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word: Swietenia
definition:
Swietenia

Swie*te"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL. Named after Gerard Van Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.]
(Bot.)
A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.


word: Swift
definition:
Swift

Swift
(swĭft)
a.
[Compar. Swifter (swĭft"ẽr); superl. Swiftest.]
[AS. swift; akin to swāpan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swīfan to move quickly, to revolve. See Swoop, v. i., and cf. Swivel, Squib.]
1.
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.

My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
James i. 19.

Swift of dispatch and easy of access.
Dryden.

And bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Pet. ii. 1.

2.
Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
Shak.

&hand_; Swift is often used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, swift-darting, swift-footed, swift-winged, etc.


word: Swift₃
definition:
Swift

Swift
n.
1.
The current of a stream.
[R.]
Walton.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

&hand_; The common European swift (Cypselus apus syn. Micropus apus) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams.  It is called also black martin, black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird, swingdevil, screech martin, and shriek owl.  The common American, or chimney, swift (Chaetura pelagica) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also chimney swallow.  The Australian swift (Chaetura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills.  The European Alpine swift (Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.

3.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

4.
(Zool.)
The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

5.
[Cf. Swivel.]
A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

6.
The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.


word: Swifter
definition:
Swifter

Swift"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. Swivel.]
(Naut.)
(a)
A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
(b)
A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(c)
The forward shroud of a lower mast.


word: Swifter₂
definition:
Swifter

Swift"er
v. t.
(Naut.)
To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.


word: Swiftlet
definition:
Swiftlet

Swift"let
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.


word: Swiftness
definition:
Swiftness

Swift"ness
n.
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.


word: Swig
definition:
Swig

Swig
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. D. zwelgen to swallow, E. swallow, v.t.]
1.
To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
[Colloq.]

2.
To suck.
[Obs. or Archaic]

The lambkins swig the teat.
Creech.


word: Swig₂
definition:
Swig

Swig
n.
1.
A long draught.
[Colloq.]
Marryat.

2.
(Naut.)
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

3.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Swig₃
definition:
Swig

Swig
v. t.
[Cf. Prov. E. swig to leak out, AS. swījian to be silent, swīcan to evade, escape.]
1.
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
(Naut.)
To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.


word: Swill
definition:
Swill

Swill
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.]
[OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
1.
To wash; to drench.
[Obs.]

As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Shak.

2.
[Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.]
To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider.
Smollett.

3.
To inebriate; to fill with drink.

I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers.
Milton.


word: Swill₃
definition:
Swill

Swill
n.
1.
The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.

2.
Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.


word: Swim
definition:
Swim

Swim
(?)
v. i.
[imp. Swam (?) or Swum (_;); p. p. Swum; p. pr. & vb. n. Swimming.]
[AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. swömme, Sw. simma.  Cf. Sound an air bladder, a strait.]
1.
To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.

2.
To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point.
Shak.

3.
To be overflowed or drenched.
Ps. vi. 6.

Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
Thomson.

4.
Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

[They] now swim in joy.
Milton.

5.
To be filled with swimming animals.
[Obs.]

[Streams] that swim full of small fishes.
Chaucer.


word: Swim₂
definition:
Swim

Swim
v. t.
1.
To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
Dryden.

2.
To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

3.
To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.


word: Swim₃
definition:
Swim

Swim
n.
1.
The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
B. Jonson.

2.
The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

3.
A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
[Eng.]

Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. -- To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]


word: Swim₄
definition:
Swim

Swim
v. i.
[OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. swīma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, svīa to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. swīnan to dwindle.  Cf. Squemish, Swindler.]
To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.


word: Swimbel
definition:
Swimbel

Swim"bel
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Swimmer
definition:
Swimmer

Swim"mer
(?)
n.
1.
One who swims.

2.
(Far.)
A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

3.
(Zool.)
A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Little swimmer (Zool.), a phalarope.


word: Swimmeret
definition:
Swimmeret

Swim"mer*et
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.


word: Swimming
definition:
Swimming

Swim"ming
(?)
a.
1.
That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

2.
Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

Swimming bell (Zool.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under Siphonophora. -- Swimming crab (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as those of the family Protunidae, which have some of the joints of one or more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.


word: Swimming₃
definition:
Swimming

Swim"ming
a.
[From Swim to be dizzy.]
Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.


word: Swimmingly
definition:
Swimmingly

Swim"ming*ly
adv.
In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.


word: Swindle
definition:
Swindle

Swin"dle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swindling (?).]
[See Swindler.]
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres.
Carlyle.


word: Swindler
definition:
Swindler

Swin"dler
(?)
n.
[G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See Swim to be dizzy.]
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler.
V. Knox.

Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game.
Cotton.


word: Swine
definition:
Swine

Swine
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[OE. swin, AS. swīn; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swīn, Icel. svīn, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n.]
(Zool.)
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.
swine
Mark v. 11.

Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine. -- Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. -- Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (Senebiera Coronopus). -- Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle.


word: Swine-pox
definition:
Swine-pox

Swine"-pox`
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox.
Pepys.


word: Swing
definition:
Swing

Swing
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Swung (?); Archaic imp. Swang (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swinging.]
[OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge.  Cf. Swagger, Sway, Swinge, Swink.]
1.
To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air.
Boyle.

2.
To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

3.
To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

4.
(Naut.)
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

5.
To be hanged.
[Colloq.]
D. Webster.

To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. [Colloq.]

He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.
A. V. G. Allen.


word: Swing₂
definition:
Swing

Swing
v. t.
1.
To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round.
Dryden.

They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants.
Spectator.

2.
To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

3.
(Mach.)
To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

To swing a door, gate, etc. (Carp.), to put it on hinges so that it can swing or turn.


word: Swing₃
definition:
Swing

Swing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

2.
Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

3.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

4.
Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

The ram that batters down the wall,
For the great swing and rudeness of his poise,
They place before his hand that made the engine.
Shak.

5.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

6.
Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
swing
Dryden.

To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.
Burke.

Full swing. See under Full. -- Swing beam (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. -- Swing bridge, a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. -- Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. -- Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.


word: Swingdevil
definition:
Swingdevil

Swing"dev`il
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
[So named from its swift flight and dark color, which give it an uncanny appearance.]
The European swift.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Swinge₂
definition:
Swinge

Swinge
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swinged (swĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (swĭnj"ĭng).]
[OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1.
To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.

I had swinged him soundly.
Shak.

And swinges his own vices in his son.
C. Dryden.

2.
To move as a lash; to lash.
[Obs.]

Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
Milton.


word: Swinge₃
definition:
Swinge

Swinge
n.
1.
The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.]
Waller.

2.
Power; sway; influence.
[Obs.]


word: Swingel
definition:
Swingel

Swin"gel
(?)
n.
[AS. swingele whip, scourge. See Swing.]
The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.


word: Swinger₂
definition:
Swinger

Swin"ger
(?)
n.
1.
One who swinges.

2.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Herrick.


word: Swingle
definition:
Swingle

Swin"gle
(?)
v. i.
[Freq. of swing.]
1.
To dangle; to wave hanging.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

2.
To swing for pleasure.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Swingle₂
definition:
Swingle

Swin"gle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingling (?).]
[See Swingel.]
1.
To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

2.
To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
[Prov. Eng.]
Forby.


word: Swingle₃
definition:
Swingle

Swin"gle
n.
A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.


word: Swingletree
definition:
Swingletree

Swin"gle*tree`
(?)
n.
[So named in allusion to its swinging. See Swingle, v. i., and cf. Swingtree.]
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.


word: Swingling
definition:
Swingling

Swin"gling
(?)
a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.

Swingling tow, the coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.


word: Swingtree
definition:
Swingtree

Swing"tree`
(?)
n.
The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.


word: Swinish
definition:
Swinish

Swin"ish
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.
Swinish
Milton.
Swin"ish*ly, adv. -- Swin"ish*ness, n.


word: Swink
definition:
Swink

Swink
(?)
v. i.
[imp. Swank (?), Swonk (_;); p. p. Swonken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.]
[AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]
To labor; to toil; to salve.
[Obs. or Archaic]

Or swink with his hands and labor.
Chaucer.

For which men swink and sweat incessantly.
Spenser.

The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.”
Sir Samuel Freguson.


word: Swink₂
definition:
Swink

Swink
v. t.
1.
To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
[Obs.]

And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.
Milton.

2.
To acquire by labor.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

To devour all that others swink.
Chaucer.


word: Swipe
definition:
Swipe

Swipe
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sweep, Swiple.]
1.
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

2.
A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields.
R. A. Proctor.

3.
pl.
Poor, weak beer; small beer.
[Slang, Eng.]
[Written also swypes.]
Craig.


word: Swipe₂
definition:
Swipe

Swipe
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.]
1.
To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.

Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum.
R. A. Proctor.

2.
To pluck; to snatch; to steal.
[Slang, U.S.]


word: Swiple
definition:
Swiple

Swi"ple
(?)
n.
[See Swipe.]
That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
[Written also swipel, and swipple.]


word: Swipper
definition:
Swipper

Swip"per
(?)
a.
[From AS. swipian to whip, shake, whirl; akin to swāpan to sweep. See Swoop.]
Nimble; quick.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Slang]


word: Swirl
definition:
Swirl

Swirl
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Swirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.]
[Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. √177. See Swarm, n.]
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
swirled
C. Kingsley.


word: Swish
definition:
Swish

Swish
(?)
v. t.
[From the sound.  Cf. Swash.]
1.
To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
Coleridge.

2.
To flog; to lash.
[Slang]
Thackeray.


word: Swish₃
definition:
Swish

Swish
n.
1.
A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
[Colloq.]

2.
(Naut.)
Light driven spray.
[Eng.]


word: Swiss
definition:
Swiss

Swiss
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[F. Suisse, of German origin.  Cf. Switzer.]
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.


word: Switch
definition:
Switch

Switch
(?)
n.
[Cf. OD. swick a scourage, a whip.  Cf. Swink, Swing.]
1.
A small, flexible twig or rod.

Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch.
Addison.

2.
(Railways)
A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

3.
A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

4.
(Elec.)
A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

Safety switch (Railways), a form of switch contrived to prevent or lessen the danger of derailment of trains. -- Switch back (Railways), an arrangement of tracks whereby elevations otherwise insurmountable are passed. The track ascends by a series of zigzags, the engine running alternately forward and back, until the summit is reached. -- Switch board (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected or combined in any desired manner. -- Switch grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.


word: Switch₂
definition:
Switch

Switch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Switched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Switching.]
1.
To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
Chapman.

