? part.]
1. (Bot.) Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a
tetramerous flower.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having four joints in each of the tarsi; --
said of certain insects.
Tetrameter \Te*tram"e*ter\, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. ?; te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? a measure: cf. F. t['e]tram[`e]tre.] (GR.
& Latin Pros.)
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 \Tet`ra*meth"yl*ene\, n. [Tetra- + methylene.]
(Chem.)
(a) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C4H8}, analogous to
trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known
series or derivatives.
(b) Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain
compounds which are really related to butylene.
Tetramorph \Tet"ra*morph\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? form, figure: cf.
Gr. ? fourfold.] (Christian Art)
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 \Te*tran"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ?, ?, a man, male.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an class of plants having four stamens.
Tetrandrian \Te*tran"dri*an\, Tetrandrous \Te*tran"drous\, a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the class Tetrandria.
Tetraonid \Te*tra"o*nid\, n. [L. tetrao a heath cock, grouse,
Gr. ?: cf. F. t['e]traonide.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tet`ra*pet"al*ous\, a. [Tetra- + petal.] (Bot.)
Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a
tetrapetalous corolla.
Tetrapharmacom \Tet`ra*phar"ma*com\, Tetrapharmacum
\Tet`ra*phar"ma*cum\, n. [NL. tetrapharmacon, L. tetrapharmacum,
Gr. ?; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ? a drug.] (Med.)
A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an
ointment. --Brande & C.
Tetraphenol \Tet`ra*phe"nol\, n. [Tetra- + phenol.] (Chem.)
Furfuran. [Obs.]
Tetraphyllous \Te*traph"yl*lous\, a. [Tetra- + Gr. ? a leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or
leaflets.
Tetrapla \Tet"ra*pla\, n.;
Note: etymologically pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr.
Gr. tetraplo`os, tetraploy^s, fourfold.]
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged
in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four
languages or four columns.
Tetraneumona \Tet`ra*neu"mo*na\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tetra-}, and
{Pneumo-}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tet`rap*nue*mo"ni*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tetrapneumona.
Tetrapod \Tet"ra*pod\, n. [Gr. ? fourfooted; te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as
certain of the butterflies.
Tetrapody \Te*trap"o*dy\, n. [Gr. ?.]
A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.
Tetrapteran \Te*trap"ter*an\, n. [See {Tetrapterous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An insect having four wings.
Tetrapterous \Te*trap"ter*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having four wings.
Tetraptote \Tet"rap*tote\, n. [L. tetraptotum, Gr. ?.] (Gram.)
A noun that has four cases only. --Andrews.
Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, n. [L. tetrarches, Gr. ?, ?; te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ? a ruler, ? to lead; rule: cf. F. t['e]trarque.
See {Arch}, a.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any
subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or
sovereign.
Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, a.
Four. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Tetrarchate \Te*trarch"ate\, n. [Cf. F. t['e]trarchat.] (Rom.
Antiq.)
A tetrarchy.
Tetrarchical \Te*trarch"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy. --Bolingbroke.
Tetrarchy \Tet"rarch*y\, n.; pl. {Tetrarchies}. [L. tetrarchia,
Gr. ?: cf. F. t['e]trarchie.] (Rom. Antiq.)
The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or
jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
Tetraschistic \Tet`ra*schis"tic\, a. [Gr. ? divided into four
parts; te`tra- tetra- + ? to split.] (Biol.)
Characterized by division into four parts.
Tetrasepalous \Tet`ra*sep"al*ous\, a. [Tetra- + sepal.] (Bot.)
Having four sepals.
Tetraspaston \Tet`ra*spas"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see
{Tetra-}) + ? to draw, pull.] (Mach.)
A machine in which four pulleys act together. --Brande & C.
Tetraspermous \Tet`ra*sper"mous\, a. [Tetra- + Gr. ? a seed.]
(Bot.)
Having four seeds.
{Tetraspermous plant}, a plant which produces four seeds in
each flower.
Tetraspore \Tet"ra*spore\, n. [Tetra- + spore.] (Bot.)
A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring
in red seaweeds. -- {Tet`ra*spor"ic}, a.
Tetrastich \Te*tras"tich\, n. [L. tetrastichon, Gr. ?; te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? a row, verse.]
A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or
lines. --Pope.
Tetrastyle \Tet"ra*style\, a. [L. tetrastylon, Gr. ? with four
pillars in front; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ? a column.]
(Arch.)
Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico,
or colonnade. -- n. A tetrastyle building.
Tetrasyllabic \Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic\, Tetrasyllabical
\Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. t['e]trasyllabique.]
Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.
Terrasyllable \Ter"ra*syl`la*ble\, n. [Tetra- + syllable: cf.
Gr. ? of four syllables.]
A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Tetrathecal \Tet`ra*the"cal\, a. [Tetra- + thecal.] (Bot.)
Having four loculaments, or thec[ae].
Tetrathionate \Tet`ra*thi"on*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of tetrathionic acid.
Tetrathionic \Tet`ra*thi*on"ic\, a. [Tetra- + thionic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative,
H?S?O?, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless
liquid.
Tetratomic \Tet`ra*tom"ic\, a. [Tetra- + atomic.] (Chem.)
(a) Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the
molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.
(b) Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent;
sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl
groups, whether acid or basic.
Tetravalence \Te*trav"a*lence\, n. (Chem.)
The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.
Tetravalent \Te*trav"a*lent\, a. [Tetra- + L. valens, -entis, p.
pr.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.
Tetraxile \Te*trax"ile\, a. [Tetra- + axile.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of
certain spicules of sponges.
Tetrazo- \Tet*raz"o-\, a. [Tetra- + azo-.] (Chem.)
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 \Tet"ra*zone\, n. (Chem.)
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 \Tet"ric\, Tetrical \Tet"ri*cal\, a. [L. tetricus,
taetricus, from teter, taeter, offensive, foul.]
Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.] --
{Tet"ric*al*ness}, n.
Tetricity \Te*tric"i*ty\, n. [L. tetricitas, taetricitas.]
Crabbedness; perverseness. [Obs.]
Tetricous \Tet"ric*ous\, a.
Tetric. [Obs.]
Tetrinic \Te*trin"ic\, a. [See {Tetra-}.] (Chem.)
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 \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ?, ?, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
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. [Written also
{tetradon}.]
Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable
of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes
the swellfish, puffer
(a), and similar species.
Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written
also {tetradont}, and {tetraodont}.]
Tetrol \Tet"rol\, n. [Tetra- + benzol.] (Chem.)
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C4H4}, analogous to benzene; --
so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
{Tetrol phenol}, furfuran. [Obs.]
Tetrolic \Tet*rol"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C3H3.CO2H}, of
the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid,
obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tetroxide \Tet*rox"ide\, n. [Tetra- + oxide.] (Chem.)
An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a
quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO?.
Tetryl \Tet"ryl\, n. [Tetra- + -yl.] (Chem.)
Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the
molecule.
Tetrylene \Tet"ryl*ene\, n. [Tetra- + ethylene.] (Chem.)
Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the
molecule.
Tetter \Tet"ter\, n. [OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G.
zitter, zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a
sort of skin disease. [root]63, 240.] (Med.)
A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See {Herpes}.
{Honeycomb tetter} (Med.), favus.
{Moist tetter} (Med.), eczema.
{Scaly tetter} (Med.), psoriasis.
{Tetter berry} (Bot.), the white bryony.
Tetter \Tet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tettered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tettering}.]
To affect with tetter. --Shak.
Tetterous \Tet"ter*ous\, a.
Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
Tetter-totter \Tet"ter-tot`ter\, n. [See {Teeter}.]
A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also
{titter-totter}, and {titter-cum-totter}.
Tetterwort \Tet"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the
calendine, in America the bloodroot.
Tettigonian \Tet`ti*go"ni*an\, n. [Gr. ?, dim. of ? a kind of
grasshopper.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to
{Tettigonia} and allied genera; a leaf hopper.
Tettish \Tet"tish\, a. [Cf. {Testy}.]
Captious; testy. [Written also {teatish}.] [Obs.] --Beau. &
Fl.
Tettix \Tet"tix\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a kind of grasshopper.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The cicada. [Obs. or R.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small grasshoppers.
Tetty \Tet"ty\, a.
Testy; irritable. [Obs.] --Burton.
Teufit \Teu"fit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The lapwing; -- called also {teuchit}. [Prov. Eng.]
Teuk \Teuk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Teuton \Teu"ton\, n.; pl. E. {Teutons}, L. {Teutones}. [L.
Teutones, Teutoni, the name of a Germanic people, probably
akin to E. Dutch. Cf. {Dutch}.]
1. 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.
2. A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or
Aryan, family.
Teutonic \Teu*ton"ic\, a. [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or
Teutones. See {Teuton}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons;
Germanic.
2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the
peoples who speak these languages.
{Teutonic languages}, a group of languages forming a division
of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the
High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects
and languages.
{Teutonic order}, a military religious order of knights,
established toward the close of the twelfth century, in
imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed
chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly
increased in numbers and strength till it became master of
all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was
abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an
honorary order.
Teutonic \Teu*ton"ic\, n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages,
collectively.
Teutonicism \Teu*ton"i*cism\, n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom,
phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a
Germanism.
Tew \Tew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tewing}.] [OE. tewen, tawen. [root]64. See {Taw}, v.]
1. To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to
taw.
2. Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul;
to tease; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tew \Tew\, v. i.
To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]
Tew \Tew\, v. t. [Cf. {Taw} to tow, {Tow}, v. t.]
To tow along, as a vessel. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Tew \Tew\, n.
A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tewan \Te"wan\, n. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of
New Mexico and adjacent regions.
Tewed \Tewed\, a.
Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [Obs. or Local] --Mir.
for Mag.
Tewel \Tew"el\, n. [OE. tuel, OF. tuiel, tuel, F. tuyau; of
Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. tud, D. tuit, Prov. G. zaute. Cf.
{Tuy[`e]re}.]
1. A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke. --Chaucer.
2. The tuy[`e]re of a furnace.
Tewhit \Te"whit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The lapwing; -- called also {teewheep}. [Prov. Eng.]
Tewtaw \Tew"taw\, v. t. [See {Tew}, v. t.]
To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Texas \Tex"as\, n.
A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing
the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U. S.]
--Knight.
Text \Text\ (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture,
structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct,
compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve,
make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue},
{Toil} a snare.]
1. 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.
--Chaucer.
2. (O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or
eminence. [R.]
3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as
the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has
Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! --Cowper.
4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument,
literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a
kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
{Text blindness}. (Physiol.) See {Word blindness}, under
{Word}.
{Text letter}, a large or capital letter. [Obs.]
{Text pen}, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in
writing text-hand.
Text \Text\, v. t.
To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.] --Beau.
& Fl.
Text-book \Text"-book`\, n.
1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room
for notes.
2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher
lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a
schoolbook.
Text-hand \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 \Tex"tile\, a. [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F.
textile. See {Text}.]
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts;
woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile
fabrics.
{Textile cone} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful cone shell ({Conus
textilis}) in which the colors are arranged so that they
resemble certain kinds of cloth.
Textile \Tex"tile\, n.
That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
--Bacon.
Textman \Text"man\, n.; pl. {Textmen}.
One ready in quoting texts. [R.] --Bp. Sanderston.
Textorial \Tex*to"ri*al\, a. [L. textorius, fr. textor a weaver,
fr. texere, textum, to weave.]
Of or pertaining to weaving. --T. Warton.
Textrine \Tex"trine\, a. [L. textrinus, for textorinus, fr.
textor a weaver.]
Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
--Denham.
Textual \Tex"tu*al\, a. [OE. textuel, F. textuel.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual
criticism; a textual reading. --Milton.
2. Serving for, or depending on, texts. --Bp. Hall.
3. Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them
accurately. ``I am not textuel.'' --Chaucer.
Textualist \Tex"tu*al*ist\, n.
A textman; a textuary. --Lightfoot.
Textually \Tex"tu*al*ly\, adv.
In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in
accordance with the text.
Textuarist \Tex"tu*a*rist\, n.
A textuary. [R.]
Textuary \Tex"tu*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. textuaire.]
1. Contained in the text; textual. --Sir T. Browne.
2. Serving as a text; authoritative. --Glanvill.
Textuary \Tex"tu*a*ry\, n. [Cf. F. textuaire.]
1. One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman. --Bp.
Bull.
2. One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
Textuel \Tex"tu*el\, a.
Textual. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Textuist \Tex"tu*ist\, n.
A textualist; a textman. [Obs.]
The crabbed textualists of his time. --Milton.
Textural \Tex"tur*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to texture.
Texture \Tex"ture\, n. [L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to
weave: cf. F. texture. See {Text}.]
1. The act or art of weaving. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. --Milton.
Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening
waste, their humble texture weave. --Thomson.
3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or
other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth
or of a spider's web.
4. 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.
5. (Biol.) A tissue. See {Tissue}.
Texture \Tex"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Textured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Texturing}.]
To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]
Textury \Tex"tur*y\, n.
The art or process of weaving; texture. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Teyne \Teyne\, n. [See {Tain}.]
A thin plate of metal. [Obs.] ``A teyne of silver.''
--Chaucer.
Th \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 \Thack\, Thacker \Thack"er\
See {Thatch}, {Thatcher}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Thak \Thak\, v. t.
To thwack. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thalamencephalon \Thal`a*men*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See
{Thalamus}, and {Encephalon}.] (Anat.)
The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain,
including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the
diencephalon; the interbrain.
Thalamic \Tha*lam"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.
Thalamifloral \Thal`a*mi*flo"ral\, Thalamiflorous
\Thal`a*mi*flo"rous\, a. [See {Thalamus}, and {Floral}.] (Bot.)
Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a
subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system
of De Candolle.
Thalamocoele \Thal"a*mo*c[oe]le`\, n. [Thalamic + Gr. koi^los
hollow.] (Anat.)
The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third
ventricle.
Thalamophora \Thal`a*moph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. qa`lamos
chamber + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Foraminifera}.
Thalamus \Thal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Thalami}. [L. thalamus chamber,
Gr. qa`lamos.]
1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the
third ventricle of the brain; -- called also {optic
thalamus}.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Same as {Thallus}.
(b) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
Thalassian \Tha*las"si*an\, n. [From Gr. ? the sea.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any sea tortoise.
Thalassic \Tha*las"sic\, a. [Gr. ? the sea.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks
formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
Thalassinian \Thal`as*sin"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of {Thalaassinid[ae]}, a family of burrowing
macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.
Thalassography \Thal`as*sog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? sea + -graphy.]
The study or science of the life of marine organisms.
--Agassiz.
Thaler \Tha"ler\, n. [G. See {Dollar}.]
A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or
about 73 cents.
Thalia \Tha*li"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Qa`leia, originally,
blooming, luxuriant, akin to qa`llein to be luxuriant.]
(Class. Myth.)
(a) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
(b) One of the three Graces.
(c) One of the Nereids.
Thaliacea \Tha`li*a"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Thalia}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species,
such as Salpa and Doliolum.
Thalian \Tha*li"an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to
comedy; comic.
Thallate \Thal"late\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
Thallene \Thal"lene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable
for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
Thallic \Thal"lic\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Thal"line\, a. (Bot.)
Consisting of a thallus.
Thalline \Thal"line\, n. [Gr. ? a young shoot or branch.]
(Chem.)
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 \Thal"li*ous\, a. (Chem.)
See {Thallous}.
Thallium \Thal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? young or green shoot
or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright green
line in its spectrum.] (Chem.)
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 \Thal"lo*gen\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot or branch, frond
+ -gen.] (Bot.)
One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom,
which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi,
alg[ae], 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 \Thal"loid\, a. [Thallus + -oid.] (Bot.)
Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + ? plant.]
(Bot.)
Same as {Thallogen}.
Thallous \Thal"lous\, a. (Chem.)
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. [Written also {thallious}.]
Thallus \Thal"lus\, n.; pl. {Thalli}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? young
shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.)
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 \Tham"muz\, Tammuz \Tam"muz\, n. [Heb. thamm[=u]z.]
1. 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 Ph[oe]nician
Adon, or Adonis. --Milton.
2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, --
supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
Thamnophile \Tham"no*phile\, n. [Gr. qa`mnos a bush + fi`los
loving.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bush shrike.
Thamyn \Tha"myn\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Eldi}) resembling the swamp deer;
-- called also {Eld's deer}.
Than \Than\ ([th][a^]n), conj. [OE. than, thon, then, thanne,
thonne, thenne, than, then, AS. [eth]anne, [eth]onne,
[eth][ae]nne; akin to D. dan, OHG. danne, G. dann then, denn
than, for, Goth. [thorn]an then, and to E. the, there, that.
See {That}, and cf. {Then}.]
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.
Behold, a greater than Solomon is here. --Matt. xii.
42.
Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan
except, none higher sat. --Milton.
It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek
than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. --R.
Browning.
Than \Than\, adv.
Then. See {Then}. [Obs.] --Gower.
Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages. --Chaucer.
Thanage \Than"age\, n.
The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction;
thanedom.
Thanatoid \Than"a*toid\, a. [Gr. qa`natos death + -oid.]
Deathlike; resembling death. --Dunglison.
Thanatology \Than`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. qa`natos + -logy.]
A description, or the doctrine, of death. --Dunglison.
Thanatopsis \Than`a*top"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. qa`natos death +
'o`psis view.]
A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.
--Bryant.
Thane \Thane\ (th[=a]n), n. [OE. thein, [thorn]ein, AS.
[thorn]egen, [thorn]egn; akin to OHG. degan a follower,
warrior, boy, MHG. degen a hero, G. degen hero, soldier,
Icel. [thorn]egn a thane, a freeman; probably akin to Gr.
te`knon a child, ti`ktein to bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth.
[thorn]ius servant, AS. [thorn]e['o]w, G. dienen to serve.]
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.
Note: Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor,
which seems gradually to have declined in its
significance. --Jamieson.
Thanedom \Thane"dom\, n.
The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage. --Sir W.
Scott.
Thanehood \Thane"hood\, n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes,
collectively. --J. R. Green.
Thaneship \Thane"ship\, n.
The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the
seignioralty of a thane.
Thank \Thank\ (th[a^][-n]k), n.; pl. {Thanks}. [AS. [thorn]anc,
[thorn]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor,
pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. [thorn]["o]kk,
Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [thorn]agks thanks; -- originally,
a thought, a thinking. See {Think}.]
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.
``This ceremonial thanks.'' --Massinger.
If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even the same. --Luke vi.
33.
What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and
constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his
charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in
matter of sin? --Milton.
Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend, For the
lesson thou hast taught. --Longfellow.
{His thanks}, {Her thanks}, etc., of his or her own accord;
with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
Full sooth is said that love ne lordship, Will not,
his thanks, have no fellowship. --Chaucer.
{In thank}, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]
{Thank offering}, an offering made as an expression of
thanks.
Thank \Thank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thanked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thanking}.] [AS. [thorn]ancian. See {Thank}, n.]
To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make
acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used
also ironically for blame.
``Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you,'' quod she.
--Chaucer.
I thank thee for thine honest care. --Shak.
Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss, And thank
yourself if aught should fall amiss. --Dryden.
Thankful \Thank"ful\, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.]
1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]
Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That
mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That
washes what it shows. --Herbert.
2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to
acknowledge it; grateful.
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c.
4.
-- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"ful*ness}, n.
Thankless \Thank"less\, a.
1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness;
unthankful; ungrateful.
That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth
it is To have a thankless child! --Shak.
2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a
thankless task.
To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the
night allowed. --Chapman.
-- {Thank"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"less*ness}, n.
Thankly \Thank"ly\, adv.
Thankfully. [Obs.] --Sylvester (Du Bartas).
Thanksgive \Thanks"give\, v. t.
To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] --Mede.
Thanksgiver \Thanks"giv`er\, n.
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. --Barrow.
Thanksgiving \Thanks"giv`ing\, n.
1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for
favors or mercies.
Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. --1
Tim. iv. 4.
In the thanksgiving before meat. --Shak.
And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of
high thanksgiving still. --Keble.
2. 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.
Note: In the United States it is now customary for the
President by proclamation to appoint annually a day
(usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving
and praise to God for the mercies of the past year.
This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in
several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has
been appointed by proclamation of the governor.
Thankworthiness \Thank"wor`thi*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thankworthy.
Thankworthy \Thank"wor`thy\, a.
Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.
For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward
God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. --1 Pet. ii.
19.
Thar \Thar\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
[Written also {thaar}, and {tahr}.]
Thar \Thar\, v. impersonal, pres. [OE. thar, [thorn]arf, AS.
[thorn]earf, infin. [thorn]urfan to need; akin to OHG.
durfan, G. d["u]rfen to be allowed, Icel. [thorn]urfa to
need, Goth. [thorn]a['u]rban.]
It needs; need. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
What thar thee reck or care? --Chaucer.
Tharms \Tharms\, n. pl. [AS. [thorn]earm a gut; akin to D. & G.
darm, Icel. [thorn]armr, Sw. & Dan. tarm. [root]53.]
Twisted guts. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Ascham.
Tharos \Tha"ros\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \That\, pron., a., conj., & adv. [AS. [eth][ae]t, neuter
nom. & acc. sing. of the article (originally a demonstrative
pronoun). The nom. masc. s[=e], and the nom. fem. se['o] are
from a different root. AS. [eth][ae]t is akin to D. dat, G.
das, OHG. daz, Sw. & Dan. det, Icel. [thorn]at (masc. s[=a],
fem. s[=o]), Goth. [thorn]ata (masc. sa, fem. s[=o]), Gr. ?
(masc. ?, fem. ?), Skr. tat (for tad, masc. sas, fem. s[=a]);
cf. L. istud that. [root]184. Cf. {The}, {Their}, {They},
{Them}, {This}, {Than}, {Since}.]
1. 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.
The early fame of Gratian was equal to that of the
most celebrated princes. --Gibbon.
Note: That may refer to an entire sentence or paragraph, and
not merely to a word. It usually follows, but sometimes
precedes, the sentence referred to.
That be far from thee, to do after this manner,
to slay the righteous with the wicked. --Gen.
xviii. 25.
And when Moses heard that, he was content. --Lev.
x. 20.
I will know your business, Harry, that I will.
--Shak.
Note: That is often used in opposition to this, or by way of
distinction, and in such cases this, like the Latin hic
and French ceci, generally refers to that which is
nearer, and that, like Latin ille and French cela, to
that which is more remote. When they refer to foreign
words or phrases, this generally refers to the latter,
and that to the former.
Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love,
to urge, and Reason, to restrain; Nor this a
good, nor that a bad we call. --Pope.
If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or
that. --James iv.
16.
2. As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as
the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.
It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in
the day of judgment, than for that city. --Matt. x.
15.
The woman was made whole from that hour. --Matt. ix.
22.
Note: That was formerly sometimes used with the force of the
article the, especially in the phrases that one, that
other, which were subsequently corrupted into th'tone,
th'tother (now written t'other).
Upon a day out riden knightes two . . . That one
of them came home, that other not. --Chaucer.
3. 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.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
shame. --Prov. ix. 7.
A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline
to the greater probabilities. --Bp. Wilkins.
Note: If the relative clause simply conveys an additional
idea, and is not properly explanatory or restrictive,
who or which (rarely that) is employed; as, the king
that (or who) rules well is generally popular;
Victoria, who (not that) rules well, enjoys the
confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases
be avoided in the use of that (which is restrictive)
instead of who or which, likely to be understood in a
co["o]rdinating sense. --Bain. That was formerly used
for that which, as what is now; but such use is now
archaic.
We speak that we do know, and testify that we
have seen. --John iii.
11.
That I have done it is thyself to wite [blame].
--Chaucer.
That, as a relative pronoun, cannot be governed by a
preposition preceding it, but may be governed by one at
the end of the sentence which it commences.
The ship that somebody was sailing in. --Sir W.
Scott.
In Old English, that was often used with the
demonstratives he, his, him, etc., and the two together
had the force of a relative pronoun; thus, that he =
who; that his = whose; that him = whom.
I saw to-day a corpse yborn to church That now on
Monday last I saw him wirche [work]. --Chaucer.
Formerly, that was used, where we now commonly use
which, as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative
pronoun that as its antecedent.
That that dieth, let it die; and that that is to
cut off, let it be cut off. --Zech. xi. 9.
4. As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a
demonstrative pronoun. It is used, specifically:
(a) To introduce a clause employed as the object of the
preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate
nominative of a verb.
She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy, And
childish error, that they are afraid. --Shak.
I have shewed before, that a mere possibility to
the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing
from being highly credible. --Bp. Wilkins.
(b) To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for
that, in that, for the reason that, because.
He does hear me; And that he does, I weep.
--Shak.
(c) To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or
might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the
end, etc.
These things I say, that ye might be saved.
--John v. 34.
To the end that he may prolong his days. --Deut.
xvii. 20.
(d) To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; --
usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.
The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds
Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
--Milton.
He gazed so long That both his eyes were
dazzled. --Tennyson.
(e) To introduce a clause denoting time; -- equivalent to
in which time, at which time, when.
So wept Duessa until eventide, That shining
lamps in Jove's high course were lit. --Spenser.
Is not this the day That Hermia should give
answer of her choice? --Shak.
(f) In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent
sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise,
indignation, or the like.
Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen that
that this knight and I have seen! --Shak.
O God, that right should thus overcome might! --Shak.
Note: That was formerly added to other conjunctions or to
adverbs to make them emphatic.
To try if that our own be ours or no. --Shak.
That is sometimes used to connect a clause with a
preceding conjunction on which it depends.
When he had carried Rome and that we looked For
no less spoil than glory. --Shak.
5. As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that
frightened he could say nothing. [Archaic or in illiteral
use.]
{All that}, everything of that kind; all that sort.
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the
gowd [gold] for a'that. --Burns.
{For that}. See under {For}, prep.
{In that}. See under {In}, prep.
Thatch \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to
[thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G.
dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw. tak,
Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach,
tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. ?, ?, a
roof, ? to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. {Deck}, {Integument},
{Tile}, {Toga}.]
1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering
the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of
palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
{Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Thatch \Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thatching}.] [From {Thatch}, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS.
?eccean to cover.]
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 \Thatch"er\, n.
One who thatches.
Thatching \Thatch"ing\, n.
1. The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to
keep out rain, snow, etc.
2. The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
Thaught \Thaught\, n. (Naut.)
See {Thwart}.
Thaumatolatry \Thau`ma*tol"a*try\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a wonder + ?
worship.]
Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous
things. [R.]
The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been
debased for more than a century. --Hare.
Thaumatrope \Thau"ma*trope\, n. [Gr. ? a wonder + ? to turn.]
(Opt.)
An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of
an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is
withdrawn.
Note: It consists of a card having on its opposite faces
figures of two different objects, or halves of the same
object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is
whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings that
hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single
picture, as of a bird in its cage.
Thaumaturge \Thau"ma*turge\, n. [See {Thaumaturgus}.]
A magician; a wonder worker. --Lowell.
Thaumaturgic \Thau`ma*tur"gic\, Thaumaturgical
\Thau`ma*tur"gic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.
--Burton.
Thaumaturgics \Thau`ma*tur"gics\, n.
Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
Thaumaturgist \Thau`ma*tur"gist\, n.
One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder
worker. --Carlyle.
Thaumaturgus \Thau`ma*tur"gus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?
wonder-working; ? a wonder + ? work.]
A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to
some saints.
Thaumaturgy \Thau"ma*tur`gy\, n. [Gr. ?.]
The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic;
legerdemain. --T. Warton.
Thave \Thave\, n.
Same as {Theave}. [Prov. Eng.]
Thaw \Thaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thawing}.] [AS. [thorn][=a]wian, [thorn][=a]wan; akin to D.
dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG.
douwen, firdouwen), Icel. [thorn]eyja, Sw. t["o]a, Dan.
t["o]e, and perhaps to Gr. ? to melt. [root]56.]
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of
that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in
reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
Thaw \Thaw\, v. t.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt,
soften, or dissolve.
Thaw \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.
--Dryden.
Thawy \Thaw"y\, a.
Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing;
melting.
The \The\, v. i.
See {Thee}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Milton.
The \The\ ([th][=e], when emphatic or alone; [th][-e], obscure
before a vowel; [th]e, obscure before a consonant; 37),
definite article. [AS. [eth]e, a later form for earlier nom.
sing. masc. s[=e], formed under the influence of the oblique
cases. See {That}, pron.]
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their
meaning.
Note: The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a
weakened form of that. When placed before adjectives
and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns;
as, the sublime and the beautiful. --Burke. The is used
regularly before many proper names, as of rivers,
oceans, ships, etc.; as, the Nile, the Atlantic, the
Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague. The with an
epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name;
as, Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third. The may be
employed to individualize a particular kind or species;
as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. --Eccl. xii. 5.
The \The\, adv. [AS. [eth][=e], [eth][=y], instrumental case of
s[=e], se['o], [eth][ae]t, the definite article. See 2d
{The}.]
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. ``Yet not the more cease I.''
--Milton.
So much the rather thou, Celestial Light, Shine inward,
and the mind through all her powers Irradiate.
--Milton.
Thea \The"a\, n. [NL. See {Tea}.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.
Note: It is now commonly referred to the genus {Camellia}.
Theandric \The*an"dric\, a. [Gr. ?; ? god + ?, ?, a man.]
Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human
operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and
human nature. --Murdock.
Theanthropic \The`an*throp"ic\, Theanthropical
\The`an*throp"ic*al\, a.
Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [R.]
The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's]
theanthropic sytem. --Gladstone.
Theanthropism \The*an"thro*pism\, n. [Gr. ? god + ? man.]
1. A state of being God and man. [R.] --Coleridge.
2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a
polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. --Gladstone.
Theanthropist \The*an"thro*pist\, n.
One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.
Theanthropy \The*an"thro*py\, n.
Theanthropism.
Thearchic \The*ar"chic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Thearchy}.]
Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.]
He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. --Milman.
Thearchy \The"ar*chy\, n. [Gr. ? god + -archy: cf. Gr. ? the
supreme deity.]
Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.
Theater \The"a*ter\, Theatre \The"a*tre\, n. [F. th['e][^a]tre,
L. theatrum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see, view; cf. Skr. dhy[=a] to
meditate, think. Cf. {Theory}.]
1. 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.
2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances
before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic
exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations,
etc.
3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like;
a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a
theater. --Burns.
Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest
view. --Milton.
4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.]
For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he
shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. --Bacon.
5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the
theater of war.
Theatin \The"a*tin\, Theatine \The"a*tine\, n. [F. th['e]atin,
It. theatino.] (R. C. Ch.)
1. 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.
Note: Their name is derived from Theate, or Chieti, a city of
Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder
of the order; but they bore various names; as, Regular
Clerks of the Community, Pauline Monks, Apostolic
Clerks, and Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence.
The order never flourished much out of Italy.
2. (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula
Benincasa, who died in 1618.
Theatral \The"a*tral\, a. [L. theatralis: cf. F. th['e]atral.]
Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]
Theatric \The*at"ric\, a.
Theatrical.
Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. --Goldsmith.
Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, a. [L. theatricus, Gr. ?.]
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. -- {The*at`ri*cal"i*ty},
n. -- {The*at"ric*al*ly}, adv.
No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no
trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. --R.
Jefferies.
Theatricals \The*at"ric*als\, n. pl.
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by
amateurs.
Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and
`musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still
survive among his confraternity of frivolity. --I.
Disraeli.
Theave \Theave\, n. [Cf. W. dafad a sheep, ewe.]
A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.
[Written also {thave}.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Thebaic \The*ba"ic\, a. [L. thebaicus, Gr. ?.]
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 \The"ba*id\, n. [L. Thebais, -idis.]
A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in B[oe]otia.
Thebaine \The*ba"ine\, n. [So called from a kind of Egyptian
opium produced at Thebes.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid, {C19H21NO3}, found in opium in small
quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic
action resembling that of strychnine.
Theban \The"ban\, a. [L. Thebanus.]
Of or pertaining to Thebes.
{Theban year} (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days
and 6 hours. --J. Bryant.
Theban \The"ban\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. --Shak.
Theca \The"ca\, n.; pl. {Thec[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a case to put
anything in. See {Tick} a cover.]
1. 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of
certain hydroids.
(b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
(c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
Thecal \The"cal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.
Thecaphore \The"ca*phore\, n. [Theca + Gr. ? to bear: cf. F.
th['e]caphore.] (Bot.)
(a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with
thec[ae].
(b) See {Basigynium}.
Thecasporous \The*cas"po*rous\, a. (Bot.)
Having the spores in thec[ae], or cases.
Thecata \The*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a case.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Thecophora}.
Thecla \Thec"la\, n.
Any one of many species of small delicately colored
butterflies belonging to {Thecla} and allied genera; --
called also {hairstreak}, and {elfin}.
Thecodactyl \The`co*dac"tyl\, n. [? case + ? finger.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \The"co*dont\, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the
alveoli of the jaws.
2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
Thecodont \The"co*dont\, n. (Paleon.)
One of the Thecodontia.
Thecodontia \The`co*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebr[ae] and
the teeth implanted in sockets.
Thecophora \The*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a case + ?
to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of hydroids comprising those which have the
hydranths in thec[ae] and the gonophores in capsules. The
campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also
{Thecata}. See Illust. under {Hydroidea}.
Thecosomata \The`co*so"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Theca}, and
{Soma}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a
shell. See {Pteropoda}. -- {The`co*so"ma*tous}, a.
Thedom \The"dom\, n. [Thee to prosper + -dom.]
Success; fortune; luck; chance. [Obs.]
Evil thedom on his monk's snout. --Chaucer.
Thee \Thee\, v. i. [AS. ?e['o]n; akin to OS. th[=i]han, D.
gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. ?eihan, Lith. tekti
to fall to the lot of. Cf. {Tight}, a.]
To thrive; to prosper. [Obs.] ``He shall never thee.''
--Chaucer.
Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.
--Spenser.
Thee \Thee\, pron. [AS. [eth][=e], acc. & dat. of [eth][=u]
thou. See {Thou}.]
The objective case of thou. See {Thou}.
Note: Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for
himself, etc.
This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,
Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner. --Shak.
Theft \Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [thorn]i['e]f[eth]e,
[thorn][=y]f[eth]e, [thorn]e['o]f[eth]e. See {Thief}.]
1. (Law) 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.
Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the
owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious;
every part of the property stolen must be removed,
however slightly, from its former position; and it must
be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of
the thief. See {Larceny}, and the Note under {Robbery}.
2. The thing stolen. [R.]
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, .
. . he shall restore double. --Ex. xxii. 4.
Theftbote \Theft"bote`\, n. [Theft + bote compensation.] (Law)
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 \Thegn\, n.
Thane. See {Thane}. --E. A. Freeman.
Thegnhood \Thegn"hood\, n.
Thanehood. --E. A. Freeman.
Theiform \The"i*form\, a. [NL. thea tea, the tea plant + -form:
cf. F. th['e]iforme.]
Having the form of tea.
Theine \The"ine\, n. [F. th['e]ine, fr. NL. thea. See
{Theiform}.] (Chem.)
See {Caffeine}. Called also {theina}.
Their \Their\, pron. & a. [OE. thair, fr. Icel. [thorn]eirra,
[thorn]eira, of them, but properly gen. pl. of the definite
article; akin to AS. [eth][=a]ra, [eth][=ae]ra, gen. pl. of
the definite article, or fr. AS. [eth][=ae]ra, influenced by
the Scandinavian use. See {That}.]
The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their
houses; their country.
Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (?) when the noun
to which it refers is not expressed, but implied or
understood; as, our land is richest, but theirs is best
cultivated.
Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our
best actions and the worst of theirs. --Denham.
Theism \The"ism\, n. [From Gr. ? God; probably akin to ? to pray
for, ? spoken by God, decreed: cf. F. th['e]isme. Cf.
{Enthusiasm}, {Pantheon}, {Theology}.]
The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as
opposed to {atheism}, {pantheism}, or {polytheism}.
Theist \The"ist\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]iste. See {Theism}.]
One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one
who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to {atheist}.
Theistic \The*is"tic\, Theistical \The*is"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the
doctrine of theists.
Thelphusian \Thel*phu"si*an\, n. [Gr. ? nipple + ? to blow, to
puff.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the
banks of rivers in tropical countries.
Thelytokous \The*lyt"o*kous\ (th[-e]*l[i^]t"[-o]*k[u^]s), a.
[Gr. qh^lys female + to`kos a bringing forth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.
Them \Them\ ([th][e^]m), pron. [AS. [eth][=ae]m, dat. pl. of the
article, but influenced by the Scand. use of the
corresponding form [thorn]eim as a personal pronoun. See
{They}.]
The objective case of they. See {They}.
Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
--Matt. xxv.
9.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father. --Matt. xxv.
34.
Note: Them is poetically used for themselves, as him for
himself, etc.
Little stars may hide them when they list.
--Shak.
Thematic \The*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. th['e]matique.]
1. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See
{Theme}, n., 4.
2. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.
{Thematic catalogue} (Mus.), a catalogue of musical works
which, besides the title and other particulars, gives in
notes the theme, or first few measures, of the whole work
or of its several movements.
Theme \Theme\, n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. th[`e]me, L. thema,
Gr. ?, fr. ? to set, place. See {Do}, and cf. {Thesis}.]
1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a
proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
My theme is alway one and ever was. --Chaucer.
And when a soldier was the theme, my name Was not
far off. --Shak.
2. Discourse on a certain subject.
Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers
Plowman.
It was the subject of my theme. --Shak.
3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke.
4. (Gram.) 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.
5. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
[Obs.] --Swift.
6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
Themis \The"mis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? that which is laid
down or established by usage, law, prob. fr. ? to set,
place.] (Gr. Myth.)
The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing
rights.
Themselves \Them*selves"\, pron.
The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See {Himself},
{Herself}, {Itself}.
Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than.
See {Than}.]
1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
or future).
And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
6.
Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known. --1 Cor. xiii.
12.
2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
and offer thy gift. --Matt. v. 24.
3. At another time; later; again.
One while the master is not aware of what is done,
and then in other cases it may fall out to be own
act. --L'Estrange.
{By then}.
(a) By that time.
(b) By the time that. [Obs.]
But that opinion, I trust, by then this
following argument hath been well read, will be
left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent
Antichrist. --Milton.
{Now and then}. See under {Now}, adv.
{Till then}, until that time; until the time mentioned.
--Milton.
Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
then existing; as, the then administration.
Then \Then\, conj.
1. Than. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore;
for this reason.
If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
--Locke.
Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. --Dryden.
Syn: Therefore.
Usage: {Then}, {Therefore}. Both these words are used in
reasoning; but therefore takes the lead, while then is
rather subordinate or incidental. Therefore states
reasons and draws inferences in form; then, to a great
extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to
the general conclusion. ``Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with God.'' --Rom. v. 1. ``So
then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word
of God.'' --Rom. x. 17.
Thenadays \Then"a*days\, adv.
At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to
nowadays. [R.]
Thenal \The"nal\, Thenar \The"nar\, a. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar;
palmar.
Thenar \The"nar\, n. (Anat.)
(a) The palm of the hand.
(b) 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 \The*nard"ite\, n. [Named after the French chemist,
L. J. Th['e]nard.] (Min.)
Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown
color and vitreous luster.
Thence \Thence\, adv. [OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the
adverbal -s; see {-wards}) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now
written thence), AS. [eth]anon, [eth]anan, [eth]onan; akin to
OHG. dannana, dann[=a]n, dan[=a]n, and G. von dannen, E.
that, there. See {That}.]
1. From that place. ``Bid him thence go.'' --Chaucer.
When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your
feet for a testimony against them. --Mark vi. 11.
Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from
before thence. Cf. {Hence}, {Whence}.
Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.
--Gen. xxvii.
45.
2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days.
--Isa. lxv.
20.
3. For that reason; therefore.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and
thence ridiculous, about him. --Milton.
4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] --Shak.
Thenceforth \Thence`forth"\, adv.
From that time; thereafter.
If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. --Matt. v.
13.
Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a
redundancy sanctioned by custom. --Chaucer. --John.
xix. 12.
Thenceforward \Thence`for"ward\, adv.
From that time onward; thenceforth.
Thencefrom \Thence`from"\, adv.
From that place. [Obs.]
Theobroma \The`o*bro"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a god + ? food, fr.
? to eat: cf. F. th['e]obrome.] (Bot.)
A genus of small trees. See {Cacao}.
Theobromic \The`o*bro"mic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from
cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from
Arachis hypog[ae]a), etc., as a white waxy crystalline
substance.
Theobromine \The`o*bro"mine\, n. (Chem.)
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 \The`o*chris"tic\, a. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? anointed,
fr. ? to anoint.]
Anointed by God.
Theocracy \The*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to be strong, to
rule, fr. ? strength: cf. F. th['e]ocratie. See {Theism}, and
cf. {Democracy}.]
1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or
administration of God; hence, the exercise of political
authority by priests as representing the Deity.
2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before
it became a kingdom.
Theocrasy \The*oc"ra*sy\, n. [Gr. ? union of the soul with God;
? God + ? a mixing, akin to ? to mix.]
1. A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah
and idols.
This syncretistic theocracy by no means excludes in
him [Solomon] the proper service of idols. --J.
Murphy.
2. (Philos.) An intimate union of the soul with God in
contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of
some Oriental mystics.
Theocrat \The"o*crat\, n.
One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who
in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
Theocratic \The`o*crat"ic\, Theocratical \The`o*crat"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. th['e]ocratique.]
Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate
direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the
Israelites.
Theodicy \The*od"i*cy\, n. [NL. theodic[ae]a, fr. Gr. ? God + ?
right, justice: cf. F. th['e]odic['e]e.]
1. A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or
permitting natural and moral evil.
2. That department of philosophy which treats of the being,
perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of
the soul. --Krauth-Fleming.
Theodolite \The*od"o*lite\, n. [Probably a corruption of the
alidade. See {Alidade}.]
An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying,
for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also
usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.
Note: The theodolite consists principally of a telescope,
with cross wires in the focus of its object glass,
clamped in Y's attached to a frame that is mounted so
as to turn both on vertical and horizontal axes, the
former carrying a vernier plate on a horizontal
graduated plate or circle for azimuthal angles, and the
latter a vertical graduated arc or semicircle for
altitudes. The whole is furnished with levels and
adjusting screws and mounted on a tripod.
Theodolitic \The*od`o*lit"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a
theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.
Theogonic \The`o*gon"ic\, a.
Of or relating to theogony.
Theogonism \The*og"o*nism\, n.
Theogony. [R.]
Theogonist \The*og"o*nist\, n.
A writer on theogony.
Theogony \The*og"o*ny\, n. [L. theogonia, Gr. ?; ? a god + the
root of ? to be born. See {Theism}, and {Genus}.]
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 \The*ol"o*gas`ter\, n. [Formed like poetaster: cf.
F. th['e]ologastre.]
A pretender or quack in theology. [R.] --Burton.
Theologer \The*ol"o*ger\, n.
A theologian. --Cudworth.
Theologian \The`o*lo"gi*an\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]ologien, L.
theologus, Gr. ?. See {Theology}.]
A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or
divinity; a divine.
Theologic \The`o*log"ic\, a.
Theological.
Theological \The`o*log"ic*al\, a. [L. theologicus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
th['e]ologique.]
Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of
divine things; as, a theological treatise. --
{The`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Theologics \The`o*log"ics\, n.
Theology. --Young.
Theologist \The*ol"o*gist\, n.
A theologian.
Theologize \The*ol"o*gize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Theologized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Theologizing}.] [Cf. F. th['e]ologiser.]
To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a
system of theology.
School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy
theologized. --Glanvill.
Theologize \The*ol"o*gize\, v. i.
To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon
theological subjects.
Theologizer \The*ol"o*gi`zer\, n.
One who theologizes; a theologian. [R.] --Boyle.
Theologue \The"o*logue\, n. [Cf. L. theologus, Gr. ?, and E.
philologue.]
1. A theologian. --Dryden.
Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind. --Young.
He [Jerome] was the theologue -- and the word is
designation enough. --I. Taylor.
2. A student in a theological seminary. [Written also
{theolog}.] [Colloq. U. S.]
Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Theologies}. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See {Theism},
and {Logic}.]
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.''
Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of ``science of God''] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
{Ascetic theology}, {Natural theology}. See {Ascetic},
{Natural}.
{Moral theology}, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
{Revealed theology}, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
{Scholastic theology}, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
{Speculative theology}, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
{Systematic theology}, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
Theomachist \The*om"a*chist\, n. [Cf. Gr. ?.]
One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the
divine will.
Theomachy \The*om"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a god + ? a battle.]
1. A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints
with the gods.
2. A battle or strife among the gods. --Gladstone.
3. Opposition to God or the divine will. --Bacon.
Theomancy \The"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? a god + -mancy: cf. F.
th['e]omancie, Gr. ? a spirit of prophecy,.]
A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles
among heathen nations.
Theopathetic \The`o*pa*thet"ic\, Theopathic \The`o*path"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a theopathy.
Theopathy \The*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? God + ?, ?, to suffer,
feel.]
Capacity for religious affections or worship.
Theophanic \The`o*phan"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
Theophany \The*oph"a*ny\, n.; pl. {-nies}. [Gr. ?; ? God + ? to
appear.]
A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually
as an incarnation.
Theophilanthropic \The`o*phil`an*throp"ic\, a.
Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
Theophilanthropism \The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism\, n.
The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
Theophilanthropist \The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist\, n. [Cf. F.
th['e]ophilanthrope.] (Eccl. Hist.)
A member of a deistical society established at Paris during
the French revolution.
Theophilanthropy \The`o*phi*lan"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ? God + E.
philanthropy.]
Theophilanthropism. --Macaulay.
Theophilosophic \The`o*phil`o*soph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? God + E.
philosophic.]
Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the
combination of theism and philosophy.
Theopneusted \The`op*neus"ted\, a.
Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]
Theopneustic \The`op*neus"tic\, a. [Gr. ? inspired of God; ? God
+ ? to blow, to breathe.]
Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
Theopneusty \The"op*neus`ty\, n. [Gr. ?.]
Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine
Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed
truth.
Theorbist \The*or"bist\, n. (Mus.)
One who plays on a theorbo.
Theorbo \The*or"bo\, n. [F. th['e]orbe, t['e]orbe, formerly
tuorbe, tiorbe, It. tiorba.] (Mus.)
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.
Note: A larger form of theorbo was also called the
{archlute}, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an
accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into
disuse.
Theorem \The"o*rem\, n. [L. theorema, Gr. ? a sight,
speculation, theory, theorem, fr. ? to look at, ? a
spectator: cf. F. th['e]or[`e]me. See {Theory}.]
1. That which is considered and established as a principle;
hence, sometimes, a rule.
Not theories, but theorems (?), the intelligible
products of contemplation, intellectual objects in
the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.
--Coleridge.
By the theorems, Which your polite and terser
gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and
civilize Their barbarous natures. --Massinger.
2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus
distinguished from a problem, which is something to be
solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a
rule, especially a rule or statement of relations
expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial
theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under
{Proposition}, n., 5.
{Binomial theorem}. (Math.) See under {Binomial}.
{Negative theorem}, a theorem which expresses the
impossibility of any assertion.
{Particular theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends only to
a particular quantity.
{Theorem of Pappus}. (Math.) See {Centrobaric method}, under
{Centrobaric}.
{Universal theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends to any
quantity without restriction.
Theorem \The"o*rem\, v. t.
To formulate into a theorem.
Theorematic \The`o*re*mat"ic\, Theorematical
\The`o*re*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a
theorem; consisting of theorems.
Theorematist \The`o*rem"a*tist\, n.
One who constructs theorems.
Theoremic \The`o*rem"ic\, a.
Theorematic. --Grew.
Theoretic \The`o*ret"ic\, Theoretical \The`o*ret"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
?: cf. L. theoreticus, F. th['e]or['e]tique.]
Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or
speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or
speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning;
theoretic sciences. -- {The`o*ret"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Theoretics \The`o*ret"ics\, n.
The speculative part of a science; speculation.
At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his
apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament,
morals come before contemplation, ethics before
theoretics. --H. B.
Wilson.
Theoric \The*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. th['e]orique. See {Theory}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the theorica.
2. (pron. ?) Relating to, or skilled in, theory;
theoretically skilled. [Obs.]
A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and
practic In all humanity. --Massinger.
Theoric \The"o*ric\, n. [OF. theorique; cf. L. theorice.]
Speculation; theory. [Obs.] --Shak.
Theorica \The*or"i*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ?
belonging to ? a public spectacle. See {Theory}.] (Gr.
Antiq.)
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 \The*or"ic*al\, a.
Theoretic. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Theorically \The*or"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a theoretic manner. [Obs.]
Theorist \The"o*rist\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]oriste.]
One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation;
a speculatist. --Cowper.
The greatest theoretists have given the preference to
such a government as that which obtains in this
kingdom. --Addison.
Theorization \The`o*ri*za"tion\, n.
The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory
or theories; speculation.
Theorize \The"o*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Theorized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Theorizing}.] [Cf. F. th['e]oriser.]
To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by
theory; to speculate.
Theorizer \The"o*ri`zer\, n.
One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
Theory \The"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Theories}. [F. th['e]orie, L.
theoria, Gr. ? a beholding, spectacle, contemplation,
speculation, fr. ? a spectator, ? to see, view. See
{Theater}.]
1. A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in
speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice;
hypothesis; speculation.
Note: ``This word is employed by English writers in a very
loose and improper sense. It is with them usually
convertible into hypothesis, and hypothesis is commonly
used as another term for conjecture. The terms theory
and theoretical are properly used in opposition to the
terms practice and practical. In this sense, they were
exclusively employed by the ancients; and in this
sense, they are almost exclusively employed by the
Continental philosophers.'' --Sir W. Hamilton.
2. An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any
science; as, the theory of music.
3. The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory
and practice of medicine.
4. The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either
physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion;
Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
{Atomic theory}, {Binary theory}, etc. See under {Atomic},
{Binary}, etc.
Syn: Hypothesis, speculation.
Usage: {Theory}, {Hypothesis}. A theory is a scheme of the
relations subsisting between the parts of a systematic
whole; an hypothesis is a tentative conjecture
respecting a cause of phenomena.
Theosoph \The"o*soph\, Theosopher \The*os"o*pher\, n.
A theosophist.
Theosophic \The`o*soph"ic\, Theosophical \The`o*soph"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. th['e]osophique.]
Of or pertaining to theosophy. -- {The`o*soph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Theosophism \The*os"o*phism\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]osophisme.]
Belief in theosophy. --Murdock.
Theosophist \The*os"o*phist\, n.
One addicted to theosophy.
The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God,
or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an
inspiration of his own, for its basis. --R. A.
Vaughan.
Theosophistical \The*os`o*phis"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Theosophize \The*os"o*phize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Theosophized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Theosophizing}.]
To practice theosophy. [R.]
Theosophy \The*os"o*phy\, n. [Gr. ? knowledge of things divine,
fr. ? wise in the things of God; ? God + ? wise: cf. F.
th['e]osophie.]
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 \Ther`a*peu"t[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (pl. ?)
an attendant, servant, physician. See {Therapeutic}.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
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 \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\,
a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ?
to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant,
servant.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering
and applying remedies for diseases; curative. ``Therapeutic
or curative physic.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Medicine is justly distributed into ``prophylactic,''
or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or
the art of restoring it. --I. Watts.
Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, n.
One of the Therapeut[ae].
Therapeutics \Ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]rapeutique.]
That part of medical science which treats of the discovery
and application of remedies for diseases.
Therapeutist \Ther`a*peu"tist\, n.
One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application
of remedies.
Therapy \Ther"a*py\, n. [Gr. ?.]
Therapeutics.
There \There\, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar,
G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar,
Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See {That}, pron.]
1. In or at that place. ``[They] there left me and my man,
both bound together.'' --Shak.
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had formed. --Ge. ii.
8.
Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a
place farther off. ``Darkness there might well seem
twilight here.'' --Milton.
2. 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.
The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And
turns it to exile; there art thou happy. --Shak.
3. To or into that place; thither.
The rarest that e'er came there. --Shak.
Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling
the attention to something, especially to something
distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There
is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it
introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its
subject.
A knight there was, and that a worthy man.
--Chaucer.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth. --Job
xxviii. 7.
Wherever there is a sense or perception, there
some idea is actually produced. --Locke.
There have been that have delivered themselves
from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.
--Suckling.
Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the
sense of a pronoun. See {Thereabout}, {Thereafter},
{Therefrom}, etc.
Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.
Spend their good there it is reasonable.
--Chaucer.
{Here and there}, in one place and another.
Syn: See {Thither}.
Thereabout \There"a*bout`\, Thereabouts \There"a*bouts`\, adv.
[The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]
1. Near that place.
2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten
men, or thereabouts.
Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts.
--Shak.
Some three months since, or thereabout. --Suckling.
3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. --Chaucer.
They were much perplexed thereabout. --Luke xxiv.
4.
Thereafter \There*af"ter\, adv. [AS. [eth][=ae]r[ae]fter after
that. See {There}, and {After}.]
1. After that; afterward.
2. According to that; accordingly.
I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in
the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye
how books demean themselves as well as men; and
thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest
justice on them as malefactors. --Milton.
3. Of that sort. [Obs.] ``My audience is not thereafter.''
--Latimer.
Thereagain \There"a*gain`\, adv.
In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]
If that him list to stand thereagain. --Chaucer.
There-anent \There"-a*nent`\, adv.
Concerning that. [Scot.]
Thereat \There*at"\, adv.
1. At that place; there.
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat. --Matt. vii.
13.
2. At that occurrence or event; on that account.
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for
which cause it blusheth thereat. --Hooker.
Therebefore \There`be*fore"\, Therebiforn \There`bi*forn"\, adv.
Before that time; beforehand. [Obs.]
Many a winter therebiforn. --Chaucer.
Thereby \There*by"\, adv.
1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace;
thereby good shall come unto thee. --Job xxii.
21.
2. Annexed to that. ``Thereby hangs a tale.'' --Shak.
3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. --Chaucer.
Therefor \There*for"\, adv. [There + for. Cf. {Therefore}.]
For that, or this; for it.
With certain officers ordained therefore. --Chaucer.
Therefore \There"fore\, conj. & adv. [OE. therfore. See {There},
and {Fore}, adv., {For}, and cf. {Therefor}.]
1. For that or this reason, referring to something previously
stated; for that.
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
--Luke xiv.
20.
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee;
what shall we have therefore? --Matt. xix.
27.
2. Consequently; by consequence.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. --Spectator.
Syn: See {Then}.
Therefrom \There*from"\, adv.
From this or that.
Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the
left. --John. xxiii.
6.
Therein \There*in"\, adv.
In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or
respect. --Wyclif.
He pricketh through a fair forest, Therein is many a
wild beast. --Chaucer.
Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein. --Gen. ix. 7.
Therein our letters do not well agree. --Shak.
Thereinto \There`in*to"\, adv.
Into that or this, or into that place. --Bacon.
Let not them . . . enter thereinto. --Luke xxi.
21.
Thereof \There*of"\, adv.
Of that or this.
In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely
die. --Gen. ii. 17.
Thereology \The`re*ol"o*gy\, n.
Therapeutios.
Thereon \There*on"\, adv. [AS. ??ron. See {There}, and {On}.]
On that or this. --Chaucer.
Then the king said, Hang him thereon. --Esther vii.
9.
Thereout \There*out"\, adv.
1. Out of that or this.
He shall take thereout his handful of the flour.
--Lev. ii. 2.
2. On the outside; out of doors. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thereto \There*to"\, adv.
1. To that or this. --Chaucer.
2. Besides; moreover. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red.
--Chaucer.
Theretofore \There`to*fore"\, adv.
Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
Thereunder \There*un"der\, adv.
Under that or this.
Thereunto \There`un*to"\, adv.
Unto that or this; thereto; besides. --Shak.
Thereupon \There`up*on"\, adv.
1. Upon that or this; thereon. ``They shall feed thereupon.''
--Zeph. ii. 7.
2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
[He] hopes to find you forward, . . . And thereupon
he sends you this good news. --Shak.
3. Immediately; at once; without delay.
Therewhile \There*while"\, adv.
At that time; at the same time. [Obs.] --Laud.
Therewith \There*with"\, adv.
1. With that or this. ``I have learned in whatsoever state I
am, therewith to be content.'' --Phil. iv. 11.
2. In addition; besides; moreover.
To speak of strength and therewith hardiness.
--Chaucer.
3. At the same time; forthwith. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Therewithal \There`with*al"\, adv.
1. Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.] --Daniel.
And therewithal it was full poor and bad. --Chaucer.
2. With that or this; therewith; at the same time.
Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy
other forfeits. --Shak.
And therewithal one came and seized on her, And Enid
started waking. --Tennyson.
Therf \Therf\, a. [AS. ?eorf; akin to OHG. derb, Icel. ?jarfr.]
Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
[Obs.]
Pask and the feast of therf loaves. --Wyclif.
Theriac \The"ri*ac\, Theriaca \The*ri"a*ca\, n. [L. theriaca an
antidote against the bite of serpents, Gr. ?: cf. F.
th['e]riaque. See {Treacle}.]
1. (Old Med.) 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}.
2. Treacle; molasses. --British Pharm.
Theriac \The"ri*ac\, Theriacal \The*ri"a*cal\, a. [Cf. F.
th['e]riacal.]
Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal. ``Theriacal herbs.''
--Bacon.
Therial \The"ri*al\, a.
Theriac. [R.] --Holland.
Theriodont \The"ri*o*dont\, n. (Paleon.)
One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.
Theriodonta \The`ri*o*don"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
Same as {Theriodontia}.
Theriodontia \The`ri*o*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (dim.
of ? a beast) + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Paleon.)
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}.
Note: They had biconcave vertebr[ae], ambulatory limbs, and a
well-developed pelvis and shoulder girdle. Some of the
species had large maxillary teeth. The head somewhat
resembled that of a turtle. The Dicynodont is one of
the best-known examples. See {Dicynodont}.
Theriotomy \The`ri*ot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? wild beast + ? to cut.]
Zo["o]tomy.
Thermae \Ther"m[ae]\, n. pl. [L. See {Thermal}.]
Springs or baths of warm or hot water.
Thermal \Ther"mal\, a. [L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. ?, pl.
of ? heat, fr. ? hot, warm, ? to warm, make hot; perhaps akin
to L. formus warm, and E. forceps.]
Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit;
thermal waters.
The thermal condition of the earth. --J. D.
Forbes.
{Thermal conductivity}, {Thermal spectrum}. See under
{Conductivity}, and {Spectrum}.
{Thermal unit} (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or
calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly
employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to
one degree Centigrade. See {Calorie}, and under {Unit}.
Thermally \Ther"mal*ly\, adv.
In a thermal manner.
Thermetograph \Ther*met"o*graph\, n. [Gr. ? heat + ? measure +
-graph.]
A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers
the maximum and minimum during long periods. --Nichol.
Thermic \Ther"mic\, a. [Gr. ? heat.]
Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic
lines.
{Thermic balance}. See {Bolometer}.
{Thermic fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by
sunstroke. See {Sunstroke}.
{Thermic weight}. (Mech.) Same as {Heat weight}, under
{Heat}.
Thermidor \Ther`mi`dor"\, n. [F., fr. Gr. ? warm, hot.]
The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, --
commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under
{Vend['e]miaire}.
Thermifugine \Ther*mif"u*gine\, n. [Gr. ? heat + L. fugere to
flee.] (Chem.)
An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling
thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.
Thermo- \Ther"mo-\
A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as
in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
Thermobarometer \Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter\, n. [Thermo- +
barometer.] (Physics)
An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point
of water.
Thermobattery \Ther`mo*bat"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + battery.]
A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Thermocautery \Ther`mo*cau"ter*y\, n. [Thermo- + cautery.]
(Surg.)
Cautery by the application of heat.
{Paquelin's thermocautery}, thermocautery by means of a
hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the
passage through it of benzine vapor.
Thermochemic \Ther`mo*chem"ic\, Thermochemical
\Ther`mo*chem"ic*al\, a. (Chem. Physics)
Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed
in, thermochemistry.
Thermochemistry \Ther`mo*chem"is*try\, n. [Thermo- + chemistry.]
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 \Ther*moch"ro*sy\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ? coloring.]
(Physics)
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 \Ther"mo*cur`rent\, n. [Thermo- + current.]
(Physics)
A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by
the action of heat.
Thermodynamic \Ther`mo*dy*nam"ic\, a. [Thermo- + dynamic.]
(Physics)
Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due
to the application of heat.
{Thermodynamic function}. See {Heat weight}, under {Heat}.
Thermodynamics \Ther`mo*dy*nam"ics\, n.
The science which treats of the mechanical action or
relations of heat.
Thermoelectric \Ther`mo*e*lec"tric\, a. (Physics)
Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.
Thermoelectricity \Ther`mo*e`lec*tric"i*ty\, n. [Thermo- +
electricity: cf. F. thermo['e]lectricit['e].] (Physics)
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note
under {Electricity}.
Thermoelectrometer \Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter\, n. [Thermo- +
electrometer.] (Physics)
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 \Ther"mo*gen\, n. [Thermo- + -gen.] (Old Chem.)
Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable
substance.
Thermogenic \Ther`mo*gen"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing
heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.
Thermogenous \Ther*mog"e*nous\, a. [Thermo- + -genous.]
(Physiol.)
Producing heat; thermogenic.
Thermograph \Ther"mo*graph\, n. [Thermo- + -graph.] (Physics)
An instrument for automatically recording indications of the
variation of temperature.
Thermology \Ther*mol"o*gy\, n. [Thermo- + -logy.]
A discourse on, or an account of, heat. --Whewell.
Thermolysis \Ther*mol"y*sis\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ? to loose.]
(Chem.)
The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation
by heat.
Thermolyze \Ther"mo*lyze\, v. t. (Chem.)
To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.
Thermomagnetism \Ther`mo*mag"net*ism\, n. [Thermo- + magnetism.]
Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the
relation of heat to magnetism.
Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Thermo- + -meter: cf. F.
thermom[`e]tre. See {Thermal}.] (Physics)
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.
Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
{Centigrade}, {Fahrenheit}, and {R['e]aumur}. To reduce
degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, substract
32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to reduce degrees
Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit, multiply by 9/5 and
add 32[deg].
{Air thermometer}, {Balance thermometer}, etc. See under
{Air}, {Balance}, etc.
{Metallic thermometer}, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
{Register thermometer}, or {Self-registering thermometer}, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
Thermometric \Ther`mo*met"ric\, Thermometrical
\Ther`mo*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. thermom['e]trique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical
scale or tube.
2. Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as,
thermometrical observations.
Thermometrically \Ther`mo*met"ric*al*ly\, adv.
In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
Thermometrograph \Ther`mo*met"ro*graph\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ?
measure + -graph.] (Physics)
An instrument for recording graphically the variations of
temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.
Thermometry \Ther*mom"e*try\, n.
The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric
apparatus.
Thermomultiplier \Ther`mo*mul"ti*pli`er\, n. [Thermo- +
multiplier.]
Same as {Thermopile}.
Thermopile \Ther"mo*pile\, n. [Thermo- + pile a heap.] (Physics)
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 \Ther"mo*scope\, n. [Thermo- + -scope.] (Physics)
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 \Ther`mo*scop"ic\, a. (Physics)
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the
thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
Thermostat \Ther"mo*stat\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ? to make to
stand.] (Physics)
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 \Ther`mo*stat"ic\, a. (Physics)
Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means
of the thermostat.
Thermosystaltic \Ther`mo*sys*tal"tic\, a. [Thermo- + systaltic.]
(Physiol.)
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a
muscle.
Thermotaxic \Ther`mo*tax"ic\, a. [Thermo- + Gr. ? arrangement.]
(Physiol.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of
temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous
system.
Thermotension \Ther`mo*ten"sion\, n. [Thermo- + tension.]
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 \Ther*mot"ic\, Thermotical \Ther*mot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
heat, fr. ? hot.]
Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical
phenomena. --Whewell.
Thermotics \Ther*mot"ics\, n.
The science of heat. --Whewell.
Thermotropic \Ther`mo*trop"ic\, a. (Bot.)
Manifesting thermotropism.
Thermotropism \Ther*mot"ro*pism\, n. [Thermo- + Gr. ? to turn.]
(Bot.)
The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in
the growing parts of some plants.
Thermotype \Ther"mo*type\, n. [Thermo- + -type.]
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 \Ther*mot"y*py\, n.
The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.
Thermovoltaic \Ther`mo*vol*ta"ic\, a. [Thermo- + voltaic.]
(Physics)
Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating
to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. --Faraday.
Theromorpha \The`ro*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL.: Gr. ? beast + ?
form.] (Paleon.)
See {Theriodonta}.
Theropoda \The*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a beast + ?, ?,
foot.] (Paleon.)
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.
Thesaurus \The*sau"rus\, n.; pl. {Thesauri}. [L. See
{Treasure}.]
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of
knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a
dictionary or cyclopedia.
These \These\ ([th][=e]z), pron. [OE. [thorn]es, [thorn][ae]s, a
variant of [thorn]as, pl. of [thorn]es, thes, this. See
{This}, and cf. {Those}.]
The plural of this. See {This}.
Thesicle \Thes"i*cle\, n. [Dim. of thesis.]
A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.
Thesis \The"sis\, n.; pl. {Theses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
place, set. See {Do}, and cf. {Anathema}, {Apothecary},
{Epithet}, {Hypothesis}, {Parenthesis}, {Theme}, {Tick} a
cover.]
1. A position or proposition which a person advances and
offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by
argument.
2. Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or
definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a
candidate for a diploma or degree.
I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime
deportment they should assume upon this mystical
occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of
my own composing, to prepare them. --Goldsmith.
3. (Logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition
or hypothesis.
4. (Mus.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the
downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.
5. (Pros.)
(a) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the
syllables of a word.
(b) The part of the foot upon which such a depression
falls.
Thesmothete \Thes"mo*thete\, n. [Gr. ?; ? that which is
established, a law (fr. ? to set) + ? a giver (also fr. ?).]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at
Athens.
Thespian \Thes"pi*an\, a. [From L. Thespis, Gr. ?, the founder
of the Greek drama.]
Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama;
dramatic; as, the Thespian art. -- n. An actor.
Thessalian \Thes*sa"li*an\, a. [Cf. L. Thessalius.]
Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece. --Shak. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
Thessalonian \Thes`sa*lo"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia. -- n.
A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
Theta \The"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. qh^ta, the Greek letter [theta],
[Theta].]
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.
{Theta function} (Math.), one of a group of functions used in
developing the properties of elliptic functions.
Thetical \Thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ? fit for placing, fr. ? to set,
lay down. See {Thesis}.]
Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law. --Dr. H. More.
Thetine \The"tine\, n. [Thio + ether + sulphine.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds
analogous to the sulphines.
Theurgic \The*ur"gic\, Theurgical \The*ur"gic*al\, a. [L.
theurgicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. th['e]urgique.]
Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.
{Theurgic hymns}, songs of incantation.
Theurgist \The"ur*gist\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]urgiste.]
One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy. --Hallywell.
Theurgy \The"ur*gy\ (th[=e]"[u^]r*j[y^]), n. [L. theurgia, Gr.
qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God +
'e`rgon work: cf. F. th['e]urgie. See {Theism}, and {Work}.]
1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
2. 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. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3. 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 \Thew\ (th[=u]), n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural {Thews} (th[=u]z).] [OE.
thew, [thorn]eau, manner, habit, strength, AS.
[thorn]e['a]w manner, habit (cf. [thorn][=y]wan to
drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou.
[root]56.]
1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of
mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
[Obs.]
For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews
clear. --Chaucer.
Evil speeches destroy good thews. --Wyclif (1
Cor. xv. 33).
To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.
--Spenser.
2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. --Shak.
And I myself, who sat apart And watched them, waxed
in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules
of a Titan's heart. --Tennyson.
Thewed \Thewed\ (th[=u]d), a.
1. Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
2. Accustomed; mannered. [Obs.] --John Skelton.
Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill.
--Spenser.
Thewy \Thew"y\, a.
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy;
strong.
They \They\ ([th][=a]), pron. pl.; poss. {Theirs}; obj. {Them}.
[Icel. [thorn]eir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of s[=a],
s[=u], [thorn]at, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
English definite article, AS. s[=e], se['o], [eth][ae]t, nom.
pl. [eth][=a]. See {That}.]
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.
Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And
casten hem [them] full early for to sail. --Chaucer.
They of Italy salute you. --Heb. xiii.
24.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness. --Matt. v. 6.
Note: They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man,
and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit),
that is, it is said by persons not specified.
Thialdine \Thi*al"dine\, n. [Thio- + aldehyde + -ine.] (Chem.)
A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, {C6H13NS2}.
Thialol \Thi"al*ol\, n. [Thio- + alcohol + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
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 \Thib"e*tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thibet. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Thibet.
Thibet cloth \Thib"et cloth`\
(a) A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
(b) A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks,
etc.
Thibetian \Thi*be"tian\, a. & n.
Same as {Thibetan}.
Thible \Thi"ble\, n.
A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] --Ainsworth.
Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik,
OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel.
[thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j["o]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir.
tiugh. Cf. {Tight}.]
1. 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.
Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer.
My little finger shall be thicker than my father's
loins. --1 Kings xii.
10.
2. 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.
3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used
figuratively; as, thick darkness.
Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak.
4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty;
as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
``In a thick, misty day.'' --Sir W. Scott.
5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set;
following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi.
29.
Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood.
--Dryden.
6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good
articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak.
8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak.
His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible.
--Shak.
9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]
We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes.
Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most
of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred,
thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying,
thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped,
thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed,
thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.
{Thick register}. (Phon.) See the Note under {Register}, n.,
7.
{Thick stuff} (Naut.), all plank that is more than four
inches thick and less than twelve. --J. Knowles.
Syn: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.
Thick \Thick\, n.
1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles.
2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
--Spenser.
He through a little window cast his sight Through
thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden.
{Thick-and-thin block} (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under
{Fiddle}.
{Through thick and thin}, through all obstacles and
difficulties, both great and small.
Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.
He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of
a military frenzy. --Coleridge.
Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.]
1. Frequently; fast; quick.
2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as,
land covered thick with manure.
{Thick and threefold}, in quick succession, or in great
numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.]
To thicken. [R.]
The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's
blood with cold. --Coleridge.
Thickbill \Thick"bill`\, n.
The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Thickening}.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. i.
To become thick. ``Thy luster thickens when he shines by.''
--Shak.
The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden.
The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.
--Dryden.
Thickening \Thick"en*ing\, n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
Thicket \Thick"et\, n. [AS. [thorn]iccet. See {Thick}, a.]
A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set;
as, a ram caught in a thicket. --Gen. xxii. 13.
Thickhead \Thick"head`\, n.
1. A thick-headed or stupid person. [Colloq.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 \Thick"-head`ed\, a.
Having a thick skull; stupid.
Thickish \Thick"ish\, a.
Somewhat thick.
Thick-knee \Thick"-knee`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A stone curlew. See under {Stone}.
Thickly \Thick"ly\, adv.
In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
Thickness \Thick"ness\, n. [AS. ?icnes.]
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of
the adjective).
Thickset \Thick"set`\, a.
1. Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
--Dryden.
2. Having a short, thick body; stout.
Thickset \Thick"set`\, n.
1. A close or thick hedge.
2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or
velveteen. --McElrath.
Thickskin \Thick"skin`\, n.
A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or
sinsitiveness; a dullard.
Thick-skinned \Thick"-skinned`\, a.
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
--Holland.
Thickskull \Thick"skull`\, n.
A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull. --Entick.
Thick-skulled \Thick"-skulled`\, a.
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to
learn.
Thick wind \Thick" wind`\ (Far.)
A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with
noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
Thick-winded \Thick"-wind`ed\, a. (Far.)
Affected with thick wind.
Thider \Thid"er\, adv.
Thither. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thiderward \Thid"er*ward\, adv.
Thitherward. [Obs.]
Thief \Thief\ (th[=e]f), n.; pl. {Thieves} (th[=e]vz). [OE.
thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e['o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS.
theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel.
[thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs,
[thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch
down. Cf. {Theft}.]
1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See
{Theft}.
There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
--Chaucer.
Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi.
19.
2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall.
{Thief catcher}. Same as {Thief taker}.
{Thief leader}, one who leads or takes away a thief.
--L'Estrange.
{Thief taker}, one whose business is to find and capture
thieves and bring them to justice.
{Thief tube}, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid
from a cask.
{Thieves' vinegar}, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick
room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by
using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to
health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]
Syn: Robber; pilferer.
Usage: {Thief}, {Robber}. A thief takes our property by
stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by
main force.
Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by
night. --Shak.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
--Milton.
Thiefly \Thief"ly\, a. & adv.
Like a thief; thievish; thievishly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thienone \Thi"["e]*none\, n. [Thi["e]nyl + ketone.] (Chem.)
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 \Thi"["e]*nyl\, n. [Thiophene + -yl.] (Chem.)
The hypothetical radical {C4H3S}, regarded as the essential
residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Thieved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Thieving}.] [AS. ge[thorn]e['o]fian.]
To practice theft; to steal.
Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally
good and honest. --South.
2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak.
Thievish \Thiev"ish\, a.
1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy,
a thievish magpie.
2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.
Time's thievish progress to eternity. --Shak.
3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by
stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.
Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A
thievish living on the common road. --Shak.
-- {Thiev"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Thiev"ish*ness}, n.
Thigh \Thigh\ (th[imac]), n. [OE. thi, [thorn]ih, [thorn]eh, AS.
[thorn]e['o]h; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG.
dioh, thioh, Icel. [thorn]j[=o] thigh, rump, and probably to
Lith. taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke
fat of animals. [root]56.]
1. (Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the
knee and the trunk. See {Femur}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
{Thigh bone} (Anat.), the femur.
Thilk \Thilk\, pron. [Cf. {Ilk} same.]
That same; this; that. [Obs.] ``I love thilk lass.''
--Spenser.
Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death.
--Chaucer.
Thill \Thill\, n. [OE. thille, AS. ?ille a board, plank, beam,
thill; akin to ?el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G. diele,
OHG. dili, dilla, Icel. ?ilja a plank, planking, a thwart,
?ili a wainscot, plank; cf. Skr. tala a level surface.
[root]236. Cf. {Fill} a thill, {Deal} a plank.]
1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a
vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
2. (Mining) The floor of a coal mine. --Raymond.
{Thill coupling}, a device for connecting the thill of a
vehicle to the axle.
Thiller \Thill"er\, 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 \Thim"ble\, n. [OE. thimbil, AS. ??mel, fr. ??ma a
thumb. [root]56. See {Thumb}.]
1. 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.
2. (Mech.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
Specifically:
(a) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a
bolt or pin passes.
(b) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a
hole.
(c) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called
{ferrule} in England.
3. (Naut.) 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 \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of black raspberry ({Rubus occidentalis}), common in
America.
Thimbleeye \Thim"ble*eye`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The chub mackerel. See under {Chub}.
Thimbleful \Thim"ble*ful\, n.; pl. {Thimblefuls}.
As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love.
--Dryden.
Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped
like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
Thimblerig \Thim"ble*rig`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thimblerigged};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Thimblerigging}.]
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 \Thim"ble*rig`ger\, n.
One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
Thimbleweed \Thim"ble*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the composite genus {Rudbeckia}, coarse herbs
somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their
conical receptacles.
Thin \Thin\, a. [Compar. {Thiner}; superl. {Thinest}.] [OE.
thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. [thorn]ynne; akin to D. dun, G.
d["u]nn, OHG. dunni, Icel. [thorn]unnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd,
Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. ? (in comp.)
stretched out, ? stretched, stretched out, long, Skr. tanu
thin, slender; also to AS. ?enian to extend, G. dehnen, Icel.
?enja, Goth. ?anjan (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere
to hold, Gr. ? to stretch, Skr. tan. [root]51 & 237. Cf.
{Attenuate}, {Dance}, {Tempt}, {Tenable}, {Tend} to move,
{Tenous}, {Thunder}, {Tone}.]
1. 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.
2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft
mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak.
In the day, when the air is more thin. --Bacon.
Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation,
disappeared, Into thin air diffused. --Milton.
3. 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.
Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
--Addison.
4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xli. 6.
5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person
becomes thin by disease.
6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.
--Dryden.
7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth
or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a
covering; as, a thin disguise.
My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. --Chaucer.
Note: Thin is used in the formation of compounds which are
mostly self-explaining; as, thin-faced, thin-lipped,
thin-peopled, thin-shelled, and the like.
{Thin section}. See under {Section}.
Thin \Thin\, adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown
thin.
Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon.
Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.]
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thin \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 \Thine\ ([th][imac]n), pron. & a. [OE. thin, AS.
[eth][=i]n, originally gen. of [eth]u, [eth][=u], thou; akin
to G. dein thine, Icel. [thorn]inn, possessive pron.,
[thorn][=i]n, gen. of [thorn][=u] thou, Goth. [thorn]eins,
possessive pron., [thorn]eina, gen. of [thorn]u thou. See
{Thou}, and cf. {Thy}.]
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.
Note: In the old style, thine was commonly shortened to thi
(thy) when used attributively before words beginning
with a consonant; now, thy is used also before vowels.
Thine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed
being understood.
Thing \Thing\ (th[i^]ng), n. [AS. [thorn]ing a thing, cause,
assembly, judicial assembly; akin to [thorn]ingan to
negotiate, [thorn]ingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a
thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding
a thing, formerly also, an assembly, court, Icel. [thorn]ing
a thing, assembly, court, Sw. & Dan. ting; perhaps originally
used of the transaction of or before a popular assembly, or
the time appointed for such an assembly; cf. G. dingen to
bargain, hire, MHG. dingen to hold court, speak before a
court, negotiate, Goth. [thorn]eihs time, perhaps akin to L.
tempus time. Cf. {Hustings}, and {Temporal} of time.]
1. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate
entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or
distinguishable object of thought.
God made . . . every thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind. --Gen. i. 25.
He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the
good things of Egypt. --Gen. xiv.
23.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. --Keats.
2. An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being;
any lifeless material.
Ye meads and groves, unconscious things! --Cowper.
3. A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
[And Jacob said] All these things are against me.
--Gen. xlii.
36.
Which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by
what authority I do these things. --Matt. xxi.
24.
4. A portion or part; something.
Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom.
--Tillotson.
5. A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as
merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
See, sons, what things you are! --Shak.
The poor thing sighed, and . . . turned from me.
--Addison.
I'll be this abject thing no more. --Granville.
I have a thing in prose. --Swift.
6. pl. Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to
pack or store one's things. [Colloq.]
Note: Formerly, the singular was sometimes used in a plural
or collective sense.
And them she gave her moebles and her thing.
--Chaucer.
Note: Thing was used in a very general sense in Old English,
and is still heard colloquially where some more
definite term would be used in careful composition.
In the garden [he] walketh to and fro, And hath
his things [i. e., prayers, devotions] said full
courteously. --Chaucer.
Hearkening his minstrels their things play.
--Chaucer.
7. (Law) Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; --
distinguished from person.
8. [In this sense pronounced t[i^]ng.] In Scandinavian
countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
--Longfellow.
{Things personal}. (Law) Same as {Personal property}, under
{Personal}.
{Things real}. Same as {Real property}, under {Real}.
Think \Think\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thinking}.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS.
[thorn]yncean (cf. {Methinks}), but confounded with OE.
thenken to think, fr. AS. [thorn]encean (imp.
[thorn][=o]hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian,
thunkian, G. denken, d["u]nken, Icel. [thorn]ekkja to
perceive, to know, [thorn]ykkja to seem, Goth. [thorn]agkjan,
[thorn]aggkjan, to think, [thorn]ygkjan to think, to seem,
OL. tongere to know. Cf. {Thank}, {Thought}.]
1. To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions
methinketh or methinks, and methought.
Note: These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent
to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these
expressions me is in the dative case.
2. To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of
simple perception through the senses; to exercise the
higher intellectual faculties.
For that I am I know, because I think. --Dryden.
3. Specifically:
(a) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would
have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
Well thought upon; I have it here. --Shak.
(b) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to
ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
And when he thought thereon, he wept. --Mark
xiv. 72.
He thought within himself, saying, What shall I
do, because I have no room where to bestow my
fruits? --Luke xii.
17.
(c) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to
conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain
to-morrow.
Let them marry to whom they think best. --Num.
xxxvi. 6.
(d) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
--Num. xxiv.
11.
Thou thought'st to help me. --Shak.
(e) To presume; to venture.
Think not to say within yourselves, We have
Abraham to our father. --Matt. iii.
9.
Note: To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat
limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the
acts pre["e]minently rational; to judge; to compare; to
reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as
``comprehending all our collective energies.'' It is
defined by Mansel as ``the act of knowing or judging by
means of concepts,''by Lotze as ``the reaction of the
mind on the material supplied by external influences.''
See {Thought}.
{To think better of}. See under {Better}.
{To think much of}, or {To think well of}, to hold in esteem;
to esteem highly.
Syn: To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder;
contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe.
See {Expect}, {Guess}.
Think \Think\, v. t.
1. To conceive; to imagine.
Charity . . . thinketh no evil. --1 Cor. xiii.
4,5.
2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.]
So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to
think the death Of her own son. --Beau. & Fl.
3. To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous other's aid. --Milton.
{To think much}, to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.]
``[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies.'' --Milton.
{To think scorn}.
(a) To disdain. [Obs.] ``He thought scorn to lay hands on
Mordecai alone.'' --Esther iii. 6.
(b) To feel indignation. [Obs.]
Thinkable \Think"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Thinker \Think"er\, 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 \Think"ing\, a.
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a
regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. --
{Think"ing*ly}, adv.
Thinking \Think"ing\, n.
The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination;
cogitation; judgment.
I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking,
pleased the king. --Shak.
Thinly \Thin"ly\, a.
In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not
thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country
thinly inhabited.
Thinner \Thin"ner\, n.
One who thins, or makes thinner.
Thinness \Thin"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of
the word).
Thinnish \Thin"nish\, a.
Somewhat thin.
Thinolite \Thin"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, shore + -lite.] (Min.)
A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large
scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of
Nevada.
Thin-skinned \Thin"-skinned`\, a.
Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.
Thio- \Thi"o-\ [Gr. ? brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the
presence of sulphur. See {Sulpho-}.
Thiocarbonate \Thi`o*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A sulphocarbonate.
Thiocarbonic \Thi`o*car*bon"ic\, a. [Thio- + carbonic.] (Chem.)
Same as {Sulphocarbonic}.
Thiocyanate \Thi`o*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.)
Same as {Sulphocyanate}.
Thiocyanic \Thi`o*cy*an"ic\, a. [Thio- + cyanic.] (Chem.)
Same as {Sulphocyanic}.
Thionaphthene \Thi`o*naph"thene\, n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.]
(Chem.)
A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, {C8H6S}, analogous to
naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of
derivatives. [Written also {thionaphtene}.]
Thionic \Thi*on"ic\, a. [Gr. ? brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.)
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 \Thi"on*ine\, n. [Gr. ? brimstone, sulphur.] (Chem.)
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 \Thi"on*ol\, n. [Thionine + -ol.] (Chem.)
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 \Thi*on"o*line\, n. (Chem.)
A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate
in composition between thionol and thionine.
Thionyl \Thi"on*yl\, n. [Thionic + -yl.] (Chem.)
The hypothetical radical {SO}, regarded as an essential
constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl
chloride.
Thiophene \Thi"o*phene\, n. [Thio- + phenyl + -ene.] (Chem.)
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 \Thi`o*phen"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically,
designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.
Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.)
A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor,
and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}.
Thiophthene \Thi*oph"thene\, n. [Abbreviated from
thionaphthene.] (Chem.)
A double thiophene nucleus, {C6H4S2}, analogous to
thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
[Written also {thiophtene}.]
Thiosulphate \Thi`o*sul"phate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called
{hyposulphite}.
Note: The sodium salt called in photography by the name
sodium hyposulphite, being used as a solvent for the
excess of unchanged silver chloride, bromide, and
iodide on the sensitive plate.
Thiosulphuric \Thi`o*sul*phur"ic\, a. [Thio- + sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid,
{H2S2O3}, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called
{hyposulphurous acid}.
Thiotolene \Thi`o*to"lene\, n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.)
A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3S.CH3}, analogous to, and
resembling, toluene; -- called also {methyl thiophene}.
Thioxene \Thi*ox"ene\, n. [Thiophene + xylene.] (Chem.)
Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are
dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from
benzene.
Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr.
[thorn]r[=i], [thorn]re['o], three; akin to D. derde third,
G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L.
tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[.r]t[=i]ya. See {Three}, and cf.
{Riding} a jurisdiction, {Tierce}.]
1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the
ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. ``The
third night.'' --Chaucer.
2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
{Third estate}.
(a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are
represented in Parliament by the House of Commons.
(b) In France, the tiers ['e]tat. See {Tiers ['e]tat}.
{Third order} (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic
order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of
pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if
they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they
become regulars. See {Tertiary}, n., 1.
{Third person} (Gram.), the person spoken of. See {Person},
n., 7.
{Third sound}. (Mus.) See {Third}, n., 3.
Third \Third\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three
equal parts into which anything is divided.
2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased
husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled
to enjoy during her life.
{Major third} (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
{Minor third} (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
Third-borough \Third"-bor`ough\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
An under constable. --Shak. Johnson.
Thirdings \Third"ings\, n. pl. (Eng. Law)
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 \Third"ly\, adv.
In the third place. --Bacon.
Third-penny \Third"-pen`ny\, n. (A.S. Law)
A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at
the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by
the earl.
Thirl \Thirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thirling}.] [See {Thrill}.]
To bore; to drill or thrill. See {Thrill}. [Obs. or Prov.]
That with a spear was thirled his breast bone.
--Chaucer.
Thirlage \Thirl"age\, n. [Cf. {Thrall}.] (Scots Law)
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.
--Erskine.
Thirst \Thirst\, n. [OE. thirst, [thorn]urst, AS. [thorn]urst,
[thorn]yrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel.
[thorn]orsti, Sw. & Dan. t["o]rst, Goth. [thorn]a['u]rstei
thirst, [thorn]a['u]rsus dry, withered,
[thorn]a['u]rsie[thorn] mik I thirst, ga[thorn]a['i]rsan to
wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry,
tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. t[.r]sh to thirst. [root]54. Cf.
{Torrid}.]
1. 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.
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out
of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with
thirst? --Ex. xvii. 3.
With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded.
--Chaucer.
2. Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or
longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst
for gold. ``Thirst of worldy good.'' --Fairfax. ``The
thirst I had of knowledge.'' --Milton.
Thirst \Thirst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thirsted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thirsting}.] [AS. [thorn]yrstan. See {Thirst}, n.]
1. To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy
sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.
The people thirsted there for water. --Ex. xvii. 3.
2. To have a vehement desire.
My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God. --Ps.
xlii. 2.
Thirst \Thirst\, v. t.
To have a thirst for. [R.]
He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.
--Prior.
Thirster \Thirst"er\, n.
One who thirsts.
Thirstily \Thirst"i*ly\, adv.
In a thirsty manner.
Thirstiness \Thirst"i*ness\, n.
The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Thirstle \Thirs"tle\, n.
The throstle. [Prov. Eng.]
Thirsty \Thirst"y\, a. [Compar. {Thirstier}; superl.
{Thirstiest}.] [AS. [thorn]urstig. See {Thirst}, n.]
1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation
from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I
am thirsty. --Judges iv.
19.
2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
A dry and thirsty land, where no water is. --Ps.
lxiii. 1.
When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty
mountain pant. --Addison.
Thirteen \Thir"teen`\ (th[~e]r"t[=e]n`), a. [OE. threttene, AS.
[thorn]re['o]t[=e]ne, [thorn]re['o]tyne. See {Three}, and
{Ten}, and cf. {Thirty}.]
One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or
pounds.
Thirteen \Thir"teen`\, n.
1. The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and
three; thirteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
Thirteenth \Thir"teenth`\, a. [From {Thirteen}: cf. AS.
[thorn]re['o]te['o][eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the
tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day
of the month.
2. Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into
which anything is divided.
Thirteenth \Thir"teenth`\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of
thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
2. The next in order after the twelfth.
3. (Mus.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
Thirtieth \Thir"ti*eth\, a. [From {Thirty}: cf. AS.
[thorn]r[=i]tig[=o][eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the
twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day
of the month.
2. Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Thirtieth \Thir"ti*eth\, n.
The quotient of a unit divided by thirty; one of thirty equal
parts.
Thirty \Thir"ty\, a. [OE. thritty, AS. [thorn]r[=i]tig,
[thorn]rittig; akin to D. dertig, G. dreissig, Icel.
[thorn]rj[=a]t[=i]u, [thorn]rj[=a]tigi, [thorn]rir teger,
Goth. [thorn]reis tigjus, i.e., three tens. See {Three}, and
Ten, and cf. {Thirteen}.]
Being three times ten; consisting of one more than
twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists
of thirty days.
Thirty \Thir"ty\, n.; pl. {Thirties}.
1. The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or
objects.
2. A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.
Thirty-second \Thir"ty-sec`ond\, a.
Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is
divided.
{Thirty-second note} (Mus.), the thirty-second part of a
whole note; a demi-semiquaver.
This \This\ ([th][i^]s), pron. & a.; pl. {These} ([th][=e]z).
[OE. this, thes, AS. [eth][=e]s, masc., [eth]e['o]s, fem.,
[eth]is, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG.
diser, deser, Icel. [thorn]essi; originally from the definite
article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See
{The}, {That}, and cf. {These}, {Those}.]
1. 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.
When they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart. --Acts ii. 37.
But know this, that if the good man of the house had
known in what watch the thief would come, he would
have watched. --Matt. xxiv.
43.
2. 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.
Note: This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and
sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See
the Note under {That}, 1.
This way and that wavering sails they bend.
--Pope.
A body of this or that denomination is produced.
--Boyle.
Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we
need not, follow. --Hooker.
Consider the arguments which the author had to
write this, or to design the other, before you
arraign him. --Dryden.
Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end.
--Addison.
Note: This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number,
as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a
whole.
This twenty years have I been with thee.. --Gen.
xxxi. 38.
I have not wept this years; but now My mother
comes afresh into my eyes. --Dryden.
Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
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.
{Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
{Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
{Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
{Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}.
{Fuller's thistle}, the teasel.
{Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe},
{Melon}, etc.
{Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
{Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
{Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}.
{Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}.
{Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}.
{Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See {Cereus}.
{Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}.
{Thistle bird} (Zo["o]l.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
{Goldfinch}.
{Thistle butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also {painted lady}.
{Thistle cock} (Zo["o]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
{Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
{Thistle finch} (Zo["o]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from
its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
{Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
Thistly \This"tly\, a.
1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.
In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds
happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some
thistly sorrow at its side. --Cowper.
Thither \Thith"er\, adv. [OE. thider, AS. [eth]ider; akin to E.
that; cf. Icel. [thorn]a[eth]ra there, Goth.
[thorn]a[thorn]r[=o] thence. See {That}, and {The}.]
1. To that place; -- opposed to {hither}.
This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither.
--Gen. xix.
20.
Where I am, thither ye can not come. --John vii.
34.
2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended
thither.
{Hither and thither}, to this place and to that; one way and
another.
Syn: There.
Usage: {Thither}, {There}. Thither properly denotes motion
toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I
am going thither, and shall meet you there. But
thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or
a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is
now used in both senses; as, I shall go there
to-morrow; we shall go there together.
Thither \Thith"er\, a.
1. Being on the farther side from the person speaking;
farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither
side of the water. --W. D. Howells.
2. Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of
more years than. See {Hither}, a. --Huxley.
Thitherto \Thith"er*to`\, adv.
To that point; so far. [Obs.]
Thitherward \Thith"er*ward\, adv.
To ward that place; in that direction.
They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces
thitherward. --Jer. l. 5.
Thitsee \Thit"see\, n. [Written also theesee, and thietsie.]
1. (Bot.) The varnish tree of Burmah ({Melanorrh[oe]a
usitatissima}).
2. A black varnish obtained from the tree.
Thlipsis \Thlip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pressure, fr. ? to
press.] (Med.)
Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an
external cause.
Tho \Tho\ ([th][=o]), def. art.
The. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Tho \Tho\, pron. pl.
Those. [Obs.]
This knowen tho that be to wives bound. --Chaucer.
Tho \Tho\, adv. [AS. [thorn][=a].]
Then. [Obs.] --Spenser.
To do obsequies as was tho the guise. --Chaucer.
Tho \Tho\, conj.
Though. [Reformed spelling.]
Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
{Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.
Thole \Thole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tholed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tholing}.] [OE. [thorn]olen, [thorn]olien, AS. [thorn]olian;
akin to OS. thol[=o]n, OHG. dol[=e]n, G. geduld patience,
dulden to endure, Icel. [thorn]ola, Sw. t[*a]la, Dan. taale,
Goth. [thorn]ulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear,
tollere to lift, bear, Gr. ? to bear, Skr. tul to lift.
[root]55. Cf. {Tolerate}.]
To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] --Gower.
So much woe as I have with you tholed. --Chaucer.
To thole the winter's steely dribble. --Burns.
Thole \Thole\, v. i.
To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Thomaean \Tho*m[ae]"an\, Thomean \Tho*me"an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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 \Tho"mism\, Thomaism \Tho"ma*ism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to
predestination and grace.
Thomist \Tho"mist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See {Scotist}.
Thomite \Tho"mite\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A Thom[ae]an.
Thomsenolite \Thom"sen*o*lite\, n. [Named after Dr. J. Thomsen
of Copenhagen. See {-lite}.] (Min.)
A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with
the cryolite of Greenland.
Thomsen's disease \Thom"sen's dis*ease"\ [From Thomsen, a
physician of Sleswick.] (Med.)
An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic
contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring
after a period of muscular inaction.
Thomsonian \Thom*so"ni*an\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. -- n. A believer in
Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
Thomsonianism \Thom*so"ni*an*ism\, n. (Med.)
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 \Thom"son*ite\, n. [From R. D. Thomson, of Glasgow.]
(Min.)
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 \Thong\, n. [OE. thong, [thorn]wong, thwang, AS.
[thorn]wang; akin to Icel. [thorn]vengr a thong, latchet.
[root]57. Cf. {Twinge}.]
A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening
anything.
And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields,
provide. --Dryden.
{Thong seal} (Zo["o]l.), the bearded seal. See the Note under
{Seal}.
Thooid \Tho"oid\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, the jacal + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the
wovels and the dogs.
Thor \Thor\, n. [Icel. [thorn][=o]rs. Cf. {Thursday}.] (Scand.
Myth.)
The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
Thoracentesis \Tho`ra*cen*te"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thorax + ?
pricking, from ? to prick, stab.] (Surg.)
The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out
liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
Thoracic \Tho*rac"ic\, a. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
{Thoracic duct} (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic
vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral
column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of
{Lacteal}.
Thoracic \Tho*rac"ic\, n. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed
beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
Thoracica \Tho*rac"i*ca\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of cirripeds including those which have six
thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The
common barnacles are examples.
Thoracometer \Tho`ra*com"e*ter\, n. (Physiol.)
Same as {Stethometer}.
Thoracoplasty \Tho`ra*co*plas"ty\, n. [Thorax + plasty.] (Med.)
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 \Tho`ra*cos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL. See {Thorax}, and
{Ostracoid}, a.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tho`ra*cot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, thorax + ? to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Thoral \Tho"ral\, a. [L. torus a couch, bed.]
Of or pertaining to a bed. [R.]
Thorax \Tho"rax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Anat.) 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 vertebr[ae], the
ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are
situated; the chest.
Note: In mammals the thoracic cavity is completely separated
from the abdominal by the diaphragm, but in birds and
many reptiles the separation is incomplete, while in
other reptiles, and in amphibians and fishes, there is
no marked separation and no true thorax.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) 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.
3. (Antiq.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially,
the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
Thoria \Tho"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Thorite}.] (Chem.)
A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of
thorium; -- formerly called also {thorina}.
Thoric \Thor"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of
thorium.
Thorite \Tho"rite\, n. [So called by Berzelius from the
Scandinavian god Thor. See {Thor}.] (Min.)
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety
orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of
thorium.
Thorium \Tho"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Thorite}.] (Chem.)
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 \Thorn\, n. [AS. [thorn]orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn,
D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. t["o]rne, Icel. [thorn]orn,
Goth. [thorn]a['u]rnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the
blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t[.r][.n]a grass, blade of
grass. [root]53.]
1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem;
usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
2. (Bot.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns;
especially, any species of the genus Crat[ae]gus, as the
hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything
troublesome; trouble; care.
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the
messenger of Satan to buffet me. --2 Cor. xii.
7.
The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be
only mine. --Southern.
4. 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 apple} (Bot.), Jamestown weed.
{Thorn broom} (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns.
{Thorn hedge}, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes.
{Thorn devil}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Moloch}, 2.
{Thorn hopper} (Zo["o]l.), a tree hopper ({Thelia
crat[ae]gi}) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree,
and allied trees.
Thorn \Thorn\, v. t.
To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic]
I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd
him. --Tennyson.
Thornback \Thorn"back`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A European skate ({Raia clavata}) having
thornlike spines on its back.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The large European spider crab or king crab
({Maia squinado}).
Thornbill \Thorn"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thorn"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thorn"but\, n. [Thorn + -but as in halibut; cf. G.
dornbutt.] (Zo["o]l.)
The turbot.
Thorn-headed \Thorn"-head`ed\, a.
Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
{Thorn-headed worm} (Zo["o]l.), any worm of the order
Acanthocephala; -- called also {thornhead}.
Thornless \Thorn"less\, a.
Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
Thornset \Thorn"set`\, a.
Set with thorns. --Dyer.
Thorntail \Thorn"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.]
[Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.]
1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
vexatious; harassing; perplexing. ``The thorny point of
bare distress.'' --Shak.
The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak.
{Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow.
{Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F.
Cretica}, etc.).
Thoro \Thor"o\, a.
Thorough. [Reformed spelling.]
Thorough \Thor"ough\, prep. [See {Through}.]
Through. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
Thorough \Thor"ough\, a.
1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]
2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect;
as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough
translator; a thorough poet.
Thorough \Thor"ough\, adv.
1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Chaucer.
2. Through. [Obs.] --Shak.
Thorough \Thor"ough\, n.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Thorough bass \Thor"ough bass`\ (Mus.)
The representation of chords by figures placed under the
base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as
synonymous with {harmony}.
Thorough-brace \Thor"ough-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 \Thor"ough*bred`\, 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. -- n. A thoroughbred animal,
especially a horse.
Thoroughfare \Thor"ough*fare`\, n. [AS. [thorn]urhfaru.]
1. 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.
A large and splendid thoroughfare. --Motley.
2. A passing or going through; passage. [R.]
[Made] Hell and this world -- one realm, one
continent Of easy thoroughfare. --Milton.
Thoroughgoing \Thor"ough*go`ing\, a.
1. Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough;
complete.
2. Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common
in this sense.
Thorough-lighted \Thor"ough-light`ed\, a. (Arch.)
Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides,
as a room or building. --Gwilt.
Thoroughly \Thor"ough*ly\, adv.
In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
Thoroughness \Thor"ough*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
Thoroughpaced \Thor"ough*paced`\, a.
Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths;
as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.
If she be a thoroughplaced impostor. --Sir W.
Scott.
Thoroughpin \Thor"ough*pin`\, n. (Far.)
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 \Thor"ough*sped`\, a.
Fully accomplished; thoroughplaced. [R.] --Swift.
Thoroughstitch \Thor"ough*stitch`\, adv.
So as to go the whole length of any business; fully;
completely. [Obs.]
Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch.
--L'Estrange.
Thoroughwax \Thor"ough*wax`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An umbelliferous plant ({Bupleurum rotundifolium}) with
perfoliate leaves.
(b) Thoroughwort.
Thoroughwort \Thor"ough*wort`\, n.
Same as {Boneset}.
Thorow \Thor"ow\, prep.
Through. [Obs.] ``Thorow bramble, pits, and floods.'' --Beau.
& Fl.
Thorow \Thor"ow\, a.
Thorough. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
Thorp \Thorp\, Thorpe \Thorpe\(th[^o]rp), n. [AS. [thorn]orp;
akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel.
[thorn]orp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm,
Goth. [thorn]a['u]rp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a
building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed
village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps
to L. turba a crowd, mult. Cf. {Dorp}.]
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. ``Within a little thorp I
staid.'' --Fairfax.
Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. --Tennyson.
Those \Those\, pron. [OE. [thorn]os, [thorn]as, AS. [eth][=a]s,
nom. and acc. pl. of [eth][=e]s this. See {This}, and cf.
{These}.]
The plural of that. See {That}.
Thoth \Thoth\, n.
1. (Myth.) 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The Egyptian sacred baboon.
Thou \Thou\, pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy}or {Thine};
obj. {Thee}. Pl.: nom. {You}; poss. {Your}or {Yours}; obj.
{You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to
OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][=u],
Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr.
sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185. Cf. {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te
Deum}.]
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.
Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3.
Note: ``In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a
lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and
expresses also companionship, love, permission,
defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language
of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further
expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.'' --Skeat.
Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers,
in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly
say thee instead of thou.
Thou \Thou\, v. t.
To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with
insolent familiarity or contempt.
If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.
--Shak.
Thou \Thou\, v. i.
To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner
of the Friends. [R.]
Though \Though\ ([th][=o]), conj. [OE. thogh, [thorn]ah, AS.
[eth]e['a]h, [eth][=ae]h, [eth][=e]h; akin to OS. th[=o]h,
OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet
though, Icel. [thorn][=o] yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan.
dog, Goth. [thorn]['a]uh, [thorn]['a]u, than, or, yet; of
uncertain origin. [root]184.]
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that;
if.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. --Job xiii.
15.
Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. --Milton.
Note: It is compounded with all in although. See {Although}.
{As though}, as if.
In the vine were three branches; and it was as
though it budded. --Gen. xl. 10.
Though \Though\, adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar
language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
I would not be as sick though for his place. --Shak.
A good cause would do well, though. --Dryden.
Thought \Thought\,
imp. & p. p. of {Think}.
Thought \Thought\, n. [OE. [thorn]oght, [thorn]ouht, AS.
[thorn][=o]ht, ge[thorn][=o]ht, fr. [thorn]encean to think;
akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. d[=a]ht, ged[=a]ht, Icel.
[thorn][=o]ttr, [thorn][=o]tti. See {Think}.]
1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of
its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in
any sense to render it true that matter can become
cogitative. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
2. Meditation; serious consideration.
Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
--Roscommon.
3. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception,
whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or
intention.
Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
--Pope.
Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts
which should indeed have died With them they think
on? --Shak.
Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my
only difficulty is to choose or to reject. --Dryden.
All their thoughts are against me for evil. --Ps.
lvi. 5.
4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and
anguish before his business came to an end. --Bacon.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink. --Matt. vi.
25.
5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought
longer; a thought better. [Colloq.]
If the hair were a thought browner. --Shak.
Note: Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current,
denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very
highest intellectual functions, especially those
usually comprehended under judgment.
This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the
``elaborative faculty,'' -- the faculty of
relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is
properly denominated thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Syn: Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion;
supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation;
contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.
Thoughtful \Thought"ful\, a.
1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative;
as, a man of thoughtful mind.
War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.
--Pope.
2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the
mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain;
thoughtful in seeking truth. --Glanvill.
3. Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear, And
thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care. --Prior.
Syn: Considerate; deliberate; contemplative; attentive;
careful; wary; circumspect; reflective; discreet.
Usage: {Thoughtful}, {Considerate}. He who is habitually
thoughtful rarely neglects his duty or his true
interest; he who is considerate pauses to reflect and
guard himself against error. One who is not thoughtful
by nature, if he can be made considerate, will usually
be guarded against serious mistakes. ``He who is
thoughtful does not forget his duty; he who is
considerate pauses, and considers properly what is his
duty. It is a recommendation to a subordinate person
to be thoughtful in doing what is wished of him; it is
the recommendation of a confidential person to be
considerate, as he has often to judge according to his
own discretion. --Crabb. -- {Thought"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Thought"ful*ness}, n.
Thoughtless \Thought"less\, adv.
1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a
thoughtless person, or act.
2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. [R.] --Johnson.
3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.
--Dryden.
-- {Thought"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thought"less*ness}, n.
Thousand \Thou"sand\, n. [OE. [thorn]ousend, [thorn]usend, AS.
[thorn][=u]send; akin to OS. th[=u]sundig, th[=u]sind,
OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. t[=u]sunt,
d[=u]sunt, Icel. [thorn][=u]sund, [thorn][=u]shund, Sw.
tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. [thorn][=u]sundi, Lith. tukstantis,
Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
1. The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting
of ten times one hundred units or objects.
2. Hence, indefinitely, a great number.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand. --Ps. xci. 7.
Note: The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the
Note under {Hundred}.
3. A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or
CI[Crev].
Thousand \Thou"sand\, a.
1. Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.
2. Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
``Perplexed with a thousand cares.'' --Shak.
Thousandfold \Thou"sand*fold`\, a.
Multiplied by a thousand.
Thousand legs \Thou"sand legs`\ (Zo["o]l.)
A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also {thousand-legged
worm}.
Thousandth \Thou"sandth\, a.
1. 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.
2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into
which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.
3. 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 \Thou"sandth\, n.
The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a
thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.
Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
(a) A thole pin.
(b) A rowlock.
I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
thowels. --Dickens.
Thracian \Thra"cian\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Thrace.
Thrack \Thrack\, v. t.
To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property. [Obs.]
--South.
Thrackscat \Thrack"scat\, n.
Metal still in the mine. [Obs.]
Thraldom \Thral"dom\, n. [Icel. ?r[ae]ld[=o]mr. See {Thrall},
and {-dom}.]
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of
servitude. [Written also {thralldom}.]
Women are born to thraldom and penance And to be under
man's governance. --Chaucer.
He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. --Dryden.
Thrall \Thrall\, n. [OE. thral, [thorn]ral, Icel.
[thorn]r[ae]ll, perhaps through AS. [thorn]r[=ae]l; akin to
Sw. tr["a]l, Dan. tr[ae]l, and probably to AS.
[thorn]r[ae]gian to run, Goth. [thorn]ragjan, Gr. tre`chein;
cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1. A slave; a bondman. --Chaucer.
Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. --Tennyson.
He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. --Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrall \Thrall\, a.
Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall;
bond; enslaved. [Obs.] --Spenser.
The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
--Chaucer.
Thrall \Thrall\, v. t.
To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
Thralldom \Thrall"dom\, n.
Thraldom.
Thrall-less \Thrall"-less\, a.
(a) Having no thralls.
(b) Not enslaved; not subject to bonds.
Thrall-like \Thrall"-like`\, a.
Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like;
slavish.
Servile and thrall-like fear. --Milton.
Thranite \Thra"nite\, n. [Gr. ?, from ? a bench, form,
especially the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a
trireme.
Thrapple \Thrap"ple\, n. [Also thropple, corrupted fr.
throttle.]
Windpipe; throttle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Thrashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrashing}.] [OE.
[thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan,
[thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G.
dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. [thorn]reskja, Sw. tr["o]ska,
Dan. t[ae]rske, Goth. [thorn]riskan, Lith. traszketi to
rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash,
OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting. Cf. {Thresh}.]
1. 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.
The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by
machines. --H. Spencer.
2. To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
Thrash \Thrash\, Thresh \Thresh\, v. t.
1. To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the
business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who
thrashes well.
2. Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
I rather would be M[ae]vius, thrash for rhymes, Like
his, the scorn and scandal of the times. --Dryden.
Thrashel \Thrash"el\, n.
An instrument to thrash with; a flail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other
allied species. See {Brown thrush}.
{Sage thrasher}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Sage}.
{Thrasher whale} (Zo["o]l.), the common killer of the
Atlantic.
Thrashing \Thrash"ing\,
a. & n. from {Thrash}, v.
{Thrashing floor}, {Threshing-floor}, or {Threshing floor}, a
floor or area on which grain is beaten out.
{Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the
straw.
Thrasonical \Thra*son"ic*al\, a. [From Thrso, the name of a
braggart soldier in Terence's ``Eunuch:'' cf. L.
Thrasonianus.]
Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso;
bragging; boastful; vainglorious. -- {Thra*son"ic*al*ly},
adv.
C[ae]sar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and
overcame.' --Shak.
Thraste \Thraste\ (thr[aum]st), v. t. [imp. {Thraste}; p. p.
{Thrast}.]
To thrust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thrave \Thrave\ (thr[=a]v), n. [OE. [thorn]rave, [thorn]reve,
Icel. [thorn]refi; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel.
[thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp.]
1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a
shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a
bunch; a company; a throng. ``The worst of a thrave.''
[Obs.] --Landsdowne MS.
He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. --Bp.
Hall.
Thraw \Thraw\ (thr[add]), n. & v.
See {Throse}. [Scot.] --Burns.
Thread \Thread\ (thr[e^]d), n. [OE. threed, [thorn]red, AS.
[thorn]r[=ae]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG.
dr[=a]t, Icel. [thorn]r[=a][eth]r a thread, Sw. tr[*a]d, Dan.
traad, and AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist. See {Throw}, and cf.
{Third}.]
1. 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.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance,
as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the
rib. See {Screw}, n., 1.
4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s
the thread of life, or of a discourse. --Bp. Burnet.
5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.]
A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B.
Jonson.
{Air thread}, the fine white filaments which are seen
floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders;
gossamer.
{Thread and thrum}, the good and bad together. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Thread cell} (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under {Lasso}.
{Thread herring} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. See under
{Gizzard}.
{Thread lace}, lace made of linen thread.
{Thread needle}, a game in which children stand in a row,
joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding
his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also
{thread the needle}.
Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Threading}.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a
needle.
2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect
or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to
thrid.
Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
--Mitford.
They would not thread the gates. --Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a
screw or nut.
Threadbare \Thread"bare`\, a.
1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off;
threadbare clothes. ``A threadbare cope.'' --Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and
threadbare quotations. --Swift.
Threadbareness \Thread"bare`ness\, n.
The state of being threadbare.
Threaden \Thread"en\, a.
Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Threader \Thread"er\, n.
1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.
2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a
nut.
Threadfin \Thread"fin`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to {Polynemus}
and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral
filaments.
Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) 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 \Thread"i*ness\, n.
Quality of being thready.
Thread-shaped \Thread"-shaped`\, a.
Having the form of a thread; filiform.
Threadworm \Thread"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and
filaria.
Thready \Thread"y\, a.
1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots
of a shrub.
2. Containing, or consisting of, thread.
Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threaped}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Threaping}.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to
reprove.] [Written also {threpe}, and {threip}.]
1. To call; to name. [Obs.]
2. 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. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Burns.
3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Threap \Threap\, v. i.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
It's not for a man with a woman to threap. --Percy's
Reliques.
Threap \Threap\, n.
An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious
affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
He was taken a threap that he would have it finished
before the year was done. --Carlyle.
Threat \Threat\ (thr[e^]t), n. [AS. [thorn]re['a]t, akin to
[=a][thorn]re['o]tan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan,
Icel. [thorn]rj[=o]ta to fail, want, lack, Goth.
us[thorn]riutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a
task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push. Cf. {Abstruse},
{Intrude}, {Obstrude}, {Protrude}.]
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.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. --Shak.
Threat \Threat\, v. t. & i. [OE. [thorn]reten, AS.
[thorn]re['a]tian. See {Threat}, n.]
To threaten. [Obs. or Poetic] --Shak.
Of all his threating reck not a mite. --Chaucer.
Our dreaded admiral from far they threat. --Dryden.
Threaten \Threat"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Threatened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Threatening}.] [OE. [thorn]retenen. See {Threat}, v.
t.]
1. 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.
Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak
henceforth to no man in this name. --Acts iv. 17.
2. 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. --Milton.
The skies look grimly And threaten present blusters.
--Shak.
Syn: To menace.
Usage: {Threaten}, {Menace}. Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and
menace is Latin. As often happens, the former is the
more familiar term; the latter is more employed in
formal style. We are threatened with a drought; the
country is menaced with war.
By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.
--Prior.
Of the sharp ax Regardless, that o'er his
devoted head Hangs menacing. --Somerville.
Threaten \Threat"en\, v. i.
To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening
appearance.
Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. --Shak.
Threatener \Threat"en*er\, n.
One who threatens. --Shak.
Threatening \Threat"en*ing\,
a. & n. from {Threaten}, v. -- {Threat"en*ing*ly}, adv.
{Threatening letters} (Law), letters containing threats,
especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain
other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
Threatful \Threat"ful\, a.
Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. --Spenser. --
{Threat"ful*ly}, adv.
Threave \Threave\, n.
Same as {Thrave}. [Obs.]
Three \Three\, a. [OE. [thorn]re, [thorn]reo, [thorn]ri, AS.
[thorn]r[=i], masc., [thorn]re['o], fem. and neut.; akin to
OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG.
dr[=i], Icel. [thorn]r[=i]r, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth.
[thorn]reis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L.
tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. [root]301. Cf. 3d {Drilling},
{Tern}, a., {Third}, {Thirteen}, {Thirty}, {Tierce}, {Trey},
{Tri-}, {Triad}, {Trinity}, {Tripod}.]
One more than two; two and one. ``I offer thee three
things.'' --2 Sam. xxiv. 12.
Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. --Keble.
Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming
compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or
containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like;
as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled,
three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed,
three-forked, three-grained, three-headed,
three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked,
three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed,
three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.
Three \Three\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or
objects.
2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
{Rule of three}. (Arith.) See under {Rule}, n.
Three-coat \Three"-coat`\, a. (Arch.)
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 \Three"-cor`nered\, a.
1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
2. (Bot.) Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a
three-cornered stem.
Three-decker \Three"-deck`er\, n. (Naut.)
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
Three-flowered \Three"-flow`ered\, a. (Bot.)
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS.
[thorn]r[=i]feald.]
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as,
threefold justice.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv.
12.
Three-handed \Three"-hand`ed\, 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 \Three"-leafed`\, Three-leaved \Three"-leaved`\, a.
(Bot.)
(a) Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
(b) Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the
leaflets arranged in threes.
{Three-leaved nightshade}. See {Trillium}.
Three-lobed \Three"-lobed`\, a.
Having three lobes.
{Three-lobed leaf} (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts,
the sinuses extending not more than half way to the
middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.
Three-nerved \Three"-nerved`\, a.
Having three nerves.
{Three-nerved leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and
prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.
Three-parted \Three"-part`ed\, a.
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
{Three-parted leaf} (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts
down to the base, but not entirely separate.
Threepence \Three"pence\, n.
A small silver coin of three times the value of a penny.
[Eng.]
Threepenny \Three"pen*ny\, a.
Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor;
mean.
Three-pile \Three"-pile`\, n.
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet,
having a fine, thick pile.
I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore
three-pile. --Shak.
Three-piled \Three"-piled`\, a.
1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.]
Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece.
--Shak.
2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. ``Three-piled
hyperboles.'' --Shak.
3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or
wealth. [Obs.] ``Three-piled people.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Three-ply \Three"-ply`\, a.
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in
weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands;
threefold.
Three-pointed \Three"-point`ed\, a. (Bot.)
Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
Three-quarter \Three"-quar`ter\, a. (Paint.)
Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of
portraitures.
{Three-quarter length}, a portrait showing the figure to the
hips only.
Three-score \Three"-score`\, a.
Thrice twenty; sixty.
Three-sided \Three"-sid`ed\, a.
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a
three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or
pericarp.
Three-square \Three"-square`\, a.
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral
triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
Three-valved \Three"-valved`\, a.
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three
valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
Three-way \Three"-way`\, a.
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or
pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
Threne \Threne\, n. [L. threnus, Gr. ?. Cf. {Drone}.]
Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. --Shak.
The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. --Jer.
Taylor.
Threnetic \Thre*net"ic\, Threnetical \Thre*net"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
?. See {Threne}.]
Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
Threnode \Thren"ode\, n.
A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.
Threnodist \Thren"o*dist\, n.
One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or
threnody.
Threnody \Thren"o*dy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a dirge + ? a song. See
{Threne}, and {Ode}.]
A song of lamentation; a threnode. --Sir T. Herbert.
Threpe \Threpe\, v. t. [See {Threap}.]
To call; to term. [Obs.] ``Luna silver we threpe.''
--Chaucer.
Threpsology \Threp*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? nourishment + -logy.]
(Med.)
The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.
Thresh \Thresh\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Threshed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Threshing}.]
Same as {Thrash}.
He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve. --Chaucer.
Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
Same as {Thrasher}.
Thresh-fold \Thresh"-fold`\, n.
Threshold. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Threshold \Thresh"old\, n. [OE. threswold, [thorn]reshwold, AS.
[thorn]rescwald, [thorn]erscwald, [thorn]erscold,
[thorn]rescold, fr. [thorn]rescan, [thorn]erscan, to thresh;
akin to Icel. [thorn]reskj["o]de, [thorn]r["o]skuldr, Sw.
tr["o]skel, Dan. t[ae]rskel. See {Thrash}.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning,
entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.
Threshwold \Thresh"wold`\, n.
Threshold. [Obs.]
Threste \Threste\, v. t. [imp. {Threste}; p. p. & {Threst}.]
To thrust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thretteen \Thret"teen`\, a.
Thirteen. [Obs. or Scot.]
Thretty \Thret"ty\, a.
Thirty. [Obs. or Scot.] --Burns.
Threw \Threw\,
imp. of {Throw}.
Thribble \Thrib"ble\, a.
Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.]
--Halliwell.
Thrice \Thrice\, adv. [OE. thries; thrie thrice (AS.
[thorn]riga, [thorn]riwa) + -s, the adverbal suffix. See
{Three}, and {-wards}.]
1. Three times. ``Thrice in vain.'' --Spenser.
Verily I say unto thee. That this night, before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. --Matt. xxvi.
34.
2. In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.
Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you To pardon
me. --Shak.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.
--Shak.
Note: Thrice is often used, generally with an intensive
force, to form compounds which are usually of obvious
meaning; as, in thrice-blessed, thrice-favored,
thrice-hallowed, thrice-happy, thrice-told, and the
like.
Thricecock \Thrice"cock`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrid \Thrid\, a.
Third. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thrid \Thrid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thridded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thridding}.] [A variant of thread.]
1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to
make or find a course through; to thread.
Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. --Pope.
And now he thrids the bramble bush. --J. R. Drake.
I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes.
--Tennyson.
2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as,
to thrid one's way through a wood.
Thrid \Thrid\, n.
Thread; continuous line. [Archaic]
I resume the thrid of my discourse. --Dryden.
Thrifallow \Thri"fal`low\, v. t.
See {Thryfallow}, and {Trifallow}. [R.] --Tusser.
Thrift \Thrift\, n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
very good husbands. --Spenser.
2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property;
increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. ``Your thrift
is gone full clean.'' --Chaucer.
I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak.
3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the
genera {Statice} and {Armeria}.
{Common thrift} (Bot.), {Armeria vulgaris}; -- also called
{sea pink}.
Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Thriftily \Thrift"i*ly\, adv.
1. In a thrifty manner.
2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.]
A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret
[greeted]. --Chaucer.
Thriftiness \Thrift"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
Thriftless \Thrift"less\, a.
Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.
-- {Thrift"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thrift"less*ness}, n.
Thrifty \Thrift"y\, a. [Compar. {Thriftier}; superl.
{Thriftiest}.]
1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy
and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.
Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. --Chaucer.
I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of
which he hath not been thrifty. --Swift.
2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the
acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a
thrifty farmer or mechanic.
3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty
plant or colt.
4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [R.]
I have five hundred crowns, The thrifty hire I saved
under your father. --Shak.
5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition;
becoming. [Obs.]
I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. --Chaucer.
Syn: Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.
Thrill \Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See {Trill}.]
A warbling; a trill.
Thrill \Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See {Thrill},
v. t.]
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Thrill \Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thrilling}.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to
pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian,
Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh
through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore.
[root]53. See {Through}, and cf. {Drill} to bore, {Nostril},
{Trill} to trickle.]
1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to
transfix; to drill. [Obs.]
He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling
point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser.
2. 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.
To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling
region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.
Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.
The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That
sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser.
3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.
Thrill \Thrill\, v. i.
1. 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.
I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
--Shak.
2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite
sensation, running through the body.
To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and
to thrill and shake. --Shak.
Thrill \Thrill\, n.
1. A drill. See 3d {Drill}, 1.
2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement;
as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns.
Thrillant \Thrill"ant\, a.
Piercing; sharp; thrilling. [Obs.] ``His thrillant spear.''
--Spenser.
Thrilling \Thrill"ing\, a.
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply
moving; as, a thrilling romance. -- {Thrill"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Thrill"ing*ness}, n.
Thring \Thring\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Throng}.] [AS. [thorn]ringan.
See {Throng}.]
To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thrips \Thrips\, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially
those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips
({Thrips cerealium}).
Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other
small injurious insects.
Thrist \Thrist\, n.
Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Thrittene \Thrit"tene`\, a.
Thirteen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thrive \Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. {Throve} (thr[=o]v) or
{Thrived} (thr[imac]vd); p. p. {Thrived} or {Thriven}
(thr[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Thriving}.] [OE.
[thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to
grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp; akin to
Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. {Thrift}.]
1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of
property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer
thrives by good husbandry.
Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the
riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
--I. Watts.
2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
``They by vices thrive.'' --Sandys.
O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly,
while Satan, our great author, thrives? --Milton.
And so she throve and prospered. --Tennyson.
3. 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 \Thriv"en\,
p. p. of {Thrive}.
Thriver \Thriv"er\, n.
One who thrives, or prospers.
Thrivingly \Thriv"ing*ly\, adv.
In a thriving manner.
Thrivingness \Thriv"ing*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity;
growth; increase.
Thro' \Thro'\
A contraction of {Through}.
Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
[thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
D. stort. Cf. {Throttle}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
vertebral column.
(b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and
lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the
fauces.
I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.
3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
the flue. --Gwilt.
4. (Naut.)
(a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
staysail.
(b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
shank. --Totten.
5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
{Throat brails} (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
the mast.
{Throat halyards} (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
the gaff.
{Throat pipe} (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
{To give one the lie in his throat}, to accuse one pointedly
of lying abominably.
{To lie in one's throat}, to lie flatly or abominably.
Throat \Throat\, v. t.
1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
[Obs.] --Chapman.
2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
[Prov. Eng.]
Throatband \Throat"band`\, n.
Same as {Throatlatch}.
Throatboll \Throat"boll`\, n. [Throat + boll a ball.]
The Adam's apple in the neck. [Obs. or R.]
By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. --Chaucer.
Throating \Throat"ing\, n. (Arch.)
A drip, or drip molding.
Throatlatch \Throat"latch`\, n.
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a
horse's throat.
Throatwort \Throat"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant ({Campanula Trachelium}) formerly considered a remedy
for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
Throaty \Throat"y\, a.
Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. ``Hard, throaty
words.'' --Howell.
Throb \Throb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Throbbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Throbbing}.] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf.
Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]
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.
My heart Throbs to know one thing. --Shak.
Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak.
Throb \Throb\, n.
A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a
violent beating; a papitation:
The impatient throbs and longings of a soul That pants
and reaches after distant good. --Addison.
Throdden \Throd"den\, v. i. [Prov. E. throdden, throddle, fat,
thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.]
To grow; to thrive. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
Throe \Throe\, n. [OE. [thorn]rowe, [thorn]rawe, AS.
[thorn]re['a] a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps
influenced by Icel. [thorn]r[=a] a throe, a pang, a longing;
cf. AS. [thorn]reowian to suffer.]
1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially,
one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. --Milton.
2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe \Throe\, v. i.
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe \Throe\, v. t.
To put in agony. [R.] --Shak.
Thrombosis \Throm*bo"sis\, n. [NL. See {Thrombus}.] (Med.)
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.
-- {Throm*bot"ic}, a.
Thrombus \Throm"bus\, n.; pl. {Thrombi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lump,
a clot of blood.] (Med.)
(a) A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and
remaining at the site of coagulation.
(b) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the
subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Throne \Throne\, n. [OE. trone, F. tr[^o]ne, L. thronus, Gr. ?;
cf. ? a bench, ? a footstool, ? to set one's self, to sit,
Skr. dhara[.n]a supporting, dh[.r] to hold fast, carry, and
E. firm, a.]
1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the
seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
The noble king is set up in his throne. --Chaucer.
High on a throne of royal state. --Milton.
2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who
occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign
authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
--Gen. xli.
40.
To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the
whisper of the throne. --Tennyson.
3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; --
a meaning given by the schoolmen. --Milton.
Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
--Young.
Throne \Throne\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Throned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Throning}.]
1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. --Shak.
2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or
dominion to; to exalt.
True image of the Father, whether throned In the
bosom of bliss, and light of light. --Milton.
Throne \Throne\, v. i.
To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a
throne. --Shak.
Throneless \Throne"less\, a.
Having no throne.
Throng \Throng\, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS.
ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to
OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel.
[thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r["o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G.
drang a throng, press, Icel. [thorn]r["o]ng a throng, Lith.
trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult. Cf. {Thring}.]
1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or
pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
Syn: {Throng}, {Multitude}, {Crowd}.
Usage: Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng
is a large number of persons who are gathered or are
moving together in a collective body; a crowd is
composed of a large or small number of persons who
press together so as to bring their bodies into
immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed
multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the
crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these
distinctions are not carefully observed.
So, with this bold opposer rushes on This
many-headed monster, multitude. --Daniel.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The
lowest of your throng. --Milton.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
--Johnson.
Throng \Throng\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thronged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thronging}.]
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a
multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. --Shak.
Throng \Throng\, v. t.
1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a
crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him. --Mark
v. 24.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing
into, as a hall or a street. --Shak.
Throng \Throng\, a.
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] --Bp. Sanderson.
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
Throngly \Throng"ly\, adv.
In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]
Throp \Throp\, n.
A thorp. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thropple \Throp"ple\, n. [Cf. {Thrapple}, and see {Throttle}.]
The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Thropple \Throp"ple\, v. t.
To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
Throstle \Thros"tle\, n. [OE. throsel, AS. [thorn]rostle,
[thorn]rosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel.
[thorn]r["o]str, Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus.
[root]238. Cf. {Thrush} the bird.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The song thrush. See under {Song}.
2. 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.
{Throstle cock}, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Throstling \Thros"tling\, n. [Cf. {Throttle}.]
A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under
the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.
Throttle \Throt"tle\, n. [Dim. of throat. See {Throat}.]
1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. --Sir W. Scott.
2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve.
{Throttle lever} (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a
throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive.
{Throttle valve} (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by
a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam
chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a
transverse axis.
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Throttled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Throttling}.]
1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more
freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he
pleases to draw together with one twitch of his
negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish
of Caligula, in one neck. --Milton.
2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
person half suffocated. [R.]
Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
--Shak.
3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. i.
1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of
suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Throttler \Throt"tler\, n.
1. One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flasher}, 3
(b) . [Prov. Eng.]
Through \Through\, prep. [OE. thurgh, [thorn]urh, [thorn]uruh,
[thorn]oruh, AS. [thorn]urh; akin to OS. thurh, thuru,
OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth.
[thorn]a['i]rh; cf. Ir. tri, tre, W. trwy. [root]53. Cf.
{Nostril}, {Thorough}, {Thrill}.]
1. 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.
2. Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through
a door; to go through an avenue.
Through the gate of ivory he dismissed His valiant
offspring. --Dryden.
3. By means of; by the agency of.
Through these hands this science has passed with
great applause. --Sir W.
Temple.
Material things are presented only through their
senses. --Cheyne.
4. Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through
the country; to look through an account.
5. Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a
fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a
thicket.
6. From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion
of; as, through life; through the year.
Through \Through\, adv.
1. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing
through.
2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.
3. To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as,
to carry a project through.
Note: Through was formerly used to form compound adjectives
where we now use thorough; as, through-bred;
through-lighted; through-placed, etc.
{To drop through}, to fall through; to come to naught; to
fail.
{To fall through}. See under {Fall}, v. i.
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.
{Through bolt}, a bolt which passes through all the thickness
or layers of that which it fastens, or in which it is
fixed.
{Through bridge}, a bridge in which the floor is supported by
the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so
that travel is between the trusses and not over them. Cf.
{Deck bridge}, under {Deck}.
{Through cold}, a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] --Holland.
{Through stone}, a flat gravestone. [Scot.] [Written also
{through stane}.] --Sir W. Scott.
{Through ticket}, a ticket for the whole journey.
{Through train}, a train which goes the whole length of a
railway, or of a long route.
Throughly \Through"ly\, adv.
Thoroughly. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. --Ps. li. 2.
To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be
throughly valiant to be true? --Dryden.
Throughout \Through*out"\, prep.
Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also,
every part of; as, to search throughout the house.
Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or
moon, or star, throughout the year. --Milton.
Throughout \Through*out"\, adv.
In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
Throve \Throve\,
imp. of {Thrive}.
Throw \Throw\ (thr[=o]), n. [See {Throe}.]
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Dryden.
Throw \Throw\, n. [AS. [thorn]r[=a]h, [thorn]r[=a]g.]
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice. [Obs.] --Shak.
I will with Thomas speak a little throw. --Chaucer.
Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown}
(thr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen,
[thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to
twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG.
dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to
turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf. {Thread}, {Trite}, {Turn},
v. t.]
1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of
the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss,
or to bowl.
2. 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.
3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be
thrown upon a rock.
4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw
a detachment of his army across the river.
5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws
his antagonist.
6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.
Set less than thou throwest. --Shak.
7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope.
8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.
There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak.
9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine,
or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.
I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's
teeth. --Shak.
11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said
especially of rabbits.
12. 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. --Tomlinson.
{To throw away}.
(a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to
bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away
time; to throw away money.
(b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good
offer.
{To throw back}.
(a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply.
(b) To reject; to refuse.
(c) To reflect, as light.
{To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as
useless; as, to throw by a garment.
{To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to
throw down a fence or wall.
{To throw in}.
(a) To inject, as a fluid.
(b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as,
to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to
throw in an occasional comment.
(c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something
extra to clinch a bargain.
{To throw off}.
(a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a
disease.
(b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off
all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent.
(c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]
{To throw on}, to cast on; to load.
{To throw one's self down}, to lie down neglectively or
suddenly.
{To throw one's self on} or {upon}.
(a) To fall upon.
(b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or
sustain power of (another); to repose upon.
{To throw out}.
(a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. ``The
other two, whom they had thrown out, they were
content should enjoy their exile.'' --Swift. ``The
bill was thrown out.'' --Swift.
(b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to
throw out insinuation or observation. ``She throws
out thrilling shrieks.'' --Spenser.
(c) To distance; to leave behind. --Addison.
(d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an
abutment.
(e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws
out a brilliant light.
(f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often
throws out an orator.
{To throw over}, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to
discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties.
{To throw up}.
(a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a
commission. ``Experienced gamesters throw up their
cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's
hand.'' --Addison.
(b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit.
(c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of
earth.
Throw \Throw\, v. i.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast;
specifically, to cast dice.
{To throw about}, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]
Throw \Throw\, n.
1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling
from the hand or an engine; a cast.
He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, He sent
it in a whirlwind at the foe. --Addison.
2. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.]
Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
--Spenser.
3. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a
stone's throw.
4. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast;
as, a good throw.
5. An effort; a violent sally. [Obs.]
Your youth admires The throws and swellings of a
Roman soul. --Addison.
6. (Mach.) 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.
7. (Pottery) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d
{Jigger}, 2
(a) .
8. A turner's lathe; a throwe. [Prov. Eng.]
9. (Mining) The amount of vertical displacement produced by a
fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as
an upthrow, or a downthrow.
Throw-crook \Throw"-crook`\, n. (Agric.)
An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Throwe \Throwe\, n.
A turning lathe. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrower \Throw"er\, n.
One who throws. Specifically:
(a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
(b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
Throwing \Throw"ing\,
a. & n. from {Throw}, v.
{Throwing engine}, {Throwing mill}, {Throwing table}, or
{Throwing wheel} (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is
first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass
of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a
vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.
Thrown \Thrown\,
a. & p. p. from {Throw}, v.
{Thrown silk}, silk thread consisting of two or more singles
twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to
that in which the singles of which it is composed are
twisted. --M'Culloch.
{Thrown singles}, silk thread or cord made by three processes
of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are
twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these
twisted together to make thrown singles.
Throw-off \Throw"-off`\, n.
A start in a hunt or a race. [Eng.]
Throwster \Throw"ster\, n. [Throw + -ster.]
One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
Thru \Thru\, prep., adv. & a.
Through. [Ref. spelling.]
Thrum \Thrum\, n. [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum,
G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. ?r["o]mr
edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. {Term}.]
[Written also {thrumb}.]
1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft,
short threads or tufts resembling these.
2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
4. (Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or
fault along a seam.
5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
{Thrum cap}, a knitted cap. --Halliwell.
{Thrum hat}, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. --Minsheu.
Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thrumming}.]
1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles.
2. (Naut.) 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. --Totten.
Thrum \Thrum\, v. i. [CF. Icel. ?ruma to rattle, to thunder, and
E. drum.]
1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument
with the fingers; to strum.
2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum
on a table.
Thrum \Thrum\, v. t.
1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous
manner.
2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to
thrum the table.
Thrum-eyed \Thrum"-eyed`\, a. (Bot.)
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 \Thrum"my\, a.
Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by,
thrums. --Dampier.
On her head thrummy cap she had. --Chalkhill.
Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of amaranth ({Amarantus caudatus}). --Dr. Prior.
Thruout \Thru*out"\
Throughout. [Ref. spelling.]
Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin
to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf.
{Throstle}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds
belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted
for the sweetness of their songs.
Note: Among the best-known European species are the song
thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel
thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and
the blackbird. The most important American species are
the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush
({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under
{Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[ae]}), and the
migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}).
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
{Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}.
{Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic
timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}.
{Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul.
{Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}.
{Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called
from its marbled breast.
{Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2.
{Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing
birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored
birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size
and habits.
{Water thrush}.
(a) The European dipper.
(b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).
Thrush \Thrush\, n. [Akin to Dan. tr["o]ske, Sw. trosk; cf. Dan.
t["o]r dry, Sw. torr, Icel. [thorn]urr, AS. [thorn]yrr, OE.
thrust thrist, E. thrist.]
1. (Med.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in
newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called
aphth[ae]. See {Aphth[ae]}.
2. (Far.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the
feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
Thrushel \Thrush"el\, n.
The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrusher \Thrush"er\, n.
The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrust \Thrust\, n. & v.
Thrist. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thrusting}.] [OE. ?rusten, ?risten, ?resten, Icel. ?r?st? to
thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
1. 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.
Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
--Milton.
2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
{To thrust away} or {from}, to push away; to reject.
{To thrust in}, to push or drive in.
{To thrust off}, to push away.
{To thrust on}, to impel; to urge.
{To thrust one's self in} or {into}, to obtrude upon, to
intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is
not invited or not welcome.
{To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel.
{To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. ``I am eight times
thrust through the doublet.'' --Shak.
{To thrust together}, to compress.
Thrust \Thrust\, v. i.
1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a
fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden.
3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to
intrude. ``Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.''
--Chapman.
{To thrust to}, to rush upon. [Obs.]
As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some
covert glade. --Spenser.
Thrust \Thrust\, n.
1. 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.
[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often
reaches, and his thrusts renews. --Dryden.
2. An attack; an assault.
One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism. --Dr.
H. More.
3. (Mech.) 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.
4. (Mining) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under
its superincumbent weight.
{Thrust bearing} (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to
receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft.
{Thrust plane} (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation
has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.
Syn: Push; shove; assault; attack.
Usage: {Thrust}, {Push}, {Shove}. Push and shove usually
imply the application of force by a body already in
contact with the body to be impelled. Thrust, often,
but not always, implies the impulse or application of
force by a body which is in motion before it reaches
the body to be impelled.
Thruster \Thrust"er\, n.
One who thrusts or stabs.
Thrusting \Thrust"ing\, n.
1. The act of pushing with force.
2. (Dairies)
(a) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the
whey.
(b) pl. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out
of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is
sometimes made. [Written also {thrutchthings}.] [Prov.
Eng.]
{Thrusting screw}, the screw of a screw press, as for
pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]
Thrustle \Thrus"tle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The throstle, or song thrust. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
When he heard the thrustel sing. --Chaucer.
Thryes \Thryes\, a.
Thrice. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thryfallow \Thry"fal`low\, v. t. [Perhaps fr. thrice + fallow.
Cf. {Trifallow}.]
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [R.]
[Written also {thrifallow}.] --Tusser.
Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), n. [Cf. AS. [thorn][=o]den a whirlwind,
violent wind, or E. thump.]
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.
At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey.
At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the
side of the steamer. --C. Mackay.
Thug \Thug\, n. [Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.]
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 \Thug*gee"\, n. [Hind. ?hag[=i].]
The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. ``One of
the suppressors of Thuggee.'' --J. D. Hooker.
Thuggery \Thug"ger*y\, Thuggism \Thug"gism\, n.
Thuggee.
Thuja \Thu"ja\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with
sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for
the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having
scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [Written
also {thuya}.] See {Thyine wood}.
Note: {Thuja occidentalis} is the {Arbor vit[ae]} of the
Eastern and Northern United States. {T. gigantea} of
North-waetern America is a very large tree, there
called {red cedar}, and {canoe cedar}, and furnishes a
useful timber.
Thule \Thu"le\, n. [L. Thule, Thyle, Gr. ?, ?.]
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 \Thu"li*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
Oxide of thulium.
Thulium \Thu"li*um\, n. [NL. See {Thule}.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of uncertain properties and identity,
said to have been found in the mineral gadolinite.
Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS.
[thorn][=u]ma; akin to OFries. th[=u]ma, D. duim, G. daumen,
OHG. d[=u]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw.
tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [root]56. Cf.
{Thimble}, {Tumid}.]
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing
from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the
pollex. See {Pollex}.
Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
{Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb.
--Mortimer.
{Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps,
used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like.
{Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be
pressed by the thumb.
{Thumb mark}.
(a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the
leaves of a book. --Longfellow.
(b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan
terriers.
{Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between
the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a
knurled rim for the same perpose.
{Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak.
{Thumb stall}.
(a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for
protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work.
(b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to
close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or
loaded.
{Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or
influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thumbing}.]
1. To handle awkwardly. --Johnson.
2. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers;
as, to thumb over a tune.
3. 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.
He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had
been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him
have a few more packs. --Macaulay.
Thumb \Thumb\, v. i.
To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Thumbbird \Thumb"bird`\, n.
The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]
Thumbed \Thumbed\, a.
1. Having thumbs.
2. Soiled by handling.
Thumbkin \Thumb"kin\, n.
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a
thumbscrew.
Thumbless \Thumb"less\, a.
Without a thumb. --Darwin.
Thumbscrew \Thumb"screw`\, n.
1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it
may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by
a screw; a thumbkin.
Thummie \Thum"mie\, n.
The chiff-chaff. [Prov. Eng.]
Thummim \Thum"mim\, n. pl. [Heb., pl. of th[=o]m perfection.]
A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the
Jewish high priest. See the note under {Urim}.
Thump \Thump\, n. [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps
influenced by dump, v.t.]
1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body,
as of a hammer, or the like.
The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
--Wordsworth.
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped
down, one by one. --Coleridge.
2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy
fall.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that
I awaked at the knock. --Tatler.
Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thumping}.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to
cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their
own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. --Shak.
Thump \Thump\, v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy
blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. --Swift.
Thumper \Thump"er\, n.
One who, or that which, thumps.
Thumping \Thump"ing\, a.
Heavy; large. [Colloq.]
Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish},
{Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]
The revenging gods 'Gainst parricides did all their
thunders bend. --Shak.
3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.
{Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.
{Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.]
{Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis, or Celuta,
am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United States; --
called also {worm snake}.
{Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.
Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.]
1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a
discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used
impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
9.
2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some
continuance.
His dreadful voice no more Would thunder in my ears.
--Milton.
3. To utter violent denunciation.
Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Oracles severe Were daily thundered in our general's
ear. --Dryden.
An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an
ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe.
Thunderbird \Thun"der*bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thun"der*bolt`\, n.
1. 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.
2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and
effectiveness.
The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
--Dryden.
3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially,
ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
excommunication. --Hakewill.
4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
{Thunderbolt beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a long-horned beetle
({Arhopalus fulminans}) whose larva bores in the trunk of
oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black,
with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra.
Thunderburst \Thun"der*burst`\, n.
A burst of thunder.
Thunderclap \Thun"der*clap`\, n.
A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of
atmospheric electricity. ``Thunderclaps that make them
quake.'' --Spenser.
When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. --Dryden.
Thundercloud \Thun"der*cloud`\, n.
A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and
thunder.
Thunderer \Thun"der*er\, 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.
That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer. --Pope.
Thunderfish \Thun"der*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large European loach ({Misgurnus fossilis}).
Thunderhead \Thun"der*head`\, n.
A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus,
-- often appearing before a thunderstorm.
Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, a.
1. Emitting thunder.
Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. --J.
Trumbull.
2. Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] --
{Thun"der*ing*ly}, adv.
Thundering \Thun"der*ing\, n.
Thunder. --Rev. iv. 5.
Thunderless \Thun"der*less\, a.
Without thunder or noise.
Thunderous \Thun"der*ous\, a. [Written also thundrous.]
1. Producing thunder. [R.]
How he before the thunderous throne doth lie.
--Milton.
2. Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep;
sonorous. -- {Thun"der*ous*ly}, adv.
Thunderproof \Thun"der*proof`\, a.
Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.
Thundershower \Thun"der*show`er\, n.
A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thunderstone \Thun"der*stone`\, n.
1. A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.
Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the
all-dreaded thunderstone. --Shak.
2. (Paleon.) A belemnite. See {Belemnite}.
Thunderstorm \Thun"der*storm`\, n.
A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck};
p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thunderstriking}.]
1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.
drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
Thunderworm \Thun"der*worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard ({Rhineura
Floridana}) allied to Amphisb[ae]na, native of Florida; -- so
called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
Thundery \Thun"der*y\, a.
Accompanied with thunder; thunderous. [R.] ``Thundery
weather.'' --Pennant.
Thundrous \Thun"drous\, a.
Thunderous; sonorous. ``Scraps of thunderous epic.''
--Tennyson.
Thunny \Thun"ny\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The tunny. [R.]
Thurgh \Thurgh\, prep.
Through. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Thurghfare \Thurgh"fare`\, n.
Thoroughfare. [Obs.]
This world is but a thurghfare full of woe. --Chaucer.
Thurible \Thu"ri*ble\, n. [L. thuribulum, turibulum, from thus,
thuris, or better tus, turis, frankincense, fr. Gr. ? a
sacrifice, an offering, from ? to sacrifice.] (R. C. Ch.)
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. --Fairholt.
Thuriferous \Thu*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. thurifer, turifer; thus
frankincense + -ferre to bear.]
Producing or bearing frankincense.
Thurification \Thu`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. thus incense + -ficare
(in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning
incense.
Thuringian \Thu*rin"gi*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its
people. -- n. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
Thuringite \Thu*rin"gite\, n. [From Thuringia, where it is
found.] (Min.)
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 \Thurl\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel a hole. [root]53. See
{Thirl}, {Thrill}.]
1. A hole; an aperture. [Obs.]
2. (Mining)
(a) A short communication between adits in a mine.
(b) A long adit in a coalpit.
Thurl \Thurl\, v. t. [See {Thrill}.]
1. To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one
working and another.
Thurling \Thurl"ing\, n. (Mining)
Same as {Thurl}, n., 2
(a) .
Thurrok \Thur"rok\, n. [AS. [thorn]urruc a boat.]
The hold of a ship; a sink. [Obs.]
Small drops of water that enter through a little
crevice into the thurrok and into the bottom of a ship.
--Chaucer.
Thursday \Thurs"day\, n. [OE. [thorn]ursdei, [thorn]orsday, from
the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, the
god of thunder, is akin to AS. [thorn]unor thunder; D.
Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. [thorn][=o]rsdagr,
Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. [root]52. See {Thor}, {Thunder}, and
{Day}.]
The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding
Friday.
{Holy Thursday}. See under {Holy}.
Thurst \Thurst\, n. (Coal Mining)
The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of
the pillars and stalls. --Raymond.
Thus \Thus\, n. [L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See
{Thurible}.]
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the
Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.
Thus \Thus\ ([th]us), adv. [OE. thus, AS. [eth]us; akin to
OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus. See
{That}.]
1. In this or that manner; on this wise.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
him, so did he. --Gen. vi. 22.
Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
--Milton.
2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus
peaceble; thus bold. --Shak.
Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. --Milton.
Thussock \Thus"sock\, n.
See {Tussock}. [Obs.]
Thuya \Thu"ya\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Thuja}.
Thuyin \Thu"yin\, n. (Chem.)
A substance extracted from trees of the genus {Thuja}, or
{Thuya}, and probably identical with quercitrin. [Written
also {thujin}.]
Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwacked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Thwacking}.] [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS.
[thorn]accian, E. whack.]
1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or
thrash: to thump. ``A distant thwacking sound.'' --W.
Irving.
2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
Thwack \Thwack\, n.
A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree
and old iron rang. --Hudibras.
Thwaite \Thwaite\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The twaite.
Thwaite \Thwaite\, n. [CF. Icel. [thorn]veit a piece of land,
fr. [thorn]v[=i]ta to cut. See {Thwite}, and cf. {Doit}, and
{Twaite} land cleared of woods.]
Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in
many names of places in the north of England; as, in
Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Thwart \Thwart\, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv.,
Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse,
across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross,
D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw.
tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tv["a]r cross, unfriendly,
Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. {Queer}.]
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique.
Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton.
2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak.
Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See {Thwart}, a.]
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton.
Thwart \Thwart\, prep.
Across; athwart. --Spenser.
{Thwart ships}. See {Athwart ships}, under {Athwart}.
Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwarted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thwarting}.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. [Obs.]
Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the
night. --Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
Thwarter \Thwart"er\, n. (Far.)
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or
convulsive motions.
Thwartingly \Thwart"ing*ly\, adv.
In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
Thwartly \Thwart"ly\, adv.
Transversely; obliquely.
Thwartness \Thwart"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity;
perverseness.
Thwite \Thwite\, v. t. [AS. [thorn]w[=i]tan. See {Whittle}, and
cf. {Thwaite} a piece of land.]
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
Thwittle \Thwit"tle\, v. t. [See {Thwite}, and {Whittle}.]
To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Palsgrave.
Thwittle \Thwit"tle\, n.
A small knife; a whittle. [Written also {thwitel}.] [Obs.]
``A Sheffield thwittle.'' --Chaucer.
Thy \Thy\, pron. [OE. thi, shortened from thin. See {Thine},
{Thou}.]
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}.
Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. --Matt. vi.
9,10.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. --Milton.
Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to
the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
(Bot.)
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. --Rev. xviii. 12.
Thylacine \Thy"la*cine\, n. [Gr. ? a sack.] (Zo["o]l.)
The zebra wolf. See under {Wolf}.
Thymate \Thym"ate\, n. (Chem.)
A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.
Thyme \Thyme\ (t[imac]m), n. [OE. tyme, L. thymum, Gr. qy`mon,
qy`mos; cf. qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os a sacrifice,
offering, incense: cf. F. thym; -- perhaps so named because
of its sweet smell. Cf. {Fume}, n.] (Bot.)
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.
Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme. --Cowper.
{Cat thyme}, a labiate plant ({Teucrium Marum}) of the
Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of
rolling on it. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
{Wild thyme}, {Thymus Serpyllum}, common on banks and
hillsides in Europe.
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. --Shak.
Thymene \Thym"ene\, n. (Chem.)
A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.
Thymiatechny \Thym"i*a*tech`ny\, n. [Gr. ? incense + te`chnh
art.] (Med.)
The art of employing perfumes in medicine. [R.] --Dunglison.
Thymic \Thym"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thymus gland.
Thymic \Thy"mic\, a. (Med. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, thyme; as, thymic acid.
Thymol \Thym"ol\, n. [Thyme + -ol.] (Chem.)
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 \Thy"mus\, a. [NL., fr. Gr. qy`mos.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. -- n.
The thymus gland.
{Thymus gland}, or {Thymus body}, a ductless gland in the
throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all
vertebrates. In man and other mammals it is the throat, or
neck, sweetbread, which lies in the upper part of the
thorax and lower part of the throat. It is largest in
fetal and early life, and disappears or becomes
rudimentary in the adult.
Thymy \Thym"y\, a.
Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale. --Akenside.
Where'er a thymy bank he found, He rolled upon the
fragrant ground. --Gay.
Thyro- \Thy"ro-\
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage;
as, thyrohyal.
Thyroarytenoid \Thy`ro*a*ryt"e*noid\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages
of the larynx.
Thyrohyal \Thy`ro*hy"al\, n. (Anat.)
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 \Thy`ro*hy"oid\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and
the hyoid arch.
Thyroid \Thy"roid\, a. [Gr. ? shield-shaped; ? a large, oblong
shield (from ? a door) + ? form: cf. F. thyro["i]de,
thyr['e]o["i]de.]
1. Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the
thyroid cartilage.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid
cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.
{Thyroid cartilage}. See under {Larynx}.
{Thyroid body}, or {Thyroid gland} (Anat.), a glandlike but
ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in
the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx. In man
and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly
surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of
the trachea.
{Thyroid dislocation} (Surg.), dislocation of the thigh bone
into the thyroid foramen.
{Thyroid foramen}, the obturator foramen.
Thyroideal \Thy*roid"e*al\, a. (Anat.)
Thyroid.
Thyrotomy \Thy*rot"o*my\, n. [Thyro- + Gr. ? to cut.] (Surg.)
The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.
Thyrse \Thyrse\ (th[~e]rs), n. [Cf. F. thyrse.]
A thyrsus.
Thyrsoid \Thyr"soid\ (th[~e]r"soid), Thyrsoidal \Thyr*soid"al\
(th[~e]r*soid"al), a. [Gr. ?; ? thyrsus + ? form, shape: cf.
F. thyrso["i]de.]
Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
Thyrsus \Thyr"sus\, n.; pl. {Thyrsi}. [L., fr. Gr. ?. Cf.
{Torso}.]
1. 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.
A good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus.
--Mrs.
Browning.
In my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant
cones of pine. --Longfellow.
2. (Bot.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in
the lilac and horse-chestnut.
Thysanopter \Thy`sa*nop"ter\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Thysanoptera.
Thysanoptera \Thy`sa*nop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a
fringe + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thy`sa*nop"ter*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Thysanoptera.
Thysanopterous \Thy`sa*nop"ter*ous\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera.
Thysanura \Thys`a*nu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fringe + ?
tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Thys`a*nu"ran\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.
Thysanurous \Thys`a*nu"rous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Thysanura.
Thysbe \Thys"be\, n. [NL., fr. L. Thisbe maiden beloved by
Pyramus, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A common clearwing moth ({Hemaris thysbe}).
Thyself \Thy*self"\, 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.
Thyself shalt see the act. --Shak.
Ere I do thee, thou to thyself wast cruel. --Milton.
Tiar \Ti"ar\, n. [Cf. F. tiare. See {Tiara}.]
A tiara. [Poetic] --Milton. Tennyson.
Tiara \Ti*a"ra\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, ?; of Persian origin.]
1. 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.
2. 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 \Ti*a"raed\, a.
Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara.
Tib-cat \Tib"-cat`\, n.
A female cat. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tibia \Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. {Tibi[ae]}. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of
the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See
Illust. under {Coleoptera}, and under {Hexapoda}.
3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind,
originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
Tibial \Tib"i*al\, a. [L. tibialis, fr. tibia the shin bone;
also, a pipe or flute, originally made of a bone: cf. F.
tibial.]
1. Of or pertaining to a tibia.
2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.
{Tibial spur} (Zo["o]l.), a spine frequently borne on the
tibia of insects. See Illust. under {Coleoptera}.
Tibial \Tib"i*al\, n. (Anat.)
A tibial bone; a tibiale.
Tibiale \Tib`i*a"le\, n.; pl. {Tibialia}. [NL.] (Anat.)
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 \Ti*bic"i*nate\, v. i. [L. tibicinare.]
To play on a tibia, or pipe. [R.]
Tibio- \Tib"i*o-\
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular.
Tibiotarsal \Tib`i*o*tar"sal\, a. (Anat.)
(a) Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as,
the tibiotarsal articulation.
(b) Of or pertaining to the tibiotarsus.
Tibiotarsus \Tib`i*o*tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Tibiotarsi}. (Anat.)
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 \Tib"rie\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The pollack. [Prov. Eng.]
Tic \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.)
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}.
--Dunglison.
{Tic douloureux}. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching +
douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face
ague. See under {Face}.
Tical \Ti*cal"\, n.
1. A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also,
a weight equal to 236 grains troy. --Malcom.
2. A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60;
also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.
Tice \Tice\, v. t. [Aphetic form of entice.]
To entice. [Obs.] --The Coronation.
Tice \Tice\, n. (Cricket)
A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in
front of the wicket.
Ticement \Tice"ment\, n.
Enticement. [Obs.]
Tichorrhine \Tich"or*rhine\, n. [Gr. ? a wall + ?, ?, the nose.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum
supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.
Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.]
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
Tick \Tick\, v. i.
1. To go on trust, or credit.
2. To give tick; to trust.
Tick \Tick\, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf.
{Tike} a tick.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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.
(b) 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 bean}, a small bean used for feeding horses and other
animals.
{Tick trefoil} (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the
leguminous genus {Desmodium}, which have trifoliate
leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs
by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece
of sheep.
Tick \Tick\, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
put. See {Thesis}.]
1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which
contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
2. Ticking. See {Ticking}, n.
Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ticked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ticking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG.
ticken.]
1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or
otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
2. To strike gently; to pat.
Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
--Latimer.
Tick \Tick\, n.
1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something,
or to serve as a check. --Dickens.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
[Prov. Eng.]
{Death tick}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Deathwatch}.
Tick \Tick\, v. t.
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my
list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off.
--Dickens.
Ticken \Tick"en\, n.
See {Ticking}. [R.] --R. Browning.
Ticker \Tick"er\, n. [See {Tick}.]
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound,
as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. ['e]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF.
estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, n. & v., and cf.
{Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.]
A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a
notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
Specifically:
(a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local]
He constantly read his lectures twice a week for
above forty years, giving notice of the time to his
auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller.
(b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.]
Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by
abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st {Tick}.
Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets
On ticket for his mistress. --J. Cotgrave.
(c) 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.
(d) A label to show the character or price of goods.
(e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other
scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
(f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for
at an election; a set of nominations by one party for
election; a ballot. [U. S.]
The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four
votes. --Sarah
Franklin
(1766).
{Scratched ticket}, a ticket from which the names of one or
more of the candidates are scratched out.
{Split ticket}, a ticket representing different divisions of
a party, or containing candidates selected from two or
more parties.
{Straight ticket}, a ticket containing the regular
nominations of a party, without change.
{Ticket day} (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day
on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual
purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.
[Eng.] --Simmonds.
{Ticket of leave}, a license or permit given to a convict, or
prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for
himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to
certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
{Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which
he may be identified. [Eng.]
Ticket \Tick"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ticketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ticketing}.]
1. To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to
ticket goods.
2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket
passengers to California. [U. S.]
Ticketing \Tick"et*ing\, 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 \Tick"ing\, n. [From {Tick} a bed cover. Cf. {Ticken}.]
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}.
Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf.
also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG.
chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.]
1. 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.
If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak.
2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains
the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak.
Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. i.
1. To feel titillation.
He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in
every vein. --Spenser.
2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak.
Tickle \Tic"kle\, a.
1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer.
So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser.
3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest
touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
--Shak.
Tickle-footed \Tic"kle-foot`ed\, a.
Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. [Obs. & R.] --Beau. & Fl.
Ticklenburg \Tick"len*burg\, n.
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West
Indies.
Tickleness \Tic"kle*ness\, n.
Unsteadiness. [Obs.]
For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness.
--Chaucer.
Tickler \Tic"kler\, n.
1. One who, or that which, tickles.
2. Something puzzling or difficult.
3. A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged
in the order of their maturity. [Com. Cant, U. S.]
--Bartlett.
4. A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
[Eng.]
Ticklish \Tic"klish\, a.
1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole
of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the
hand is not ticklish. --Bacon.
2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the
slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so
dismally ticklish? --Barrow.
3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
Surely princes had need, in tender matters and
ticklish times, to beware what they say. --Bacon.
-- {Tic"klish*ly}, adv. -- {Tic"klish*ness}, n.
Tickseed \Tick"seed`\, n. [Tick the insect + seed; cf. G.
wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.]
1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of
certain plants.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Same as {Coreopsis}.
(b) Any plant of the genus {Corispermum}, plants of the
Goosefoot family.
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, n. [See {Tick} to beat, to pat, and (for
sense 2) cf. {Tricktrack}.]
1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs;
tricktrack.
A game at ticktack with words. --Milton.
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
Ticpolonga \Tic`po*lon"ga\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A very venomous viper ({Daboia Russellii}), native of Ceylon
and India; -- called also {cobra monil}.
Tid \Tid\, a. [Cf. AS. tedre, tydere, weak, tender.]
Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.
Tidal \Tid"al\, a.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides;
periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as,
tidal waters.
The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being
rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
--Longfellow.
{Tidal air} (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of
the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to
thirty cubic inches.
{Tidal basin}, a dock that is filled at the rising of the
tide.
{Tidal wave}.
(a) See {Tide wave}, under {Tide}. Cf. 4th {Bore}.
(b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some
extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far
above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon
low-lying coasts.
Tidbit \Tid"bit`\, n. [Tid + bit.]
A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious
morsel. [Written also {titbit}.]
Tidde \Tid"de\, obs.
imp. of {Tide}, v. i. --Chaucer.
Tidder \Tid"der\, Tiddle \Tid"dle\, v. t. [Cf. AS. tyderian to
grow tender. See {Tid}.]
To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tide \Tide\, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d,
D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid,
and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a- is a
negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till},
prep., {Time}.]
1. Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] ``This lusty summer's
tide.'' --Chaucer.
And rest their weary limbs a tide. --Spenser.
Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his
bride. --Spenser.
At the tide of Christ his birth. --Fuller.
2. 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}.
Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide,
and the reflux, ebb tide.
3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. ``Let in
the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.''
--Shak.
4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events;
course; current.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak.
5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. (Mining) The period of twelve hours.
{Atmospheric tides}, tidal movements of the atmosphere
similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same
manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.
{Inferior tide}. See under {Inferior}, a.
{To work double tides}. See under {Work}, v. t.
{Tide day}, the interval between the occurrences of two
consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same
place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon
waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A
retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the
tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high
water is termed the priming of the tide. See {Lag of the
tide}, under 2d {Lag}.
{Tide dial}, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any
time.
{Tide gate}.
(a) An opening through which water may flow freely when
the tide sets in one direction, but which closes
automatically and prevents the water from flowing in
the other direction.
(b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great
velocity, as through a gate.
{Tide gauge}, a gauge for showing the height of the tide;
especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the
tide continuously at every instant of time. --Brande & C.
{Tide lock}, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a
canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they
are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way
at all times of the tide; -- called also {guard lock}.
{Tide mill}. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents.
(b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water.
{Tide rip}, a body of water made rough by the conflict of
opposing tides or currents.
{Tide table}, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of
the tide at any place.
{Tide water}, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence,
broadly, the seaboard.
{Tide wave}, or {Tidal wave}, the swell of water as the tide
moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays
or channels derivative. --Whewell.
{Tide wheel}, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by
the ebb or flow of the tide.
Tide \Tide\, v. t.
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the
tide or stream.
They are tided down the stream. --Feltham.
Tide \Tide\, v. i. [AS. t[=i]dan to happen. See {Tide}, n.]
1. To betide; to happen. [Obs.]
What should us tide of this new law? --Chaucer.
2. To pour a tide or flood.
3. (Naut.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by
drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes
adverse.
Tided \Tid"ed\, a.
Affected by the tide; having a tide. ``The tided Thames.''
--Bp. Hall.
Tideless \Tide"less\, a.
Having no tide.
Tide-rode \Tide"-rode`\, a. (Naut.)
Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
Tidesman \Tides"man\, n.; pl. {Tidesmen}.
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to
secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Tidewaiter \Tide"wait`er\, n.
A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from
merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
--Swift.
Tideway \Tide"way`\, n.
Channel in which the tide sets.
Tidife \Tid"ife\, n.
The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Note: The ``tidif'' mentioned in Chaucer is by some supposed
to be the titmouse, by others the wren.
Tidily \Ti"di*ly\, adv.
In a tidy manner.
Tidiness \Ti"di*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tidy.
Tiding \Ti"ding\, n.
Tidings. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tidings \Ti"dings\, n. pl. [OE. tidinge, ti?inge, tidinde, from
or influenced by Icel. t[=i]?indi; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw.
tidning, G. zeung, AS. t[=i]dan to happen, E. betide, tide.
See {Tide}, v. i. & n.]
Account of what has taken place, and was not before known;
news.
I shall make my master glad with these tidings. --Shak.
Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed
the dismal tidings when he frowned. --Goldsmith.
Note: Although tidings is plural in form, it has been used
also as a singular. By Shakespeare it was used
indiscriminately as a singular or plural.
Now near the tidings of our comfort is. --Shak.
Tidings to the contrary Are brought your eyes.
--Shak.
Syn: News; advice; information; intelligence.
Usage: {Tidings}, {News}. The term news denotes recent
intelligence from any quarter; the term tidings
denotes intelligence expected from a particular
quarter, showing what has there betided. We may be
indifferent as to news, but are always more or less
interested in tidings. We read the news daily; we wait
for tidings respecting an absent friend or an
impending battle. We may be curious to hear the news;
we are always anxious for tidings.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
--Milton.
What tidings dost thou bring? --Addison.
Tidley \Tid"ley\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The wren.
(b) The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]
Tidology \Tid*ol"o*gy\, n. [Tide + -logy.]
A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science
which treats of tides. --J. S. Mill.
Tidy \Ti"dy\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The wren; -- called also {tiddy}. [Prov. Eng.]
The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. --Drayton.
Note: This name is probably applied also to other small
singing birds, as the goldcrest.
Tidy \Ti"dy\, a. [Compar. {Tidier}; superl. {Tidiest}.] [From
{Tide} time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. &
Sw. tidig.]
1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as,
tidy weather. [Obs.]
If weather be fair and tidy. --Tusser.
2. 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.
A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. --Piers
Plowman.
Tidy \Ti"dy\, n.; pl. {Tidies}.
1. 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.
2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tidied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tidying}.]
To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to
tidy one's dress.
Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i.
To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
--Dickens.
Tidytips \Ti"dy*tips`\, n. (Bot.)
A California composite plant ({Layia platyglossa}), the
flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.
Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[=i]ge.
[root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.]
1. A knot; a fastening.
2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties
of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young.
3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young.
4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which
prevents either party from being victorious; equality in
any contest, as a race.
5. (Arch. & Engin.) 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.
6. (Mus.) 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.
7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
{Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
Tie \Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti['e]gan,
fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS.
te['o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to
drag.]
1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. ``Tie the
kine to the cart.'' --1 Sam. vi. 7.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother: bind them continually
upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
--Prov. vi.
20,21.
2. 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. ``We do not tie this knot
with an intention to puzzle the argument.'' --Bp. Burnet.
3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax.
4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as
by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
confine.
Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less
sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden.
5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved
line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even
with.
{To ride and tie}. See under {Ride}.
{To tie down}.
(a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising.
(b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
{To tie up}, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion
or action.
Tie \Tie\, v. i.
To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tiebar \Tie"bar`\, n.
A flat bar used as a tie.
Tiebeam \Tie"beam`\, n. (Arch.)
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}. --Gwilt.
Tier \Ti"er\, n.
One who, or that which, ties.
Tier \Ti"er\, n. [See {Tire} a headdress.]
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied
with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also {tire}.]
Tier \Tier\, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of
Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziar[=i] ornament, G. zier, AS.
t[=i]r glory, ti['e]r row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to
draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Attire}, v. t., {Tire} a
headdress, but also {Tirade}.]
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.
{Tiers of a cable}, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a
cable, laid one within another when coiled.
Tierce \Tierce\, n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce,
third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See
{Third}, {Three}, and cf. {Terce}, {Tercet}, {Tertiary}.]
1. 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.
2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead
or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are
packed for shipment.
3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See {Mediant}.
4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce
of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
5. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the
wrist and nails are turned downward.
6. (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one
of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for
that hour.
Tierc'e \Tier*c['e]"\, a. [F.] (Her.)
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures;
-- said of an escutcheon.
Tiercel \Tier"cel\, Tiercelet \Tierce"let\, n. [OE. tercel,
tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL.
tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called,
according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a
male, or, according to others, because the male is the third
part less than female. Cf. {Tercel}.] (Falconry)
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the
male of the goshawk. --Encyc. Brit.
Tierce-major \Tierce"-ma`jor\, n. [Cf. F. tierce majeure.] (Card
Playing)
See {Tierce}, 4.
Tiercet \Tier"cet\, n. [F. tercet. See {Tercet}.] (Pros.)
A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Tie-rod \Tie"-rod\, n.
A rod used as a tie. See {Tie}.
Tiers 'etat \Tiers` ['e]`tat"\ [F.]
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.
Note: The refusal of the clergy and nobility to give the
tiers ['e]tat a representation in the States-general
proportioned to their actual numbers had an important
influence in bringing on the French Revolution of 1789.
Since that time the term has been purely historical.
Tietick \Tie"tick\, n.
The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng].
Tiewig \Tie"wig`\, n.
A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls
tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. --Wright. V. Knox.
Tiff \Tiff\, n. [Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. ?efr a
smell, ?efa to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath,
teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. t["u]v smell, scent, taste.]
1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. ``Sipping
his tiff of brandy punch.'' --Sir W. Scott.
2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or
contention. See {Tift}. --Thackeray.
Tiff \Tiff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiffing}.]
To be in a pet.
She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. --Landor.
Tiff \Tiff\, v. t. [OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen;
cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip,
n.]
To deck out; to dress. [Obs.] --A. Tucker.
Tiffany \Tif"fa*ny\, n. [OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament,
tiffer to adjust, adorn. See {Tiff} to dress.]
A species of gause, or very silk.
The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to
whiten tiffanies. --Sir T.
Browne.
Tiffin \Tif"fin\, n. [Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking.
See {Tiff}, 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 \Tiff"ish\, a.
Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
Tift \Tift\, n. [Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See {Tiff}, n.]
A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift
with me as if you had newly come from church.
--Blackwood's
Mag.
Tig \Tig\, n.
1. A game among children. See {Tag}.
2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with
four handles, formerly used for passing around the table
at convivial entertainment.
Tigella \Ti*gel"la\, n. [NL., from F. tige stem or stock.]
(Bot.)
That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the
caulicle or radicle.
Tigelle \Ti*gelle"\, n. [F.] (Bot.)
Same as {Tigella}.
Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
an arrow, Per. t[=i]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; --
probably so named from its quickness.]
1. 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}.
2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak.
3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
mistress. --Dickens.
4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
{American tiger}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The puma.
(b) The jaguar.
{Clouded tiger} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome striped and spotted
carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of
the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three
and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long.
Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings
are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are
always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from
the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also
{tortoise-shell tiger}.
{Mexican tiger} (Zo["o]l.), the jaguar.
{Tiger beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[ae]}.
They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
{Tiger bittern}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}.
{Tiger cat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of wild
cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
{Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
{Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.)
having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like
the skin of a tiger.
{Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm
({Cham[ae]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by
the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
{Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}.
{Tiger moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of moths
of the family {Arctiad[ae]} which are striped or barred
with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
larv[ae] are called {woolly bears}.
{Tiger shark} (Zo["o]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
maculatus or tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted
with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian
Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}.
{Tiger shell} (Zo["o]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted
cowrie ({Cypr[ae]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
{tiger cowrie}.
{Tiger wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[ae]na
crocuta}).
{Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree
({Mach[ae]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.
Tiger-eye \Ti"ger-eye`\, n. (Min.)
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 \Ti"ger-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Tiger's-foot}.
Tiger-footed \Ti"ger-foot`ed\, a.
Hastening to devour; furious.
Tigerine \Ti"ger*ine\, a.
Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]
Tigerish \Ti"ger*ish\, a.
Like a tiger; tigrish.
Tiger's-foot \Ti"ger's-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to some species of morning-glory ({Ipom[oe]a})
having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tigh \Tigh\, n. [Perhaps akin to tight.]
A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] --Cowell.
Tight \Tight\, obs.
p. p. of {Tie}. --Spenser.
Tight \Tight\, a. [Compar. {Tighter}; superl. {Tightest}.] [OE.
tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ?[=e]ttr,
Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t["a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight,
and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. {Taut}.]
1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as,
tight cloth; a tight knot.
2. 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.
3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat
or other garment.
4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Clad very plain, but clean and tight. --Evelyn.
I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
--Gay.
5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his
dealings. [Colloq.]
6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to
a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] --Shak.
8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear;
-- said of money or the money market. Cf. {Easy}, 7.
Tight \Tight\, v. t.
To tighten. [Obs.]
Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tightening}.]
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
manner.
Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee
round the dusty plain. --Fawkes.
{Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
Tightener \Tight"en*er\, n.
That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening
pulley.
Tighter \Tight"er\, n.
A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]
Tightly \Tight"ly\, adv.
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
Tightness \Tight"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being tight.
Tights \Tights\, n. pl.
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the
body and the legs.
Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Ti"gress\, n. [From {Tiger}: cf. F. tigresse.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The female of the tiger. --Holland.
Tigrine \Ti"grine\, a. [L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger.]
1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine
cat ({Felis tigrina}) of South America.