2.
To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

3.
To trim, as, a hedge.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

4.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

5.
(Eccl.)
To shift to another circuit.


word: switchboard
definition:
switchboard

switch"board`
n.
1.
an elctrical apparatus consisting predominantly of a panel on which are switches or other means of completing electrical circuits; -- used especially for the devices used in telephone exchanges.  See sense 2.

2.
(Telephone)
An apparatus containing switches by means of which a connection may be made from an incoming telephone line to any one of numerous outgoing lines.  The switches may be either mechanical or electronic, and the switching action may be automatic, controlled by signals in the incoming call, or manual, controlled by a switchboard operator.  In older style manual switchboards, the circuits were connected by the use of patchcords, inserted into plugs.

Syn. -- patchboard, plugboard, telephone exchange.


word: Switchel
definition:
Switchel

Switch"el
(?)
n.
[See Sweet.]
A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
[U. S.]


word: switcheroo
definition:
switcheroo

switch"er*oo
n.
a sudden and unexpected change or reversal of position, attitude, or action.


word: Switching
definition:
Switching

Switch"ing
a. & n. from Switch, v.

Switching engine, a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; -- called also switch engine. [U.S.]


word: Switching power supply
definition:
Switching power supply

Switch"ing power supply
n.
a device used as part of an electronic device, which transforms electrical current from an AC line circuit to DC for use in electronic devices, and which can use either 110 volt or 220 volt AC line curent.


word: Swithe
definition:
Swithe

Swithe
(?)
adv.
[AS. swī_;e strongly, violently.]
Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
[Obs.]

That thou doest, do thou swithe.
Wyclif (John xiii. 27).


word: Switzer
definition:
Switzer

Switz"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. schweizer.  Cf. Swiss.]
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.


word: Swive
definition:
Swive

Swive
(?)
v. t.
[OE. swiven, fr. AS. swīfan. See Swivel.]
To copulate with (a woman).
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Swivel
definition:
Swivel

Swiv"el
(?)
n.
[AS. swīfan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, svīfa to ramble, to turn. See Swoop, and cf. Swift a reel, Swift, a.]
1.
(Mech.)
A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

2.
(Mil.)
A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.
Wilhelm.

Swivel bridge, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. -- Swivel hook, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. -- Swivel joint, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.


word: Swobber
definition:
Swobber

Swob"ber
(?)
n.
1.
See Swabber.

2.
pl.
Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist.
[Written also swabber.]
Swift.


word: Swollen₂
definition:
Swollen

Swoll"en
a.
Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.


word: Swoon
definition:
Swoon

Swoon
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Swooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.]
[OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo_;nien, fr. swo_;en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw&omacrgan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw&omacrgen senseless, swooned, gesw&omacrwung a swooning.  Cf. Sough.]
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.

The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lam. ii. 11.

The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
Dryden.

He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
Tatler.


word: Swoop
definition:
Swoop

Swoop
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Swooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swooping.]
[OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. swāpan to sweep, to rush; akin to G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl, Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. swīfan to move quickly.  Cf. Sweep, Swift, a. & n., Swipe, Swivel.]
1.
To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

2.
To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

And now at last you came to swoop it all.
Dryden.

The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass.
Glanvill.


word: Swoop₂
definition:
Swoop

Swoop
v. i.
1.
To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to stoop.

2.
To pass with pomp; to sweep.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Swoop₃
definition:
Swoop

Swoop
n.
A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.

The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop.
L'Estrange.


word: Sword
definition:
Sword

Sword
(s&omacrrd)
n.
[OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sverð, Sw. svärd, Dan. svaerd; of uncertain origin.]
1.
An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp-pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.

2.
Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.

He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain.
Rom. xiii. 4.

She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.
Dryden.

3.
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.

I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matt. x. 34.

4.
The military power of a country.

He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law.
Milton.

5.
(Weaving)
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. -- Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. -- Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. -- Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. -- Sword dance. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. -- Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. -- Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen. -- Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. -- Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence. Milton. -- Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus. -- Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. -- Sword shrimp (Zool.), a European shrimp (Pasiphaea sivado) having a very thin, compressed body. -- Sword stick, a sword cane. -- To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t. -- To put to the sword. See under Put.


word: Swordbill
definition:
Swordbill

Sword"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.


word: Sworder
definition:
Sworder

Sword"er
(?)
n.
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Swordfish
definition:
Swordfish

Sword"fish`
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long.
(b)
The gar pike.
(c)
The cutlass fish.

2.
(Astron.)
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.

Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.


word: Swordplayer
definition:
Swordplayer

Sword"play`er
(?)
n.
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.


word: Sword-shaped
definition:
Sword-shaped

Sword"-shaped`
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.


word: Swordsman
definition:
Swordsman

Swords"man
(?)
n.
pl. Swordsmen (_;).
1.
A soldier; a fighting man.

2.
One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.


word: Swordsmanship
definition:
Swordsmanship

Swords"man*ship
n.
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.
Cowper.


word: Swordtail
definition:
Swordtail

Sword"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The limulus.
(b)
Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.


word: Sworn
definition:
Sworn

Sworn
(?)
p. p. of Swear.

Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.


word: Swough
definition:
Swough

Swough
(?)
n.
[See Swoon.]
1.
A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
[Obs.]

He sigheth with full many a sorry swough.
Chaucer.

2.
A swoon.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Swound
definition:
Swound

Swound
(?)
v. & n.
See Swoon, v. & n.
[Prov. Eng. or Archaic]
Shak. Dryden.

The landlord stirred
As one awaking from a swound.
Longfellow.


word: 'Swounds
definition:
'Swounds

'Swounds
(?)
interj.
[Cf. Zounds.]
An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
[Obs. or Archaic]
Shak.


word: Sybarite
definition:
Sybarite

Syb"a*rite
(?)
n.
[L. Sybarita, Gr. _;, fr. _;, a city in Italy, noted for the effeminacy and voluptuousness of its inhabitants; cf. F. Sybarite.]
A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.


word: Sybaritical
definition:
Sybaritical

Sybaritic

{ Syb`a*rit"ic (?), Syb`a*rit"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. Sybariticus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.
Sybaritic
Bp. Warburton.
Sybaritical
Bp. Hall.


word: Sycamore
definition:
Sycamore

Syc"a*more
(?)
n.
[L. sycomorus, Gr. _; the fig mulberry; _; a fig + _; the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore.  Cf. Mulberry.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig.  It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b)
The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c)
A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
[Written sometimes sycomore.]


word: Sycee
definition:
Sycee

Sy*cee"
(?)
n.
[Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.]
Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.
[China]
McElrath.


word: Sychnocarpous
definition:
Sychnocarpous

Sych`no*car"pous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; much or frequent + _; fruit.]
(Bot.)
Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.


word: Sycite
definition:
Sycite

Sy"cite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; figlike, fr. _; a fig.]
(Min.)
A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.
[Obs.]


word: Sycoceric
definition:
Sycoceric

Syc`o*cer"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.


word: Sycoceryl
definition:
Sycoceryl

Syc`o*ce"ryl
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a fig + _; wax + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.


word: Sycones
definition:
Sycones

Sy*co"nes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a fig.]
(Zool.)
A division of calcareous sponges.

&hand_; They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in ampullae connected with radial tubes in the thickened walls of the body.


word: Syconus
definition:
Syconus

Syconium

{ &VerbarSy*co"ni*um (?), &VerbarSy*co"nus (?), }
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the fig.]
(Bot.)
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.


word: Sycophancy
definition:
Sycophancy

Syc"o*phan*cy
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. sycophantia deceit, Gr. _; false accusation.]
The character or characteristic of a sycophant.

The sycophancy of A.Philips had prejudiced Mr. Addison against Pope.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Sycophant
definition:
Sycophant

Syc"o*phant
(?)
n.
[L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. _; a false accuser, false adviser, literally, a fig shower; _; a fig + _; to show: cf. F. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See Phenomenon.]
1.
An informer; a talebearer.
[Obs.]
sycophants
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.

A sycophant will everything admire:
Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire.
Dryden.


word: Sycophant₂
definition:
Sycophant

Syc"o*phant
(?)
v. t.
[CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr. _;.]
1.
To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
[Obs.]

Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary.
Milton.

2.
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.


word: Sycophantical
definition:
Sycophantical

Sycophantic

{ Syc`o*phan"tic (?), Syc`o*phan"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. Gr. _; slanderous.]
Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.

To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.
South.

Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain.
De Quincey.


word: Sycophantish
definition:
Sycophantish

Syc"o*phant`ish
(?)
a.
Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv.

Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly.
De Quincey.


word: Sycosis
definition:
Sycosis

Sy*co"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; a fig.]
(Med.)
A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.


word: Syenite
definition:
Syenite

Sy"e*nite
(?)
n.
[L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. _;.]
(Min.)
(a)
Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
(b)
A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.


word: Syenitic
definition:
Syenitic

Sy`e*nit"ic
(?)
a.
[Written also sienitic.]
1.
Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

2.
Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.


word: Syle
definition:
Syle

Syle
(?)
n.
[See Sile a young herring.]
(Zool.)
A young herring (Clupea harengus).
[Also written sile.]

But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle,
And when they're grown, why then we call them herring.
J. Ingelow.


word: Syllabary
definition:
Syllabary

Syl"la*ba*ry
(?)
n.
A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
S. W. Williams.


word: Syllabical
definition:
Syllabical

Syllabic

{ Syl*lab"ic (?), Syl*lab"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. syllabique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

2.
Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.
syllabic
Earle.


word: Syllabicate
definition:
Syllabicate

Syl*lab"i*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Syllabicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syllabicating.]
To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.


word: Syllabication
definition:
Syllabication

Syl*lab`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.


word: Syllabification
definition:
Syllabification

Syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[See Syllabify.]
Same as Syllabication.
Rush.

Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force.
H. Sweet.


word: Syllabify
definition:
Syllabify

Syl*lab"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Syllabified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syllabifying (?).]
[L. syllaba syllable + -fy.]
To form or divide into syllables.


word: Syllabism
definition:
Syllabism

Syl"la*bism
(?)
n.
The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).


word: Syllabist
definition:
Syllabist

Syl"la*bist
(?)
n.
One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.


word: Syllable
definition:
Syllable

Syl"la*ble
(?)
n.
[OE. sillable, OF. sillabe, F. syllabe, L. syllaba, Gr. _; that which is held together, several letters taken together so as to form one sound, a syllable, fr. _; to take together; _; with + _; to take; cf. Skr. labh, rabh.  Cf. Lemma, Dilemma.]
1.
An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word.  In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance.  One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, §275.