Tigrish \Ti"grish\, a.
Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
Tike \Tike\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A tick. See 2d {Tick}. [Obs.]
Tike \Tike\, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.]
1. A dog; a cur. ``Bobtail tike or trundle-tail.'' --Shak.
2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person.
Tikus \Ti"kus\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The bulau.
Til \Til\, prep. & conj.
See {Till}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tilbury \Til"bu*ry\, n.; pl. {Tilburies}. [Probably from
Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.]
A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or
cover. [Written also {tilburgh}.]
Tilde \Til"de\, n. [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title,
token, sign. See {Title}, n.]
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in
Spanish words [thus, [~n], [~l]], indicating that, in
pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be
preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d {Tiler}.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile
a Masonic lodge.
Tile \Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L.
tegula, from tegere to cover. See {Thatch}, and cf.
{Tegular}.]
1. 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.
2. (Arch.)
(a) A small slab of marble or other material used for
flooring.
(b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or
earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are
fused.
4. A draintile.
5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
{Tile drain}, a drain made of tiles.
{Tile earth}, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and
stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.]
{Tile kiln}, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
{Tile ore} (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
{Tile red}, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
{Tile tea}, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See {Brick tea},
under {Brick}.
Tile \Tile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiling}.]
1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house,
will come again. --Donne.
Tile-drain \Tile"-drain`\, v. t.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
Tilefish \Tile"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large, edible, deep-water food fish ({Lopholatilus
cham[ae]leonticeps}) more or less thickly covered with large,
round, yellow spots.
Note: It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United
States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is
believed to have become extinct in 1882.
Tiler \Til"er\, n.
A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.
--Bancroft.
Tiler \Til"er\, n. [Of uncertain origin, but probably from E.
tile, n.]
A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written
also {tyler}.]
Tilery \Til"er*y\, n.; pl. {Tileries}. [From {Tile}; cf. F.
tuilerie, fr. tuile a tile, L. tegula.]
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
Tilestone \Tile"stone`\, n.
1. (Geol.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging
to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
2. A tile of stone.
Tiliaceous \Til`i*a"ceous\, a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
({Tiliace[ae]}) of which the linden ({Tilia}) is the type.
The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable
fiber, as the jute.
Tiling \Til"ing\, n.
1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.
They . . . let him down through the tiling. --Luke
v. 19.
2. Tiles, collectively.
Till \Till\, n. [Abbrev. from lentil.]
A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]
Till \Till\, n. [Properly, a drawer, from OE. tillen to draw.
See {Tiller} the lever of a rudder.]
A drawer. Specifically:
(a) A tray or drawer in a chest.
(b) A money drawer in a shop or store.
{Till alarm}, a device for sounding an alarm when a money
drawer is opened or tampered with.
Till \Till\, n.
1. (Geol.) 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.
2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. --Loudon.
Till \Till\, prep. [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw.
till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel
end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit,
convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See {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.
He . . . came till an house. --Chaucer.
Women, up till this Cramped under worse than
South-sea-isle taboo. --Tennyson.
Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar
with his writings -- all through them till the very
end. --Prof.
Wilson.
{Till now}, to the present time.
{Till then}, to that time.
Till \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.
And said unto them, Occupy till I come. --Luke xix.
13.
Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to
God. --Jer. Taylor.
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
--Macaulay.
Note: This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of
when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or
conjunctive adverb begin when.
Till \Till\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tilling}.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim,
strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to
propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps
also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or
definite. Cf. {Teal}, {Till}, prep..]
1. 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.
No field nolde [would not] tilye. --P. Plowman.
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken. --Gen.
iii. 23.
2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] --W. Browne.
Till \Till\, v. i.
To cultivate land. --Piers Plowman.
Tillable \Till"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
Tillage \Till"age\, n.
1. 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.
2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Syn: Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.
Tillandsia \Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof.
Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
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 \Till"er\, n. [From {Till}, v. t.]
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Tiller \Till"er\, n. [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. {Till} to
cultivate.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom
of the original stalk; a sucker.
(b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or
stump.
2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] --Evelyn.
Tiller \Till"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tillered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tillering}.]
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. [Sometimes written {tillow}.]
Tiller \Till"er\, n. [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull;
probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf.
D. tillen to lift up. Cf. {Till} a drawer.]
1. (Naut.) 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.
2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the
bow itself. [Obs.]
You can shoot in a tiller. --Beau. & Fl.
3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A small drawer; a till. --Dryden.
{Tiller rope} (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a
large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end
of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Tilley \Til"ley\, n., or Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
The seeds of a small tree ({Croton Pavana}) common in the
Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
of {Croton Tiglium}. [Written also {tilly}.]
Tillman \Till"man\, n.; pl. {Tillmen}.
A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] --Tusser.
Tillodont \Til"lo*dont\, n.
One of the Tillodontia.
Tillodontia \Til`lo*don"ti*a\, n. pl. (Paleon.)
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 \Til"let\, n.
A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress
goods. --McElrath.
Tillow \Til"low\, v. i.
See 3d {Tiller}.
Tilly-vally \Til"ly-val`ly\, 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. [Written also {tille-vally},
{tilly-fally}, {tille-fally}, and otherwise.] --Shak.
Tilmus \Til"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to pluck, pull.]
(Med.)
Floccillation.
Tilt \Tilt\, n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS.
teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw.
t["a]lt, tj["a]ll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.
2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
{Tilt boat} (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
cloth.
{Tilt roof} (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
a wagon.
Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tilting}.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS.
tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to
vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t["o]lt
an ambling pace, t["o]lta to amble. Cf. {Totter}.]
1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging
liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. --J.
Philips.
3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel
in order to render it more ductile.
Tilt \Tilt\, v. i.
1. 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.
He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's
breast. --Shak.
Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
--Shak.
But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson.
The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew.
--Pope.
2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward
by the muscles of the back. --Grew.
Tilt \Tilt\, n.
1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.
2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary.
4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
{Full tilt}, with full force. --Dampier.
Tilter \Tilt"er\, n.
1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
Let me alone to match your tilter. --Glanville.
2. One who operates a tilt hammer.
Tilth \Tilth\, n. [AS. til?, fr. tilian to till. See {Till} to
cultivate.]
1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop;
culture; as, land is good tilth.
The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth.
--De Quincey.
2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.]
And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the
mother city. --Tennyson.
Tilt hammer \Tilt" ham`mer\
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 \Tilt"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by
being forged with a tilt hammer.
{Tilting helmet}, a helmet of large size and unusual weight
and strength, worn at tilts.
Tilt-mill \Tilt"-mill`\, n.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of
tilting is carried on.
Til tree \Til" tree`\ (Bot.)
See {Teil}.
Tilt-up \Tilt"-up`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tip-up}.
Tilt-yard \Tilt"-yard`\, n.
A yard or place for tilting. ``The tilt-yard of
Templestowe.'' --Sir W. Scott.
Timal \Ti"mal\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Timaline \Tim"a*line\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the genus {Timalus} or family
{Timalid[ae]}, which includes the babblers thrushes, and
bulbuls.
Timbal \Tim"bal\, n.
A kettledrum. See {Tymbal}.
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. {Timmer}.] (Com.)
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}. [Written also {timbre}.]
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See {Timbre}.] (Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also {timbre}.]
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t.
To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
[root]62. Cf. {Dome}, {Domestic}.]
1. 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.
And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled
in the timber! --Tennyson.
2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
Such dispositions are the very errors of human
nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make
politics of. --Bacon.
4. 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.
So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
--1 Kings v.
18.
Many of the timbers were decayed. --W. Coxe.
5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
6. (Shipbuilding) 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.
{Timber and room}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Room and space}.
See under {Room}.
{Timber beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
beetles the larv[ae] of which bore in timber; as, the
silky timber beetle ({Lymexylon sericeum}).
{Timber doodle} (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.
S.]
{Timber grouse} (Zo["o]l.), any species of grouse that
inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge;
-- distinguished from prairie grouse.
{Timber hitch} (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily
marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under {Hitch}.
{Timber mare}, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were
formerly compelled to ride for punishment. --Johnson.
{Timber scribe}, a metal tool or pointed instrument for
marking timber. --Simmonds.
{Timber sow}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Timber worm}, below.
--Bacon.
{Timber tree}, a tree suitable for timber.
{Timber worm} (Zo["o]l.), any larval insect which burrows in
timber.
{Timber yard}, a yard or place where timber is deposited.
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timbered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Timbering}.]
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.
His bark is stoutly timbered. --Shak.
Timber \Tim"ber\, v. i.
1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
Timbered \Tim"bered\, a.
1. Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a
well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. --L'Estrange.
2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.]
His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled.
--Spenser.
4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered
land.
Timberhead \Tim"ber*head`\, n. (Naut.)
The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and
serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also {kevel
head}.
Timbering \Tim"ber*ing\, n.
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers,
collectively; timberwork; timber.
Timberling \Tim"ber*ling\, n. [Timber + -ling.]
A small tree. [Eng.]
Timberman \Tim"ber*man\, n.; pl. {Timbermen}. (Mining)
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
--Weale.
Timberwork \Tim"ber*work`\, n.
Work made of timbers.
Timbre \Tim"bre\, n.
See 1st {Timber}.
Timbre \Tim"bre\, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer,
sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. {Timbrel}.]
1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
2. (Mus.) 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 \Tim"brel\, n. [Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably
fr. L. typmanum, Gr. ? a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps
by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See {Tympanum},
and cf. 2d {Timbre}, {Tymbal}.] (Mus.)
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest
antiquity.
Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the
women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
--Ex. xv. 20.
Timbreled \Tim"breled\, Timbrelled \Tim"brelled\, a.
Sung to the sound of the timbrel. ``In vain with timbreled
anthems dark.'' --Milton.
Timburine \Tim`bu*rine"\, n.
A tambourine. [Obs.]
Time \Time\, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to
t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw.
timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.]
1. Duration, considered independently of any system of
measurement or any employment of terms which designate
limited portions thereof.
The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day.
--Chaucer.
I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to
be accounted simple and original than those of space
and time. --Reid.
2. 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.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake
in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.
--Heb. i. 1.
3. 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.
4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a
person has at his disposal.
Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to
God, to religion, to mankind. --Buckminster.
5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii.
1.
The time of figs was not yet. --Mark xi. 13.
6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon.
7. 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.
Summers three times eight save one. --Milton.
8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted
with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite,
duration.
Till time and sin together cease. --Keble.
9. (Gram.) Tense.
10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo;
rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or
triple time; the musician keeps good time.
Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. &
Fl.
Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds,
mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered,
time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming,
time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned,
time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.
{Absolute time}, time irrespective of local standards or
epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same
instant of absolute time.
{Apparent time}, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so
that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit
of the sun's center over the meridian.
{Astronomical time}, mean solar time reckoned by counting the
hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the
next.
{At times}, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then;
as, at times he reads, at other times he rides.
{Civil time}, time as reckoned for the purposes of common
life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours,
etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided
into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first
series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to
midnight.
{Common time} (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which
ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are
taken in one minute.
{Equation of time}. See under {Equation}, n.
{In time}.
(a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in
time to see the exhibition.
(b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually;
finally; as, you will in time recover your health and
strength.
{Mean time}. See under 4th {Mean}.
{Quick time} (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred
and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken
in one minute.
{Sidereal time}. See under {Sidereal}.
{Standard time}, the civil time that has been established by
law or by general usage over a region or country. In
England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In
the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time
have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the
people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific
time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of
the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from
Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight
hours slower than Greenwich time.
{Time ball}, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a
pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich
Observatory, England. --Nichol.
{Time bargain} (Com.), a contract made for the sale or
purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds,
at a certain time in the future.
{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.]
{Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time
persons have worked.
{Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for
registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman
visits certain stations in his beat.
{Time enough}, in season; early enough. ``Stanly at Bosworth
field, . . . came time enough to save his life.'' --Bacon.
{Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which
can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain
definite interval after being itself ignited.
{Time immemorial}, or {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See
under {Immemorial}.
{Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when
wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when
locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.
{Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the
day, as ``good morning,'' ``good evening,'' and the like;
greeting.
{To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t.
{To make time}.
(a) To gain time.
(b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something;
as, the trotting horse made fast time.
{To move}, {run}, or {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or
go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest
possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance
which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is
to run against time.
{True time}.
(a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly.
(b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit
of the sun's center over the meridian.
Time \Time\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Timing}.]
1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at
the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance
rightly.
There is no greater wisdom than well to time the
beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon.
2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in
time of movement.
Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
--Addison.
He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was
timed with dying cries. --Shak.
3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as,
to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
Time \Time\, v. i.
1. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
With oar strokes timing to their song. --Whittier.
2. To pass time; to delay. [Obs.]
Timeful \Time"ful\, a.
Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.] --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Time-honored \Time"-hon`ored\, a.
Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by
reason of antiquity, or long continuance.
Timekeeper \Time"keep`er\, n.
1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the
time. Specifically:
(a) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by
workmen at their work.
(b) One who gives the time for the departure of
conveyances.
(c) One who marks the time in musical performances.
(d) One appointed to mark and declare the time of
participants in races or other contests.
Timeless \Time"less\, a.
1. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. [R.]
Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast Timeless,
indecent. --Pope.
2. Done or occurring before the proper time; premature;
immature; as, a timeless grave. [Obs.]
Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death? --Shak.
3. Having no end; interminable; unending. ``Timeless night
and chaos.'' --Young.
Timelessly \Time"less*ly\, adv.
In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.] --Milton.
Timeliness \Time"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness;
opportuneness.
Timeling \Time"ling\, n.
A timeserver. [Obs.]
Timely \Time"ly\, a. [Compar. {Timelier}; superl. {Timeliest}.]
1. Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early;
seasonable. ``The timely dew of sleep.'' --Milton.
2. Keeping time or measure. --Spenser.
Timely \Time"ly\, adv.
Early; soon; in good season.
Timely advised, the coming evil shun. --Prior.
Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose
hither, For I have gained by it. --Shak.
Timenoguy \Ti*men"o*guy\, n. (Naut.)
A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to
engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
Timeous \Time"ous\, a.
Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] -- {Time"ous*ly}, adv. [R.
or Scot.]
Timepiece \Time"piece`\, n.
A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the
progress of time; a chronometer.
Timepleaser \Time"pleas`er\, n.
One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may
be; a timeserver.
Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. --Shak.
Timer \Tim"er\, 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 \Time"sav`ing\, a.
Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
Timeserver \Time"serv`er\, 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 \Time"serv`ing\, a.
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the
humors of those in power.
Timeserving \Time"serv`ing\, 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.
Syn: Temporizing.
Usage: {Timeserving}, {Temporizing}. Both these words are
applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself
servilely to times and seasons. A timeserver is rather
active, and a temporizer, passive. One whose policy is
timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or
opinions which may promote his advancement; one who is
temporizing yields to the current of public sentiment
or prejudice, and shrinks from a course of action
which might injure him with others. The former is
dishonest; the latter is weak; and both are
contemptible.
Trimming and timeserving, which are but two
words for the same thing, . . . produce
confusion. --South.
[I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer,
that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and
evil, Inclining to them both. --Shak.
Time-table \Time"-ta`ble\, n.
1. 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.
2. (Railroad) 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.
3. (Mus.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration
of the several notes.
Timid \Tim"id\, a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam
to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous;
not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring. -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv.
-- {Tim"id*ness}, n.
Timidity \Ti*mid"i*ty\, n. [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidit['e].]
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
Timidous \Tim"id*ous\, a.
Timid. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
Timist \Tim"ist\, n. [Written also timeist.]
1. (Mus.) A performer who keeps good time.
2. A timeserver. [Obs.] --Overbury.
Timmer \Tim"mer\, n.
Same as 1st {Timber}. [Scot.]
Timocracy \Ti*moc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? honor, worth (fr. ? to
honor) + ? to govern: cf. F. timocratie.] (Gr. Antiq.)
(a) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
(b) A state in which honors are distributed according to a
rating of property.
Timocratic \Ti`mo*crat"ic\, a.
Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
Timoneer \Tim`o*neer"\, n. [F. timonier, fr. timon a helm, fr.
L. temo, -onis, a pole.]
A helmsman. [R.]
Timorous \Tim"or*ous\, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear;
akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.]
1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. --Shak.
2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. ``The
timorous apostasy of chuchmen.'' --Milman. --
{Tim"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"or*ous*ness}, n.
Timorsome \Tim"or*some\, a.
Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also {timersome}.]
[Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Timothy \Tim"o*thy\, n., or Timothy grass \Tim"o*thy grass`\
[From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England
to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.)
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 \Tim"ous\, a. [Cf. {Timeous}.]
Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] --Bacon. -- {Tim"ous*ly}, adv.
[Obs.]
Timpano \Tim"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Timpani}. [It.] (Mus.)
See {Tympano}.
Tim-whiskey \Tim"-whis`key\, n.
A kind of carriage. See {Whiskey}. --Southery.
Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.
& Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) 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.
2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
{Block tin} (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and
partially refined, but containing small quantities of
various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;
solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also
{bar tin}.
{Butter of tin}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius},
under {Fuming}.
{Grain tin}. (Metal.) See under {Grain}.
{Salt of tin} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so
called when used as a mordant.
{Stream tin}. See under {Stream}.
{Tin cry} (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a
bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the
crystal granules on each other.
{Tin foil}, tin reduced to a thin leaf.
{Tin frame} (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin
ore.
{Tin liquor}, {Tin mordant} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used
as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.
{Tin penny}, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to
tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
{Tin plate}, thin sheet iron coated with tin.
{Tin pyrites}. See {Stannite}.
Tin \Tin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tinning}.]
To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin
foil.
Tinamides \Ti*nam"i*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
Tinamou \Tin"a*mou\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tinamous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of South American birds belonging
to {Tinamus} and allied genera.
Note: In general appearance and habits they resemble grouse
and partridges, but in anatomical characters they are
allied to the ostriches and other struthious birds.
Their wings are of moderate length, and they are able
to fly a considerable distance.
Tincal \Tin"cal\, n. [Ar., Per. & Hind. tink[=a]r; cf. Malay
tingkal; all fr. Skr. ?a?ka?a. Cf. {Altincar}.] (Chem.)
Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was
once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. {Borax}.
Tinchel \Tin"chel\, n. [Written also {tinchill}.] [Gael.
timchioll a circuit, compass.]
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. [Scot.]
We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel
cows the game! --Sir W.
Scott.
Tinct \Tinct\, a. [L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See
{Tinge}.]
Tined; tinged. [Archaic] --Spenser.
Tinct \Tinct\, n. [See {Tint}.]
Color; tinge; tincture; tint. [Archaic] ``Blue of heaven's
own tinct.'' --Shak.
All the devices blazoned on the shield, In their own
tinct. --Tennyson.
Tinct \Tinct\, v. t. [See {Tinge}.]
To color or stain; to imblue; to tint. [Archaic] --Bacon.
Tinctorial \Tinc*to"ri*al\, a. [L. tinctorius, from tinctor a
dyer, tingere, tinctum, to dye: cf. F. tinctorial. See
{Tinge}.]
Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as,
tinctorial matter. --Ure.
Tincture \Tinc"ture\, n. [L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere,
tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F.
teinture, L. tinctura. See {Tinge}.]
1. A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
2. (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
Note: There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented
in engraving by a white surface covered with small
dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a
plain white surface. The colors and their
representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a
shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or
horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal
and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or
diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called
purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner.
The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair,
counter vair, potent, and counter potent. See
Illustration in Appendix.
3. 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.
4. (Med.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal
substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit
containing medicinal substances in solution.
Note: According to the United States Pharmacop[oe]ia, the
term tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and
spirituous tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic
solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic
solutions of volatile substances being called spirits.
{Ethereal tincture}, a solution of medicinal substance in
ether.
5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture
of orange peel.
6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a
tincture of French manners.
All manners take a tincture from our own. --Pope.
Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and
scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
--Macaulay.
Tincture \Tinc"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinctured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tincturing}.]
1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to
impregnate with some extraneous matter.
A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty
gay colors. --I. Watts.
2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything
foreign to; to tinge.
The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture
all our soul. --Barrow.
Tind \Tind\, v. t. [OE. tenden, AS. tendan; akin to G.
z["u]nden, OHG. zunten, Icel. tendra, Sw. t["a]nda, Dan.
t[ae]nde, Goth. tandjan to kindle, tundnan to be kindled, to
burn. Cf. {Tinder}.]
To kindle. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson.
Tindal \Tin"dal\, n. [From the native name: cf. Malayalam
ta??al.]
1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian
sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India]
--Malcom.
2. An attendant on an army. [India] --Simmonds.
Tinder \Tin"der\, n. [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre;
akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG.
zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. t["o]nder. See
{Tind}.]
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a
spark, as scorched linen.
{German tinder}. Same as {Amadou}.
{Tinder box}, a box in which tinder is kept.
Tine \Tine\, n. [See {Teen} affliction.]
Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] ``Cruel winter's tine.''
--Spenser.
Tine \Tine\, v. t. [See {Tind}.]
To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See {Tind}. ``To tine the
cloven wood.'' --Dryden.
Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind. --Spenser.
Tine \Tine\, v. i. [Cf. {Tine} distress, or {Tine} to kindle.]
To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.]
Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote
recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. --Spenser.
Tine \Tine\, v. t. [AS. t?nan, from t?n an inclosure. See
{Town}.]
To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tine \Tine\, n. [OE. tind, AS. tind; akin to MHG. zint, Icel.
tindr, Sw. tinne, and probably to G. zinne a pinnacle, OHG.
zinna, and E. tooth. See {Tooth}.]
A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
Tinea \Tin"e*a\, n. [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but
especially to ringworm. See {Ringworm}, and {Sycosis}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the
clothes moths and carpet moths.
Tinean \Tin"e*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Tinea, or of the family {Tineid[ae]}, which
includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to
woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used
adjectively.
Tined \Tined\, a.
Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Tineid \Tin"e*id\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tinean}.
Tineman \Tine"man\, n.; pl. {Tinemen}. [Probably akin to tine to
shut or inclose.] (O. Eng. Forest Law)
An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison
by night. [Obs.]
Tinet \Ti"net\, n. [From {Tine} to shut in, inclose.]
Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs.
Eng.]
Ting \Ting\, n. [An imitative word. Cf. {Tink}.]
A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.
Ting \Ting\, v. i.
To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [R.] --Holland.
Ting \Ting\, n.
The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain},
{Taint} a stain, to stain, {Tincture}, {Tint}.]
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.
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.
Syn: To color; dye; stain.
Tinge \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.
His notions, too, respecting the government of the
state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the
government of the church. --Macaulay.
Tingent \Tin"gent\, a. [L. tingens, p. pr. of tingere to tinge.
See {Tinge}.]
Having the power to tinge. [R.]
As for the white part, it appears much less enriched
with the tingent property. --Boyle.
Tinger \Tin"ger\, n.
One who, or that which, tinges.
Tingid \Tin"gid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.
Tingis \Tin"gis\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by
sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tingling}.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. {Tinkle}.]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a
shrill sound.
At which both the ears of every one that heareth it
shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii.
11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.
The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a
slight pricking sensation.
They suck pollution through their tingling vein.
--Tickell.
Tink \Tink\, v. i. [OE. tinken; of imitative origin. Cf. {Ting}
a tinkling, {Tinker}.]
To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. --Wyclif (1 Cor.
xiii. 1).
Tink \Tink\, n.
A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
Tinker \Tink"er\, n. [From {Tink}, because the tinker's way of
proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his
work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
``Tailors and tinkers.'' --Piers Plowman.
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A young mackerel about two years old.
(b) The chub mackerel.
(c) The silversides.
(d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The razor-billed auk.
Tinker \Tink"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tinkering}.]
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to
mend.
Tinker \Tink"er\, 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 \Tink"er*ing\, n.
The act or work of a tinker.
Tinkerly \Tink"er*ly\, a.
After the manner of a tinker. [R.]
Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his
tinkling bells. --Dodsley.
2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tinkling}.]
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
--Cowper.
Tinkler \Tin"kler\, n.
A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
rids them of insects.
Tinman \Tin"man\, n.; pl. {Tinmen}.
A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
Tinmouth \Tin"mouth`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The crappie. [U. S.]
Tinned \Tinned\, a.
1. Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned
iron.
2. Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats. --Cassell
(Dict. of Cookery).
Tinnen \Tin"nen\, a.
Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]
Tinner \Tin"ner\, n.
1. One who works in a tin mine.
2. One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
Tinnient \Tin"ni*ent\, a. [L. tinniens, p. pr. of tinnire to
ring, tinkle.]
Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.]
Tinning \Tin"ning\, n.
1. The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything
with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils,
locks, and the like.
2. The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
Tinnitus \Tin*ni"tus\, n. [L., fr. tinnire to jingle.] (Med.)
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in
the ears; -- called also {tinnitus aurium}.
Tinnock \Tin"nock\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tinny \Tin"ny\, a.
Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. ``The
tinny strand.'' --Drayton.
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, n. [F. ['e]tincelle a spark, OF. estincelle,
L. scintilla. Cf. {Scintillate}, {Stencil}.]
1. 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.
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold? --Dryden.
2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially
shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay
than valuable.
O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere
tinsel, hers the rich reward. --Cowper.
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, a.
Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. ``Tinsel
trappings.'' --Milton.
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.]
To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy
ornaments; to make gaudy.
She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope.
Tinselly \Tin"sel*ly\, a.
Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.
Tinselly \Tin"sel*ly\, adv.
In a showy and cheap manner.
Tinsmith \Tin"smith`\, n.
One who works in tin; a tinner.
Tinstone \Tin"stone`\, n. (Min.)
Cassiterite.
Tint \Tint\, n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of
tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See
{Tinge}, and cf. {Taint} to stain, a stain, {Tent} a kind of
wine, {Tinto}.]
A slight coloring. Specifically:
(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
--Pope.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
--Harte.
(b) 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.
(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition
of many fine parallel lines.
{Tint tool} (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the
parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tinting}.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Tintamar \Tin`ta*mar"\, n. [F. tintamarre.]
A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] --Howell.
Tinternell \Tin"ter*nell\, n.
A certain old dance. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
Tintle \Tin"tle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Tintinnabular \Tin`tin*nab"u*lar\, Tintinnabulary
\Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry\, a. [L. tintinnabuluma little bell, fr.
tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.]
Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
Tintinnabulation \Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n.
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
Tintinnabulous \Tin`tin*nab"u*lous\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell;
having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. --De Quincey.
Tinto \Tin"to\, n. [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of
tingere to tinge. See {Tint}, n.]
A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white
sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
Tintype \Tin"type`\, n.
Same as {Ferrotype}.
Tinware \Tin"ware`\, n.
Articles made of tinned iron.
Tiny \Ti"ny\, a. [Compar. {Tinier}; superl. {Tiniest}.]
[Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.]
Very small; little; puny.
When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.
Tip \Tip\, n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel,
and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1. 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.
To the very tip of the nose. --Shak.
2. 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.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the
inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by
gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tip \Tip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tipping}.]
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as,
to tip anything with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipped with iron head. --Hudibras.
Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows
they press. --Thomson.
Tip \Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap
to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt;
as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
{To tip off}, to pour out, as liquor.
{To tip over}, to overturn.
{To tip the wink}, to direct a wink; to give a hint or
suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] --Pope.
{To tip up}, to turn partly over by raising one end.
Tip \Tip\, v. i.
To fall on, or incline to, one side. --Bunyan.
{To tip off}, to fall off by tipping.
Tip \Tip\, n. [See {Tip} to strike slightly, and cf. {Tap} a
slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse
race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Tipcart \Tip"cart`\, n.
A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in
order to dump the load.
Tipcat \Tip"cat`\, 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.
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood
staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
--Macaulay.
Tipper \Tip"per\, 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. [Eng.]
Tippet \Tip"pet\, n. [OE. tipet, tepet, AS. t[ae]ppet, probably
fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings. Cf. {Tape}, {Tapestry},
{Tapet}.]
1. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the
neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or
other warm material. --Chaucer. Bacon.
2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]
3. A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for
thatching. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
{Tippet grebe} (Zo["o]l.), the great crested grebe, or one of
several similar species.
{Tippet grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the ruffed grouse.
{To turn tippet}, to change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Tipping \Tip"ping\, n. (Mus.)
A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the
flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth;
double-tonguing.
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tippled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tippling}.] [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf.
Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a
draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small
parts. See {Tip} a point, and cf. {Tipsy}.]
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.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and
those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple
in alehouses than to pace the streets. --Macaulay.
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. t.
1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions
eats, and tipples verjuice. --Dryden.
2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B.
Griffin.
Tippled \Tip"pled\, a.
Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] --Dryden.
Tippler \Tip"pler\, n.
1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] --Latimer.
2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of
spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
Tippling-house \Tip"pling-house`\, n.
A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small
quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
Tipsify \Tip"si*fy\, v. t. [Tipsy + -fy.]
To make tipsy. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Tipsily \Tip"si*ly\, adv.
In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
Tipsiness \Tip"si*ness\, n.
The state of being tipsy.
Tipstaff \Tip"staff`\, n.; pl. {Tipstaff}.
1. A staff tipped with metal. --Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a
constable. --Macaulay.
Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. {Tipsier}; superl. {Tipsiest}.]
[Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst
drunk, tipsy. See {Tipple}.]
1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak
or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely
drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.
--Milton.
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. {Tiptoes}.
The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
--Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. --Spenser.
{To be}, or {To stand}, {a tiptoe} or {on tiptoe}, to be
awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or
alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, a.
1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as
possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands
tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak.
Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. --Byron.
2. Noiseless; stealthy. ``With tiptoe step.'' --Cowper.
{Tiptoe mirth}, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott.
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, v. i.
To step or walk on tiptoe.
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, n. [Tip end + top.]
The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, a.
Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] ``Four
tiptop voices.'' --Gray. ``Sung in a tiptop manner.''
--Goldsmith.
Tipula \Tip"u*la\, n.; pl. L. {Tipul[ae]}, E. {Tipulas}. [L.,
the water spider, or water spinner.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tip"u*la*ry\, a. [Cf. F. tipulaire.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the tipulas.
Tip-up \Tip"-up`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The spotted sandpiper; -- called also {teeter-tail}. See
under {Sandpiper}.
Tirade \Ti*rade"\, n. [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling;
hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare
to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See
{Tear} to rend, and cf. {Tire} to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a
rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in
censorious and bitter language.
Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.
Tirailleur \Ti`rail`leur"\, n. [F., from tirailler to skirmish,
wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.)
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 \Tire\, n.
A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.]
In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.
--Milton.
Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
{Attire}.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.''
--Shak.
2. A covering for the head; a headdress.
On her head she wore a tire of gold. --Spenser.
3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of
war.'' --Philips.
5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal,
on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart
strength and receive the wear.
Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the
fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or
railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel
shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of
a bicycle has a tire of India rubber.
Tire \Tire\, v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]
[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
Kings ix. 30.
Tire \Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See {Tirade}.]
1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with
her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak.
Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire
upon the hearts of generous spirits. --B. Jonson.
2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]
Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on
her son. --Chapman.
Upon that were my thoughts tiring. --Shak.
Tire \Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tiring}.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
tires.
Tire \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. --Shak.
Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.
{To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.
Tired \Tired\, a.
Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
Tiredness \Tired"ness\, n.
The state of being tired, or weary.
Tireless \Tire"less\, a.
Untiring.
Tireling \Tire"ling\, a.
Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]
Tiresome \Tire"some\, a.
Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing;
tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse. --
{Tire"some*ly}, adv. -- {Tire"some*ness}, n.
Tire-woman \Tire"-wom`an\, n.; pl. {Tire-women}. [See {Tire}
attire, {Attire}.]
1. A lady's maid.
Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. --Locke.
2. A dresser in a theater. --Simmonds.
Tiring-house \Tir"ing-house`\, n. [For attiring house.]
A tiring-room. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tiring-room \Tir"ing-room`\, n. [For attiring room.]
The room or place where players dress for the stage.
Tirma \Tir"ma\, n.
The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
Tiro \Ti"ro\, n. [L.]
Same as {Tyro}.
T iron \T" i`ron\
See under {T}.
Tironian \Ti*ro"ni*an\, a. [L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned
freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to
have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
Tirralirra \Tir"ra*lir`ra\, n.
A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a
lark or a horn.
The lark, that tirra lyra chants. --Shak.
``Tirralira, '' by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot.
--Tennyson.
Tirrit \Tir"rit\, n.
A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in
Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
Tirwit \Tir"wit\, n. [Cf. {Pewit}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
'T is \'T is\
A common contraction of it is.
Tisane \Ti*sane"\, n. [F.] (Med.)
See {Ptisan}.
Tisar \Ti"sar\, n. [F. tisard.] (Glass Manuf.)
The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. --Knight.
Tisic \Tis"ic\, Tisical \Tis"ic*al\, a. [For phthisic,
phthisical.]
Consumptive, phthisical.
Tisic \Tis"ic\, n.
Consumption; phthisis. See {Phthisis}.
Tisicky \Tis"ick*y\, a.
Consumptive, phthisical.
Tisri \Tis"ri\, n. [Heb. tishr[=i], fr. Chald. sher[=a]' to
open, to begin.]
The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
answering to a part of September with a part of October.
Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser,
tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See {Text}.]
1. A woven fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.;
specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver
threads, or embossed with figures.
A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden.
In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy
memorials. --Milton.
3. (Biol.) 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.
Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense
to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing
in structure and function, which go to make up an
organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.
4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected
series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.
Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism
wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious
emotion. --A. J.
Balfour.
{Tissue paper}, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate
articles, etc.
Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tissued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tissuing}.]
To form tissue of; to interweave.
Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon.
Tissued \Tis"sued\, a.
Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as,
tissued flowers. --Cowper.
And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the
clarion's call. --T. Warton.
Tit \Tit\, n.
1. A small horse. --Tusser.
2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word
probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps
the same as teat. Cf. {Titmouse}, {Tittle}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families {Parid[ae]} and
{Leiotrichid[ae]}; a titmouse.
(b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
{Ground tit}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.
{Hill tit} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied
genera.
{Tit babbler} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus
{Trichastoma}.
{Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight
blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
{Tit thrush} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to {Suthora} and
allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate
between the thrushes and titmice.
Titan \Ti"tan\, a.
Titanic.
The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise. --I.
Taylor.
Titanate \Ti"tan*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of titanic acid.
Titanic \Ti*tan"ic\, a.
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient
mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic
structures.
Titanic \Ti*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. F. titanique.] (Chem.)
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.
{Titanic acid} (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, {Ti.(OH)4},
obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also
{normal titanic acid}. By extension, any one of a series
of derived acids, called also {metatitanic acid},
{polytitanic acid}, etc.
{Titanic iron ore}. (Min.) See {Menaccanite}.
Titaniferous \Ti`tan*if"er*ous\, a. [Titanium + -ferous: cf. F.
titanif[`e]re.]
Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.
Titanite \Ti"tan*ite\, n. [Cf. F. titanite; -- so called from
containing titanic acid.] (Min.)
See {Sphene}.
Titanitic \Ti`tan*it"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic
mineral.
Titanium \Ti*ta"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr.
?, the sons of the earth.] (Chem.)
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- \Ti"tan*o-\ (Chem.)
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 \Ti`tan*o*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a Titan +
?, dim. of ? a beast.] (Paleon.)
A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros,
and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.
Titanous \Ti"tan*ous\, a.
Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that
element has a lower valence as contrasted with {titanic}
compounds.
Titbit \Tit"bit`\, n.
Same as {Tidbit}.
Tith \Tith\, a. [See {Tight}, a.]
Tight; nimble. [Obs.]
Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. --Beau. &
Fl.
Tithable \Tith"a*ble\, a.
Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.
Tithe \Tithe\, n. [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth,
AS. te['o]?a the tenth; akin to ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]n, ten, G.
zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. t[=i]und the tenth;
tithe, Goth. ta['i]hunda tenth. See {Ten}, and cf. {Tenth},
{Teind}.]
1. 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.
The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil.
--Neh. xiii.
5.
Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor,
art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from
the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when
accuring from beaste fed from the ground. --Blackstone.
2. Hence, a small part or proportion. --Bacon.
{Great tithes}, tithes of corn, hay, and wood.
{Mixed tithes}, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc.
{Small tithes}, personal and mixed tithes.
{Tithe commissioner}, one of a board of officers appointed by
the government for arranging propositions for commuting,
or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
Tithe \Tithe\, a.
Tenth. [Obs.]
Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. --Shak.
Tithe \Tithe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tithed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tithing}.] [As. te['o]?ian.]
To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to
pay tithes on.
Ye tithe mint and rue. --Luke xi. 42.
Tithe \Tithe\, v. i.
Tp pay tithes. [R.] --Tusser.
Tither \Tith"er\, n.
1. One who collects tithes. --Milton.
2. One who pays tithes. [R.] --Chaucer.
Tithing \Tith"ing\, n. [AS. te['o]?ung.]
1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken
as tithe; a tithe.
To take tithing of their blood and sweat. --Motley.
2. (O. Eng. Law) 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.
--Blackstone.
Tithingman \Tith"ing*man\, n.; pl. {Tithingmen}.
1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough;
one elected to preside over the tithing.
2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
3. 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. [Local, U. S.]
Tithly \Tith"ly\, a. [From {Tith}.]
Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] ``I have seen him trip it tithly.''
--Beau. & Fl.
Tithonic \Ti*thon"ic\, a. [L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus,
the consort of Aurora, Gr. ?.]
Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which
produce chemical effects; actinic. [R.]
Tithonicity \Tith`o*nic"i*ty\, n. (Chem. & Physics)
The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [R.]
Tithonographic \Ti*thon`o*graph"ic\, a. [Tithonic + -graph +
-ic.]
Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays
of light; photographic.
Tithonometer \Tith`o*nom"e*ter\, n. [Tithonic + -meter.]
An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting
tithonicity; an actinometer. [R.]
Tithymal \Tith"y*mal\, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike
sap, Gr. ?: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.)
Any kind of spurge, esp. {Euphorbia Cyparissias}.
Titi \Ti"ti\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Teetee}.
Titillate \Tit"il*late\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Titillated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Titillating}.] [L. titillatus, p. p. of
titillare.]
To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
Titillation \Tit`il*la"tion\, n. [L. titillatio: cf. F.
titillation.]
1. The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a
tickling sensation. --A. Tucker.
2. Any pleasurable sensation.
Those titillations that reach no higher than the
senses. --Glanvill.
Titillative \Tit"il*la*tive\, a.
Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
Titlark \Tit"lark`\, n. [Tit a small bird + lark.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Ti"tle\, n. [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an
inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. {Tilde},
{Titrate}, {Titular}.]
1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by
which it is known.
2. 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.
3. (Bookbindng) The panel for the name, between the bands of
the back of a book.
4. 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.
5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or pre["e]minence
(hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke
marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
With his former title greet Macbeth. --Shak.
6. A name; an appellation; a designation.
7. (Law)
(a) 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.
(b) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(c) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a
benefice.
8. (Anc. Church Records) A church to which a priest was
ordained, and where he was to reside.
{Title deeds} (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership;
as, the title deeds to an estate.
Syn: Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See {epithet},
and {Name}.
Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.]
To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor
to be titled on his coin, ``The Restorer of Britain.''
--Milton.
Titled \Ti"tled\, a.
Having or bearing a title.
Titleless \Ti"tle*less\, a.
Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. ``A
titleless tyrant.'' --Chaucer.
Title-page \Ti"tle-page`\, n.
The page of a book which contains it title.
The world's all title-page; there's no contents.
--Young.
Titler \Tit"ler\, n.
A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
a small bird.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
its own eggs.
The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
bird. --Holland.
(b) The meadow pipit.
2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
Titmal \Tit"mal\, n.
The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also
{tit}, and {tomtit}.
Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[oe]ruleus}), the marsh
titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P.
cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the
long tailed titmouse ({[AE]githalos caudatus}), are the
best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.
Titrate \Ti"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titrated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Titrating}.] [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See
{Title}, n.] (Chem.)
To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of
standard solutions. Cf. {Standardized solution}, under
{Solution}.
Titrated \Ti"tra*ted\, a. (Chem.)
Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as,
titrated solutions.
Titration \Ti*tra"tion\, n. (Chem.)
The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by
titrating.
Titter \Tit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tittered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tittering}.] [Probably of imitative origin.]
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the
upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise;
to giggle.
A group of tittering pages ran before. --Longfellow.
Titter \Tit"ter\, n.
A restrained laugh. ``There was a titter of . . . delight on
his countenance.'' --Coleridge.
Titter \Tit"ter\, v. i.
To seesaw. See {Teeter}.
Titterel \Tit"ter*el\, n.
The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
Titter-totter \Tit"ter-tot`ter\, v. i.
See {Teeter}.
Tittimouse \Tit"ti*mouse`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tittle \Tit"tle\, n. [OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of
tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. t["u]ttel a tittle, dim.
of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title,
n.]
A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one
tittle of the law to fail. --Luke xvi.
17.
Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified.
--South.
Tittlebat \Tit"tle*bat\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]
1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler.
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
To talk idly; to prate. --Shak.
Tittle-tattling \Tit"tle-tat`tling\, n.
The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.
Titty \Tit"ty\, n.
A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]
Titubate \Tit"u*bate\, v. i. [L. titubatus, p. p. of titubare to
stagger, totter.]
1. To stumble. [Obs.]
2. To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
Titubation \Tit`u*ba"tion\, n. [L. titubatio: cf. F.
titubation.]
The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
--Quain.
Titular \Tit"u*lar\, a. [F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See
{Title}.]
Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to
an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate
duties; as, a titular prince.
If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely
titular. --Milton.
{Titular bishop}. See under {Bishop}.
Titular \Tit"u*lar\, n.
A titulary. [R.]
Titularity \Tit`u*lar"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being titular. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Titularly \Tit"u*lar*ly\, adv.
In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.
Titulary \Tit"u*la*ry\, n.; pl. {Titularies}. [Cf. F.
titulaire.]
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 \Tit"u*la*ry\, a.
1. Consisting in a title; titular.
2. Of or pertaining to a title.
Tituled \Tit"uled\, a.
Having a title. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Tiver \Tiv"er\, n. [AS. te['a]for, te['a]fur.]
A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in
marking sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Tiver \Tiv"er\, v. t.
To mark with tiver. [Prov. Eng.]
Tivy \Tiv"y\, adv. [See {Tantivy}.]
With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound. --Dryden.
Tiza \Ti"za\, n. [CF. Sp. tiza whitening, a kind of chalk or
pipe clay.] (Chem.)
See {Ulexite}.
Tmesis \Tme"sis\ (m[=e]"s[i^]s or t'm[=e]"s[i^]s; 277), n. [L.,
from Gr. tmh^sis a cutting, fr. te`mnein to cut.] (Gram.)
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- \To-\ (?, see {To}, prep.), [AS. to- asunder; akin to G.
zer-, and perhaps to L. dis-, or Gr. ?.]
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 \To\ (?, emphatic or alone, ?, obscure or unemphatic), prep.
[AS. t[=o]; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=o], D. toe, G. zu, OHG.
zuo, zua, z[=o], Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. -do, -du, as
in endo, indu, in, Gr. ?, as in ? homeward. [root]200. Cf.
{Too}, {Tatoo} a beat of drums.]
1. 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 Canterbury they wend.'' --Chaucer.
Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. --Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's
arbor smiled. --Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his
purpose. She stretched her arms to heaven. --Dryden.
2. 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.
Note: Formerly, by omission of the verb denoting motion, to
sometimes followed a form of be, with the sense of at,
or in. ``When the sun was [gone or declined] to rest.''
--Chaucer.
3. 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.
Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter.
--B. Jonson.
Whilst they, distilled Almost to jelly with the act
of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. --Shak.
Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness; and to
godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness charity. --2 Pet. i.
5,6,7.
I have a king's oath to the contrary. --Shak.
Numbers were crowded to death. --Clarendon.
Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears.
--Dryden.
Go, buckle to the law. --Dryden.
4. 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).
Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers
for to seeken strange stranders. --Chaucer.
Note: Such usage is now obsolete or illiterate. In colloquial
usage, to often stands for, and supplies, an infinitive
already mentioned; thus, he commands me to go with him,
but I do not wish to.
5. In many phrases, and in connection with many other words,
to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically. Thus,
it denotes or implies:
(a) Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as
far as; as, they met us to the number of three
hundred.
We ready are to try our fortunes To the last
man. --Shak.
Few of the Esquimaux can count to ten. --Quant.
Rev.
(b) 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.
(c) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as,
they engaged hand to hand.
Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face. --1 Cor. xiii.
12.
(d) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste;
she has a husband to her mind.
He to God's image, she to his was made.
--Dryden.
(e) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to
twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend
him.
All that they did was piety to this. --B.
Jonson.
(f) Addition; union; accumulation.
Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom, courage.
--Denham.
(g) Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced
to the music of a piano.
Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian
mood Of flutes and soft recorders. --Milton.
(h) Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or
office filled. [In this sense archaic] ``I have a king
here to my flatterer.'' --Shak.
Made his masters and others . . . to consider
him to a little wonder. --Walton.
Note: To in to-day, to-night, and to-morrow has the sense or
force of for or on; for, or on, (this) day, for, or on,
(this) night, for, or on, (the) morrow. To-day,
to-night, to-morrow may be considered as compounds, and
usually as adverbs; but they are sometimes used as
nouns; as, to-day is ours.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow; Creeps
in this petty pace from day to day. --Shak.
{To and again}, to and fro. [R.]
{To and fro}, forward and back. In this phrase, to is
adverbial.
There was great showing both to and fro. --Chaucer.
{To-and-fro}, a pacing backward and forward; as, to commence
a to-and-fro. --Tennyson.
{To the face}, in front of; in behind; hence, in the presence
of.
{To wit}, to know; namely. See {Wit}, v. i.
Note: To, without an object expressed, is used adverbially;
as, put to the door, i. e., put the door to its frame,
close it; and in the nautical expressions, to heave to,
to come to, meaning to a certain position. To, like on,
is sometimes used as a command, forward, set to. ``To,
Achilles! to, Ajax! to!'' --Shak.
Toad \Toad\, n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. t[=a]die, t[=a]dige; of
unknown origin. Cf. {Tadpole}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the
genus {Bufo} and allied genera, especially those of the
family {Bufonid[ae]}. 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.
Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris}) and the natterjack
are familiar European species. The common American toad
({B. lentiginosus}) is similar to the European toad,
but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by
leaping.
{Obstetrical toad}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Obstetrical}.
{Surinam toad}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pita}.
{Toad lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a horned toad.
{Toad pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum
limosum}) growing in muddy places. --Dr. Prior.
{Toad rush} (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus
bufonius}).
{Toad snatcher} (Zo["o]l.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
{Toad spittle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.
{Tree toad}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Tree}.
Toadeater \Toad"eat`er\, n. [Said to be so called in allusion to
an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating
toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that
their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to
effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur
de couleuvres. Cf. {Toady}.]
A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a
flatterer; a toady. --V. Knox.
You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your
labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray
yourself. --Dickens.
Toadfish \Toad"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) The angler.
(c) A swellfish.
Toadflax \Toad"flax`\, n. (Bot.)
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 \Toad"head`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
Toadish \Toad"ish\, a.
Like a toad. [Obs.] --A. Stafford.
Toadlet \Toad"let\, n.
A small toad. [R.] --Coleridge.
Toadstone \Toad"stone`\, n.
1. (Min.) 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.
2. Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn
as a jewel. See {Bufonite}.
Toadstool \Toad"stool`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the
genus {Agaricus}. The species are almost numberless. They
grow on decaying organic matter.
Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.]
1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Before I had been standing at the window five
minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were
all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
Toady \Toad"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toadying}.]
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
Toadyism \Toad"y*ism\, n.
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy;
servile adulation.
Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere,
tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.]
1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast
bread.
2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
3. 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 \Toast\, n. [OF. toste, or tost['e]e, toasted bread. See
{Toast}, v.]
1. 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.
My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast
embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. --T. Warton.
2. 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.
It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast
. . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear
Sophia. --Fielding.
3. 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.
{Toast rack}, a small rack or stand for a table, having
partitions for holding slices of dry toast.
Toaster \Toast"er\, n.
1. One who toasts.
2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
Toasting \Toast"ing\,
a. & n. from {Toast}, v.
{Toasting fork}, a long-handled fork for toasting bread,
cheese, or the like, by the fire.
Toastmaster \Toast"mas`ter\, n.
A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and
announces the toasts.
Toat \Toat\, n.
The handle of a joiner's plane. --Knight.
Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco
({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
{Tobacco box} (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate.
{Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}.
{Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.]
{Tobacco pipe}.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}.
{Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}.
{Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pipemouth}.
{Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
{Tobacco worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
({Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark green,
with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark
brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves
of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious
to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
Tobacconing \To*bac"co*ning\, n.
Smoking tobacco. [Obs.] ``Tobacconing is but a smoky play.''
[Obs.] --Sylvester.
Tobacconist \To*bac"co*nist\, n.
1. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.
2. A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
To-beat \To-beat"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + beat.]
To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] --Layamon.
Tobias fish \To*bi"as fish`\ [See the Note under {Asmodeus}, in
the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zo["o]l.)
The lant, or sand eel.
Tobine \To"bine\, n. [Cf. G. tobin, D. tabijn. See {Tabby}.]
A stout twilled silk used for dresses.
Tobit \To"bit\, n.
A book of the Apocrypha.
Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, n. [Corruption of American Indian
odabagan a sled.]
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. [Written also {tobogan}, and
{tarbogan}.]
Toboggan \To*bog"gan\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tobogganed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Tobogganing}.]
To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
--Barilett.
Tobogganer \To*bog"gan*er\, Tobogganist \To*bog"gan*ist\, n.
One who practices tobogganing.
To-break \To-break"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + break.]
To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.]
With nose and mouth to-broke. --Chaucer.
To-brest \To-brest"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + brest.]
To burst or break in pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toccata \Toc*ca"ta\, n. [It., fr. toccare to touch. See
{Touch}.] (Mus.)
An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat
in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or
capriccio.
Tocher \Toch"er\, n. [Gael. tochradh.]
Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] --Burns.
Tockay \Tock"ay\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A spotted lizard native of India.
Toco \To"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A toucan ({Ramphastos toco}) having a very large beak. See
Illust. under {Toucan}.
Tocology \To*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a birth + -logy.]
The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of
medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also
{tokology}.]
Tocororo \To*co*ro"ro\, n. [Probably from the native name
through the Spanish: cf. Sp. tocororo.] (Zo["o]l.)
A cuban trogon ({Priotelus temnurus}) having a serrated bill
and a tail concave at the end.
Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer
(originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for
sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See
{Touch}, and {Sign}.]
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm.
The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
Tod \Tod\ (t[o^]d), n. [Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag,
rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of
wool.]
1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. [R.] ``An ivy
todde.'' --Spenser.
The ivy tod is heavy with snow. --Coleridge.
2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually
twenty-eight pounds.
3. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
The wolf, the tod, the brock. --B. Jonson.
{Tod stove}, a close stove adapted for burning small round
wood, twigs, etc. [U. S.] --Knight.
Tod \Tod\, v. t. & i.
To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]
To-day \To-day"\, adv. [AS. t[=o] d[ae]g. See {To}, prep., and
{Day}.]
On this day; on the present day.
Worcester's horse came but to-day. --Shak.
To-day \To-day"\, n.
The present day.
On to-day Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays.
--Longfellow.
Toddle \Tod"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.]
To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
Toddle \Tod"dle\, n.
A toddling walk. --Trollope.
Toddler \Tod"dler\, n.
One who toddles; especially, a young child. --Mrs. Gaskell.
Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of
the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra
tree, Skr. t[=a]la.]
1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East
Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by
fermentation.
2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of
spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.
{Toddy bird} (Zo["o]l.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and
India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the
palm.
{Toddy cat} (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.
To-do \To-do"\, n. [To + do. Cf. {Ado}.]
Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]
Tody \To"dy\, n.; pl. Todies . [Cf. NL. todus, F. todier, G.
todvogel.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian
birds of the genus {Todus}. They are allied to the
kingfishers.
Toe \Toe\, n. [OE. too, taa, AS. t[=a]; akin to D. teen, G.
zehe, OHG. z[=e]ha, Icel. t[=a], Sw. t[*a], Dan. taa; of
uncertain origin. [root]60.]
1. (Anat.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the
foot of a man or an animal. ``Each one, tripping on his
toe.'' --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.
3. Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the
foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
4. (Mach.)
(a) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving
shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
(b) 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.
(c) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece,
acting as a cam to lift another piece.
{Toe biter} (Zo["o]l.), a tadpole; a polliwig.
{Toe drop} (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which
the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes
equinus. See {Talipes}.
Toe \Toe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toeing}.]
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to
toe the mark.
Toe \Toe\, v. i.
To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).
{To toe in}, to stand or carry the feet in such a way that
the toes of either foot incline toward the other.
{To toe out}, to have the toes of each foot, in standing or
walking, incline from the other foot.
Toed \Toed\, a.
1. Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in
composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.
2. (Carp.) 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 \To-fall"\, n. (Arch.)
A lean-to. See {Lean-to}.
Toffee \Tof"fee\, Toffy \Tof"fy\, n.
Taffy. [Eng.]
Tofore \To*fore"\, Toforn \To*forn"\, prep. & adv. [AS.
t[=o]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.]
Before. [Obs.]
Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. --Chaucer.
Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! --Shak.
Toft \Toft\, n. [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field
hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll,
grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]
1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] ``A tower on a toft.'' --Piers
Plowman.
2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the
site of a burnt or decayed house.
Toftman \Toft"man\, n.; pl. {Toftmen}.
The owner of a toft. See {Toft}, 3.
Tofus \To"fus\, n. [L., tufa.]
1. Tophus.
2. (Min.) Tufa. See under {Tufa}, and {Toph}.
Toga \To"ga\, n.; pl. E. {Togas}, L. {Tog[ae]}. [L., akin to
tegere to cover. See {Thatch}.] (Rom. Antiq.)
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 pr[ae]texta.
{Toga pr[ae]texta}. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border,
worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by
persons engaged in sacred rites.
{Toga virilis} [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This
was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing
their fourteenth year.
Togated \To"ga*ted\, a. [L. togatus, from toga a toga.]
Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] --Sir
M. Sandys.
Toged \To"ged\, a.
Togated. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
Together \To*geth"er\, adv. [OE. togedere, togidere, AS.
t[=o]g[ae]dere, t[=o]g[ae]dre, t[=o]gadere; t[=o] to + gador
together. [root]29. See {To}, prep., and {Gather}.]
1. 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.
Soldiers can never stand idle long together.
--Landor.
2. In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or
fasten two things together; to mix things together.
The king joined humanity and policy together.
--Bacon.
3. In concert; with mutual co["o]peration; as, the allies
made war upon France together.
{Together with}, in union with; in company or mixture with;
along with.
Take the bad together with the good. --Dryden.
Toggery \Tog"ger*y\, n. [Cf. {Togated}.]
Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. [Colloq.]
Toggle \Tog"gle\, n. [Cf. {Tug}.] [Written also {toggel}.]
1. (Naut.) 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.
2. (Mach.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
{Toggle iron}, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a
mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out
when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned.
{Toggle joint}, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two
bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly
into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise
pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into
this position.
Toght \Toght\, a.
Taut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Togider \To*gid"er\, Togidres \To*gid"res\, adv.
Together. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Togue \Togue\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
The namaycush.
Tohew \To*hew"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + hew.]
To hew in pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toil \Toil\, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth,
canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr.
texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Toilet}.]
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking
prey; -- usually in the plural.
As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil
that holds him. --Denham.
Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.
--Dryden.
Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toiling}.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain
origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF.
tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. {Towel}); or perhaps
ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
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 \Toil\, v. t.
1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] ``Toiled with works of
war.'' --Shak.
2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.]
Places well toiled and husbanded. --Holland.
[I] toiled out my uncouth passage. --Milton.
Toil \Toil\, n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor,
work. See {Toil}, v.]
Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or
mind, esp. the body.
My task of servile toil. --Milton.
After such bloody toil, we bid good night. --Shak.
Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are
generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung,
toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.
Syn: Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment;
task; travail.
Usage: {Toil}, {Labor}, {Drudgery}. Labor implies strenuous
exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the
faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is
painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and
degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or
disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.
You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils,
the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose.
--Southern.
How often have I blessed the coming day, When
toil remitting lent its turn to play.
--Goldsmith.
Toiler \Toil"er\, n.
One who toils, or labors painfully.
Toilet \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See
{Toil} a net.]
1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a
table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. A dressing table. --Pope.
3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in
dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
[Written also {toilette}.]
{Toilet glass}, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a
dressing room.
{Toilet service}, {Toilet set}, earthenware, glass, and other
utensils for a dressing room.
{Toilet table}, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
{To snake one's toilet}, to dress one's self; especially, to
dress one's self carefully.
Toilette \Toi*lette"\, n. [F.]
See {Toilet}, 3.
Toilful \Toil"ful\, a.
Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as,
toilful care. --Mickle.
Toilinette \Toi`li*nette"\, n. [F. toilinet. See {Toil} a net.]
A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of
cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.
Toilless \Toil"less\, a.
Free from toil.
Toilsome \Toil"some\ (-s[u^]m), a.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
wearisome; as, toilsome work.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? --Milton.
-- {Toil"some*ly}, adv. -- {Toil"some*ness}, n.
Toise \Toise\, n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa,
p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tense}, a.]
An old measure of length in France, containing six French
feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
Tokay \To*kay"\ (t[-o]*k[=a]"), n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.]
1. (Bot.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
Token \To"ken\ (t[=o]"k'n), n. [OE. token, taken, AS. t[=a]cen;
akin to OFries. t[=e]ken, OS. t[=e]kan, D. teeken, G.
zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. t[=a]kan, teiken, Sw. tecken,
Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show,
AS. te['o]n to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. z[=i]han, G. zeigen to
show, OHG. zeig[=o]n, Icel. tj[=a], L. dicere to say, Gr.
deikny`nai to show, Skr. di[,c]. Cf. {Diction}, {Teach}.]
1. 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.
2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the
friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a
memento; a souvenir.
This is some token from a never friend. --Shak.
3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of
authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good
faith, etc.
Say, by this token, I desire his company. --Shak.
4. 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.
Note: It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue
tokens.
5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed
to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.]
Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere
forerunners of their ends. --Beau. & Fl.
6. (Print.) 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.
7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each
person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of
the Lord's Supper.
8. (Mining) 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.
{Token money}, money which is lawfully current for more than
its real value. See {Token}, n., 4.
{Token sheet} (Print.), the last sheet of each token. --W.
Savage.
Token \To"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tokened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tokening}.] [AS. t[=a]cnian, fr. t[=a]cen token. See
{Token}, n.]
To betoken. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tokened \To"kened\, a.
Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Tokenless \To"ken*less\, a.
Without a token.
Tokin \Tok"in\, n.
A tocsin. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
Tol \Tol\ (t[=o]l), v. t. (Law)
To take away. See {Toll}.
Tola \To"la\, n. [Hind., from Skr. tul[=a] a balance.]
A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180
grains.
Tolane \To*lane"\, n. [From {Toluene}.] (Chem.)
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 \Tol"booth`\, n.
See {Tollbooth}.
Told \Told\ (t[=o]ld),
imp. & p. p. of {Tell}.
Tole \Tole\ (t[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain
origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.]
To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing
or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.]
Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
last he masters the difficulty.
Toledo \To*le"do\, 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 \Tol`er*a*bol"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.] --Fuller.
Wordsworth.
Tolerable \Tol"er*a*ble\, a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F.
tol['e]rable. See {Tolerate}.]
1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either
physically or mentally.
As may affect the earth with cold and heat Scarce
tolerable. --Milton.
2. 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. --Dryden. --
{Tol"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tol"er*a*bly}, adv.
Tolerance \Tol"er*ance\, n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F.
tol['e]rance.]
1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring;
endurance.
Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market
place, shaking, to show his tolerance. --Bacon.
2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable
persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions;
toleration.
3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of
bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would
prove injurious or fatal.
{Tolerance of the mint}. (Coinage) Same as {Remedy of the
mint}. See under {Remedy}.
Tolerant \Tol"er*ant\, a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to
tolerate: cf. F. tol['e]rant. See {Tolerate}.]
Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing;
indulgent.
Tolerate \Tol"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tolerated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tolerating}.] [L. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr.
the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of
ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p. p. of ferre to
bear, and E. thole. See {Thole}, and cf. {Atlas},
{Collation}, {Delay}, {Elate}, {Extol}, {Legislate},
{Oblate}, {Prelate}, {Relate}, {Superlative}, {Talent},
{Toll} to take away, {Translate}.]
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.
Crying should not be tolerated in children. --Locke.
We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a
degree, require that toleration. --Burke.
Syn: See {Permit}.
Toleration \Tol`er*a"tion\, n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF.
toleration.]
1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not
wholly approved.
2. 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.
3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of
the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to
religious matters.
Toll \Toll\, v. t. [L. tollere. See {Tolerate}.] (O. Eng. Law)
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
Toll \Toll\, v. t. [See {Tole}.]
1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}.
2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first
meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To
cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. ``The
sexton tolled the bell.'' --Hood.
3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak.
Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
--Beattie.
4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss
the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
--Dryden.
Toll \Toll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tolling}.]
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.
The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak.
Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.
Toll \Toll\, n.
The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
repeated.
Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
See {Tale} number.]
1. 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.
2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
{Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
{Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
{Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
it.
{Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
{Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
{Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
{Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
{Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
its cost. --Brande & C.
{Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
like, of another.
{Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.
Toll \Toll\, v. i.
1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak.
2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll
thrice. --Chaucer.
No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our
dominions. --Shak.
Toll \Toll\, v. t.
To collect, as a toll. --Shak.
Tollable \Toll"a*ble\, a.
Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. --Wright.
Tollage \Toll"age\, n.
Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.
--Drayton.
Tollbooth \Toll"booth`\, n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also
tolbooth.]
1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or
toll. [Obs.]
He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. --Wyclif
(Mark ii. 14).
2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a
town jail. --Sir W. Scott.
Tollbooth \Toll"booth`\, v. t.
To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]
That they might tollbooth Oxford men. --Bp. Corbet.
Toller \Toll"er\, n. [AS. tollere.]
A toll gatherer. ``Tollers in markets.'' --Piers Plowman.
Toller \Toll"er\, n.
One who tolls a bell.
Tolletane \Tol"le*tane\, a. [L. Toletanus.]
Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.]
``Tables Tolletanes.'' --Chaucer.
Tollgate \Toll"gate`\, n.
A gate where toll is taken.
Tollhouse \Toll"house`\, n.; pl. {Tollhouses}.
A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.
Tollman \Toll"man\, n.; pl. {Tollmen}.
One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. --Cowper.
Tolmen \Tol"men\, n.
See {Dolmen}.
Tolsester \Tol"ses*ter\, n. [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. {Toll} a tax.]
(O. Eng. Law)
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. --Cowell.
Tolsey \Tol"sey\, n.
A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.
[Obs.] --Halliwell.
Tolt \Tolt\, n. [LL. tolta, fr. L. tollere to take away.] (O.
Eng. Law)
A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed
into a country court. --Cowell.
Toltec \Tol"tec\, n. (Ethnol.)
One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. --
{Tol"te*can}, a.
Tolu \To*lu"\, n.
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from
Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See {Balsam of Tolu}, under
{Balsam}.
{Tolu tree} (Bot.), a large tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}),
the wood of which is red in the center, and has an
aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.
Toluate \Tol"u*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of any one of the toluic acids.
Toluene \Tol"u*ene\, n. [Tolu + benzene.] (Chem.)
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 \Tol`u*e"nyl\, n. [Toluene + -yl.] (Chem.)
Tolyl. [Obs.]
Toluic \To*lu"ic\, a. (Chem.)
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 \Tol"u*id\, n. (Chem.)
A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll,
obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Toluidine \To*lu"i*dine\, n. (Chem.)
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.
Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes
the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.
Toluol \Tol"u*ol\, Toluole \Tol"u*ole\, n. [Tolu + benzol.]
(Chem.)
Same as {Toluene}.
Toluric \To*lu"ric\, a. [Toluic + uric.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric
crystalline acids, {C9H10ON.CO2H}, which are toluyl
derivatives of glycocoll.
Tolutation \Tol`u*ta"tion\, n. [L. tolutim on a trot, properly,
lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.]
A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Toluyl \Tol"u*yl\, n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to
the three toluic acids.
Toluylene \Tol"u*yl*ene\, n. (Chem.)
(a) Same as {Stilbene}.
(b) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.
Tolyl \Tol"yl\, n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.)
The hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C6H4}, regarded as
characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series
related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.
Tolylene \Tol"yl*ene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon radical, {C6H4.(CH2)2}, regarded as
characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.
Tolypeutine \Tol`y*peu"tine\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The apar.
Tom \Tom\, n.
The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf.
Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was
originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tomahawked}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Tomahawking}.]
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Tomaley \Tom"a`ley\, n.
The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; --
called also {tomalline}.
Toman \To*man"\, n. [Per. t[=o]m[=a]n; from a Mongol word
signifying, ten thousand.]
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.
Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
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.
{Tomato gall} (Zo["o]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass
of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of
grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with
red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
({Lasioptera vitis}).
{Tomato sphinx} (Zo["o]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato
worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
{Tomato worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
({Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds upon
the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing
considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}.
Tomb \Tomb\, n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr.
? a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf.
{Tumulus}.]
1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is
deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. --Shak.
2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth,
with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. ``In
tomb of marble stones.'' --Chaucer.
3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the
name and memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak.
{Tomb bat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of species of Old World bats
of the genus {Taphozous} which inhabit tombs, especially
the Egyptian species ({T. perforatus}).
Tomb \Tomb\,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tombed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tombing}.]
To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman.
Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[=a]ga
copper; cf. Skr. t[=a]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.)
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing
about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also {German, or
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}. [Written also
{tombak}, and {tambac}.]
Tombester \Tom"bes*ter\, n. [See {Tumble}, and {-ster}.]
A female dancer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tombless \Tomb"less\, a.
Destitute of a tomb.
Tomboy \Tom"boy`\, n. [Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas, fr. Gr. ? )+
boy.]
A romping girl; a hoiden. [Colloq.] --J. Fletcher.
Tombstone \Tomb"stone`\, n.
A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the
deceased.
Tomcat \Tom"cat`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + cat.]
A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.
Tomcod \Tom"cod`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + cod: cf. F. tacaud
whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) The kingfish. See {Kingfish}
(a) .
(c) The jack. See 2d {Jack}, 8.
(c) .
Tome \Tome\, n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus,
fr. Gr. ? a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin
to ? to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure.
Cf. {Anatomy}, {Atom}, {Entomology}, {Epitome}. ]
As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a
larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous
volume.
Tomes of fable and of dream. --Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now
resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the
casuists. --Macaulay.
Tomelet \Tome"let\, n.
All small tome, or volume. [R.]
Tomentose \To"men*tose`\, a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool,
hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a
tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
Tometous \To*me"tous\, a.
Tomentose.
Tomentum \To*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tomenta}. [L. See {Tomentose}. ]
(Bot.)
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or
stems of some plants.
Tomfool \Tom"fool`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + fool.]
A great fool; a trifler.
Tomfoolery \Tom`fool"er*y\, n.
Folly; trifling.
Tomium \To"mi*um\, n.; pl. {Tomia} [NL., fr. Gr. ? to cut.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
Tomjohn \Tom"john`\, n. [Probably of East Indian origin.]
A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole
on men's shoulders.
Tommy \Tom"my\, n.
1. Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food
carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang,Eng.]
2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not
money. [Slang, Eng.]
Note: Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy
master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.
Tomnoddy \Tom"nod`dy\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + noddy.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A sea bird, the puffin. [Prov.Eng.]
2. A fool; a dunce; a noddy.
Tomopteris \To*mop"te*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cut + ? wing
(but taken to mean, fin).] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \To*morn"\, adv. [Prep. to + morn.]
To-morrow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tomorrow \To*mor"row\, adv. [Prep. to + morrow.]
On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the
morrow.
Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. --Shak.
Tomorrow \To*mor"row\, n.
The day after the present; the morrow.``To-morrow is our
wedding day.'' -- Cowper.
One today is worth two to-morrows. --Franklin.
Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See {Tampios}]
1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See {Tampion}.
2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the
tone. --Knight.
3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
Tompon \Tom"pon\, n. [F. tampon. See {Tampion}.]
An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Tomrig \Tom"rig`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + rig.)]
A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy. --Dennis.
Tomtit \Tom"tit`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + tit the bird.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse. [Prov.eng.]
(b) The wren. [Prov.eng.]
Tom-tom \Tom"-tom`\, n.
See {Tam-tam}.
Ton \Ton\, obs.
pl. of {Toe}. --Chaucer.
Ton \Ton\, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
Ton \Ton\, n. [F. See {Tone}.]
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
--Byron.
If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show
they are selfish. --Thackeray.
{Bon ton}. See in the Vocabulary.
Ton \Ton\, n. [OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, {AS}. tunne a tun, tub,
a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun, LL. tunna a
tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. tunna a
tun. Cf. {Tun},{Tunnel}.] (Com.)
A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically:
(a) The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Note: In England, the ton is 2,240 pounds. In the United
States the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds,
this being sometimes called the short ton, while that
of 2,240 pounds is called the long ton.
(b) (Naut. & Com.) 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. See the Note
under {Tonnage}.
(c) (Naut. & Com.) 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.
Note: Ton and tun have the same etymology, and were formerly
used interchangeably; but now ton generally designates
the weight, and tun the cask. See {Tun}.
Tonality \To*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. tonalit['e].] (Mus.)
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.
The predominance of the tonic as the link which
connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with
F['e]tis, term the principle of tonality. --Helmholtz.
To-name \To"-name`\, n. [prep. to + name.]
A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname,
or used instead of it. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Tonca bean \Ton"ca bean`\ (Bot.)
See {Tonka bean}.
Tone \Tone\, n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. ? a
stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent,
measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch;
akin to ? to stretch or strain. See {Thin}, and cf.
{Monotonous}, {Thunder}, {Ton} fasion,{Tune}.]
1. 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.
[Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones.
--Milton.
Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. --Keble.
2. (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice,
as adapted to express emotion or passion.
Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. --Dryden.
3. 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.
4. (Mus.)
(a) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of
the octave; she has good high tones.
(b) 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.
(c) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or
instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
(d) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian
tones.
Note: The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the
interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but
is common -- almost universal.
Note: Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of
several simultaneous tones having different rates of
vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon
the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of
excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are
called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate
of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other
partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones. The
vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any
sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the
numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the
quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to
the presence or absence of overtones as represented in
this series, and in part to the greater or less
intensity of those present as compared with the
fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones,
combination tones, summation tones, difference tones,
Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are
produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more
primary (simple or composite) tones.
5. (Med.) 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.
Note: In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to
character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his
mind has lost its tone.
6. (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
7. State of mind; temper; mood.
The strange situation I am in and the melancholy
state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down .
. . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the
drudgery of private and public business.
--Bolingbroke.
Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. --W.
C. Bryant.
8. Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his
remarks was commendatory.
9. 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.
10. 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.
{Tone color}. (Mus.) see the Note under def. 4, above.
{Tone syllable}, an accented syllable. --M. Stuart.
Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toning}.]
1. To utter with an affected tone.
2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See
{Tune}, v. t.
3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required
shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
{To tone down}.
(a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower
tone to.
(b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less
brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition
of color, by making it more harmonius.
Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C.
Kingsley.
(c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the
striking characteristics of; to soften.
The best method for the purpose in hand was to
employ some one of a character and position
suited to get possession of their confidence,
and then use it to tone down their religious
strictures. --Palfrey.
{To tone up}, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to
give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten;
to strengthen.
Toned \Toned\, a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as,
high-toned; sweet-toned.
{Toned paper}, paper having a slight tint, in distinction
from paper which is quite white.
Toneless \Tone"less\, a.
Having no tone; unmusical.
Tong \Tong\, Tonge \Tonge\, n.
Tongue. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tonga \Ton"ga\, n. (Med.)
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant
supposed to be of the aroid genus {Epipremnum}.
Tongkang \Tong"kang\, n. (Naut.)
A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay
Archipelago.
Tongo \Ton"go\, n.
The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.
Tongs \Tongs\, n. pl. [OE. tonge, tange, AS. tange; akin to D.
tang, G. zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. t[*a]ng, Icel.
t["o]ng, Gr. da`knein to bite, Skr. da[~n]i[,c], da[,c].
[root]59. Cf. {Tang} a strong taste, anything projecting.]
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 \Tongue\, n. [OE. tunge, tonge, AS. tunge; akin to
OFries. tunge, D. tong, OS. tunga, G. zunge, OHG. zunga,
Icel. & Sw. tunga, Dan tunge, Goth. tugg[=o], OL. dingua, L.
lingua. [root]243 Cf.{Language}, {Lingo}. ]
1. (Anat.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of
most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
Note: The tongue is usually muscular, mobile, and free at one
extremity, and in man other mammals is the principal
organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in
swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
--Chaucer.
2. The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Parrots imitating human tongue. --Dryden.
3. Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
--L. Estrange.
4. Honorable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.]
She was born noble; let that title find her a
private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. --Beau.
& Fl.
5. A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular
nation; as, the English tongue. --Chaucer.
Whose tongue thou shalt not understand. --Deut.
xxviii. 49.
To speak all tongues. --Milton.
6. Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts
or actions.
My little children, let us love in word, neither in
tongue, but in deed and in truth. --1 John iii.
18.
7. A people having a distinct language.
A will gather all nations and tongues. --Isa. lxvi.
18.
8. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(b) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
(c) The lingua of an insect.
9. (Zo["o]l.) Any small sole.
10. That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue,
in position or form. Specifically:
(a) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as,
the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
(b) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits
into a groove.
(c) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting
from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
(d) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox
cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
(e) The clapper of a bell.
(f) (Naut.) 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.
(g) (Mus.) Same as {Reed}, n., 5.
{To hold the tongue}, to be silent.
{Tongue bone} (Anat.), the hyoid bone.
{Tongue grafting}. See under {Grafting}.
Syn: Language; speech; expression. See {Language}.
Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tongued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tonguing}.]
1. To speak; to utter. ``Such stuff as madmen tongue.''
--Shak.
2. To chide; to scold.
How might she tongue me. --Shak.
3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
together.
Tongue \Tongue\, v. i.
1. To talk; to prate. --Dryden.
2. (Mus.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Tonguebird \Tongue"bird`\, n.
The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
Tongued \Tongued\, a.
Having a tongue.
Tongued like the night crow. --Donne.
Tonguefish \Tongue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A flounder ({Symphurus plagiusa}) native of the southern
coast of the United States.
Tongueless \Tongue"less\, a.
1. Having no tongue.
2. Hence, speechless; mute. ``What tongueless blocks were
they! would they not speak?'' --Shak.
3. Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.]
One good deed dying tongueless. --Shak.
Tonguelet \Tongue"let\, n.
A little tongue.
Tongue-pad \Tongue"-pad`\, n.
A great talker. [Obs.]
Tongue-shaped \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 \Tongue"-shell`\, n.
Any species of Lingula.
Tonguester \Tongue"ster\, n.
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
[Poetic.]
Step by step we rose to greatness; through the
tonguesters we may fall. --Tennyson.
Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, n. (Med.)
Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the
fr[ae]num, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.
--Dunglison.
Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, v. t.
To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct
articulation.
Tongue-tied \Tongue"-tied`\, a.
1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an
impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short
fr[ae]num.
2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. --Shak.
Tongueworm \Tongue"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Linguatulina.
Tonguy \Tongu"y\, a.
Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Written
also {tonguey}.] [Colloq.]
Tonic \Ton"ic\, a. [Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. ?. See {Tone}.]
1. 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.''
2. Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence,
increasing strength; as, tonic power.
3. (Med.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal
system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring
healthy functions.
{Tonic spasm}. (Med.) See the Note under {Spasm}.
Tonic \Ton"ic\, n. [Cf. F. tonique, NL. tonicum.]
1. (Phon.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
2. (Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
3. (Med.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives
vigor of action to the system.
{Tonic sol-fa} (Mus.), the name of the most popular among
letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on
key relationship, and hence called ``tonic.'' Instead of
the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual
notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi,
etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of
duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See {Sol-fa}.
Tonical \Ton"ic*al\, a.
Tonic. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Tonicity \To*nic"i*ty\, n. (Physiol.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle
fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
Tonight \To*night"\, adv. [Prep. to + night]
1. On this present or coming night.
2. On the last night past. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tonight \To*night"\, n.
The present or the coming night; the night after the present
day.
Tonite \Ton"ite\, n. [Cf.L. tonare to thunder.]
An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Tonka bean \Ton"ka bean`\ [Cf. F. onca, tonka.] (Bot.)
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}.
[Written also {tonca bean}, {tonga bean}.]
Tonnage \Ton"nage\ (?; 48), n. [From {Ton} a measure.]
1. The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
2. 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) .
A fleet . . . with an aggregate tonnage of
60,000 seemed sufficient to conquer the world.
--Motley.
3. A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a
duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported
on canals.
4. The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the
tonnage of the United States. See {Ton}.
Note: There are in common use the following terms relating to
tonnage: (a) Displacement. (b) Register tonnage, gross
and net. (c) Freight tonnage. (d) Builders'
measurement. (e) Yacht measurement. The first is mainly
used for war vessels, where the total weight is likely
to be nearly constant. The second is the most
important, being that used for commercial purposes. The
third and fourth are different rules for ascertaining
the actual burden-carrying power of a vessel, and the
fifth is for the proper classification of pleasure
craft. Gross tonnage expresses the total cubical
interior of a vessel; net tonnage, the cubical space
actually available for freight-carrying purposes. Rules
for ascertaining these measurements are established by
law.
Tonne \Tonne\, n.
A tun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tonnihood \Ton"ni*hood\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the bullfinch; -- called also {tonyhoop}.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tonnish \Ton"nish\ (t[o^]n"n[i^]sh), a.
In the ton; fashionable; modish. -- {Ton"nish*ness}, n.
Tonometer \To*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? a stretching, a tone +
-meter.]
1. (Physics.) An instrument for determining the rate of
vibrations in tones.
2. (Physiol.)
(a) An apparatus for studying and registering the action
of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of
lower animals.
(b) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the
eyeball.
Tonometry \To*nom"e*try\, n.
The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically (Med.),
measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
Tonophant \Ton"o*phant\ (t[=o]n"[oasl]*fant), n. [Gr. to`nos a
tone + fai`nein to show.] (Physics.)
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 \Ton"ous\, a.
Abounding in tone or sound.
Tonquin bean \Ton"quin bean`\ (t[o^][-n]"k[i^]n b[=e]n).
See {Tonka bean}.
Tonsil \Ton"sil\, n. [L. tonsill?, pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ]
(Anat.)
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 \Ton"sil*ar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. [Written also
{tonsillar}.]
Tonsile \Ton"sile\, a. [L. tonsilis, fr. tondere, tonsum, to
shear, clip. See {Tonsure}. ]
Capable of being clipped.
Tonsilitic \Ton`sil*it"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Tonsilar. [Written also {tonsillitic}.]
Tonsilitis \Ton`sil*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tonsil}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy. [Written also, and more
usually, {tonsillitis}.]
Tonsilotome \Ton*sil"o*tome\, n. [Tonsil + Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
An instrument for removing the tonsils.
Tonsilotomy \Ton`sil*ot"o*my\, n. (Surg.)
The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
Tonsor \Ton"sor\, n. [L.]
A barber. --Sir W. Scott.
Tonsorial \Ton*so"ri*al\, a. [L. tonsorius, fr. tonsor a
shearer, barber, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear. See
{Tonsure}.]
Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Tonsure \Ton"sure\, n. [F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping,
from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. ? to gnaw;
perhaps akin to Gr. ? to cut, and E. tome.]
1. The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of
the head; also, the state of being shorn.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
(a) 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.
(b) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a
mark of their order and of their rank.
Tonsured \Ton"sured\, a.
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. --Tennyson.
Tontine \Ton*tine"\, n. [F., from It. tontina; -- so called from
its inventor, Tonti, an Italian, of the 17th century.]
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.
Too many of the financiers by professions are apt to
see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and
annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents,
and all the small wares of the shop. --Burke.
Tonus \To"nus\, n. [L. a sound, tone. See {Tone}.] (Physiol.)
Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
Tony \To"ny\, n.; pl. {Tonies}. [Abbrev. from Anthony.]
A simpleton. --L'Estrange.
A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies
of the pit. --Dryden.
Too \Too\, adv. [The same word as to, prep. See {To}.]
1. Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is
too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too
much.
His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn.
--Cowley.
2. Likewise; also; in addition.
An honest courtier, yet a patriot too. --Pope.
Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold
the vengeance too. --Pope.
{Too too}, a duplication used to signify great excess.
O that this too too solid flesh would melt. --Shak.
Such is not Charles his too too active age.
--Dryden.
Syn: Also; likewise. See {Also}.
Took \Took\,
imp. of {Take}.
Tool \Tool\, n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. t[=o]l; akin to Icel. t[=o]l,
Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to
E. taw to dress leather. [root]64.]
1. 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.
2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called
{machine tool}.
3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with
his smarting tool Oft whip her dainty self.
--Spenser.
4. A weapon. [Obs.]
Him that is aghast of every tool. --Chaucer.
5. 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.
I was not made for a minion or a tool. --Burks.
Tool \Tool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{tooling}.]
1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. ``Elaborately
tooled.'' --Ld. Lytton.
2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]
Tooling \Tool"ing\, n.
Work performed with a tool.
The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet
artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions.
--De Quincey.
Tool-post \Tool"-post`\, Tool-stock \Tool"-stock`\, n. (Mach.)
The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
Tool-rest \Tool"-rest`\, n. (Mach.)
the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.
Toom \Toom\, a. [OE. tom, fr. Icel. t[=o]mr; akin to Dan. & Sw.
tom, As. t[=o]me, adv. Cf. {Teem} to pour.]
Empty. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] --Wyclif.
Toom \Toom\, v. t.
To empty. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]
Toon \Toon\, obs.
pl. of {Toe}. --Chaucer.
Toon \Toon\, n. [Hind. tun, t[=u]n, Skr. tunna.] (Bot.)
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree ({Cedrela
Toona}) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree
itself.
Toonwood \Toon"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Toon}.
Toot \Toot\, v. i. [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to
peep out.] [Written also {tout}.]
1. To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] --Howell.
2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] --Latimer.
For birds in bushes tooting. --Spenser.
Toot \Toot\, v. t.
To see; to spy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
Toot \Toot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tooted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tooting}.] [Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw.
tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]
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. ``A tooting horn.'' --Howell.
Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
--Thackeray.
Toot \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 \Toot"er\, n.
One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn. --B.
Jonson.
Tooth \Tooth\, n.; pl. {Teeth}. [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth];
akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G.
zahn, Icel. t["o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith.
dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos,
Skr. danta; probably originally the p. pr. of the verb to
eat. [root]239. Cf. {Eat}, {Dandelion}, {Dent} the tooth of a
wheel, {Dental}, {Dentist}, {Indent}, {Tine} of a fork,
{Tusk}. ]
1. (Anat.) 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.
Note: The hard parts of teeth are principally made up of
dentine, or ivory, and a very hard substance called
enamel. These are variously combined in different
animals. Each tooth consist of three parts, a crown, or
body, projecting above the gum, one or more fangs
imbedded in the jaw, and the neck, or intermediate
part. In some animals one or more of the teeth are
modified into tusks which project from the mouth, as in
both sexes of the elephant and of the walrus, and in
the male narwhal. In adult man there are thirty-two
teeth, composed largely of dentine, but the crowns are
covered with enamel, and the fangs with a layer of bone
called cementum. Of the eight teeth on each half of
each jaw, the two in front are incisors, then come one
canine, cuspid, or dog tooth, two bicuspids, or false
molars, and three molars, or grinding teeth. The milk,
or temporary, teeth are only twenty in number, there
being two incisors, one canine, and two molars on each
half of each jaw. The last molars, or wisdom teeth,
usually appear long after the others, and occasionally
do not appear above the jaw at all.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have
a thankless child ! --Shak.
2. Fig.: Taste; palate.
These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth. --Dryden.
3. 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.
4.
(a) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting
into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
(b) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See
{Tusk}.
5. (Nat. Hist.) An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a
tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant;
specifically (Bot.), one of the appendages at the mouth of
the capsule of a moss. See {Peristome}.
6. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
{In spite of the teeth}, in defiance of opposition; in
opposition to every effort.
{In the teeth}, directly; in direct opposition; in front.
``Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth.'' --Pope.
{To cast in the teeth}, to report reproachfully; to taunt or
insult one with.
{Tooth and nail}, as if by biting and scratching; with one's
utmost power; by all possible means. --L'Estrange. ``I
shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright.''
--Charles Reade.
{Tooth coralline} (Zo["o]l.), any sertularian hydroid.
{Tooth edge}, the sensation excited in the teeth by grating
sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen
acids.
{Tooth key}, an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion
resembling that of turning a key.
{Tooth net}, a large fishing net anchored. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
{Tooth ornament}. (Arch.) Same as {Dogtooth}, n., 2.
{Tooth powder}, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a
dentifrice.
{Tooth rash}. (Med.) See {Red-gum}, 1.
{To show the teeth}, to threaten. ``When the Law shows her
teeth, but dares not bite.'' --Young.
{To the teeth}, in open opposition; directly to one's face.
``That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth .'' --Shak.
Tooth \Tooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toothing}.]
1. To furnish with teeth.
The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
--Wordsworth.
2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
3. To lock into each other. See {Tooth}, n., 4. --Moxon.
Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.)
Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
{Toothache grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium
Americanum}) having a very pungent taste.
{Toothache tree}. (Bot.)
(a) The prickly ash.
(b) A shrub of the genus {Aralia} ({A. spinosa}).
Toothback \Tooth"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any notodontian.
Toothbill \Tooth"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tooth"brush`\, n.
A brush for cleaning the teeth.
Toothdrawer \Tooth"draw`er\, n.
One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a
dentist. --Shak.
Toothed \Toothed\, a.
1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. ``Ruby-lipped and
toothed with pearl.'' --Herrick.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having marginal projecting points;
dentate.
{Toothed whale} (Zo["o]l.), any whale of the order Denticete.
See {Denticete}.
{Toothed wheel}, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set
on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by
their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.
Toothful \Tooth"ful\, a.
Toothsome. [Obs.]
Toothing \Tooth"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
2. (Masonry) 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.
{Toothing plane}, a plane of which the iron is formed into a
series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening
surfaces, as of veneers.
Toothless \Tooth"less\, a.
Having no teeth. --Cowper.
Toothlet \Tooth"let\, n.
A little tooth, or like projection.
Toothleted \Tooth"let*ed\, a.
Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.
[Written also {toothletted}.]
Toothpick \Tooth"pick`\, n.
A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances
lodged between them.
Toothpicker \Tooth"pick`er\, n.
A toothpick. [Obs.] --Shak.
Toothshell \Tooth"shell"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a
tooth-shaped shell. See {Dentalium}.
Toothsome \Tooth"some\, a.
Grateful to the taste; palatable. -- {Tooth"some*ly}, adv. --
{Tooth"some*ness}, n.
Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome
for me. --Fuller.
Toothwort \Tooth"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain
plants of the genus {Lathr[ae]a}, and various species of
{Dentaria}. See {Coralwort}.
Toothy \Tooth"y\, a.
Toothed; with teeth. [R] --Croxall.
Toozoo \Too*zoo"\, n.
The ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Top \Top\, n. [CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf;
perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.]
1. 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.
2. (Rope Making) 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 \Top\, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top,
OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair,
pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest,
top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin.
Cf. {Tuft}.]
1. 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.
The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of
heaven doth hold. --Milton.
2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
The top of my ambition is to contribute to that
work. --Pope.
3. 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.
And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of
sovereignty. --Shak.
4. The chief person; the most prominent one.
Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.
--Milton.
5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
``From top to toe'' --Spenser.
All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall On her
ungrateful top ! --Shak.
6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as
cabbageheads. --I. Watts.
7. (Naut.) 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.
--Totten.
8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool,
from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] ``He was upon the top of his
marriage with Magdaleine.'' --Knolles.
10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or
circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
--Knight.
11. pl. Top-boots. [Slang] --Dickens.
Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of
compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone,
or topstone; top-boots, or top boots; top soil, or
top-soil.
{Top and but} (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a
method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but
of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant
breadth in two layers.
{Top minnow} (Zo["o]l.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish
({Gambusia patruelis}) abundant in the Southern United
States. Also applied to other similar species.
Top \Top\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Topped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Topping}.]
1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges
and topping mountains. --Derham.
2. To predominate; as, topping passions. ``Influenced by
topping uneasiness.'' --Locke.
3. To excel; to rise above others.
But write thy, and top. --Dryden.
Top \Top\, v. t.
1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in
the past participle.
Like moving mountains topped with snow. --Waller.
A mount Of alabaster, topped with golden spires.
--Milton.
2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
Topping all others in boasting. --Shak.
Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. --Shak.
3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.
--Denham.
4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
Top your rose trees a little with your knife.
--Evelyn.
5. To perform eminently, or better than before.
From endeavoring universally to top their parts,
they will go universally beyond them. --Jeffrey.
6. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
becomes higher than the other.
{To top off}, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the
top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay;
hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.
Toparch \To"parch\, n. [L. toparcha, Gr. ?; ? a place + ? to
govern, to rule.]
The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the
governor of a toparchy.
The prince and toparch of that country. --Fuller.
Toparchy \To"parch*y\, n.; pl. {Toparchies}. [L. toparchia, Gr.
?. See {Toparch}.]
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. --Fuller.
Top-armor \Top"-ar`mor\, n. (Naut.)
A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with
netting.
Topau \To"pau\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The rhinocerous bird
(a) .
Topaz \To"paz\, n. [OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or
topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. to`pazos, topa`zion;
possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. {Tepid}). According to
some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red
Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by
this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.]
1. (Min.) 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.)Either one of two species of large, brilliantly
colored humming birds of the {Topaza}, of South America
and the West Indies.
Note: The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much
longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat
is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in
the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back
bright red. Called also {topaz hummer}.
{False topaz}. (Min.) See the Note under {Quartz}.
Topazolite \To*paz"o*lite\, n. [Topaz + -lite; cf. F.
topazolithe.] (Min.)
A topaz-yellow variety of garnet.
Top-block \Top"-block`\, n. (Naut.)
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. --Totten.
Top-boots \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 \Top"-chain`\, n. (Naut.)
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 \Top"-cloth\, n. (Naut.)
A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed
to the top in action to protect the topmen.
Topcoat \Top"coat`\, n.
An outer coat; an overcoat.
Top-drain \Top"-drain`\, v. t.
To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or
farm.
Top-draining \Top"-drain`ing\, n.
The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
Top-dress \Top"-dress`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Top-dressed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Top-dressing}.]
To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
Top-dressing \Top"-dress`ing\, n.
The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of
land; also, manure so applied.
Tope \Tope\ (t[=o]p), n. [Probably from Skr. st[=u]pa a tope, a
stupa, through Prakrit th[=u]po.]
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often
erected over a Buddhist relic.
Tope \Tope\, n. [Tamil t[=o]ppu.]
A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India]
--Whitworth.
Tope \Tope\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A small shark or dogfish ({Galeorhinus, or
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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Tope \Tope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Toping}.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at
dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe agreed!; -- perhaps
imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a
bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term,
probably at first in accepting a toast.]
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous
liquors to excess.
If you tope in form, and treat. --Dryden.
Toper \To"per\ (t[=o]"p[~e]r), n.
One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard;
a sot.
Topet \Top"et\, n. [F. toupet tuft. See {Touper}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Topful \Top"ful\, a.
Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull. ``Topful of direst
cruelty.'' --Shak.
[He] was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on
all the company. --I. Watts.
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a.
1. (Naut.) 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}.
2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. ``The consciences of
topgallant sparks.'' --L'Estrange.
{Topgallant breeze}, a breeze in which the topgallant sails
may properly be carried.
Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, n.
1. (Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail.
2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid. --Bacon.
Toph \Toph\, n. [L. tophus, tofus, tufa, or tuft. Cf. {Tufa},
{Tofus}, {Tophus}.] (Min.)
kind of sandstone.
Tophaceous \To*pha"ceous\, a. [L. tophaceus, tofaceus.]
Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.
Top-hamper \Top"-ham`per\, n. (Naut.)
The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. [Written also {top
hamper}.]
All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered
with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their
draught of water, that they could bear but little
canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable
winds. --Motley.
Top-heavy \Top"-heav`y\, a.
Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
--Sir H. Wotton.
Tophet \To"phet\, n. [Heb. t[=o]phet, literally, a place to be
spit upon, an abominable place, fr. t[=u]ph to spit out.]
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley
of Hinnom. [Written also {Topheth}.]
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the
children of Hinnom. --2 Kings
xxiii. 10.
Note: It seems to have been at first part of the royal
garden, but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by
the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch, and
resounded with the cries of burning infants. At a later
period, its altars and high places were thrown down,
and all the filth of the city poured into it, until it
became the abhorrence of Jerusalem, and, in symbol, the
place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.
The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And
black Gehenna called, the type of hell. --Milton.
Tophin \Toph"in\, n. (Min.)
Same as {Toph}.
Tophus \To"phus\, n.; pl. {Tophi}. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral
concretion in the joint. See {Toph}.] [Written also {tofus}.]
1. (Med.) 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.
2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa.
Topiarian \Top`i*a"ri*an\, a. [See {Toplary}.]
Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of
trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening. [R.]
``The topiarian artist.'' --Sir W. Scott.
All the pedantries of the topiarian art. --C. Kingsley.
Topiary \Top"i*a*ry\, a. [L. topiarius belonging to ornamental
gardening, fr. topia (sc. opera) ornamental gardening, fr.
Gr. ? a place.]
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by
cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.
{Topiary work}, arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut
and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings,
etc.
Topic \Top"ic\, n. [F. topiques, pl., L. topica the title of a
work of Aristotle, Gr. topika`, fr. topiko`s of or for place,
concerning to`poi, or commonplaces, fr. to`pos a place.]
(a) 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.
(b) pl. A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme
of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the
Topics of Aristotle.
These topics, or loci, were no other than general
ideas applicable to a great many different
subjects, which the orator was directed to consult.
--Blair.
In this question by [reason] I do not mean a
distinct topic, but a transcendent that runs
through all topics. --Jer. Taylor.
2. An argument or reason. [Obs.]
Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any
principles, whom no topics can work upon. --Bp.
Wilkins.
3. 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.
4. (Med.) An external local application or remedy, as a
plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] --Wiseman.
Topic \Top"ic\, a.
Topical. --Drayton. Holland.
Topical \Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. ?. See
{Topic}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application;
as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic
or topics; according to topics.
3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not
demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and
probable. --Sir M. Hale.
Topically \Top"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a
particular place or topic.
Topknot \Top"knot`\, n.
1. 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.
A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as
her topknot. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small Europen flounder ({Rhoumbus
punctatus}). The name is also applied to allied species.
Topless \Top"less\, a.
Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty;
supreme; unequaled. `` The topless Apennines.'' ``Topless
fortunes.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Top-light \Top"-light`\, n. (Naut.)
A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
Topman \Top"man\, n.; pl. {Topmem}.
1. See {Topsman}, 2.
2. (Naut.) A man stationed in the top.
Topmast \Top"mast\, n. (Naut.)
The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast,
and below the topgallant mast.
Topmost \Top"most`\, a.
Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch
of a tree.
The nightngale may claim the topmost bough. --Cowper.
Topographer \To*pog"ra*pher\, n. [Cf. F. topographe, Cr. ? .]
One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who
describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.
Dante is the one authorized topographer of the
medi[ae]val hell. --Milman.
Topographic \Top`o*graph"ic\, a. Topographical
\Top`o*graph"ic*al\, [Cf. F. topographique.]
Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. --
{Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
{Topographical map}. See under {Cadastral}. -- Topographical
surveying. See under {Surveying}.
Topographist \To*pog"ra*phist\, n.
A topographer.
Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place
+ ? to write.]
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.
Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is
distinguished from chorography, the description of a
region or a district, and for geography, the
description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C.
Topology \To*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? place + -logy.]
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by
associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some
place. [R.]
Toponomy \To*pon"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? place + ? to distribute.]
The designation of position and direction. --B. G. Wilder.
Toppiece \Top"piece`\, n.
A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.
Topping \Top"ping\, a.
1. Rising above; surpassing.
2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud.
The great and flourishing condition of some of the
topping sinners of the world. --South.
3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] --Johnson.
Topping \Top"ping\, n.
1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.
2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher
than the other.
3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of
hatcheling.
{Topping lift} (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to
raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Toppingly \Top"ping*ly\, adv.
In a topping or proud manner.
Toppingly \Top"ping*ly\, a.
Same as {Topping}, a., 3. [Obs.] ``Topping quests.''
--Tusser.
Topple \Top"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toppled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toppling}.] [From {Top} summit.]
To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads. --Shak.
Topple \Top"ple\, v. t.
To throw down; to overturn.
He topple crags from the precipice. --Longfellow.
Top-proud \Top"-proud`\, a.
Proud to the highest degree. [R.] ``This top-proud fellow.''
--Shak.
Top-rope \Top"-rope`\, n. (Naut.)
A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for
other purposes.
Topsail \Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.)
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}.
{Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration
in Appendix.
Tops-and-bottoms \Tops"-and-bot`toms\, n. pl.
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned
in an oven, -- used as food for infants.
'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt. --Hood.
Top-shaped \Top"-shaped`\, a.
Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex
downward; turbinate.
Top-shell \Top"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of
the genus {Trochus}, or family {Trochid[ae]}.
Topsman \Tops"man\, n.; pl. {Topsmen}.
1. The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle. --P.
Cyc.
2. The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman. --Simmonds.
Topsoil \Top"soil`\, n.
The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
Topsoiling \Top"soil`ing\, n. (Engin.)
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an
excavation or embankment is begun.
Topstone \Top"stone`\, n.
A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
Topsy-turvy \Top"sy-tur"vy\, adv. [Earlier topside-turvey,
topsy-tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as
turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means,
overturned, fr. {AS}. torfian to throw.]
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside
down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
Top-tackle \Top"-tac`kle\, n. (Naut.)
A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
Top-timbers \Top"-tim`bers\, n. (Naut.)
The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those
above the futtocks. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Top-tool \Top"-tool`\ (-t[=oo]l`), n. (Blacksmithing.)
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 \Toque\ (t[=o]k), n. [F. toque; of Celtic origin; cf. W.
toc.]
1. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in
modern fashions; -- called also {toquet}.
His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the
side of his head. --Motley.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the bonnet monkey.
Toquet \To*quet"\, n.
See {Toque}, 1.
Tor \Tor\, n. [AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr. Cf. {Tower}.]
1. A tower; a turret. [R.] --Ray.
2. High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.]
A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or
tree. --C. Kingsley.
Torace \To*race"\, Torase \To*rase"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + {OE}.
r?sen to rage.]
To scratch to pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Torbernite \Tor"bern*ite\, n. [So named after Torber Bergmann, a
Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
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 \Torc\ (t[^o]rk), n.
Same as {Torque}, 1.
Torch \Torch\ (t[^o]rch), n. [OE. torche, F. torche a torch,
rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere,
tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher
to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist,
OF. torse a torse. Cf. {Torture}.]
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.
They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.
{Torch thistle}. (Bot.) See under {Thistle}.
Torchbearer \Torch"bear`er\, n.
One whose office it is to carry a torch.
Torcher \Torch"er\, n.
One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Torchlight \Torch"light`\, n.
The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a
torchlight procession.
Torchon lace \Tor"chon lace`\ [F. torchon a kind of coarse
napkin.]
a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread;
also, a similar lace made by machinery.
Torchwood \Torch"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The inflammable wood of certain trees ({Amyris balsamifera},
{A. Floridana}, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also {torch}, and
{hig-taper}.
Tore \Tore\,
imp. of {Tear}.
Tore \Tore\, n. [Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. t['o]r a
break, cut, t['o]ri to break, cut.]
The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and
spring. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.]
1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}.
2. (Geom.)
(a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle
revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
(b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes
called an {anchor ring}.
Toreador \To"re*a*dor`\, n. [Sp.,fr. torear to fight bulls,
fr.L. taurus a bull.]
A bullfighter.
To-rend \To-rend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {To-rent}.] [Pref. to- +
rend.]
To rend in pieces. [Obs.]
The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. --Chaucer.
Toret \Tor"et\, n. [Probably dim. fr. tore, torus.]
A Turret. [Obs.]
Toret \Tor"et\, n.
A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a
ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toreumatography \To"reu`ma*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, embossed
work, work in relief (from ? to bore through, to work in
relief) + -graphy.]
A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.
Toreumatology \To*reu`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? embossed work +
-logy.]
The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in
metal; toreumatography.
Toreutic \To*reu"tic\, a. [Gr. ? belonging to work in relief.]
(Sculp.)
In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of
metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface
ornamentation in metal.
Torgoch \Tor"goch\, n.
The saibling. [Prov. Eng.]
Torilto \To*ril"to\, n. [Cf. Sp. torillo a little bull.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A species of Turnix ({Turnix sylvatica}) native of Spain and
Northen Africa.
Torinese \To`rin*ese"\, a. [It.]
Of or pertaining to Turin. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or
inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.
Torment \Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L.
tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of
torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist,
hurl. See {Turture}.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Elyot.
2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.
The more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I
feel Torment within me. --Milton.
3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
They brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
24.
Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? '' --Matt.
viii. 29.
2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.
3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.
Tormenter \Tor*ment"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tormentful \Tor*ment"ful\, a.
Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment;
excruciating. [R.] --Tillotson.
Tormentil \Tor"men*til\, n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL.
tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So
called because it is said to allay pain. See {Torment}.]
(Bot.)
A rosaceous herb ({Potentilla Tormentilla}), the root of
which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating
gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
Tormenting \Tor*ment"ing\, a.
Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. --
{Tor*ment"ing*ly}, adv.
Tormentise \Tor"ment*ise\, n. [See {Torment}.]
Torture; torment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tormentor \Tor*ment"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal
anguish or tortures. --Jer. Taylor.
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings.
--Milton.
2. (Agric.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil,
resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. --Hebert.
Tormentress \Tor*ment"ress\, n.
A woman who torments.
Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish
them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and
honor. --Holland.
Tormentry \Tor"ment*ry\, n.
Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Tormina \Tor"mi*na\, n. pl. [L., a griping in the belly.] (Med.)
acute, colicky pains; gripes.
Torminous \Tor"mi*nous\, a. (Med.)
Affected with tormina; griping.
Torn \Torn\,
p. p. of {Tear}.
Tornado \Tor*na"do\, n.; pl. {Tornadoes}. [From Sp. or Pg.
tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling
wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See {Turn}.]
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
.
Tornaria \Tor*na"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Tornari[ae]} . [NL., fr. L.
tornare to turn.] (Zo["o]l.)
The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See
Illust. in Append.
Torose \To*rose"\, a. [L. torosus full of muscle, brawny,
fleshy. See {Torus}.]
Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having
the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Torosity \To*ros"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being torose.
Torous \Torous\, a.
Torose.
Torpedinous \Tor*ped"i*nous\, a.
Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting
a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. --De
Quincey.
Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
Note: The common European torpedo ({T. vulgaris}) and the
American species ({T. occidentalis}) are the best
known.
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up. Specifically:
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
5. 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.
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
{Fish torpedo}, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
{Spar torpedo}, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
{Torpedo boat}, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship.
{Torpedo nettings}, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, v. t.
to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
--London Spectator.
Torpent \Tor"pent\, a. [L. torpens, p. pr. of torpere to be
numb.]
Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed;
torpid. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
Torpescence \Tor*pes"cence\, n.
The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness;
numbness; stupidity.
Toppescent \Top*pes"cent\, a. [L. torpescens, p. pr. of
torpescere to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr.
torpere. See {Torpid}.]
Becoming torpid or numb. --Shenstone.
Torpid \Tor"pid\, a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff,
numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling;
numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
Torpidity \Tor*pid"i*ty\, n.
Same as {Torpidness}.
Torpidly \Tor"pid*ly\, adv.
In a torpid manner.
Torpidness \Tor"pid*ness\, n.
The qualityy or state of being torpid.
Torpify \Tor"pi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Torpified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Torpifying}. .] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.]
To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.
Torpitude \Tor"pi*tude\, n.
Torpidness. [Obs.] ``In a kind of torpitude, or sleeping
state.'' --Derham.
Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity
with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the
mental faculties.
Torporific \Tor`por*if"ic\, a. [L. torpor torpor + facere to
make.]
Tending to produce torpor.
Torquate \Tor"quate\, a. [L. torquatus wearing a collar.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around
the neck.
torquated \tor"qua*ted\, a. [L. Torqyatus.]
Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.
Torque \Torque\, n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr.
torquere to twist.]
1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as
worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans,
and Britons.
2. [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) That which tends to
produce torsion; a couple of forces. --J. Thomson.
3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn,
or cause to turn, about an axis.
Torqued \Torqued\, a. [L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.]
1. Wreathed; twisted. [R.]
2. (Her.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which
forms a figure like the letter S.
Torques \Tor"ques\, n. [L., a necklace. See {Torque}, 1.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its
color or structure; a collar.
Torrefaction \Tor`re*fac"tion\, n. [L. torrefacere,torrefactum,
to torrefy: cf. F. torr['e]faction. See {Torrefy}.]
The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being
torrefied. --Bp. Hall.
Torrefy \Tor"re*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Torrefied}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Torrefying}.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F.
torr['e]fier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also {torrify}.]
1. To dry by a fire. --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Metal.) To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off
volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
3. (Pharm.) To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate
till they are friable, or are reduced to the state
desired.
Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens
burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat,
to burn. See {Torrid}.]
1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow.
2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood;
as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
Torrent \Tor"rent\, a. [See {Torrent}, n.]
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. ``Waves of torrent
fire.'' --Milton.
Torrential \Tor*ren"tial\, Torrentine \Tor*ren"tine\, a.
Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a
torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.]
Torricellian \Tor`ri*cel"li*an\, 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}.
{Torricellian tube}, a glass tube thirty or more inches in
length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at
the upper, such as is used in the barometer.
{Torricellian vacuum} (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling
with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at
one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of
the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend
till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the
atmosphere, as in the barometer. --Hutton.
Torrid \Tor"rid\, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See {Thirst}.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
``Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil.'' --Milton.
2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. ``Torrid heat.'' --Milton.
{Torrid zone} (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth,
included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is
always great.
Torridity \Tor*rid"i*ty\, n.
Torridness. [R.]
Torridness \Tor"rid*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
Torril \Tor"ril\, n.
A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Torrock \Tor"rock\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Torsal \Tor"sal\, n. (Carp.)
A torsel. --Knight.
Torse \Torse\, n. [OF., fr. OF. & F. tors, torse, twisted,
wreathed, p. p. of tordre to twist, L. torquere. See
{Torture}.]
1. (Her.) A wreath.
2. [F. tors, torse, twisted.] (Geom.) A developable surface.
See under {Developable}.
Torsel \Tor"sel\, n. (Carp.)
A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
--Gwilt
Torsibillty \Tor`si*bil"l*ty\, n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
Torsion \Tor"sion\, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See {Torture}.]
1. 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.
2. (Mech.) 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.
{Angle of torsion} (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
{Moment of torsion} (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
{Torsion balance} (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
{Torsion scale}, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
Torsional \Tor"sion*al\, 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 \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish,
G. dorsch.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cusk. See {Cusk}.
(b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}.
Torso \Tor"so\, n.; pl. E. {Torsos}, It. {Torsi}. [It. torso,
probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. ?; cf.
OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk.
Cf. {Thyrsus}, {Truss}.]
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 \Tort\, n. [F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted,
crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See {Torture}.]
1. Mischief; injury; calamity. [Obs.]
That had them long opprest with tort. --Spenser.
2. (Law) 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.
{Executor de son tort}. See under {Executor}.
{Tort feasor} (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. --Wharton.
Tort \Tort\, a.
Stretched tight; taut. [R.]
Yet holds he them with tortestrein. --Emerson.
Torta \Tor"ta\, n. [Cf. Sp. torta a cake.] (Metal.)
a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the
patio process.
Torteau \Tor"teau\, n.; pl. {Torteaus}. [Of. torteau, tortel,
from L. tortus twisted. See {Tort}.] (Her.)
A roundel of a red color.
Torticollis \Tor`ti*col"lis\, n. [F. toricolis; L. torquere,
tortum, to twist + collum the neck.] (Med.)
See {Wryneck}.
Tortile \Tor"tile\, a. [L. tortilis, fr. torquere, tortum, to
twist: cf. F. tortile.]
Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Tortility \Tor*til"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
Tortilla \Tor*til"la\, n. [Sp.]
An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron
or stone.
Tortion \Tor"tion\, n. [LL. tortio. See {Torsion}.]
Torment; pain. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Tortious \Tor"tious\, a. [From {Tort}.]
1. Injurious; wrongful. [Obs.] ``Tortious power.'' --Spenser.
2. (Law) Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law
gives damages; involing tort.
Tortiously \Tor"tious*ly\, adv. (Law)
In a tortous manner.
Tortive \Tor"tive\, a. [L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist,
wind.]
Twisted; wreathed. --Shak.
Tortoise \Tor"toise\, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked,
fr. L. tortus isted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere,
tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca,
tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called
in allusion to its crooked feet. See {Torture}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the
order Testudinata.
Note: The term is applied especially to the land and
fresh-water species, while the marine species are
generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and
turtle are used synonymously by many writers. see
{Testudinata}, {Terrapin}, and {Turtle}.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as {Testudo}, 2.
{Box tortoise}, {Land tortoise}, etc. See under {Box},
{Land}, etc.
{Painted tortoise}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Painted turtle}, under
{Painted}.
{Soft-shell tortoise}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Trionyx}.
{Spotted tortoise}. (Zo["o]l.) A small American fresh-water
tortoise ({Chelopus, or Nanemys, quttatus}) having a
blackish carapace on which are scattered round yellow
spots.
{Tortoise beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small tortoise-shaped beetles. Many of them have a
brilliant metallic luster. the larv[ae] feed upon the
leaves of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a
mass of dried excrement held over the back by means of the
caudal spines. The golden tortoise beetle ({Cassida
aurichalcea}) is found on the morning-glory vine and
allied plants.
{Tortoise plant}. (Bot.) See {Elephant's foot}, under
{Elephant}.
{Tortoise shell}, the substance of the shell or horny plates
of several species of sea turtles, especially of the
hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the
manufacture of various ornamental articles.
{Tortoise-shell butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several
species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus
{Aglais}, as {A. Milberti}, and {A. urtic[ae]}, both of
which, in the larva state, feed upon nettles.
{Tortoise-shell turtle} (Zo["o]l.), the hawkbill turtle. See
{Hawkbill}.
Tortricid \Tor"tri*cid\, a. [See {Tortrix}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family {Tortricid[ae]}.
Tortrix \Tor"trix\, n. [NL., fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of
the family {Tortricid[ae]}, the larv[ae] of which usually
roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also
called {leaf roller}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which
are not venomous. One species ({Tortrix scytal}[ae]) is
handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive
by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
Tortulous \Tor"tu*lous\, a. (Nat. Hist.)
Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Tortuose \Tor"tu*ose`\, a. [See Tortuous.]
Wreathed; twisted; winding. --Loudon
Tortuoslty \Tor`tu*os"l*ty\, n. [L. tortuositas: cf. F.
tortuosite.]
the quality or state of being tortuous.
Tortuous \Tor"tu*ous\, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus
a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F.
tortueux. See Torture.]
1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding;
as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or
corolla.
The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the
side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
--Macaulay.
2. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous;
deceitful.
That course became somewhat lesstortuous, when the
battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the
Jakobites. --Macaulay.
3. Injurious: tortious. [Obs.]
4. (Astrol.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the
zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most
rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.] --Skeat.
Infortunate ascendent tortuous. --Chaucer.
--{Tor"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tor"tu*ous*ness}, n.
Torturable \Tor"tur*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tortured.
Torture \Tor"ture\, n. [F.,fr.L. tortura, fr. torquere, tortum,
to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre`pein to
turn, G. drechsein to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E.
queer. Cf. {Contort}, {Distort}, {Extort}, {Retort}, {Tart},
n., {Torch}, {Torment}, {Tortion}, {Tort}, {Trope.}]
1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony;
torment; as, torture of mind. --Shak.
Ghastly spasm or racking torture. --Milton.
2. 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.
3. The act or process of torturing.
Torture, whitch had always been deciared illegal,
and which had recently been declared illegal even by
the servile judges of that age, was inflicted for
the last time in England in the month of May, 1640.
--Macaulay.
Torture \Tor"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tortured} (?; 135); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Torturing.}] [Cf. F. Torturer. ]
1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture
an accused person. --Shak.
3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. --Jar.
Taylor.
4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]
The bow tortureth the string. --Bacon.
Torturer \Tor"tur*er\, n.
One who tortures; a tormentor.
Torturingly \Tor"tur*ing*ly\, adv.
So as to torture. --Beau. & Fl.
Torturous \Tor"tur*ous\, a.
Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] ``The torturous
crucifixion.'' --I. Disraeli.
Torula \Tor"u*la\, n.; pl. {Torul[ae]} [NL., dim. of L. torus a
semicircular molding.] (Biol.)
(a) A chain of special bacteria.
(b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as {Saccharomyces.} Also
used adjectively.
Torulaform \Tor"u*la*form`\, a. (Biol.)
Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little
chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci.
Torulose \Tor"u*lose\, a. [L. torulus, dim. of torus: cf. F.
toruleux. See {Torus}] (Bot.)
Same as {Torose.}
Torulous \Tor"u*lous\, a.
Same as {Torose.}
Torus \To"rus\, n.; pl. {Tori}. [L., a round, swelling, or
bulging place, an elevation. Cf. 3d {Tore}.]
1. (Arch.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its
profile is semicircular. See Illust. of {Molding.}
--Brande&C.
2. (Zo["o]l.)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 {Tubicol[ae]}.
3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the
carpels stand.
4. (Geom.) See 3d {Tore}, 2.
Torved \Torved\, a.
Stern; grim. See {Torvous.} [Obs.]
But yesterday his breath Awed Rome, and his least
torved frown was death. --J. Webster
(1654).
Torvity \Tor"vi*ty\, a. [L. torvitas. See {Torvous}.]
Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. [Obs.]
Torvous \Tor"vous\, a. [L. torvus. ]
Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [Obs.]
That torvous, sour look produced by anger. --Derham.
Tory \To"ry\, n.; pl. {Tories}. [ Properly used of the Irish
bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil
wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause;
hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme
prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir. toiridhe, tor, a
pursuer; akin to Ir. & Gael. toir a pursuit.]
1. (Eng.Politics) 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.
Note: The word Tory first occurs in English history in 1679,
during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the
introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the duke
of York from the line of succession, and was applied by
the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title
of obloquy or contempt. The Tories subsequently took a
broader ground, and their leading principle became the
maintenance of things as they were. The name, however,
has for several years ceased to designate an existing
party, but is rather applied to certain traditional
maxims of public policy. The political successors of
the Tories are now commonly known as Conservatives.
--New Am. Cyc.
2. (Amer. Hist.) One who, in the time of the Revolution,
favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against
the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
Tory \To"ry\, a.
Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
Toryism \To"ry*ism\, n.
The principles of the Tories.
Toscatter \To*scat"ter\, v. t. [Pref. to- + scatter.]
To scatter in pieces; to divide. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tose \Tose\, v. t. [ See {Touse} ]
To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
Tosh \Tosh\, a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn, clipped, and E. tonsure.]
Neat; trim. [Scot.] --Jomieson.
Toshred \To*shred"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + shred. ]
To cut into shreads or pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tossed} ; (less properly
{Tost} ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tossing}.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to
jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm
of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a
ball.
2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as,
to toss the head.
He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He
would not stay. --Addison.
3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
in a storm.
We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. --Act
xxvii. 18.
4. To agitate; to make restless.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and
turbulent. --Milton.
5. Hence, to try; to harass.
Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
--Herbert.
6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
{To toss off}, to drink hastily.
{To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.
Toss \Toss\, v. i.
1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write;
to fling.
To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets
and enreges our pain. --Tillotson.
2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak.
{To toss for}, to throw dice or a coin to determine the
possession of; to gamble for.
{To toss up}, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on
which side it will fall, or determine a question by its
fall. --Bramsion.
Toss \Toss\, n.
1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as,
the toss of a ball.
2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising
the head with a jerk. --Swift.
Tossel \Tos"sel\, n.
See {Tassel}.
Tosser \Toss"er\, n.
Ohe who tosser. --J. Fletcher.
Tossily \Toss"i*ly\, adv.
In a tossy manner. [R.]
Tossing \Toss"ing\, n.
1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly;
a rolling and tumbling.
2. (Mining)
(a) 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. --Pryce.
(b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the
air while melted.
Tosspot \Toss"pot`\, n.
A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
--Shak.
Tossy \Toss"y\, a.
Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud;
contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy
commonplace. [R.] --C. Kingsley.
Tost \Tost\,
imp. & p. p. of Toss.
Tosto \Tos"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
Quick; rapid.
{Pui tosto}[It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.
Toswink \To*swink"\, v. i. [Pref. to- + swink.]
To labor excessively. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tot \Tot\, n. [Cf. {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totter}.]
1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of
endearment to a little child.
2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
[Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.
3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tota \To"ta\, n. [From the native name in Egypt.] (Zo["o]l.)
The grivet.
Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole.
Cf. {Factotum}, {Surtout}, {Teetotum}.]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a
total departure from the evidence; a total loss. `` Total
darkness.'' ``To undergo myself the total crime.'' --Milton.
{Total abstinence}. See {Abstinence}, n., 1.
{Total depravity}. (Theol.) See {Original sin}, under
{Original}.
Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See {Whole}.
Total \To"tal\, n.
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make
the grand total of five millions.
Totality \To*tal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.]
1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of
an eclipse.
2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety;
as, the totalityof human knowledge. --Buckle.
The totality of a sentence or passage. --Coleridge.
Totalize \To"tal*ize\, v. t.
To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.
--Coleridge.
Totally \To"tal*ly\, adv.
In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
Totalness \To"tal*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
Tote \Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toting}.] [Said to be of African origin.]
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 \Tote\, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.]
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
Totear \To*tear"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + tear. ]
To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Totem \To"tem\, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to
which a person or place belongs.]
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.
And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet
unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the
symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and
reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.
--Longfellow.
The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some
supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over
it. --Bagehot.
Totemic \To*tem"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
Totemism \To"tem*ism\, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
tribe by the totem.
2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real
or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.
Totemist \To"tem*ist\, n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
{To`tem*is"tic}, a.
Toter \Tot"er\, n. [See {Tote} to carry.] (Zo["o]l.)
The stone roller. See {Stone roller}
(a), under {Stone}.
T'other \T'oth"er\
A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a
contraction for that other. See the Note under {That}, 2.
The tothir that was crucifield with him. --Wyclif(John
xix. 32)
Totipalmate \To`ti*pal"mate\, a. [L. totus all, whole + E.
palmate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea
birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under
{Aves}.
Totipalmi \To`ti*pal"mi\, n.pl. [NL.,from L. totus all, whole +
palmus palm.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of swimming birds including those that have
totipalmate feet.
Totipresence \To`ti*pres"ence\, n. [L. totus all, whole + E.
presence.]
Omnipresence. [Obs.] --A. Tucker.
Totipresent \To`ti*pres"ent\, a. [L. totus all, whole + E.
present.]
Omnipresence. [Obs.] --A. Tucker.
Totter \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS.
tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline,
{Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.]
1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be
unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. ``As
a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.''
--Ps. lxii. 3.
2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.
--Dryden.
Totterer \Tot"ter*er\, n.
One who totters.
Totteringly \Tot"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
In a tottering manner.
Tottery \Tot"ter*y\, a.
Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady;
shaking. --Johnson.
Totly \Tot"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tottling}.] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.]
To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.
[Colloq.]
Tottlish \Tot"tlish\, a.
Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Totty \Tot"ty\, a. [OE. toti. Cf. {Totter}.]
Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] --Sir W. Scott.
For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must.
--Spenser.
Toty \Tot"y\, a.
Totty. [Obs.]
My head is totty of my swink to-night. --Chaucer.
Toty \To"ty\, n.
A sailor or fisherman; -- so called in some parts of the
Pacific.
Toucan \Tou"can\, n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating
birds of tropical America belonging to {Ramphastos},
{Pteroglossus}, and allied genera of the family
{Ramphastid[ae]}. 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.
2. (Astronom.) A modern constellation of the southern
hemisphere.
Toncanet \Ton"can*et\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small toucan.
Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Touched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Touching}.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic
origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G.
zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G.
ziehen, akin to E. tug. See {Tuck}, v. t., {Tug}, and cf.
{Tocsin}, {Toccata}.]
1. 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.
Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched
lightly. --Milton.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech.
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
The god, vindictive, doomed them never more- Ah, men
unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. --Pope.
4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak.
5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak.
6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.
7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the
books. --Pope.
8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
melt; to soften.
What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat
seems to this and harsh. --Milton.
The tender sire was touched with what he said.
--Addison.
9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
to with the pencil or brush.
The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn
right. --Pope.
10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon.
11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch
it. --Moxon.
12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
instrument of music.
[They] touched their golden harps. --Milton.
13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
A person is the royal retinue touched a light and
lively air on the flageolet. --Sir W.
Scott.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. `` No decree
of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse
his free will,'' --Milton.
15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do
us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen.
xxvi. 28, 29.
16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the
past participle.
She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld.
Lytton.
17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See {Tangent}, a.
18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
{To touch a sail} (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind
that its weather leech shakes.
{To touch the wind} (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the
wind as possible.
{To touch up}, to repair; to improve by touches or
emendation.
Touch \Touch\, v. i.
1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no
space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
--Johnson.
2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.]
Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon
gold, that will not touch upon silver. --Bacon.
3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or
casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they
immediately quitted it. --Addison.
4. (Naut) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that
its weather leech shakes.
{To touch and go} (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and
without damage, as a vessel in motion.
{To touch at}, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the
ship touched at Lisbon.
{To touch on} or {upon}, to come or go to for a short time.
[R.]
I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched
on the several towns that lie on its coasts.
--Addison.
Touch \Touch\, n. [Cf. F. touche. See {Touch}, v. ]
1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched;
contact.
Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.
--Shak.
2. (Physiol.) 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}.
The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. --Pope.
Note: Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since
temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more
or less combined with them. The organs of touch are
found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain
underlying nervous structures.
3. Act or power of exciting emotion.
Not alone The death of Fulvia, with more urgent
touches, Do strongly speak to us. --Shak.
4. An emotion or affection.
A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy.
--Hooker.
5. Personal reference or application. [Obs.]
Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly
used. --Bacon.
6. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence,
animadversion; censure; reproof.
I never bare any touch of conscience with greater
regret. --Eikon
Basilike.
7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
Never give the least touch with your pencil till you
have well examined your design. --Dryden.
8. Feature; lineament; trait.
Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches
dearest prized. --Shak.
9. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the
plural, musical notes.
Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of
sweet harmony. --Shak.
10. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them. --Hazlitt.
Madam, I have a touch of your condition. --Shak.
11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
A small touch will put him in mind of them.
--Bacon.
12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq.]
Print my preface in such form as, in the
booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
--Swift.
13. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for
touchstone. [Obs.] `` Now do I play the touch.'' --Shak.
A neat new monument of touch and alabaster.
--Fuller.
14. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard;
test; proof; tried quality.
Equity, the true touch of all laws. --Carew.
Friends of noble touch . --Shak.
15. (Mus.) 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.
16. (Shipbilding) 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. --J. Knowles.
17. (Football) That part of the field which is beyond the
line of flags on either side. --Encyc. of Rural Sports.
18. A boys' game; tag.
{In touch} (Football), outside of bounds. --T. Hughes.
{To be in touch}, to be in contact, or in sympathy.
{To keep touch}.
(a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement
[Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function.
My mind and senses keep touch and time. --Sir
W. Scott.
(b) To keep in contact; to maintain connection or
sympathy; -- with with or of.
{Touch and go}, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape.
{True as touch} (i. e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]
Touchable \Touch"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being touched; tangible. -- {Touch"a*ble*ness}, n.
Touchback \Touch"back`\, n. (G)
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 \Touch"-box`\, n.
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers
who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
Touchdown \Touch"down`\, n. (Football)
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents'
goal .
{Safety touchdown}. See under {Safety}.
Touchhole \Touch"hole`\, n.
The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is
communicateed to the powder of the charge.
Touchily \Touch"i*ly\, adv.
In a touchy manner.
Touchiness \Touch"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being touchy peevishness;
irritability; irascibility.
Touching \Touch"ing\, a.
Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. --
{Touch"ing*ly}, adv.
Touching \Touch"ing\, prep.
Concerning; with respect to.
Now, as touching things offered unto idols. --1 Cor.
viii. 1.
Touching \Touch"ing\, n.
The sense or act of feeling; touch.
Touch-me-not \Touch"-me-not`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) See {Impatiens}.
(b) Squirting cucumber. See under {Cucumber}.
Touch-needle \Touch"-nee`dle\, n. (Metal.)
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 \Touch"-pa`per\, n.
Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used
as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
Touchstone \Touch"stone`\, n.
1. (Min.) 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}.
2. Fig.: Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a
thing are tried. --Hooker.
The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone
for the trial of spirits. --South.
{Irish touchstone} (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes
the Giant's Causeway.
Touchwood \Touch"wood`\, n. [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache
tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]
1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the {Polyporus
igniarius}.
Touchy \Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.]
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
[Colloq.]
It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy
about personal attacks. --Saintsbury.
Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. {Tougher}; superl. {Toughest}.] [OE.
tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG.
z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close
to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. 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 roots and stubs. '' --Milton.
2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong;
as, tough sinews. --Cowper.
A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough
to the last, and with no toil to tire. --Dryden.
The basis of his character was caution combined with
tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A.
Symonds.
3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as,
tough phlegm.
4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden.
5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] `` A tough
debate. '' --Fuller.
{To make it tough}, to make it a matter of difficulty; to
make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tough-cake \Tough"-cake`\, n.
See {Tough-pitch}
(b) .
Toughen \Tough"en\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Toughened}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Toughening}.]
To grow or make tough, or tougher.
Tough-head \Tough"-head`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The ruddy duck. [ Local U. S. ]
Toughish \Tough"ish\, a.
Tough in a slight degree.
Toughly \Tough"ly\, adv.
In a tough manner.
Toughness \Tough"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tough.
Tough-pitch \Tough"-pitch`\, n. (Metal.)
(a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of
well reduced and refined copper.
(b) Copper so reduced; -- called also {tough-cake}.
Touite \Tou"ite\, n.
The wood warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Toupee \Tou*pee"\ (?; 277), Toupet \Tou*pet"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin
to E. top. See {Top} apex, and cf. {Topet}.]
1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
--G. Eliot.
Toupettit \Tou"pet*tit\, n. [See {Topet}, {toupee}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Tower}.]
A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Turn}, v. t.]
1. 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.
The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
--Milton.
2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly
bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore.
3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a
turn; as, a tour of duty.
Syn: Journey; excursion. See {Journey}.
Tour \Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Touring}.]
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.
Touraco \Tou*ra"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Turacou}.
Tourbillion \Tour*bil"lion\, n. [F. torbillion a whirlwind,
tourbillion, fr. L. turbo, -inis, a whirl, whirlwind.]
An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so
as to form a scroll of fire. --G. Francis.
Tourist \Tour"ist\, n.
One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.
Tourmaline \Tour"ma*line\, n. [F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina,
tormalina, NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a
name given to this stone in Ceylon.] (Min.)
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. [Written
also {turmaline} .]
Note: Crystals of tourmaline when heated exhibit electric
polarity (see {Pyroelectric}, n.). Tourmaline is also
used in the form of a polariscope called tourmaline
tongs.
Tourn \Tourn\, n. [See {Turn}]
1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff's turn, or court.
Tournament \Tour"na*ment\, n. [OE. turnement, tornement, OF.
torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or
wheeling round. See {Tourney}.]
1. 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. ``In battle and in
tourneyment.'' --Chaucer.
With cruel tournament the squadrons join. --Milton.
Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill
between one man and another.
2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents
for championship; as, a chess tournament.
Tournery \Tourn"er*y\, n.
Work turned on a lathe; turnery. [Obs.] See {Turnery}.
--Evelyn.
Tourney \Tour"ney\, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF.
torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F.
tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.]
A tournament. --Bacon.
At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is
scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson.
Tourney \Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ]
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.
Tourniquet \Tour"ni*quet\, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.)
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 \Tour`nois"\, n. [F., belonging to Tours in France.]
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 \Tour*nure"\, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.]
1. Turn; contour; figure.
2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress
below the waist; a bustle.
Touse \Touse\, Touze \Touze\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Toused};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tousing}.] [OE. tosen [root]64. See {tease},
and cf. {Tose}, {Toze}. ]
To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] --Shak.
As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. --Spenser.
Touse \Touse\, n.
A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tousel \Tous"el\, v. t.
Same as {Tousle}. [Colloq.]
Touser \Tous"er\, n.
One who touses. [Prov. Eng.]
Tousle \Tou"sle\, v. t. [Freq. of touse. Cf.{Tossle}.]
To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse. [Colloq.]
Tous-les-mois \Tous`-les`-mois"\, n. [F., all the months, i.e.,
every month.]
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 \Tout\ (t[=oo]t), v. i. [See 1st {Toot}.]
1. To act as a tout. See 2d {Tout}. [Cant. Eng.]
2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
Tout \Tout\, n.
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of
training, to get information about their capabilities, for
use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]
Tout \Tout\, v. i. [See 3d {Toot}. ]
To toot a horn.
Tout \Tout\, n.
The anus. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tout-ensemble \Tout`-en`sem"ble\, n. [F.]
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 \Tout"er\, n.
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance,
shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for
office. [Colloq.]
The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or
any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps,
better known to the police. --Dickens.
Touze \Touze\, v.t & i.
See {Touse}. [Prov. Eng.]
Tow \Tow\, n. [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. ? a
tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, v.t.]
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from
the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Tow \Tow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Towed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Towing}.] [OE. towen, to?en; akin to OFries. toga to pull
about, OHG. zog[=o]n, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and
AS.te['o]n to draw, p. p. getogen. See {Tug}]
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind,
by means of a rope.
Tow \Tow\, n. [Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E.
tow, v. t.]
1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly
used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge,
raft, collection of boats, ect.
Towage \Tow"age\, n. [From {Tow}, v. Cf. F. touage.]
1. The act of towing.
2. The price paid for towing.
Towall \Tow"all\, n.
A towel. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toward \To"ward\, Towards \To"wards\, prep.[AS. ? impending,
imminent, future, toward, ? towards. See {To}, and -{ward},
{wards}.]
1. In the direction of; to.
He set his face toward the wilderness. --Num. xxiv.
1.
The waves make towards" the pebbled shore. --Shak.
2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or
reference to; regarding; concerning.
His eye shall be evil toward his brother. --Deut.
xxviii. 54.
Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
conscience void of offense toward God, and toward
men. --Acts xxiv.
16.
3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
This was the first alarm England received towards
any trouble. --Clarendom.
4. Near; about; approaching to.
I am toward nine years older since I left you.
--Swift.
Toward \To"ward\, Towards \To"wards\ adv.
Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward ? --Shak.
We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards. --Shak.
Toward \To"ward\, a. [AS. ?. See {Toward}, prep.]
1. Approaching; coming near. ``His toward peril.'' --Spenser.
2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward;
apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. --Shak.
Towardliness \To"ward*li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being towardly; docility;
tractableness.
The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her
brethren to envy. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Towardly \To"ward*ly\, a.
Same as {Toward}, a., 2.
He's towardly and will come on apace. --Dryden.
Towardness \To"ward*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being toward.
Towards \To"wards\, prep. & adv.
See {Toward}.
Towboat \Tow"boat`\, n.
1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
AS. [thorn]we['a]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[=a],
Sw. tv[*a], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf. {Doily}.]
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
anything wet, as the person after a bath.
{Towel gourd} (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
{Luffa [AE]gyptiaca}; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
sponge}, and {dishcloth}.
Towel \Tow"el\, v. t.
To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]
Toweling \Tow"el*ing\, 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. [Written also {towelling}.]
Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin
to Gr. ?; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a
tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated,
usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
size not always of that proportion.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3.
3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
any high headdress.
Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and
curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras.
4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
{Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used
in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of
concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may
be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See
{Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower},
below.
{Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in
the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous
fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion
of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid},
under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above.
{Round tower}. See under {Round}, a.
{Shot tower}. See under {Shot}.
{Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with
chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
polygon of some works.
{Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis
perfoliata}.
{Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern
part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and
now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects
of public interest.
Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {towered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{towering}.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
hence, to soar.
On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
Tower \Tow"er\, v. t.
To soar into. [Obs.] --Milton.
Towered \Tow"ered\, a.
Adorned or defended by towers.
Towered cities please us then. --Milton.
Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
--Pope.
2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W.
Scott.
Towery \Tow"er*y\, a.
Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] ``Towery
cities.'' --Pope.
Tow-head \Tow"-head`\, n.
1. An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ]
Towhee \To*whee"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The chewink.
Towilly \To*wil"ly\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
Towline \Tow"line`\, n. [AS. tohline. See {Tow}, v. t., and
{Line}. ] (Naut.)
A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.
Town \Town\, n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence,
village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge,
fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house,
Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. {Down}, adv. & prep.,
{Dune}, {tine} to inclose.]
1. 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.
[Obs.] --Palsgrave.
2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a
regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson.
3. 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.
God made the country, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
4. 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.
5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits,
less than those of a country. [U. S.]
6. The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the
gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
--Addison.
Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope.
Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other
populous towns.
8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with
other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier,
or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall;
townhouse, town house, or town-house.
Syn: Village; hamlet. See {Village}.
{Town clerk}, an office who keeps the records of a town, and
enters its official proceedings. See {Clerk}.
{Town cress} (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr.
Prior.
{Town house}.
(a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the
country.
(b) See {Townhouse}.
{Town meeting}, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town
entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness.
[U. S.]
{Town talk}, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic
of common conversation.
Town-crier \Town"-cri`er\, n.
A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the
public crier of a town.
Towned \Towned\, a.
Having towns; containing many towns. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
Townhall \Town"hall`\, 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 \Town"house`\, n.
A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
Townish \Town"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
[R.] --Turbervile.
Townless \Town"less\, a.
Having no town. --Howell.
Townlet \Town"let\, n.
A small town. --North Brit. Rev.
Townsfolk \Towns"folk`\, n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city,
in distinction from country people; townspeople.
Township \Town"ship\, n.
1. The district or territory of a town.
Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided
into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten
miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are
invested with certain powers for regulating their own
affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the
poor. The township is subordinate to the county.
2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a
division of territory six miles square, containing 36
sections.
3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
Townsman \Towns"man\, n.; pl. {Townsmen} (-men).
1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with
another. --Pope.
2. A selectman, in New England. See {Selectman}.
Townpeople \Town"peo`ple\, n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction
from country people; townsfolk.
Townward \Town"ward\, Townwards \Town"wards\,, adv.
Toward a town. --Longfellow.
Towpath \Tow"path`\, n.
A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called
also {towing path}.
Towrope \Tow"rope`\, n.
A rope used in towing vessels.
Towser \Tow"ser\ (tou"z[~e]r), n. [See {Touse} to pull about. ]
A familiar name for a dog. [ Written also {Towzer}. ]
Towy \Tow"y\ (t[=o]"[y^]), a.
Composed of, or like, tow.
Toxaemia \Tox*[ae]"mi*a\ (t[o^]ks"[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), a. [NL., fr.
Gr. toxiko`n poison + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
Blood poisoning. See under {Blood}.
Toxic \Tox"ic\, Toxical \Tox"ic*al\, a. [L. toxicum poison,
originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr.
toxiko`n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr.
toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Cf.
{Intoxicate}.]
Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
Toxicant \Tox"i*cant\, n.
A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
Toxicological \Tox`i*co*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf.F. toxicologique. ]
Of or pertaining to toxicology. -- {Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly},
adv.
Toxicologist \Tox`i*col"o*gist\, n.
One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on
poisons.
Toxicology \Tox`i*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n poison + -logy;
cf. F. toxicologie. See {Toxic}. ]
The science which treats of poisons, their effects,
antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on
the science.
Toxicomania \Tox`i*co*ma"ni*a\, n. [See. {Toxic}, and {Mania}.]
1. (Med.) Toxiphobia. --A. S. Taylor.
2. (Med.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous
drugs, as alcohol or opium. --B. W. Richardson.
Toxifera \Tox*if"e*ra\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow + L.
ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Toxoglossa}.
Toxin \Tox"in\, Toxine \Tox"ine\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n. See {Toxic}.
]
A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria
, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
Toxiphobia \Tox`i*pho"bi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. toxiko`n poison +
fo`bos fear.] (Med.)
An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
Toxodon \Tox"o*don\, n. [Gr. to`xon a bow + ?, ?, a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America,
having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order
Toxodonta.
Toxodonta \Tox`o*don"ta\, n.pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
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 \Tox`o*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow + ?
tongue.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tox*oph"i*lite\, n. [Gr. to`xon a bow + filei^n to
love.]
A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
Toxotes \Tox"o*tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an archer.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See {Archer
fish}.
Toy \Toy\ (toi), n. [D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash,
speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials,
MNG. ziuc, Icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of
E. tug, v. t.; cf. G. zeugen to beget, MHG. ziugen to beget,
make ready, procure. See {Tug}, v. t.]
1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper.
2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
trade of little value; a trifle.
They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys,
great abundance of gold and pearl. --Abr. Abbot.
3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
opinion.
To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser.
What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all
run away. --Beau. &Fl.
Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
--Drayton.
4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton.
To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser.
5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak.
6. [Probably the same word.] A headdress of linen or woolen,
that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of
the lower classes; -- called also {toy mutch}. [Scot.]
``Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and
scarlet plaid.'' --Sir W. Scott.
Toy \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {toyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{toying}.]
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak.
Toy \Toy\, v. t.
To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576).
Toyear \To*year\, adv. [To, prep. + year. ]
This year. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Toyer \Toy"er\, n.
One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Toyful \Toy"ful\, a.
Full of trifling play. [Obs.] --Donne.
Toyhouse \Toy"house`\, n.
A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Toyingly \Toy"ing*ly\, adv.
In a toying manner.
Toyish \Toy"ish\, a.
1. Sportive; trifling; wanton.
2. Resembling a toy. -- {Toy"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Toy"ish*ness},
n.
Toyman \Toy"man\ (toi"man), n.
One who deals in toys.
Toyshop \Toy"shop`\ (-sh[o^]p`), n.
A shop where toys are sold.
Toysome \Toy"some\ (toi"s[u^]m), a.
Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] --Ford.
Toze \Toze\, v. t.
To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]
Tozy \To"zy\, a. [See {Toze} ]
Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- {To"zi*ness}, n.
Trabea \Tra"be*a\, n.; pl. {Trabe[ae]}. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal
stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. --Dr. W.
Smith.
Trabeated \Tra"be*a`ted\, a. (Arch.)
Furnished with an entablature.
Trabeation \Tra`be*a"tion\, n. [L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a
timber.] (Arch.)
Same as {Entablature}.
Trabecula \Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Trabecul[ae]} (-l[=e]). [L.,
a little beam.] (Anat.)
A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in
the framework of an organ part.
Trabecular \Tra*bec"u*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabecul[ae]; composed of
trabecul[ae].
Trabeculate \Tra*bec"u*late\, a. (Bot.)
Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.
Trabu \Tra"bu\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Trubu}.
Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trais. pl. of trait. See {Trait}.]
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 \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See {Trace}, v. t. ]
1. 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.
--Milton.
2. (Chem. & Min.) 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.
3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left
when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token;
vestige.
The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or
blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope.
4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane
of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate
plane.
5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.
{Syn}.-Vestige; mark; token. See {Vestige}.
Trace \Trace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {traced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{tracing}.] [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL.
tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf.
{Abstract}, {Attract}, {Contract}, {Portratt}, {Tract},
{Trail}, {Train}, {Treat}. ]
1. 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.
Some faintly traced features or outline of the
mother and the child, slowly lading into the
twilight of the woods. --Hawthorne.
2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or
thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks,
or tokens. --Cowper.
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. --T.
Burnet.
I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest
agents. --Milton.
3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
How all the way the prince on footpace traced.
--Spenser.
4. To copy; to imitate.
That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of
tracing word, and line by line. --Denham.
5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
We do tracethis alley up and down. --Shak.
Trace \Trace\, v. i.
To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]
Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. --Spenser.
Traceable \Trace"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being traced. -- {Trace"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Trace"a/bly}, adv.
Tracer \Tra"cer\, n.
One who, or that which, traces.
Tracery \Tra"cer/y\, n.; pl. {Traceries} (Arch.)
Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially:
(a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.
Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar
tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a
series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate
of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by
the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the
mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative
objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or
in relief. See also Stump tracery under {Stump}, and
Fan tracery under {Fan}.
(b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs
of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the
tracery is composed.
Trachea \Tra"che*a\, n.; pl. {Trache[ae]}. [NL.,from L. trachia,
Gr. trachei^a (sc. ? windpipe), from ? rough, rugged: cf. F.
trach['e]e.]
1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of {Lung}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and
arachnids.
3. (Bot.) 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 \Tra"che*al\, a. [Cf.F. tracheal.]
Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
Trachearia \Tra`che*a"ri*a\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by
means of trache[ae]. It includes the mites, ticks, false
scorpions, and harvestmen.
Tracheary \Tra"che*a*ry\, a.
Tracheal; breathing by means of trache[ae]. -- n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trachearia.
Tracheata \Tra`che*a"ta\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those
which breathe by trache[ae], as distinguished from Crustacea,
which breathe by means of branchi[ae].
Tracheate \Tra"che*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Breathing by means of trache[ae]; of or pertaining to the
Tracheata.
Tracheate \Tra"che*ate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any arthropod having trache[ae]; one of the Tracheata.
Tracheid \Tra"che*id\, n. (Bot.)
A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed
throughout, as in pine wood.
Tracheitis \Tra`che*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Trachea}, and -{itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.
Trachelidan \Tra*chel"i*dan\, n. [Gr. ? neck.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tra*chel"i*pod\, n. [Gr.? neck + -pod:cf.F.
trachelipode.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trachelipoda.
Trachelipoda \Tra`che*lip"o*da\, n.pl. [NL. See {Trachelipod}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tra`che*lip"o*dous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the
Trachelipoda.
Trachelobranchiate \Tra`che*lo*bran"chi*ate\, a. [Gr.? + E.
tranchiate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain
mollusks.
Trachelorrhaphy \Tra`che*lor"rha*phy\, n. [Gr. ? neck + ? to
sew.] (Med.)
The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the
uterus.
Trachenchyma \Tra*chen"chy*ma\, n. [NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma
as in E. parenchyma.] (Bot.)
A vegetable tissue consisting of trache[ae].
Tracheobranchia \Tra`che*o*bran"chi*a\, n.; pl.
{Tracheobranchlae}. [NL. See {Trachea}, and {Branchia}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic
insect larv[ae]. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar
to those of other insects.
Tracheobronchial \Tra`che*o*bron"chi*al\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to
their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
Tracheocele \Tra"che*o*cele\, n. [Gr. ? the windpipe + ? a
tumor: cf.F. tracheocele. ] (Med.)
(a) Goiter.
(b) A tumor containing air and communicating with the
trachea. --Morell Mackenzie.
Tracheophonae \Tra`che*oph"o*n[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., from trachea +
Gr. fonei^n to sound.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end
of the trachea.
Tracheoscopy \Tra`che*os"co*py\, n. [Trachea + -scopy.] (Med.)
Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a
mirror.
Tracheotomy \Tra`che*ot"o*my\, n. [Trachea + Gr. ? to cut: cf.F.
tracheotomie.] (Surg.)
The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.
Trachinoid \Tra"chi*noid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of, pertaining to, or like, {Trachinus}, a genus of fishes
which includes the weevers. See {Weever}.
Trachitis \Tra*chi"tis\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Tracheitis.
Trachycarpous \Tra`chy*car"pous\, a. [Gr. ? rough + ? fruit.]
(Bot.)
Rough-fruited. --Gray.
Trachymedusae \Tra`chy*me*du"s[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. ? rough
+ medusa.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 medus[ae].
Trachyspermous \Tra`chy*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. ? rough + ? seed.]
(Bot.)
Rough-seeded. --Gray.
Trachystomata \Tra`chy*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? rough
+ stoma.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tra"chyte\, n. [Gr. ? rough, rugged: cg. F. trachyte.]
(Geol.)
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 \Tra*chyt"ic\, a. [Cf. F. trachytique.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
Trachytoid \Trach"y*toid\, a. [Trachyte + -oid.] (Min.)
Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of
certain rocks.
Tracing \Tra"cing\, n.
1. 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.
2. A regular path or track; a course.
{Tracing cloth}, {Tracing paper}, specially prepared
transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or
print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use
of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the
lines of the original placed beneath.
Track \Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of
animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to
draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. {Trick}.]
1. 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.
The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or
beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Far from track of men. --Milton.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said
of birds, etc.
4. A road; a beaten path.
Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden.
5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of
land. [Obs.] ``Small tracks of ground.'' --Fuller.
{Track scale}, a railway scale. See under {Railway}.
Track \Track\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tracked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{tracking}.]
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.
It was often found impossible to track the robbers to
their retreats among the hills and morasses.
--Macaulay.
2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
tow.
Trackage \Track"age\, n.
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
Tracker \Track"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog
that follows game.
And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the
lessening pack was near. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in
path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by
pulling.
Trackless \Track"less\, a.
Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a
trackless desert.
To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. --Byron.
-- {Track"less*ly}, adv.-{Track"less*ness}, n.
Trackmaster \Track"mas`ter\, n. (Railroad)
One who has charge of the track; -- called also {roadmaster}.
Track-road \Track"-road`\, n.
A towing path.
Trackscout \Track"scout\, n.
See {Trackschuyt}.
Tract \Tract\, n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.]
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short
extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
The church clergy at that time writ the best collection
of tracts against popery that ever appeared. --Swift.
{Tracts for the Times}. See {Tractarian}.
Tract \Tract\, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course,
tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5
are perhaps due to confusion with track. See {Trace},v., and
cf. {Tratt}.]
1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. ``The deep tract
of hell.'' --Milton.
2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite
extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a
narrow tract of earth. --Addison.
3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.]
The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his
countenance is a great weakness. --Bacon.
4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] --Dryden.
5. Track; trace. [Obs.]
Efface all tract of its traduction. --Sir T.
Browne.
But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon,
Leaving no tract behind. --Shak.
6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] --Shak.
7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of
speech. [Obs.] --Older.
8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
``Improved by tract of time.'' --Milton.
9. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
Syn: Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise;
dissertation.
Tract \Tract\, v. t.
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.]
--Spenser. --B. Jonson.
Tractability \Tract`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. tractabilitas: cf.F.
tractabilite.]
The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility;
tractableness.
Tractable \Tract"a*ble\, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to
draw violently, to handle, treat. See {Treat}, v. t.]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile;
manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a
tractable learner.
I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak.
2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
--{Tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tract"a/bly}, adv.
Tractarian \Trac*ta"ri*an\, n. (Ch. of England)
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 \Trac*ta"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
Tractarianism \Trac*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. (Ch. of England)
The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons
accepting the teachings of the ``Tracts for the Times.''
Tractate \Tract"ate\, n. [L. tractatus a touching, handling,
treatise. See Tractable, and {Tract} a treatise, {Treaty}.]
A treatise; a tract; an essay.
Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose
fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are
translated. --Hare.
Tractation \Trac*ta"tion\, n. [L. tractatio.]
Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.]
A full tractation of the points controverted. --Bp.
Hall.
Tractator \Trac*ta"tor\, n. [L., a handler.]
One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian. [R.] --C.
Kingsley.
Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
Tractility \Trac*til"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being tractile; ductility. --Derham.
Traction \Trac"tion\, n. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F.
traction.]
1. The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the
traction of a muscle.
2. 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.
3. Attraction; a drawing toward. [R.]
4. The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a
pulley, or the like. --Knight.
{Angle of traction} (Mech.), the angle made with a given
plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force
acts.
{Traction engine}, a locomotive for drawing vehicles on
highways or in the fields.
Tractite \Tract"ite\, n.
A Tractarian.
Tractitious \Trac*ti"tious\, a. [See {Tractate}.]
Treating of; handling. [R.]
Tractive \Tract"ive\, a.
Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
Tractor \Tract"or\, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
1. That which draws, or is used for drawing.
2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used
in the treatment called Perkinism.
Tractoration \Trac`to*ra"tion\, n.
See {Perkinism}.
Tractory \Tract"o*ry\, n. [L. tractorius of drawing, fr.
trahere, tractum, to draw.] (Geom.)
A tractrix.
Tractrix \Tract"rix\, n. [NL. See {Tractor}.] (Geom.)
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 \Trad\, obs.
imp. of {Tread}. --Chaucer.
Trade \Trade\, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See
{Tread}, n. & v.]
1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel;
resort. [Obs.]
A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common
trade to pass through Priam's house. --Surrey.
Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.
--Spenser.
Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, Some way
of common trade, where subjects' feet May hourly
trample on their sovereign's head. --Shak.
2. Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment. [Obs.]
``The right trade of religion.'' --Udall.
There those five sisters had continual trade.
--Spenser.
Long did I love this lady, Long was my travel, long
my trade to win her. --Massinger.
Thy sin's not accidental but a trade. --Shak.
3. Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration;
affair; dealing. [Obs.]
Have you any further trade with us? --Shak.
4. Specifically: The act or business of exchanging
commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money;
commerce; traffic; barter.
Note: Trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing,
either in the produce of land, in manufactures, in
bills, or in money; but it is chiefly used to denote
the barter or purchase and sale of goods, wares, and
merchandise, either by wholesale or retail. Trade is
either foreign or domestic. Foreign trade consists in
the exportation and importation of goods, or the
exchange of the commodities of different countries.
Domestic, or home, trade is the exchange, or buying and
selling, of goods within a country. Trade is also by
the wholesale, that is, by the package or in large
quantities, generally to be sold again, or it is by
retail, or in small parcels. The carrying trade is the
business of transporting commodities from one country
to another, or between places in the same country, by
land or water.
5. 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.
Accursed usury was all his trade. --Spenser.
The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. --Milton.
I will instruct thee in my trade. --Shak.
6. Instruments of any occupation. [Obs.]
The house and household goods, his trade of war.
--Dryden.
7. 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.
8. pl. The trade winds.
9. Refuse or rubbish from a mine. [Prov. Eng.]
Syn: Profession; occupation; office; calling; avocation;
employment; commerce; dealing; traffic.
{Board of trade}. See under {Board}.
{Trade dollar}. See under {Dollar}.
{Trade price}, the price at which goods are sold to members
of the same trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers.
{Trade sale}, an auction by and for the trade, especially
that of the booksellers.
{Trade wind}, a wind in the torrid zone, and often a little
beyond at, which blows from the same quarter throughout
the year, except when affected by local causes; -- so
called because of its usefulness to navigators, and hence
to trade.
Note: The general direction of the trade winds is from N. E.
to S. W. on the north side of the equator, and from S.
E. to N. W. on the south side of the equator. They are
produced by the joint effect of the rotation of the
earth and the movement of the air from the polar toward
the equatorial regions, to supply the vacancy caused by
heating, rarefaction, and consequent ascent of the air
in the latter regions. The trade winds are principally
limited to two belts in the tropical regions, one on
each side of the equator, and separated by a belt which
is characterized by calms or variable weather.
Trade \Trade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trading}.]
1. 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.
A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their
goods and traded. --Arbuthnot.
2. To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
3. To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; --
usually followed by with.
How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?
--Shak.
Trade \Trade\, v. t.
To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.
They traded the persons of men. --Ezek. xxvii.
13.
To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches.
--Cooper.
Trade \Trade\, obs.
imp. of {Tread}.
Traded \Trad"ed\, a.
Professional; practiced. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tradeful \Trade"ful\, a.
Full of trade; busy in traffic; commercial. --Spenser.
Tradeless \Trade"less\, a.
Having no trade or traffic. --Young.
Trade-mark \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 \Trad"er\, n.
1. 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.
2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
Tradescantia \Trad`es*can"ti*a\, n. (Bot.)
A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
Tradesfolk \Trades"folk`\, n.
People employed in trade; tradesmen. [R.] --Swift.
Tradesman \Trades"man\, n.; pl. {Tradesmen}.
1. One who trades; a shopkeeper.
2. A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood
depends upon the labor of his hands. [U. S.] --Burrill.
Tradespeople \Trades"peo`ple\, n.
People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
trades union \trades" un`ion\, or Trade union \Trade" un`ion\ .
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 \Trades"-un`ion*ist\, or Trade-unionist
\Trade"-un`ion*ist\, n.
A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
Tradeswoman \Trades"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Tradeswomen}.
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
Trading \Trad"ing\, a.
1. Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a
trading company.
2. Frequented by traders. [R.] ``They on the trading flood.''
--Milton.
3. Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.
Tradition \Tra*di"tion\, n. [OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from
tradere to give up, transmit. See {Treason}, {Traitor}.]
1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
``A deed takes effect only from the tradition or
delivery.'' --Blackstone.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an
honorable respect? --Shak.
Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful
village of Grand-Pr['e]. --Longfellow.
4. (Theol.)
(a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been
given by God to Moses on Sinai.
Making the word of God of none effect through
your tradition, which ye have delivered. --Mark
vii. 13.
(b) 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.
Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye
have been taught, whether by word or our
epistle. --2 Thess. ii.
15.
{Tradition Sunday} (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because
the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at
Easter.
Tradition \Tra*di"tion\, v. t.
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [Obs.]
The following story is . . . traditioned with very much
credit amongst our English Catholics. --Fuller.
Traditional \Tra*di"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL.
traditionalis.]
1. 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.
2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs;
old-fashioned. [R.] --Shak.
Traditionlism \Tra*di"tion*l*ism\, 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 \Tra*di"tion*al*ist\, n.
An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a
traditionist.
Traditionally \Tra*di"tion*al*ly\, adv.
In a traditional manner.
Traditionarily \Tra*di"tion*a*ri*ly\, adv.
By tradition.
Traditionary \Tra*di"tion*a*ry\, a.
Traditional.
The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish
traditionary interpolations. --Buckminster.
Traditionary \Tra*di"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Traditionaries}. [Cf.
F. traditionnare.]
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of
traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.
Traditioner \Tra*di"tion*er\, Traditionist \Tra*di"tion*ist\, n.
[Cf. F. traditionniste.]
One who adheres to tradition.
Traditive \Trad"i*tive\, a. [L. tradere, traditum, to transmit,
give up: cf. F. traditif.]
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age,
by oral communication; traditional. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Suppose we on things traditive divide. --Dryden.
Traditor \Trad"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See
{Traitor}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
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. --Milner.
Traduce \Tra*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Traduced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Traducing}.] [L. traducere, traductum, to lead
across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace,
transfer, derive; trans across, over + ducere to lead: cf. F.
traduire to transfer, translate, arraign, fr. L. traducere.
See {Duke}.]
1. To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce
mental qualities to one's descendants. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
2. To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce
and compose works. [Obs.] --Golden Boke.
3. To increase or distribute by propagation. [Obs.]
From these only the race of perfect animals were
propagated and traduced over the earth. --Sir M.
Hale.
4. To draw away; to seduce. [Obs.]
I can forget the weakness Of the traduced soldiers.
--Beau. & Fl.
5. To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make
an example of. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable;
to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.
The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by
traducing the form and manner of them [prayers], to
bring them into contempt. --Hooker.
He had the baseness . . . to traduce me in libel.
--Dryden.
Syn: To calumniate; vilify; defame; disparage; detract;
depreciate; decry; slander.
Traducement \Tra*duce"ment\, n.
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure;
defamation; calumny. [R.] --Shak.
Traducent \Tra*du"cent\, a. [L. traducens, p. pr. of traducere.
See {Traduce}.]
Slanderous. [R.] --Entick.
Traducer \Tra*du"cer\, n.
1. One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. --Bp. Hall.
2. One who derives or deduces. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Traducian \Tra*du"cian\, n.
A believer in traducianism.
Traducianism \Tra*du"cian*ism\, n. (Theol.)
The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of
generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.
Traducible \Tra*du"ci*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being derived or propagated. [Obs.] --Sir M.
Hale.
2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. [R.]
Traducingly \Tra*du"cing*ly\, adv.
In a traducing manner; by traduction; slanderously.
Traduct \Tra*duct"\, v. t. [L. traducere, traductum. See
Traduce.]
To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer. [Obs.]
--Fotherby.
Traduct \Tra*duct"\, n.
That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a
translation. [Obs.] --Howell.
Traduction \Tra*duc"tion\, n. [L. traductio a transferring: cf.
F. traduction translation. See {Traduce}.]
1. Transmission from one to another. [Obs.]
Traditional communication and traduction of truths.
--Sir M. Hale.
2. Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [R.]
If by traduction came thy mind, Our wonder is the
less to find A soul so charming from a stock so
good. --Dryden.
4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.]
``The traduction of brutes.'' --Sir M. Hale.
5. Transition. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion
applies to just such an object as each of the premises
applies to. --Jevons.
Traductive \Tra*duc"tive\, a.
Capable of being deduced; derivable. [R.] --Bp. Warburton.
Traffic \Traf"fic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trafficked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trafficking}.] [F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp.
traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL.
traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across,
over + -ficare to make (see {-fy}, and cf. G. ["u]bermachen
to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg.
trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg.
also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to
exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. {Vicar}).]
1. 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.
2. To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
Traffic \Traf"fic\, v. t.
To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a
consideration.
Traffic \Traf"fic\, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp.
tr['a]fico, tr['a]fago, Pg. tr['a]fego, LL. traficum,
trafica. See {Traffic}, v.]
1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling;
interchange of goods and commodities; trade.
A merchant of great traffic through the world.
--Shak.
The traffic in honors, places, and pardons.
--Macaulay.
Note: This word, like trade, comprehends every species of
dealing in the exchange or passing of goods or
merchandise from hand to hand for an equivalent, unless
the business of relating may be excepted. It signifies
appropriately foreign trade, but is not limited to
that.
2. Commodities of the market. [R.]
You 'll see a draggled damsel From Billingsgate her
fishy traffic bear. --Gay.
3. The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc.,
with reference to the number of passengers or the amount
of freight carried.
{Traffic return}, a periodical statement of the receipts for
goods and passengers, as on a railway line.
{Traffic taker}, a computer of the returns of traffic on a
railway, steamboat line, etc.
Trafficable \Traf"fic*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.
Trafficker \Traf"fick*er\, n.
One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a
merchant.
Trafficless \Traf"fic*less\, a.
Destitute of traffic, or trade.
Tragacanth \Trag"a*canth\, n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth,
tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. ? ? a he-goat
+ ? a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.]
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 \Tra*ge"di*an\, n. [Cf. F. trag['e]dien.]
1. A writer of tragedy.
Thence what the lofty, grave, tragedians taught.
--Milton.
2. An actor or player in tragedy. --Shak.
Trag'edienne \Tra`g['e]`dienne"\, n. [F.]
A woman who plays in tragedy.
Tragedious \Tra*ge"di*ous\, a.
Like tragedy; tragical. [Obs.] ``Tragedious history.''
--Fabyan.
Tragedy \Trag"e*dy\, n.; pl. {Tragedies}. [OE. tragedie, OF.
tragedie, F. trag['e]die, L. tragoedia, Gr. ?, fr. ? a tragic
poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; ? a goat (perhaps
akin to ? to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + ? to sing;
from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was
sacrificed, or because a goat was the prize, or because the
actors were clothed in goatskins. See {Ode}.]
1. 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 is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes
maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great
prosperitee And is yfallen out of high degree Into
misery and endeth wretchedly. --Chaucer.
All our tragedies are of kings and princes. --Jer.
Taylor.
tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is
poetry in unlimited jest. --Coleridge.
2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives
are lost by human violence, more especially by
unauthorized violence.
Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?:
cf. F. tragique.]
1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or
representation.
2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
tragic scenes of the French revolution.
3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
sorrow.
Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
-- {Trag"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Trag"ic*al*ness}, n.
Tragic \Trag"ic\, n.
1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
Tragi-comedy \Trag`i-com"e*dy\, n. [Cf. F. tragicom['e]die, L.
tragicocomoedia. See {Tragic}, and {Comedy}.]
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.
The noble tragi-comedy of ``Measure for Measure.''
--Macaulay.
Tragi-comic \Trag`i-com"ic\, Tragi-comical \Trag`i-com"ic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.]
Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and
comic scenes. -- {Trag`-com"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which
makes us pity the object which excites it not the less
that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our
sympathy. --Sir W.
Scott.
Tragi-comi-pastoral \Trag`i-com`i-pas"tor*al\, a.
Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy,
and pastoral poetry. [R.] --Gay.
Tragopan \Trag"o*pan\, n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous
Ethiopian bird, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 \Tra"gus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a part of the inner ear.]
(Anat.)
The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear.
See Illust. under {Ear}.
T rail \T" rail`\
See under T.
Trail \Trail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trailing}.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or
hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with
a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably
from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag,
sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp.
trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D.
treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing
a boat. See {Trace}, v. t.]
1. To hunt by the track; to track.
--Halliwell.
2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
--Dryden.
They shall not trail me through their streets Like a
wild beast. --Milton.
Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
3. (Mil.) 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.
4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
flat. --Longfellow.
5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
[Prov. Eng.]
I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
ignorance. --C. Bronte.
Trail \Trail\, v. i.
1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
When his brother saw the red blood trail. --Spenser.
2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and
creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
Trail \Trail\, n.
1. 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.
They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no
dangerous trail. --Cooper.
How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! --Shak.
2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild
region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor;
a trail of smoke.
When lightning shoots in glittering trails along.
--Rowe.
4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. ``A
radiant trail of hair.'' --Pope.
5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]
6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]
7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the
woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the
entrails of sheep.
The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served
with its trail in, is a delicious dish. --Baird.
8. (Mil.) 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}.
9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person;
an imposition. [Prov. Eng.]
{Trail boards} (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both
sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.
{Trail net}, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat.
--Wright.
Trailer \Trail"er\, n.
One who, or that which, trails.
Trailing \Trail"ing\,
a. & vb. n. from {Trail}.
{Trailing arbutus}. (Bot.) See under {Arbutus}.
{Trailing spring}, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.
{Trailing wheel}, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
carriage.
Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Training}.] [OF. trahiner, tra["i]ner,F. tra[^i]ner, LL.
trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See {Trail}.]
1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery.
--Milton.
2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract
by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.]
If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would
be as a call To train ten thousand English to their
side. --Shak.
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.
--Shak.
This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to
train you to your ruin. --Ford.
3. 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.
Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most
proper strength of a free nation. --Milton.
The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.
--Dryden.
4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
5. (Hort.) 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.
He trained the young branches to the right hand or
to the left. --Jeffrey.
6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to
its head.
{To train a gun} (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object
either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not
directly on the side. --Totten.
{To train}, or {To train up}, to educate; to teach; to form
by instruction or practice; to bring up.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when
he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii.
6.
The first Christians were, by great hardships,
trained up for glory. --Tillotson.
Train \Train\, v. i.
1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a
military company.
2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any
physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra["i]n, trahin; cf. (for some
of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] ``Now to my charms, and
to my wily trains.'' --Milton.
2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.
With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
--Spenser.
3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
Specifically :
(a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
(b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
(c) The tail of a bird. ``The train steers their flights,
and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.''
--Ray.
4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
suite.
The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.
My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.
5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
``A train of happy sentiments.'' --I. Watts.
The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
--Addison.
Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
train. --Milton.
Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
order. --Locke.
6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
a train for settlement.
If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
would take root in our nature. --Swift.
7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
or the like.
9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
{Roll train}, or {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
forms by a series of consecutive operations.
{Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
called also {mile run}.
{Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).
{Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
drives it, and driver to that which follows it.
{Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
construction, or in mining.
{Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.
Syn: Cars.
Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
came in the morning train. In the United States, the
phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
cars. The English expression is obviously more
appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.
Trainable \Train"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to
virtue. --Richardson.
Trainband \Train"band`\, n.; pl. {Trainbands}.
A band or company of an organized military force instituted
by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards
applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
He felt that, without some better protection than that
of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person
would hardly be secure. --Macaulay.
A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town.
--Cowper.
Trainbearer \Train"bear`er\, n.
One who holds up a train, as of a robe.
Trainel \Train"el\, n. [OF.]
A dragnet. [Obs.] --Holland.
Trainer \Train"er\, n.
1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains
or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring
physical agility and strength.
2. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
[U. S.] --Bartlett.
Training \Train"ing\, n.
The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising,
disciplining, etc.; education.
{Fan training} (Hort.), the operation of training fruit
trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall
radiate from the stem like a fan.
{Horizontal training} (Hort.), the operation of training
fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall
spread out laterally in a horizontal direction.
{Training college}. See {Normal school}, under {Normal}, a.
{Training day}, a day on which a military company assembles
for drill or parade. [U. S.]
{Training ship}, a vessel on board of which boys are trained
as sailors.
Syn: See {Education}.
Train oil \Train" oil`\ (oil`). [D. or LG. traan train oil,
blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.]
Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
Trainy \Train"y\, a.
Belonging to train oil. [Obs.] --Gay.
Traipse \Traipse\, v. i. [Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to
tread noisily, to walk stamping. See {Trample}, {Trape}.]
To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or
thoughtless manner. [Colloq.] --Pope.
Trais \Trais\, Trays \Trays\, n. pl.
Traces. [Obs.]
Four white bulls in the trays. --Chaucer.
Trait \Trait\, n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See
{Trace}, v., and cf. {Tract} a region, {Trace} a strap,
{Tret}.]
1. A stroke; a touch.
By this single trait Homer makes an essential
difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. --Broome.
2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a
trait of character.
Note: Formerly pronounced tr[=a], as in French, and still so
pronounced to some extent in England.
Traiteur \Trai`teur"\, n. [F.]
The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.
--Simmonds.
Traitor \Trai"tor\, n. [OE. traitour, OF. tra["i]tor,
tra["i]teur, F. tre[^i]tre, L. traditor, fr. tradere,
traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously,
to betray; trans across, over + dare to give. See {Date}
time, and cf. {Betray},{Tradition}, {Traditor}, {Treason}.]
1. 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}.
O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! --Shak.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a
betrayer. ``This false traitor death.'' --Chaucer.
Traitor \Trai"tor\, a.
Traitorous. [R.] --Spenser. Pope.
Traitor \Trai"tor\, v. t.
To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] ``
But time, it traitors me.'' --Lithgow.
Traitoress \Trai"tor*ess\, n.
A traitress. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
Traitorly \Trai"tor*ly\, a.
Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [Obs.] ``Traitorly
rascals.'' --Shak.
Traitorous \Trai"tor*ous\, a. [Cf. F. tra[^i]treux.]
1. Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as,
a traitorous officer or subject. --Shak.
2. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying
breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme. --
{Trai"tor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Trai"tor*ous*ness}, n.
Traitory \Trai"tor*y\, n.
Treachery. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Traitress \Trai"tress\, n. [F. tra[^i]tresse.]
A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
--Dryden.
Traject \Tra*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trajected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trajecting}.] [L. trajectus, p. p. of trajicere to
throw across; trans across + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a
shooting forth.]
To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the
sun's light through three or more cross prisms. [R.] --Sir I.
Newton.
Traject \Traj"ect\, n. [L. trajectus, fr. trajicere: cf. F.
trajet, OF. traject. See {Traject}, v. t.]
1. A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry. [Obs.]
--Cotgrave.
2. The act of trajecting; trajection.
3. A trajectory. [R.] --I. Taylor.
Trajection \Tra*jec"tion\, n. [L. trajectio a crossing over,
transposition.]
1. The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or
across; also, emission. --Boyle.
2. Transposition. [R.] --Knatchbull.
Trajectory \Tra*ject"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Trajectories}. [Cf. F.
trajectoire.]
The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or
comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the
air.
Trajet \Tra"jet\, Trajetour \Tra"jet*our\, Trajetry
\Tra"jet*ry\, n.
See {Treget}, {Tregetour}, and {Tregetry}. [Obs.]
Tralation \Tra*la"tion\, n. [L. tralatio, translatio.See
{Translation}.]
The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense;
ametaphor; a trope. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Tralatition \Tral`a*ti"tion\, n. [See {Tralatitious}.]
A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.
Tralatitious \Tral`a*ti"tious\, a. [L. tralatitius,
translatitius, tralaticius, translaticius. See {Tralation}.]
1. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor. --W.
Withington.
2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. --Stackhouse.
Tralatitiously \Tral`a*ti"tious*ly\, adv.
In a tralatitious manner; metephorically. --Holder.
Tralineate \Tra*lin"e*ate\, v. i. [L. trans across + linea a
line: cf. It tralineare, tralignare.]
To deviate; to stray; to wander. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Tralucency \Tra*lu"cen*cy\, n.
Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Tralucent \Tra*lu"cent\, a. [L. tralucens, translucens, p. pr.
See {Translucent}.]