2.
In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.

Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter.
Chaucer.

3.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.

Before any syllable of the law of God was written.
Hooker.

Who dare speak
One syllable against him?
Shak.


word: Syllabus
definition:
Syllabus

Syl"la*bus
(?)
n.
pl. E. Syllabuses (#), L. Syllabi (#).
[L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]
1.
A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

2.
(Law)
The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former.


word: Syllepsis
definition:
Syllepsis

Syl*lep"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. sy`llhpsis a taking together, from _;. See syllable, n.]
1.
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.

2.
(Gram.)
The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.


word: Sylleptical
definition:
Sylleptical

Sylleptic

{ Syl*lep"tic (?), Syl*lep"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; collective.]
Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
Syl*lep"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Syllidian
definition:
Syllidian

Syl*lid"i*an
(?)
n.
[From NL. Syllis, the typical genus.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.

&hand_; Many of the species are phosphorescent; others are remarkable for undergoing strobilation or fission and for their polymorphism. The egg, in such species, develops into an asexual individual. When mature, a number of its posterior segments gradually develop into one or more sexual individuals which finally break away and swim free in the sea. The males, females, and neuters usually differ greatly in form and structure.


word: Syllogism
definition:
Syllogism

Syl"lo*gism
(?)
n.
[OE. silogisme, OF. silogime, sillogisme, F. syllogisme, L. syllogismus, Gr. syllogismo`s a reckoning all together, a reasoning, syllogism, fr. syllogi`zesqai to reckon all together, to bring at once before the mind, to infer, conclude; sy`n with, together + logi`zesqai to reckon, to conclude by reasoning. See Syn-, and Logistic, Logic.]
(Logic)
The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration
as in the following example:
[1913 Webster]
Every virtue is laudable;
Kindness is a virtue;
Therefore kindness is laudable.
[1913 Webster]
These propositions are denominated respectively the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.

&hand_; If the premises are not true and the syllogism is regular, the reasoning is valid, and the conclusion, whether true or false, is correctly derived.


word: Syllogistical
definition:
Syllogistical

Syllogistic

{ Syl`lo*gis"tic (?), Syl`lo*gis"tic*al (?), }
a.
[L. syllogisticus, Gr. _;: cf. F. syllogistique.]
Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.


word: Syllogize
definition:
Syllogize

Syl"lo*gize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Syllogized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syllogizing (?).]
[Gr. _;: cf. F. syllogiser.]
To reason by means of syllogisms.

Men have endeavored . . . to teach boys to syllogize, or frame arguments and refute them, without any real inward knowledge of the question.
I. Watts.


word: Sylph
definition:
Sylph

Sylph
(?)
n.
[F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr. _; a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; -- so called by Paracelsus.]
1.
An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

2.
Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

3.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).


word: Sylphid
definition:
Sylphid

Sylph"id
(?)
n.
[F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.]
A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
sylphid
J. R. Drake.

Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear,
Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear.
Pope.


word: Sylphlike
definition:
Sylphlike

Sylph"like`
(?)
a.
Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

Sometimes a dance . . . 
Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze.
Byron.


word: Sylva
definition:
Sylva

Syl"va
(?)
n.
pl. Sylvae (#).
[L. sylva, better silva, a wood. See Silva.]
(Bot.)
Same as Silva.


word: Sylvan
definition:
Sylvan

Syl"van
(?)
a.
[See Silvan, a.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious.
De Quincey.

2.
Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.


word: Sylvan₂
definition:
Sylvan

Syl"van
n.
[L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.]
A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

Her private orchards, walled on every side,
To lawless sylvans all access denied.
Pope.


word: Sylvan₃
definition:
Sylvan

Syl"van
n.
[Sylva + furfuran.]
(Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.


word: Sylvanite
definition:
Sylvanite

Syl"van*ite
(?)
n.
[Fr. Transylvania, where first found.]
(Min.)
A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te2, of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. H., 1.5-2. Sp.gr., 7.9-8.3.


word: Sylvanium
definition:
Sylvanium

Syl*va"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., so called from Transylvania, where it was first found.]
(Chem.)
An old name for tellurium.
[Written also silvanium.]


word: Sylvic
definition:
Sylvic

Syl"vic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).


word: Sylvicoline
definition:
Sylvicoline

Syl*vic"o*line
(?)
a.
[L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.


word: Sylviculture
definition:
Sylviculture

Syl"vi*cul`ture
(?)
n.
[L. sylva, silva, forest + E. culture.]
The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.


word: Sylviculturist
definition:
Sylviculturist

Syl`vi*cul"tur*ist
(?)
n.
One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.


word: Sylvite
definition:
Sylvite

Sylvine

{ Syl"vine (?), Syl"vite (?), }
n.
[So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.]
(Min.)
Native potassium chloride.


word: Symbiosis
definition:
Symbiosis

Sym`bi*o"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. symbi`wsis a living together, symbioy^n to live together; sy`n with + _; to live.]
(Biol.)
The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, or antagonistic symbiosis or antipathetic symbiosis, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form practically a single body, as in the union of algae and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of algae in radiolarians) it is called conjunctive symbiosis; if there is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes), disjunctive symbiosis.


word: Symbiotic
definition:
Symbiotic

Sym`bi*ot"ic
(ĭm`bĭ*&obreve_;t"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. symbiwtiko`s.]
(Biol.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis.
Sym`bi*ot"ic*al (#), a. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: Symbol
definition:
Symbol

Sym"bol
(sĭm"b&obreve_;l)
n.
[L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from symba`llein to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with + ba`llein to throw: cf. F. symbole.  Cf. Emblem, Parable.]
1.
A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.

A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind.
Coleridge.

2.
(Math.)
Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

&hand_; In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes.

3.
(Theol.)
An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

4.
[Gr. _; contributions.]
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
[Obs.]

They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
Jer. Taylor.

5.
Share; allotment.
[Obs.]

The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol.
Jer. Taylor.

6.
(Chem.)
An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc.  See the list of names and symbols under Element.

&hand_; In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene.


word: Symbolical
definition:
Symbolical

Symbolic

{ Sym*bol"ic (?), Sym*bol"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]
Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
Sym*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sym*bol"ic*al*ness, n.

The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed.
Jer. Taylor.

Symbolical delivery (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. Bouvier.  Chitty. -- Symbolical philosophy, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics.


word: Symbolics
definition:
Symbolics

Sym*bol"ics
(?)
n.
The study of ancient symbols
(Theol.)
that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.


word: Symbolism
definition:
Symbolism

Sym"bol*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.

2.
A system of symbols or representations.

3.
(Chem.)
(a)
The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
(b)
A combining together of parts or ingredients.
[Obs.]

4.
(Theol.)
The science of creeds; symbolics.


word: Symbolistical
definition:
Symbolistical

Symbolistic

{ Sym`bol*is"tic (?), Sym`bol*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.


word: Symbolization
definition:
Symbolization

Sym`bol*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. symbolisation.]
The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Symbolize
definition:
Symbolize

Sym"bol*ize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Symbolized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Symbolizing (?).]
[Cf. F. symboliser.]
1.
To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.

The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony.
Bacon.

They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses.
Howell.

2.
To hold the same faith; to agree.
[R.]

The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them.
G. S. Faber.

3.
To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.


word: Symbolize₂
definition:
Symbolize

Sym"bol*ize
v. t.
1.
To make to agree in properties or qualities.

2.
To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
symbolize
Sir T. Browne.

3.
To represent by a symbol or symbols.


word: Symbological
definition:
Symbological

Sym`bo*log"i*cal
(?)
a.
Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.


word: Symbranchii
definition:
Symbranchii

Sym*bran"chi*i
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + _; a gill.]
(Zool.)
An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.


word: Symmetrical
definition:
Symmetrical

Sym*met"ric*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. symétrique. See Symmetry.]
1.
Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

2.
(Biol.)
Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry.  See Symmetry, 2.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.
(b)
Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.

4.
(Math.)
Having a common measure; commensurable.
(b)
Having corresponding parts or relations.

&hand_; A curve or a plane figure is symmetrical with respect to a given line, and a line, surface, or solid with respect to a plane, when for each point on one side of the line or plane there is a corresponding point on the other side, so situated that the line joining the two corresponding points is perpendicular to the line or plane and is bisected by it. Two solids are symmetrical when they are so situated with respect to an intervening plane that the several points of their surfaces thus correspond to each other in position and distance. In analysis, an expression is symmetrical with respect to several letters when any two of them may change places without affecting the expression; as, the expression a2b + ab2 + a2c + ac2 + b2c + bc2, is symmetrical with respect to the letters a, b, c.


word: Symmetrize
definition:
Symmetrize

Sym"me*trize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Symmetrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Symmetrizing (?).]
[Cf. F. symétriser.]
To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
Burke.


word: Symmetry
definition:
Symmetry

Sym"me*try
(?)
n.
[L. symmetria, Gr. _;; sy`n with, together + _; a measure: cf. F. symétrie. See Syn-, and Meter rhythm.]
1.
A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

2.
(Biol.)
The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.

&hand_; Bilateral symmetry, or two-sidedness, in vertebrates, etc., is that in which the body can be divided into symmetrical halves by a vertical plane passing through the middle; radial symmetry, as in echinoderms, is that in which the individual parts are arranged symmetrically around a central axis; serial symmetry, or zonal symmetry, as in earthworms, is that in which the segments or metameres of the body are disposed in a zonal manner one after the other in a longitudinal axis. This last is sometimes called metamerism.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
(b)
Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

Axis of symmetry. (Geom.) See under Axis. -- Respective symmetry, that disposition of parts in which only the opposite sides are equal to each other.


word: Sympathetic
definition:
Sympathetic

Sym`pa*thet"ic
(?)
a.
[See Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.]
1.
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind
Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Goldsmith.

2.
Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Gray.

3.
(Physiol.)
(a)
Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
(b)
Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.

Sympathetic ink. (Chem.) See under Ink. -- Sympathetic nerve (Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially, the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic system. -- Sympathetic powder (Alchemy), a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the bloody clothes. Dunglison. -- Sympathetic sounds (Physics), sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid. -- Sympathetic system (Anat.), a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and nerve plexuses.


word: Sympathize
definition:
Sympathize

Sym"pa*thize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sympathized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sympathizing (?).]
[F. sympathiser. See Sympathy.]
1.
To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be too distracted to fix itself in meditation.
Buckminster.