Translucent. [Obs.]
The air's tralucent gallery. --Sir. J.
Davies.
Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart
or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf.
OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine,
as for carrying coal or ore.
2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey.
3. One of the rails of a tramway.
4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
{Tram car}, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a
street railway car.
{Tram plate}, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
{Tram pot} (Milling), the step and support for the lower end
of the spindle of a millstone.
Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.]
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together,
used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best
quality of velvets and silk goods.
Tramble \Tram"ble\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the
purpose. --Smart.
Trammel \Tram"mel\, n. [F. tramail, tr['e]mail, a net, LL.
tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres
three + macula a mesh. See {Three}, and {Mail} armor.]
1. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
--Carew.
2. A net for confining a woman's hair. --Spenser.
3. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble.
4. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as
a net or shackle.
[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract.
--Jeffrey.
5. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing
kettles and other vessels over the fire.
6. (Mech.)
(a) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which
consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles
to each other, the other being a beam carrying two
pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the
describing pencil.
(b) A beam compass. See under {Beam}.
Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trammeled}or
{Trammelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trammeling}, or
{Trammelling}.]
1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] --Shak.
2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Trammeled \Tram"meled\, a. (Man.)
Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of
one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse.
[Written also {trammelled}.]
Trammeler \Tram"mel*er\, n. [Written also trammeller.]
1. One who uses a trammel net. --Nares.
2. One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
Tramming \Tram"ming\, n. (Silk Manuf.)
The act or process of forming trams. See 2d {Tram}.
Tramontane \Tra*mon"tane\, a. [OF. tramontain, It. tramontano,
L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis,
mountain.]
Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other
side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
Note: The Italians sometimes use this epithet for
ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of
the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to
their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a
north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French
lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or
ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too
much the court of Rome. See {Ultramontane}.
Tramontane \Tra*mon"tane\, n.
One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a
stranger.
Tramp \Tramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tramped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tramping}.] [OE. trampen; akin to LG. trampen, G. trampeln,
LG. & D. trappen, Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth.
anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe
steps, stairs. Cf. {Trap} a kind of rock, {Trape}, {Trip}, v.
i., {Tread}.]
1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
[Colloq.]
3. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
[Scot.] --Jamieson.
Tramp \Tramp\, v. i.
To travel; to wander; to stroll.
Tramp \Tramp\, n.
1. A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long
tramp. --Blackie.
2. A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for
a vagrant or wandering vagabond. --Halliwell.
3. The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in
marching. --Sir W. Scott.
4. A tool for trimming hedges.
5. A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or
the shoe, when digging with a spade.
Tramper \Tramp"er\, n.
One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.
--Dickens.
Trample \Tram"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trampled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trampling}.] [OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See
{Tramp}, v. t.]
1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by
treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. --Dryden.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet. --Matt. vii.
6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. --Cowper.
Trample \Tram"ple\, v. i.
1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of
his own. --Gov. of
Tongue.
Trample \Tram"ple\, n.
The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by
trampling. --Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. --Lowell.
Trampler \Tram"pler\, n.
One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on
nature's law. --Cowper.
Trampoose \Tram*poose"\, v. i. [See {Tramp}, {Trample}, and
{Traipse}.]
To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp. [Law, U. S.]
--Bartlett.
Tramroad \Tram"road`\, n. [Tram a coal wagon + road.]
A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by
forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of
stone, or plates of iron.
Tramway \Tram"way`\, n.
1. Same as {Tramroad}.
2. A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which
cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a
horse railroad.
Tranation \Tra*na"tion\, n. [L. tranare, transnare, to swim
over; trans across, over + nare to swim.]
The act of swimming over. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Trance \Trance\, n. [F. transe fright, in OF. also, trance or
swoon, fr. transir to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to
shiver, OF. also, to die, L. transire to pass over, go over,
pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L.
transitus a passing over. See {Issue}, and cf. {Transit}.]
1. A tedious journey. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the
body into another state of being, or to be rapt into
visions; an ecstasy.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but
while they made ready, he fell into a trance.
--Acts. x. 10.
My soul was ravished quite as in a trance.
--Spenser.
3. (Med.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there
is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement,
with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the
reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that
the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of
surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and
the breathing, although still present, are almost or
altogether imperceptible.
He fell down in a trance. --Chaucer.
Trance \Trance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tranced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trancing}.]
1. To entrance.
And three I left him tranced. --Shak.
2. To pass over or across; to traverse. [Poetic]
Trance the world over. --Beau. & Fl.
When thickest dark did trance the sky. --Tennyson.
Trance \Trance\, v. i.
To pass; to travel. [Obs.]
Tranect \Tran"ect\, n. [Cf. {Traject}.]
A ferry. [Obs.] --Shak.
Trangram \Tran"gram\, n. [OE. trangrain a strange thing,
trangame a toy. See {Tangram}.]
Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle. [Cant
& Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
Trannel \Tran"nel\, n. (Naut.)
A treenail. [R.] --Moxon.
Tranquil \Tran"quil\, a. [L. tranquillus; probably fr. trans
across, over + a word akin to quietus quiet: cf. F.
tranquille. See {Quiet}.]
Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the
atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is
tranquil.
A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. --De Quincey.
Tranquilization \Tran`quil*i*za"tion\, Tranquillization
\Tran`quil*li*za"tion\, n.
The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.
Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. {Tranquilized}or {Tranquilliized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tranquilizing}or {Tranquillizing}.] [Cf. F.
tranquilliser.]
To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to
make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed
by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify.
Tranquilizer \Tran"quil*i`zer\, Tranquillizer \Tran"quil*li`zer\
, n.
One who, or that which, tranquilizes.
Tranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing
\Tran"quil*li`zing\, a.
Making tranquil; calming. `` The tranquilizing power of
time.'' --Wordsworth. -- {Tran"quil*i`zing*ly} or
{Tran"quil*li`zing*ly}, adv.
Tranquillity \Tran*quil"li*ty\, n. [F. tranquillit['e], L.
tranquillitas.]
The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
Tranquilly \Tran"quil*ly\, adv.
In a tranquil manner; calmly.
Tranquilness \Tran"quil*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being tranquil.
Trans- \Trans-\ [L. trans across, over.]
A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on
the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps;
transform, to form through and through, that is, anew,
transfigure.
Transact \Trans*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transacted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transacting}.] [L. transactus, p. p. of transigere.
See {Transaction}.]
To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact
commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
Transact \Trans*act"\, v. i.
To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [R.] --South.
Transaction \Trans*ac"tion\, n. [L. transactio, fr. transigere,
transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish,
transact; trans across, over + agere to drive; cf. F.
transaction. See {Act}, {Agent}.]
1. The doing or performing of any business; management of any
affair; performance.
2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the
exchange.
3. (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by
mutual agreement.
{Transaction of a society}, the published record of what it
has done or accomplished.
Syn: Proceeding; action; process.
Usage: {Transaction}, {Proceeding}. A transaction is
something already done and completed; a proceeding is
either something which is now going on, or, if ended,
is still contemplated with reference to its progress
or successive stages.
Note: `` We the word proceeding in application to an affray
in the street, and the word transaction to some
commercial negotiation that has been carried on between
certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of
proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a
court of law. The transaction marks the business
transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange.''
--Crabb.
Transactor \Trans*act"or\, n. [L.]
One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business.
--Derham.
Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, a. [L. transalpinus; trans across,
beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
transalpin.]
Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that
is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining
to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine
Gaul; -- opposed to {cisalpine}. `` Transalpine garbs.''
--Beau. & Fl.
Transalpine \Trans*al"pine\, n.
A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is,
out of Italy.
Transanimate \Trans*an"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Transanimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transanimating}.] [Trans- +
animate.]
To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.] --Bp.
J. King (1608).
Transanimation \Trans*an`i*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. transanimation.]
The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.]
--Fuller.
Transatlantic \Trans`at*lan"tic\, a. [Pref. trans- + Atlantic:
cf. F. transatlantique.]
1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
Note: When used by a person in Europe or Africa,
transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a
person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe
or Africa, especially the former.
2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Transaudient \Trans*au"di*ent\, a. [See {Trans-}, and
{Audient}.]
Permitting the passage of sound. [R.] --Lowell.
Transcalency \Trans*ca"len*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being transcalent.
Transcalent \Trans*ca"lent\, a. [Pref. trans- + L. calens, p.
pr. of calere to grow warm.]
Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.
Transcend \Tran*scend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transcended}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transcending}.] [L. transcendere, transcensum;
trans beyond, over + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.]
1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens
transcending the region of the clouds. --Howell.
2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
Such popes as shall transcend their limits. --Bacon.
8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
How much her worth transcended all her kind.
--Dryden.
Transcend \Tran*scend"\ (tr[a^]n*s[cr]nd"), v. i.
1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
Transcendence \Tran*scend"ence\ (-ens), Transcendency
\Tran*scend"en*cy\ (-en*s[y^]), [Cf. L. transcendentia, F.
transcendance.]
1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior
excellence; supereminence.
The Augustinian theology rests upon the
transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.
--A. V. G.
Allen.
2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.]
``Where transcendencies are more allowed.'' --Bacon.
Transcendent \Tran*scend"ent\, a. [L. transcendens, -entis, p.
pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G.
transcendent.]
1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence;
surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent
valor.
Clothed with transcendent brightness. --Milton.
2. (Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the
limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and
speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the
human intellect.
Trancscendent \Tranc*scend"ent\, n.
That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very
excellent.
Trancscendental \Tranc`scen*den"tal\, a. [Cf. F. transcendantal,
G. transcendental.]
1. Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being
or qualities.
2. (Philos.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that
which can be determined a priori in regard to the
fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is
transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is
does not transcend all human knowledge, or become
transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or
necessary conditions of experience which, though affording
the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that
contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience.
3. Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation,
imagery, or diction.
Note: In mathematics, a quantity is said to be transcendental
relative to another quantity when it is expressed as a
transcendental function of the latter; thus, a^{x},
10^{2x}, log x, sin x, tan x, etc., are transcendental
relative to x.
{Transcendental curve} (Math.), a curve in which one ordinate
is a transcendental function of the other.
{Transcendental equation} (Math.), an equation into which a
transcendental function of one of the unknown or variable
quantities enters.
{Transcendental function}. (Math.) See under {Function}.
Syn: {Transcendental}, {Empirical}.
Usage: These terms, with the corresponding nouns,
transcendentalism and empiricism, are of comparatively
recent origin. Empirical refers to knowledge which is
gained by the experience of actual phenomena, without
reference to the principles or laws to which they are
to be referred, or by which they are to be explained.
Transcendental has reference to those beliefs or
principles which are not derived from experience, and
yet are absolutely necessary to make experience
possible or useful. Such, in the better sense of the
term, is the transcendental philosophy, or
transcendentalism. Each of these words is also used in
a bad sense, empiricism applying to that one-sided
view of knowledge which neglects or loses sight of the
truths or principles referred to above, and trusts to
experience alone; transcendentalism, to the opposite
extreme, which, in its deprecation of experience,
loses sight of the relations which facts and phenomena
sustain to principles, and hence to a kind of
philosophy, or a use of language, which is vague,
obscure, fantastic, or extravagant.
Transcendental \Tran`scen*den"tal\, n.
A transcendentalist. [Obs.]
Transcendentalism \Tran`scen*den"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F.
transcendantalisme, G. transcendentalismus.]
1. (Kantian Philos.) The transcending, or going beyond,
empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental
principles of human knowledge.
Note: As Schelling and Hegel claim to have discovered the
absolute identity of the objective and subjective in
human knowledge, or of things and human conceptions of
them, the Kantian distinction between transcendent and
transcendental ideas can have no place in their
philosophy; and hence, with them, transcendentalism
claims to have a true knowledge of all things, material
and immaterial, human and divine, so far as the mind is
capable of knowing them. And in this sense the word
transcendentalism is now most used. It is also
sometimes used for that which is vague and illusive in
philosophy.
2. Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery,
or diction.
Transcendentalist \Tran`scen*den"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F.
transcendantaliste.]
One who believes in transcendentalism.
Transcendentality \Tran`scen*den*tal"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being transcendental.
Transcendentally \Tran`scen*den"tal*ly\, adv.
In a transcendental manner.
Transcendently \Tran*scend"ent*ly\, adv.
In a transcendent manner.
Transcendentness \Tran*scend"ent*ness\, n.
Same as {Transcendence}.
Transcension \Tran*scen"sion\, n. [See {Transcend}.]
The act of transcending, or surpassing; also, passage over.
[Obs.] --Chapman.
Transcolate \Trans"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transcolated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Transcolating}.] [Pref. trans- + L. colare,
colatum, to filter, to strain.]
To cause to pass through a sieve or colander; to strain, as
through a sieve. [Obs.] --Harvey.
Transcolation \Trans`co*la"tion\, n.
Act of transcolating, or state of being transcolated. [Obs.]
--Bp. Stillingfleet.
Transcontinental \Trans*con`ti*nen"tal\, a. [Pref. trans- +
continental.]
Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental
railroad or journey.
Transcorporate \Trans*cor"po*rate\, v. i. [Pref. trans- +
corporate.]
To transmigrate. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Transcribbler \Tran*scrib"bler\ (tr[a^]n*skr[i^]b"bl[~e]r), n.
A transcriber; -- used in contempt.
He [Aristotle] has suffered vastly from the
transcribblers, as all authors of great brevity
necessarily must. --Gray.
Transcribe \Tran*scribe"\ (tr[a^]n*skr[imac]b"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Transcribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transcribing}.] [L.
transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to
write. See {Scribe}.]
To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to
transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
Transcriber \Tran*scrib"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a
copyist.
Transcript \Tran"script\ (tr[a^]n"skr[i^]pt), n. [L.
transcriptum, neut. of transcriptus, p. p. of transcribere.
See {Transcribe}.]
1. That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition
consisting of the same words as the original; a written
copy.
The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript.
--South.
2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.
The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the
Chaldean and Egyptian. --Glanvill.
Transcription \Tran*scrip"tion\ (tr[a^]n*skr[i^]p"sh[u^]n), n.
[Cf. F. transcription, L. transcriptio a transfer.]
1. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as,
corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.
2. A copy; a transcript. --Walton.
3. (Mus.) An arrangement of a composition for some other
instrument or voice than that for which it was originally
written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or
instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a
piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a
name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more
or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own
instrument of a song or other piece not originally
intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by
Schubert.
Transcriptive \Tran*scrip"tive\ (-t[i^]v), a.
Done as from a copy; having the style or appearance of a
transcription. [R.] -- {Tran*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. [R.] --Sir
T. Browne.
Transcur \Trans*cur"\, v. i. [L. transcurrere, transcursum;
trans across, over + currere to run.]
To run or rove to and fro. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Transcurrence \Trans*cur"rence\, n. [L. transcurrens, p. pr. of
transcurrere.]
A roving hither and thither.
Transcursion \Trans*cur"sion\, n. [Cf. L. transcursio a passing
over. See {Transcur}.]
A rambling or ramble; a passage over bounds; an excursion.
[Obs.] --Howell.
Transdialect \Trans*di"a*lect\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + dialect.]
To change or translate from one dialect into another. [R.]
--Bp. Warburton.
Transduction \Trans*duc"tion\, n. [L. transducere, traducere,
-dictum, to lead across or over. See {Traduce}.]
The act of conveying over. [R.] --Entick.
Transe \Transe\, n.
See {Trance}. [Obs.]
Transelement \Trans*el"e*ment\, Transelementate
\Trans*el`e*men"tate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- element.]
To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Transelementation \Trans*el`e*men*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
trans['e]l['e]mentation.] (Eccl.)
Transubstantiation. [Obs.]
Transenne \Tran"senne\, n.
A transom. [Obs.]
Transept \Tran"sept\, n. [Pref. trans- + L. septum an inclosure.
See {Septum}.] (Arch.)
The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right
angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and
choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its
two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project
greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is
common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the
transepts.
Transexion \Tran*sex"ion\, n. [Pref. trans- + L. sexus sex.]
Change of sex. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Transfeminate \Trans*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + L.
femina woman.]
To change into a woman, as a man. [Obs. & R.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transferred}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transferring}.] [L. transferre; trans across, over
+ ferre to bear: cf. F. transf['e]rer. See {Bear} to carry.]
1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport,
remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as,
to transfer the laws of one country to another; to
transfer suspicion.
2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to
convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give;
as, the title to land is transferred by deed.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to
transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
--Tomlinson.
Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
Transfer \Trans"fer\, n.
1. The act of transferring, or the state of being
transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one
place or person to another.
2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either
real or personal, from one person to another, whether by
sale, by gift, or otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of
property. --Burke.
3. That which is transferred. Specifically:
(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or
ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one
piece of canvas to another. --Fairholt.
(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on
another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.
(c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of
troops, and placed in another.
4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue of which a
unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side
of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding
region upon the other side.
{Transfer day}, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England
for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and
government funds. These days are the first five business
days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be
made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d.
--Bithell.
{Transfer office}, an office or department where transfers of
stocks, etc., are made.
{Transfer paper}, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen,
engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring
impressions.
{Transfer table}. (Railroad) Same as {Traverse table}. See
under {Traverse}.
Transferability \Trans*fer`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being transferable.
Transferable \Trans*fer"a*ble\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F.
transf['e]rable.]
1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or
person to another.
2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence
of property, that may be conveyed from one person to
another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being
transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most
public companies are transferable; some tickets are not
transferable.
Transferee \Trans`fer*ee"\, n.
The person to whom a transfer in made.
Transference \Trans"fer*ence\, n.
The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.
Transferography \Trans`fer*og"ra*phy\, n. [Transfer + -graphy.]
The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by
making transfers.
Transferrence \Trans*fer"rence\, n.
See {Transference}.
Transferrer \Trans*fer"rer\, n.
One who makes a transfer or conveyance.
Transferrible \Trans*fer"ri*ble\, a.
Capable of being transferred; transferable.
Transfigurate \Trans*fig"u*rate\, v. t.
To transfigure; to transform. [R.]
Transfiguratien \Trans*fig`u*ra"tien\, n. [L. transfiguratio:
cf. transfiguration.]
1. A change of form or appearance; especially, the
supernatural change in the personal appearance of our
Savior on the mount.
2. (Eccl.) A feast held by some branches of the Christian
church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the
miraculous change above mentioned.
Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F.
transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across,
over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.]
1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to
metamorphose; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious;
to give an ideal form to.
[Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as
the light. --Matt. xvii.
2.
Transfix \Trans*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure
to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten.
See {Fix}.]
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as,
to transfix one with a dart.
Transfixion \Trans*fix"ion\, n.
The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or
pierced. --Bp. Hall.
Transfluent \Trans"flu*ent\, a. [Pref. trans- + fluent.]
1. Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent
stream.
2. (Her.) Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of
water. --Wright.
Transflux \Trans"flux\, n. [Pref. trans- + flux.]
A flowing through, across, or beyond. [R.]
Transforate \Trans"fo*rate\, v. t. [L. transforatus, p. p. of
transforare to pierce through; trans through + forare to
bore.]
To bore through; to perforate. [Obs.]
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transformed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transforming}.] [L. transformare,
transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F.
transformer. See {Form}, v. t.]
1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance;
to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately
transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster. --Shak.
2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the
alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the
like; to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
--Rom. xii. 2.
4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or
geometrical figure, into another from without altering its
value.
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. i.
To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
His hair transforms to down. --Addison.
Transformable \Trans*form"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being transformed or changed.
Transformation \Trans`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. transformatio: cf.
transformation.]
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed;
change of form or condition. Specifically:
(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its
general character and mode of life, as in the development
of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the
larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the
change which the histological units of a tissue are prone
to undergo. See {Metamorphosis}.
(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another,
as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.
(c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one
metal into another; transmutation.
(d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or
the like; conversion.
(e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into
another form without altering the value.
Transformative \Trans*form"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. transformatif.]
Having power, or a tendency, to transform.
Transformer \Trans*form"er\, n.
One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an
apparatus for producing from a given electrical current
another current of different voltage.
Transformism \Trans*form"ism\, n. [F. transformisme.] (Biol.)
The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have
originated by the modification of some other previously
existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis.
--Huxley.
Transfreight \Trans*freight"\, v. i.
To transfrete. [Obs.] --Waterhouse.
Transfretation \Trans`fre*ta"tion\, n. [L. transfretatio. See
{Transfrete}.]
The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] --Sir
J. Davies.
Transfrete \Trans*frete"\, v. i. [L. transfretare; trans across,
over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter.]
To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also
{transfreight}.] [Obs.] --E. Hall.
Transfuge \Trans"fuge\, Transfugitive \Trans*fu"gi*tive\, n. [L.
transfuga; trans across, over + fugere to flee.]
One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a
turncoat; an apostate. [R.]
Transfund \Trans*fund"\, v. t. [L. transfundere; trans over,
across + fundere to pour, pour out. See {Found} to cast, and
cf. {Transfuse}.]
To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.]
--Barrow.
Transfuse \Trans*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfused}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transfusing}.] [L. transfusus, p. p. of
transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See {Transfund}.]
1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to
transfer by pouring.
2. (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries
of one man or animal to those of another.
3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled
or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a
man; to transfuse a love of letters.
Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have
transfused. --Milton.
Transfusible \Trans*fu"si*ble\, a.
Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.
Transfusion \Trans*fu"sion\, n. [L. transfusio: cf. F.
transfusion.]
1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one
vessel into another. --Howell.
2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of
one man or animal into the vascular system of another;
also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood
vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can
readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the
peritoneal transfusion of milk.
Transfusive \Trans*fu"sive\, a.
Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.
Transgress \Trans*gress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transgressed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Transgressing}.] [Cf. F. transgresser. See
{Transgression}.]
1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.]
Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.
--Dryden.
2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the ?imit of
duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.
For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily
transgress the sole command. --Milton.
3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.]
Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath
so long transgressed you ? --Beau. & Fl.
Transgress \Trans*gress"\, v. i.
To offend against the law; to sin.
Who transgressed in the thing accursed. --I Chron. ii.
7.
Transgression \Trans*gres"sion\, n. [L. transgressio a going
across, going over, transgression of the law, from
transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans
over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression. See
{Grade}.]
The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any
law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known
principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense;
crime; sin.
Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions
wherein they have transgressed against thee. --I Kings
viii. 50.
What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his
transgression, death denounced that day ? --Milton.
The transgression is in the stealer. --Shak.
Syn: Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor;
misdeed; affront; sin.
Transgressional \Trans*gres"sion*al\, a.
Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.
Transgressive \Trans*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. L. transgressivus
passing over into another class. F. transgressif.]
Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable.
Transgressively \Trans*gress"ive*ly\, adv.
Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities
of himself, might have erred alone. --Sir T.
Browne.
Transgressor \Trans*gress"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.]
One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a
command; one who violates any known rule or principle of
rectitude; a sinner.
The way of transgressors is hard. --Prov. xiii.
15.
Transhape \Tran*shape"\, v. t.
To transshape. [R.] --J. Webster (1623).
Tranship \Tran*ship"\, v. t.
Same as {Transship}.
Transhipment \Tran*ship"ment\, n.
Same as {Transshipment}.
Transhuman \Trans*hu"man\, a. [Pref. trans- + human.]
More than human; superhuman. [R.]
Words may not tell of that transhuman change. --H. F.
Cary.
Transhumanize \Trans*hu"man*ize\, v. t.
To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above
humanity. [R.]
Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial,
transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure
contemplation. --Lowell.
Transience \Tran"sience\, Transiency \Tran"sien*cy\, n.
The quality of being transient; transientness.
Transient \Tran"sient\, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of
transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See {Trance}.]
1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were,
moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then
disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not
lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting;
brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. ``Measured this
transient world.'' --Milton.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view
of a landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a
transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.]
Syn: {Transient}, {Transitory}, {Fleeting}.
Usage: Transient represents a thing as brief at the best;
transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away.
Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act
of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are
transitory; its hours are fleeting.
What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope
If [we love] transitory things, which soon
decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
--Donne.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with
lasting woes. --Milton.
-- {Tran"sient*ly}, adv. -- {Tran"sient*ness}, n.
Transient \Tran"sient\, n.
That which remains but for a brief time. --Glanvill.
Transilience \Tran*sil"i*ence\, Transiliency \Tran*sil"i*en*cy\,
n. [L. transiliens, p. pr. of transilire to leap across or
over; trans across, over + salire to leap.]
A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] ``An
unadvised transiliency.'' --Glanvill.
Transire \Trans*i"re\, n. [L. transire to pass through or
across, to pass.] (End. Law)
A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
Transit \Trans"it\, n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over:
cf. F. transit. See {Transient}.]
1. The act of passing; passage through or over.
In France you are now . . . in the transit from one
form of government to another. --Burke.
2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the
transit of goods through a country.
3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the
Nicaragua transit. --E. G. Squier.
4. (Astron.)
(a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a
place, or through the field of a telescope.
(b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a
larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a
satellite or its shadow across the disk of its
primary.
5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors
and engineers; -- called also {transit compass}, and
{surveyor's transit}.
Note: The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in
having the horizontal axis attached directly to the
telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned
completely over about the axis.
{Lower transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body
across that part of the meridian which is below the polar
axis.
{Surveyor's transit}. See {Transit}, 5, above.
{Transit circle} (Astron.), a transit instrument with a
graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of
transit and the declination at one observation. See
{Circle}, n., 3.
{Transit compass}. See {Transit}, 5, above.
{Transit duty}, a duty paid on goods that pass through a
country.
{Transit instrument}. (Astron.)
(a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal
axis, on which it revolves with its line of
collimation in the plane of the meridian, -- used in
connection with a clock for observing the time of
transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a
place.
(b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See {Transit}, 5, above.
{Transit trade} (Com.), the business conected with the
passage of goods through a country to their destination.
{Upper transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body
across that part of the meridian which is above the polar
axis.
Transit \Trans"it\, v. t. (Astron.)
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
Transition \Tran*si"tion\, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition.
See {Transient}.]
1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as,
the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
There is no death, what seems so is transition.
--Longfellow.
2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to
another; a modulation.
3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.
[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes.
--Milton.
4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.
Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities,
the customary and preferable pronunciation is
tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates
analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
{Transition rocks} (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the
lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed
to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to
have been formed when the earth was passing from an
uninhabitable to a habitable state.
Transitional \Tran*si"tion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting
transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
Transitionary \Tran*si"tion*a*ry\, a.
Transitional.
Transitive \Tran"si*tive\, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif.
See {Transient}.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]
--Bacon.
2. Effected by transference of signification.
By far the greater part of the transitive or
derivative applications of words depend on casual
and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the
fancy. --Stewart.
3. (Gram.) Passing over to an object; expressing an action
which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which
requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive
verb, for example, he holds the book. --
{Tran"si*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Tran"si*tive*ness}, n.
Transitorily \Tran"si*to*ri*ly\, adv.
In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
Transitoriness \Tran"si*to*ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or
departure.
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F.
transitoire. See {Transient}.]
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting;
evanescent.
Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory
life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
It was not the transitory light of a comet, which
shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes
into nothing. --South.
{Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in
any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed
to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier.
Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}.
Translatable \Trans*lat"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being translated, or rendered into another
language.
Translate \Trans*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Translated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Translating}.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of
transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See
{Trans-}, and {Tolerate}, and cf. {Translation}.]
1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to
transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] --Dryden.
In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show
her head- the rest of her body being translated to
Rome. --Evelyn.
2. To change to another condition, position, place, or
office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not
see death; and was not found, because God had
translatedhim. --Heb. xi. 5.
4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another.
``Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have
translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . .
refused.'' --Camden.
5. To render into another language; to express the sense of
in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to
explain or recapitulate in other words.
Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing
language, what he found in books well known to the
world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls.
--Macaulay.
6. To change into another form; to transform.
Happy is your grace, That can translatethe
stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a
style. --Shak.
7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to
another; as, to translate a disease.
8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.
[Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
Translate \Trans*late\, v. i.
To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
Translation \Trans*la"tion\, n. [F. translation, L. translatio a
transferring, translation, version. See {Translate}, and cf.
{Tralation}.]
1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring;
removal; also, the state of being translated or removed;
as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
2. The act of rendering into another language;
interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is
difficult.
3. That which is obtained by translating something a version;
as, a translation of the Scriptures.
4. (Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a
metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association
of ideas. --A. Tucker.
6. (Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving
body have at any instant the same velocity and direction
of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Translatitious \Trans`la*ti"tious\, a. [See {Tralatitious}.]
Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.]
--Evelyn.
Translative \Trans*lat"ive\, a. [L. translativus that is to be
transferred: cf. F. translatif.]
tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. [R.]
--Puttenham.
Translator \Trans*lat"or\, n. [L. translator: cf. F.
translateur.]
1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another
language; one who expresses the sense of words in one
language by equivalent words in another.
2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.]
Translatorship \Trans*lat"or*ship\, n.
The office or dignity of a translator.
Translatory \Trans*lat"o*ry\, a.
Serving to translate; transferring. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
Translatress \Trans*lat"ress\, n.
A woman who translates.
Translavation \Trans`la*va"tion\, n. [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio,
-onis, washing.]
A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Transliterate \Trans*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + L.
litera, littera letter.]
To express or represent in the characters of another
alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of
English letters. --A. J. Ellis.
Transliteration \Trans*lit`er*a"tion\, n.
The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words
of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
Translocation \Trans`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. trans- + location.]
removal of things from one place to another; substitution of
one thing for another.
There happened certain translocations at the deluge.
--Woodward.
Translucence \Trans*lu"cence\, Translucency \Trans*lu"cen*cy\,
n.
The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial
transparency. --Sir T. Browne.
Translucent \Trans*lu"cent\, a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr.
of translucere to shine through; trans across, through =
lucere to shine. See {Lucid}.]
1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to
be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] ``Fountain or fresh current .
. . translucent, pure.'' --Milton.
Replenished from the cool, translucent springs.
--Pope.
Syn: {Translucent}, {Transparent}.
Usage: A thing is translucent when it merely admits the
passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish
the color and outline of objects through it; it is
transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed
on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are
transparent; ground glass is translucent; a
translucent style.
Translucently \Trans*lu"cent*ly\, adv.
In a translucent manner.
Translucid \Trans*lu"cid\, a. [L. translucidus; trans across,
through + lucidus lucid: cf. F. translucide. See
{Translucent}.]
Translucent. [R.] --Bacon.
Translunary \Trans"lu*na*ry\, a. [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.]
Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed
to sublunary. [Obs.]
Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him
those brave, translunary things That the first poets
had. --Drayton.
Transmarine \Trans`ma*rine"\, a. [L. transmarinus; trans beyond
+ marinus marine: cf. F. transmarin. See {Marine}.]
Lying or being beyond the sea. --Howell.
Transmeable \Trans"me*a*ble\, Transmeatable \Trans`me*at"a*ble\,
a. [L. transmeabilis.]
Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]
Transmeate \Trans"me*ate\, v. t. [L. transmeatus, p. p. of
transmeare to pass across; trans across, over + meare to go.]
To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]
Transmeation \Trans`me*a"tion\, n.
The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]
Transmew \Trans*mew"\, v. t. & i. [F. transmuer, L. transmutare.
See {Transmute}.]
To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic]
--Chaucer. Spenser.
To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful
forester. --Sir W.
Scott.
Transmigrant \Trans"mi*grant\, a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See
{Transmigrate}.]
Migrating or passing from one place or state to another;
passing from one residence to another. -- n. One who
transmigrates.
Transmigrate \Trans"mi*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Transmigrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transmigrating}.] [L.
transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to
migrate. See {Migrate}.]
1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for
the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.
2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
Their may transmigrate into each other. --Howell.
Transmigration \Trans`mi*gra"tion\, n. [F. transmigration, L.
transmigratio.]
1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body;
metempsychosis.
Transmigrator \Trans"mi*gra`tor\, n.
One who transmigrates. --J. Ellis.
Transmigratory \Trans*mi"gra*to*ry\, a.
Passing from one body or state to another.
Transmissibility \Trans*mis`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
transmissibilit['e].]
The quality of being transmissible.
Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.]
Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of
being passed through any body or substance.
Transmission \Trans*mis"sion\, n. [L. transmissio; cf. F.
transmission. See {Transmit}.]
1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being
transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings,
papers, news, and the like, from one country to another;
the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from
father to son, or from one generation to another.
2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of
transmitting to his successor or successors any
inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is
entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or
exercising it.
Transmissive \Trans*mis"sive\, a.
Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from
one to another.
Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens
worlds denied to human sight. --Prior.
Transmit \Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmitted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transmitting}.] [L. transmittere, transmissum;
trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See
{Missile}.]
1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by
sending; to send from one person or place to another; to
pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a
memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or
bills of exchange, from one country to another.
The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as
Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of
evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through
a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the
gospel. --Milton.
The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott.
2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light;
metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
Transmittal \Trans*mit"tal\, n.
Transmission. --Swift.
Transmittance \Trans*mit"tance\, n.
Transmission.
Transmitter \Trans*mit"ter\, n.
One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion
of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a
message is sent; -- opposed to {receiver}.
Transmittible \Trans*mit"ti*ble\, a.
Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.
Transmogrification \Trans*mog`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being
transmogrified; transformation. [Colloq.]
Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our
schoolfellow, an attorney's son. --Thackeray.
Transmogrify \Trans*mog"ri*fy\, v. t. [A humorous coinage.]
To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
Transmove \Trans*move"\, v. t. [Pref. trans + move.]
To move or change from one state into another; to transform.
[Obs.] --Spenser.
Transmutability \Trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
transmutabilit['e].]
The quality of being transmutable.
Transmutable \Trans*mut"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmutable. See
{Transmute}.]
Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different
substance, or into into something of a different form a
nature; transformable.
The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily
transmutable into one another. --Arbuthnot.
-- {Trans*mut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Trans*mut"a*bly}, adv.
Transmutation \Trans`mu*ta"tion\, n. [F. transmutation, L.
transmutatio. See {Transmute}.]
1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted;
as, the transmutation of metals.
2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into
another of the same area or solidity, but of a different
form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]
3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is
assumed to take place in any development theory of life;
transformism. --Bacon.
{Transmutation of metals} (Alchem.), the conversion of base
metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by
the alchemists. See {Alchemy}, and {Philosopher's stone},
under {Philosopher}.
Transmutationist \Trans`mu*ta"tion*ist\, n.
One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of
species.
Transmute \Trans*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum;
trans across + mutare to change. See {Mutable}, and cf.
{Transmew}.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another;
to transform.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.
Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy.
--H. Smith.
Transmuter \Trans*mut"er\, n.
One who transmutes.
Transmutual \Trans*mu"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. trans +
mutual.]
Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] --Coleridge.
Transnatation \Trans`na*ta"tion\, n. [L. transnatare to swim
over; trans across, over + natare to swim.]
The act of swimming across, as a river.
Transnature \Trans*na"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [Pref. trans- +
nature.]
To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.]
We are transelemented, or transnatured. --Jewel.
Transom \Tran"som\, n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam,
transom, from trans across. Cf. {Trestle}.]
1. (Arch.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or
between a door and a window above it. Transom is the
horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an
opening. See Illust. of {Mullion}.
2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the
stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the
stern structure; -- called also {transsummer}.
3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of
some gun carriages.
4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. --Chambers.
5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side
frames of a truck with each other.
{Transom knees} (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms
and after timbers.
{Transom window}. (Arch.)
(a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or
transoms.
(b) A window over a door, with a transom between.
Transpadane \Trans"pa*dane`\, a. [L. transpadanus; trans across
+ Padus the Po.]
Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with
reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to
cispadane.
Transpalatine \Trans*pal"a*tine\, a. [Pref. trans- + palatine.]
(Anat.)
Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a
bone in the skull of some reptiles.
Transpare \Trans*pare"\, v. t. & i. [See {Transparent}.]
To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to
appear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.] --Stirling.
Transparence \Trans*par"ence\, n. [Cf. F. transparence.]
The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.
Transparency \Trans*par"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Transparencies}. [Cf.
F. transparence.]
1. The quality or condition of being transparent;
transparence.
2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted
on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the
like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which
shines through it. --Fairholt.
Transparent \Trans*par"ent\, a. [F., from LL. transparens,
-entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans
across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.]
1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that
bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light;
diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
diamond; -- opposed to {opaque}. ``Transparent elemental
air.'' --Milton.
2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a
transparent veil. --Dryden.
Syn: Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid;
diaphanous. See {Translucent}. -- {Trans*par"ent*ly},
adv. -- {Trans*par"ent*ness}, n.
Transpass \Trans*pass"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + pass: cf. LL.
transpassare. Cf. {Trespass}.]
To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.]
--J. Gregory.
Transpass \Trans*pass"\, v. i.
To pass by; to pass away. [Obs.]
Transpassable \Trans*pass"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]
Transpatronize \Trans*pat"ron*ize\, v. t. [Trans- + patronize.]
To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] --Warner.
Transpeciate \Tran*spe"ci*ate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. species
form.]
To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.]
Power to transpeciate a man into a horse. --Sir T.
Browne.
Transpicuous \Tran*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. transpicere to see or
look through + specere, spicere, to see. Cf. {Conspicuous}.]
Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] ``The wide,
transpicuous air.'' --Milton.
Transpierce \Trans*pierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transpierced};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiercing}.] [Pref. trans- + pierce: cf.
F. transpercer.]
To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass
through.
The sides transpierced return a rattling sound.
--Dryden.
Transpirable \Tran*spir"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transpirable.]
Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.
Transpiration \Tran`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. transpiration.]
1. (Physiol.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting
in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or
other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration,
or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs.
Perspiration is a form of transpiration. --Cudworth.
2. (bot.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous
vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
3. (Physics) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous
substances, or the like; as, transpiration through
membranes.
Transpiratory \Tran*spir"a*to*ry\, a.
Of or relating to transpiration.
Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Transpired}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transpiring}.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across,
through + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.]
1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible
perspiration; to exhale.
2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the
proceedings of the council soon transpired.
The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual
attachment had transpired through many of the
travelers. --De Quincey.
4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
Note: This sense of the word, which is of comparatively
recent introduction, is common in the United States,
especially in the language of conversation and of
newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in
England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of
both countries.
Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. t.
1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the
form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
Transplace \Trans*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transplaced}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transplacing}.] [Pref. trans- + place.]
To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another
place. [R.]
It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left
side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. --Bp.
Wilkins.
Transplant \Trans*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transplanted};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Transplanting}.] [F. transplanter, L.
transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See
{Plant}.]
1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant
trees. --Dryden.
2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in
another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese
of St. David into a warmer climate. --Clarendon.
Transplantation \Trans`plan*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
transplantation.]
1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being
transplanted; also, removal.
The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. --Broome.
2. (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and
the insertion of them in another place where there is a
lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty.
Transplanter \Trans*plant"er\, n.
One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.
Transplendency \Tran*splen"den*cy\, n.
Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
Transplendent \Tran*splen"dent\, a. [Trans- + splendent.]
Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] --
{Tran*splen"dent*ly}, adv. [R.]
Transport \Trans*port"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transported}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transporting}.] [F. transporter, L.
transportare; trans across + portare to carry. See {Port}
bearing, demeanor.]
1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to
convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
--Hakluyt.
2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a
criminal; to banish.
3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow,
complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or
ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.
[They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of
passion. --Milton.
We shall then be transported with a nobler . . .
wonder. --South.
Transport \Trans"port\, n. [F. See {Transport}, v.]
1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians
to furnish them with ships for transport and war.
--Arbuthnot.
2. A vessel employed for transporting, especially for
carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one
place to another, or to convey convicts to their
destination; -- called also {transport ship}, {transport
vessel}.
3. Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
With transport views the airy rule his own, And
swells on an imaginary throne. --Pope.
Say not, in transports of despair, That all your
hopes are fled. --Doddridge.
4. A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
Transportability \Trans*port`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being transportable.
Transportable \Trans*port"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transportable.]
1. Capable of being transported.
2. Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of
transportation; as, a transportable offense.
Transportal \Trans*port"al\, n.
Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to
another. ``The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of
quadrupeds.'' --Darwin.
Transportance \Trans*port"ance\, n.
Transportation. [Obs.] ``Give me swift transportance.''
--Shak.
Transportant \Trans*port"ant\, a.
Transporting; ?avishing; as, transportant love. [Obs.] --Dr.
H. More.
Transportation \Trans`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. transportatio: cf. F.
transportation.]
1. The act of transporting, or the state of being
transported; carriage from one place to another; removal;
conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation. --Sir
H. Wotton.
2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] --South.
Transported \Trans*port"ed\, a.
Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried
away with passion or pleasure; entranced. --
{Trans*port"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Trans*port"ed*ness}, n.
Transporter \Trans*port"er\, n.
One who transports.
Transporting \Trans*port"ing\, a.
That transports; fig., ravishing.
Your transporting chords ring out. --Keble.
Transportingly \Trans*port"ing*ly\, adv.
So as to transport.
Transportment \Trans*port"ment\, n.
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported;
transportation. [R.]
Transposable \Trans*pos"a*ble\, a.
That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase.
Transposal \Trans*pos"al\, n.
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed;
transposition.
Transpose \Trans*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transposed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transposing}.] [F. transposer; pref. trans- (L.
trans across) + poser to put. See {Pose}.]
1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the
other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to
transpose letters, words, or propositions.
2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.]
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can
transpose to form and dignity. --Shak.
3. (Alg.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side
over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus,
if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be
transposed.
4. (Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.
5. (Mus.) To change the key of.
Transposer \Trans*pos"er\, n.
One who transposes.
Transposition \Trans`po*si"tion\, n. [F. transposition, from L.
transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer;
trans across, over + ponere to place. See {Position}.]
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
Specifically:
(a) (Alg.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one
side over to the other without destroying the equation.
(b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a
sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit
transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater
extent than the English.
(c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.
Transpositional \Trans`po*si"tion*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.
--Pegge.
Transpositive \Trans*pos"i*tive\, a.
Made by transposing; consisting in transposition;
transposable.
Transprint \Trans*print"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + print.]
To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of
place. [R.] --Coleridge.
Transprose \Trans*prose"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + prose.]
To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change
from verse into prose. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Transregionate \Trans*re"gion*ate\, a. [Pref. trans- + region.]
Foreign. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Transshape \Trans*shape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transshaped}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transshaping}.] [Pref. trans- + shape.]
To change into another shape or form; to transform. [Written
also {transhape}.] --Shak.
Transship \Trans*ship"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + ship.]
To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written
also {tranship}.]
Transshipment \Trans*ship"ment\, n.
The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one
ship or conveyance to another. [Written also {transhipment}.]
Transubstantiate \Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [LL.
transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to
transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia
substance. See {Substance}.]
1. To change into another substance. [R.]
The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can
convert manna to gall. --Donne.
2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements,
bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
Transubstantiation \Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [LL.
transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.]
1. A change into another substance.
2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that
the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body
and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from
consubstantiation, and impanation.
Transubstantiator \Tran`sub*stan"ti*a`tor\, n. [Cf. F.
transsubstantiateur.]
One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation.
--Barrow.
Transudation \Tran`su*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. transsudation.]
1. The act or process of transuding.
2. (Physics) Same as {Exosmose}.
Transudatory \Tran*su"da*to*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.
Transude \Tran*sude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Transuded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Transuding}.] [Pref. trans- + L. sudare to sweat: cf.
F. transsuder.]
To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or
interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through
leather or wood.
Transume \Tran*sume"\, v. t. [L. transumere, transsumere, to
take from one to another; trans across + sumere to take.]
To change; to convert. [R.] --Crashaw.
Transsummer \Trans"sum`mer\, n. (Naut.)
See {Transom}, 2.
Transumpt \Tran*sumpt"\, n. [L. transumere, transumptum, to take
from one to another, in LL., to transcribe. See {Transume}.]
A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
Transumption \Tran*sump"tion\, n. [L. transumptio.]
Act of taking from one place to another. [R.] --South.
Transumptive \Tran*sump"tive\, a. [L. transumptivus.]
Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] ``A
transumptive kind of speech.'' --Drayton.
Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and
withal definitive. --Lowell.
Transvasate \Trans*va"sate\, v. t. [See {Transvasation}.]
To pour out of one vessel into another. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
Transvasation \Trans`va*sa"tion\, n. [Pref. trans- + L. vas,
vasis, vessel.]
The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another.
[Obs.] --Holland.
Transvection \Trans*vec"tion\, n. [L. transvectio, from
transvehere to carry across; trans across + vehere to carry.]
The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]
Transverberate \Trans*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [L. transverberatus,
p. p. of transverberare to strike or pierce through.]
To beat or strike through. [Obs.]
Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, a. [Cf. F. transversal. See
{Transverse}.]
Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
-- {Trans*ver"sal*ly}, adv.
Transversal \Trans*ver"sal\, n. [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.)
A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of
other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a
triangle or the sides produced.
Transverse \Trans*verse"\, a. [L. transversus, p. p. of
transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere
to turn: cf. F. transverse. See {Verse}, and cf. {Traverse}.]
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart;
-- often opposed to {longitudinal}.
{Transverse axis} (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that
axis which passes through the foci.
{Transverse partition} (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp,
at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of
mustard.
Transverse \Trans"verse\, n.
1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transversed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transversing}.]
To overturn; to change. [R.] --C. Leslie.
Transverse \Trans*verse"\, v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n.
Cf.{Transpose}.]
To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
[Obs.] --Duke of Buckingham.
Transversely \Trans*verse"ly\, adv.
In a transverse manner.
Transversion \Trans*ver"sion\, n.
The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into
prose.
Transvert \Trans*vert"\, v. t. [L. transvertere. See
{Transverse}, a.]
To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] --Craft of
Lovers (1448).
Transvertible \Trans*vert"i*ble\, a.
Capable of being transverted. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Transvolation \Trans`vo*la"tion\, n. [L. transvolare to fly over
or across; trans across + volare to fly.]
The act of flying beyond or across. --Jer. Taylor.
Trant \Trant\, v. i. [Cf. OD. tranten to walk slowly, LG. & D.
trant walk, pace.]
To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle. [Written also
{traunt}.] [Obs.]
Tranter \Trant"er\, n.
One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also
{traunter}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Trap \Trap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trapping}.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from
an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of
cloth.]
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
horses.
Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
--Chaucer.
To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
--Spenser.
There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned
with armorial gold. --Tennyson.
Trap \Trap\, n. [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe,
G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this
class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one
another, like steps. See {Tramp}.] (Geol.)
An old term rather loosely used to designate various
dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the
feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid,
etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also
{trap rock}.
{Trap tufa}, {Trap tuff}, a kind of fragmental rock made up
of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.
Trap \Trap\, a.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
Trap \Trap\, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe,
OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which
is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F.
trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.]
1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a
spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap
for foxes.
She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a
trap. --Chaucer.
2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which
one may be caught unawares.
Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom.
xi. 9.
God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I
fall into The trap is laid for me! --Shak.
3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in
the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one
end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air
by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing
into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot
at.
4. The game of trapball.
5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil
pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents
form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but
permits the flow of liquids.
6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates
for want of an outlet.
7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
8. A kind of movable stepladder. --Knight.
{Trap stairs}, a staircase leading to a trapdoor.
{Trap tree} (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it
furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st {Jack}.
Trap \Trap\, v. t. [AS. treppan. See {Trap} a snare.]
1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. ``I
trapped the foe.'' --Dryden.
3. To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a
sewer pipe. See 4th {Trap}, 5.
Trap \Trap\, v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game;
as, to trap for beaver.
Trapan \Tra*pan"\, n. [OF. trappan. See {Trap}, and cf. {Trepan}
a snare.]
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d {Trepan}. --South.
Trapan \Tra*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trapanned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trapanning}.]
To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.
--Anson.
Trapanner \Tra*pan"ner\, n.
One who trapans, or insnares.
Trapball \Trap"ball`\, n.
An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th {Trap}, 4.
Trapdoor \Trap"door`\, n.
1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a
roof or floor.
2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating
current; -- called also {weather door}. --Raymond.
{Trapdoor spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical
hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a
trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus
{Cteniza}, as the California species ({C. Californica}).
Trape \Trape\, v. i. [See {Tramp}, and cf. {Traipse}.]
To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to
traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Trapes \Trapes\, n. [See {Trape}.]
A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
Trapes \Trapes\, v. i.
To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to
traipse. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Trapezate \Trap"e*zate\, a. [See {Trapezium}.]
Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.
Trapeze \Tra*peze"\, n. [Cf. F. trap[`e]ze.]
1. (Geom.) A trapezium. See {Trapezium}, 1.
2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a
rope; -- used by gymnasts.
Trapeziform \Tra*pe"zi*form\, a. [Trapezium + -form: cf. F.
trap['e]ziforme.]
Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.
Trapezium \Tra*pe"zi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Trapeziums}, L.
{Trapezia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a little table, an irregular
four-sided figure, dim. of ? a table, for ?; ? (see {Tetra-})
+ ? foot, akin to ? foot; hence, originally, a table with
four feet. See {Foot}.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of
which no two are parallel.
2. (Anat.)
(a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first
metacarpal, or thumb.
(b) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just
back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by
the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Trapezohedral \Trap`e*zo*he"dral\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.
Trapezohedron \Trap`e*zo*he"dron\, n. [NL., from trapezium + Gr.
? seat, base, fr. ? to sit.] (Crystalloq.)
(a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar
trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note
under {Trisoctahedron}.
(b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by
six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common
on quartz crystals.
Trapezoid \Trap"e*zoid\, n. [Gr. ? trapezoid-shaped; ? table + ?
shape, likeness: cf. F. trap['e]zo["i]de. See {Trapezium}.]
1. (Geom.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides
parallel to each other.
2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second
metacarpal, or index finger.
Trapezoid \Trap"e*zoid\, a.
1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the
trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and
the clavicle.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as,
the trapezoid line.
Trapezoidal \Trap`e*zoid"al\, a. [Cf. F. trap['e]zo["i]dal.]
1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.
2. (Min.) Trapezohedral.
Traphole \Trap"hole\, n. (Mil.)
See {Trou-de-loup}.
Trappean \Trap"pe*an\, a. [Cf. F. trapp['e]en. See {Trap} a kind
of rock.] (Min.)
Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.
Trapper \Trap"per\, n. [From {Trap} to insnare.]
1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of
trapping animals for their furs. --W. Irving.
2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery
or level. --Raymond.
Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From {Trap} to dress with
ornaments.]
1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress;
superficial decorations.
Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. --Dryden.
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
--Shak.
2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings.
--Milton.
Trappist \Trap"pist\, n. [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.)
A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which
was established by Armand de Ranc['e] in 1660 at the
monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity
characterizes their discipline. They were introduced
permanently into the United States in 1848, and have
monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
Trappous \Trap"pous\, n. [From {Trap} a kind of rock.] (Min.)
Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of
its form or qualities; trappy.
Trappures \Trap"pures\, n. pl. [See {Trap} to dress.]
Trappings for a horse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trappy \Trap"py\, a. (Min.)
Same as {Trappous}.
Traps \Traps\, n. pl. [See {Trappings}, and {Trap} to dress.]
Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use;
goods; luggage; things. [Colloq.]
Trapstick \Trap"stick`\, n.
A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a
slender leg. --Addison.
Trash \Trash\, n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs
picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a
rag, tatter.]
1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
--Landor.
2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar
cane, or the like.
Note: In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of
canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated
rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called
trash. --B. Edwards.
3. A worthless person. [R.] --Shak.
4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in
pursuing game. --Markham.
{Trash ice}, crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash \Trash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trashing}.]
1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to
crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. --B.
Edwards.
2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing
game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to
hinder vexatiously. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
Trash \Trash\, v. i.
To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] --The Puritan
(1607).
Trashily \Trash"i*ly\, adv.
In a trashy manner.
Trashiness \Trash"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being trashy.
Trashy \Trash"y\, a. [Compar. {Trashier}; superl. {Trashiest}.]
Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected;
worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.
Trass \Trass\, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It.
terrazzo terrace. See {Terrace}.] (Geol.)
A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic
cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort
of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line
cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written
also {tarras}, {tarrace}, {terras}.]
Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft
grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
Traulism \Trau"lism\, n. [Gr. ? a lisping, fr. ? to lisp, to
mispronounce.]
A stammering or stuttering. [Obs.] --Dalgarno.
Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. ?, from ?, ?, a
wound: cf. F. traumatique.] (Med.)
(a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. --Coxe.
(b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. --Wiseman.
(c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus. -- n. A
traumatic medicine.
Traumatism \Trau"ma*tism\, n. (Med.)
A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the
body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture
of the stomach caused by traumatism.
Traunce \Traunce\, n. & v.
See {Trance}. [Obs.]
Traunt \Traunt\, v. i.
Same as {Trant}. [Obs.]
Traunter \Traunt"er\, n.
Same as {Tranter}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Travail \Trav"ail\ (?; 48), n. [F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh,
trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium
a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture.
But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have
been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. {Trave}). Cf.
{Travel}.]
1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
As everything of price, so this doth require
travail. --Hooker.
2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
Travail \Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Travailed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Travailing}.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier,
travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to
torment, agitate. See {Travail}, n.]
1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] ``Slothful persons
which will not travail for their livings.'' --Latimer.
2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
Travail \Trav"ail\, v. t.
To harass; to tire. [Obs.]
As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to
travail the realm, a great division fell among the
nobility. --Hayward.
Travailous \Trav"ail*ous\, a.
Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] --Wyclif. --
{Trav"ail*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Trave \Trave\, n. [Through French, fr. L. trabs, trabis, a beam;
cf. OF. tref a beam, also F. travail a frame to confine a
horse, OE. trave, trevys, travise, It. travaglio, F.
trav['e]e the space between two beams.]
1. (Arch.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists. --Maundrell.
2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while
shoeing.
She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. --Chaucer.
Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traveled}or {Travelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Traveling} or {Travelling}.] [Properly, to
labor, and the same word as travail.]
1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
city, or through the streets.
3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place,
or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his
health; he is traveling in California.
4. To pass; to go; to move.
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
--Shak.
Travel \Trav"el\, v. t.
1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
``I travel this profound.'' --Milton.
2. To force to journey. [R.]
They shall not be traveled forth of their own
franchises. --Spenser.
Travel \Trav"el\, n.
1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a
journey.
With long travel I am stiff and weary. --Shak.
His travels ended at his country seat. --Dryden.
2. pl. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and
observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; --
often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.
3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as,
the travel of a slide valve.
4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
Traveled \Trav"eled\, a.
Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience
by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also
{travelled}.]
The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. --Byron.
Traveler \Trav"el*er\, n. [Written also traveler.]
1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.
2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of
receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under {Crane}.
4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring
surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like,
and sliding thereon.
{Traveler's joy} (Bot.), the {Clematis vitalba}, a climbing
plant with white flowers.
{Traveler's tree}. (Bot.) See {Ravenala}.
Travel-tainted \Trav"el-taint`ed\, a.
Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.] --Shak.
Travers \Trav"ers\, adv. [F. travers, breadth, extent from side,
[`a] travers, en travers, de travers, across, athwart. See
{Traverse}, a.]
Across; athwart. [Obs.]
The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down,
and laid travers one over another. --Ld. Berners.
Traversable \Trav"ers*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a
traversable region.
2. Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection;
as, a traversable presentment. --Sir M. Hale.
Traverse \Trav"erse\, a. [OF. travers, L. transversus, p. p. of
transvertere to turn or direct across. See {Transverse}, and
cf. {Travers}.]
Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as,
paths cut with traverse trenches.
Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better
trusted in cross and traverse work. --Sir H.
Wotton.
The ridges of the fallow field traverse. --Hayward.
{Traverse drill} (Mach.), a machine tool for drilling slots,
in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and
forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle
holder can be adjusted laterally.
Traverse \Trav"erse\, adv.
Athwart; across; crosswise.
Traverse \Trav"erse\, n. [F. traverse. See {Traverse}, a.]
1. Anything that traverses, or crosses. Specifically:
(a) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross
accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been
for unlucky traverses not under his control.
(b) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or
the like.
Men drinken and the travers draw anon.
--Chaucer.
And the entrance of the king, The first traverse
was drawn. --F. Beaumont.
(c) (Arch.) A gallery or loft of communication from side
to side of a church or other large building. --Gwilt.
(d) (Fort.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or
reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.
(e) (Law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged
by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings.
The technical words introducing a traverse are absque
hoc, without this; that is, without this which
follows.
(f) (Naut.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in
passing from one place to another; a compound course.
(g) (Geom.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a
transversal.
(h) (Surv.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
(i) (Gun.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in
any desired direction.
2. A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. [Obs.]
{To work, or solve}, {a traverse} (Naut.), to reduce a series
of courses or distances to an equivalent single one; to
calculate the resultant of a traverse.
{Traverse board} (Naut.), a small board hung in the steerage,
having the points of the compass marked on it, and for
each point as many holes as there are half hours in a
watch. It is used for recording the courses made by the
ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the
corresponding hole.
{Traverse jury} (Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury.
{Traverse sailing} (Naut.), a sailing by compound courses;
the method or process of finding the resulting course and
distance from a series of different shorter courses and
distances actually passed over by a ship.
{Traverse table}.
(a) (Naut. & Surv.) A table by means of which the
difference of latitude and departure corresponding to
any given course and distance may be found by
inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides
of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter
of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the
hypothenuse, from 1 to 100.
(b) (Railroad) A platform with one or more tracks, and
arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting
cars, etc., from one line of track to another.
Traverse \Trav"erse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Traversed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Traversing}.] [Cf. F. traverser. See {Traverse}, a.]
1. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by
the flowing of the folds. --Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles;
to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this
reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the
habitable globe.
What seas you traversed, and what fields you fought.
--Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles,
and properties of this detestable vice --
ingratitude. --South.
5. (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to
point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
6. (Carp.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the
wood; as, to traverse a board.
7. (Law) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has
alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new
matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the
other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an
office is to deny it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws, Where
suits are traversed, and so little won That he who
conquers is but last undone. --Dryden.
{To traverse a yard} (Naut.), to brace it fore and aft.
Traverse \Trav"erse\, v. i.
1. To use the posture or motions of opposition or
counteraction, as in fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee
traverse. --Shak.
2. To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the
needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse
well, it is an unsafe guide.
3. To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his
croup to one side and his head to the other.
Traverser \Trav"ers*er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index
on a scale, and the like.
2. (Law) One who traverses, or denies.
3. (Railroad) A traverse table. See under {Traverse}, n.
Traversing \Trav"ers*ing\, a.
Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging
motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
{Traversing plate} (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at
the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is
applied in traversing the piece. --Wilhelm.
{Traversing platform} (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns.
Travertine \Trav"er*tine\, n. [F. travertin, It. travertino,
tiburtino, L. lapis Tiburtinus, fr. Tibur an ancient town of
Latium, now Tivoli.] (Min.)
A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard
and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of
springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive
deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, a. [F. travesti, p. p. of travestir to
disguise, to travesty, It. travestire, fr. L. trans across,
over + vestire to dress, clothe. See {Vest}.]
Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; --
applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, n.; pl. {Travesties}.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a
travesty of the first. --De Quincey.
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Travesting}.]
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
ridiculous or ludicrous.
I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
--Bentley.
Trawl \Trawl\, v. i. [OF. trauler, troller, F. tr[^o]ter, to
drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf.
{Troll}, v. t.]
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Trawl \Trawl\, n.
1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having
many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used
for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. &
Canada]
2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its
ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in
fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the
sea bottom.
Trawlboat \Trawl"boat`\, n.
A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
Trawler \Trawl"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, trawls.
2. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Trawlerman \Trawl"er*man\, n.; pl. {Trawlermen}.
A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish.
[Obs.] --Cowell.
Trawlnet \Trawl"net`\, n.
Same as {Trawl}, n., 2.
Trawlwarp \Trawl"warp`\, n.
A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging
a trawlnet.
Tray \Tray\, v. t. [OF. tra["i]r, F. trahir, L. tradere. See
{Traitor}.]
To betray; to deceive. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tray \Tray\, n.; pl. {Trays}. [OE. treye, AS. treg. Cf.
{Trough}.]
1. A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of
a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making
bread, chopping meat, etc.
2. A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are
carried; a waiter; a salver.
3. A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within
a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for
small or light articles.
Trayful \Tray"ful\, n.; pl. {Trayfuls}.
As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.
Trays \Trays\, n. pl. [Obs.]
See {Trais}. --Chaucer.
Tray-trip \Tray"-trip`\, n. [From {Trey} a three.]
An old game played with dice. [Obs.] --Shak.
Treacher \Treach"er\, n. [OE. trichour, trichur, OF. tricheor
deceiver, traitor, F. tricheur a cheat at play, a trickster.
See {Treachery}.]
A traitor; a cheat. [Obs.]
Treacher and coward both. --Beau. & Fl.
Treacherous \Treach"er*ous\, a. [See {Treacher}.]
Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or
faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign;
perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Loyal father of a treacherous son. --Shak.
The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate.
--Cowper.
Syn: Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious;
plotting. -- {Treach"er*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Treach"er*ous*ness}, n.
Treachery \Treach"er*y\, n. [OE. trecher["i]e, trichere, OF.
trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to
cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic
origin. See {Trickery}, {Trick}.]
Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence;
treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. --Chaucer.
In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a
deep taint of treachery and corruption. --Macaulay.
Treachetour \Treach"e*tour\, Treachour \Treach"our\, n. [See
{Treacher}.]
A traitor. [Obs.] ``Treachour full of false despite.''
--Spenser.
Treacle \Trea"cle\ (tr[=e]"k'l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign
remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th['e]riaque (cf. Pr.
triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an
antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ?
of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild
beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. {Theriac}.]
1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See {Theriac}, 1.
We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
Christ which is to every harm treacle. --Chaucer.
3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which
drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also
called {sugarhouse molasses}.
Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in
England, treacle.
4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices
or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the
birch, sycamore, and the like.
{Treacle mustard} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the cruciferous genus {Erysimum}, especially the {E.
cheiranthoides}, which was formerly used as an ingredient
in Venice treacle, or theriac.
{Treacle water}, a compound cordial prepared in different
ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of
various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc.,
distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly
regarded as a medicine of great virtue. --Nares.
{Venice treacle}. (Old Med.) Same as {Theriac}, 1.
Treacly \Trea"cly\, a.
Like, or composed of, treacle.
Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to
OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG.
tretan, Icel. tro?a, Sw. tr[*a]da, tr["a]da, Dan. tr[ae]de,
Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. ? a
running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.]
1. To set the foot; to step.
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise.
--Pope.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope.
The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and
go. --Chaucer.
2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a
cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep.
--Milton.
3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak.
{To tread on} or {upon}.
(a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. ``Thou
shalt tread upon their high places.'' --Deut. xxxiii.
29.
(b) to follow closely. ``Year treads on year.''
--Wordsworth.
{To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon.
``Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those
allowances to sin.'' --Milton.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
Tread \Tread\, v. t.
1. To step or walk on.
Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. --Prior.
Methought she trod the ground with greater grace.
--Dryden.
2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to
tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the
like. `` I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a
pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.'' --Beau. & Fl.
They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure
with you on this grass. --Shak.
4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred;
to subdue.
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise
up against us. --Ps. xliv. 5.
5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the
male bird. --Chaucer.
{To tread out}, to press out with the feet; to press out, as
wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or
horses.
{To tread the stage}, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a
part in a drama.
Tread \Tread\, n.
1. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep;
as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so
airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat.
--Tennyson.
2. Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse
has a good tread.
3. Way; track; path. [R.] --Shak.
4. The act of copulation in birds.
5. (Arch.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the
foot is placed.
6. (Fort.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand
to fire over the parapet.
7. (Mach.)
(a) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
(b) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
8. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
9. (Far.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle
of a horse that interferes. See {Interfere}, 3.
Treadboard \Tread"board`\, n. [Arch.]
See {Tread}, n., 5.
Treader \Tread"er\, n.
One who treads. --Isa. xvi. 10.
Treadfowl \Tread"fowl`\, n.
A cock. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Treadle \Trea"dle\, n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See
{Tread}.]
1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is
pressed or moved by the foot.
2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
Treadmill \Tread"mill`\, n.
A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery
of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used
principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill
worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
Tread-softly \Tread"-soft`ly\, n. (Bot.)
Spurge nettle. See under {Nettle}.
Treadwheel \Tread"wheel`\, n.
A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing,
or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See
{Treadmill}.
Treague \Treague\, n. [It. tregua; of Teutonic origin, and akin
to E. true.]
A truce. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Treason \Trea"son\, n. [OE. tresun, treisun, traisoun, OF.
tra["i]son, F. trahison, L. traditio a giving up, a
delivering up, fr. tradere to give up, betray. See {Traitor},
and cf. {Tradition}.]
1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of
the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of
betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power;
disloyalty; treachery.
The treason of the murthering in the bed. --Chaucer.
Note: In monarchies, the killing of the sovereign, or an
attempt to take his life, is treason. In England, to
imagine or compass the death of the king, or of the
queen consort, or of the heir apparent to the crown, is
high treason, as are many other offenses created by
statute. In the United States, treason is confined to
the actual levying of war against the United States, or
to an adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and
comfort.
2. Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence;
treachery; perfidy.
If he be false, she shall his treason see.
--Chaucer.
{Petit treason}. See under {Petit}.
Treasonable \Trea"son*a*ble\, a.
Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the
crime of treason, or partaking of its guilt.
Most men's heads had been intoxicated with imaginations
of plots and treasonable practices. --Clarendon.
Syn: Treacherous; traitorous; perfidious; insidious.
--{Trea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Trea"son*a*bly}, adv.
Treasonous \Trea"son*ous\, a.
Treasonable. --Shak.
The treasonous book of the Court of King James.
--Pepys.
Treasure \Treas"ure\, n. [OE. tresor, tresour, F. tr['e]sor, L.
thesaurus, Gr. ? a stone laid up, treasure, probably from the
root of ? to put, place. See {Thesis}, and cf. {Thesaurus}.]
1. Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money
in reserve.
This treasure hath fortune unto us given. --Chaucer.
2. A great quantity of anything collected for future use;
abundance; plenty.
We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of
barley, and of oil and of honey. --Jer. xli. 8.
3. That which is very much valued.
Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. --Ex. xix. 5.
From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure.
--Milton.
{Treasure city}, a city for stores and magazines. --Ex. i.
11.
Treasure \Treas"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treasured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Treasuring}.]
To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things,
for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to
treasure up gold.
Treasure-house \Treas"ure-house`\, n.
A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
Treasurer \Treas"ur*er\, n. [OE. tresourer, F. tr['e]sorier.]
One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury;
an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes
and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the
same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper
authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the
treasurer of a society or corporation.
{Lord high treasurer of England}, formerly, the third great
officer of the crown. His office is now executed by five
persons styled the lords commissioners of the treasury, or
treasury lords.
Treasurership \Treas"ur*er*ship\, n.
The office of treasurer.
Treasuress \Treas"ur*ess\, n.
A woman who is a treasurer. [R.]
Treasure-trove \Treas"ure-trove`\, n. [Treasure + OF. trov['e],
F. trouv['e], p. p. of OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See
{Trover}.] (Common Law)
Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or
otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England
such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure
found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to
the finder if no owner appears.
Treasury \Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl. {Treasuries}. [OE. tresorie, F.
tr['e]sorerie.]
1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are
deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are
deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray
the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of
deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
2. That department of a government which has charge of the
finances.
3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge,
wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, `` Maunder's
Treasury of Botany.''
5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston.
{Board of treasury}, the board to which is intrusted the
management of all matters relating to the sovereign's
civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
{Treasury bench}, the first row of seats on the right hand of
the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because
occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief
minister of the crown. [Eng.]
{Treasury lord}. See {Lord high treasurer of England}, under
{Treasurer}. [Eng.]
{Treasury note} (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill
issued by government authority from the Treasury
Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the
government.
Treat \Treat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Treating}.] [{OE}. treten, OF. traitier, F. traiter, from L.
tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v.
intens. from trahere, tractum, to draw. See {Trace}, v. t.,
and cf. {Entreat}, {Retreat}, {Trait}.]
1. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
2. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
3. To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as
a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard;
as, to treat the whole company.
4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [Obs.]
To treat the peace, a hundred senators Shall be
commissioned. --Dryden.
5. (Med.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in
the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease,
a wound, or a patient.
6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
treat a substance with sulphuric acid. --Ure.
7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners.
Treat \Treat\, v. i.
1. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking;
to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats
of old age and of duties.
And, shortly of this story for to treat. --Chaucer.
Now of love they treat. --Milton.
2. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often
followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with
France.
Inform us, will the emperor treat! --Swift.
3. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink,
as a compliment.
Treat \Treat\, n.
1. A parley; a conference. [Obs.]
Bid him battle without further treat. --Spenser.
2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
3. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a
satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
Treatable \Treat"a*ble\, a. [OE. tretable, F. traitable, L.
tractabilis. See {Treat}, and cf. {Tractable}.]
Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent. [Obs.]
`` A treatable disposition, a strong memory.'' --R. Parr.
A kind of treatable dissolution. --Hooker.
The heats or the colds of seasons are less treatable
than with us. --Sir W.
Temple.
Treatably \Treat"a*bly\, adv.
In a treatable manner. [Obs.]
Treater \Treat"er\, n.
One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject;
also, one who entertains.
Treatise \Trea"tise\, n. [OE. tretis, OF. treitis, traitis, well
made. See {Treat}.]
1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which
its principles are discussed or explained; a tract.
--Chaucer.
He published a treatise in which he maintained that
a marriage between a member of the Church of England
and a dissenter was a nullity. --Macaulay.
Note: A treatise implies more form and method than an essay,
but may fall short of the fullness and completeness of
a systematic exposition.
2. Story; discourse. [R.] --Shak.
Treatiser \Trea"tis*er\, n.
One who writes a treatise. [Obs.]
Treatment \Treat"ment\, n. [Cf. F. traitement. See {Treat}.]
1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation;
handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.
2. Entertainment; treat. [Obs.]
Accept such treatment as a swain affords. --Pope.
Treature \Trea"ture\, n.
Treatment. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
Treaty \Trea"ty\, n.; pl. {Treaties}. [OE. tretee, F. trait['e],
LL. tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment,
consultation, tractate. See {Treat}, and cf. {Tractate}.]
1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as
for forming an agreement; negotiation. ``By sly and wise
treaty.'' --Chaucer.
He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade.
--Spenser.
2. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league,
or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns,
formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and
solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the
supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or
more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty
of alliance.
3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Treble \Tre"ble\, a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible,
L. triplus. See {Triple}.]
1. Threefold; triple.
A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble
walls. --Dryden.
2. (Mus.)
(a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. --Bacon.
(b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute
sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble
violin or voice.
Treble \Tre"ble\, adv.
Trebly; triply. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
Treble \Tre"ble\, n. [`` It has been said to be a corruption of
triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and
bassus (high and low).'' --Grove.] (Mus.)
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part
usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Note: This is sometimes called the first treble, to
distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which
is sung by lower female voices.
Treble \Tre"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trebled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trebling}.]
1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. ``Love trebled
life.'' --Tennyson.
2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]
He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his
reply. --Chapman.
Treble \Tre"ble\, v. i.
To become threefold. --Swift.
Trebleness \Tre"ble*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness of
tones. --Bacon.
Treblet \Treb"let\, n.
Same as {Triblet}.
Trebly \Tre"bly\, adv.
In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity;
triply. --Swift.
Trebuchet \Treb"u*chet\, Trebucket \Tre"buck*et\, n. [OF.
trebuchet, trebukiet, an engine of war for hurling stones, F.
tr['e]buchet a gin, trap, a kind of balance, fr. OF.
trebuchier, trebuquier, to stumble, trip, F. tr['e]bucher.]
1. A cucking stool; a tumbrel. --Cowell.
2. A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing
stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened
to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised
the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling
stones with much force.
3. A kind of balance for weighing. [Obs.]
Trechometer \Tre*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to run + -meter.]
An odometer for vehicles. --Knight.
Treckschuyt \Treck"schuyt`\, n. [D. trekschuit; trekken to draw
+ schuit a boat. Cf. {Trackscout}.]
A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch
and Flemish canals.
Treddle \Tred"dle\, n. [See {Treadle}.]
1. See {Treadle}.
2. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] --Ford.
3. pl. The dung of sheep or hares. --Holland.
Tredille \Tre*dille"\, n.
A game at cards for three.
Tree \Tree\ (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre['o],
tre['o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio,
Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr["a], tr["a]d, Goth. triu,
Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a
tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru tree,
wood, d[=a]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad}, {Germander},
{Tar}, n., {Trough}.]
1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size
(usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single
trunk.
Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case,
is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree,
fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc.
2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as
resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and
branches; as, a genealogical tree.
3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber;
-- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree,
chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.
4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
[Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts
x. 39.
5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of
silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2
Tim. ii. 20).
6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent
forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}.
{Tree bear} (Zo["o]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.]
{Tree beetle} (Zo["o]l.) any one of numerous species of
beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as
the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the
goldsmith beetle.
{Tree bug} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of,
trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma},
{Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera.
{Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus
musang}).
{Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus
alba}). See {Melilot}.
{Tree crab} (Zo["o]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}.
{Tree creeper} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris},
and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3.
{Tree cricket} (Zo["o]l.), a nearly white arboreal American
cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud
stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}.
{Tree crow} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera,
intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail
is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth.
{Tree dove} (Zo["o]l.) any one of several species of East
Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and
allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly
arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit.
{Tree duck} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ducks
belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks
have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are
arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical
parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
{Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight
trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even
higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most
of the existing species are tropical.
{Tree fish} (Zo["o]l.), a California market fish
({Sebastichthys serriceps}).
{Tree frog}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Same as {Tree toad}.
(b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs
belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied
genera of the family {Ranid[ae]}. Their toes are
furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog
(see under {Flying}) is an example.
{Tree goose} (Zo["o]l.), the bernicle goose.
{Tree hopper} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on
the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by
sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the
prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the
form of a spine or crest.
{Tree jobber} (Zo["o]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.]
{Tree kangaroo}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Kangaroo}.
{Tree lark} (Zo["o]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
{Tree lizard} (Zo["o]l.), any one of a group of Old World
arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the
chameleons.
{Tree lobster}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above.
{Tree louse} (Zo["o]l.), any aphid; a plant louse.
{Tree moss}. (Bot.)
(a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees.
(b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree.
{Tree mouse} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[ae]}. They have
long claws and habitually live in trees.
{Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}.
{Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame.
{Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus
glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and
greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor.
{Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor
vit[ae].
{Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium
proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or
among its flowers.
{Tree oyster} (Zo["o]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea
folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree;
-- called also {raccoon oyster}.
{Tree pie} (Zo["o]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the
genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the
magpie.
{Tree pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and
Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga},
and allied genera.
{Tree pipit}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Pipit}.
{Tree porcupine} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging
to the genera {Ch[ae]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an
elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on
the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed
with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus})
is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is
called also {c[oe]ndou}.
{Tree rat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large
ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera
{Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the
porcupines.
{Tree serpent} (Zo["o]l.), a tree snake.
{Tree shrike} (Zo["o]l.), a bush shrike.
{Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among
the branches of trees, and are not venomous.
{Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria})
which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears
greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and
Teneriffe.
{Tree sparrow} (Zo["o]l.) any one of several species of small
arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow
({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species
({Passer montanus}).
{Tree swallow} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs
in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and
adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia.
{Tree swift} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of swifts
of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East
Indies and Southern Asia.
{Tree tiger} (Zo["o]l.), a leopard.
{Tree toad} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the
family {Hylid[ae]}. They are related to the common frogs
and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into
suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and
leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is
found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and
Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United
States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with
which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See
also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog},
under {Cricket}.
{Tree warbler} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied
genera.
{Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of
pine trees.
Tree \Tree\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Treeing}.]
1. To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog
trees a squirrel. --J. Burroughs.
2. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon
a tree; as, to tree a boot. See {Tree}, n., 3.
Treebeard \Tree"beard`\, n. (Bot.)
A pendulous branching lichen ({Usnea barbata}); -- so called
from its resemblance to hair.
Treeful \Tree"ful\, n.; pl. {Treefuls}.
The quantity or number which fills a tree.
Treeless \Tree"less\, a.
Destitute of trees. --C. Kingsley.
Treen \Treen\, a. [AS. tre['o]wen.]
1. Made of wood; wooden. [Obs.] `` Treen cups.'' --Camden.
2. Relating to, or drawn from, trees. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Treen liquors, especially that of the date.
--Evelyn.
Treen \Treen\, obs.
pl. of {Tree}. `` The shady treen.'' --Fairfax.
Treenail \Tree"nail`\, n. [Tree + nail.] (Shipbuilding)
A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to
the timbers or to each other. [Written also {trenail}, and
{trunnel}.]
Trefle \Tre"fle\, n. [F. tr['e]fle. See {Trefoil}.] (Fort.)
A species of time; -- so called from its resemblance in form
to a trefoil.
Tr'efl'e \Tr['e]`fl['e]"\, a. [F. tr['e]fl['e]. See {Trefoil}.]
(Her.)
Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross;
also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from
the edges, as a bearing.
Trefoil \Tre"foil\, n. [L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F.
fr[`e]fle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See {Tri-}, {Foil}
leaf, and cf. {Trifoly}.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Trifolium}, which includes
the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly,
applied also to the nonesuch, or black medic. See
{Clover}, and {Medic}.
2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three
divisions, or foils.
3. (Her.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
Trefoiled \Tre"foiled`\, a. (Her.)
Same as {Tr['e]fl['e]}.
Treget \Treg"et\, n. [See {Tregetour}.]
Guile; trickery. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
Tregetour \Treg"et*our\, n. [OE. tresgeteor. See {Trans-}, and
{Jet} a shooting forth.]
A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate
machinery. [Obs.]
Divers appearances Such as these subtle tregetours
play. --Chaucer.
Tregetry \Treg"et*ry\, n.
Trickery; also, a trick. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
Trehala \Tre*ha"la\, n. (Chem.)
An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and
cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect ({Larinus maculatus},
{L. nidificans}, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a
variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is
called also {nest sugar}.
Trehalose \Tre"ha*lose`\, n. (Chem.)
Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.
Treillage \Treil"lage\, n. [F. treillage. See {Trellis}.]
Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a
trellis. --Spectator.
I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow.
--Walpole.
Trellis \Trel"lis\, n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine
arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor,
summer house.]
A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework,
used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting
plants.
Trellised \Trel"lised\, a.
Having a trellis or trellises.
Cottages trellised over with exotic plants. --Jeffrey.
Tremando \Tre*man"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a
general shaking of the whole chord.
Trematode \Trem"a*tode\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.
Trematodea \Trem`a*to"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? having
holes, from ?, ?, a hole.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the
internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many
species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A
few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the
fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of
domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened
body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with
two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are
hermaphrodite. Called also {Trematoda}, and {Trematoidea}.
See {Fluke}, {Tristoma}, and {Cercaria}.
Trematoid \Trem"a*toid\, a. [From Gr. ?, ?, a hole + ? form.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Tremble \Trem"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trembled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trembling}.] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling,
tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. ?,
Lith. trimti. Cf. {Tremulous}, {Tremor}.]
1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness;
to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a
person or an animal.
I tremble still with fear. --Shak.
Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. --Dryden.
2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble.
--Milton.
3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the
voice trembles.
Tremble \Trem"ble\, n.
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
I am all of a tremble when I think of it. --W. Black.
Trembler \Trem"bler\, n.
One who trembles.
Trembling \Trem"bling\, a.
Shaking; tottering; quivering. -- {Trem"bling*ly}, adv.
{Trembling poplar} (Bot.), the aspen.
Tremella \Tre*mel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. tremere, to tremble: cf.
It. tremella, F. tremelle.] (Bot.)
A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.
Tremendous \Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be
trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.]
Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or
terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible;
dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a
tremendous shock or fall.
A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley.
Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible;
awful. -- {Tre*men"dous*ly}, adv. --
{Tre*men"dous*ness}, n.
Tremex \Tre"mex\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the
sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores
in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor,
and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of {Horntail}.
Note: The pigeon tremex ({Tremex columba}), a common American
species, infests the elm, pear, and other trees.
Tremolando \Tre*mo*lan"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.)
Same as {Tremando}.
Tremolite \Trem"o*lite\, n. [From Tremola, a valley in the Alps,
where it was discovered.] (Min.)
A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in
long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
Tremolo \Tre"mo*lo\, n. [It. Cf. {Tremulous}.] (Mus.)
(a) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent
cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
(b) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes
to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a
tremulous effect; -- called also {tremolant}, and
{tremulant}.
Tremor \Tre"mor\, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See
{Tremble}, v.]
A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory
motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or
old.
He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.
--Harvey.
Tremulant \Trem"u*lant\, Tremulent \Trem"u*lent\, a.
Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] `` With tremulent white
rod.'' --Carlyle.
Tremulous \Trem"u*lous\, a. [L. tremulus, fr. tremere to
tremble. See {Tremble}.]
1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a
tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous
leaf of the poplar.
2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
The tender, tremulous Christian. --Dr. H. More.
-- {Trem"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Trem"u*lous*ness}, n.
Tren \Tren\, n. [See {Treen} wooden.]
A fish spear. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Trenail \Tre"nail`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
Same as {Treenail}.
Trench \Trench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trenching}.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher; akin to Pr.
trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncertain
origin.]
1. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision,
hewing, or the like.
The wide wound that the boar had trenched In his
soft flank. --Shak.
This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in
ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water,
and doth lose its form. --Shak.
2. (Fort.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a
rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the
ditch; to intrench. --Pope.
No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
3. To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the
purpose of draining it.
4. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging
parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each
from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
Trench \Trench\, v. i.
1. To encroach; to intrench.
Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
{To trench at}, to make trenches against; to approach by
trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow
and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young.
Trench \Trench\, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch['e]e. See {Trench},
v. t.]
1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for
draining land. --Mortimer.
2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like. [Obs.]
In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.
--Chaucer.
3. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose
of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged
place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
{To open the trenches} (Mil.), to begin to dig or to form the
lines of approach.
{Trench cavalier} (Fort.), an elevation constructed (by a
besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about
half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade
the covered way.
{Trench plow}, or {Trench plough}, a kind of plow for opening
land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.
Trenchand \Trench"and\, a.
Trenchant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
See {Trench}, v. t.]
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. `` Trenchant was
the blade.'' --Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
Trenchantly \Trench"ant*ly\, adv.
In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
Trencher \Trench"er\, n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr.
trancher to cut, carve. See {Trench}, v. t.]
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.
It could be no ordinary declension of nature that
could bring some men, after an ingenuous education,
to place their ``summum bonum'' upon their
trenchers. --South.
{Trencher cap}, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square
appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States
is called {Oxford cap}, {mortar board}, etc.
{Trencher fly}, a person who haunts the tables of others; a
parasite. [R.] --L'Estrange.
{Trencher friend}, one who frequents the tables of others; a
sponger.
{Trencher mate}, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher
fly. --Hooker.
Trencher-man \Trench"er-man\, n.; pl. {Trencher-men}.
1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. --Shak.
2. A cook. [Obs.]
The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A table companion; a trencher mate. --Thackeray.
Trenchmore \Trench"more\, n.
A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also,
music in triple time appropriate to the dance. [Obs.]
All the windows in the town dance new trenchmore.
--Beau. & Fl.
Trenchmore \Trench"more\, v. i.
To dance the trenchmore. [Obs.] --Marston.
Trench-plow \Trench"-plow"\, Trench-plough \Trench"-plough`\
(-plou`), v. t.
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the
land to a greater depth than usual.
Trend \Trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trending}.] [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to
OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a
circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.]
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend;
as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Trend \Trend\, v. t.
To cause to turn; to bend. [R.]
Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver
stream. --W. Browne.
Trend \Trend\, n.
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general
direction; as, the trend of a coast.
{Trend of an anchor}. (Naut.)
(a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same
distance on the shank from the throat that the arm
measures from the throat to the bill. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the
direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at
anchor.
Trend \Trend\, v. t. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.]
To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]
Trend \Trend\, n.
Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]
Trender \Trend"er\, n.
One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Prov.
Eng.]
Trendle \Tren"dle\, n. [AS. trendel, tryndel, circle, ring. See
{Trend}, v. i., and cf. {Trundle}.]
A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [Obs.]
The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns.
--Sylvester.
Trental \Tren"tal\, n. [LL. trentale, fr. L. triginta thirty;
akin to tres three: cf. OF. trentel. See {Three}, and cf.
{Trigintal}.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) An office and mass for the dead on the
thirtieth day after death or burial. ``Their trentals and
their shrifts.'' --Spenser.
2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy.
Trenton period \Tren"ton pe"ri*od\ (Geol.)
A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so
named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly
limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton,
Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of {Geology}.
Trepan \Tre*pan"\, n. [F. tr['e]pan (cf. Sp. tr['e]pano, It.
trepano, trapano), LL. trepanum, fr. Gr. ? a borer, auger,
trepan, fr. ? to bore, ? a hole. Cf. {Trephine}.]
1. (Surg.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the
skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See
{Trephine}.
2. (Mining) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Trepan \Tre*pan"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Trepanned}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Trepanning}.] [Cf. F. tr['e]paner. See {Trepan} a
saw.] (Surg.)
To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a
portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure
or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.
Trepan \Tre*pan"\, n. [See {Trapan}.]
1. A snare; a trapan.
Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.
--South.
2. a deceiver; a cheat.
He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
--Macaulay.
Trepan \Tre*pan"\, v. t.
To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from
their stations. --De Quincey.
Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[=i]pang.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also {b[^e]che de mer}, {sea cucumber}, and {sea
slug}. [Written also {tripang}.]
Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
{Holothuria}, especially {H. edulis}. They are taken in
vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are
dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are
used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
Trepanize \Trep"an*ize\, v. t.
To trepan. [Obs.] ``By trepanizing the skull.'' --Jer.
Taylor.
Trepanner \Tre*pan"ner\, n.
One who trepans. `` Pitiful trepanners and impostors.''
--Gauden.
Trepeget \Trep"e*get\, n. (Mil.)
A trebuchet. [Obs.]
Trephine \Tre*phine"\ (?; 277), n. [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F.
tr['e]phine.] (Surg.)
An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the
trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle
like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called
the center pin.
Trephine \Tre*phine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trephined}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trephining}.]
To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
Trepid \Trep"id\, a. [L. trepidus.]
Trembling; quaking. --Thackeray.
Trepidation \Trep`i*da"tion\, n. [F. tr['e]pidation, L.
trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble,
from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he
turns, Gr. ? to turn, E. torture.]
1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of
paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking;
quivering.
2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion;
fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
3. (Anc. Astron.) A libration of the starry sphere in the
Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to
account for certain small changes in the position of the
ecliptic and of the stars.
Syn: Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear.
Trepidity \Tre*pid"i*ty\, n.
Trepidation. [R.]
Tresayle \Tres"ayle`\ (tr[e^]s"[=a]l`), n. [F. trisa["i]eul,
from L. tris, tres, three + F. a["i]eul grandfather. Cf.
{Besaiel}, and see {Ayle}.]
A grandfather's grandfather. [Obs.]
{Writ of tresayle} (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man
claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to
recover lands of which he had been deprived by an
abatement happening on the ancestor's death. --Mozley & W.
Tresor \Tres"or\, n.
Treasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trespassed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trespassing}.] [{OF}. trespasser to go across or
over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L.
trans across, over) + passer to pass. See {Pass}, v. i., and
cf. {Transpass}.]
1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to
go. [Obs.]
Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . .
trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld.
Berners.
2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon
the land of another.
3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand
or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time
or patience of another.
4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or
annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the
injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress
voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any
known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
against the Lord. --2 Chron.
xxviii. 22.
Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See
{Trespass}, v.]
1. Any injury or offence done to another.
I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer.
If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi.
15.
2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any
violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton.
You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins.
--Eph. if. 1.
3. (Law)
(a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi
et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights
of another.
(b) An action for injuries accompanied with force.
{Trespass offering} (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation
of a trespass.
{Trespass on the case}. (Law) See {Action on the case}, under
{Case}.
Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression;
misdemeanor; misdeed.
Trespasser \Tres"pass*er\, n.
One who commits a trespass; as:
(a) (Law) One who enters upon another's land, or violates his
rights.
(b) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
Tress \Tress\, n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia,
fr. Gr. tri`cha threefold, because a tress is usually formed
by interlacing three pieces; akin to trei^s three. See
{Three}.]
1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
Her yellow hair was braided in a tress. --Chaucer.
Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. --Pope.
2. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers. --Keats.
Tressed \Tressed\, a.
1. Having tresses.
2. Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled.
--Spenser. Drayton.
Tressel \Tres"sel\, n.
A trestle.
Tressful \Tress"ful\, a.
Tressy. [R.] --Sylvester.
Tressure \Tres"sure\, n. [F. tresser to twist, plait. See
{Tress}, n.] (Her.)
A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the
breadth of the latter.
Tressured \Tres"sured\, a. (Her.)
Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a
tressure.
The tressured fleur-de-lis he claims To wreathe his
shield. --Sir W.
Scott.
Tressy \Tress"y\, a.
Abounding in tresses. --J. Baillie.
Trestle \Tres"tle\, n. [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tr['e]teau;
probably from L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of
transtrum a crossbeam. Cf. {Transom}.] [Written also
{tressel}.]
1. A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding,
consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece,
and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters,
masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of
strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a
bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
2. The frame of a table.
{Trestle board}, a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and
the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because
commonly supported by trestles.
{Trestle bridge}. See under {Bridge}, n.
Trestletree \Tres"tle*tree`\, n. (Naut.)
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the
opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and
the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.
--Totten.
Trestlework \Tres"tle*work`\, n.
A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles
connected together.
Tres-tyne \Tres"-tyne`\, n. [L. tris, tres, three + E. tyne.]
(Zo["o]l.)
In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This
tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which the
brow tyne does not divide, the tres-tyne is the second tyne
above the base. See Illust. under {Rucervine}, and under
{Rusine}.
Tret \Tret\, obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Tread}, for treadeth. --Chaucer.
Tret \Tret\, n. [F. traite a drawing, trading, journey, tax on
wares in transit, anything diminishing the value of coins,
fr. OF. traire to draw, L. trahere. See {Trait}.] (Com.)
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of
four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight
after the tare deducted. --M'Culloch.
Tretable \Tret"a*ble\, a. [See {Treatable}.]
Tractable; moderate. [Obs.]
By nature debonaire and tretable. --Chaucer.
Trething \Treth"ing\, n. [W. treth an allowance, contribution,
tribute, or tax, trethu to rate or tax.]
A tax; an impost. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Tretis \Tre"tis\, Tretys \Tre"tys\, n. [See {Treatise}.]
A treatise; also, a treaty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tretis \Tre*tis"\, Tretys \Tre*tys"\, a. [OF. traitis.]
Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty. [Obs.] ``Her
nose tretys.'' --Chaucer.
Trevat \Tre"vat\, n.
A weaver's cutting instrument; for severing the loops of the
pile threads of velvet.
Trevet \Trev"et\, n. [See {Trivet}.]
A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.
Trew \Trew\, Trewe \Trewe\, a.
True. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trews \Trews\, n. pl.
Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders. ``He
wore the trews, or close trowsers, made of tartan.'' --Sir W.
Scott.
Trewth \Trewth\, n.
Truth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trey \Trey\, n. [OF. treis three, F. trois, L. tres. See
{Three}, and cf. {Tray-trip}.]
Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of
three spots or pips.
Seven is my chance and thine is cinq and trey.
--Chaucer.
Tri- \Tri-\ [Gr. tri- or L. tri-, sometimes through French; akin
to L. tres three, and E. three. See {Three}.]
1. A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in
tricolored, tridentate.
2. (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three
proportional or combining part, or the third degree of
that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in
trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride.
Triable \Tri"a*ble\, a. [From {Try}.]
1. Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to
trial or test. ``Experiments triable.'' --Boyle.
2. (Law) Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly
coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be
triable before one court which is not triable in another.
Triableness \Tri"a*ble*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being triable.
Triacid \Tri*ac"id\, a. [Pref. tri- + acid.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid
or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be
acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a
triacid base.
Triacle \Tri"a*cle\, n.
See {Treacle}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Triacontahedral \Tri`a*con`ta*he"dral\, a. [Gr. ? thirty + ?
seat, base.]
Having thirty sides.
Triaconter \Tri"a*con`ter\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? thirty.] (Gr.
Antiq.)
A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or, as some say, thirty
ranks of rowers.
Triad \Tri"ad\, n. [L. trias, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr.?, ?, three:
cf. F. triade. See {Three}, and cf. {Trias}, {Trio}.]
1. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary;
a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
2. (Mus.)
(a) A chord of three notes.
(b) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third
and fifth, with or without the octave.
3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
{Triads of the Welsh bards}, poetical histories, in which the
facts recorded are grouped by threes, three things or
circumstances of a kind being mentioned together.
{Hindu triad}. See {Trimurti}.
Triadelphous \Tri`a*del"phous\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? brother.]
(Bot.)
Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See
Illust. under {Adelphous}.
Triadic \Tri*ad"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Having the characteristics of a triad; as, boron is triadic.
Triakisoctahedron \Tri"a*kis*oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ? thrice +
E. octahedron.] (Crystalloq.)
A trigonal trisoctahedron.
Trial \Tri"al\, n. [From {Try}.]
1. The act of trying or testing in any manner. Specifically:
(a) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of
ascertaining what can be done or effected.
[I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.
--Milton.
(b) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Repeated trials of the issues and events of
actions. --Bp. Wilkins.
(c) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry,
metallurgy, etc.
2. The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like;
affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the
graces or virtues of men.
Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.
--Heb. xi. 36.
3. That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that
which tries the character or principles; that which tempts
to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
Every station is exposed to some trials. --Rogers.
4. (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a
cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining
a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in
legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending
before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of
determining such issue.
Syn: Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof;
essay. See {Test}, and {Attempt}.
Triality \Tri*al"i*ty\, n. [L. tres, tria, three.]
Three united; state of being three. [R.] --H. Wharton.
Trialogue \Tri"a*logue\, n. [LL. trialogus; tri- (see {Tri-}) +
-logus as, in L. dialogus, E. dialogue.]
A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
Triamide \Tri*am"ide\, n. [tri- + amine.] (Chem.)
An amide containing three amido groups.
Triamine \Tri*am"ine\, n. [Pref. tri- + amine.] (Chem.)
An amine containing three amido groups.
Triander \Tri"an`der\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of the Triandria.
Triandria \Tri*an"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tri-}, and
{-androus}.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an class of plants having three distinct and equal
stamens.
Triandrian \Tri*an"dri*an\, Triandrous \Tri*an"drous\, a. [Cf.
F. triandre.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and
equal stamens in the same flower.
Triangle \Tri"an`gle\, n. [L. triangulum, fr. triangulus
triangular; tri- (see {Tri-}) + angulus angle: cf. F.
triangle. See {Angle} a corner.]
1. (Geom.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing
three angles.
Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear,
according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of
great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines
whatever. A plane triangle is designated as scalene,
isosceles, or equilateral, according as it has no two
sides equal, two sides equal, or all sides equal; and
also as right-angled, or oblique-angled, according as
it has one right angle, or none; and oblique-angled
triangle is either acute-angled, or obtuse-angled,
according as all the angles are acute, or one of them
obtuse. The terms scalene, isosceles, equilateral,
right-angled, acute-angled, and obtuse-angled, are
applied to spherical triangles in the same sense as to
plane triangles.
2. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod
of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one
angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic
rod.
3. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled
triangle.
4. (Mus.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the
ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound
when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.
5. (Astron.)
(a) A small constellation situated between Aries and
Andromeda.
(b) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing
three bright stars.
{Triangle spider} (Zo["o]l.), a small American spider
({Hyptiotes Americanus}) of the family {Ciniflonid[ae]},
living among the dead branches of evergreen trees. It
constructs a triangular web, or net, usually composed of
four radii crossed by a double elastic fiber. The spider
holds the thread at the apex of the web and stretches it
tight, but lets go and springs the net when an insect
comes in contact with it.
Triangled \Tri"an`gled\, a.
Having three angles; triangular.
Triangular \Tri*an"gu*lar\, a. [L. triangularis: cf. F.
triangulaire.]
1. Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
2. (Bot.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral
angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.
{Triangular compasses}, compasses with three legs for taking
off the angular points of a triangle, or any three points
at the same time.
{Triangular crab} (Zo["o]l.), any maioid crab; -- so called
because the carapace is usually triangular.
{Triangular numbers} (Math.), the series of numbers formed by
the successive sums of the terms of an arithmetical
progression, of which the first term and the common
difference are 1. See {Figurate numbers}, under
{Figurate}.
Triangulares \Tri*an`gu*la"res\, n. pl. [L.] (Zo["o]l.)
The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under {Maioid},
and Illust. of {Spider crab}, under {Spider}.
Triangularity \Tri*an`gu*lar"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being triangular. --Bolingbroke.
Triangularly \Tri*an"gu*lar*ly\, adv.
In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle. --Dampier.
Triangulate \Tri*an"gu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Triangulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Triangulating}.]
1. To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means
of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
2. To make triangular, or three-cornered.
Triangulation \Tri*an`gu*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. triangulation.]
(Surv.)
The series or network of triangles into which the face of a
country, or any portion of it, is divided in a
trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the
elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the
country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to
fix the positions and distances of the several points
connected by them.
Triarchy \Tri"ar*chy\, n.; pl. {Triarchies}. [Gr. ?; ? (see
{Tri-}) + ? to rule.]
Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country
under three rulers. --Holland.
Triarian \Tri*a"ri*an\, a. [L. triarii, pl., a class of Roman
soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, fr. tres,
tria, three.]
Occupying the third post or rank. [Obs.] --Cowley.
Triarticulate \Tri`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [Pref. tri- + articulate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having three joints.
Trias \Tri"as\, n. [L., triad. See {Triad}.] (Geol.)
The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so
named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of
strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein,
Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
Triassic \Tri*as"sic\, a. (Geol.)
Of the age of, or pertaining to, the Trias. -- n. The
Triassic formation.
Triatic \Tri*at"ic\, a. (Naut.)
A term used in the phrase {triatic stay}. See under {Stay}.
Triatomic \Tri`a*tom"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + atomic.] (Chem.)
(a) Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or
radicals.
(b) Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a
specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether
acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and
tartronic acid are each triatomic.
Tribal \Trib"al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter.
--Bp. Warburton.
Tribalism \Trib"al*ism\, n.
The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal
prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or
characteristics.
Tribasic \Tri*ba"sic\, a. [Pref. tri- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or
their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of
replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain
acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
Tribble \Trib"ble\, n. (Paper Manuf.)
A frame on which paper is dried. --Knight.
Tribe \Tribe\, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the
Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe;
of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
1. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from
the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of
the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve
sons of Jacob. ``The Lion of the tribe of Juda.'' --Rev.
v. 5.
A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain
structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.
Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a
group of animals or plants intermediate between order
and genus.
3. A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude
people united under one leader or government; as, the
tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
4. A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from
whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as,
the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
5. (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some
particular female progenitor, through the female line; as,
the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
Tribe \Tribe\, v. t.
To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]
Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp.
Nicolson.
Triblet \Trib"let\, Tribolet \Trib"o*let\, n.] [F. triboulet.]
1. A goldsmith's tool used in making rings. --Ainsworth.
2. A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process
of forming tubes. --Tomlinson.
3. (Blacksmithing) A tapering mandrel.
Tribometer \Tri*bom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to rub + -meter: cf. F.
tribom[`e]tre.]
An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing
surfaces. --Brande & C.
Tribrach \Tri"brach\, n. [L. tribrachys, Gr. ? consisting of
three short syllables; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? short.] (Gr. & L.
Pros.)
A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, m[e^]l[i^][u^]s.
Tribracteate \Tri*brac"te*ate\, a. [Pref. tri- + bracteate.]
(Bot.)
Having three bracts.
Tribual \Trib"u*al\, Tribular \Trib"u*lar\, a.
Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual
characteristic; tribular worship. [R.]
The tribual lispings of the Ephraimites. --Fuller.
Tribulation \Trib`u*la"tion\, n. [OE. tribulacium, F.
tribulation, L. tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict,
fr. tribulum a thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to
rub. See {Trite}.]
That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe
affliction.
When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the
word, by and by he is offended. --Matt. xiii.
21.
In the world ye shall have tribulation. --John. xvi.
33.
Tribunal \Tri*bu"nal\, n. [L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune
who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See {Tribune}.]
1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his
associates sit for administering justice.
2. Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in
England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
Tribunary \Trib"u*na*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or
authority.
Tribunate \Trib"u*nate\, n. [L. tribunatus: cf. F. tribunat.]
The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.
Tribune \Trib"une\, n. [L. tribunus, properly, the chief of a
tribe, fr. tribus tribe: cf. F. tribun. See {Tribe}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the
people, to protect them from the oppression of the
patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties
against any attempts that might be made upon them by the
senate and consuls.
Note: The tribunes were at first two, but their number was
increased ultimately to ten. There were also military
tribunes, officers of the army, of whom there were from
four to six in each legion. Other officers were also
called tribunes; as, tribunes of the treasury, etc.
2. Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches
were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of
the legislative assembly, where a member stands while
making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.
Tribuneship \Trib"une*ship\, n.
The office or power of a tribune.
Tribunician \Trib`u*ni"cian\, Tribunitial \Trib`u*ni"tial\,
Tribunitian \Trib`u*ni*tian\, a. [L. tribunicius, tribunitius:
cf. F. tribunitien.]
Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as,
tribunitial power or authority. --Dryden.
A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is
recognized to be wrong. --Hare.
Tribunitious \Trib`u*ni"tious\, a.
Tribunician; tribunitial. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Trubutarily \Trub"u*ta*ri*ly\, adv.
In a tributary manner.
Tributariness \Trib"u*ta*ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tributary.
Tributary \Trib"u*ta*ry\, a. [OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L.
tributarius. See {Tribute}.]
1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an
acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or
for the purpose of purchasing peace.
[Julius] unto Rome made them tributary. --Chaucer.
2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
He to grace his tributary gods. --Milton.
3. Paid in tribute. ``Tributary tears.'' --Shak.
4. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up,
a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch,
etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary
streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
Tributary \Trib"u*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Tributaries}.
1. A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a
conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and
protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for
the purchase of security.
2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a
lake; an affluent.
Tribute \Trib"ute\, n. [OE. tribut, L. tributum, fr. tribuere,
tributum, to bestow, grant, pay, allot, assign, originally,
to a tribe, from tribus tribe; cf. F. tribut. See {Tribe},
and cf. {Attribute}, {Contribute}.]
1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing,
paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an
acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and
protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans
made their conquered countries pay tribute.
Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.
--C. C.
Pinckney.
2. A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service,
etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which
is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.
Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. --Gray.
3. (Mining) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its
value, given to the miner as his recompense. --Pryce.
Tomlinson.
{Tribute money}, money paid as a tribute or tax.
{Tribute pitch}. (Mining) See under {Tributer}. [Eng.]
Syn: See {Subsidy}.
Tribute \Trib"ute\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tributed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tributing}.]
To pay as tribute. [R.] --Whitlock (1654).
Tributer \Trib"u*ter\, n. (Mining)
One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
[Eng.]
Note: Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited
portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch,
beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for
which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so
much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what
they raise. --Weale.
Trica \Tri"ca\, n.; pl. {Tric[ae]}. [NL.] (Bot.)
An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface
marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
Tricarballylic \Tri*car`bal*lyl"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + carboxyl +
allyl + -ic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic
acid, {C3H5.(CO2H)3} occurring naturally in unripe beet
roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white
crystalline substance.
Tricarbimide \Tri*car"bi*mide\, n. [Pref. tri- + carbimide.]
(Chem.)
See under {Cyanuric}.
Trice \Trice\, v. t. [OE. trisen; of Scand. or Low German
origin; cf. Sw. trissa a sheave, pulley, triss a spritsail
brace, Dan. tridse a pulley, tridse to haul by means of a
pulley, to trice, LG. trisse a pulley, D. trijsen to hoist.]
[Written also {trise}.]
1. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away. [Obs.]
Out of his seat I will him trice. --Chaucer.
2. (Naut.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
Trice \Trice\, n. [Sp. tris the noise made by the breaking of
glass, an instant, en un tris in an instant; probably of
imitative origin.]
A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in
the phrase in a trice. ``With a trice.'' --Turbervile. `` On
a trice.'' --Shak.
A man shall make his fortune in a trice. --Young.
Tricennarious \Tri`cen*na"ri*ous\, a.
Of or pertaining to thirty years; tricennial. [R.]
Tricennial \Tri*cen"ni*al\, a. [L. tricennium thirty years;
triginta thirty + annus year: cf. L. tricennalis.]
Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years;
occurring once in every thirty years.
Tricentenary \Tri*cen"te*na*ry\, a. [Pref. tri- + centenary.]
Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred
years; tercentenary. -- n. A period of three centuries, or
three hundred years, also, the three-hundredth anniversary of
any event; a tercentenary.
Triceps \Tri"ceps\, n. [NL., fr. L. triceps, having three beads;
tres, tria, three + caput head: cf. F. triceps. See {Three},
and Chief.] (Anat.)
A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of
the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the
olecranon at the elbow.
Trichiasis \Tri*chi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. tri`x,
tricho`s, hair.] (Med.)
A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in
upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion
of the lids.
Trichina \Tri*chi"na\ (-n[.a]), n.; pl. {Trichin[ae]}. [NL., fr.
Gr. ? hairy, made of hair, fr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small, slender nematoid worm ({Trichina spiralis}) which,
in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers,
in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other
animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the
larv[ae] is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly
become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in
a short time large numbers of young which find their way into
the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the
blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in
large numbers produces trichinosis.
Trichiniasis \Trich`i*ni"a*sis\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Trichinosis.
Trichinize \Trich"i*nize\, v. t.
To render trichinous; to affect with trichin[ae]; -- chiefly
used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork.
Trichinoscope \Tri*chi"no*scope\, n. [Trichina + -scope.]
An apparatus for the detection of trichin[ae] in the flesh of
animals, as of swine.
Trichinosis \Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See {Trichina}.] (Med.)
The disease produced by the presence of trichin[ae] in the
muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular
pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is
frequently fatal.
Trichinous \Trich"i*nous\, a.
Of or pertaining to trichin[ae] or trichinosis; affected
with, or containing, trichin[ae]; as, trichinous meat.
Trichite \Trich"ite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, hair.]
1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs,
common in obsidian. See Illust. of {Crystallite}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found
in certain sponges.
{Trichite sheaf} (Zo["o]l.), one of the small sheaflike
fascicles of slender set[ae] characteristic of certain
sponges. See Illust. under {Spicule}.
Trichiuriform \Trich`i*u"ri*form\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family
{Trichiurid[ae]}, comprising the scabbard fishes and
hairtails.
Trichiuroid \Trich`i*u"roid\, a. [Trichiurus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus.
Trichiurus \Trich`i*u"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, a
hair + o'yra` tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See {Hairtail}.
Trichloride \Tri*chlo"ride\, n. [Pref. tri- + chloride.] (Chem.)
A chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.
Trichobranchia \Trich`o*bran"chi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. tri`x,
tricho`s, hair + branchia.] (Zo["o]l.)
The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are
slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
Trichocyst \Trich"o*cyst\, n. [Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, a hair + ?
bag.] (Zo["o]l.)
A lasso cell.
Trichogyne \Trich"o*gyne\, n. [F., fr. Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair
+ ? woman, female.] (Bot.)
The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing
particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. --
{Trich`o*gyn"ic}, a.
Trichomanes \Tri*chom"a*nes\, n. [L., a kind of plant, from Gr.
?.] (Bot.)
Any fern of the genus {Trichomanes}. The fronds are very
delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne
on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of
cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in
conservatories; two are native in the United States.
Trichomatose \Tri*chom"a*tose`\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a growth of
hair.] (Med.)
Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and
matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with
plica. See {Plica}, 1.
Trichome \Trich"ome\, n. [See {Trichomatose}.] (Bot.)
A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of
a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia
of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes. --
{Tri*chom"a*tous}, a.
Trichophore \Trich"o*phore\, n. [Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair + ?
to bear.]
1. (Bot.) The special cell in red alg[ae] which produces or
bears a trichogyne. See Illust. of {Trichogyne}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the saclike organs from which the
set[ae] of annelids arise. -- {Trich`o*phor"ic}, a.
Trichopter \Tri*chop"ter\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trichoptera.
Trichoptera \Tri*chop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. tri`x,
tricho`s, a hair + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered
with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is
considered by some to be a distinct order.
Trichopteran \Tri*chop"ter*an\, (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trichoptera.
Trichopterous \Tri*chop"ter*ous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera.
Trichord \Tri"chord\, n. [Gr. ? three stringed; ? (see {Tri-}) +
? chord, or string.] (Mus.)
An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
Trichoscolices \Trich`o*scol"i*ces\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr.
tri`x, tricho`s, hair + skw`lhx a worm.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being
more or less covered with cilia.
Trichotomous \Tri*chot"o*mous\, a. [See {Trichotomy}.]
Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a
trichotomous stem. --Martyn.
Trichotomy \Tri*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. tri`cha threefold, in three
parts + te`mnein to cut or divide: cf. F. trichotomie.]
Division into three parts.
Trichroic \Tri*chro"ic\, a.
Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism.
Trichroism \Tri"chro*ism\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? color: cf. F.
trichro["i]sme.] (Min.)
The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting
different colors in three different directions.
Trichromatic \Tri`chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + chromatic.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having or existing in three different phases of color; having
three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and
insects.
Trichromatism \Tri*chro"ma*tism\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic.
Trichromic \Tri*chro"mic\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? color.] (Opt.)
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color
sensations.
Trichromic \Tri*chro"mic\, a. [Pref. tri- + chromic.] (Chem.)
Containing three atoms of chromium.
Tricipital \Tri*cip"i*tal\, a. [See {Triceps}.] (Anat.)
Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital
muscle.
Trick \Trick\, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken
to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan.
tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery},
{Trig}, a., {Trigger}.]
1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly
procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in
trade.
He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
--South.
I know a trick worth two of that. --Shak.
2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle
or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
3. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks
of boys. --Prior.
4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as,
a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
The trick of that voice I do well remember. --Shak.
He hath a trick of C[oe]ur de Lion's face. --Shak.
5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one
round, and consisting of as many cards as there are
players.
On one nice trick depends the general fate. --Pope.
7. (Naut.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the
helm, -- usually two hours.
8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight;
deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.
Trick \Trick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tricked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tricking}.]
1. To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to
defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a
horse.
2. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically;
-- often followed by up, off, or out. `` Trick her off in
air.'' --Pope.
People lavish it profusely in tricking up their
children in fine clothes, and yet starve their
minds. --Locke.
They are simple, but majestic, records of the
feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the
public eye as his diary would have been. --Macaulay.
3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or
distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
They forget that they are in the statutes: . . .
there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees.
--B. Jonson.
Tricker \Trick"er\, n.
One who tricks; a trickster.
Tricker \Trick"er\, n.
A trigger. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Boyle.
Trickery \Trick"er*y\, n.
The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud;
imposture.
Trickiness \Trick"i*ness\, n.
The quality of being tricky.
Tricking \Trick"ing\, a.
Given to tricks; tricky. --Sir W. Scott.
Tricking \Trick"ing\, n.
Dress; ornament. --Shak.
Trickish \Trick"ish\, a.
Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to
deception and cheating; knavish. -- {Trick"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Trick"ish*ness}, n.
Trickle \Tric"kle\ (tr[i^]k"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trickled}
(tr[i^]k"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Trickling}
(tr[i^]k"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen,
freq. of striken to flow, AS. str[imac]can. See {Strike}, v.
t.]
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
His salt tears trickled down as rain. --Chaucer.
Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream.
--Spenser.
Trickment \Trick"ment\, n.
Decoration. [Obs.] `` No trickments but my tears.'' --Beau. &
Fl.
Tricksiness \Trick"si*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. --G.
Eliot.
Trickster \Trick"ster\, n.
One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From {Trick}.]
Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. ``My tricksy spirit!''
--Shak.
he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
passed for state wisdom. --Coleridge.
Tricktrack \Trick"track`\, n. [F. trictrac. Cf. {Ticktack}
backgammon.]
An old game resembling backgammon.
Tricky \Trick"y\, a.
Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
Triclinate \Tric"li*nate\, a. (Min.)
Triclinic.
Tricliniary \Tri*clin"i*a*ry\, a. [L. tricliniaris. See
{Triclinium}.]
Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of
reclining at table.
Triclinic \Tri*clin"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? to incline.]
(Crystallog.)
Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting
at oblique angles. See the Note under {crystallization}.
Triclinium \Tri*clin"i*um\, n.; pl. {Triclinia}. [L., from Gr.
?, ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + {?} a couch.] (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three
sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
(b) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
Tricoccous \Tri*coc"cous\, a. [Gr. tri`kokkos with three grains
or berries; ? (see {Tri-}) + ko`kkos grain, seed.] (Bot.)
Having three cocci, or roundish carpels. --Gray.
Tricolor \Tri"col`or\, n. [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a
tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see
{Tri-}) + L. color color.] [Written also {tricolour}.]
1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white,
and red, adopted at the first revolution.
2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
Tricolored \Tri"col`ored\, a.
Having three colors.
Tricornigerous \Tri`cor*nig"er*ous\, a. [L. tricorniger;
tricornis three-horned (see {Tri-}, and {Horn}) + -gerere to
bear.]
Having three horns.
Tricorporal \Tri*cor"po*ral\, Tricorporate \Tri*cor"po*rate\, a.
[L. tricorpor; tri- (see {Tri-}) + corpus, -oris, body.]
(Her.)
Represented with three bodies conjoined to one head, as a
lion.
Tricostate \Tri*cos"tate\, a. [Pref. tri- + costate.] (Bot.)
Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
Tricot \Tri`cot"\, n. [F.]
A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to
resemble knitted work.
Tricrotic \Tri*crot"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? to beat.]
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.
Tricrotism \Tri"cro*tism\, n. (Physiol.)
That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a
triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic
tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary
crests in addition to the primary.
Tricrotous \Tri"cro*tous\ (tr[imac]"kr[-o]*t[u^]s), a.
(Physiol.)
Tricrotic.
Tricurvate \Tri*cur"vate\ (tr[-i]*k[^u]r"v[asl]t), a. [Pref.
tri- + curvate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see
Illust. of {Spicule}).
Tricuspid \Tri*cus"pid\, a. [L. tricuspis, -idis; tri- (see
{Tri-}) + cuspis a point: cf. F. tricuspide.]
1. Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a
tricuspid molar.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as,
tricuspid obstruction.
{Tricuspid valve} (Anat.), the valve, consisting of three
triangular membranous flaps, at the opening of the right
auricle into the right ventricle in the heart of most
mammals; -- sometimes called the {tricuspid valves}, each
flap being regarded as a valve.
Tricuspidate \Tricus"pid*ate\, a.
Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate
leaf.
Tricycle \Tri"cy*cle\, n. [Pref. tri- + cycle as inbicycle.]
A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under {Velocipede}.
Cf. {Bicycle}.
Tridacna \Tri*dac"na\, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ?
eaten at three bites, ? tri- + ? to bite.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the
coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species
({T. gigas}) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is
sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also {paw shell},
and {fountain shell}.
Tridactyl \Tri*dac"tyl\ Tridactyle \Tri*dac"tyle\, a. [Gr. ?: ?
(see {Tri-}) + ? digit: cf. F. tridactyle.] (Biol.)
Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable
parts attached to a common base.
Tridactylous \Tri*dac"tyl*ous\, a. (Biol.)
Tridactyl.
Triddler \Trid"dler\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The jacksnipe. [Local, U. S.]
Tride \Tride\, a. [Cf. F. tride lively, quick.]
Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace; -- a term used by
sportsmen. --Bailey.
Tridecane \Tri*dec"ane\ (tr[-i]*d[e^]k"[=a]n), n. [Pref. tri- +
Gr. ? ten. So called from the number of carbon atoms in the
molecule.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, {C13H28}, of the methane series, which is a
probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene,
and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.
Tridecatoic \Tri`dec*a*to"ic\ (tr[-i]`d[e^]k*[.a]*t[=o]"[i^]k),
a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. de`katos tenth.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty
acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline
substance.
Tridecatylene \Tri`de*cat"y*lene\
(tr[-i]`d[-e]*k[a^]t"[i^]*l[=e]n), n. [Pref. tri-+ Gr.
de`katos tenth + E. ethylene.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, {C13H26}, of the ethylene series,
corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah
petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also
{tridecylene}, and {tridecene}.
Trident \Tri"dent\ (tr[imac]"dent), n. [L. tridens, -entis; tri-
(see {Tri-}) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See {Tooth}.]
1. (Class Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three
prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear or goad, used for
urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of
gladiators.
3. A three-pronged fish spear.
4. (Geom.) A curve of third order, having three infinite
branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in
the opposite direction.
{Trident bat} (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat
({Tri[ae]nops Persicus}), having the nose membrane in the
shape of a trident.
Trident \Tri"dent\, a. [L. tridens.]
Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
Tridentate \Tri*den"tate\, Tridentated \Tri*den"ta*ted\, a. [NL.
tridentatus. See {Trident}.]
Having three teeth; three-toothed. --Lee.
Tridented \Tri"dent*ed\, a.
Having three prongs; trident; tridentate; as, a tridented
mace. [R.] --Quarles.
Tridentiferous \Tri`dent*if"er*ous\, a. [L. tridentifer; tridens
trident + ferre to bear.]
Bearing a trident.
Tridentine \Tri*den"tine\, a. [From L. Tridentum Trent.]
Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held
in that city.
Tridiapason \Tri*di`a*pa"son\, n. [Pref. tri- + diaposon.] (Anc.
Mus.)
A triple octave, or twenty-second. --Busby.
Tridimensional \Tri`di*men"sion*al\, a. [Pref. tri- +
dimensional.] (Chem.)
Having three dimensions; extended in three different
directions.
Triding \Tri"ding\, n.
A riding. See {Trithing}.
Triduan \Trid"u*an\, a. [L. triduanus, fr. triduum space of
three days; tri- + dies day.]
Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day. [R.]
--Blount.
Tridymite \Trid"y*mite\, n. [Gr. ? threefold. So called in
allusion to the supposed threefold nature of the twin
crystals.] (Min.)
Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal
tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
Tried \Tried\,
imp. & p. p. of {Try.} Also adj. Proved; tested; faithful;
trustworthy; as, a tried friend.
Triedral \Tri*e"dral\, a.
See {Trihedral}.
Triennial \Tri*en"ni*al\, a. [L. triennium the space of three
years; tri- (see {Tri-}) + annus year. See {Annual}.]
1. Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a
triennial reign. --Howell.
2. Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three
years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a
triennial visitation. --T. Warton.
Triennial \Tri*en"ni*al\, n.
Something which takes place or appears once in three years.
Triennially \Tri*en"ni*al*ly\, adv.
Once in three years.
Triens \Tri"ens\, n. [L., from tres, tria, three.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d
{As}, 2.
Trier \Tri"er\, n. [From {Try}.]
1. One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines
anything by a test or standard. --Boyle.
2. One who tries judicially.
3. (Law) A person appointed according to law to try
challenges of jurors; a trior. --Burrill.
4. That which tries or approves; a test. --Shak.
Trierarch \Tri"er*arch\, n. [L. trierarchus, Gr. ?; ? a trireme
+ ? a leader, a chief.] (Gr. Antiq.)
(a) The commander of a trireme.
(b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other
citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public
service.
Trierarchy \Tri"er*arch`y\, n.; pl. {Trierarchises}. [ Gr. ?.]
The office duty of a trierarch.
Trieterical \Tri`e*ter"ic*al\, a. [L. trietericus, Gr. ?, fr. ?
(sc. ?) a triennial festival; ? (see {Tri-}.) + ? a year.]
Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial. [R.] --J.
Gregory.
Trieterics \Tri`e*ter"ics\, n. pl. [L. trieterica, pl., fr. Gr.
? of a triennial festival.] (Class. Antiq.)
Festival games celebrated once in three years. [R.] --May.
Triethylamine \Tri*eth`yl*am"ine\, n. [Pref. tri- + ethylamine.]
(Chem.)
A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.
Trifacial \Tri*fa"cial\, a. [Pref. tri- + facial.] (Anat.)
See {Trigeminal}.
Trifallow \Tri"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trifallowed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Trifallowing}.] [Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf.
{Thryfallow}.]
To plow the third time before sowing, as land. --Mortimer.
Trifarious \Tri*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. trifarius of three sorts or
ways, threefold; cf. Gr. ?. Cf. {Bifarious}.] (Bot.)
Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, as the
leaves of veratrum.
Trifasciated \Tri*fas"ci*a`ted\, a. [Pref. tri- + fasciated.]
Having, or surrounded by, three fasci[ae], or bands.
Trifid \Tri"fid\, a. [L. trifidus; tri- (see {Tri-}) + the root
of findere to split: cf. F. trifide.]
Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into
three parts; three-cleft.
Trifistulary \Tri*fis"tu*la*ry\, a. [Pref. tri- + fistula,
fistular.]
Having three pipes. --Sir T. Browne.
Trifle \Tri"fle\, n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery,
raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe
truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless
object. See {Truffle}.]
1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or
trivial, affair.
With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton.
Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation
strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And
frifles life. --Young.
2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc.,
with syllabub poured over it.
Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.]
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or
trivial amusements.
They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
{To trifle with}, to play the fool with; to treat without
respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's
feelings, or with sacred things.
Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. t.
1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.]
--Shak.
2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to
trifle away money. ``We trifle time.'' --Shak.
Trifler \Tri"fler\, n.
One who trifles. --Waterland.
Trifling \Tri"fling\, a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a
trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- {Tri"fling*ly}, adv. --
{Tri"fling*ness}, n.
Trifloral \Tri*flo"ral\, Triflorous \Tri*flo"rous\, a. [Pref.
tri- + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a
triflorous peduncle.
Trifluctuation \Tri*fluc`tu*a"tion\, n. [Pref. tri- +
fluctuation.]
A concurrence of three waves. [Obs.] ``A trifluctuation of
evils.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Trifoliate \Tri*fo"li*ate\, Trifoliated \Tri*fo"li*a`ted\, a.
[Tri- + foliate. Cf. {Trefoil}.] (Bot.)
Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of
{Shamrock}.
Trifoliolate \Tri*fo"li*o*late\, a. [Pref. tri- + foliolate.]
(Bot.)
Having three leaflets.
Trifolium \Tri*fo"li*um\, n. [L., clover.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and
usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species,
all of which are called clover. See {Clover}.
Trifoly \Tri"fo*ly\, n. [L. trifolium. See {Trifoliate},
{Trefoil}.] (Bot.)
Sweet trefoil. [Obs.]
She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. --B. Jonson.
Triforium \Tri*fo"ri*um\, n. [LL., fr. L. tri- (see {Tri-}) +
foris, pl. fores, a door.] (Arch.)
The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof
of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the
interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the
clearstory windows.
Triform \Tri"form\, a. [L. triformis; tri- (see {Tri-}) + forma
form.]
Having a triple form or character. ``This triform
antagonism.'' --I. Taylor.
Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. --Lowell.
Triformity \Tri*form"i*ty\, n. [L. triformitas.]
The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.
Trifurcate \Tri*fur"cate\, Trifurcated \Tri*fur"ca*ted\, a. [L.
trifurcus; tri- (see {Tri-}) + furca fork.]
Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
Trig \Trig\, v. t. [Cf. Dan. trykke to press, Sw. trycka.]
To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Trig \Trig\, a. [Formerly written trick, akin to trick to
dress.]
Full; also, trim; neat. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
To sit on a horse square and trig. --Brit. Quart.
Rev.
Trig \Trig\, v. t. [See {Trigger}.]
To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to
scotch; to skid.
Trig \Trig\, n. [See {Trigger}.]
A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a
wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. [Eng.]
--Wright.
Trigamist \Trig"a*mist\, n. [See {Trigamy}.]
One who has been married three times; also, one who has three
husbands or three wives at the same time.
Trigamous \Trig"a*mous\, a. [L. trigamus a thrice-married man,
Gr. ? thrice married; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? marriage: cf. F.
trigame.] (Bot.)
Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male,
female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers.
Trigamy \Trig"a*my\, n. [L. trigamia,Gr. ?: cf. F. trigamie. See
{Trigamous}.]
The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three
times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three
wives at the same time.
Trigastric \Tri*gas"tric\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? belly.]
(Anat.)
Having three bellies; -- said of a muscle. --Dunglison.
Trigeminal \Tri*gem"i*nal\, a. [See {Trigeminous}.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial
nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main
branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the
mouth; trifacial.
Trigeminous \Tri*gem"i*nous\, a. [L. trigeminus born three
together; tri- (see {Tri-}) + geminus twin. Cf.
{Tergeminous}.]
Born three together; being one of three born at the same
birth; also, threefold. --E. Phillip?.
Trigenic \Tri*gen"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + gen- + -ic. So named in
reference to its composition, it being supposed to contain
the radicals of three molecules of cyanic acid.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C4H7N3O2},
obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold
aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly
acid taste and faint smell; -- called also {ethidene- or
ethylidene-biuret}.
Trigesimo-secundo \Tri*ges"i*mo-se*cun"do\, a. [L. in
trigesimo-secundo in the thirty-second.]
Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo
form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Trigesimo-secundo \Tri*ges"i*mo-se*cun"do\, n.
A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes
thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less
definitely, a size of book; -- usually written {32mo}, or
32[deg], and called {thirty-twomo}.
Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See {Trick}, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
{Trigger fish} (Zo["o]l.), a large plectognath fish
({Balistes Carolinensis} or {B. capriscus}) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also {leather jacket}, and {turbot}.
Trigintal \Tri*gin`tal\, n. [LL. trigintate, fr. L. triginta
thirty. See {Trental}.] (R. C. Ch.)
A trental.
Triglyceride \Tri*glyc"er*ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + glyceride.]
(Chem.)
A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms
in glycerin by acid radicals.
Triglyph \Tri"glyph\, n. [L. triglyphus, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) +
? to carve: cf. F. triglyphe.] (Arch.)
An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at
equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular
tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by
two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called
glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half
channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular
edges of the tablet. See Illust. of {Entablature}.
Triglyphic \Tri*glyph"ic\, Triglyphical \Tri*glyph"ic*al\, a.
1. Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.
2. Containing three sets of characters or sculptures.
Trigness \Trig"ness\, n. [See {Trig} trim, neat.]
The quality or state of being trig; smartness; neatness.
Their spars had no man-of-war trigness. --Kane.
Trigon \Tri"gon\, n. [L. trigonum, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a
corner, angle: cf. F. trigone.]
1. A figure having three angles; a triangle.
2. (Astrol.)
(a) A division consisting of three signs.
(b) Trine, an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees
from each other. --Hutton.
3. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A kind of triangular lyre or harp.
(b) A kind of game at ball played by three persons
standing at the angular points of a triangle.
Trigonal \Trig"o*nal\, a.
Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal
stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
Trigone \Tri`gone"\, n. [F., literally, a trigon.] (Anat.)
A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder,
limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.
Trigonia \Tri*go"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Trigon}. So called in
allusion to the triangular shape of some species.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of
which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living
species exist on the coast of Australia.
Trigonocerous \Trig`o*noc"er*ous\, a. [Gr. ? triangle + ? horn.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having horns with three angles, like those of some species of
goats.
Trigonometric \Trig`o*no*met"ric\, Trigonometrical
\Trig`o*no*met"ric*al\, [Cf. F. trigonom['e]trique.]
Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of
trigonometry. --{Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly}, adv.
{Trigonometrical curve}, a curve one of whose co["o]rdinates
is a trigonometric function of the other.
{Trigonometrical function}. See under {Function}.
{Trigonometrical lines}, lines which are employed in solving
the different cases of plane and spherical trigonometry,
as sines, tangents, secants, and the like. These lines, or
the lengths of them, are trigonometrical functions of the
arcs and angles to which they belong.
{Trigonometrical survey}. See under {Survey}.
Trigonometry \Trig`o*nom"e*try\, n.; pl. {-tries}. [Gr. ? a
triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonom['e]trie. See {Trigon}.]
1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations
of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of
deducing from certain given parts other required parts,
and also of the general relations which exist between the
trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.
2. A treatise in this science.
{Analytical trigonometry}, that branch of trigonometry which
treats of the relations and properties of the
trigonometrical functions.
{Plane trigonometry}, and {Spherical trigonometry}, those
branches of trigonometry in which its principles are
applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles
respectively.
Trigonous \Trig"o*nous\, a. [L. trigonus, Gr. ?. See {Trigon}.]
Same as {Trigonal}.
Trigram \Tri"gram\, n. [Pref. tri- + -gram.]
Same as {Trigraph}.
Trigrammatic \Tri`gram*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; ? + ? a letter.]
Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of
letters or characters.
Trigrammic \Tri*gram"mic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Trigrammatic}.]
Same as {Trigrammatic}.
Trigraph \Tri"graph\, n. [Pref. tri- + -graph.]
Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one
sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a
triphthong.
Trigyn \Tri"gyn\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of the Trigynia.
Trigynia \Tri*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., Gr. ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a
woman, a female.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an order of plants having three pistils or styles.
Trigynian \Tri*gyn"i*an\, Trigynous \Trig"y*nous\, a. (Bot.)
Having three pistils or styles; of or pertaining to the
Trigynia.
Trihedral \Tri*he"dral\, a. [See {Trihedron}.] (Geom.)
Having three sides or faces; thus, a trihedral angle is a
solid angle bounded by three plane angles. [Written also
{triedral}.]
Trihedron \Tri*he"dron\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? a seat, base.]
(Geom.)
A figure having three sides.
Trihoral \Tri*ho"ral\, a. [Pref. tri- + horal.]
Occurring once in every three hours.
Trijugate \Trij"u*gate\, a. [See {Trijugous}.] (Bot.)
In three pairs; as, a trijugate leaf, or a pinnate leaf with
three pairs of leaflets.
Trijugous \Trij"u*gous\, a. [L. trijugus threefold; tri- + jugum
a yoke.] (Bot.)
Same as {Trijugate}.
Trikosane \Tri"ko*sane\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? twenty.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, {C23H48}, of the methane series, resembling
paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of
carbon in the molecule.
Trilateral \Tri*lat"er*al\, a.[L. trilaterus; tri- (see {Tri-})
+ latus, lateris, side: cf. F. trilat['e]ral. See {Lateral}.]
(Geom.)
Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral
triangle. -- {Tri*lat"er*al*ly}, adv. --
{Tri*lat"er*al*ness}, n.
Trilemma \Tri*lem"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see {Tri-}) + {?} any
thing received, in logic, an assumption. Cf. {Dilemma}.]
1. (Logic) A syllogism with three conditional propositions,
the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in
the minor. See {Dilemma}.
2. A state of things in which it is difficult to determine
which one of three courses to pursue.
Trilinear \Tri*lin"e*ar\, a. (Math.)
Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear
co["o]rdinates.
Trilingual \Tri*lin"gual\, a. [L. trilinguis; tri- (see {Tri-})
+ lingua tongue, language. See {Lingual}.]
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in
three languages.
The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its
surface a trilingual inscription. --I. Taylor.
Trilinguar \Tri*lin"guar\, a.
See {Trilingual}.
Triliteral \Tri*lit"er*al\, a. [Pref. tri- + literal.]
Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral
root or word. -- n. A triliteral word.
Triliteralism \Tri*lit"er*al*ism\, n.
Same as {Triliterality}.
Triliterality \Tri*lit`er*al"i*ty\, Triliteralness
\Tri*lit"er*al*ness\, n.
The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of
Hebrew roots. --W. D. Whitney.
Trilith \Tri"lith\, n.
Same as {Trilithon}. --Mollett.
Trilithic \Tri*lith"ic\, a.
Pertaining to a trilith.
Trilithon \Tril"i*thon\ (tr[i^]l"[i^]*th[o^]n), n.; pl.
{Trilithons}. [NL., fr. Gr.? of or with three stones; ? (see
{Tri-}) + ? stone.] (Arch[ae]ol.)
A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a
monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient
Celts.
Trill \Trill\, v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand.
origin; cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel.
[thorn]yrla to whirl, and E. thrill. Cf. {Thrill}.]
To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding
each other; to trickle. --Sir W. Scott.
And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her
delicate cheek. --Shak.
Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven
stone. --Glover.
Trill \Trill\, v. t. [OE. trillen; cf. Sw. trilla to roll.]
To turn round; to twirl. [Obs.] --Gascoigne.
Bid him descend and trill another pin. --Chaucer.
Trill \Trill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.]
To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a
trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. --Thomson.
Trill \Trill\, v. i.
To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous
vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. --Dryden.
Trill \Trill\, n. [It. trillo, fr. trillare. See {Trill} to
shake.]
1. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid
succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the
vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth --
tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part;
as, the r is a trill in most languages.
2. The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to
give a trill to the tongue. d
3. (Mus.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of
the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid
alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to
give a trill on the high C. See {Shake}.
Trillachan \Tril"la*chan\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
Trilling \Tril"ling\, n. [Cf. G. drilling.]
1. One of tree children born at the same birth. --Wright.
2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three
individuals.
Trillion \Tril"lion\, n. [F. trillion, formed from the pref.
tri- in imitation of million a million. Cf. {Billion}.]
According to the French notation, which is used upon the
Continent generally and in the United States, the number
expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million
millions; according to the English notation, the number
produced by involving a million to the third power, or the
number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed.
See the Note under {Numeration}.
Trillium \Tril"li*um\, n. [NL.; cf. L. trilix triple-woven,
triple.] (Bot.)
A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; --
so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
Trillo \Tril"lo\, n. [It. See {Trill}.] (Mus.)
A trill or shake. See {Trill}.
Trilobate \Tri*lo"bate\, a. [Pref. tri- + lobate.]
Having three lobes.
Trilobation \Tri`lo*ba"tion\, n.
The state of being trilobate.
Trilobed \Tri"lobed\, a. [Pref. tri- + lobe.]
Same as {Trilobate}.
Trilobita \Tri`lo*bi"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
Trilobite \Tri"lo*bite\ (tr[imac]"l[-o]*b[imac]t), n. [Cf. F.
trilobite. See {Trilobate}.] (Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging
to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the
Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the
close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually
seen on each segment.
Trilobitic \Tri`lo*bit"ic\, a.
Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites; as, trilobitic
rocks.
Trilocular \Tri*loc"u*lar\, a. [Pref. tri- + locular: cf. F.
triloculaire.]
Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a
trilocular heart.
Trilogy \Tril"o*gy\, n. [Gr. trilogi`a; pref. tri- (see {Tri-})
+ lo`gos speech, discourse: cf. F. trilogie.]
A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in
one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form
one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's `` Henry
VI.'' is an example.
On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted
in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy,
and performed consecutively in the course of one day.
--Coleridge.
Triluminar \Tri*lu"mi*nar\, Triluminous \Tri*lu"mi*nous\, a.
[Pref. tri- + L. lumen, luminis, light.]
Having three lights [R.]
Trim \Trim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trimming}.] [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to
prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of
uncertain origin.]
1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make
right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
The hermit trimmed his little fire. --Goldsmith.
2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish;
as, to trim a hat.
A rotten building newly trimmed over. --Milton.
I was trimmed in Julia's gown. --Shak.
3. To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip
or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree.
`` And trimmed the cheerful lamp.'' --Byron.
4. (Carp.) To dress, as timber; to make smooth.
5. (Naut.)
(a) To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or
disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally
on each side of the center and at each end, that she
shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim
a ship, or a boat.
(b) To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the
sails.
6. To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat. [Colloq.]
{To trim in} (Carp.), to fit, as a piece of timber, into
other work.
{To trim up}, to dress; to put in order.
I found her trimming up the diadem On her dead
mistress. --Shak.
Trim \Trim\, v. i.
To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to
favor each.
Trim \Trim\, n.
1. Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland
trim. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. ``
The trim of an encounter.'' --Chapman.
3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by
which she is well prepared for sailing.
4. (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building;
especially, that used around openings, generally in the
form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at
those points.
{In ballast trim} (Naut.), having only ballast on board. --R.
H. Dana, Jr.
{Trim of the masts} (Naut.), their position in regard to the
ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or
much aft, erect or raking.
{Trim of sails} (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to
the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.
Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. {Trimmer}; superl. {Trimmest}.] [See
{Trim}, v. t.]
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for
service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship
is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a
person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his
dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears
tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands
erect.
With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
--Spenser.
So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats
last night. --Trench.
Trimaculated \Tri*mac"u*la`ted\, a. [Pref. tri- + maculated.]
Marked with three spots, or macul[ae].
Trimellic \Tri*mel"lic\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. mel, gen. mellis,
honey.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid
(called also trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic
acid.
Trimembral \Tri*mem"bral\, a. [L. trimembris triplemembered. See
{Tri-}, and {Member}.]
Having, or consisting of, three members.
Trimera \Tri"me*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tri-}, and {-mere}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three
joints in the tarsi.
Trimeran \Tri"mer*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
Trimerous \Tri"mer*ous\, a. [See {Trimera}.] (Bot.)
Having the parts in threes.
Trimesitic \Tri`me*sit"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + mesitylene + -ic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid,
{C6H3.(CO2)3}, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the
oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.
[Written also {trimesic}.]
Trimester \Tri*mes"ter\, n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri-
(see {Tri-}) + mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.]
A term or period of three months.
Trimestral \Tri*mes"tral\, a.
Trimestrial. --Southey.
Trimestrial \Tri*mes"tri*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months;
occurring once in every three months; quarterly.
Trimeter \Trim"e*ter\, a. [L. trimetrus, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) +
{?} measure. See {Meter} measure.] (Pros.)
Consisting of three poetical measures. -- n. A poetical
division of verse, consisting of three measures. --Lowth.
Trimethyl \Tri*meth"yl\ (Chem.)
A prefix or combining form (also used adjectively) indicating
the presence of three methyl groups.
Trimethylamine \Tri*meth`yl*am"ine\, n. [Trimethyl- + amine.]
(Chem.)
A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, {N.(CH3)3}, obtained
from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic
herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia
containing three methyl groups.
Trimethylene \Tri*meth"yl*ene\, n. (Chem.)
A gaseous hydrocarbon, {C3H6}, isomeric with propylene and
obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of
compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
Trimetric \Tri*met"ric\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? measure.]
(Crystallog.)
Same as {Orthorhombic}.
Trimetrical \Tri*met"ric*al\, a.
Same as {Trimeter}.
Trimly \Trim"ly\, adv.
In a trim manner; nicely.
Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n.
1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or
the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to
appear to favor each; a timeserver.
Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. --Macaulay.
3. An instrument with which trimming is done.
4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers
in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs,
or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like.
See Illust. of {Header}.
Trimming \Trim"ming\,
a. from {Trim}, v.
The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming,
halfway sort of a party. --Jeffrey.
{Trimming joist} (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers
are framed; a header. See {Header}. --Knight.
Trimming \Trim"ming\, n.
1. The act of one who trims.
2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust,
ornament, or the like; especially, the necessary or the
ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence, sometimes,
the concomitants of a dish; a relish; -- usually in the
plural
.
3. The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy
a trimming. [Colloq.]
Trimmingly \Trim"ming*ly\, adv.
In a trimming manner.
Trimness \Trim"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being trim; orderliness; compactness;
snugness; neatness.
Trimorph \Tri"morph\, n. [See {Trimorphous}.] (Crystallog.)
A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or
which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of
these distinct forms. See {Trimorphism}, 1.
Trimorphic \Tri*mor"phic\, Trimorphous \Tri*mor"phous\, a. [Gr.
? three-formed; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? form.]
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; --
contrasted with {monomorphic}, {dimorphic}, and
{polymorphic}.
Trimorphism \Tri*mor"phism\, n. [See {Trimorphic}.]
1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms
fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium
dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile,
octahedrite, and brookite. See {Pleomorphism}.
2. (Biol.) The co["e]xistence among individuals of the same
species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule,
by intermediate gradations; the condition among
individuals of the same species of having three different
shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; --
contrasted with {polymorphism}, and dimorphism.
{Heterogonous trimporphism} (Bot.), that condition in which
flowers of plants of the same species have three different
lengths of stamens, short, medium, and long, the blossoms
of one individual plant having short and medium stamens
and a long style, those of another having short and long
stamens and a style of medium length, and those of a third
having medium and long stamens and a short style, the
style of each blossom thus being of a length not
represented by its stamens.
Trimurti \Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[=u]rti; tri three +
m[=u]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.)
The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma,
the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
[Spelled also {Trimurtti}.]
Trimyarian \Trim`y*a"ri*an\, n. [Pref. tri + Gr. ?, ?, a
muscle.] (Zo["o]l.)
A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Trinal \Tri"nal\, a. [L. trinus triple, trini three each, fr.
tres, tria, three. See {Three}, and cf. {Trine}, a. & n.,
{Tern}, a.]
Threefold. ``Trinal unity.'' --Milton.
In their trinal triplicities on high. --Spenser.
Trindle \Trin"dle\, v. t. & n.
See {Trundle}.
Trine \Trine\, a. [See {Trinal}.]
Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth,
and thickness.
Trine \Trine\, n. [F. trine, trin. See {Trinal}.]
1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other
120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine. --Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.]
A single trine of brazen tortoises. --Mrs.
Browning.
Eternal One, Almighty Trine! --Keble.
Trine \Trine\, v. t.
To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]
By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
--Dryden.
Trinervate \Tri*nerv"ate\, a. [NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L.
nervus nerve.] (Bot.)
Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the
base to the apex; -- said of a leaf. --Gray.
Trinerve \Tri"nerve`\, Trinerved \Tri"nerved`\, a. [Pref. tri- +
nerve.] (Bot.)
Same as {Trinervate}.
Tringa \Trin"ga\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of limicoline birds including many species of
sandpipers. See {Dunlin}, {Knot}, and {Sandpiper}.
Tringle \Trin"gle\, n. [F. tringle.]
A curtain rod for a bedstead.
Tringoid \Trin"goid\, a. [Tringa + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.
Trinitarian \Trin`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [Cf. F. trinitaire. See
{Trinity}.]
Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity,
or believers in that doctrine.
Trinitarian \Trin`i*ta"ri*an\, n.
1. One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in
1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix
of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives
from the Mohammedans.
Trinitarianism \Trin`i*ta"ri*an*ism\, n.
The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are
three distinct persons in the Godhead.
Trinitrocellulose \Tri*ni`tro*cel"lu*lose"\, n.
Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three
nitro groups.
Trinitrophenol \Tri*ni`tro*phe"nol\, n. (Chem.)
Picric acid.
Trinity \Trin"i*ty\, n. [OE. trinitee, F. trinit['e], L.
trinitas, fr. trini three each. See {Trinal}.]
1. (Christian Theol.) The union of three persons (the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all
the three are one God as to substance, but three persons
as to individuality.
2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a
triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
3. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art,
especially the triangle.
{Trinity House}, an institution in London for promoting
commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and
erecting beacons, and the like.
{Trinity Sunday}, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so
called from the feast held on that day in honor of the
Holy Trinity.
{Trinity term}. (Law) See the Note under {Term}, n., 5.
Triniunity \Trin`i*u"ni*ty\, n. [See {Trinity}, and {Unity}.]
Triunity; trinity. [Obs.]
As for terms of trinity, triniunity, . . . and the
like, they reject them as scholastic notions. --Milton.
Trink \Trink\, n.
A kind of fishing net. [Obs.] --Crabb.
Trinket \Trin"ket\, n. [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain
sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete
triangular.] (Naut.)
A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast,
probably on a lateen yard.
Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket
warily in our hands. --Hakluyt.
Trinket \Trin"ket\, n. [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence,
probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an
Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. {Trench},
v. t.]
1. A knife; a cutting tool. --Tusser.
2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
Trinket \Trin"ket\, v. i.
To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.]
--South.
Trinketer \Trin"ket*er\, n.
One who trinkets. [Obs.]
Trinketry \Trin"ket*ry\, n.
Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.
No trinketry on front, or neck, or breast. --Southey.
Trinkle \Trin"kle\, v. i.
To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. [Obs.]
--Wright.
Trinoctial \Tri*noc"tial\, a. [L. trinoctialis for three nights;
tri- (see {Tri-}) + nox, noctis, night.]
Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.
Trinodal \Tri*nod"al\, a. [L. trinodis three-knotted; tri- (see
{Tri-}) + nodus knot.]
1. (Bot.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points
from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.
2. (Geom.) Having three nodal points.
Trinomial \Tri*no"mi*al\, n. [Pref. tri- + -nomial as in
binomial: cf. F. trin[^o]me.] (Math.)
A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign +
or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c^{2}.
Trinomial \Tri*no"mi*al\, a. (Math.)
Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials;
as, a trinomial root.
Trinominal \Tri*nom"i*nal\, n. & a. [Pref. tri- + L. nomen,
nominis, name: cf. L. trinominis three-named.] (Math.)
Trinomial.
Trinucleus \Tri*nu"cle*us\, n. [Pref. tri- + nucleus.] (Paleon.)
A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella
and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Trio \Tri"o\, n. [It., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio,
from the Italian. See {Three}.]
1. Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting
together; a set of three; three united.
The trio were well accustomed to act together, and
were linked to each other by ties of mutual
interest. --Dickens.
2. (Mus.)
(a) A composition for three parts or three instruments.
(b) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or
scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or
of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts
or instruments.
Triobolar \Tri*ob"o*lar\, Triobolary \Tri*ob"o*la*ry\, a. [LL.
triobolaris, fr. L. triobolus a piece of three oboli, Gr. ?.
See Tri-, and {Obolus}.]
Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. [Obs.]
It may pass current . . . for a triobolar ballad.
--Cheyne.
Trioctile \Tri*oc"tile\ (-[o^]k"t[i^]l), n. [Pref. tri- +
octile.] (Astrol.)
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they
are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135
degrees, distant from each other. --Hutton.
Trioecia \Tri*[oe]"ci*a\ (-[=e]"sh[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL. See
{Tri[oe]cious}.] (Bot.)
The third order of the Linn[ae]an class Polygamia.
Trioecious \Tri*[oe]"cious\ (-sh[u^]s), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ?
house.] (Bot.)
Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different
plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others
pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate;
belonging to the order Tri[oe]cia.
Triole \Tri"ole\ (tr[=e]"[=o]l), n. [See {Triolet}.] (Mus.)
Same as {Triplet}.
Triolein \Tri*o"le*in\ (tr[-i]*[=o]"l[-e]*[i^]n), n. [Pref. tri-
+ olein.] (Physiol. Chem.)
See {Olein}.
Triolet \Tri"o*let\ (tr[imac]"[-o]*l[e^]t), n. [F. triolet. See
{Trio}.]
A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first
line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line,
the second being, repeated as the eighth. --Brande & C.
Trionychoidea \Tri*on`y*choi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Trionyx},
and {-old}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied
genera; -- called also {Trionychoides}, and {Trionychina}.
Trionyx \Tri*on"yx\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a
claw.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell
imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin.
They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also
{soft tortoise}, {soft-shell tortoise}, and {mud turtle}.
Note: The common American species ({Trionyx, or Aspidonectus,
ferox}) becomes over a foot in length and is very
voracious. Similar species are found in Asia and
Africa.
Trior \Tri"or\, n. (Law)
Same as {Trier}, 2 and 3.
Trioxide \Tri*ox"ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + oxide.] (Chem.)
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur
trioxide, {SO3}; -- formerly called {tritoxide}.
Trip \Trip\, n. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tripping}.] [OE. trippen; akin to D. trippen, Dan. trippe,
and E. tramp. See {Tramp}.]
1. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly;
to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by
it. See {It}, 5.
This horse anon began to trip and dance. --Chaucer.
Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic
toe. --Milton.
She bounded by, and tripped so light They had not
time to take a steady sight. --Dryden.
2. To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip
to Europe.
3. To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's
balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to
lose footing; to stumble.
4. Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense
against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake;
to fail. ``Till his tongue trip.'' --Locke.
A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind
understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip
and stumble. --South.
Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be
changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to
trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when
most secure. --Dryden.
What? dost thou verily trip upon a word? --R.
Browning.
Trip \Trip\, v. t.
1. To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to
lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to
cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; --
often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
The words of Hobbes's defense trip up the heels of
his cause. --Abp.
Bramhall.
2. Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an
obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
To trip the course of law, and blunt the sword.
--Shak.
3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.]
These her women can trip me if I err. --Shak.
4. (Naut.)
(a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or
buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
(b) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for
lowering it.
5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or
compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
Trip \Trip\, n.
1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a
skip.
His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the
trip of a light female step glide to or from the
door. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
I took a trip to London on the death of the queen.
--Pope.
3. A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or
balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Imperfect words, with childish trips. --Milton.
Each seeming trip, and each digressive start.
--Harte.
4. A small piece; a morsel; a bit. [Obs.] ``A trip of
cheese.'' --Chaucer.
5. A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his
antagonist to lose footing.
And watches with a trip his foe to foil. --Dryden.
It is the sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a
man to the ground. --South.
6. (Naut.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to
windward.
7. A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. [Prov. Eng. &
Scott.]
8. A troop of men; a host. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne.
9. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of widgeons.
Tripalmitate \Tri*pal"mi*tate\, n. [Pref. tri- + palmitate.]
(Chem.)
A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.
Tripalmitin \Tri*pal"mi*tin\, n. [Pref. tri- + palmitin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
See {Palmitin}.
Tripang \Tri*pang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Trepang}.
Triparted \Tri"part`ed\, a. [Pref. tri- + parted.]
1. (Her.) Parted into three piece; having three parts or
pieces; -- said of the field or of a bearing; as, a cross
triparted.
2. (Bot.) Divided nearly to the base into three segments or
lobes.
Tripartible \Tri*part"i*ble\, a.
Divisible into three parts.
Tripartient \Tri*par"tient\, a. [See {Tripartite}.] (Arith.)
Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly
divides another into three parts.
Tripartite \Trip"ar*tite\, a. [L. tripartitus; tri- (see {Tri-})
+ partitus, p. p. of partiri to part, to divide. See {Part},
v. i.]
1. Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite
leaf.
2. Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make
indentures tripartite. --A. Smith.
3. Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.
Tripartitely \Trip`ar*tite*ly\, adv.
In a tripartite manner.
Tripartition \Trip`ar*ti"tion\, n. [Cf. F. tripartition.]
A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a
third part of any number or quantity.
Tripaschal \Tri*pas"chal\, a. [Pref. tri- + paschal.]
Including three passovers.
Tripe \Tripe\, n. [OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf.
Sp. & Pg. tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor.
stripen.]
1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for
food.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ? --Shak.
2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly;
-- generally used in the plural. --Howell.
Tripedal \Trip"e*dal\, a. [L. tripedalis; tri- (see {Tri-}) +
pes, pedis, a foot.]
Having three feet.
Tripe-de-roche \Tripe`-de-roche"\, n. [F.] (Bot.)
Same as Rock tripe, under {Rock}.
Tripel \Trip"el\, n. (Min.)
Same as {Tripoli}.
Tripeman \Tripe"man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
A man who prepares or sells tripe.
Tripennate \Tri*pen"nate\, a. [Pref. tri- + pennate.] (Bot.)
Same as {Tripinnate}.
Tripersonal \Tri*per"son*al\ (tr[-i]*p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a.
[Pref. tri- + personal.]
Consisting of three persons. --Milton.
Tripersonalist \Tri*per"son*al*ist\, n.
A Trinitarian.
Tripersonality \Tri*per`son*al"i*ty\, n.
The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead;
trinity.
Tripery \Trip"er*y\ (tr[imac]p"[~e]r*[y^]), n. [Cf. F.
triperie.]
A place where tripe is prepared or sold. --London Quart. Rev.
Tripestone \Tripe"stone`\ (tr[imac]p"st[=o]n`), n. (Min.)
A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied
to resemble pieces of tripe.
Tripetaloid \Tri*pet"al*oid\, a. [Pref. tri- + petaloid.] (Bot.)
Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as
if furnished with three petals.
Tripetalous \Tri*pet"al*ous\, a. [Pref. tri- + petalous: cf. F.
trip['e]tale.] (Bot.)
Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.
Trip hammer \Trip" ham`mer\
A tilt hammer.
Triphane \Tri"phane\, n. [Gr. ? appearing three-fold; ? (see
{Tri-}) + {?} to appear cf. F. triphane.] (Min.)
Spodumene.
Triphthong \Triph"thong\, n. [Pref. tri- + -phthong, as in
diphthong: cf. F. triphthonque.] (Ortho["e]py)
A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable,
forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three
vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a
trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples
of triphthongs.
Triphthongal \Triph*thon"gal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel
sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Triphyline \Triph"y*line\, n.
Triphylite.
Triphylite \Triph"y*lite\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? a family,
class. So called in allusion to its containing three
phosphates.] (Min.)
A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of
the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.
Note: A salmon-colored or clove-brown variety containing but
little iron is known as lithiophilite.
Triphyllous \Triph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + {?} a
leaf: cf. F. triphylle.] (Bot.)
Having three leaves; three-leaved.
Tripinnate \Tri*pin"nate\, a. [Pref. tri- + pinnate.] (Bot.)
Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
Tripinnatifid \Tri`pin*nat"i*fid\, a. [Pref. tri- + pinnatifid.]
(Bot.)
Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its
segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also
are pinnatifid.
Triplasian \Tri*pla"sian\, a. [Gr. ? thrice as many.]
Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
Triple \Tri"ple\, a. [L. triplus; tri- (see {Tri-}) + -plus, as
in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See {Double}, and cf.
{Treble}.]
1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three;
threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
By thy triple shape as thou art seen. --Dryden.
2. Three times repeated; treble. See {Treble}.
3. One of three; third. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Triple crown}, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See
{Tiara}, 2.
{Triple-expansion steam engine}, a compound steam engine in
which the same steam performs work in three cylinders
successively.
{Triple measure} (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which
first only is accented.
{Triple ratio} (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.
{Triple salt} (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic
atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple
salt.
{Triple star} (Astron.), a system of three stars in close
proximity.
{Triple time} (Mus.), that time in which each measure is
divided into three equal parts.
{Triple valve}, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars,
the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is
controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading
from the locomotive.
Triple \Tri"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tripled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tripling}.] [Cf. F. tripler. See {Triple}, a.]
To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble;
as, to triple the tax on coffee.
Triple-crowned \Tri"ple-crowned`\, a.
Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.
Triple-headed \Tri"ple-head`ed\, a.
Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog
Cerberus.
Triplet \Trip"let\, n. [From {Triple}.]
1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three
united.
2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.
3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree
of two.
4. pl. Three children or offspring born at one birth.
Triple-tail \Tri"ple-tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An edible fish ({Lobotes Surinamensis}) found in the warmer
parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and
middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery
gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and
anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail.
It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture
of fancy work. Called also, locally, {black perch},
{grouper}, and {flasher}.
Triplicate \Trip"li*cate\, a. [L. triplicatus, p. p. of
triplicare to triple, treble; tri- (see {Tri-}) + plicare to
fold. See {Ply}, v. t.]
Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
{Triplicate ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two
quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a^{3}:
b^{3}.
Triplicate \Trip"li*cate\, n.
A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
Triplicate-ternate \Trip"li*cate-ter`nate\, a. (Bot.)
Triternate.
Triplication \Trip"li*ca"tion\, n. [L. triplicatio: cf. F.
triplication.]
1. The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three
together. --Glanvill.
2. (Civil Law) Same as {Surrejoinder}.
Triplicity \Tri*plic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. triplicit['e], fr. L.
triplex, triplicis, threefold. See {Triplicate}, a.]
The quality or state of being triple, or threefold;
trebleness.
In their trinal triplicities on high. --Spenser.
Triplicostate \Trip`li*cos"tate\, a. [Triple + costate.] (Bot.)
Three-ribbed.
Triplite \Trip"lite\, n. [Cf. F. triplite. See {Triple}.] (Min.)
A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous,
massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and
manganese.
Triploblastic \Trip`lo*blas"tic\, a. [Gr. ? threefold + -blast +
-ic.] (Biol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum
in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which
the blastoderm splits into three layers.
Triploidite \Trip*loi"dite\, n. (Min.)
A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl
instead of fluorine.
Triply \Trip"ly\, adv.
In a triple manner.
Tripmadam \Trip"mad`am\, n. [F. tripe-madame, trique-madame.]
(Bot.)
Same as {Prickmadam}.
Tripod \Tri"pod\, n. [L. tripus, -odis, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) +
?, ?, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Tripos}, {Trivet}.]
1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron,
etc., supported on three feet.
Note: On such, a stool, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi,
the Pythian priestess sat while giving responses to
those consulting the Delphic oracle.
2. A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for
supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or
other instrument.
{Tripod of life}, or {Vital tripod} (Physiol.), the three
organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because
their united action is necessary to the maintenance of
life.
Tripodian \Tri*po"di*an\, n. (Mus.)
An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in
form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.
Tripody \Trip"o*dy\, n. [Pref. tri- + -pody, as in dipody.]
(Pros.)
Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one
measure.
Tripoli \Trip"o*li\, n. (Min.)
An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in
polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the
siliceous shells of diatoms.
Tripoline \Trip"o*line\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants;
Tripolitan.
2. Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral.
Tripolitan \Tri*pol"i*tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline. --
n. A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.
Tripos \Tri"pos\, n.; pl. {Triposes}. [Gr. ? a tripod. See
{Tripod}.]
1. A tripod. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. A university examination of questionists, for honors;
also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.
[Cambridge University, Eng.]
{Classical tripos examination}, the final university
examination for classical honors, optional to all who have
taken the mathematical honors. --C. A. Bristed.
{Tripos paper}, a printed list of the successful candidates
for mathematical honors, accompanied by a piece in Latin
verse. There are two of these, designed to commemorate the
two tripos days. The first contains the names of the
wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of
the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer
to the three-legged stool formerly used at the
examinations for these honors, though some derive it from
the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the
paper. --C. A. Bristed.
Trippant \Trip"pant\, a. (Her.)
See {Tripping}, a., 2.
Tripper \Trip"per\, n.
1. One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips
nimbly; a dancer.
2. An excursionist.
Trippet \Trip"pet\, n. (Mach.)
A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece
repeatedly.
Tripping \Trip"ping\, a.
1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
2. (Her.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others
remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant;
-- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used
as a bearing.
Tripping \Trip"ping\, n.
1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
2. A light dance.
Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.
--Milton.
3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means
of its cable or buoy rope.
{Tripping line} (Naut.), a small rope attached to the
topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in
lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go
the anchor. --Luce.
Trippingly \Trip"ping*ly\, adv.
In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with
agility; nimbly.
Sing, and dance it trippingly. --Shak.
Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue.
--Shak.
Tripsis \Trip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to rub.] (Med.)
(a) Trituration. [R.]
(b) Shampoo. [R.]
Triptote \Trip"tote\, n. [L. triptotum, Gr. ? with three cases;
? (see {Tri-}) + ? falling, fr. ? to fall.] (Gram.)
A noun having three cases only.
Triptych \Trip"tych\, n. [Gr. ? consisting of three layers or
plates; ? (see {Tri-}) + ?, ?, a fold, layer.]
Anything in three parts or leaves. Specifically:
(a) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over
on the middle part.
(b) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
Tripudiary \Tri*pu"di*a*ry\, a. [L. tripudium a measured
stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance.]
Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] ``
Tripudiary augurations.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Tripudiate \Tri*pu"di*ate\, v. i. [L. tripudiare, tripudiatum.]
To dance. [R.] --Cockeram.
Tripudiation \Tri*pu`di*a"tion\, n. [L. tripudiatio.]
The act of dancing. [R.] --Bacon. Carlyle.
Triquadrantal \Tri`quad*ran"tal\, a. [Pref. tri- + quadrantal.]
(Spherical Trig.)
Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one
whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are
consequently right angles.
Triquetral \Tri*que"tral\, a.
Triquetrous.
Triquetrous \Tri*que"trous\, a. [L. triquetrus.]
Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three
salient angles or edges; trigonal.
Triquetrum \Tri*que"trum\, n.; pl. {Triquetra}. [NL.] (Anat.)
One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See
{Cuneiform}
(b) .
Triradiate \Tri*ra"di*ate\, Triradiated \Tri*ra"di*a`ted\, a.
[Pref. tri- + radiate.]
Having three rays.
Trirectangular \Tri`rec*tan"gu*lar\, a. [Pref. tri- +
rectangular.] (Spherical Trig.)
Having three right angles. See {Triquadrantal}.
Trireme \Tri"reme\, n. [L. triremis; tri- (see {Tri-}) + remus
an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.]
(Class. Antiq.)
An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of
oars.
Trirhomboidal \Tri`rhom*boid"al\, a. [Pref. tri- + rhomboidal.]
Having three rhombic faces or sides.
Trisacramentarian \Tri*sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an\, n. [Pref. tri- +
sacramentarian.] (Eccl.)
One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely,
baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See {Sacrament}.
Trisagion \Tris*ag"i*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thrice holy; ?
thrice + ? holy.] (Eccl.)
An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name
tersanctus.See {Tersanctus}.
Trisect \Tri*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trisected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trisecting}.] [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of
secare to cut. See {Section}.]
1. To cut or divide into three parts.
2. (Geom.) To cut or divide into three equal parts.
Trisected \Tri*sect"ed\, a. (Bot.)
Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending
to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.
Trisection \Tri*sec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. trisection.]
The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically:
(Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.
Triseralous \Tri*ser"al*ous\, a. [Pref. tri- + sepal.] (Bot.)
Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.
Triserial \Tri*se"ri*al\, Triseriate \Tri*se"ri*ate\, a. [Pref.
tri- + serial, seriate.] (Bot.)
Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.
Trismus \Tris"mus\, n. [NL., form Gr. ? gnashing of the teeth.]
(Med.)
The lockjaw.
Trisnitrate \Tris*ni"trate\, n. [Gr. ? thrice + E. nitrate.]
(Chem.)
A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also,
less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as,
trisnitrate of bismuth.
Trisoctahedron \Tris*oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ? thrice + FE.
octahedron.] (Crystallog.)
A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal
faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
{Tetragonal trisoctahedron}, a trisoctahedron each face of
which is a quadrilateral; called also {trapezohedron} and
{icositetrahedron}.
{Trigonal trisoctahedron}, a trisoctahedron each face of
which is an isosceles triangle.
Trispast \Tri"spast\, Trispaston \Tri*spas"ton\, n. [NL.
trispaston, fr. Gr. ? drawn threefold; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? to
draw.] (Mech.)
A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising
great weights. --Brande & C.
Trispermous \Tri*sper"mous\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? seed.]
(Bot.)
Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous
capsule.
Trisplanchnic \Tri*splanch"nic\, a. [Tri- + splanchnic.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities,
namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; --
applied to the sympathetic nervous system.
Trist \Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Triste}.]
To trust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trist \Trist\, n. [See {Tryst}.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst.
See {Tryst}. [Obs.]
George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him
and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist
he and the cardinal agreed finally. --Letter dated
Sept., 1543.
Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.]
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Triste \Triste\, n.
A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]
Tristearate \Tri*ste"a*rate\, n.
Tristearin.
Tristearin \Tri*ste"a*rin\, n. [Pref. tri- + stearin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
See {Stearin}.
Tristtul \Trist"tul\, a.
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. --Shak.
Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of
care and cumber. --Longfellow.
Tristfully \Trist"ful*ly\, adv.
In a tristful manner; sadly.
Tristichous \Tris"tich*ous\, a. [Gr. ? in three rows; ? (see
{Tri-}) + ? a row.] (Bot.)
Arranged in three vertical rows.
Tristigmatic \Tri`stig*mat"ic\, Tristigmatose
\Tri*stig"ma*tose`\, a. [Pref. tri- + stigma.] (Bot.)
Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. --Gray.
Tristitiate \Tris*ti"ti*ate\, v. t. [L. tristitia sadness, fr.
tristis sad.]
To make sad. [Obs.] --Feltham.
Tristoma \Tris"to*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? (see {Tri-}) + ?
mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to
{Tristoma} and allied genera having a large posterior sucker
and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin,
and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin
of fishes.
Tristy \Trist"y\, a.
See {Trist}, a. [Obs.] --Ashmole.
Trisuls \Tri"suls\, n. [L. trisulcus; tri- (see {Tri-}) + sulcus
a furrow.]
Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.]
``Jupiter's trisulc.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Trisulcate \Tri*sul"cate\, a. [Pref. tri- + sulcate.]
Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves
or sulci; three-grooved.
Trisulphide \Tri*sul"phide\, n. [Pref. tri- + sulphide.] (Chem.)
A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.
Trisyllabic \Tris`yl*lab"ic\, Trisyllabical \Tris`yl*lab"ic*al\,
a. [L. trisyllabus, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a syllable: cf.
F. trissyllabique.]
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three
syllables; as, ``syllable'' is a trisyllabic word. --
{Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Trisyllable \Tri*syl"la*ble\, n. [Pref. tri- + syllable.]
A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger.
Trite \Trite\, a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear
out; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf.
{Contrite}, {Detriment}, {Tribulation}, {Try}.]
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
trite subject. -- {Trite"ly}, adv. -- {Trite"ness}, n.
Triternate \Tri*ter"nate\, a. [Pref. tri- + ternate.] (Bot.)
Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole
separates into three branches, each of which divides into
three parts which each bear three leafiets.
Tritheism \Tri"the*ism\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? God: cf. F.
trith['e]isme.]
The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
are three distinct Gods.
Tritheist \Tri"the*ist\, n. [Cf. F. trith['e]iste.]
One who believes in tritheism.
Tritheistic \Tri`the*is"tic\, Tritheistical \Tri`the*is"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to tritheism. --Bolingbroke.
Tritheite \Tri"the*ite\, n. [Cf. F. trith['e]ite.]
A tritheist. [Obs.] --E. Phillips.
Trithing \Tri"thing\, n. [See Ist {Riding}.]
One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now
called {riding}. [Written also {riding}.] --Blackstone.
Trithionate \Tri*thi"on*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of trithionic acid.
Trithionic \Tri`thi*on"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + thionic.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid,
{H2S3O6} which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
Tritical \Trit"ic*al\, a.
Trite. [Obs.] --T. Warton. -- {Trit"ic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --
{Trit"ic*al*ness}, n. [Obs.]
Triticin \Trit"i*cin\, n. (Chem.)
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch
grass ({Agropyrum}, formerly {Triticum, repens}) as a white
amorphous substance.
Triticum \Trit"i*cum\, n. [L., perhaps fr. tritus, p. p. of
terere to grind.] (Bot.)
A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
Triton \Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.?.] (Gr. Myth.)
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
trumpet made of a shell.
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old
Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout
spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell},
and {sea trumpet}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
salamanders. The common European species are
{Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M.
alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
The most common species of the United States is
{Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}.
Tritone \Tri"tone`\, n. [Gr. tri`tonos of three tones; tri- tri-
+ to`nos a tone.] (Mus.)
A superfluous or augmented fourth. [R.]
Tritorium \Tri*to"ri*um\, n. [NL.]
Same as {Triturium}.
Tritovum \Tri*to"vum\, n.; pl. {Tritova}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? third
+ L. ovum egg.] (Zo["o]l.)
An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to
hatching from the egg.
Tritozooid \Tri`to*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. ? third + ? an animal.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.
Triturable \Trit"u*ra*ble\, a. [Cf. F. triturable.]
Capable of being triturated. --Sir T. Browne.
Triturate \Trit"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Triturated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Triturating}.] [L. trituratus, p. p. of
triturate to thrash (grain), fr. terere, tritum, to rub, rub
to pieces. See {Trite}.]
1. To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
2. To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to
pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
Trituration \Trit`u*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. trituration, L.
trituratio a thrashing of grain.]
The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable
powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. --Paley.
Triture \Trit"ure\, n. [L. tritura, from terere, tritum, to rub,
rub to pieces.]
A rubbing or grinding; trituration. [Obs.] --Cheyne.
Triturium \Tri*tu"ri*um\, n. [NL.; cf. L. terere, tritum to
rub.]
A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.
[Written also {tritorium}.]
Trityl \Tri"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? third + -yl.] (Chem.)
Propyl. [R.]
Tritylene \Tri"tyl*ene\, n. (Chem.)
Propylene. [R.]
Triumph \Tri"umph\, n. [L. triumphus, OL. triumpus; of uncertain
origin; cf. Gr. ? a procession in honor of Bacchus: cf. F.
triomphe. Cf. {Trump} at cards.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial
performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive
victory over a foreign enemy.
Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with
a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and
a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular
chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He
was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians,
the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed
by his army on foot in marching order. The procession
advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where
sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander
entertained with a public feast.
2. Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a
stately show or pageant. [Obs.]
Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs
are, Sits here, like beauty's child. --Shak.
3. A state of joy or exultation for success.
Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. --Milton.
Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon
slain. --Dryden.
4. Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the
triumph of knowledge.
5. A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]
Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Triumphed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Triumphing}.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See
{Triumph}, n.]
1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success;
to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
How long shall the wicked triumph? --Ps. xciv. 3.
Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph
thus upon my misery! --Shak.
2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time.
--Milton.