2.
To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.

Their countrymen . . . sympathized with their heroes in all their adventures.
Addison.

3.
To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
Dryden.


word: Sympathize₂
definition:
Sympathize

Sym"pa*thize
v. t.
1.
To experience together.
[Obs.]
sympathized
Shak.

2.
To ansew to; to correspond to.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Sympathy
definition:
Sympathy

Sym"pa*thy
(?)
n.
pl. Sympathies (#).
[F. sympathie, L. sympathia, Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; suffering, passion, fr. _;, _;, to suffer. See Syn-, and Pathos.]
1.
Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.

They saw, but other sight instead -- a crowd
Of ugly serpents! Horror on them fell,
And horrid sympathy.
Milton.

2.
An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

3.
Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

I value myself upon sympathy, I hate and despise myself for envy.
Kames.

4.
(Physiol. & Med.)
(a)
The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.
(b)
The influence of a certain psychological state in one person in producing a like state in another.
In the original 1890 work, sense (b) was described as: “That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.”

5.
A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.
[R.]

6.
Similarity of function, use office, or the like.

The adverb has most sympathy with the verb.
Earle.

Fault,
Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought
Commiseration.
Milton.


word: Sympetalous
definition:
Sympetalous

Sym*pet"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. sym- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Having the petals united; gamopetalous.


word: Symphonic
definition:
Symphonic

Sym*phon"ic
(?)
a.
1.
Symphonious.

2.
(Mus.)
Relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition.


word: Symphonious
definition:
Symphonious

Sym*pho"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[From Symphony.]
1.
Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious.

Followed with acclamation and the sound
Symphonious of ten thousand harps.
Milton.

2.
(Mus.)
Symphonic.


word: Symphonize
definition:
Symphonize

Sym"pho*nize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Symphonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Symphonizing (?).]
To agree; to be in harmony.
[R.]
Boyle.


word: Symphony
definition:
Symphony

Sym"pho*ny
(?)
n.
pl. Symphonies (#).
[F. symphonie (cf. It. sinfonia), L. symphonia, Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a sound, the voice. See Phonetic.]
1.
A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.

The trumpets sound,
And warlike symphony in heard around.
Dryden.

2.
A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.

With harp and pipe and symphony.
Chaucer.

3.
(Mus.)
(a)
An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the “symphonic poems” of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.
(b)
An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.


word: Symphyla
definition:
Symphyla

Sym*phy"la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + _; a clan.]
(Zool.)
An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.


word: Symphyseotomy
definition:
Symphyseotomy

Sym`phy*se*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[NL. symphysis pubis + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.
[Written also symphysotomy.]
Dunglison.


word: Symphysis
definition:
Symphysis

Sym"phy*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Symphyses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to make to grow together; sy`n with + _; to cause to grow; to grow.]
(Anat.)
(a)
An articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
(b)
The union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw.  Cf. Articulation.


word: Symphytism
definition:
Symphytism

Sym"phy*tism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; grown together.]
Coalescence; a growing into one with another word.
[R.]

Some of the phrasal adverbs have assumed the form of single words, by that symphytism which naturally attaches these light elements to each other.
Earle.


word: Sympiesometer
definition:
Sympiesometer

Sym`pi*e*som"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; compression (fr. _; to press together; sy`n with + _; to press, squeeze) + -meter.]
A sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.

&hand_; The column of oil of a lower part BC of a glass tube compresses hydrogen gas in the upper part AB, and is thus measured on the scale pq by the position of a surface of the oil in the tube. The scale pq is adjustable, and its index must be set to the division on the scale rs corresponding to the temperature indicated by the termometer t, in order to correct for the effects of temperature on the gas. It is sensitive, and convenient for use at sea, but inferior in accuracy to the mercurial barometer.


word: Symplectic
definition:
Symplectic

Sym*plec"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; plaiting together, fr. _; to plait together.]
(Anat.)
Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.
n. The symplectic bone.


word: Symploce
definition:
Symploce

Sym"plo*ce
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; an interweaving, fr. _; to twine together; _; + _; to twine.]
(Rhet.)
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.


word: Sympodial
definition:
Sympodial

Sym*po"di*al
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.


word: Sympodium
definition:
Sympodium

Sym*po"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. Sympodia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + _;, dim. of _;, _;, foot.]
(Bot.)
An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.


word: Symposiac
definition:
Symposiac

Sym*po"si*ac
(?)
a.
[L. symposiacus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.

Symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance.
Arbuthnot.


word: Symposiac₂
definition:
Symposiac

Sym*po"si*ac
n.
A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.


word: Symposiarch
definition:
Symposiarch

Sym*po"si*arch
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;; _; a symposium + _; to be first, to rule.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
The master of a feast.


word: Symposiast
definition:
Symposiast

Sym*po"si*ast
(?)
n.
One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
Sydney Smith.


word: Symposium
definition:
Symposium

Sym*po"si*um
(?)
n.
pl. Symposia (#).
[L., fr. Gr. sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
1.
A drinking together; a merry feast.
T. Warton.

2.
A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.


word: Symptom
definition:
Symptom

Symp"tom
(?)
n.
[F. symptôme, Gr. _; anything that has befallen one, a chance, causality, symptom, fr. _; to fall together; sy`n with + _; to fall; akin to Skr. pat to fly, to fall. See Syn-, and cf. Asymptote, Feather.]
1.
(Med.)
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

Like the sick man, we are expiring with all sorts of good symptoms.
Swift.

2.
A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.


word: Symptomatical
definition:
Symptomatical

Symptomatic

{ Symp`tom*at"ic (?), Symp`tom*at"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. symptomatique, Gr. _; causal.]
1.
Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.

Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.
Macaulay.

2.
According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.


word: Symptomatology
definition:
Symptomatology

Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, symptom + -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.]
(Med.)
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

&hand_; It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.


word: Syn-
definition:
Syn-

Syn-
(?)
[Gr. sy`n with.]
A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l.


word: Synacmy
definition:
Synacmy

Synacme

{ Syn*ac"me (?), Syn*ac"my (?), }
n.
[NL. synacme. See Syn-, and Acme.]
(Bot.)
Same as Synanthesis.


word: Syneresis
definition:
Syneresis

Synaeresis

{ Syn*aer"e*sis, Syn*er"e*sis  }
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a taking or drawing together, fr. _; to take together; sy`n with + _; to take, to grasp. See Syn-, and Heresy.]
(Gram.)
The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis.


word: Synagogue
definition:
Synagogue

Syn"a*gogue
(?)
n.
[F., from L. synagoga, Gr. _; a bringing together, an assembly, a synagogue, fr. _; to bring together; sy`n with + _; to lead. See Syn-, and Agent.]
1.
A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.

2.
The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.

3.
The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.

4.
A congregation in the early Christian church.

My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring.
James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).

5.
Any assembly of men.
[Obs. or R.]
Milton.


word: Synalepha
definition:
Synalepha

Syn`a*le"pha
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. _;, from _; to melt together; sy`n with + _; to besmear.]
(Gram.)
A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.
[Written also synaloepha.]


word: Synallagmatic
definition:
Synallagmatic

Syn`al*lag*mat"ic
a.
[Gr. _;, from _; a mutual agreement, contract, fr. _; to exchange, negotiate with; sy`n with + _; to change.]
(Law)
Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.
Bouvier.


word: Synallaxine
definition:
Synallaxine

Syn`al*lax"ine
(?)
a.
[From Gr. _; to associate with.]
(Zool.)
Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.


word: Synangium
definition:
Synangium

Syn*an"gi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Synangia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; + _; a hollow vessel.]
(Anat.)
The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
Syn*an"gi*al (#), a.


word: Synantherous
definition:
Synantherous

Syn*an"ther*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + anther.]
(Bot.)
Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.


word: Synanthesis
definition:
Synanthesis

Syn`an*the"sis
(sĭn`ăn*thē"sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + Gr. 'a`nqhsis bloom.]
(Bot.)
The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.
Gray.


word: Synanthous
definition:
Synanthous

Syn*an"thous
(sĭn*ăn"thŭs)
a.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower.]
(Bot.)
Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.


word: Synanthrose
definition:
Synanthrose

Syn*an"throse"
(sĭn*ăn"thr&omacrs)
n.
[From NL. Synantherae the Compositae; Gr. sy`n with + 'anqh`ros blooming.]
(Chem.)
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.


word: Synapta
definition:
Synapta

Syn*ap"ta
(sĭn*ăp"tȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. synapto`s fastened together; sy`n with + 'a`ptein to fasten.]
(Zool.)
A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Synaptase
definition:
Synaptase

Syn*ap"tase
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; fastened together + diastase.]
(Chem.)
A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds.  Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.


word: Synapticula
definition:
Synapticula

Syn`ap*tic"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Synapticulae (#).
[NL., dim. from Gr. _; fastened together.]
(Zool.)
One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.


word: Synarchy
definition:
Synarchy

Syn"ar*chy
(sĭn"ȧr*k&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. synarchi`a, fr. syna`rchein to rule jointly with; sy`n with + 'a`rchein to rule.]
Joint rule or sovereignty.
[R.]
Stackhouse.


word: Synartesis
definition:
Synartesis

Syn`ar*te"sis
(sĭn`är*tē"sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a fastening together, fr. _; to fasten together.]
A fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Synarthrodia
definition:
Synarthrodia

Syn`ar*thro"di*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Anat.)
Synarthrosis.
Syn`ar*thro"di*al (#), a.
Dunglison.


word: Synarthrosis
definition:
Synarthrosis

Syn`ar*thro"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Synarthroses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a being jointed together, fr. _; to link or joint together; sy`n with + _; a joint.]
(Anat.)
Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.


word: Synastry
definition:
Synastry

Syn"as*try
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; a star.]
Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.
[R.]
Motley.


word: Synaxis
definition:
Synaxis

Syn*ax"is
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to bring together. See Synagogue.]
A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Syncarp
definition:
Syncarp

Syn"carp
(?)
n.
[NL. syncarpium. See Syncarpous.]
(Bot.)
A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.


word: Syncarpous
definition:
Syncarpous

Syn*car"pous
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; a fruit.]
(Bot.)
Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.


word: Syncategorematic
definition:
Syncategorematic

Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic.]
(Logic)
Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.


word: Synchondrosis
definition:
Synchondrosis

Syn`chon*dro"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Synchondroses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; cartilage.]
(Anat.)
An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.
Syn`chon*dro"si*al, a.


word: Synchondrotomy
definition:
Synchondrotomy

Syn`chon*drot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; union by cartilage + _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
Symphyseotomy.


word: Synchoresis
definition:
Synchoresis

Syn`cho*re"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a going.]
(Rhet.)
A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.


word: Synchronal
definition:
Synchronal

Syn"chro*nal
(?)
a.
[See Synchronous.]
Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous.
Dr. H. More.


word: Synchronical
definition:
Synchronical

Syn*chron"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. synchronique.]
Happening at the same time; synchronous.
Boyle.
Syn*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Synchronism
definition:
Synchronism

Syn"chro*nism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to be contemporary with, from _; synchronous. See Synchronous.]
1.
The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.

2.
The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.

3.
(Paint.)
A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.


word: Synchronistic
definition:
Synchronistic

Syn`chro*nis"tic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.


word: Synchronization
definition:
Synchronization

Syn`chro*ni*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.


word: Synchronize
definition:
Synchronize

Syn"chro*nize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Synchronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing (?).]
[Gr. _;.]
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.
De Quincey.


word: Synchronize₂
definition:
Synchronize

Syn"chro*nize
v. t.
1.
To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
synchronizes
W. L. Bevan.

2.
To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.


word: Synchronology
definition:
Synchronology

Syn`chro*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; time + -logy.]
Contemporaneous chronology.


word: Synchronous
definition:
Synchronous

Syn"chro*nous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; time.  Cf. Chronicle.]
Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
Syn"chro*nous*ly, adv.


word: Synchrony
definition:
Synchrony

Syn"chro*ny
(?)
n.
The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
[R.]

Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony.
Huxley.


word: Synchysis
definition:
Synchysis

Syn"chy*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to confound; sy`n with + _; to pour.]
A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.

Sparkling synchysis (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin.


word: Synclastic
definition:
Synclastic

Syn*clas"tic
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. kla^n to break.]
(Math. Physics)
Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic.
Sir W. Thomson.


word: Synclinal
definition:
Synclinal

Syn*cli"nal
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; to incline together; sy`n with + _; to incline.]
1.
Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

2.
(Geol.)
Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.

&hand_; A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an anticlinal axis.


word: Synclinorium
definition:
Synclinorium

Syn`cli*no"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Synclinoria (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to lay together + _; mountain.]
(Geol.)
A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.
Dana.


word: Syncopate
definition:
Syncopate

Syn"co*pate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Syncopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syncopating.]
[LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope.]
1.
(Gram.)
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, “Gloster” is a syncopated form of “Gloucester.”

2.
(Mus.)
To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.


word: Syncopation
definition:
Syncopation

Syn`co*pa"tion
(?)
n.
1.
(Gram.)
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

2.
(Mus.)
The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.


word: Syncope
definition:
Syncope

Syn"co*pe
(?)
n.
[L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. _; a cutting up, a syncope; akin to _; to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + _; to strike, cut.]
1.
(Gram.)
An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.

2.
(Mus.)
Same as Syncopation.

3.
(Med.)
A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.

4.
A pause or cessation; suspension.
[R.]

Revely, and dance, and show,
Suffer a syncope and solemn pause.
Cowper.


word: Syncotyledonous
definition:
Syncotyledonous

Syn*cot`y*led"on*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + cotyledonous.]
(Bot.)
Having united cotyledonous.


word: Syncretic
definition:
Syncretic

Syn*cret"ic
(?)
a.
Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.
Smart.


word: Syncretism
definition:
Syncretism

Syn"cre*tism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme.]
1.
Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial.
Baxter.

Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.
Krauth-Fleming.

2.
(Philol.)
The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.


word: Syncretist
definition:
Syncretist

Syn"cre*tist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. syncrétiste.]
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;
(Eccl. Hist.)
an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.


word: Syncretistic
definition:
Syncretistic

Syn`cre*tis"tic
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.

2.
Of or pertaining to Syncretists.


word: Syncrisis
definition:
Syncrisis

Syn"cri*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a comparison; _; together + _; to judge.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Crabb.


word: Syncytium
definition:
Syncytium

Syn*cy"ti*um
(?)
n.
pl. Syncitia (#).
[NL., from Gr. _; together + _; a hollow vessel.]
1.
(Biol.)
Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.

2.
(Zool.)
The ectoderm of a sponge.


word: Syndactyle
definition:
Syndactyle

Syndactyl

{ Syn*dac"tyl, Syn*dac"tyle }
(?)
a.
[Syn- + Gr. _; finger, toe.]
(Zool. & Med.)
Having two or more digits wholly or partly united. See Syndactylism.


word: Syndactyle₂
definition:
Syndactyle

Syn*dac"tyle
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; finger, toe: cf. F. syndactyle.]
(Zool.)
Any bird having syndactilous feet.


word: Syndactylous
definition:
Syndactylous

Syn*dac"tyl*ous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.


word: Syndesmography
definition:
Syndesmography

Syn`des*mog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; band, bond + -graphy.]
A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.


word: Syndesmology
definition:
Syndesmology

Syn`des*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; band, bond + -logy.]
That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.


word: Syndesmosis
definition:
Syndesmosis

Syn`des*mo"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Syndesmoses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a bond; _; together + _; a bond, fr. _; to bind.]
(Anat.)
An articulation formed by means of ligaments.


word: Syndetical
definition:
Syndetical

Syndetic

{ Syn*det"ic (?), Syn*det"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, from _; to bind together; sy`n with + _; to bind; cf. Asyndetic.]
Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary.
Syn*det"ic*al*ly, adv.

With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated.
C. J. Grece (Trans. Maetzner's Gram.).


word: Syndic
definition:
Syndic

Syn"dic
(?)
n.
[L. syndictus, Gr. _; helping in a court of justice, advocate; sy`n with + _; justice, akin to _; to show: cf. F. syndic. See Teach.]
1.
An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

2.
(Law)
An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.

&hand_; In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university, and the like, have their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng., has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc.

3.
(Civil Law)
One appointed to manage an estate, essentially as a trustee, under English law.


word: Syndical
definition:
Syndical

Syn"dic*al
(?)
a.
1.
Consisting of, or pert. to, a syndic.

2.
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, syndicalism.


word: Syndicalism
definition:
Syndicalism

Syn"dic*al*ism
(?)
n.
[F. syndicalisme.]
The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Confédération Générale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of political action) -- direct action including any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.


word: Syndicalist
definition:
Syndicalist

Syn"dic*al*ist
n.
One who advocates or practices syndicalism.
Syn`dic*al*is"tic (#), a.


word: Syndicate
definition:
Syndicate

Syn"di*cate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.]
1.
The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.

3.
A more or less organized association of criminals controlling some aspects of criminal activity, in a specific area or country-wide; -- used loosely as a synonym for organized crime or the mafia.

4.
(Journalism)
a commercial organization that purchases various journalistic items, such as articles, columns, or comic strips, from their individual creators, and resells them to newspapers or other periodicals for simultaneous publication over a wide area.


word: Syndicate₂
definition:
Syndicate

Syn"di*cate
(?)
v. t.
[LL. syndicatus, p. p. of syndicare to censure.]
To judge; to censure.
[Obs.]


word: Syndicate₃
definition:
Syndicate

Syn"di*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. syndicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. syndicating (?).]
1.
To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.

2.
To acquire or control for or by, or to subject to the management of, a syndicate; as, syndicated newspapers.

3.
(Journalism)
to purchase various journalistic items, such as articles, columns, or comic strips, from their individual creators, and resell them to numerous periodicals for simultaneous publication over a wide area; a syndicated columnist.


word: Syndrome
definition:
Syndrome

Syn"dro*me
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a course, a running.]
1.
Concurrence.
[R.]
Glanvill.

2.
(Med.)
A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.

3.
generally, a pattern of characteristics or behaviors occurring together, that are sufficiently common and distinctive to indicate that they are due to a known cause.


word: Syndyasmian
definition:
Syndyasmian

Syn`dy*as"mi*an
(?)
a.
[Gr. syndyasmo`s a pairing, fr. syndya`zein to pair.]
Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
Morgan.


word: Syne
definition:
Syne

Syne
(?)
adv.
[See Since.]
1.
Afterwards; since; ago.
[Obs. or Scot.]
R. of Brunne.

2.
Late, -- as opposed to soon.

[Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.
W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace).


word: Synecdoche
definition:
Synecdoche

Syn*ec"do*che
(sĭn*ĕk"do̝*ke̝)
n.
[L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr.  to receive jointly; sy`n with + _; to receive; _; out + _; to receive.]
(Rhet.)
A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
Bain.


word: Synecdochical
definition:
Synecdochical

Syn`ec*doch"ic*al
(?)
a.
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another.
Drayton.


word: Synechia
definition:
Synechia

Syn*e"chi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to hold together; sy`n with + _; to hold.]
(Med.)
A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.


word: Synecphonesis
definition:
Synecphonesis

Syn*ec`pho*ne"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to utter together.]
(Gram.)
A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.


word: Synedral
definition:
Synedral

Syn*e"dral
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; sitting with; sy`n with + "e`dra seat.]
(Bot.)
Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.


word: Synentognathi
definition:
Synentognathi

Syn`en*tog"na*thi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + 'ento`s within + gna`qos jaw.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.


word: Synepy
definition:
Synepy

Syn"e*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a word.]
(Rhet.)
The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.


word: Synergetic
definition:
Synergetic

Syn`er*get"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to work together; sy`n with + 'e`rgon work.]
Working together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles.


word: Synergism
definition:
Synergism

Syn"er*gism
(?)
n.
[See Synergetic.]
(Theol.)
The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man.


word: Synergist
definition:
Synergist

Syn"er*gist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. synergiste.]
1.
One who holds the doctrine of synergism.

2.
(Med.)
A remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it.


word: Synergistic
definition:
Synergistic

Syn`er*gis"tic
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to synergism.
synergistic
Shedd.

2.
Cooperating; synergetic.


word: Synergy
definition:
Synergy

Syn"er*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;. See Synergetic.]
2.
Combined action
(Med.)
the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.