On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
--Macaulay.
3. To be prosperous; to flourish.
Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales.
--Trumbull.
4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Triumph \Tri"umph\, v. t.
To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also,
to cause to triumph. [Obs.]
Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the
triumphed word. --Massinger.
Triumphal \Tri*um"phal\, a. [L. triumphalis: cf. F. triomphal.]
Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating,
or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown;
a triumphal arch.
Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. --Milton.
Triumphal \Tri*um"phal\, n.
A token of victory. [Obs.]
Joyless triumphals of his hoped success. --Milton.
Triumplant \Tri*um"plant\, a. [L. triumphans, p. pr. of
triumphare: cf. F. triomphant. See {Triumph}, v. i.]
1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant.
Successful beyond hope to lead ye forth Triumphant
out of this infernal pit. --Milton.
2. Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a
triumphant song or ode.
3. Graced with conquest; victorious.
Athena, war's triumphant maid. --Pope.
So shall it be in the church triumphant. --Perkins.
4. Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal. [Obs.]
Captives bound to a triumphant car. --Shak.
{Church triumphant}, the church in heaven, enjoying a state
of triumph, her warfare with evil being over; --
distinguished from church militant. See under {Militant}.
Triumphantly \Tri*um"phant*ly\, adv.
In a triumphant manner.
Triumpher \Tri"umph*er\, n.
1. (Rom. Antiq.) One who was honored with a triumph; a
victor.
2. One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.
Triumphing \Tri"umph*ing\, a.
Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant. --
{Tri"umph*ing*ly}, adv.
Triumvir \Tri*um"vir\, n.; pl. L. {Triumviri}, E. {Triumvirs}.
[L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See {Three}, and
{Virile}.] (Rom. Antiq.)
One of tree men united in public office or authority.
Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who
jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius C[ae]sar,
Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs;
Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the
second and last.
Triumvirate \Tri*um"vi*rate\, n. [L. triumviratus: cf. F.
triumvirat.]
1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term
of such a government.
2. A coalition or association of three in office or
authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained
the government of the Roman empire.
Triumviry \Tri*um"vi*ry\, n.
A triumvirate. [Obs.] --Shak.
Triune \Tri"une\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. unus one. See {One}.]
Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity
of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.
Triungulus \Tri*un"gu*lus\, n.; pl. {Triunguli}. [NL. See
{Tri-}, and {Ungulate}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed
with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of
{Oil beetle}, under {Oil}.
Triunity \Tri*u"ni*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being triune; trinity. --Dr. H. More.
Trivalence \Triv"a*lence\, n. (Chem.)
The quality or state of being trivalent.
Trivalent \Triv"a*lent\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. valens, -entis, p.
pr. See {Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with,
substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen;
-- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is
trivalent in ammonia.
Trivalve \Tri"valve\, n. [Pref. tri- + valve.]
Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
Trivalvular \Tri*val"vu*lar\, a. [Pref. tri- + valvular.]
Having three valves; three-valved.
Trivant \Triv"ant\, n.
A truant. [Obs.] --Burton.
Triverbial \Tri*ver"bi*al\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the
pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three
characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They
were called dies fasti.
Trivet \Triv"et\, n. [Probably through French fr. L. tripes,
-edis, three-footed; tri- (see {Tri-})+ pes, pedis, foot: cf.
F. tr['e]pied. See {Foot}, and cf. {Tripod}.]
1. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially,
a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire;
a tripod. [Written also {trevet}.]
2. A weaver's knife. See {Trevat}. --Knight.
{Trivet table}, a table supported by three legs. --Dryden.
Trivial \Triv"i*al\, a. [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or
belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may
be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three
roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see {Tri-})
+ via a way: cf. F. trivial. See {Voyage}.]
1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]
2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.
As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and
incapable of labor. --De Quincey.
3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling;
petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.
The trivial round, the common task. --Keble.
4. Of or pertaining to the trivium.
{Trivial name} (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.
Trivial \Triv"i*al\, n.
One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.]
--Skelton. Wood.
Trivialism \Triv"i*al*ism\, n.
A trivial matter or method; a triviality. --Carlyle.
Triviality \Triv`i*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Trivialities}. [Cf. F.
trivialit['e]]
1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
2. That which is trivial; a trifle.
The philosophy of our times does not expend itself
in furious discussions on mere scholastic
trivialities. --Lyon
Playfair.
Trivially \Triv"i*al*ly\, adv.
In a trivial manner.
Trivialness \Triv"i*al*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being trivial.
Trivium \Triv"i*um\, n. [LL. See {Trivial}.]
1. The three `` liberal'' arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric;
-- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.
Note: The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven
liberal arts. See {Quadrivium}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms,
collectively.
Triweekly \Tri"week`ly\, a. [Pref. tri- + weekly.]
Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as,
a triweekly newspaper. -- adv. Three times a week. -- n. A
triweekly publication.
Note: This is a convenient word, but is not legitimately
formed. It should mean occurring once in three weeks,
as triennial means once in three years. Cf. {Biweekly}.
Troad \Troad\, n.
See {Trode}. [Obs.]
Troat \Troat\, v. i. [Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat.]
To cry, as a buck in rutting time.
Troat \Troat\, n.
The cry of a buck in rutting time.
Trocar \Tro"car\, n. [F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i. e., three
quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword
blade; -- so called from its triangular point.] (Surg.)
A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring
tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy.
[Written also {trochar}.]
Trochaic \Tro*cha"ic\, n. (Pros.)
A trochaic verse or measure. --Dryden.
Trochaic \Tro*cha"ic\, Trochaical \Tro*cha"ic*al\, a. [L.
trocha["i]cus, Gr. ? or ?. See {Trochee}.] (Pros.)
Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as,
trochaic measure or verse.
Trochal \Tro"chal\, a. [From Gr. ? a wheel.] (Zo["o]l.)
Resembling a wheel.
{Trochal disk} (Zo["o]l.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It
is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia.
Trochanter \Tro*chan"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur,
the outer being called the {great trochanter}, and the
inner the {small trochanter}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the
second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
Trochanteric \Tro`chan*ter"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.
Trochantine \Tro*chan"tine\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united
with the coxa.
Trochar \Tro"char\, n. (Surg.)
See {Trocar}.
Troche \Tro"che\ (tr[=o]"k[=e]), n. [Gr. trocho`s anything round
or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to
run. Cf. {Trochee}.] (Pharm.)
A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular
form.
Trochee \Tro"chee\, n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. ? (sc.?), from ?
running, from ? to run. Cf. {Troche}, {Truck} a wheel.]
(Pros.)
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short,
as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the
second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
Trochil \Tro"chil\, n. [Cf. F. trochile. See {Trochilus}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The crocodile bird.
The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil
in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.
--Sir T.
Herbert.
Trochilic \Tro*chil"ic\, a. [See {Trochilics}.]
OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out
or turn round. ``By art trochilic.'' --Camden.
Trochilics \Tro*chil"ics\, n. [Gr. ? the sheaf of a pulley,
roller of a windlass, from ? to run.]
The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. --Wilkins.
Trochili \Troch"i*li\, n. pl. [NL. See {Trochilus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of birds comprising the humming birds.
Trochilidist \Tro*chil"i*dist\, n. [See {Trochilus}.]
One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of
humming birds, or the Trochilid[ae]. --Gould.
Trochilos \Troch"i*los\, n. [NL. See {Trochilus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The crocodile bird, or trochil.
Trochilus \Troch"i*lus\, n.; pl. {Trochili}. [L. trochilus a
kind of small bird. Gr. ?, fr. ? to run.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
known species.
(b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
[Obs.]
(c) The crocodile bird.
2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like
the edge of a pulley; -- called also {scotia}.
Troching \Tro"ching\, n. [OF. troche cluster, group; cf. F.
trochure a surantler, troch['e]e branches of a seedling,
trochet cluster of flowers or fruits.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the small branches of a stag's antler.
Trochiscus \Tro*chis"cus\, n.; pl. {Trochisci}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
small ball, dim. of ? a wheel. See {Troche}.] (Pharm.)
A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.
Trochisk \Tro"chisk\, n. [Cf. F. trochisque.]
See {Trochiscus}. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Trochite \Tro"chite\, n. [Gr. ? a wheel.] (Paleon.)
A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.
Trochlea \Troch"le*a\, n. [L., a case or sheaf containing one or
more pulleys, Gr. ?. See {Trochilics}.]
1. (Mach.) A pulley. [Obs.]
2. (Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as,
the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which
articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous
ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the
superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
Trochlear \Troch"le*ar\, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.]
(Anat.)
Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or
connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular
surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
{Trochlear nerve}. See {Pathetic nerve}, under {Pathetic}.
Trochleary \Troch"le*a*ry\, a. (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as,
the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.
Trochoid \Tro"choid\, n. [Gr. ? a wheel + -oid; cf. F.
trocho["i]de. See {Troche}.] (Geom.)
The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a
line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described
by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the
moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve,
the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids,
hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids.
Trochoid \Tro"choid\, a.
1. (Anat.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes
applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and
axis in the vertebral column.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical
spire; -- said of certain shells.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family
{Trochid[ae]}.
Trochoidal \Tro*choid"al\, a.
1. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the
properties of a trochoid.
2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) See {Trochoid}, a.
Trochometer \Tro*chom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? a wheel + -meter.]
A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an
odometer.
Trochosphere \Troch"o*sphere\, n. [Gr. ? a wheel + sphere.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and
bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the
anterior end.
Trochus \Tro"chus\, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wheel.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells
belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family
{Trochid[ae]}. Some of the species are called also
{topshells}.
Troco \Tro"co\, n.
An old English game; -- called also {lawn billiards}.
Trod \Trod\,
imp. & p. p. of {Tread}.
Trodden \Trod"den\,
p. p. of {Tread}.
Trode \Trode\, archaic
imp. of {Tread}.
On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. --Tennyson.
Trode \Trode\, n. [AS. trod, fr. tredan to tread. See {Tread}.]
Tread; footing. [Written also {troad}.][Obs.] --Spenser.
Troglodyte \Trog"lo*dyte\, n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. ? one
who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern (fr. ? to gnaw) + ?
enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves,
instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of
the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the
hurtful water it beareth called the ``mad lake.''
--Holland.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wren.
Troglodytes \Trog`lo*dy"tes\, n. [NL. See {Troglodyte}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of singing birds including the common
wrens.
Troglodytic \Trog`lo*dyt"ic\, Troglodytical \Trog`lo*dyt"ic*al\,
a. [L. troglodyticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.
Trogon \Tro"gon\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds
belonging to the family {Trogonid[ae]}. They are noted for
the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their
plumage.
Note: Some of the species have a train of long brilliant
feathers lying over the tail and consisting of the
upper tail coverts. Unlike other birds having two toes
directed forward and two backward, they have the inner
toe turned backward. A few species are found in Africa
and India, but the greater number, including the most
brilliant species, are found in tropical America. See
Illust. of {Quesal}.
Trogonoid \Tro"gon*oid\, a. [Trogon + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to the trogons.
Trogue \Trogue\, n. [Cf. G. trog trough, E. trough.] (Mining)
A wooden trough, forming a drain. --Raymond.
Troic \Tro"ic\, a. [L. Troicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See {Trojan}.]
Pertaining to Troy; Trojan. --Gladstone.
Troilite \Tro"i*lite\, n. [Named after Dominico Troili, an
Italian of the 18th century.] (Min.)
Native iron protosulphide, {FeS}. It is known only in
meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of
a bronze color.
Troilus \Tro"i*lus\, n.; pl. L. {Troili}, E. {Troiluses}. [NL.,
fr. L. Troilus, Gr. ?, the son of Priam.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large, handsome American butterfly ({Euph[oe]ades, or
Papilio, troilus}). It is black, with yellow marginal spots
on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.
Trojan \Tro"jan\, a. [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from
Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.]
Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Troy.
Troll \Troll\, n. [Icel. troll. Cf. {Droll}, {Trull}.] (Scand.
Myth.)
A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive
size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves,
hills, and like places; a witch.
{Troll flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Globeflower}
(a) .
Troll \Troll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trolling}.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr[^o]ler, Of. troller
to drag about, to ramble; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. G.
trollen to roll, ramble, sich trollen to be gone; or perhaps
for trotler, fr. F. trotter to trot (cf. {Trot}.). Cf.
{Trawl}.]
1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.
To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
--Milton.
2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
Then doth she troll to the bowl. --Gammer
Gurton's
Needle.
Troll the brown bowl. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a
catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
Will you troll the catch ? --Shak.
His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By
wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. --Hudibras.
4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn
along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
With patient angle trolls the finny deep.
--Goldsmith.
Troll \Troll\, v. i.
1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a
coach and six.
2. To move rapidly; to wag. --F. Beaumont.
3. To take part in trolling a song.
4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to
fish by drawing the hook through the water.
Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that
abounded in fish. --Bancroft.
Troll \Troll\, n.
1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. --Burke.
2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch;
a round.
Thence the catch and troll, while ``Laughter,
holding both his sides,'' sheds tears to song and
ballad pathetic on the woes of married life. --Prof.
Wilson.
3. A trolley.
{Troll plate} (Mach.), a rotative disk with spiral ribs or
grooves, by which several pieces, as the jaws of a chuck,
can be brought together or spread radially.
Troller \Troll"er\, n.
One who trolls.
Trolley \Trol"ley\, Trolly \Trol"ly\, n.
(a) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying
railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.]
(b) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an
animal. [Eng.]
(c) (Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some
kinds of cranes.
(d) (Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed
conductors, and forms a means of connection between them
and a railway car.
Trollmydames \Troll"my*dames`\, n. [F. trou-madame pigeon
holes.]
The game of nineholes. [Written also {trolmydames}.] [Obs.]
--Shak.
Trollop \Trol"lop\, n. [From {Troll} to roll, to stroll; but cf.
also {Trull}.]
A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a
slattern; a slut; a whore.
Trollopee \Trol`lop*ee"\, n.
A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
Trombone \Trom"bone\, n. [It., aug. of tromba a trumpet: cf. F.
trombone. See {Trump} a trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind,
thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a
tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in
a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer
parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the
vibrating length any tone within the compass of the
instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in
rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only
member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both
diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of
keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as
smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it
has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and
blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion,
its effect is often solemn and majestic.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The common European bittern.
Trommel \Trom"mel\, n. [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining)
A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
--Raymond.
Tromp \Tromp\, n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a
water-blowing machine. Cf. {Trump} a trumpet.]
A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part
of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water
within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber
below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also {trompe},
and {trombe}.]
Tromp \Tromp\, Trompe \Trompe\, n. [See {Trump} a trumpet.]
A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trompil \Tromp"il\, n. [OF. trompille, equiv. to F. trompette a
trumpet.]
An aperture in a tromp.
Tron \Tron\, n.
See 3d {Trone}, 2. [Obs. or Scott.]
Trona \Tro"na\, n. [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem.
& Min.)
A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral
and acid sodium carbonate, {Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O}, occurring
as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda
brine springs and lakes; -- called also {urao}, and by the
ancients {nitrum}.
Tronage \Tron"age\, n. [From {Trone} a steelyard.]
A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of
weighing wool. [Obs.] --Nares.
Tronator \Tro*na"tor\, n. [LL. See {Tronage}.]
An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]
Trone \Trone\, n.
A throne. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Trone \Trone\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.]
A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a
balance; cf. Gr. ?.]
1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of
two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the
extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now
mostly disused. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
{Trone stone}, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half
pounds. [Scot.]
{Trone weight}, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which
a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.
Troop \Troop\, n. [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of
uncertain origin; cf. Icel. [thorn]orp a hamlet, village, G.
dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little
farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. {Troupe}.]
1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
That which should accompany old age -- As honor,
love, obedience, troops of friends -- I must not
look to have. --Shak.
2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in
the plural.
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. --Shak.
His troops moved to victory with the precision of
machines. --Macaulay.
3. (Mil.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse,
or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men,
commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry,
corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also,
a company of horse artillery; a battery.
4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. --W. Coxe.
5. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
Troop \Troop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trooping}.]
1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
``Armies . . . troop to their standard.'' --Milton.
2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs
of military men. --Shak.
Troopbird \Troop"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any troupial.
Trooper \Troop"er\, n.
A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse
of a cavalryman.
Troopfowl \Troop"fowl`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]
Troopial \Troop"i*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Troupial}.
Troopmeal \Troop"meal`\, adv. [Troop + -meal as in piecemeal.]
By troops; in crowds. [Obs.]
So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with
swords and darts. --Chapman.
Troopship \Troop"ship`\, n.
A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a
transport. [Eng.]
Troostite \Troost"ite\, n. [So named after Dr. Gerard Troost, of
Nashville, Tenn.] (Min.)
Willemite.
Tropaeolin \Tro*p[ae]"o*lin\, n. (Chem.)
A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs
produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid
derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic
series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to
the shades of nasturtium ({Trop[ae]olum}).
Trope \Trope\, n. [L. tropus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn. See
{Torture}, and cf. {Trophy}, {Tropic}, {Troubadour},
{Trover}.] (Rhet.)
(a) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from
that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or
expression as changed from the original signification to
another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an
idea; a figure of speech.
(b) The word or expression so used.
In his frequent, long, and tedious speeches, it has
been said that a trope never passed his lips.
--Bancroft.
Note: Tropes are chiefly of four kinds: metaphor, metonymy,
synecdoche, and irony. Some authors make figures the
genus, of which trope is a species; others make them
different things, defining trope to be a change of
sense, and figure to be any ornament, except what
becomes so by such change.
Tropeine \Tro*pe"ine\, n. (Chem.)
Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from
the alkaloidal base tropine.
Trophi \Tro"phi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a feeder, fr. ? to
feed.] (Zo["o]l.)
The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the
labrum, labium, maxill[ae], mandibles, and lingua, with their
appendages.
Trophic \Troph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? nursing. See {Trophi}.] (Physiol.)
Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as,
the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence
on nutrition.
Trophied \Tro"phied\, a.
Adorned with trophies.
The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. --Pope.
Trophonian \Tro*pho"ni*an\, a. [L. Trophonianus, fr. Trophonius,
Gr. ?, a Grecian architect, fabled to have been the builder
of the first temple of Apollo at Delphi. He was worshiped
after death, and had a celebrated oracle in a cave in
B[oe]otia.]
Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave
and oracle.
Trophosome \Troph"o*some\, n. [Gr. ? a feeder + -some body.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as
distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.
Trophosperm \Troph"o*sperm\, n. [Gr. ? a feeder + ? seed: cf. F.
trophosperme. See {Trophi}.] (Bot.)
The placenta.
Trophy \Tro"phy\, n.; pl. {Trophies}. [F. troph['e]e (cf. It. &
Sp. trofeo), L. tropaeum, trophaeum, Gr. ?, strictly, a
monument of the enemy's defeat, fr.? a turn, especially, a
turning about of the enemy, a putting to flight or routing
him, fr. ? to turn. See {Trope}.]
1. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised
on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on
the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the
chief city of the conquered people.
Note: A trophy consisted originally of some of the armor,
weapons, etc., of the defeated enemy fixed to the trunk
of a tree or to a post erected on an elevated site,
with an inscription, and a dedication to a divinity.
The Romans often erected their trophies in the Capitol.
2. The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp.
(Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and
military weapons, offensive and defensive.
3. Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial
of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears,
And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, And
broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars.
--Dryden.
4. Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every
redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.
{Trophy money}, a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by
housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and
the like, for the militia.
Tropic \Trop"ic\, a. [Atropine + -ic.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline
substance slightly soluble in water.
Tropic \Trop"ic\, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See {Trope}.]
1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
the northern circle being called the {Tropic of Cancer},
and the southern the {Tropic of Capricorn}, from the names
of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
2. (Geog.)
(a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
the same names.
(b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
latitude, or near them on either side.
The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
--Bancroft.
Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
{Tropic bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus {Pha["e]thon}, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird. {Pha["e]thon flavirostris} (called also
{boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
Tropical \Trop"ic*al\, a. [Cf. L. tropicus of turning, Gr. ?.
See {Tropic}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or
incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as,
tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat;
tropical diseases.
2. [From {Trope}.] Rhetorically changed from its exact
original sense; being of the nature of a trope;
figurative; metaphorical. --Jer. Taylor.
The foundation of all parables is some analogy or
similitude between the tropical or allusive part of
the parable and the thing intended by it. --South.
{Tropic month}. See {Lunar month}, under {Month}.
{Tropic year}, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun
in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same
again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48
minutes, 46.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes, 23.3 seconds
shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the
precession of the equinoxes.
Tropically \Trop"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
Tropidine \Trop"i*dine\, n. [See {Tropine}.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid, {C8H13N}, obtained by the chemical dehydration
of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.
Tropilidene \Tro*pil"i*dene\, n. [See {Tropine}.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of
tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous
with dipropargyl.
Tropine \Tro"pine\, n. [From {Atropine}.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline alkaloid, {C8H15NO}, produced by
decomposing atropine.
Tropist \Trop"ist\, n. [Cf. F. tropiste. See {Trope}.]
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the
literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it
as mere tropes and figures of speech.
Tropologic \Trop`o*log"ic\, Tropological \Trop`o*log"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. tropologique. See {Tropology}.]
Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical.
--Burton. -- {Trop`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Tropologize \Tro*pol"o*gize\, v. t.
To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope
of. [R.]
If . . . Minerva be tropologized into prudence.
--Cudworth.
Tropology \Tro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a trope + ? discourse:
cf. F. tropologie.]
A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes
from the original import of the word. --Sir T. Browne.
Trossers \Tros"sers\, n. pl.
Trousers. [Obs.] --Shak.
Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See {Tread}.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n.
2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
Trot \Trot\, v. t.
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or
cantering.
{To trot out}, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his
paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.
[Slang.]
Trot \Trot\, n. [F. See {Trot}, v. i.]
1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a
walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one
fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are
lifted at the same time. ``The limbs move diagonally in
pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).
2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
3. One who trots; a child; a woman.
An old trot with ne'er a tooth. --Shak.
Troth \Troth\, n. [A variant of truth. See {Truth}.]
1. Belief; faith; fidelity.
Bid her alight And hertroth plight. --Shak.
2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. --Shak.
In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs.
--Addison.
3. Betrothal.
Trothless \Troth"less\, a.
Faitless; false; treacherous.
Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.
--Fairfax.
Trothplight \Troth"plight`\, v. t.
To betroth. [Obs.]
Trothplight \Troth"plight`\, a.
Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [Obs.] --Shak.
Trothplight \Troth"plight`\, n.
The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Trothplighted \Troth"plight`ed\, a.
Having fidelity pledged.
Trotter \Trot"ter\, n.
1. One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven
in trotting matches.
2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also,
humorously, the human foot.
Trottoir \Trot"toir\, n. [F., from trotter to trot. See {Trot}.]
Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.
Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. --Froude.
Troubadour \Trou"ba*dour`\, n. [F. troubadour, fr. Pr. trobador,
(assumed) LL. tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. tropus
a kind of singing, a melody, song, L. tropus a trope, a song,
Gr. ? a turn, way, manner, particular mode in music, a trope.
See {Trope}, and cf. {Trouv?re}.]
One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to
the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south
of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and
especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized
by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic,
amatory strain.
Troublable \Trou"bla*ble\, a.
Causing trouble; troublesome. [Obs.] ``troublable ire.''
--Chaucer.
Trouble \Trou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Troubled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Troubling}.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler,
tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to
disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder,
tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. ?, and perhaps to E. thorp; cf.
Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. {Turbid}.]
1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
An angel went down at a certain season into the
pool, and troubled the water. --John v. 4.
God looking forth will trouble all his host.
--Milton.
2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to
grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Now is my soul troubled. --John xii.
27.
Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past
enduring. --Shak.
Never trouble yourself about those faults which age
will cure. --Locke.
3. To give occasion for labor to; -- used in polite
phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the
letter.
Syn: To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass;
annoy; tease; vex; molest.
Trouble \Trou"ble\, a.
Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] ``With full trouble cheer.''
--Chaucer.
Trouble \Trou"ble\, n. [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See
{Trouble}, v. t.]
1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation;
uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise.
--Milton.
Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do
breed unnatural troubles. --Shak.
2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that
which afflicts.
3. (Mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
{To get into trouble}, to get into difficulty or danger.
[Colloq.]
{To take the trouble}, to be at the pains; to exert one's
self; to give one's self inconvenience.
She never took the trouble to close them. --Bryant.
Syn: Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance;
molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity;
misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow;
misery.
Troubler \Trou"bler\, n.
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a
disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.
The rich troublers of the world's repose. --Waller.
Troublesome \Trou"ble*some\, a.
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
This troublesome world. --Book of
Common Prayer.
These troublesome disguises that we wear. --Milton.
My mother will never be troublesome to me. --Pope.
Syn: Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying;
disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome;
wearisome; importunate. -- {Trou"ble*some*ly}, adv. --
{Trou"ble*some*ness}, n.
Troublous \Trou"blous\, a.
Full of trouble; causing trouble. ``In doubtful time of
troublous need.'' --Byron.
A tall ship tossed in troublous seas. --Spenser.
Trou-de-loup \Trou"-de-loup"\, n.; pl. {Trous-de-loup}. [F. trou
hole + de of + loup wolf.] (Mil.)
A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed
as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a
pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also
{trapholes}.
Trough \Trough\, n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to
D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tr[*a]g, Dan. trug; probably
originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. ? &
241. See {Tree}, and cf. {Trug}.]
1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or
other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log
longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden
channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.
2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and
narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
{Trough gutter} (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter,
usually hung below the eaves of a house.
{Trough of the sea}, the depression between two waves.
Trough-shell \Trough"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See {Mactra}.
Troul \Troul\, v. t. & i.
See {Troll}.
Trounce \Trounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trounced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trouncing}.] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood.
See {Truncheon}.]
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to
castigate. [Colloq.]
Troupe \Troupe\, n. [F., troop. See {Troop}.]
A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a
play or an opera.
Troupial \Troup"i*al\, n. [F. troupiale.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds
belonging to {Icterus} and allied genera, especially {Icterus
icterus}, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many
of the species are called {orioles} in America. [Written also
{troopial}.]
Trouse \Trouse\, n.
Trousers. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Trousering \Trou"ser*ing\, n.
Cloth or material for making trousers.
Trousers \Trou"sers\, n. pl. [OF. trousses breeches worn by
pages, from trousse, trosse, a bundle, a truss. See {Truss},
and cf. {Trossers}, {Trouse}.]
A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to
the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately.
Trousseau \Trous`seau"\ (tr[=oo]`s[=o]"), n. [F., fr. OF.
trossel, dim. of trousse a bundle, truss. See {Truss}.]
The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride,
including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that
which is provided for her by her family.
Trout \Trout\ (trout), n. [AS. truht, L. tructa, tructus; akin
to Gr. trw`kths a sea fish with sharp teeth, fr. trw`gein to
gnaw.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging
to {Salmo}, {Salvelinus}, and allied genera of the family
{Salmonid[ae]}. They are highly esteemed as game fishes
and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed
in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
(see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
but not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
{salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray
trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}.
{Trout perch} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
Troutbird \Trout"bird`\ (trout"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
Trout-colored \Trout"-col`ored\ (-k[u^]l`[~e]rd), a.
White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a
trout-colored horse.
Troutlet \Trout"let\ (-l[e^]t), n.
A little trout; a troutling. --Hood.
Troutling \Trout"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n.
A little trout; a troutlet.
Trouvere \Trou`v[`e]re"\, Trouveur \Trou`veur"\, n. [F.
trouveur, trouv[`e]re. See {Troubadour}.]
One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France
from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
Trover \Tro"ver\ (tr[=o]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. trover, truver, to
find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose
(melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See {Troubadour},
{Trope}, and cf. {Contrive}, {Reirieve}, {Trouveur}.] (Law)
(a) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding
or by other means.
(b) An action to recover damages against one who found goods,
and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an
action which lies in any case to recover the value of
goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In
this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial
fact; the injury lies in the conversion.
Trow \Trow\, n.
A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing
fish. --Knight.
Trow \Trow\, v. i. & t. [OE. trowen, AS. tre['o]wan to trust,
believe, fr. tre['o]w trust, tre['o]we true, faithful. See
{True}.]
To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic]
So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. --Chaucer.
A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is.
--Chaucer.
It never yet was worn, I trow. --Tennyson.
Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to
questions to express contemptuous or indignant
surprise.
What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . .
ashore? --Shak.
What is the matter, trow? --Shak.
Trowel \Trow"el\, n. [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL.
truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to
Gr. ? a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG.
dwiril, Icel. [thorn]vara, AS. [thorn]wiril. Cf. {Twirl}.]
1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and
breaking bricks to shape them.
2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking
up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
{Trowel bayonet}. See {Spade bayonet}, under {Spade}.
{Fish trowel}. See {Fish slice}, under {Fish}.
Troweled \Trow"eled\
Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled
stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception
of paint. [Written also {trowelled}.]
Trowelful \Trow"el*ful\, n.; pl. {Trowelfuls}.
As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
Trowl \Trowl\, n.
See {Troll}.
Trowsed \Trowsed\, a.
Wearing trousers. [Obs.]
Trowsers \Trow"sers\, n. pl.
Same as {Trousers}.
Troy \Troy\, n.
Troy weight.
{Troy weight}, the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and
the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in
France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy
ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during
the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12
ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the
pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains
480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The
avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175
pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy
= 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy =
117/175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when
divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams,
the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains,
is called apothecaries' weight, used in weighing
medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United
States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the
1/10000 part.
Troyounce \Troy"ounce\, n.
See {Troy ounce}, under {Troy weight}, above, and under
{Ounce}.
Truage \Tru"age\, n. [Cf. OF. truage a tax. See {True}.]
1. A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax.
[Obs.] --Ld. Berners.
2. A tax or impost; tribute. [Obs.] --R. of Gloucester.
Truancy \Tru"an*cy\, n.
The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as,
addicted to truancy.
Truand \Tru"and\ (-and), n. & a.
See {Truant}. [Obs.]
Truant \Tru"ant\, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar;
of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable,
truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor,
distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.]
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one
who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer;
a shirk. --Dryden.
I have a truant been to chivalry. --Shak.
{To play truant}, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to
stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne
Truant \Tru"ant\, a.
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and
shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on
Olympus' side. --Trumbull.
Truant \Tru"ant\, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.]
To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
--Shak.
By this means they lost their time and truanted on the
fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell.
Truant \Tru"ant\, v. t.
To idle away; to waste. [R.]
I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. --Ford.
Truantly \Tru"ant*ly\, adv.
Like a truant; in idleness.
Truantship \Tru"ant*ship\, n.
The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness;
truancy. --Ascham.
Trub \Trub\, n. [Cf. {Truffle}.]
A truffle. [Obs.]
Trubtall \Trub"tall`\, n. [Prov. E. trub slut; cf. Sw. trubbig
stumpy.]
A short, squat woman. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Trubu \Tru*bu"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An East India herring ({Clupea toli}) which is extensively
caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.
Truce \Truce\, n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a
truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. tre['o]w
fidelity, faith, troth. See {True}.]
1. (Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders
of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities,
for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary
cessation; short quiet.
Where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless
thoughts. --Milton.
{Flag of truce} (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by
one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which
hostilities are suspended.
{Truce of God}, a suspension of arms promulgated by the
church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages,
putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain
periods.
Trucebreaker \Truce"break`er\, n.
One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
Truceless \Truce"less\, a.
Without a truce; unforbearing.
Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. --H.
Brooke.
Truchman \Truch"man\, n. [Cf. F. trucheman. See {Dragoman}.]
An interpreter. See {Dragoman}. [Obs.]
And after, by the tongue, Her truchman, she reports the
mind's each throw. --B. Jonson.
Trucidation \Tru`ci*da"tion\, n. [L. trucidatio, fr. trucidare
to slaughter.]
The act of killing. [Obs.]
Truck \Truck\, n. [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. ? a wheel, fr. ?
to run. See {Trochee}, and cf. {Truckle}, v. i.]
1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a
small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun
carriage.
2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods,
stone, and other heavy articles.
Goods were conveyed about the town almost
exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. --Macaulay.
3. (Railroad Mach.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a
frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary
boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a
locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England.
Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
4. (Naut.)
(a) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a
masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards
through.
(b) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or
disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
5. A freight car. [Eng.]
6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various
purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
Truck \Truck\, v. t.
To transport on a truck or trucks.
Truck \Truck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{trucking}.] [OE. trukken,F. troquer; akin to Sp. & Pg.
trocar; of uncertain origin.]
To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck
knives for gold dust.
We will begin by supposing the international trade to
be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual
trucking of one commodity against another. --J. S.
Mill.
Truck \Truck\, v. i.
To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of
trucking with them. --Palfrey.
Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster.
--Burke.
To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
Truck \Truck\, n. [Cf. F. troc.]
1. Exchange of commodities; barter. --Hakluyt.
2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade;
small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden
vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; --
called also {truck system}.
{Garden truck}, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U.
S.]
{Truck farming}, raising vegetables for market: market
gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]
Truckage \Truck"age\, n.
The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.
The truckage of perishing coin. --Milton.
Truckage \Truck"age\, n.
Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.
Trucker \Truck"er\, n.
One who trucks; a trafficker.
No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with
this great trucker for souls. --South.
Trucking \Truck"ing\, n.
The business of conveying goods on trucks.
Truckle \Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the
kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more
pulleys. See {Truck} a wheel.]
A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras.
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in
allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil
slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
submit; to creep. ``Small, trucking states.'' --Burke.
Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Truckling}.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
Truckle-bed \Truc"kle-bed`\, n.
A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a
trundle-bed. ``His standing bed and truckle-bed.'' --Shak.
Truckler \Truc"kler\, n.
One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
Truckman \Truck"man\, n.; pl. {Truckmen}.
1. [From {Truck} barter.] One who does business in the way of
barter or exchange.
2. [From {Truck} a carriage.] One who drives a truck, or
whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
Truculence \Tru"cu*lence\, Truculency \Tru"cu*len*cy\, n. [L.
truculentia.]
The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of
manners; ferociousness.
Truculent \Tru"cu*lent\, a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen.
trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]
1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent
inhabitants of Scythia. --Ray.
2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
More or less truculent plagues. --Harvey.
Truculently \Tru"cu*lent*ly\, adv.
In a truculent manner.
Trudge \Trudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trudged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trudging}.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally
meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a
snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. [thorn]r[=u]ga.]
To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. --Dryden.
Trudgeman \Trudge"man\, n.
A truchman. [Obs.]
True \True\, a. [Compar. {Truer}; superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe,
AS. tre['o]we faithful, true, from tre['o]w fidelity, faith,
troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi,
adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue,
n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan.
tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws,
adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf.
{Trow}, {Trust}, {Truth}.]
1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state
of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or
the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true
history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern;
exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the
original.
Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince,
or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false,
fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to
her husband; an officer true to his charge.
Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton.
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert.
4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended;
genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of
country; a true Christian.
The true light which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world. --John i. 9.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
--Pope.
Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.
{Out of true}, varying from correct mechanical form,
alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not
perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in
the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.]
{A true bill} (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned
by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges
to be true.
{True time}. See under {Time}.
True \True\, adv.
In accordance with truth; truly. --Shak.
True-blue \True"-blue`\, a.
Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from
the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its
unchanging color. See {True blue}, under {Blue}.
True-blue \True"-blue`\, n.
A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
True-born \True"-born`\, a.
Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a
true-born Englishman.
True-bred \True"-bred`\, a.
1. Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast.
--Shak.
2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred
gentleman.
True-hearted \True"-heart`ed\, a.
Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or
deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. -- {True"-heart`ed*ness},
n.
Truelove \True"love`\, n.
1. One really beloved.
2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}.
3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
--T. R. Lounsbury.
Under his tongue a truelove he bore. --Chaucer.
{Truelove knot}, a complicated, involved knot that does not
readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or
engagement; -- called also {true-lover's knot}.
Trueness \True"ness\, n.
The quality of being true; reality; genuineness;
faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.
True-penny \True"-pen`ny\, n.
An honest fellow. --Shak. Bacon.
Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to
Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
usually of a blackish color. The French truffle ({Tuber
melanosporum}) and the English truffle ({T. [ae]stivum}) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
{Truffle worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus
{Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
Truffled \Truf"fled\, a.
Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as,
a truffled turkey.
Trug \Trug\, n. [Cf. {Trough}.]
1. A trough, or tray. Specifically:
(a) A hod for mortar.
(b) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a
bushel. --Bailey.
2. A concubine; a harlot. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630).
Trugging-house \Trug"ging-house`\, n. [See {Trug}, n., 2.]
A brothel. [Obs.] --Robert Greene.
Truism \Tru"ism\, n. [From {True}.]
An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is
pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; --
opposed to falsism.
Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. --J.
P. Smith.
Truismatic \Tru`is*mat"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms. [R.]
Trull \Trull\, n. [G. trolle, trulle; cf. OD. drol a jester,
Dan. trold an elf, imp, Sw. troll a goblin, Icel. troll,
tr["o]ll, a giant, fiend, demon. Cf. {Droll}, {Troll}.]
1. A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop. --Shak.
2. A girl; a wench; a lass. [Obs.]
Trullization \Trul`li*za"tion\, n. [L. trullissatio, from
trullissare to trowel, to plaster, fr. trulla a trowel.]
The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.
Truly \Tru"ly\, adv. [From {True}.]
1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with
fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly
represented.
I can not truly say how I came here. --Shak.
2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate
truly the weight of evidence.
3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly
attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their
prince or their country. --Burke.
4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak.
5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which
alone is truly fair. --Milton.
Trump \Trump\, n. [OE. trumpe, trompe, F. trompe; probably fr.
L. triumphare to triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make
a joyous sound or noise. See {Triumph}, v. i. & n., and cf.
{Trombone}, {Tromp}, {Trump} at cards, {Trumpery}, {Trumpet},
{Trunk} a proboscis.]
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet;
-- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump. --1 Cor. xv.
51, 52.
The wakeful trump of doom. --Milton.
Trump \Trump\, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See {Trump} a trumpet.]
To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2).
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See
{Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.]
1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually
determined by chance for each deal) any card of which
takes any card of the other suits.
2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --
called also {ruff}. --Decker.
3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]
Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray.
{To put to one's trumps}, or {To put on one's trumps}, to
force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.
But when kings come so low as to fawn upon
philosophy, which before they neither valued nor
understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are
then put to their last trump. --Milton.
Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate
them. --W. Irving.
Trump \Trump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trumping}.]
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
Trump \Trump\, v. t.
To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she
trumped the first trick.
Trump \Trump\, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a
trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See {Trump} a trumpet.]
1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] ``To trick or
trump mankind.'' --B. Jonson.
2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.
Authors have been trumped upon us. --C. Leslie.
{To trump up}, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to
fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.
Trumpery \Trump"er*y\, n. [F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to
deceive. See {Trump} to trick.]
1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] --Grenewey.
2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense;
falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence,
things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for
state to catch these thieves. --Shak.
Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not
all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition
was driven out of the world. --South.
Trumpery \Trump"er*y\, a.
Worthless or deceptive in character. ``A trumpery little
ring.'' --Thackeray.
Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See
{Trump} a trumpet.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in
war and military exercises, and of great value in the
orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved
(once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a
bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the
first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets
capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every
tone within their compass, although at the expense of the
true ringing quality of tone.
The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms.
--Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon.
3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the
instrument of propagating it. --Shak.
That great politician was pleased to have the
greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet
of his praises. --Dryden.
4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide
or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
{Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}.
{Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis})
of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem,
enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of
trumpet, and is used for many purposes.
{Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate
sounds with increased force.
{Trumpet animalcule} (Zo["o]l.), any infusorian belonging to
Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is
trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}.
{Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.]
{Trumpet conch} (Zo["o]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton.
{Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma
radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped
flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England
{trumpet ash}.
{Trumpet fish}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bellows fish.
(b) The fistularia.
{Trumpet flower}. (Bot.)
(a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.
(b) The trumpet honeysuckle.
(c) A West Indian name for several plants with
trumpet-shaped flowers.
{Trumpet fly} (Zo["o]l.), a botfly.
{Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera
sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;
-- called also {trumpet flower}.
{Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
{Sarracenia}.
{Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or
regiment.
{Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string,
sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to
produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed
instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others.
It probably owes its name to ``its external resemblance to
the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels,
which is of the same length and tapering shape.'' --Grove.
{Trumpet shell} (Zo["o]l.), any species of large marine
univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See
{Triton}, 2.
{Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}.
Trumpet \Trump"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trumpeted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Trumpeting}.] [Cf. F. trompeter.]
To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad;
to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the
reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
--Bacon.
Trumpet \Trump"et\, v. i.
To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a
trumplike cry.
Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
1. One who sounds a trumpet.
2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially {P.
crepitans}, which is abundant, and often domesticated
and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are
allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry.
Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}.
(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
(c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
loud note.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
family {Cirrhitid[ae]}, native of Tasmania and New
Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
Trumpeting \Trump"et*ing\, n. (Mining)
A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. --Raymond.
Trumpets \Trump"ets\, n. pl. (Bot.)
A plant ({Sarracenia flava}) with long, hollow leaves.
Trumpet-shaped \Trump"et-shaped`\, a.
Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet
creeper.
Trumpet-tongued \Trump"et-tongued`\, a.
Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.
Trumpetweed \Trump"et*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herbaceous composite plant ({Eupatorium purpureum}),
often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers
in small corymbed heads.
(b) The sea trumpet.
Trumpetwood \Trump"et*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree ({Cecropia peltata}) of the
Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for
wind instruments; -- called also {snakewood}, and {trumpet
tree}.
Trumpie \Trum"pie\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Richardson's skua ({Stercorarius parasiticus}).
Trumplike \Trump"like`\, a.
Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice.
--Chapman.
Truncal \Trun"cal\, a.
Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.
Truncate \Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truncated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Truncating}.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut
off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
{Trunk}.]
To cut off; to lop; to maim.
Truncate \Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or
feather.
Truncated \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated
edge.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral
shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
{Truncated cone} or {pyramid} (Geom.), a cone or pyramid
whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being
usually parallel to the base.
Truncation \Trun*ca"tion\, n. [L. truncatio.]
1. The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.
2. The state of being truncated.
3. (Min.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a
plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to
the adjoining faces.
Trunch \Trunch\, n. [See {Truncheon}.]
A stake; a small post. [Obs.]
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken
spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron?on, F. tron?on, fr.
OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons,
tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem,
staff. See {Thyrsus}, and cf. {Trounce}.]
1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
With his truncheon he so rudely struck. --Spenser.
2. A baton, or military staff of command.
The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. --Shak.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off,
to produce rapid growth. --Gardner.
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, v. t.
To beat with a truncheon. --Shak.
Truncheoned \Trun"cheoned\, a.
Having a truncheon.
Truncheoneer \Trun`cheon*eer"\, n.
A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also
{truncheoner}.]
Truncus \Trun"cus\, n. [L.] (Zo["o]l.)
The thorax of an insect. See {Trunk}, n., 5.
Trundle \Trun"dle\, n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See
{Trend}, v. i.]
1. A round body; a little wheel.
2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or
rollers; a rolling motion.
4. (Mach.)
(a) A lantern wheel. See under {Lantern}.
(b) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
Trundle \Trun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trundled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trundling}.]
1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed
or a gun carriage.
2. To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle
a hoop or a ball. --R. A. Proctor.
Trundle \Trun"dle\, v. i.
1. To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under
another.
2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.
Trundle-bed \Trun"dle-bed`\, n.
A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so
that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed;
also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. --Chapman.
Trundlehead \Trun"dle*head`\, n.
1. (Gearing) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern
wheel or pinion.
2. The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the
lower of two capstans on the sane axis.
Trundletail \Trun"dle*tail`\, n.
A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail.
--Shak.
Trunk \Trunk\, n. [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed,
mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E.
torture. Trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe
(the same word as trompe a trumpet), but has been confused in
English with trunk the stem of a tree (see {Trump} a
trumpet). Cf. {Truncate}.]
1. The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and
roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high
from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost
reach. --Milton.
2. The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
3. The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of
an artery, as distinct from the branches.
4. (Arch) That part of a pilaster which is between the base
and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
5. (Zo["o]l.) That segment of the body of an insect which is
between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and
legs; the thorax; the truncus.
6. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The proboscis of an elephant.
(b) The proboscis of an insect.
7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p?as, etc., are
driven by the force of the breath.
He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. --Howell.
8. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or
cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for
containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to
convey the effects of a traveler.
Locked up in chests and trunks. --Shak.
9. (Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated
from the slimes in which they are contained.
10. (Steam Engine) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a
steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of
the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the
other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston,
thus making the engine more compact.
11. A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or
metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a
mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an
elevator, etc.
{Trunk engine}, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a
trunk. See {Trunk}, 10.
{Trunk hose}, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the
knees.
{Trunk line}, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of
conveyance.
{Trunk turtle} (Zo["o]l.), the leatherback.
Trunk \Trunk\, v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer. See {Truncate}.]
1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] ``Out
of the trunked stock.'' --Spenser.
2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they
are contained, by means of a trunk. See {Trunk}, n., 9.
--Weale.
Trunkback \Trunk"back`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The leatherback.
Trunked \Trunked\, a.
Having (such) a trunk.
Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. --Howell.
Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging
to the genus {Ostracion}, or the family {Ostraciontid[ae]},
having an angular body covered with a rigid integument
consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called
also {coffer fish}, and {boxfish}.
Trunkful \Trunk"ful\, n.; pl. {Trunkfuls}.
As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
Trunkwork \Trunk"work`\, n.
Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
[Obs.]
Trunnel \Trun"nel\, n.
A trundle. [R.]
Trunnel \Trun"nel\, n. (Shipbuilding)
See {Treenail}.
Trunnion \Trun"nion\, n. [OF. trognon the stock, stump, or truck
of a tree, F. trognon a core, stalk, fr. tron a trunk, stem.
Cf. {Trunk}.]
1. (Gun.) A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece,
whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on
the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of {Cannon}.
2. (Steam Engine) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating
steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to
convey steam.
{Trunnion plate} (Gun.), a plate in the carriage of a gun,
mortar, or howitzer, which covers the upper part of the
cheek, and forms a bearing under the trunnion.
{Trunnion ring} (Gun.), a ring on a cannon next before the
trunnions. [R.]
Trunnioned \Trun"nioned\, a.
Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an
oscillating steam engine.
Trusion \Tru"sion\, n. [L. trudere, trusum, to thrust, shove:
cf. F. trusion.]
The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.] --Bentley.
Truss \Truss\, n. [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse;
perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. {Thyrsus}, {Torso},
{Trousers}, {Trousseau}.]
1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. --Fabyan.
Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. --Spenser.
Note: A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs.
of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.
2. A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the
body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a
woman's dress; a stomacher. [Obs.] --Nares.
Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which
bore The stains of ancient arms. --Drayton.
3. (Surg.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to
keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion,
and for other purposes.
4. (Bot.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main
stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
5. (Naut.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard
to the mast.
6. (Arch. & Engin.) An assemblage of members of wood or
metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit
pressure vertically to those points, with the least
possible strain across the length of any member.
Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber
roofs, often contain members not needed for construction,
or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite,
or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with
the exigencies of style.
{Truss rod}, a rod which forms the tension member of a
trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.
Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.]
1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. --Shak.
It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet.
--Chaucer.
2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce
upon. [Obs.]
Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser.
3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of
a brace or braces.
4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the
body in cooking it.
5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
[Slang.] --Sir W. Scott.
{To truss a person} or {one's self}, to adjust and fasten the
clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces
of garments. [Obs.] ``Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap,
trussing himself.'' --J. Webster (1607).
{To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight.
{Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of
braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.
Trussing \Truss"ing\, n.
1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss,
taken collectively. --Weale.
2. (Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of
timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc.,
till it has something of the character of a truss.
3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its
quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]
Trust \Trust\, n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence,
security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr["o]st comfort, consolation,
G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true.
See {True}, and cf. {Tryst}.]
1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity,
justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another
person; confidence; reliance; reliance. ``O ever-failing
trust in mortal strength!'' --Milton.
Most take things upon trust. --Locke.
2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or
merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange
without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or
buy goods on trust.
3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. ``Such
trust have we through Christ.'' --2 Cor. iii. 4.
His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in
strength. --Milton.
4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something
received in confidence; charge; deposit.
5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is
confided; responsible charge or office.
[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust.
--Shak.
Reward them well, if they observe their trust.
--Denham.
6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance;
hope.
O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. --Ps.
lxxi. 5.
7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the
devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the
profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an
estate held for the use of another; a confidence
respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed
the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the
cestui que trust.
8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of
regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as,
a sugar trust. [Cant]
Syn: Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.
{Trust deed} (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee,
for some specific use.
Trust \Trust\, a.
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
Trust \Trust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trusting}.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See {Trust}, n.]
1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived
us.
I will never trust his word after. --Shak.
He that trusts every one without reserve will at
last be deceived. --Johnson.
2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
Trust me, you look well. --Shak.
3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase
or infinitive clause as the object.
I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
--2 John 12.
We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii.
18.
4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with
something.
Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden.
5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes
to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.
6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in
confidence of future payment; as, merchants and
manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
7. To risk; to venture confidently.
[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.
--Milton.
Trust \Trust\, v. i.
1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence;
to confide.
More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.
2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2.
3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.
It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to
trust. --Johnson.
{To trust in}, {To trust on}, to place confidence in,; to
rely on; to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.''
--Ps. xxxvii. 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.''
--Chaucer.
Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
--Dryden.
{To trust} {to or unto}, to depend on; to have confidence in;
to rely on.
They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx.
36.
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to
be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals,
or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for
the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the
effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
{Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may
attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the
hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the
{process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or
{factorizing process}. [U. S.]
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, v. t.
1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to
trustee an estate.
2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in
the hands of a third person) in the interest of the
creditor. [U. S.]
Trusteeship \Trus*tee"ship\, n.
The office or duty of a trustee.
Truster \Trust"er\, n.
1. One who trusts, or credits.
2. (Scots Law) One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of
trustee.
Trustful \Trust"ful\, a.
1. Full of trust; trusting.
2. Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy. --
{Trust"ful*ly},adv. -- {Trust"ful*ness}, n.
Trustily \Trust"i*ly\, adv.
In a trusty manner.
Trustiness \Trust"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being trusty.
Trusting \Trust"ing\, a.
Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting;
trustful. -- {Trust"ing*ly}, adv.
Trustless \Trust"less\, a.
That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. --
{Trust"less*ness}, n.
Trustworthy \Trust"wor`thy\, a.
Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. --
{Trust"wor`thi*ness}, n.
Trusty \Trust"y\, a. [Compar. {Trustier}; superl. {Trustiest}.]
1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving
confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
Your trusty and most valiant servitor. --Shak.
2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.
His trusty sword he called to his aid. --Spenser.
3. Involving trust; as, a trusty business. [R.] --Shak.
Truth \Truth\, n.; pl. {Truths}. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe,
AS. tre['o]w?. See {True}; cf. {Troth}, {Betroth}.]
1. The quality or being true; as:
(a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with
that which is, or has been; or shall be.
(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence
with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the
like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of
the ironwork. --Mortimer.
(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth, But
whispering tongues can poison truth.
--Coleridge.
(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from
falsehood; veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appear That
malice bears down truth. --Shak.
2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or
subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of
things; fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.
--Zech. viii.
16.
I long to know the truth here of at large. --Shak.
The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a
legitimate deduction from all the facts which are
truly material. --Coleridge.
3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or
proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the
like; as, the great truths of morals.
Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. --2
Cor. vii. 14.
4. Righteousness; true religion.
Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. --John i. 17.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
--John xvii.
17.
{In truth}, in reality; in fact.
{Of a truth}, in reality; certainly.
{To do truth}, to practice what God commands.
He that doeth truth cometh to the light. --John iii.
21.
Truth \Truth\, v. t.
To assert as true; to declare. [R.]
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have
truthed it heaven. --Ford.
Truthful \Truth"ful\, a.
Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- {Truth"ful*ly}, adv.
-- {Truth"ful*ness}, n.
Truthless \Truth"less\, a.
Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless.
-- {Truth"less*ness}, n.
Truth-lover \Truth"-lov`er\, n.
One who loves the truth.
Truth-lover was our English Duke. --Tennyson.
Truthness \Truth"ness\, n.
Truth. [Obs. & R.] --Marston.
Truth-teller \Truth"-tell`er\, n.
One who tells the truth.
Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named.
--Tennyson.
Truthy \Truth"y\, a.
Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] ``A more truthy import.''
--W. G. Palgrave.
Trutination \Tru`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. trutinari to weigh, from
trutina a balance. See {Trone} a steelyard.]
The act of weighing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Truttaceous \Trut*ta"ceous\, a. [LL. trutta a trout, L. tructa.
See {Trout}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the
truttaceous kind.
Try \Try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trying}.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull,
to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to
thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L.
terere, tritum, to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See {Trite}.]
1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to
winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by
out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Elyot.
2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure
in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. --Shak.
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
--Ps. xii. 6.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us,
as silver is tried. --Ps. lxvi.
10.
3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the
purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove;
to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to
try a man's opinions.
Let the end try the man. --Shak.
4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause
suffering or trouble to.
Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. --Milton.
5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy
for disease; to try a horse.
Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.
--Shak.
To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries.
--Swift.
6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light
tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's
patience.
7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by
witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of
law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to
decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a
duel; to try conclusions.
Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried. --Shak.
9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
--Milton.
Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold. --Dryden.
10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
Let us try . . . to found a path. --Milton.
{To try on}.
(a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits
the person.
(b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] --Dickens.
Syn: To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine.
Usage: {Try}, {Attempt}. To try is the generic, to attempt is
the specific, term. When we try, we are usually
uncertain as to success; when we attempt, we have
always some definite object in view which we seek to
accomplish. We may be indifferent as to the result of
a trial, but we rarely attempt anything without a
desire to succeed.
He first deceased: she for a little tried To
live without him; liked it not, and died. --Sir
H. Wotton.
Alack, I am afraid they have a waked, And 't is
not done. The attempt, and not the deed,
Confounds us. --Shak.
Try \Try\, v. i.
1. To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an
attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
2. To do; to fare; as, how do you try! [Prov. Eng.]
Try \Try\, n.
1. A screen, or sieve, for grain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Holland.
2. Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
This breaking of his has been but a try for his
friends. --Shak.
{Try cock}, a gauge cock. See under {Gauge}.
Try \Try\, a. [Cf. {Try}, v. t.]
Refined; select; excellent; choice. [Obs.] ``Sugar that is
try.'' --Chaucer.
Trygon \Try"gon\ (tr[imac]"g[o^]n), n. [L., a sting ray, from
Gr.? a kind of fish with a prickle in the tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to
{Trygon} and allied genera.
Trying \Try"ing\, a.
Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive;
as, a trying occasion or position.
Trypsin \Tryp"sin\, n. [Cr. ? a rubbing, fr. ? to rub, grind. So
called because it causes proteid matter to break up or to
fall apart.] (physiol.)
A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic
juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a
neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the
albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but
also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
Trypsinogen \Tryp*sin"o*gen\, n. [Trypsin + -gen.] (Physiol.)
The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in
the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.
Tryptic \Tryp"tic\, a. (Physiol.)
Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin;
as, trypsin digestion.
Tryptone \Tryp"tone\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called
because it is formed through the agency of the ferment
trypsin.
Trysail \Try"sail\, n. (Naut.)
A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower
mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft
a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also
{spencer}. --Totten.
Try-square \Try"-square`\, n.
An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying
off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work
is square.
Tryst \Tryst\, n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf.
Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence,
security. See {Trust}, n.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time
of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or
Poetic]
{To bide tryst}, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with
whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement
or appointment.
The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at
village stile. --Tennyson.
Tryst \Tryst\, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See {Tryst}, n.]
1. To trust. [Obs.]
2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an
appointment with. [Scot.] --Burns.
Tryst \Tryst\, v. i.
To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
Tryster \Tryst"er\, n.
One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with
another.
Trysting \Tryst"ing\, n.
An appointment; a tryst.
{Trysting day}, an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as
of soldiers, friends, and the like.
And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers
ride forth East and west and south and north, To
summon his array. --Macaulay.
{Trysting place}, a place designated for the assembling of
soldiers, the meeting of parties for an interview, or the
like; a rendezvous. --Byron.
Tsar \Tsar\, n.
The title of the emperor of Russia. See {Czar}.
Tsarina \Tsa*ri"na\, Tsaritsa \Tsa*rit"sa\, n. [Russ. tsaritsa.
Cf. {Czarina}.]
The title of the empress of Russia. See {Czarina}.
Tschakmeck \Tschak*meck"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The chameck.
Tschego \Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and
chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the
chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped
nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego},
{nschego}, {nscheigo}.
Tsebe \Tse"be\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The springbok.
Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A venomous two-winged African fly ({Glossina morsitans})
whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and
cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts
in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of
the year. [Written also {tzetze}, and {tsetze}.]
T square \T" square`\
See under {T}.
Tuatera \Tu`a*te"ra\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Hatteria}.
Tub \Tub\, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG.
tubbe, D. tobbe.]
1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and
hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin,
usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity;
as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1
cwt., etc.
3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of
pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely
or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and
some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and
holding forth. --South.
4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft;
-- so called by miners.
{Tub fast}, an old mode of treatment for the venereal
disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and
fasting. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Tub wheel}, a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of
a short cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral
vanes or floats, placed radially, are attached, turned by
the impact of one or more streams of water, conducted so
as to strike against the floats in the direction of a
tangent to the cylinder.
Tub \Tub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tubbing}.]
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
Tub \Tub\, i.
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to
bathe. [Colloq.]
Don't we all tub in England ? --London
Spectator.
Tuba \Tu"ba\, n. [L., trumpet.] (Mus.)
(a) An ancient trumpet.
(b) A sax-tuba. See {Sax-tuba}.
Tubal \Tub"al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to
one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
Tubbing \Tub"bing\, n.
1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for
tubs.
2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine;
especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted
together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to
penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
Tubby \Tub"by\, a.
Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without
resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of
sound; as, a tubby violin.
Tube \Tube\, n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.]
1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the
conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a
pipe.
2. A telescope. ``Glazed optic tube.'' --Milton.
3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid
or other substance.
4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under
{Priming}, and {Friction}.
6. (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler,
containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or
else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases
to pass through.
7. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case
secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans,
insects, and other animals, for protection or
concealment. See Illust. of {Tubeworm}.
(b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
{Capillary tube}, a tube of very fine bore. See {Capillary}.
{Fire tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue.
{Tube coral}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tubipore}.
{Tube foot} (Zo["o]l.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an
echinoderm.
{Tube plate}, or {Tube sheet} (Steam Boilers), a flue plate.
See under {Flue}.
{Tube pouch} (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes.
{Tube spinner} (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of
spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to
{Tegenaria}, {Agelena}, and allied genera.
{Water tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and
surrounded by flame or hot gases.
Tube \Tube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tubed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tubing}.]
To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
Tubeform \Tube"form\, a.
In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.
Tube-nosed \Tube"-nosed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes
along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea
birds.
(b) Belonging to the Tubinares.
Tuber \Tu"ber\, n.[L., a hump. knob; probably akin to tumere to
swell. Cf. {Tumid}.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing
starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a
thickened root-stock. See Illust. of {Tuberous}.
(b) A genus of fungi. See {Truffle}.
2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.
Tubercle \Tu"ber*cle\, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F.
tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.]
1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether
natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle
on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter;
especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or
phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or
yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually
softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is
most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
{Tubercle bacillus} (Med.), a minute vegetable organism
({Bacillus tuberculosis}) discovered by Koch, a German
physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in
tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause
of tubercles and tuberculosis.
Tubercled \Tu"ber*cled\, a.
Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as,
a tubercled lung or stalk.
Tubercular \Tu*ber"cu*lar\, a.
1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled;
tuberculate.
2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as,
tubercular diathesis.
Tuberculate \Tu*ber"cu*late\, Tuberculated \Tu*ber"cu*la`ted\,
a. [NL. tuberculatus: cf. F. tubercul['e].]
Tubercled; tubercular.
Tuberculin \Tu*ber"cu*lin\, n. [See {Tubercle}.]
A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the
tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.
Tuberculization \Tu*ber`cu*li*za"tion\, n. (Med.)
The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is
affected with tubercles.
Tuberculose \Tu*ber"cu*lose`\, Tuberculous \Tu*ber"cu*lous\, a.
Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by,
tubercles; tubercular.
Tuberculosis \Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis\, n. [NL. See {Tubercle}.] (Med.)
A constitutional disease characterized by the production of
tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the
lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of
pulmonary consumption.
Tuberculum \Tu*ber"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Tubercula}. [L., dim. of
tuber a swelling.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tubercle.
Tuberiferous \Tu`ber*if"er*ous\, a. [Tuber + -ferous.]
Producing or bearing tubers.
Tuberose \Tube"rose`\, n. [Cf. G. tuberose, F. tub['e]reuse, NL.
Polianthes tuberosa. See {Tuberous}.] (Bot.)
A plant ({Polianthes tuberosa}) with a tuberous root and a
liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful
and fragrant white blossoms.
Tuberose \Tu"ber*ose`\, a.
Tuberous.
Tuberosity \Tu`ber*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Tuberosities}. [Cf. F.
tub['e]rosit['e].]
1. The state of being tuberous.
2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Tuberous \Tu"ber*ous\, a. [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tub['e]reux. See
{Tuber}, and cf. also {Tuberose}.]
1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a
tuber. -- {Tu"ber*ous*ness}, n.
Tube-shell \Tube"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its
siphon, as the watering-shell.
Tubeworm \Tube"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicol[ae].
Tubfish \Tub"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The sapphirine gurnard ({Trigla hirundo}). See Illust. under
{Gurnard}. [Prov. Eng.]
Tubful \Tub"ful\, n.; pl. {Tubfuls}.
As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.
Tubicinate \Tu*bic"i*nate\, v. i. [L. tubicen trumpeter.]
To blow a trumpet.
Tubicolae \Tu*bic"o*l[ae]\, n. pl. [L. tubus a tube + colere to
inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of annelids including those which construct, and
habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments
usually bear gills and cirri. Called also {Sedentaria}, and
{Capitibranchiata}. See {Serpula}, and {Sabella}.
Tubicolar \Tu*bic"o*lar\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Tubicolous.
Tubicole \Tu"bi*cole\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tubicol[ae].
Tubicolous \Tu*bic"o*lous\, a. [See {Tubicol[ae]}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
Tubicorn \Tu"bi*corn\, n. [L. tubus tube + cornu horn: cf. F.
tubicorne.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered
with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
Tubicornous \Tu"bi*corn`ous\, a.
Having hollow horns.
Tubiform \Tu"bi*form\, a.
Having the form of a tube; tubeform. ``Tubiform cells.''
--Carpenter.
Tubinares \Tu`bi*na"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares
the nostrils.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters,
albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny
nostrils.
Tubing \Tub"ing\, n.
1. The act of making tubes.
2. A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece
of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.
Tubipora \Tu*bip"o*ra\, n. [NL., from L. tubus tube + porus
passage, pore.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral
(called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel
cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates.
These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses.
They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and
Pacific Oceans.
Tubipore \Tu"bi*pore\, n. [Cf. F. tubipore.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the genus Tubipora.
Tubiporite \Tu"bi*po*rite\, n. (Paleon.)
Any fossil coral of the genus {Syringopora} consisting of a
cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse
tubules.
Tubivalve \Tu"bi*valve\, n. [See {Tube}, {Valve}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.
Tubman \Tub"man\, n.; pl. {Tubmen}. (Eng. Law)
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of
Exchequer. Cf. {Postman}, 2.
Tubular \Tu"bu*lar\, a. [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or
pipe. See {Tube}.]
Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe;
fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also,
containing, or provided with, tubes.
{Tubular boiler}. See under {Boiler}.
{Tubular breathing} (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound,
heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of
disease, resembling that produced by the air passing
through the trachea.
{Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or
tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the
Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal,
Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.
{Tubular girder}, a plate girder having two or more vertical
webs with a space between them.
Tubularia \Tu`bu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths
at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The
gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the
outer tentacles.
Tubulariae \Tu`bu*la"ri*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL.]
See {Tubularida}.
Tubularian \Tu`bu*la"ri*an\, n. (Zool.)
Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
Note: These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes,
and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The
gonophores of many of the species become free
jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently
attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust.
under {Gonosome}, and {Cymnoblastea}.
Tubularian \Tu`bu*la"ri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the tubularians.
Tubularida \Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; --
called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[ae]}.
Tubulate \Tu"bu*late\, a. [L. tubulatus. See {Tubular}.]
Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.
Tubulated \Tu"bu*la`ted\, a.
Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or
elongated opening.
{Tubulated bottle} or {retort} (Chem.), a bottle or retort
having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal
of materials.
Tubulation \Tu`bu*la"tion\, n. (Chem.)
The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a
tube; also, a tube or tubulure; as, the tubulation of a
retort.
Tubulature \Tu"bu*la`ture\, n. (Chem.)
A tubulure.
Tubule \Tu"bule\, n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a
tube, a pipe.]
1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
2. (Anat.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as,
the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.
Tubulibranchian \Tu`bu*li*bran"chi*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Tubulibranchiata.
Tubulibranchiata \Tu`bu*li*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from L.
tubulus a little tube + branchia a gill.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of gastropod mollusks having a tubular shell.
Vermetus is an example.
Tubulicole \Tu"bu*li*cole`\, n. [L. tubulus little tube + colere
to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems.
Tubulidentate \Tu`bu*li*den"tate\, a. [Tubule + dentate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain
edentates.
Tubuliform \Tu"bu*li*form`\, a. [Cf. F. tubuliforme.]
Having the form of a small tube.
Tubulipore \Tu"bu*li*pore"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of Bryozoa belonging to
{Tubulipora} and allied genera, having tubular calcareous
calicles.
Tubulose \Tu"bu*lose`\, Tubulous \Tu"bu*lous\, a. [Cf. F.
tubuleux. See {Tubule}.]
1. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally
hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical
corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a
tubulose flower.
2. Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically
(Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a
tubulous compound flower.
{Tubulous boiler}, a steam boiler composed chiefly of tubes
containing water and surrounded by flame and hot gases; --
sometimes distinguished from tubular boiler.
Tubulure \Tu"bu*lure\, n. [Cf. F. tubulure.] (Chem.)
A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top
or side of a bottle; a tubulation.
Tucan \Tu*can"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The Mexican pocket gopher ({Geomys Mexicanus}). It resembles
the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is
larger. Called also {tugan}, and {tuza}.
Tucet \Tu"cet\, n.
See {Tucket}, a steak. [Obs.]
Tuch \Tuch\, n. [See {Touchstone}.]
A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone. [Obs.] --Sir J.
Harrington.
Tuck \Tuck\, n. [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German
origin, and akin to E. stock. See {Stock}.]
A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] --Shak.
He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called,
or rapier, of tremendous length. --Sir W. Scot.
Tuck \Tuck\, n. [Cf. {Tocsin}.]
The beat of a drum. --Scot.
Tuck \Tuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tucking}.] [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up,
entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with
a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See {Tug}.]
1. To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a
narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck
up one's sleeves.
2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
3. To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place;
as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's
arm, or into a pocket.
4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to
touch. Cf. {Tocsin}.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
Tuck \Tuck\, v. i.
To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
Tuck \Tuck\, n.
1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to
shorten it; a plait.
2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; --
called also {tuck-net}.
3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See {Tug}. --Life of A. Wood.
4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom
planks meet under the stern.
5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] --T. Hughes.
Tuckahoe \Tuck"a*hoe\, n. [North American Indian, bread.] (Bot.)
A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic
United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often
attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called
also {Indian bread}, and {Indian loaf}.
Tucker \Tuck"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument
with which tuck are made.
2. A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the
breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a
part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.
3. [See {Tuck}, v. t., 4.] A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]
Tucker \Tuck"er\, v. t.
To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]
Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to
touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.]
A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.]
{Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]
Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the
note to mount. --Shak.
Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat,
fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick
gravy.]
A steak; a collop. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Tuck-net \Tuck"-net`\, n.
See {Tuck}, n., 2.
Tucum \Tu"cum\, n. [So called by the Indians of Brazil.]
A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a
Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum vulgare}), used for cordage,
bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called
also {tecum}, and {tecum fiber}.
Tucuma \Tu*cu"ma\, n. (Bot.)
A Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum Tucuma}) which furnishes an
edible fruit.
Tudor \Tu"dor\, a.
Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from
Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry
V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last,
Elizabeth.
{Tudor style} (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic
architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized
by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a
profusion of paneling on the walls.
Tue \Tu"e\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The parson bird.
Tuefall \Tue"fall\, n. (Arch.)
See {To-fall}. [Eng.]
Tue-iron \Tue"-i`ron\, n.
See {Tuy[`e]re}.
Tue-irons \Tue"-i`rons\, n. pl.
A pair of blacksmith's tongs.
Tuesday \Tues"day\ (t[=u]z"d[asl]; 48), n. [OE. Tewesday, AS.
Tiwes d[ae]g the day of Tiw the god of war; akin to OHG. Zio,
Icel. T[=y]r, L. Jupiter, Gr. Zey`s;, cf. OHG. Ziostac
Tuesday, G. Dienstag, Icel. T[=y]sdagr. [root]244. See
{Deity}, {Day}, and cf. {Jovial}.]
The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding
Wednesday.
Tuet \Tu"et\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Tufa \Tu"fa\, [It. fufo soft, sandy stone, L. tofus, tophus. Cf.
{Tofus}, {Toph}, and {Tophin}.] (Min.)
(a) A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water,
usually calcareous; -- called also {calcareous tufa}.
(b) A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of
consolidated cinders, or scoria.
Tufaceous \Tu*fa"ceous\, a. [Cf. It. tufaceo, L. tofaceus,
tofacius. See {Tufa}.] (Min.)
Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
Tuff \Tuff\, n. (Min.)
Same as {Tufa}.
Tuffoon \Tuf*foon"\, n.
See {Typhoon}. [R.]
Tuft \Tuft\, n. [Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf.
G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See {Top}
summit.]
1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot
or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a
tuft of flowers or feathers.
2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
Under a tuft of shade. --Milton.
Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade.
--Keble.
3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the
English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold
tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.]
Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.
--T. Hughes.
Tuft \Tuft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tufting}.]
1. To separate into tufts.
2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. --Thomson.
Tuft \Tuft\, v. i.
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
Tuf-taffeta \Tuf-taf"fe*ta\, n.
A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [Written
also {tuft-taffeta}.]
Tufted \Tuft"ed\, a.
1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. --Milton.
Tufted trees and springing corn. --Pope.
{Tufted duck} (Zo["o]l.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.
S.]
Tufthunter \Tuft"hunt`er\, n.
A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in
English universities; a toady. See 1st {Tuft}, 3. [Cant,
Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tufthunting \Tuft"hunt`ing\, n.
The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or
persons of quality, especially in English universities.
[Cant, Eng.]
Tufty \Tuft"y\, a.
1. Abounding with tufts.
Both in the tufty frith and in the mossy fell.
--Drayton.
2. Growing in tufts or clusters.
Where tufty daisies nod at every gale. --W. Browne.
Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G.
zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p.
togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L.
ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, v. t.,
{Touch}, {Tow}, v. t., {Tuck} to press in, {Toy} a
plaything.]
1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with
continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a
loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar.
--Roscommon.
2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.]
To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a
strain. --Hudibras.
Tug \Tug\, v. i.
1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug
at the oar; to tug against the stream.
He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton.
2. To labor; to strive; to struggle.
England now is left To tug and scamble and to part
by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling
state. --Shak.
Tug \Tug\, n.
1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest
called tug of war; a supreme effort.
At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent
from the smoking walls. --Dryden.
2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy
articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
-- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}.
4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a
tackle is affixed.
{Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace
may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
Tugan \Tu*gan"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tucan}.
Tugboat \Tug"boat`\, n.
See {Tug}, n., 3.
Tugger \Tug"ger\, n.
One who tugs.
Tuggingly \Tug"ging*ly\, adv.
In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.
Tulle \Tulle\, n. [Cf. F. tuile a tile.]
In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See
Illust. of {Tasses}.
Tuition \Tu*i"tion\, n. [L. tuitio protection, guarding, from
tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition.
Cf. {Tutor}.]
1. Superintending care over a young person; the particular
watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or
ward; guardianship.
2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching;
instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition;
his tuition was thorough.
3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for
instruction.
Tuitionary \Tu*i"tion*a*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to tuition.
Tuko-tuko \Tu"ko-tu*ko\, n. [From the native name .] (Zo["o]l.)
A burrowing South American rodent ({Ctenomys Braziliensis}).
It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the
pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly
allied to the porcupines. [Written also {tucu-tuco}.]
Tula metal \Tu"la met`al\
An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia.
[Written also {toola metal}.]
Tule \Tu"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
A large bulrush ({Scirpus lacustris}, and {S. Tatora})
growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and
elsewhere.
Tulip \Tu"lip\, n. [F. tulipe, OF. also tulipan, It. tulipano,
tulipa, from Turk. tulbend, dulbend, literally, a turban,
Per. dulband; -- so called from the resemblance of the form
of this flower to a turban. See {Turban}.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the liliaceous genus {Tulipa}. Many varieties
are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
{Tulip tree}.
(a) A large American tree bearing tuliplike flowers. See
{Liriodendron}.
(b) A West Indian malvaceous tree ({Paritium, or Hibiscus,
tiliaceum}).
Tulip-eared \Tu"lip-eared`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain
dogs.
Tulipist \Tu"lip*ist\, n.
A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of
tulips. --Sir T. Browne.
Tulipomania \Tu`lip*o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Tulip + mania.]
A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of
tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by
Menage.
Note: In Holland, in the first half of the 17th century, the
cultivation of tulips became a mania. It began about
the year 1634, and, like a violent epidemic, seized
upon all classes of the community, leading to disasters
and misery such as the records of commerce or of
bankruptcies can scarcely parallel. In 1636, tulip
marts had been established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Haarlem, Leyden, and various other towns, where tulip
bulbs were sold and resold in the same manner as stocks
are on the Stock Exchange of London. --Baird.
Tulipomaniac \Tu`lip*o*ma"ni*ac\, n.
One who is affected with tulipomania.
Tulip-shell \Tu"lip-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell
({Fasciolaria tulipa}) native of the Southern United States.
The name is sometimes applied also to other species of
{Fasciolaria}.
Tulipwood \Tu"lip*wood`\, n.
The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree
({Physocalymna floribunda}), much used by cabinetmakers for
inlaying.
{Queensland tulipwood}, the variegated wood of an Australian
sapindaceous tree ({Harpullia pendula}). --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
Tull \Tull\, v. t. [OE. tullen. See {Tole}.]
To allure; to tole. [Obs.]
With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. --Chaucer.
Tulle \Tulle\, n. [F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in
France.]
A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
Tullian \Tul"li*an\, a. [L. Tullianus, from Tullius, the name of
a Roman gens.]
Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius
Cicero).
Tullibee \Tul"li*bee\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes
of North America; -- called also {mongrel whitefish}.
Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tumbling}.] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over
head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw.
tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel,
to stagger.]
1. To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about;
as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be
precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater
blow than he who slides from a molehill. --South.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the
body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe.
{To tumble home} (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of
a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp.
in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. {Wall-sided}.
Tumble \Tum"ble\, v. t.
1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination
or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or
unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to
precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to
tumble books or papers.
2. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
Tumble \Tum"ble\, n.
Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
Tumblebug \Tum"ble*bug`\, n.
See {Tumbledung}.
Tumble-down \Tum"ble-down`\, a.
Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
[Colloq.]
Tumbledung \Tum"ble*dung`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to
{Scarab[ae]us}, {Copris}, {Phan[ae]us}, and allied genera.
The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she
rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the
earth in which she buries it.
Tumbler \Tum"bler\, n.
1. One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions
of the body; an acrobat.
2. A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever,
latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted
to a particular position by a key or other means before
the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
3. (Firearms) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the
hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in
which are the notches for sear point to enter.
4. A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called
because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and
could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus
compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for
its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its
flight.
6. (Zo["o]l.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game.
They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
7. A kind of cart; a tumbrel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tumblerful \Tum"bler*ful\, n.; pl. {Tumblerfuls}.
As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
Tumbleweed \Tum"ble*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the
autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass,
over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo,
{Amarantus albus}, etc.
Tumbling \Tum"bling\,
a. & vb. n. from {Tumble}, v.
{Tumbling barrel}. Same as {Rumble}, n., 4.
{Tumbling bay}, an overfall, or weir, in a canal.
Tumbrel \Tum"brel\, Tumbril \Tum"bril\, n. [OF. tomberel, F.
tombereau, fr. tomber to fall, to tumble; of Teutonic origin.
Cf. {Tumble}.]
1. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
2. A rough cart. --Tusser. --Tatler.
3. (Mil.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which
accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of
pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
4. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like,
to hold hay and other food for sheep. [Eng.]
Tumefaction \Tu`me*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. tum['e]faction.]
The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a
tumor; a swelling. --Arbuthnot.
Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumefied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tumefying}.] [F. tum['e]fier, fr. L. tumere to swell +
-ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See
{Tumid}, and {-fy}.]
To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.
To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but
the tenor of the thought. --De Quincey.
Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. i.
To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Tumid \Tu"mid\, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr.
tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.]
1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid
flesh.
2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated;
bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid
expression; a tumid style. -- {Tu"mid*ly}, adv. --
{Tu"mid*ness}, n.
Tumidity \Tu*mid"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tumid.
Tummals \Tum"mals\, n. (Mining)
A great quantity or heap. --Weale.
Tumor \Tu"mor\, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume['u]r.
See {Tumid}.]
1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any
part of the body; especially, a growth produced by
deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
2. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions;
false magnificence or sublimity. [R.]
Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a
revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men
into habits of intellect such as result from the
modern vice of English style. --De Quincey.
{Encysted tumor}, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane
called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the
neighboring cellular substance.
{Fatty tumor}. See under {Fatty}.
{Innocent tumor}, or {Benign tumor}, one which does not of
itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur
after extirpation.
{Malignant tumor}, a tumor which tends continually to spread,
to become generalized in different parts of the body, and
to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself,
causes death.
Tumored \Tu"mored\, a.
Distended; swelled. [R.] ``His tumored breast.'' --R. Junius.
Tumorous \Tu"mor*ous\, a. [L. tumorosus inflated.]
1. Swelling; protuberant. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
2. Inflated; bombastic. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Tump \Tump\, n. [W. twmp, twm, a round mass or heap, a hillock.]
A little hillock; a knoll. --Ainsworth.
Tump \Tump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tumping}.]
1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump
teasel.
2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has
been killed. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
Tumpline \Tump"line`\, n.
A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in
carrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
Tum-tum \Tum"-tum`\, n.
A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain
quite soft in a wooden mortar.
Tumular \Tu"mu*lar\, a. [L. tumulus a mound: cf. F. tumulaire.
See {Tumulus}.]
Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
--Pinkerton.
Tumulate \Tu"mu*late\, v. t. [L. tumulatus, p. p. of tumulare to
tumulate. See {Tumulus}.]
To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]
Tumulate \Tu"mu*late\, v. i.
To swell. [Obs.] --Wilkins.
Tumulose \Tu"mu*lose`\, a.
Tumulous. [R.] --Bailey.
Tumulosity \Tu`mu*los"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness. [R.]
--Bailey.
Tumulous \Tu"mu*lous\, a. [L. tumulosus, fr. tumulus a mound.]
Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [R.]
--Bailey.
Tumult \Tu"mult\, n. [L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula
noise, noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid:
cf. F. tumulte.]
1. The commotion or agitation of a multitude, usually
accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of
voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? --1 Sam. iv.
14.
Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose. --Pope.
2. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds;
as, the tumult of the elements. --Addison.
3. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement;
as, the tumult of the spirits or passions.
Syn: Uproar; ferment; disturbance; turbulence; disorder;
confusion; noise; bluster; hubbub; bustle; stir; brawl;
riot.
Tumult \Tu"mult\, v. i.
To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.]
Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
--Milton.
Tumulter \Tu"mult*er\, n.
A maker of tumults. [Obs.]
He severely punished the tumulters. --Milton.
Tumultuarily \Tu*mul"tu*a*ri*ly\, adv.
In a tumultuary manner.
Tumultuariness \Tu*mul"tu*a*ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being tumultuary.
Tumultuary \Tu*mul"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F.
tumultuaire.]
1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly;
promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. ``A tumultuary
conflict.'' --Eikon Basilike.
A tumultuary attack of the Celtic peasantry.
--Macaulay.
Sudden flight or tumultuary skirmish. --De Quincey.
2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.
Men who live without religion live always in a
tumultuary and restless state. --Atterbury.
Tumultuate \Tu*mul"tu*ate\, v. i. [L. tumultuatus, p. p. of
tumultuari to make a tumult.]
To make a tumult. [Obs.] ``He will murmur and tumultuate.''
--South.
Tumultuation \Tu*mul`tu*a"tion\, n. [L. tumultuatio.]
Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the
tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F.
tumultueux.]
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly;
turbulent.
The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay.
2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous;
disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling,
boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton.
4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent;
violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless;
riotous; seditious. -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n.
Tumulus \Tu"mu*lus\, n.; pl. {Tumuli}. [L., a mound, a
sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Cf.
{Tumid}.]
An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave,
particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient
times; a barrow.
Tun \Tun\, n. [AS. tunne. See {Ton} a weight.]
1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like
a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat.
3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two
pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different
countries, the tun differs in quantity.
4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See {Ton}. [R.]
5. An indefinite large quantity. --Shak.
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. --Dryden.
6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
7. (Zo["o]l.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied
genera; -- called also {tun-shell}.
Tun \Tun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tunning}.]
To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle.
Tuna \Tu"na\, n. (Bot.)
The {Opuntia Tuna}. See {Prickly pear}, under {Prickly}.
Tuna \Tu"na\, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The tunny.
(b) The bonito, 2.
Tunable \Tun"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence,
harmonious; musical; tuneful. -- {Tun"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Tun"a*bly}, adv.
And tunable as sylvan pipe or song. --Milton.
Tun-bellied \Tun"-bel`lied\, a.
Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun;
pot-bellied.
Tun-dish \Tun"-dish`\, n.
A tunnel. [Obs.] --Shak.
Tundra \Tun"dra\, n. [Russ., from a native name.]
A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
Tune \Tune\, n. [A variant of tone.]
1. A sound; a note; a tone. ``The tune of your voices.''
--Shak.
2. (Mus.)
(a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones
for one voice or instrument, or for any number of
voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such
series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as,
a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm
tune. See {Air}.
(b) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just
intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice
or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an
instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with
others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
--Shak.
3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or
humor; right mood.
A child will learn three times as much when he is in
tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to
[his task]. --Locke.
Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tuning}.]
1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds;
to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone
of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. `` Tune your harps.''
--Dryden.
2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to
make harmonious.
For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton.
3. To sing with melody or harmony.
Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow,
Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
--Milton.
4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak.
Tune \Tune\, v. i.
1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical
sounds.
Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds
sang to her. --Drayton.
2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing
without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]
Tuneful \Tune"ful\, a.
Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. `` Tuneful
birds.'' --Milton. -- {Tune"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Tune"ful*ness},
n.
Tuneless \Tune"less\, a.
1. Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. `` Thy tuneless
serenade.'' --Cowley.
How often have I led thy sportive choir, With
tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire!
--Goldsmith.
2. Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
3. Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung. [R.]
Tuner \Tun"er\, n.
One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune
musical instruments.
Tun-great \Tun"-great`\, a.
Having the circumference of a tun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tungstate \Tung"state\, n. [Cf. F. tungstate.] (Chem.)
A salt of tungstic acid; a wolframate.
Tungsten \Tung"sten\, n. [Sw. tungsten (cf. Dan. tungsteen, G.
tungstein); tung heavy (akin to Dan. tung, Icel. [thorn]ungr)
+ sten stone. See {Stone}.]
1. (Chem.) A rare element of the chromium group found in
certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated
as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and
infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When
alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly
increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic
weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.
2. (Min.) Scheelite, or calcium tungstate. [Obs.]
{Tungsten ocher}, or {Tungstic ocher} (Min.), tungstate.
Tungstenic \Tung*sten"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as,
tungstenic ores. [R.]
Tungstic \Tung"stic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tungsten; derived from, or resembling,
tungsten; wolframic; as, tungstic oxide.
{Tungstic acid}, an acid of tungsten, {H2WO4}, analogous to
sulphuric and chromic acids.