2.
An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately; -- also called synergism..  Opposite to antagonism.


word: Synesis
definition:
Synesis

Syn"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; intelligence.]
(Gram.)
A construction in which adherence to some element in the sense causes a departure from strict syntax, as in “Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ unto them.”


word: Syngenesia
definition:
Syngenesia

Syn`ge*ne"si*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with, together + _; generation, birth.]
(Bot.)
A Linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.


word: Syngenesious
definition:
Syngenesious

Syngenesian

{ Syn`ge*ne"sian (?), Syn`ge*ne"sious (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.


word: Syngenesis
definition:
Syngenesis

Syn*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + genesis.]
(Biol.)
A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.


word: Syngnathi
definition:
Syngnathi

Syng"na*thi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + _; jaw.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins.  The pipefishes and sea horses are examples.
Syng"na*thous (#), a.


word: Syngraph
definition:
Syngraph

Syn"graph
(?)
n.
[L. syngrapha, Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; to write.]
(Law)
A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.


word: Synizesis
definition:
Synizesis

Syn`i*ze"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to sit together; sy`n with + _; to sit.]
1.
(Med.)
An obliteration of the pupil of the eye.

2.
(Gram.)
A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.


word: Synneorosis
definition:
Synneorosis

Syn`neo*ro"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Synneuroses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; sy`n with + _; a sinew, ligament.]
(Anat.)
Syndesmosis.


word: Synocha
definition:
Synocha

Syn"o*cha
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a holding together. See Synechia.]
(Med.)
See Synochus.
[Obs.]


word: Synochus
definition:
Synochus

Syn"o*chus
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; joined together.]
(Med.)
A continuous fever.
[Obs.]

&hand_; Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two distinct types of fever, but in different senses at different periods. The same disease is placed under synocha by one author, under synochus by another.
Quain.


word: Synocil
definition:
Synocil

Syn"o*cil
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + cilium.]
(Zool.)
A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.


word: Synod
definition:
Synod

Syn"od
(sĭn"ŭd)
n.
[L. synodus, Gr. sy`nodos a meeting; sy`n with + "odo`s a way; cf. AS. sinoð, senoð, F. synode, both from the Latin.]
1.
(Eccl. Hist.)
An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

&hand_; Synods are of four kinds: 1. General, or ecumenical, which are composed of bishops from different nations; -- commonly called general council. 2. National, composed of bishops of one nation only. 3. Provincial, in which the bishops of only one province meet; -- called also convocations. 4. Diocesan, a synod in which the bishop of the diocese or his representative presides.
    Among Presbyterians, a synod is composed of several adjoining presbyteries. The members are the ministers and a ruling elder from each parish.

2.
An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.

It hath in solemn synods been decreed,
Both by the Syracusians and ourselves,
To admit no traffic to our adverse towns.
Shak.

Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove!
And you, bright synod of the powers above.
Dryden.

3.
(Astron.)
A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Synodal₂
definition:
Synodal

Syn"od*al
n.
1.
(Ch. of Eng.)
A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.

Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only.
Gibson.

2.
A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.


word: Synodical
definition:
Synodical

Synodic

{ Syn*od"ic (?), Syn*od"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. synodicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. synodique.]
1.
(Eccl.)
Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.
synodical
Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.
(Astron.)
Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.


word: Synodically
definition:
Synodically

Syn*od"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.
Synodically
R. Nelson.


word: Synodist
definition:
Synodist

Syn"od*ist
(?)
n.
An adherent to a synod.

These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decrees from vulgar eyes.
Fuller.


word: Synoecious
definition:
Synoecious

Syn*oe"cious
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; house.]
(Bot.)
Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.


word: Synomocy
definition:
Synomocy

Syn*om"o*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to swear with or together; sy`n with + _; to swear.]
Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club.


word: Synonym
definition:
Synonym

Syn"o*nym
(sĭn"o̝*nĭm)
n.
pl. Synonyms (sĭn"o̝*nĭmz).
[F. synonyme, L. synonyma, pl. of synonymum, Gr. synw`nymon. See Synonymous.]
1.
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
[Written also synonyme.]

All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society.
De Quincey.

His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, a synonym for probity and philanthropy.
Macaulay.

In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in special dictionaries of such words, synonyms are words sufficiently alike in general signification to be liable to be confounded, but yet so different in special definition as to require to be distinguished.
G. P. Marsh.

2.
An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.

3.
One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.
[Rare]


word: Synonymic
definition:
Synonymic

Syn`o*nym"ic
(sĭn`&obreve_;*nĭm"ĭk)
n.
[Cf. G. synonymik. See Synonymous.]
(Gram.)
The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.


word: Synonymical
definition:
Synonymical

Synonymic

{ Syn`o*nym"ic (?), Syn`o*nym"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.


word: Synonymicon
definition:
Synonymicon

Syn`o*nym"i*con
(sĭn`&obreve_;*nĭm"ĭ*k&obreve_;n)
n.
[NL.]
A dictionary of synonyms.
C. J. Smith.


word: Synonymist
definition:
Synonymist

Syn*on"y*mist
(sĭn*&obreve_;n"ĭ*mĭst)
n.
[Cf. F. synonymiste.]
One who collects or explains synonyms.


word: Synonymize
definition:
Synonymize

Syn*on"y*mize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Synonymized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Synonymizing (?).]
To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.

This word “fortis” we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold, daring, intrepid.
Camden.


word: Synonymous
definition:
Synonymous

Syn*on"y*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; sy`n with, together + _;, _;, name. See Syn-, and Name.]
Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.
Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv.

These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom and understanding are synonymous words here.
Tillotson.


word: Synonymy
definition:
Synonymy

Syn*on"y*my
(?)
n.
[L. synonymia, Gr. _; a synonym: cf. F. synonymie.]
1.
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

2.
A system of synonyms.

3.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.


word: Synopsis
definition:
Synopsis

Syn*op"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Synopses (#).
[L., from Gr. _;; sy`n with, together + _; a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.]
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Synoptical
definition:
Synoptical

Synoptic

{ Syn*op"tic (?), Syn*op"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis.]
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.
synoptic
Alford.
Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Synoptist
definition:
Synoptist

Syn*op"tist
(?)
n.
Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.


word: Synosteology
definition:
Synosteology

Syn*os`te*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Pref. syn- + Gr. _; bone + -logy.]
That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.


word: Synosteosis
definition:
Synosteosis

Syn*os`te*o"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Synosteoses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + _; bone.]
(Anat.)
Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.


word: Synovia
definition:
Synovia

Syn*o"vi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., perhaps fr. Gr. sy`n with + L. ovum egg: cf. F. synovie.]
(Anat.)
A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.


word: Synovial
definition:
Synovial

Syn*o"vi*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. synovial.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.

Synovial capsule, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. -- Synovial fluid, synovia. -- Synovial membrane, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.


word: Synovitis
definition:
Synovitis

Syn`o*vi"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Synovia, -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the synovial membrane.


word: Synpelmous
definition:
Synpelmous

Syn*pel"mous
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + _; the sole of the foot.]
(Zool.)
Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.


word: Synsepalous
definition:
Synsepalous

Syn*sep"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. syn- + sepal.]
(Bot.)
Having united sepals; gamosepalous.


word: Syntactical
definition:
Syntactical

Syntactic

{ Syn*tac"tic (?), Syn*tac"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. G. _; putting together. See Syntax.]
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.
Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Syntax
definition:
Syntax

Syn"tax
(?)
n.
[L. syntaxis, Gr. _;, fr. _; to put together in order; sy`n with + _; to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.]
1.
Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
[Obs.]

They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings.
Glanvill.

2.
That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.


word: Synteresis
definition:
Synteresis

Syn`te*re"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; preservation, fr. _; to preserve; sy`n with + _; to guard.]
1.
(Med.)
Prophylaxis.
[Obs.]

2.
(Metaph.)
Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.
Whewell.


word: Synteretics
definition:
Synteretics

Syn`te*ret"ics
(?)
n.
(Med.)
That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
[Obs.]


word: Synthesis
definition:
Synthesis

Syn"the*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Syntheses (#).
[L., a mixture, properly, a putting together, Gr. _;, fr. _; to place or put together; sy`n with + _; to place. See Thesis.]
1.
Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

2.
(Chem.)
The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.

3.
(Logic)
The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis.

Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Synthesize
definition:
Synthesize

Syn"the*size
(?)
v. t.
1.
To combine by synthesis; to unite.

2.
To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.


word: Synthetical
definition:
Synthetical

Synthetic

{ Syn*thet"ic (?), Syn*thet"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. synthétique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.

Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments.
Bolingbroke.

2.
(Chem.)
Artificial.  Cf. Synthesis, 2.

3.
(Zool.)
Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.

Synthetic language, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to analytic language. R. Morris.


word: Syntomy
definition:
Syntomy

Syn"to*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to cut short; sy`n with + _; to cut.]
Brevity; conciseness.
[R.]


word: Syntonic
definition:
Syntonic

Syn*ton"ic
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another.
Syn*ton"ic*al (#), a. -- Syn*ton"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Syntonin
definition:
Syntonin

Syn"to*nin
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _; stretched tight, intense.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.


word: Syntonize
definition:
Syntonize

Syn"to*nize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. -nized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -nizing (?).]
[See Syntony.]
(Physics)
To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other.
Syn`to*ni*za"tion (#), n.


word: Syntonizer
definition:
Syntonizer

Syn"to*niz`er
(?)
n.
(Physics)
One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antennae in wireless telegraphy (called also syntonizing coil).


word: Syntony
definition:
Syntony

Syn"to*ny
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _; agreement. See Syn-; Tone.]
(Physics)
State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.


word: Syphering
definition:
Syphering

Sy"pher*ing
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Carp.)
The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.


word: Syphilis
definition:
Syphilis

Syph"i*lis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, “Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus,” which was published in 1530; Gr. _; hog, swine + _; dear, loving. The term was introduced into nosology by Sauvages.]
(Med.)
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.


word: Syphilitic
definition:
Syphilitic

Syph`i*lit"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. syphilitique.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.
n. A syphilitic patient.


word: Syphilization
definition:
Syphilization

Syph`i*li*za"tion
(?)
n.
(Med.)
Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.


word: Syphiloderm
definition:
Syphiloderm

Syph"i*lo*derm
(?)
n.
[See Syphilis, and Derm.]
(Med.)
A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.


word: Syphilodermatous
definition:
Syphilodermatous

Syph`i*lo*der"ma*tous
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.


word: Syphilology
definition:
Syphilology

Syph`i*lol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Syphilis + -logy.]
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.


word: Syriac
definition:
Syriac

Syr"i*ac
(?)
a.
[L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F. syriaque.]
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch.
n. The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.


word: Syrian
definition:
Syrian

Syr"i*an
(?)
a.
[L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien.]
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.
n. A native of Syria.


word: Syrianism
definition:
Syrianism

Syr"i*an*ism
(?)
n.
A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.
Paley.


word: Syriasm
definition:
Syriasm

Syr"i*asm
(?)
n.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
M. Stuart.