Tungstite \Tung"stite\, n. (Min.)
The oxide of tungsten, a yellow mineral occurring in a
pulverulent form. It is often associated with wolfram.
Tunguses \Tun*gus"es\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia
and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written
also {Tungooses}.]
Tungusic \Tun*gus"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.
Tunhoof \Tun"hoof`\, n. [Cf. {Aleboof}.] (Bot.)
Ground ivy; alehoof.
Tunic \Tu"nic\, n. [L. tunica: cf. F. tunique.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans
of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves,
reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the
waist by a girdle.
2. Any similar garment worm by ancient or Oriental peoples;
also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting
under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by
Europeans and others.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Tunicle}.
4. (Anat.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when
enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
5. (Bot.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of
a seed.
6. (Zo["o]l.) See {Mantle}, n., 3
(a) .
Tunicary \Tu"ni*ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Tunicaries}. [L. tunica a
tunic.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tunicata.
Tunicata \Tu`ni*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tunicate}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some
respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by
some writers united with the latter. They were formerly
classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered
with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose,
and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the
exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of
a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and
serves as a gill.
Note: Most of the species when mature are firmly attached to
foreign substances, but have free-swimming larv[ae]
which are furnished with an elongated tail and somewhat
resemble a tadpole. In this state the larva has a
urochord and certain other structures resembling some
embryonic vertebrates. See {Ascidian}, {Doliolum},
{Salpa}, {Urochord}, and Illust. of {Social ascidian},
under {Social}.
Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, Tunicated \Tu"ni*ca`ted\, a. [L.
tunicatus, p. p. of tunicare to clothe with a tunic, fr.
tunica a tunic.]
1. (Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with
layers; as, a tunicated bulb.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the
Tunicata.
(b) Having each joint buried in the preceding
funnel-shaped one, as in certain antenn[ae] of
insects.
Tunicate \Tu"ni*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Tunicata.
Tunicin \Tu"ni*cin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or
tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical
with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Tunicle \Tu"ni*cle\, n. [L. tunicula a little tunic, coat, or
membrane, dim. of tunica a tunic: cf. OF. tunicle.]
1. A slight natural covering; an integument.
The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye.
--Holland.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A short, close-fitting vestment worn by
bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
Tuning \Tun"ing\,
a. & n. from {Tune}, v.
{Tuning fork} (Mus.), a steel instrument consisting of two
prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain
fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or for
ascertaining the pitch of tunes.
Tunk \Tunk\, n.
A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]
Tunker \Tun"ker\, n. (Eccl.)
Same as {Dunker}.
Tunnage \Tun"nage\ (?; 48), n. [From {Tun}; cf. {Tonnage}.]
See {Tonnage}.
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, n. . [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed
vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne
a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape.
See {Ton}.]
1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at
the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks,
bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue;
a funnel.
And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The
smoke forth threw. --Spenser.
3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or
railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of
roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of
sewers, drains, and the like.
4. (Mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at
right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; --
distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led
along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
{Tunnel head} (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where
the materials are put in.
{Tunnel kiln}, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as
distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is
used.
{Tunnel net}, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow
at the other.
{Tunnel pit}, {Tunnel shaft}, a pit or shaft sunk from the
top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up
the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the
like.
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.]
1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a
tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham.
2. To catch in a tunnel net.
3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as,
to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
Tunny \Tun"ny\ (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging
to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny
({Orcynus or Albacora thynnus}) native of the Mediterranean
Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand
pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the
Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called {horse
mackerel}. See Illust. of {Horse mackerel}, under {Horse}.
[Written also {thynny}.]
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata}) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (see {Albicore}), are related
species of smaller size.
Tup \Tup\, v. t. & i. [Probably akin to top summit, head.]
1. To butt, as a ram does. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To cover; -- said of a ram. --Shak.
Tup \Tup\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A ram.
Tupal \Tu*pal"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of the tupaiids.
Tupaiid \Tu*pai"id\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic
insectivores of the family {Tupaiid[ae]}, somewhat resembling
squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and
pointed.
Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American
Indian name.] (Bot.)
A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood
family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red
berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to
split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}.
{Largo tupelo}, or {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree
({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo.
{Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
Tupman \Tup"man\, n.; pl. {Tupmen}.
A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]
Tur \Tur\, n. [Pol.] (Zo["o]l.)
The urus.
Turacin \Tu"ra*cin\, n. (Physiol.) (Chem.)
A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of
several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains
nearly six per cent of copper.
Turacou \Tu*ra"cou\, n. [Cf. F. touraco.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus
{Turacus}, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the
peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.
[Written also {touraco}, and {touracou}.]
Turacoverdin \Tu*ra`co*ver"din\, n. [See {Turacou}, and
{Verdant}.] (Physiol.) (Chem.)
A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See
{Turacin}.
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
{Altaic}, {Ural-Altaic}, and {Scythian}), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, n.
One of the Turanians.
Turanians \Tu*ra"ni*ans\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
(a) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols
and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and
Polynesians.
(b) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely
related to the Mongols.
Turatt \Tu"ratt\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The hare kangaroo.
Turban \Tur"ban\, n. [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban,
It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf.
{Tulip}.]
1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most
Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a
sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound
about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
2. A kind of headdress worn by women.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Turband \Tur"band\, n.
A turban. --Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.).
Turbaned \Tur"baned\, a.
Wearing a turban. `` A malignant and a turbaned Turk.''
--Shak.
Turban-shell \Tur"ban-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so
called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
Turbant \Tur"bant\, n.
A turban. [Obs.] --Milton.
I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. --Howell.
Turban-top \Tur"ban-top`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat
globular pileus ({Helvella, or Gyromitra, esculenta}.).
Turbary \Tur"ba*ry\, n.; pl. {Turbaries}. [LL. turbaria a place
for digging peat, from turba peat. See {Turf}.] (Eng. Law)
A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the
ground where turf is dug.
Turbellaria \Tur`bel*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., dim. fr. L. turbo a
whirling.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive group of worms which have the body covered
externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the
Rhabdoc[oe]la and Dendroc[oe]la. Formerly, the nemerteans
were also included in this group.
Turbellarian \Tur`bel*la"ri*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
Turbeth \Tur"beth\, n.
See {Turpeth}.
Turbid \Tur"bid\, a. [L. turbidus, from turba tumult,
disturbance, akin to turbare to disturb. See {Trouble}, and
cf. {Disturb}, {Perturb}.]
1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy;
thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as,
turbid water; turbid wine.
On that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided
by one weak hand, was seen to float. --Whittier.
2. Disturbed; confused; disordered. `` Such turbid intervals
that use to attend close prisoners.'' --Howell.
Turbidity \Tur*bid"i*ty\, n.
Turbidness.
Turbidly \Tur"bid*ly\, adv.
1. In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
2. Proudly; haughtily. [A Latinism. R.]
One of great merit turbidly resents them. --Young.
Turbidness \Tur"bid*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.
Turbillion \Tur*bil"lion\, n. [F. tourbillon, from L. turbo a
whirl.]
A whirl; a vortex. --Spectator.
Turbinaceous \Tur`bi*na"ceous\, a. [See {Turbary}.]
Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or
turf; peaty; turfy. --Sir. W. Scott.
Turbinal \Tur"bi*nal\, a. [L. turbo, turben, -inis, a top,
whirl.] (Anat.)
Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the
thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support
the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
Note: There are usually several of these plates in each nasal
chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the
ethmoid bone, are called ethmoturbinals, and the lower,
connected with the maxill[ae], maxillo-turbinals.
Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are
sometimes called pseudoturbinals, to distinguish them
from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into
the chambers.
Turbinal \Tur"bi*nal\, n. (Anat.)
A turbinal bone or cartilage.
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i.
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L.
turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
--Bentley.
2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary,
pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from
a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Turbination \Tur`bi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. L. tirbinatio a pointing
in the form of a cone. See {Turbinate}.]
The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.
Turbine \Tur"bine\, n. [L. turbo, -inis, that which spins or
whirls round, whirl.]
A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed,
but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets,
against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in
flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an
external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called
{turbine wheel}.
Note: In some turbines, the water is supplied to the wheel
from below, instead of above. Turbines in which the
water flows in a direction parallel to the axis are
called parallel-flow turbines.
Turbinella \Tur`bi*nel"la\, n. [NL., dim. fr. L. turbo, -inis, a
top.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell
with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Turbinite \Tur"bi*nite\, n. [NL. Turbo, the generic name, fr. L.
turbo a whirl, top: cf. F. turbinite.] (Paleon.)
A petrified shell resembling the genus {Turbo}. [R.]
Turbinoid \Tur"bi*noid\, a. [See {Turbo}, and {-oid}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to {Turbo} or the family {Turbinid[ae]}.
Turbit \Tur"bit\, n. [Cf. {Turbot}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The turbot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable
for its short beak.
Turbite \Tur"bite\, n. (Paleon.)
A fossil turbo.
Turbith \Tur"bith\, n. [F., fr. Per. See {Turpeth}.]
See {Turpeth}.
Turbo \Tur"bo\, n. [L. turbo, -inis, a top. See {Turbine}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus {Turbo} or
family {Turbinid[ae]}, usually having a turbinate shell,
pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly
esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock
fluke}.
(b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
summer flounder (see {Flounder}), the halibut, and the
diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata}) of California.
(c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
(d) The trigger fish.
{Spotted turbot}. See {Windowpane}.
Turbulence \Tur"bu*lence\, n. [L. turbulentia: cf. F.
turbulebce.]
The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;
tumult; disorder; agitation. --Shak.
The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued.
--Southey.
Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness;
termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting.
Turbulency \Tur"bu*len*cy\, n.
Turbulence.
What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells! --Poe.
Turbulent \Tur"bu*lent\, a. [L. turbulentus, fr. turba disorder,
tumult: cf. F. turbulent. See {Turbid}.]
1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent
commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and
turbulent. --Milton.
2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless;
unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. --Dryden.
3. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes.
--Milton.
Syn: Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; riotous; seditious;
insubordinate; refractory; unquiet.
Turbulently \Tur"bu*lent*ly\, adv.
In a turbulent manner.
Turcism \Tur"cism\, n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or
expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.
Turcoman \Tur"co*man\, n.; pl. {Turcomans}.
1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east
of the Caspian Sea.
2. A Turcoman carpet.
{Turcoman carpet} or {rug}, a kind of carpet or rug supposed
to be made by the Turcomans.
Turdiformes \Tur`di*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. turdus a
thrush + forma form.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied
kinds.
Turdus \Tur"dus\, n. [L., a thrush.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.
Tureen \Tu*reen"\, n. [F. terrine, L. terra earth. See
{Terrace}.]
A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food,
at the table. [Written also {terreen}.]
Tureenful \Tu*reen"ful\, n.; pl. {Tureenfuls}.
As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
Turf \Turf\ (t[^u]rf), n.; pl. {Turfs}, Obs. {Turves}. [AS.
turf; akin to D. turf peat, G. torf, OHG. zurba turf, Sw. &
Icel. torf turf, peat, Dan. t["o]rv, Skr. darbha a kind of
grass, a tuft of grass. [root]242.]
1. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is
filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so
as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
At his head a grass-green turf. --Shak.
The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high
heap of turves. --Milton.
2. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See {Peat}.
3. Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the. ``We . . .
claim the honors of the turf.'' --Cowper.
Note: Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds
which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes,
turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit,
turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc.
{Turf ant} (Zo["o]l.), a small European ant ({Formica flava})
which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons.
{Turf drain}, a drain made with turf or peat.
{Turf hedge}, a hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of
different kinds.
{Turf house}, a house or shed formed of turf, common in the
northern parts of Europe.
{Turf moss} a tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.
{Turf spade}, a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer
and narrower than the common spade.
Turf \Turf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Turfing}.]
To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border
of a terrace. --A. Tucker.
Turfen \Turf"en\, a.
Made of turf; covered with turf.
Turfiness \Turf"i*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being turfy.
Turfing \Turf"ing\, n.
The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
{Turfing iron}, or {Turfing spade}, an implement for cutting,
and paring off, turf.
Turfite \Turf"ite\, n.
A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a
blackleg. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Turfless \Turf"less\, a.
Destitute of turf.
Turfman \Turf"man\, n.; pl. {Turfmen}.
A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course. [Colloq.]
Turfy \Turf"y\, a. [Compar. {Turfier}; superl. {Turfiest}.]
1. Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf. ``The
turfy mountains.'' --Shak.
2. Having the nature or appearance of turf.
3. Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
Turgent \Tur"gent\, a. [L. turgens, -entis, p. pr. of turgere to
swell.]
1. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid;
as, turgent humors.
2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Recompensed with turgent titles. --Burton.
Turgesce \Tur*gesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Turgesced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Turgescing}.] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere
to swell.]
To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.]
Turgescence \Tur*ges"cence\, Turgescency \Tur*ges"cen*cy\, n.
[Cf. F. turgescence. See {Turgescent}.]
1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or
turgescent. --Sir T. Browne.
2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast;
turgidity. --Johnson.
Turgescent \Tur*ges"cent\, a. [L. turgescens, -entis, p. pr. of
turgescere: cf. F. turgescent. See {Turgesce}.]
Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Turgid \Tur"gid\, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated;
tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the
body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
--Boyle.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. --
{Tur"gid*ly}, adv. -- {Tur"gid*ness}, n.
Turgidity \Tur*gid"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being turgid.
Turgidous \Tur"gid*ous\, a.
Turgid. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Turio \Tu"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Turiones}. [L.] (Bot.)
A shoot or sprout from the ground. --Gray.
Turiole \Tu"ri*ole\, n.
The golden oriole. [Prov. Eng.]
Turion \Tu"ri*on\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Turio}.
Turioniferous \Tu`ri*o*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. turio a sprout +
-ferous.]
Producing shoots, as asparagus. --Barton.
Turk \Turk\, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F.
Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The plum weevil. See {Curculio}, and {Plum
weevil}, under {Plum}.
{Turk's cap}. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under {Lily}.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus {Melocactus}; Turk's head. See
{Melon cactus}, under {Melon}.
{Turk's head}.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See {Turk's cap}
(c) above.
{Turk's turban} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Ranunculus};
crowfoot.
Turkeis \Tur"keis\, a. [Cf. {Turquoise}.]
Turkish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Turkey \Tur"key\, n. [Cf. 2d {Turkey}.]
An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
{Turkey carpet}, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
carpets made in India and elsewhere.
{Turkey oak}. (Bot.) See {Cerris}.
{Turkey red}.
(a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
with oil or other fatty matter.
(b) Cloth dyed with this red.
{Turkey sponge}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Toilet sponge}, under
{Sponge}.
{Turkey stone}, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
-- called also {Turkey oilstone}.
Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was
formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from
Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
{Meleagris}, especially the North American wild turkey
({Meleagris gallopavo}), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey ({M. ocellata}) is more elegantly
colored than the common species. See under {Ocellated}.
The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard
({Choriotis australis}). See under {Native}.
{Turkey beard} (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus {Xerophyllum}. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
{turkey's beard}.
{Turkey berry} (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}, and {S.
torvum}).
{Turkey bird} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
{Turkey buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), a black or nearly black buzzard
({Cathartes aura}), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. Its is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}.
{Turkey cock} (Zo["o]l.), a male turkey.
{Turkey hen} (Zo["o]l.), a female turkey.
{Turkey pout} (Zo["o]l.), a young turkey. [R.]
{Turkey vulture} (Zo["o]l.), the turkey buzzard.
Turkeys \Tur"keys\, a.
Turkish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Turkic \Turk"ic\, a.
Turkish.
Turkis \Tur"kis\, n. (Min.)
Turquois. [Obs.]
Turkish \Turk"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n. The language
spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey. --
{Turk"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Turk"ish*ness}, n.
Turkism \Turk"ism\, n.
Same as {Turcism}.
Turkle \Tur"kle\, n.
A turtle. [Obs. or Illiterate]
Turko \Turk"o\, n.; pl. {Turkos}. [F. turco.]
One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French
army, dressed as a Turk. [Written also {Turco}.]
Turkois \Tur*kois"\, n. & a.
Turquoise.
Turkoman \Tur"ko*man\, n.; pl. {Turkomans}.
Same as {Turcoman}.
Turlupin \Tur"lu*pin\, n. [F.] (Fr. Eccl. Hist.)
One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname
corresponding to Lollard, etc.
Turm \Turm\, n. [L. turma.]
A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic]
Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings.
--Milton.
Turmaline \Tur"ma*line\, n. (Min.)
See {Tourmaline}.
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m['e]rite, NL. terramerita,
turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a
corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the
Ginger family.
2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is
externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively
yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell,
and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a
dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
oxidation of turmerol.
{Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
changed from yellow to brown.
{Turmeric root}. (Bot.)
(a) Bloodroot.
(b) Orangeroot.
Turmerol \Tur"mer*ol\, n. [Turmeric + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted
from turmeric by ligroin.
Turmoil \Tur"moil\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF.
tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E.
tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.]
Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance;
worrying confusion.
And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed
soul doth in Elysium. --Shak.
Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turmoiled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Turmoiling}.]
To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.]
It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed
and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
--Spenser.
Turmoil \Tur*moil"\, v. i.
To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Turn \Turn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner,
turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a
lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner's
chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing circles; probably akin
to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf. {Attorney}, {Return},
{Tornado}, {Tour}, {Tournament}.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to
move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a
wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton.
The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box
or a board; to turn a coat.
3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes
to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
from her course; to turn the attention to or from
something. ``Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn
the sway of battle.'' --Milton.
Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her
importunity. --Milton.
My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison.
4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to
apply; to devote.
Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
David. --1 Chron. x.
14.
God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
--Tillotson.
When the passage is open, land will be turned most
to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W.
Temple.
5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged
insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
turn good to evil, and the like.
The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx.
3.
And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
31.
Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
Taylor.
6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn
the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt. ``The poet's pen turns them to
shapes.'' --Shak.
His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
! --Pope.
He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
8. Specifically:
(a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
--Pope.
(b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
(c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
stomach.
{To be turned of}, be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of
sixty-six.
{To turn a cold shoulder to}, to treat with neglect or
indifference.
{To turn a corner}, to go round a corner.
{To turn adrift}, to cast off, to cease to care for.
{To turn a flange} (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a
metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and
hammering, or rolling the metal.
{To turn against}.
(a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against
himself.
(b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's
friends against him.
{To turn a hostile army}, {To turn the enemy's flank}, or the
like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind
it or upon its side.
{To turn a penny}, or {To turn an honest penny}, to make a
small profit by trade, or the like.
{To turn around one's finger}, to have complete control of
the will and actions of; to be able to influence at
pleasure.
{To turn aside}, to avert.
{To turn away}.
(a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away
a servant.
(b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.
{To turn back}.
(a) To give back; to return.
We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them. --Shak.
(b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to
drive away; to repel. --Shak.
{To turn down}.
(a) To fold or double down.
(b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn
down cards.
(c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve,
stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.
{To turn in}.
(a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of
cloth.
(b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when
walking.
(c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large
amount. [Colloq.]
{To turn in the mind}, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon;
-- with about, over, etc. `` Turn these ideas about in
your mind.'' --I. Watts.
{To turn off}.
(a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant
or a parasite.
(b) To give over; to reduce.
(c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts
from serious subjects; to turn off a joke.
(d) To accomplish; to perform, as work.
(e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of
turning; to reduce in size by turning.
(f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve,
stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as,
to turn off the water or the gas.
{To turn on}, to cause to flow by turning a valve, stopcock,
or the like; to give passage to; as, to turn on steam.
{To turn one's coat}, to change one's uniform or colors; to
go over to the opposite party.
{To turn one's goods} or {money}, and the like, to exchange
in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or
circulation; to gain or increase in trade.
{To turn one's hand to}, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
engage in.
{To turn out}.
(a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
doors; to turn a man out of office.
I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak.
(b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
(c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
(d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
(e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
lights.
{To turn over}.
(a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
overturn; to cause to roll over.
(b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
hand.
(c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
leaves. ``We turned o'er many books together.''
--Shak.
(d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]
{To turn over a new leaf}. See under {Leaf}.
{To turn tail}, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.
{To turn the back}, to flee; to retreat.
{To turn the back on} or
{upon}, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse
unceremoniously.
{To turn the corner}, to pass the critical stage; to get by
the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
succeed.
{To turn the die} or {dice}, to change fortune.
{To turn the edge} or {point of}, to bend over the edge or
point of so as to make dull; to blunt.
{To turn the head} or {brain of}, to make giddy, wild,
insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason
or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head.
{To turn the scale} or {balance}, to change the
preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful.
{To turn the stomach of}, to nauseate; to sicken.
{To turn the tables}, to reverse the chances or conditions of
success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
person or side previously at a disadvantage.
{To turn tippet}, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
{To turn to} {profit, advantage}, etc., to make profitable or
advantageous.
{To turn up}.
(a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
turn up the trump.
(b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
digging, etc.
(c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
the nose.
{To turn upon}, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
arguments of an opponent upon himself.
{To turn upside down}, to confuse by putting things awry; to
throw into disorder.
This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
died. --Shak.
Turn \Turn\, v. i.
1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
turns on his heel.
The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
war. --Swift.
3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
advantage. --Wake.
4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii.
12.
Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
xxxiii. 11.
The understanding turns inward on itself, and
reflects on its own operations. --Locke.
5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan.
I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon.
6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
7. Specifically:
(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak.
(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
said of the tide.
(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
{To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
{To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.
{To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.
{To turn} {aside or away}.
(a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
company; to deviate.
(b) To depart; to remove.
(c) To avert one's face.
{To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
to retrace one's steps.
{To turn in}.
(a) To bend inward.
(b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
(c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]
{To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
side street.
{To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
the road turns off to the left.
{To turn on} or {upon}.
(a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
(b) To reply to or retort.
(c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
{To turn out}.
(a) To move from its place, as a bone.
(b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
(c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
(d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
the fire.
(e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
crops turned out poorly.
{To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
tumble.
{To turn round}.
(a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
(b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
party to another.
{To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to
refer to. ``Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
occasions.'' --Locke.
{To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to
be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
while.
{To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.
{To turn up}.
(a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
(b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
to happen.
Turn \Turn\, n.
1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if
about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a
wheel.
2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order,
position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude;
as, the turn of the tide.
At length his complaint took a favorable turn.
--Macaulay.
The turns and varieties of all passions. --Hooker.
Too well the turns of mortal chance I know. --Pope.
3. One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series
of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a
winding; a bend; a meander.
And all its [the river's] thousand turns disclose.
Some fresher beauty varying round. --Byron.
4. A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it
began; a short walk; a stroll.
Come, you and I must walk a turn together. --Shak.
I will take a turn in your garden. --Dryden.
5. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with
another or with others, or in due order; due chance;
alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.
``Nobleness and bounty . . . had their turns in his [the
king's] nature.''
His turn will come to laugh at you again. --Denham.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he
pleases. --Collier.
6. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of
kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
Had I not done a friendes turn to thee? --Chaucer.
thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed.
--Fairfax.
7. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will
not serve his turn.
I have enough to serve mine own turn. --Shak.
8. Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal
or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of
signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly
turn in conversation.
The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is
unharmonious. --Dryden.
The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful
man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms.
--Addison.
9. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring
symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell;
as, a bad turn. [Colloq.]
10. A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so
called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand
on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off,
when the signal was given. [Obs.]
11. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about
a pin or a cleat.
12. (Mining) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
13. (Eng. Law) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a
year in every hundred within his county. --Blount.
14. pl. (Med.) Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq.]
15. (Mus.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ?),
commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on
which the turn is made, with the note above, and the
semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the
principal note next, and the semitone below last, the
three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the
marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with
the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed
on end thus ?, or drawn thus ?.
{By turns}.
(a) One after another; alternately; in succession.
(b) At intervals. ``[They] feel by turns the bitter
change.'' --Milton.
{In turn}, in due order of succession.
{To a turn}, exactly; perfectly; as, done to a turn; -- a
phrase alluding to the practice of cooking on a revolving
spit.
{To take turns}, to alternate; to succeed one another in due
order.
{Turn and turn about}, by equal alternating periods of
service or duty; by turns.
{Turn bench}, a simple portable lathe, used on a bench by
clock makers and watchmakers.
{Turn buckle}. See {Turnbuckle}, in Vocabulary.
{Turn cap}, a sort of chimney cap which turns round with the
wind so as to present its opening to the leeward. --G.
Francis.
{Turn of life} (Med.), change of life. See under {Change}.
{Turn screw}, a screw driver.
Turnbroach \Turn"broach`\, n.
A turnspit. [Obs.] `` One that was her turnbroach.'' --Beau.
& Fl.
Turn-buckle \Turn"-buc`kle\, n. (Mech.)
(a) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a
swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay,
etc.
(b) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end
of a chain, or a hasp.
Turnbull's blue \Turn"bull's blue`\ (Chem.)
The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue
amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing,
calico printing, etc. Cf. {Prussian blue}, under {Prussian}.
Turncoat \Turn"coat`\, n.
One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an
apostate
.
He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession.
--Bunyan.
Turnep \Tur"nep\, n. (Bot.)
See {Turnip}. [Obs.]
Turner \Turn"er\, n.
1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form
articles with a lathe.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Turner \Tur"ner\, n. [G.]
A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
Turnerite \Tur"ner*ite\, n. [So called from the English chemist
and mineralogist, C. H. Turner.] (Min.)
A variety of monazite.
Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.]
1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or
other forms by means of a lathe.
2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs,
arms, and legs loaded with turnery. --Walpole.
Turney \Tur"ney\, n. & v.
Tourney. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``In open turney.'' --Spenser.
Milton.
Turnhalle \Turn"hal`le\, n. [G., from turnen to exercise
gymnastics + halle hall.]
A building used as a school of gymnastics.
Turnicimorphae \Tur`ni*ci*mor"ph[ae]\, n. pl. [NL. See {Turnix},
and {-morphous}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera,
resembling quails in appearance but differing from them
anatomically.
Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned.
6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
{Turning and boring mill}, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
{Turning bridge}. See the Note under {Drawbridge}.
{Turning engine}, an engine lathe.
{Turning lathe}, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
{Turning pair}. See the Note under {Pair}, n.
{Turning point}, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
Turningness \Turn"ing*ness\, n.
The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour
a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L.
napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus});
also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.]
{Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}.
{Turnip flea} (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, or
Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and
often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of
yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to
several other small insects which are injurious to
turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}.
{Turnip fly}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[ae]
live in the turnip root.
Turnip-shell \Tur"nip-shell"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells
belonging to {Rapa} and allied genera, somewhat
turnip-shaped.
Turnix \Tur"nix\, n. [NL., fr. L. coturnix a quail.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to {Turnix} or
{Hemipodius} and allied genera of the family {Turnicid[ae]}.
These birds resemble quails and partridges in general
appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in
important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually
lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the
East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent
islands, where they are called {quails} (see {Quail}, n.,
3.). See {Turnicimorph[ae]}.
Turnkey \Turn"key`\, n.; pl. {Turnkeys}.
1. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for
opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
2. (Dentistry) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for
extracting teeth with a twist.
Turn-out \Turn"-out`\, n.; pl. {Turn-outs}.
1. The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.;
esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing
increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
2. A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by
one train while another is passing on a main track; a
shunt; a siding; a switch.
3. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited;
hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and
horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
4. The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from
their houses, for a special purpose.
5. Net quantity of produce yielded.
Turnover \Turn"o`ver\, n.
1. The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad
turnover in a carriage.
2. A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a
circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or
other materials.
3. An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one
master to another to complete his time.
Turnover \Turn"o`ver\, a.
Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a
turnover collar, etc.
Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.]
1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at
right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the
passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between
the arms; a turnstile. See {Turnstile}, 1.
I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson.
2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages,
animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for
keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
3. A turnpike road. --De Foe.
4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a
cheval-de-frise. [R.]
{Turnpike man}, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.
{Turnpike road}, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are
established by law, in order to collect from the users
tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.
Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turnpiked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Turnpiking}.]
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a
rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles.
Turnplate \Turn"plate`\, n.
A turntable.
Turn-sick \Turn"-sick`\, a.
Giddy. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Turn-sick \Turn"-sick`\, n. (For.)
A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid;
sturdy. See {Gid}.
Turnsole \Turn"sole`\, n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare
to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See {Turn},
{Solar}, a., and cf. {Heliotrope}.] [Written also {turnsol}.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; heliotrope; -- so
named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward
the sun.
(b) The sunflower.
(c) A kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}).
(d) The euphorbiaceous plant {Chrozophora tinctoria}.
2. (Chem.)
(a) Litmus. [Obs.]
(b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See
def. 1
(d) .
Turnspit \Turn"spit`\, n.
1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some
menial office.
His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. --Burke.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and
short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for
turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Turnstile \Turn"stile`\, n.
1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of
horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a
turnpike. See {Turnpike}, n., 1.
2. A similar arrangement for registering the number of
persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas}
and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common
American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They
are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in
search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also
{brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark},
{sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}.
{Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria
melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black,
except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and
two white loral spots.
Turntable \Turn"ta`ble\, n.
A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars,
locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also
{turnplate}.
Turnus \Tur"nus\, n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the
Rutuli, mentioned in the [AE]neid.] (Zo["o]l.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
now regarded as one of the forms of {Papilio, or Jasoniades,
glaucus}. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with
black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle
of the hind wings. Called also {tiger swallowtail}. See
Illust. under {Swallowtail}.
Turnverein \Turn"ve*rein`\, n. [G., from turnen to exercise +
verein a union.]
A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
Turnwrest \Turn"wrest`\, n.
(a) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England,
esp. in Kent.
(b) designating a kind of hillside plow. [Eng.] --Knight.
Turonian \Tu*ro"ni*an\, n. (Geol.)
One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous
formation of Europe is divided.
Turpentine \Tur"pen*tine\, n. [F. t['e]r['e]bentine, OF. also
turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina,
trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from
terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr. ?, ?. See {Terebinth}.]
A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of
the terebinth, or turpentine, tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}),
a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained
from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine,
larch, and fir.
Note: There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian
turpentine is produced in small quantities by the
turpentine tree ({Pistacia Terebinthus}). Venice,
Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from {Larix
Europ[ae]a}. It is a clear, colorless balsam, having a
tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada
balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see
under {Balsam}). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties
are derived from {Pinus Cembra} and {Pinus Mugho}.
Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from
the long-leaved pine ({Pinus palustris}). Strasburg
turpentine is from the silver fir ({Abies pectinata}).
{Oil of turpentine} (Chem.), a colorless oily hydrocarbon,
{C10H16}, of a pleasant aromatic odor, obtained by the
distillation of crude turpentine. It is used in making
varnishes, in medicine, etc. It is the type of the
terpenes and is related to cymene. Called also
{terebenthene}, {terpene}, etc.
{Turpentine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
small tortricid moths whose larv[ae] eat the tender shoots
of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or
resin.
{Turpentine tree} (Bot.), the terebinth tree, the original
source of turpentine. See {Turpentine}, above.
Turpeth \Tur"peth\, n. [NL. turpethum, fr. Per. tirbid a
cathartic, turbad a purgative root. Cf. {Turbith}.] [Written
also {turbeth}, and {turbith}.]
1. (Bot.) The root of {Ipom[oe]a Turpethum}, a plant of
Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine
as a purgative; -- sometimes called {vegetable turpeth}.
2. (Chem.) A heavy yellow powder, {Hg3O2SO4}, which consists
of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also {turpeth
mineral}.
Turpin \Tur"pin\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A land tortoise. [Obs.]
Turpitude \Tur"pi*tude\, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis foul,
base.]
Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or
actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. --Shak.
Turquoise \Tur*quoise"\, Turquois \Tur*quois"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
turquoise; cf. Pr. & Sp. turquesa, It. turchese, turchina,
LL. turchesius, turchina; -- so called because first brought
from Turkey. See 1st {Turkey}.] (Min.)
A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper;
calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually
occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
[Formerly written also {turcois}, and {turkois}.]
Note: Turquoise is susceptible of a high polish, and when of
a bright blue color is much esteemed as a gem. The
finest specimens come from Persia. It is also found in
New Mexico and Arizona, and is regarded as identical
with the chalchihuitl of the Mexicans.
Turquoise \Tur*quoise"\, a.
Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral
turquoise.
Turrel \Tur"rel\, n. [Cf. OF. touroul a little wooden instrument
to fasten doors or windows.]
A certain tool used by coopers. --Sherwood.
Turret \Tur"ret\, n. [OE. touret, OF. tourette, dim. of tour a
tower, L. turris. See {Tower}.]
1. (Arch.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental
structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
2. (Anc. Mil.) A movable building, of a square form,
consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one
hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels,
and employed in approaching a fortified place, for
carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and
other necessaries.
3. (Mil.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates,
within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on
vessels of war and on land.
4. (Railroads) The elevated central portion of the roof of a
passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and
ventilation.
{Turret clock}, a large clock adapted for an elevated
position, as in the tower of a church.
{Turret head} (Mach.), a vertical cylindrical revolving tool
holder for bringing different tools into action
successively in a machine, as in a lathe.
{Turret lathe}, a turning lathe having a turret head.
{Turret ship}, an ironclad war vessel, with low sides, on
which heavy guns are mounted within one or more iron
turrets, which may be rotated, so that the guns may be
made to bear in any required direction.
Turreted \Tur"ret*ed\, a.
1. Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically
(Zo["o]l.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the
upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; --
said of certain spiral shells.
2. Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp. --Bacon.
Turribant \Tur"ri*bant\, n. [See {Turban}.]
A turban. [Obs.]
With hundred turrets like a turribant. --Spenser.
Turrical \Tur"ric*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
Turriculate \Tur*ric"u*late\, Turriculated \Tur*ric"u*la`ted\,
a. [L. turricula small tower, turret.]
Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets;
somewhat turreted.
Turrilite \Tur"ri*lite\, n. [L. turris tower + Gr. ? stone: cf.
F. turrilite.] (Paleon.)
Any fossil ammonite of the genus {Turrilites}. The shell
forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
Turritella \Tur`ri*tel"la\, n. [NL., dim fr. L. turris tower.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to {Turritella} and
allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted
shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture,
and a horny multispiral operculum.
Turritelloid \Tur`ri*tel"loid\, a. [Turritella + -oid.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
Turtle \Tur"tle\, n. [AS. turtle, L. turtur; probably of
imitative origin. Cf. {Turtle} the sea tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.)
The turtledove.
Turtle \Tur"tle\, n. [Probably the same word as the word
preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the
Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle,
Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata,
especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises
are also called turtles.
2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a
type-revolving cylinder press.
{Alligator turtle}, {Box turtle}, etc. See under {Alligator},
{Box}, etc.
{green turtle} (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus
{Chelonia}, having usually a smooth greenish or
olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy
of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup.
Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which
({Chelonia Midas}) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic
Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more;
the other ({C. virgata}) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both
species are similar in habits and feed principally on
seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle
grass.
{Turtle cowrie} (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie
({Cypr[ae]a testudinaria}); the turtle-shell; so called
because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color
and form.
{Turtle grass} (Bot.), a marine plant ({Thalassia
testudinum}) with grasslike leaves, common about the West
Indies.
{Turtle shell}, tortoise shell. See under {Tortoise}.
Turtledove \Tur"tle*dove`\, n. [See 1ts {Turtle}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons
belonging to {Turtur} and allied genera, native of various
parts of the Old World; especially, the common European
species ({Turtur vulgaris}), which is noted for its
plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to
its mate.
Note: The South African turtledove ({T. albiventris}), and
the ashy turtledove of India ({T. rubicolus}), are
similar to the European species in their habits.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or
less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American
mourning dove (see under {Dove}), and the Australian
turtledove ({Stictopelia cuneata}).
Note: The turtledove of the Scriptures is probably Turtur
risorius, a species which is still plentiful in Egypt
and other Eastern countries. It is closely allied to
the European turtledove.
Turtle-footed \Tur"tle-foot`ed\, a.
Slow-footed. [R.] ``Turtle-footed Peace.'' --Ford.
Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\, n. (Bot.)
An American perennial herb ({Chelone glabra}) having white
flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also
{snakehead}, {shell flower}, and {balmony}.
Turtler \Tur"tler\, n.
One who catches turtles or tortoises. ``The Jamaica
turtlers.'' --Dampier.
Turtle-shell \Tur"tle-shell`\, n.
The turtle cowrie.
Turtling \Tur"tling\, n.
The act, practice, or art of catching turtles. --Marryat.
Turves \Turves\, obs.
pl. of {Turf}.
Tuscan \Tus"can\, a. [L. Tyscanus, Tuscus.]
Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically
designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized
and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or
characteristic of the order. The original of this order was
not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire.
See {Order}, and Illust. of {Capital}.
Tuscan \Tus"can\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
Tuscaroras \Tus`ca*ro"ras\, n. pl.; sing. {Tuscarora}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the
Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered
in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five
Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See {Six Nations},
under {Six}.
Tuscor \Tus"cor\, n. [See {Tusk}.]
A tush of a horse.
Tush \Tush\, interj.
An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as,
tush, tush! do not speak of it.
Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? --Bk. of
Com. Prayer
(Ps. lxxiii.
11).
Tush \Tush\, n. [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk,
tusch, and probably to AS. t[=o][eth] tooth. See {Tooth}, and
cf. {Tusk}.]
A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to
certain teeth of horses.
Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Torsk}.
Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
{Tush} a tooth.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
tooth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
{tusk-shell}.
3. (Carp.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the
same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps,
or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and
each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
Tusk \Tusk\, v. i.
To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
Tusked \Tusked\, a.
Furnished with tusks.
The tusked boar out of the wood. --Milton.
Tusker \Tusk"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An elephant having large tusks.
Tusk-shell \Tusk"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See 2d {Tusk}, n., 2.
Tusky \Tusk"y\, a.
Having tusks. ``The scar indented by the tusky oar.''
--Dryden.
Tussac grass \Tus"sac grass`\
Tussock grass.
Tussah silk \Tus"sah silk`\ [Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle,
Skr. tasara, trasara.]
(a) A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other
than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
(b) The silk fiber itself. [Written also {tusseh silk}.]
Tussicular \Tus*sic"u*lar\, a. [L. tussicularis, fr. tussicula,
dim. of tussis a cough.]
Of or pertaining to a cough. --Dunglison.
Tussle \Tus"sle\, v. i. & t. [See {Tousle}.]
To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
[Colloq.]
Tussle \Tus"sle\, n.
A struggle; a scuffle. [Colloq.]
Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From {Tuz}.] [Written also {tussuck}.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
2. (Bot.) Same as {Tussock grass}, below.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
{tussock caterpillar}. See {Orgyia}.
{Tussock grass}. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus {Dactylis} ({D.
c[ae]spitosa}), valuable for fodder, introduced into
Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass ({Aira c[ae]spitosa}).
(c) Any kind of sedge ({Carex}) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
{Tussock moth} (Zo["o]l.), the imago of any tussock
caterpillar. They belong to {Orgyia}, {Halecidota}, and
allied genera.
Tussocky \Tus"sock*y\, a.
Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with,
tussocks, or tufts.
Tussuck \Tus"suck\, n.
See {Tussock}. --Grew.
Tut \Tut\
Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or
rebuking.
Tut \Tut\, n. [Cf. Sw. tut a point, pipe, tube, Dan. tut a
cornet.]
1. An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a
cross on it.
2. A hassock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tutelage \Tu"te*lage\, n. [L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe,
fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. {Tuition}.]
1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship;
protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and
tutelage.
The childhood of the European nations was passed
under the tutelage of the clergy. --Macaulay.
2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection
enjoyed. --V. Knox.
Tutelar \Tu"te*lar\, Tutelary \Tu"te*la*ry\, a. [L. tutelaris:
cf. F. tut['e]laire. See {Tutelage}.]
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a
thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most
tutelary of morals. --Landor.
Tutele \Tu"tele\, n. [L. tutela: cf. F. tutelle. See
{Tutelage}.]
Tutelage. [Obs.] --Howell.
Tutenag \Tu"te*nag\, n. [F. toutenague; cf. Pg. tutenaga,
tutanaga. See {Tutty}.] (Metal.)
(a) Crude zinc. [India]
(b) Packfong. [Written also {tutenague}.]
Tut-mouthed \Tut"-mouthed`\, a.
Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] --Holland.
Tut-nose \Tut"-nose`\, n.
A snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]
Tutor \Tu"tor\, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch,
defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. {Tuition}.]
One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of,
some person or thing. Specifically:
(a) A treasurer; a keeper. ``Tutour of your treasure.''
--Piers Plowman.
(b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and
his estate; a guardian.
(c) A private or public teacher.
(d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall,
who instructs students, and is responsible for their
discipline.
(e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a
professor.
Tutor \Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tutored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tutoring}.]
1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to
instruct.
Their sons are well tutored by you. --Shak.
2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or
severity. --Addison.
Tutorage \Tu"tor*age\ (?; 48), n.
The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.
Tutoress \Tu"tor*ess\, n.
A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress.
--E. Moore.
Tutorial \Tu*to"ri*al\, a. [L. tutorius.]
Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a
tutor.
Tutorism \Tu"tor*ism\, n.
Tutorship. [R.]
Tutorize \Tu"tor*ize\, v. t.
To teach; to instruct.
I . . . shall tutorize him some day. --J. H.
Newman.
Tutorship \Tu"tor*ship\, n.
The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.
--Hooker.
Tutory \Tu"tor*y\, n.
Tutorage. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Tutress \Tu"tress\, n.
Tutoress. [Obs.] --Selden.
Tutrix \Tu"trix\, n. [L. See {Tutor}.]
A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] --Smollett.
Tutsan \Tut"san\, n. [F. toutesaine; tout, toule, all (L. totus)
+ sain, saine, sound, healthy, L. sanus.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Hypericum} ({H. Andros[oe]mum}), from
which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also
{parkleaves}.
Tutti \Tut"ti\, n. pl. [It., fr. L. totus, pl. toti, all.]
(Mus.)
All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform
together. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Tutty \Tut"ty\, n. [F. tutie; cf. Sp. tutia, atutia, LL. tutia;
all from Per. t[=u]tiy[=a].] (Chem.)
A yellow or brown amorphous substance obtained as a
sublimation product in the flues of smelting furnaces of
zinc, and consisting of a crude zinc oxide.
Tut-work \Tut"-work`\, n. (Mining)
Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the
amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
--Tomlinson.
Tut-workman \Tut"-work`man\, n.; pl. {Tut-workmen}. (Mining)
One who does tut-work. --Tomlinson.
Tu-whit \Tu-whit"\, Tu-whoo \Tu-whoo"\, n. & interj.
Words imitative of the notes of the owl.
Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot, Thy tu-whoos of
yesternight. --Tennyson.
Tuyere \Tu`y[`e]re"\, n. [F.; akin to tuyau a pipe; of Teutonic
origin. Cf. {Tweer}, {Tewel}.]
A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is
delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire
of a forge. [Corruptly written also {tweer}, and {twier}.]
{Tuy[`e]re arch}, the embrasure, in the wall of a blast
furnace through which the tuy[`e]re enters.
Tuz \Tuz\ (t[u^]z), n. [Cf. W. tusw a wisp, a bunch, tus that
binds or wraps, tusiaw to bind round, to wrap. Cf.
{Tussock}.]
A lock or tuft of hair. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Tuza \Tu"za\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The tucan.
Twaddle \Twad"dle\, v. i. & t. [See {Twattle}.]
To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties
are decayed; to prate; to prattle. --Stanyhurst.
Twaddle \Twad"dle\, n.
Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of
the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and
fighting with fists now-a-days. --T. Hughes.
Twaddler \Twad"dler\, n.
One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose
faculties are decayed.
Twaddling \Twad"dling\,
a. & n. from {Twaddle}, v.
Twaddy \Twad"dy\, n.
Idle trifling; twaddle.
Twagger \Twag"ger\, n.
A lamb. [Prov. Eng.]
Twain \Twain\, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, masc. See {Two}.]
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in
poetry and burlesque. ``Children twain.'' --Chaucer.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain. --Matt. v. 41.
{In twain}, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
{Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}.
Twaite \Twaite\, n. [Prov. E.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European shad; -- called also {twaite shad}. See {Shad}.
Twaite \Twaite\, n. (O. Eng. Law)
A piece of cleared ground. See {Thwaite}.
Twang \Twang\, n.
A tang. See {Tang} a state. [R.]
Twang \Twang\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twanged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twanging}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. {Tang} a sharp sound,
{Tinkle}.]
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a
tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring
twanged.
Twang \Twang\, v. t.
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it
go suddenly.
Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
--Pope.
Twang \Twang\, n.
1. A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string
when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a
bowstring.
2. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal
sound.
He has such a twang in his discourse. --Arbuthnot.
Twangle \Twan"gle\, v. i. & t.
To twang.
While the twangling violin Struck up with
Soldier-laddie. --Tennyson.
Twank \Twank\, v. t.
To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or
twangle. --Addison.
Twankay \Twan"kay\, n.
See Note under {Tea}, n., 1.
'T was \'T was\
A contraction of it was.
Twattle \Twat"tle\, v. i. [Cf. {Tattle}, {Twaddle}.]
To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to
twaddle; as, a twattling gossip. --L'Estrange.
Twattle \Twat"tle\, v. t.
To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.
Twattle \Twat"tle\, n.
Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.
Twattler \Twat"tler\, n.
One who twattles; a twaddler.
Tway \Tway\, a. & n. [OE. twei. See {Twain}.]
Two; twain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Twayblade \Tway"blade`\, n. (Bot.)
Any one of several orchidaceous plants which have only two
leaves, as the species of {Listera} and of {Liparis}.
[Written also {twyblade}.]
Tweag \Tweag\, v. t.
To tweak. [Obs.]
Tweag \Tweag\, Tweague \Tweague\, n.
A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]
This put the old fellow in a rare tweague. --Arbuthnot.
Tweak \Tweak\, v. t. [OE. twikken, originally the same word as
twicchen; cf. LG. twikken. See {Twitch}.]
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch;
as, to tweak the nose. --Shak.
Tweak \Tweak\, n.
1. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of
the nose. --Swift.
2. Trouble; distress; tweag. [Obs.]
3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Brathwait.
Tweed \Tweed\, n. [Probably a corruption of twills. See
{Twill}.]
A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of
wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed,
usually in two colors, before weaving.
Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. {Twiddle}.] [Written also
{twidle}.]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
to allure.
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
--Addison.
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Tweel \Tweel\, n. & v.
See {Twill}.
Tweer \Tweer\, n.
Same as {Tuy[`e]re}.
Tweese \Tweese\, Tweeze \Tweeze\, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F.
['e]tuis, pl. of ['e]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of
Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which
articles could be carried, OHG. st[=u]hha, G. stauche a short
and narrow muff. Cf {Etui}, {Tweezers}.]
A surgeon's case of instruments. --Howell.
Tweezers \Twee"zers\, n. pl. [See {Tweese}.]
Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other
purposes.
Twelfth \Twelfth\, a. [For twelft, OE. twelfte, AS. twelfta. See
{Twelve}.]
1. Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven
others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
2. Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Twelfth \Twelfth\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve
equal parts of one whole.
2. The next in order after the eleventh.
3. (Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
Twelfth-cake \Twelfth"-cake`\ (-k[=a]k`), n.
An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on
the festival of Twelfth-night.
Twelfth-day \Twelfth"-day`\, n.
See {Twelfthtide}.
Twelfth-night \Twelfth"-night`\, n.
The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas,
observed as a festival by various churches.
Twelfth-second \Twelfth"-sec`ond\, n. (Physics)
A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such
that 10^{12} (ten trillion) of these units make one second.
Twelfthtide \Twelfth"tide`\, n.
The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also
{Twelfth-day}.
Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to
OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G.
zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t?lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth.
twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the
second part of E. eleven. See {Two}, and {Eleven}.]
One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.
{Twelve-men's morris}. See the Note under {Morris}.
{Twelve Tables}. (Rom. Antiq.) See under {Table}.
Twelve \Twelve\, n.
1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two,
or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
{The Twelve} (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi.
20.
Twelvemo \Twelve"mo\, a. & n.
See {Duodecimo}.
Twelvemonth \Twelve"month\, n.
A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. --Shak.
Twelvepence \Twelve"pence\, n.
A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.
Twelvepenny \Twelve"pen*ny\, a.
Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Twelvescore \Twelve"score`\, n. & a.
Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, a. [From {Twenty}; cf. AS. twentigo?a.
See {Twenty}.]
1. Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth;
coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
2. Consisting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which
anything is divided.
Twentieth \Twen"ti*eth\, n.
1. The next in order after the nineteen; one coming after
nineteen others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty
equal parts of one whole.
Twenty \Twen"ty\, a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw?ntig, twentig; akin to
OFris. twintich, OS. tw?ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG.
zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens.
See {Twain}, {Two}, and {Ten}.]
1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.
2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak.
Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have
been the man. --Bacon.
Twenty \Twen"ty\, n.; pl. {Twenties}.
1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and
eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
Twentyfold \Twen"ty*fold`\, a.
Twenty times as many.
Twenty-fourmo \Twen`ty-four"mo\, a.
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo
form, book, leaf, size, etc. -- n. A book composed of sheets,
each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence,
indicating more or less definitely a size of book whose
sheets are so folded; -- usually written 24mo, or 24[deg].
Twey \Twey\, a. [See {Two}.]
Two. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Tweyfold \Twey"fold`\, a.
Twofold. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Twibil \Twi"bil\, n. [AS. twibill; twi- (in comp.) two + bill,
bil, an ax hoe, bill. See {Twice}, and {Bill} a cutting
instrument.]
1. A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but
having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of
which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular
to it. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A tool for making mortises. [Obs.]
3. A reaping hook.
Twibilled \Twi"billed\, a.
Armed or provided with a twibil or twibils.
Twice \Twice\, adv. [OE. twies (where the s is the adverbial
ending; see {-wards}), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi-
(in comp.) two, G. zwie-, OHG. zwi-, Icel. tv[=i]-, L. bi-,
Gr. ?, Skr. dvi-, and E. two. See {Two}.]
1. Two times; once and again.
He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. --Dryden.
2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum;
he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
Note: Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly
self-explaining; as, twice-horn, twice-conquered,
twice-planted, twice-told, and the like.
Twiddle \Twid"dle\, v. t. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf.
{Tweedle}.]
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to
twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also
twidle.] --Thackeray.
Twiddle \Twid"dle\, v. i.
To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
--Halliwell.
Twiddle \Twid"dle\, n.
1. A slight twist with the fingers.
2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Twifallow \Twi"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twifallowed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Twifallowing}.] [AS. twi- (see {Twice}) two +
fallow.]
To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once
fallowed).
Twifold \Twi"fold`\, a. [AS. twifeadld. See {Twice}, and cf.
{Twofold}.]
Twofold; double. [Obs.]
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twigging}.] [Cf. {Tweak}.]
To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.]
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.]
1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you
twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat.
2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. ``Now
twig him; now mind him.'' --Foote.
As if he were looking right into your eyes and
twigged something there which you had half a mind to
conceal. --Hawthorne.
Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G.
zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir T.
Raleigh.
{Twig borer} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus}).
{Twig girdler}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Girdler}, 3.
{Twig rush} (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus {Cladium}
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See {Saw grass}, under {Saw}.
Twig \Twig\, v. t.
To beat with twigs.
Twiggen \Twig"gen\, a.
Made of twigs; wicker. [Obs.]
Twigger \Twig"ger\, n.
A fornicator. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
Twiggy \Twig"gy\, a.
Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs;
full of twigs; abounding with shoots. `` Twiggy trees.''
--Evelyn.
Twight \Twight\, v. t.
To twit. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Twight \Twight\, obs.
p. p. of {Twitch}. --Chaucer.
Twighte \Twight"e\, obs.
imp. of {Twitch}. --Chaucer.
Twigless \Twig"less\, a.
Having no twigs.
Twigsome \Twig"some\, a.
Full of, or abounding in, twigs; twiggy. [R.] `` Twigsome
trees.'' --Dickens.
Twilight \Twi"light`\, n. [OE. twilight, AS. twi- (see {Twice})
+ le['o]ht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light;
cf. LG. twelecht, G. zwielicht. See {Light}.]
1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the
setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18[deg]
below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the
earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their
reflection on the earth.
2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which
anything is viewed.
As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim
eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton.
The twilight of probability. --Locke.
Twilight \Twi"light`\, a.
1. Seen or done by twilight. --Milton.
2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. --Pope.
Twill \Twill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twilling}.] [Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make
double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight.
See {Twice}, and cf. {Tweed}, {Tweel}.]
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
Twill \Twill\, n. [Scotch tweel. See {Twill}, v. t.]
1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over
one and under two, or over one and under three or more,
warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in
regular succession, as in plain weaving.
2. A fabric women with a twill.
3. [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.
Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.]
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a
revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a
willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and
{devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson.
Twilt \Twilt\, n. [See {Quilt}.]
A quilt. [Prov. Eng.]
Twin \Twin\, a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl.,
twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG.
zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to
AS. twi- two. See {Twice}, {Two}.]
1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or
sister.
2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing
the relation of a twin to something else; -- often
followed by to or with. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding
parts.
4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some
definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4.
{Twin boat}, or {Twin ship} (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and
upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
{Twin crystal}. See {Twin}, n., 4.
{Twin flower} (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linn[ae]a
borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty,
fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender
stalk.
{Twin-screw steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by two screws,
one on either side of the plane of the keel.
Twin \Twin\, n.
1. One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal
that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used
chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts
as well as to human young.
2. pl. (Astron.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac;
Gemini. See {Gemini}.
3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
4. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal composed of two or more
crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with
reference to each other.
Note: The relative position of the parts of a twin may be
explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180[deg]
about a certain axis (called the twinning axis), this
axis being normal to a plane (called the twinning
plane) which is usually one of the fundamental planes
of the crystal. This revolution brings the two parts
into parallel position, or vice versa. A contact twin
is one in which the parts are united by a plane
surface, called the composition face, which is usually
the same as the twinning plane. A penetration twin is
one in which the parts interpenetrate each other, often
very irregularly. Twins are also called, according to
form, cruciform, geniculated, etc.
Twin \Twin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twinning}.]
1. To bring forth twins. --Tusser.
2. To be born at the same birth. --Shak.
Twin \Twin\, v. t.
1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way. --Shak.
Still we moved Together, twinned, as horse's ear and
eye. --Tennyson.
2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to
remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.]
The life out of her body for to twin. --Chaucer.
Twin \Twin\, v. i.
To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] ``Ere that we farther
twin.'' --Chaucer.
Twinborn \Twin"born`\, a.
Born at the same birth.
Twine \Twine\, n. [AS. twin, properly, a twisted or double
thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. twinni; from twi-. See
{Twice}, and cf. {Twin}.]
1. A twist; a convolution.
Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. --Milton.
2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads
or strands twisted together, and used for various
purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and
the like; a small cord or string.
3. The act of twining or winding round. --J. Philips.
{Twine reeler}, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind
of mule, or spinning machine.
Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw[imac]n a twisted thread;
akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde.
See {Twine}, n.]
1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of
threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen.
2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible
substance around another body.
Let me twine Mine arms about that body. --Shak.
3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope.
4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw.
Twine \Twine\, v. i.
1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.
2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the
sea their course incline. --Swift.
3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] --Chapman.
4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb
spirally; as, many plants twine.
Twiner \Twin"er\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant which twines about a support.
Twinge \Twinge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twinging}.] [OE. twengen, AS. twengan; akin to OE. twingen
to pain, afflict, OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to
constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG.
dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel.
[thorn]vinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge,
and AS. [thorn]["u]n to press, OHG. d[=u]hen, and probably to
E. thong. Perhaps influenced by twitch. Cf. {Thong}.]
1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
When a man is past his sense, There's no way to
reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or
nose, Or laying on of heavy blows. --Hudibras.
2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with
pinching or sharp pains.
The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made
him tear himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.
Twinge \Twinge\, v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer
a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
Twinge \Twinge\, n.
1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears.
--L' Estrange.
2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary
continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. `` A twinge
for my own sin.'' --Dryden.
Twining \Twin"ing\, a.
Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by
winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
Twining \Twin"ing\, a.
The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of
climbing spirally.
Twink \Twink\, v. i. [OE. twinken. See {Twinkle}.]
To twinkle. [Obs.]
Twink \Twink\, n.
1. A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE.
twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to
E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light;
to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
These stars not twinkle when viewed through
telescopes that have large apertures. --Sir I.
Newton.
The western sky twinkled with stars. --Sir W.
Scott.
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
wink or sparkle of the eye.
Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke
his misintended dart. --Spenser.
2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.
Twinkler \Twin"kler\, n.
One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
Twinkling \Twin"kling\, n.
1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick
movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. --Holland.
2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a
sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible.
--1 Cor. xv.
52.
Twinleaf \Twin"leaf`\, n. (Bot.)
See {Jeffersonia}.
Twinlike \Twin"like`\, a.
Closely resembling; being a counterpart. -- {Twin"like`ness},
n.
Twinling \Twin"ling\, n. [Twin + 1st -ling.]
A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.
Twinned \Twinned\, a. (Crystallog.)
Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See
{Twin}, n., 4.
Twinner \Twin"ner\, n.
One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. --Tusser.
Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.)
The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals,
in reversed position with reference to each other in
accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in
artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure),
the process by which this reversal is brought about.
{Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal
lamell[ae], as that of the triclinic feldspars.
{Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or
parts of crystals.
{Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin},
n.
Twinter \Twin"ter\, n. [AS. twi- + winter winter. See {Twice},
and {Winter}.]
A domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]
Twire \Twire\, n. [Cf. D. tweern, G. zwirn, and E. twine.]
A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] --Locke.
Twire \Twire\, v. i. [Cf. MHG. zwieren, E. thwart, and queer.]
1. To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.]
Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. --B.
Jonson.
I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee.
--Beau. & Fl.
2. To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.]
When sparkling stars twire not. --Shak.
Twire \Twire\, v. i.
To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Twire-pipe \Twire"-pipe`\, n.
A vagabond musician. [Obs.]
You are an ass, a twire-pipe. --Beau. & Fl.
You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. --Chapman.
Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twirling}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer,
flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G.
zwirlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a
twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to
twirl the wheel. --Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango
twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron.
Twirl \Twirl\, v. i.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Twirl \Twirl\, n.
1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or
whirling; quick rotation.
2. A twist; a convolution. --Woodward.
Twist \Twist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two
(twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel,
dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the
deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See {Twice}, {Two}.]
1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally;
to convolve.
Twist it into a serpentine form. --Pope.
2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
3. To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part
relatively to another about an axis passing through both;
to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture
of parts. ``Longing to twist bays with that ivy.''
--Waller.
There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of
flame. --T. Burnet.
5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
6. To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible
substance, round another; to form by convolution, or
winding separate things round each other; as, to twist
yarn or thread. --Shak.
7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another;
to wreathe; to make up.
Was it not to this end That thou began'st to twist
so fine a story? --Shak.
8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to
twist wool or cotton.
Twist \Twist\, v. i.
1. To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to
be united by winding round each other; to be or become
twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than
others.
2. To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of
a helix.
Twist \Twist\, n.
1. The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a
convolution; a bending.
Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one
animal which does not render them more proper for
that particular animal's way of life than any other
cast or texture. --Addison.
2. The form given in twisting.
[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault
with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
--Arbuthnot.
3. That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting
parts. Specifically:
(a) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by
winding strands or separate things round each other.
(b) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by
tailors, saddlers, and the like.
(c) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
(d) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
(e) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
(f) (Weaving) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually
more tightly twisted than the filling.
(g) (Firearms) A material for gun barrels, consisting of
iron and steel twisted and welded together; as,
Damascus twist.
(h) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of
a gun barrel or a cannon.
(i) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]
4. [OE.; -- so called as being a two-forked branch. See
{Twist}, v. t.] A twig. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Fairfax.
{Gain twist}, or {Gaining twist} (Firearms), twist of which
the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the
muzzle than at the breech.
{Twist drill}, a drill the body of which is twisted like that
of an auger. See Illust. of {Drill}.
{Uniform twist} (Firearms), a twist of which the spiral
course has an equal pitch throughout.
Twiste \Twist"e\, obs.
imp. of {Twist}. --Chaucer.
Twisted \Twist"ed\, a.
Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence,
perverted.
{Twisted curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature. See
{Plane curve}, under {Curve}.
{Twisted surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight
line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the
consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one
plane; a warped surface.
Twister \Twist"er\, n.
1. One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation
is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of
another, in weaving.
2. The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the
twine. --Wallis.
3. (Carp.) A girder. --Craig.
4. (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to
rest upon when on horseback. --Craig.
Twistical \Twist"ic*al\, a.
Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
[Slang, U. S.] --Bartlett.
Twisting \Twist"ing\,
a. & n. from {Twist}.
{Twisting pair}. (Kinematics) See under {Pair}, n., 7.
Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach,
blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
OHG. firw[=i]zan, Goth. traweitan to avenge, L. videre to
see. See {Vision}, {Wit}.]
To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
This these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
--Tillotson.
[AE]sop minds men of their errors, without twitting
them for what is amiss. --L'Estrange.
Twitch \Twitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twitching}.] [OE. twicchen, fr. (doubtful) AS. twiccian;
akin to AS. angeltwicca a worm used for bait, literally, a
hook twitcher, LG. twikken to tweak, G. zwicken. Cf.
{Tweak}.]
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick
motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch
a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of
grapes.
Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. --Pope.
Twitch \Twitch\, n.
1. The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden,
quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
2. A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a
simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a
twitch in the side.
3. (Far.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes
a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or
an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression
is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet
during a slight surgical operation. --J. H. Walsh.
Twitcher \Twitch"er\, n.
One who, or that which, twitches.
Twitch grass \Twitch" grass`\ (Bot.)
See {Quitch grass}.
Twite \Twite\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European tree sparrow.
(b) The mountain linnet ({Linota flavirostris}). [Prov. Eng.]
Twitlark \Twit"lark`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Twitter \Twit"ter\, n. [From {Twit}.]
One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twittered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Twittering}.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf.
G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir?n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan.
quiddre. Cf. {Titter}.]
1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted
noises.
The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
--Gray.
2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter;
to giggle. --J. Fletcher.
3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling
of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. t.
To utter with a twitter. --Cowper.
Twitter \Twit"ter\, n.
1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted
noise, as that made by a swallow.
2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially
restrained; a titter; a giggle. --Hudibras.
3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
Twittering \Twit"ter*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters.
2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is
caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.
A widow, who had a twittering towards a second
husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
job. --L'Estrange.
Twittingly \Twit"ting*ly\, adv.
In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.
Twittle-twattle \Twit"tle-twat`tle\, n. [See {Twattle}.]
Tattle; gabble. --L'Estrange.
'Twixt \'Twixt\
An abbreviation of {Betwixt}, used in poetry, or in
colloquial language.
'Twixt-brain \'Twixt"-brain`\, n. (Anat.)
The thalamen?cephalon.
Two \Two\ (t[=oo]), a. [OE. two, twa, properly fem. & neut.,
twei, twein, tweien, properly masc. (whence E. twain), AS.
tw[=a], fem. & neut., tw[=e]gen, masc., t[=u], neut.; akin to
OFries. tw[=e]ne, masc., tw[=a], fem. & neut., OS. tw[=e]ne,
masc., tw[=a], fem., tw[=e], neut., D. twee, OHG. zw[=e]ne,
zw[=o], zwei, G. zwei, Icel. tveir, tv[ae]r, tvau, Sw.
tv[*a], Dan. to, Goth. twai, tw[=o]s, twa; Lith. du, Russ.
dva, Ir. & Gael. da, W. dau, dwy, L. duo, Gr. dy`o, Skr. dva.
[root]300. Cf. {Balance}, {Barouche}, {Between}, {Bi-},
{Combine}, {Deuce} two in cards, {Double}, {Doubt}, {Dozen},
{Dual}, {Duet}, {Dyad}, {Twain}, {Twelve}, {Twenty}, {Twice},
{Twilight}, {Twig}, {Twine}, n., {Twist}.]
One and one; twice one. ``Two great lights.'' --Gen. i. 16.
``Two black clouds.'' --Milton.
Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds
signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two
parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed,
two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand,
two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved,
two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part,
two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided,
two-story, two-stringed, two-foothed, two-valved,
two-winged, and the like.
{One or two}, a phrase often used indefinitely for a small
number.
Two \Two\, n.
1. The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one,
and next less than three; two units or objects.
2. A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
{In two}, asunder; into parts; in halves; in twain; as, cut
in two.
Two-capsuled \Two"-cap`suled\, a. (Bot.)
Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
Two-cleft \Two"-cleft`\, a. (Bot.)
Divided about half way from the border to the base into two
segments; bifid.
Two-decker \Two"-deck`er\, n.
A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.
Two-edged \Two"-edged`\, a.
Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged
sword.
Twofold \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. {Twifold}.]
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
twofold sense; a twofold argument.
Twofold \Two"fold`\, adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
Two-foot \Two"-foot`\, a.
Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a
two-foot rule.
Two-forked \Two"-forked`\, a.
Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork;
dichotomous.
Two-hand \Two"-hand`\, a.
Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See
{Dactylology}.
Two-handed \Two"-hand`ed\, a.
1. Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent
to large, stout, strong, or powerful. ``Two-handed sway.''
--Milton.
2. Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.
That two-handed engine [the sword]. --Milton.
3. Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
Two-lipped \Two"-lipped`\, a.
1. Having two lips.
2. (Bot.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two
lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.
Two-parted \Two"-part`ed\ (-p[aum]rt`[e^]d), a. (Bot.)
Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts;
bipartite.
Twopence \Two"pence\ (?; 277), n.
A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to
two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for
almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
Twopenny \Two"pen*ny\, a.
Of the value of twopence.
Two-ply \Two"-ply`\, a.
1. Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
2. Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two
sets of warp thread and two of weft.
Two-ranked \Two"-ranked`\, a. (Bot.)
Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so
as to from two ranks; distichous.
Two-sided \Two"-sid`ed\, a.
1. Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.
2. (Biol.) Symmetrical.
Two-tongued \Two"-tongued`\, a.
Double-tongued; deceitful. --Sandys.
Twyblade \Twy"blade`\, n.
See {Twayblade}.
Ty-all \Ty"-all`\, n.
Something serving to tie or secure. [Obs.] --Latimer.
Tyburn ticket \Ty"burn tick`et\ [So called in allusion to
Tyburn, formerly a place of execution in England.] (O. Eng.
Law)
A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to
conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward
offices.
Tychonic \Ty*chon"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.
Tycoon \Ty*coon"\ (t[-i]`k[=oo]n"), n. [Chinese tai-kun great
prince.]
The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief
of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.
Tydy \Ty"dy\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tidy}.
Tye \Tye\, n.
1. A knot; a tie. [R.] See {Tie}.
2. (Naut.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through
the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the
other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the
yard is hoisted or lowered.
3. (Mining) A trough for washing ores. --Knight.
Tye \Tye\, v. t.
See {Tie}, the proper orthography.
Tyer \Ty"er\, n.
One who ties, or unites. [R.]
Tyfoon \Ty*foon"\, n.
See {Typhoon}.
Tyger \Ty"ger\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A tiger. [Obs.]
Tying \Ty"ing\,
p. pr. of {Tie}.
Tying \Ty"ing\, n. (Mining)
The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
Tyke \Tyke\, n.
See 2d {Tike}.
Tylarus \Ty"la*rus\, n.; pl. {Tylari}. [NL., fr. Gr. ty`lh a
cushion.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.
Tyler \Ty"ler\ (t[imac]"l[~e]r), n.
See 2d {Tiler}.
Tylopoda \Ty*lop"o*da\ (t[imac]*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
from ty`lh a cushion + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
Tylosis \Ty*lo"sis\, n.; pl. {Tyloses}. [NL., fr. Gr. ty`los a
lump, knot.] (Bot.)
An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of
another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.
--Goodale.
Tymbal \Tym"bal\, n. [F. timbale, Sp. timbal; cf. atabal;
probably of Arabic origin. Cf. {Atabal}, {Timbrel}.]
A kind of kettledrum. [Written also {trimbal}.]
A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. --Prior.
Tymp \Tymp\, n. [Cf. {Tympan}.] (Blast Furnace)
A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the
archway in which the dam stands.
Tympan \Tym"pan\, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of
a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.]
1. A drum. [Obs.]
2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum.
3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which
the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form
to be impressed.
{Tympan sheet} (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as
that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a
guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. --W.
Savage.
Tympanal \Tym"pa*nal\, n.
Tympanic.
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.]
1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a
tympanic membrane.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
{Tympanic bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a
part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane.
{Tympanic membrane}. (Anat.) See the Note under {Ear}.
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\, n. (Anat.)
The tympanic bone.
Tympanist \Tym"pa*nist\, n. [L. tympaniste, Gr. ?.]
One who beats a drum. [R.]
Tympanites \Tym`pa*ni"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a
kettledrum.] (Med.)
A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
Tympanitic \Tym`pa*nit"ic\, a. [L. tympaniticus one afflicted
with tympanites.] (Med.)
Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.
Tympanitis \Tym`pa*ni"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tympanum}, {and}
{-itis}.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum,
Gr. ?.]
To drum. [R.] --Coles.
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tympanized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tympanizing}.]
To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a
drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
[Obs.] ``Tympanized, as other saints of God were.'' --Oley.
Tympano \Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See
{Tympanum}.] (Mus.)
A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the
kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also
{timpano}.]
Tympano- \Tym"pa*no-\
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal,
tympano-Eustachian.
Tympanohyal \Tym`pa*no*hy"al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. -- n.
The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of
the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.
Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, n.; pl. E. {Tympanums}, L. {Tympana}.
[L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the
triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. ?, ?,
fr. ? to strike, beat. See {Type}, and cf. {Timbrel}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied
incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See {Ear}.
(b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the
neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made
by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a
triangular space or table.
(b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a
subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved
partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the
wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference
submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
Tympany \Tym"pa*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a kettledrum. See
{Tympanites}.]
1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
--Fuller.
2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. ``Thine 's
a tympany of sense.'' --Dryden.
A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. --De
Quincey.
Tynd \Tynd\, v. t. [See {Tine} to shut in.]
To shut; to close. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Tyne \Tyne\, v. t. [Icel. t?na.]
To lose. [Obs. or Scot.] ``His bliss gan he tyne.'' --Piers
Plowman. --Sir W. Scott.
Tyne \Tyne\, v. i.
To become lost; to perish. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Tyne \Tyne\, n. [See {Tine} a prong.] (Zo["o]l.)
A prong or point of an antler.
Tyne \Tyne\, n. [See {Teen}, n.]
Anxiety; tine. [Obs.] ``With labor and long tyne.''
--Spenser.
Tyny \Ty"ny\, a. [See {Tiny}.]
Small; tiny. [Obs.]
Typal \Typ"al\, a.
Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a
type; typical. --Owen.
-type \-type\ [See {Type}, n.]
A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print;
type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype
phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure,
image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow,
impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to
beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.]
1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed
sign; emblem.
The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,
Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
--Shak.
2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak.
3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token;
a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
A type is no longer a type when the thing typified
comes to be actually exhibited. --South.
4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic
qualities; the representative. Specifically:
(a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number
of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a
species, genus, or other group, combining the
essential characteristics; an animal or plant
possessing or exemplifying the essential
characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.
Also, a group or division of animals having a certain
typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
within the group.
Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the
whole animal kingdom has been universally held
to be divisible into a small number of main
divisions or types. --Haeckel.
(b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects,
scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject
of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or
a coin.
(c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern
to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as
being related, and from which they may be actually or
theoretically derived.
Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and
most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric
acid, {HCl}; water, {H2O}; ammonia, {NH3}; and methane,
{CH4}.
5. (Typog.)
(a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character,
cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
(b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole
quantity of them used in printing, spoken of
collectively; any number or mass of such letters or
characters, however disposed.
Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold,
though some of the larger sizes are made from maple,
mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the
face, or part from which the impression is taken; c,
the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick
(sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist
the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face
from the top; e, the groove made in the process of
finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the
bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal
(formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold),
which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that
requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and
bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and
when part of the face projects over the body, as in the
letter f, the projection is called a kern. The type
which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman
CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and
Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with
accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, --
in all about two hundred characters. Including the
various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four
hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the
ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important
of the varieties are -- Old English. Black Letter. Old
Style. French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon.
Gothic. Typewriter. Script. The smallest body in common
use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl,
agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or
two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl),
small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line
nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or
two-line brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois),
paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica
(or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line
pica), double English (or two-line English), double
great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon
(or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica,
six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made
mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the
different sizes up to great primer. Brilliant . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Diamond . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Pearl . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Agate . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Nonpareil . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Minion . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Brevier . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Bourgeois . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Long primer . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Small pica . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Pica . . . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
English . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Columbian . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Great primer . . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
The foregoing account is conformed to the designations made use
of by American type founders, but is substantially correct for
England. Agate, however, is called ruby, in England, where,
also, a size intermediate between nonpareil and minion is
employed, called emerald.
{Point system of type bodies} (Type Founding), a system
adopted by the type founders of the United States by which
the various sizes of type have been so modified and
changed that each size bears an exact proportional
relation to every other size. The system is a modification
of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This
pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed
``points,'' and every type body consist of a given number
of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the
new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old
names are gradually being done away with. By the point
system type founders cast type of a uniform size and
height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made
by different founders would often vary slightly so that
they could not be used together. There are no type in
actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes
of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby,
the term used designates a different size from that
heretofore so called.
1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2 German [bar] 2 Saxon 10
Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small
Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12 Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar]
41/2 Diamond 14 English [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar]
[bar] 51/2 Agate [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7
Minion [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the
"points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the "Point
System".
{Type founder}, one who casts or manufacture type.
{Type foundry}, {Type foundery}, a place for the manufacture
of type.
{Type metal}, an alloy used in making type, stereotype
plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It
consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a
little tin, nickel, or copper.
{Type wheel}, a wheel having raised letters or characters on
its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing
telegraphs, etc.
{Unity of type} (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in
structure which is seen in organic beings of the same
class, and is quite independent of their habits of life.
--Darwin.
Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Typing}.]
1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).
2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
typify. [R.]
Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.
Typesetter \Type"set`ter\, n.
One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine
for setting type.
Typesetting \Type"set`ting\, n.
The act or art of setting type.
Typewrite \Type"write`\, v. t. & i.
To write with a typewriter. [Recent]
Typewriter \Type"writ`er\, n.
1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel,
or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of
keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the
characters upon paper.
2. One who uses such an instrument.
Typewriting \Type"writ`ing\, n.
The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with
a typewriter.
Typhlitis \Typh*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? blind, closed (as
applied to the c[ae]cum) + -itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the c[ae]cum.
Typhlosole \Typh"lo*sole\, n. [Gr. ? blind + ? channel.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the
intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes,
and some other animals.
Typhoean \Ty*pho"["e]*an\, a. [L. Typhoius, from Typhoeus, Gr.
?, ?.]
Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t[-i]*f[=o]"[=u]s), the fabled
giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling
Typhoeus.
Note: Sometimes incorrectly written and pronounced
Ty-ph[oe]"an, or Ty-phe" an.
Typhoid \Ty"phoid\, a. [Typhus + -oid: cf. F. typho["i]de, Gr.
?. See {Typhus}.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade
like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
{Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded with typhus,
but essentially different from the latter. It is
characterized by fever, lasting usually three or more
weeks, diarrh[ae]a with evacuations resembling pea soup in
appearance, and prostration and muscular debility,
gradually increasing and often becoming profound at the
acme of the disease. Its local lesions are a scanty
eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,
enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the
intestines over the areas occupied by Peyer's glands. The
virus, or contagion, of this fever is supposed to be a
microscopic vegetable organism, or bacterium. Called also
{enteric fever}. See {Peyer's glands}.
{Typhoid state}, a condition common to many diseases,
characterized by profound prostration and other symptoms
resembling those of typhus.
Typhomalarial \Ty`pho*ma*la"ri*al\, a. (Med.)
Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial
fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and
typhoid fever.
Typhomania \Ty`pho*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Typhus}, and {Mania}.]
(Med.)
A low delirium common in typhus fever.
Typhon \Ty"phon\, n. [Gr. ?, and ?. See {Typhoon}.] (Class.
Mythol.)
1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of
the winds, but later identified with him.
Note: By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the
Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. --Encyc.
Brit.
2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.]
The circling typhon whirled from point to point.
--Thomson.
Typhoon \Ty*phoon"\, n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tuf[~a]o,
Ar. tuf[=a]n a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n,
tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the
earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps
from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind.]
A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind
occurring in the Chinese seas.
Typhos \Ty"phos\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Typhus. [Obs.]
Typhotoxin \Ty`pho*tox"in\, n. [Typhoid + -toxic.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A basic substance, {C7H17NO2}, formed from the growth of the
typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals
lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.
Typhous \Ty"phous\, a. [Cf. F. typheux.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus.
Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? smoke, cloud, stupor
arising from fever; akin to ? to smoke, Skr. dh?pa smoke.]
(Med.)
A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks,
attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and
marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also
called {jail fever}, {famine fever}, {putrid fever},
{spottled fever}, etc. See {Jail fever}, under {Jail}.
Typic \Typ"ic\, a.
Typical. ``Typic shades.'' --Boyle.
Typical \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? type: cf. F.
typique. See {Type}.]
1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form,
model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.
The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
Christian. --Atterbury.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. --
{Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Typ"ic*al*ness}, n.
Typification \Typ`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act of typifying, or representing by a figure.
Typifier \Typ"i*fi`er\, n.
One who, or that which, typifies. --Bp. Warburton.
Typify \Typ"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Typifying}.] [Type + -fy.]
To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance.
Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was
slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. --Sir T.
Browne.
Typo \Ty"po\, n. [An abbreviation of typographer.]
A compositor. [Colloq.]
Typocosmy \Typ"o*cos`my\, n. [Gr. ? type + ? the world.]
A representation of the world. [R.]
Typographer \Ty*pog"ra*pher\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. typographe.
See {Typography}.]
A printer. --T. Warton.
Typographic \Ty`po*graph"ic\ (?; 277), Typographical
\Ty`po*graph"ic*al\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. typographique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by
types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical. [Obs.]
--Johnson.
2. Of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the
typographic art. -- {Ty`po*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Typography \Ty*pog"ra*phy\, n. [Type + -graphy: cf. F.
typographie.]
1. The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols;
emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Browne.
2. The art of printing with types; the use of types to
produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.
Typolite \Typ"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? image, type + -lite: cf. F.
typolithe.] (Min.)
A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of
plants and animals.
Typology \Ty*pol"o*gy\, n. [Type + -logy.]
1. (Theol.) A discourse or treatise on types.
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of types.
Typothetae \Ty*poth"e*t[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. type + Gr. ?
to put, set.]
Printers; -- used in the name of an association of the master
printers of the United States and Canada, called The United
Typothet[ae] of America.
Tyran \Ty"ran\, n. [See {Tyrant}.]
A tyrant. [Obs.]
Lordly love is such a tyran fell. --Spenser.
Tyranness \Ty"ran*ness\, n.
A female tyrant. [Obs.] ``That proud tyranness.'' --Spenser.
Akenside.
Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, a.
[L. tyrannicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. tyrannique. See {Tyrant}.]
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly
severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel;
arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master;
tyrannical government. ``A power tyrannical.'' --Shak.
Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon.
The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
-- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
Tyrannicidal \Ty*ran"ni*ci`dal\, a.
Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
--Booth.
Tyrannicide \Ty*ran"ni*ci`de\, n. [L. tyrannicidium the killing
of a tyrant, tyrannicida the killer of a tyrant; tyrannus a
tyrant + caedere to kill: cf. F. tyrannicide.]
1. The act of killing a tyrant. --Hume.
2. One who kills a tyrant.
Tyrannish \Tyr"an*nish\, a.
Like a tyrant; tyrannical. [Obs.] ``The proud tyrannish
Roman.'' --Gower.
Tyrannize \Tyr"an*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tyrannized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Tyrannizing}.] [Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr. ? to
take the part of tyrants.]
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with
unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not
permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity
not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a
prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters
sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
Tyrannize \Tyr"an*nize\, v. t.
To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment;
to oppress.
Tyrannous \Tyr"an*nous\, a.
Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. --Sir P.
Sidney. -- {Tyr"an*nous*ly}, adv.
Tyranny \Tyr"an*ny\, n. [OE. tirannye, OF. tirannie, F.
tyrannie; cf. It. tirannia; Gr. ?, ?, L. tyrannis. See
{Tyrant}.]
1. The government or authority of a tyrant; a country
governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or
despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over
subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or
justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
``Sir,'' would he [Seneca] say, ``an emperor mote
need Be virtuous and hate tyranny.'' --Chaucer.
2. Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a
schoolmaster.
3. Severity; rigor; inclemency.
The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature
to endure. --Shak.
Tyrant \Tyr"ant\, n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran,
tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F.
tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ?, originally, an absolute sovereign,
but afterwards, a severe or cruel ruler.]
1. An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or
constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
Note: Free governments [in Greece] having superseded the old
hereditary sovereignties (basilei^ai), all who obtained
absolute power in a state were called ty\rannoi,
tyrants, or rather despots; -- for the term rather
regards the irregular way in which the power was
gained, whether force or fraud, than the way in which
it was exercised, being applied to the mild
Pisistratus, but not to the despotic kings of Persia.
However, the word soon came to imply reproach, and was
then used like our tyrant. --Liddell & Scott.
2. Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who
uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises
unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful
manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel
punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services,
imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control,
which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the
purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an
oppressor. ``This false tyrant, this Nero.'' --Chaucer.
Love, to a yielding heart, is a king, but to a
resisting, is a tyrant. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American
clamatorial birds belonging to the family {Tyrannid[ae]};
-- called also {tyrant bird}.
Note: These birds are noted for their irritability and
pugnacity, and for the courage with which they attack
rapacious birds far exceeding them in size and
strength. They are mostly plain-colored birds, but
often have a bright-colored crown patch. A few species,
as the scissorstail, are handsomely colored. The
kingbird and pewee are familiar examples.
{Tyrant flycatcher} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species
of tyrants which have a flattened bill, toothed at the
tip, and resemble the true flycatchers in habits. The
Acadian flycatcher ({Empidonax Acadicus}) and the
vermilion flycatcher ({Pyrocephalus rubineus}) are
examples.
{Tyrant shrike} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
American tyrants of the genus {Tyrannus} having a strong
toothed bill and resembling the strikes in habits. The
kingbird is an example.
Tyrant \Ty"rant\, v. i.
To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
[Obs.] --Fuller.
Tyre \Tyre\, [Tamil tayir.]
Curdled milk. [India]
Tyre \Tyre\, n. & v.
Attire. See 2d and 3d {Tire}. [Obs.]
Tyre \Tyre\, v. i.
To prey. See 4th {Tire}. [Obs.]
Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye.
--Pope.
{Tyrian purple}, or {Tyrian dye}, a celebrated purple dye
prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially
Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under {Purple},
n., 1, and {Purple of mollusca}, under {Purple}, n.
Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.]
A native of Tyre.
Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. {Tyros}. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a
beginner.]
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a
subject; a novice. [Written also {tiro}.]
The management of tyros of eighteen Is difficult.
--Cowper.
Tyrociny \Ty"ro*cin*y\, n. [L. tirocinium first service or
trial, fr. tiro. See {Tyro}.]
The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship.
[Obs.] --Blount.
Tyrolite \Tyr"o*lite\, n. [From Tyrol, where it occurs.] (Min.)
A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous
luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.
Tyronism \Ty"ro*nism\, n.
The state of being a tyro, or beginner. [Written also
{tironism}.]
Tyrosin \Tyr"o*sin\, n. [Gr. ? cheese.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance
present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed
in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by
various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as
of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it
consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by
decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol
derivative. [Written also {tyrosine}.]
Tyrotoxicon \Tyr`o*tox"i*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cheese + ?.
See {Toxic}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other
dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera
infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or
identical with, diazobenzol.
Tyrotoxine \Tyr`o*tox"ine\, n.
Same as {Tyrotoxicon}.
Tysonite \Ty"son*ite\, n. [After S. T. Tyson.] (Min.)
A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal
crystals of a pale yellow color. Cf. {Fluocerite}.
Tystie \Ty"stie\, n. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]eisti, Norw. teiste.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The black guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Tythe \Tythe\, n.
See {Tithe}.
Tything \Tyth"ing\, n.
See {Tithing}.
Tzar \Tzar\, n.
The emperor of Russia. See {Czar}.
Tzarina \Tza*ri"na\, Tzaritza \Tza*rit"za\, n.
The empress of Russia. See {Czarina}.
Tzetze \Tzet"ze\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tsetse}.