The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Syringa
definition:
Syringa

Sy*rin"ga
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;, a shepherd's pipe, tube.  Cf. Syringe.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of plants; the lilac.
(b)
The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.


word: Syringe
definition:
Syringe

Syr"inge
(?)
n.
[F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. _;, _;, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum.  Cf. Syringa.]
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.

Garden syringe. See Garden.


word: Syringe₂
definition:
Syringe

Syr"inge
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Syringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syringing (?).]
1.
To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.

2.
To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.


word: Syringin
definition:
Syringin

Sy*rin"gin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin.


word: Syringocoele
definition:
Syringocoele

Sy*rin"go*coele
(?)
n.
[Syrinx + Gr. _; hollow.]
(Anat.)
The central canal of the spinal cord.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Syringotome
definition:
Syringotome

Sy*rin"go*tome
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. syringotome. See Syringotomy.]
(Surg. & Anat.)
A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.


word: Syringotomy
definition:
Syringotomy

Syr`in*got"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a tube, a hollow sore + _; to cut: cf. F. syringotomie.]
(Surg.)
The operation of cutting for anal fistula.


word: Syrinx
definition:
Syrinx

Syr"inx
(?)
n.
pl. Syringes (#).
[NL., from Gr. _; a pipe.]
1.
(Mus.)
A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

2.
(Anat.)
The lower larynx in birds.

&hand_; In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, larynx in the usual position behind the tongue, and a lower one, at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi, which is the true organ of the voice.


word: Syrma
definition:
Syrma

Syr"ma
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to drag.]
(Class. Antiq.)
A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.


word: Syrphian
definition:
Syrphian

Syr"phi*an
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.
n. (Zool.) A syrphus fly.


word: Syrphus fly
definition:
Syrphus fly

Syr"phus fly`
(?)
[NL. Syrphus, the generic name, fr. Gr. _;, _;, a kind of winged insect.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.


word: Syrt
definition:
Syrt

Syrt
(?)
n.
[L. syrtis a sand bank in the sea, Gr. _;: cf. F. syrte.]
A quicksand; a bog.
[R.]
Young.


word: Syrtis
definition:
Syrtis

Syr"tis
(?)
n.
pl. Syrtes (#).
[See Syrt.]
A quicksand.

Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea
Nor good dry land.
Milton.


word: Syssarcosis
definition:
Syssarcosis

Sys`sar*co"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to unite by flesh, to cover over with flesh; sy`n with + _;, _;, flesh.]
(Anat.)
The junction of bones by intervening muscles.


word: Systaltic
definition:
Systaltic

Sys*tal"tic
(?)
a.
[L. systalticus drawing together, Gr. _;, from _; to draw together.  Cf. Sustaltic, Systole.]
(Physiol.)
Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.


word: Systasis
definition:
Systasis

Sys"ta*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to stand together. See under System.]
A political union, confederation, or league.
[R.]
Burke.


word: System
definition:
System

Sys"tem
(?)
n.
[L. systema, Gr. _;, fr. _; to place together; sy`n with + _; to place: cf. F. système. See Stand.]
1.
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.

The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
I. Watts.

2.
Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
system
Boyle.

3.
Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.

4.
(Mus.)
The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.

5.
(Biol.)
An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.

6.
(Zool.)
One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.

Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under Block, Conservative, etc.


word: Systematical
definition:
Systematical

Systematic

{ Sys`tem*at"ic (?), Sys`tem*at"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. systématique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study.

Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems.
I. Watts.

A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic.
Whewell.

2.
Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.

3.
Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.

These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
Boyle.

4.
(Med.)
Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.

Systematic theology. See under Theology.


word: Systematist
definition:
Systematist

Sys"tem*a*tist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. systématiste.]
1.
One who forms a system, or reduces to system.

2.
One who adheres to a system.


word: Systematization
definition:
Systematization

Sys`tem*a*ti*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. systématization.]
The act or operation of systematizing.


word: Systematize
definition:
Systematize

Sys"tem*a*tize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Systematized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Systematizing (?).]
[Cf. F. systématiser.  Cf. Systemize.]
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.

Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts.
Harris.


word: Systematizer
definition:
Systematizer

Sys"tem*a*ti`zer
(?)
n.
One who systematizes.

Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines.
Harris.


word: Systematology
definition:
Systematology

Sys`tem*a*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, system + -logy.]
The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems.
Dunglison.


word: Systemic
definition:
Systemic

Sys*tem"ic
(?)
a.
1.
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.

2.
(Anat. & Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.

Systemic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1.


word: Systemize
definition:
Systemize

Sys"tem*ize
(sĭs"tĕm*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Systemized (sĭs"tĕm*īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Systemizing (sĭs"tĕm*ī`zĭng).]
[Cf. Systematize.]
To reduce to system; to systematize.


word: Systemizer
definition:
Systemizer

Sys"tem*i`zer
(sĭs"tĕm*ī`zẽr)
n.
One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.


word: Systemless
definition:
Systemless

Sys"tem*less
a.
1.
Being without system.

2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.

3.
(Biol.)
Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.


word: Systole
definition:
Systole

Sys"to*le
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to contract; sy`n with + _; to set, place.]
1.
(Gram.)
The shortening of the long syllable.

2.
(Physiol. & Biol.)
The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; also, the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative to diastole.
Sys*tol"ic (#), a.


word: Systolic
definition:
Systolic

Sys*tol"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.
Dunglison.


word: Systyle
definition:
Systyle

Sys"tyle
(?)
a.
[L. systylos, Gr. sy`n with columns standing close; sy`n with + _; a column: cf. F. systyle.]
(Arch.)
Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation.
n. A systyle temple or other edifice.


word: Sythe
definition:
Sythe

Syth

{ Syth (?), Sythe (?), }
prep., adv., conj. & n.
See Sith, Sithe.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Piers Plowman.


word: Syzygy
definition:
Syzygy

Syz"y*gy
(sĭz"ĭ*j&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Syzygies (-jĭz).
[L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr. syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F. syzygie. See Yoke, n.]
1.
(Astron.)
The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.

2.
(Gr. & L. Pros.)
The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.
(b)
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.

4.
The intimately united and apparently fused condition of certain low organisms during conjugation.
Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of the moon.


word: T
definition:
T

T
(tē)
the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§262-264, and also §§153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.

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.]


word: Ta
definition:
Ta

Ta
(?)
v. t.
To take.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Cursor Mundi.

&hand_; Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern dialect.


word: Tab
definition:
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.

6.
a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc.

7.
a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab.

8.
a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns.


word: Tabanus
definition:
Tabanus

Ta*ba"nus
(?)
n.
[L., horsefly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.


word: Tabard
definition:
Tabard

Tab"ard
(?)
n.
[OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. tampa`rion, 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.


word: Tabarder
definition:
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.


word: Tabasco sauce
definition:
Tabasco sauce

Ta*bas"co sauce
(?)
[So named after Tabasco, a river and state of Mexico.]
A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.


word: tabasheer
definition:
tabasheer

tab`a*sheer"
(tăb`ȧ*shēr")
n.
[Per. tabāshīr: cf. Skr. tvakkshīrā, tvakshīrā.]
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.


word: Tabbinet
definition:
Tabbinet

Tab"bi*net
(tăb"bĭ*nĕt)
n.
[Cf. Tabby.]
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
[Written also tabinet.]


word: Tabby
definition:
Tabby

Tab"by
(tăb"b&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Tabbies (tăb"bĭz).
[F. tabis (cf. It. tabì, Sp. & Pg. tabí, LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'attābī, 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.


word: Tabby₂
definition:
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 (Zool.), the grease moth. See under Grease.


word: Tabby₃
definition:
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.


word: Tabefaction
definition:
Tabefaction

Tab`e*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[See Tabefy.]
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.


word: Tabefy
definition:
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.


word: Tabellion
definition:
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.


word: Tabernacle
definition:
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.

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.


word: Tabernacle₂
definition:
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.


word: Tabernacular
definition:
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.
tabernacular
De Quincey.


word: Tabes
definition:
Tabes

Ta"bes
(tā"bēz)
n.
[L., a wasting disease.]
(Med.)
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.

&VerbarTabes dorsalis (tā"bēz dôr*sā"lĭs) [NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes. -- &VerbarTabes mesenterica (_;) [NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.


word: Tabescent
definition:
Tabescent

Ta*bes"cent
(?)
a.
[L. tabescens wasting, p. pr. of tabescere.]
Withering, or wasting away.


word: Tabetic
definition:
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.


word: Tabid
definition:
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.


word: Tabifical
definition:
Tabifical

Tabific

{ Ta*bif"ic (?), Ta*bif"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Tabes + L. facere to make.]
(Med.)
Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.


word: Tablature
definition:
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.


word: Table
definition:
Table

Ta"ble
(tā"'l)
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.
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.
table
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.

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 diploe, 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 Tables of a 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; -- also called to table .  It is a tactic often used with the intention of postponing consideration of a motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion. -- 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.


word: Table₂
definition:
Table

Ta"ble
(tā"b'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tabled (tā"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabling (tā"bling).]
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 broad hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.


word: Tableau
definition:
Tableau

Ta`bleau"
(tȧ`bl&omacr" E. tăb"l&omacr`; 277)
n.
pl. Tableaux (tȧ`bl&omacr" E. tăb"l&omacrz`).
[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.

3.
(Solitaire)
The arrangement, or layout, of cards.


word: Tableau vivant
definition:
Tableau vivant

Ta`bleau" vi`vant"
(tȧ`bl&omacr" ve̝`väN")
pl. Tableaux vivants (tȧ`bl&omacr" ve̝`väN").
[F.]
Same as Tableau, n., 2.


word: Tablebook
definition:
Tablebook

Ta"ble*book`
(tā"b'l bŏk`)
n.
A tablet; a notebook.

Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy.
Dryden.


word: Tablecloth
definition:
Tablecloth

Ta"ble*cloth`
(tā"b'l kl&obreve_;th`; 115)
n.
A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.


word: Table d'hote
definition:
Table d'hote

Ta"ble d'hôte"
(tȧ"bl' d&omacrt`)
pl. Tables d'hôte (#).
[F., literally, table of the landlord.]
1.
A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.

2.
Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price.  Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hôte meal.


word: Table-land
definition:
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.


word: Tableman
definition:
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.


word: Tablement
definition:
Tablement

Ta"ble*ment
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
A table.
[Obs.]

Tablements and chapters of pillars.
Holland.


word: Tabler
definition:
Tabler

Ta"bler
(?)
n.
1.
One who boards.
[Obs.]

2.
One who boards others for hire.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Tablespoon
definition:
Tablespoon

Ta"ble*spoon`
(?)
n.
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.


word: Tablespoonful
definition:
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.


word: Tablet
definition:
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.


word: Tableware
definition:
Tableware

Ta"ble*ware`
(?)
n.
Ware, or articles collectively, for use during meals, including, for example, dishes, plates, bowls, knives, forks, and spoons.


word: Table work
definition:
Table work

Table work
(Print.)
Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.


word: Tabling
definition:
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.


word: Tabloid
definition:
Tabloid

Tab"loid
(?)
n.
[A table-mark.]
1.
A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

2.
a newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.


word: Tabloid₂
definition:
Tabloid

Tab"loid
(tăb"loid)
a.
1.
Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.

2.
of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper or the type of story typically contained in one, such as lurid or sensationalistic stories of scandal, crime, or violence.


word: Taboo
definition:
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.]


word: Taboo₂
definition:
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.]


word: Taboo₃
definition:
Taboo

Ta*boo"
(?)
a.
[Written also tabu and tapu.]
[Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo.


word: Tabor
definition:
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. tabīr 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.]


word: Tabor₂
definition:
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.


word: Taboret
definition:
Taboret

Tab"o*ret
(?)
n.
[Dim. of tabor.  Cf. Tabret.]
(Mus.)
A small tabor.
[Written also tabouret.]


word: Taborine
definition:
Taborine

Tab"o*rine
(?)
n.
[OF. tabourin, F. tambourin. See Tabor, and cf. Tambourine.]
(Mus.)
A small, shallow drum; a tabor.


word: Taborite
definition:
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.


word: Tabouret
definition:
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.


word: Tabula
definition:
Tabula

Tab"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Tabulae (#).
[L.]
1.
A table; a tablet.

2.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tabular
definition:
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).

Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated.
Woodward.

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.


word: Tabularization
definition:
Tabularization

Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.


word: Tabularize
definition:
Tabularize

Tab"u*lar*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tabularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabularizing (?).]
To tabulate.


word: Tabulata
definition:
Tabulata

Tab`u*la"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.]
(Zool.)
An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.


word: Tabulate
definition:
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.


word: Tabulation
definition:
Tabulation

Tab`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.


word: Tac
definition:
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.


word: Tacamahaca
definition:
Tacamahaca

Tacamahac

{ Tac"a*ma*hac` (?), Tac`a*ma*ha"ca (?), }
n.
1.
A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium 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).


word: Tacaud
definition:
Tacaud

Ta*caud"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tacaud. See Tomcod.]
(Zool.)
The bib, or whiting pout.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tac-au-tac
definition:
Tac-au-tac

Tac`-au-tac"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. riposter du tac au tac to parry (where tac imitates the sound made by the steel).]
(Fencing)
The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.


word: Tacet
definition:
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.


word: Tache
definition:
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.


word: Tachhydrite
definition:
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.


word: Tachina
definition:
Tachina

Tach"i*na
(?)
n.
pl. Tachinae (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. tachino`s, for tachy`s swift.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera.  Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.


word: Tachistoscope
definition:
Tachistoscope

Ta*chis"to*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. ta`chistos, superl. of tachy`s swift + -scope.]
(Physiol.)
An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures.  It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.


word: Tachograph
definition:
Tachograph

Tach"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. ta`chos speed + -graph.]
A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.


word: Tachometer
definition:
Tachometer

Ta*chom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. ta`chos swiftness, speed (fr. tachy`s quick) + -meter: cf. F. tachomètre.]
An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.


word: Tachydidaxy
definition:
Tachydidaxy

Tach"y*di*dax`y
(?)
n.
[Gr. tachy`s quick + di`daxis teaching.]
A short or rapid method of instructing.
[R.]


word: Tachyglossa
definition:
Tachyglossa

Tach`y*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick + glw^ssa tongue.]
(Zool.)
A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.


word: Tachygraph
definition:
Tachygraph

Tach"y*graph
(?)
n.
An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.


word: Tachygrapher
definition:
Tachygrapher

Ta*chyg"ra*pher
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a fast writer.]
One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.


word: Tachygraphical
definition:
Tachygraphical

Tachygraphic

{ Tach`y*graph"ic (?), Tach`y*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. tachygraphique.]
Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.


word: Tachygraphy
definition:
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).


word: Tachylyte
definition:
Tachylyte

Tach"y*lyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. tachy`s quick + ly`ein to dissolve.]
(Min.)
A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.


word: Tachymeter
definition:
Tachymeter

Ta*chym"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Tachy- + -meter.]
1.
(Surveying)
An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects.

2.
A speed indicator; a tachometer.


word: Tachyscope
definition:
Tachyscope

Tach"y*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. tachy`s quick + -scope.]
An early form of animated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.


word: Tacit
definition:
Tacit

Tac"it
(?)
a.
[L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. þahan to be silent, Icel. þegja, OHG. dagēn: 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.


word: Taciturn
definition:
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.


word: Taciturnity
definition:
Taciturnity

Tac`i*tur"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.]
Habitual 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.


word: Tack
definition:
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.


word: Tack₂
definition:
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. tāg 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; as, to take a different tack; -- often used metaphorically.

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.


word: Tack₃
definition:
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.
tacked
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; as, to tack on a non-germane appropriation to a bill.
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Tack₄
definition:
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.


word: Tacking
definition:
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.

&hand_; The doctrine of tacking is not recognized in American law.
Kent.


word: Tackle
definition:
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, in which case the full appratus is referred to as a block and tackle.

2.
Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
tackle
Hudibras.

&hand_; 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.


word: tackle
definition:
tackle

tac"kle
n.
(Football)
1.
An act of tackling{4}; as, brought down by a tackle by a lineman.

2.
(Football)
One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.


word: Tackle₂
definition:
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.

4.
(Football)
To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play.

5.
To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.


word: Tackled
definition:
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.


word: Tackling
definition:
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.


word: Tacksman
definition:
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.


word: Tacky
definition:
Tacky

Tack"y
(?)
a.
[Cf. Techy, Tack a spot.]
Sticky; somewhat adhesive;; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
[U. S.]


word: Tacky₂
definition:
Tacky

Tack"y
(?)
a.
[Etymol. uncert.]
1.
Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.
[Local, U. S.]

2.
In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish.  Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.

3.
Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.


word: Tacky₃
definition:
Tacky

Tack"y
n.
[Written also tackey.]
An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.
[Southern U. S.]


word: Taconic
definition:
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.


word: Tact
definition:
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.


word: Tactful
definition:
Tactful

Tact"ful
(?)
a.
Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.


word: Tactical
definition:
Tactical

Tactic

{ Tac"tic (?), Tac"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. taktiko`s. See tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning for the long term.

Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Tactician
definition:
Tactician

Tac*ti"cian
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tacticien.]
One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.


word: Tactics
definition:
Tactics

Tac"tics
(?)
n.
[Gr. taktika` pl., and taktikh` (sc. te`chnh, sing., fr. taktiko`s fit for ordering or arranging, fr. ta`ssein, ta`ttein, 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.


word: Tactile
definition:
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
Beaumont.
Tactile
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.


word: Tactility
definition:
Tactility

Tac*til"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tactilité.]
The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.


word: Taction
definition:
Taction

Tac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tactio, from tangere, tactum, to touch.]
The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.
taction
Chesterfield.


word: Tactual
definition:
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.


word: Tadpole
definition:
Tadpole

Tad"pole`
(?)
n.
[OE. tadde toad (AS. tādie, tādige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.
(Zool.)
The hooded merganser.
[Local, U. S.]

Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a).


word: Tael
definition:
Tael

Tael
(?)
n.
[Malay taĭl, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tulā 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.]


word: Ta'en
definition:
Ta'en

Taen

{ Taen (?), or Ta'en  }
p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken.
[Poetic & Scot.]
Burns.


word: Taenia
definition:
Taenia

Tae"ni*a
(?)
n.
pl. Taeniae (#).
[L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Teniacide
definition:
Teniacide

Taeniacide

{ Tae"ni*a*cide` (?), n. Also Te"ni*a*cide`  }
[Taenia + -cide.]
(Med.)
A remedy to destroy tapeworms.


word: Teniafuge
definition:
Teniafuge

Taeniafuge

{ Tae"ni*a*fuge` (?), n. Also Te"ni*a*fuge` }
[Taenia + L. fugare to drive away.]
(Med.)
A remedy to expel tapeworms.


word: Teniasis
definition:
Teniasis

Taeniasis

{ &VerbarTae*ni"a*sis (?), n. Also &VerbarTe*ni"a*sis }
[NL. See Taenia.]
(Med.)
Ill health due to taenia, or tapeworms.


word: Taeniata
definition:
Taeniata

Tae`ni*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon.]
(Zool.)
A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.


word: Taenidium
definition:
Taenidium

Tae*nid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Taenidia (#).
[NL., dim. fr. L. taenia a ribbon.]
(Zool.)
The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.


word: Taenioglossa
definition:
Taenioglossa

Tae`ni*o*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. taini`a a ribbon + glw^ssa a tongue.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Taenioid
definition:
Taenioid

Tae"ni*oid
(?)
a.
[Taenia + -oid.]
1.
Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.

2.
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to Taenia.


word: Taenioidea
definition:
Taenioidea

Tae`ni*oi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
(Zool.)
The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.


word: Taeniola
definition:
Taeniola

Tae*ni"o*la
(?)
n.
pl. Taeniolae (#).
[L., dim. of taenia a ribbon.]
(Zool.)
One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.


word: Taeniosomi
definition:
Taeniosomi

Tae`ni*o*so"mi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. taini`a ribbon + sw^ma body.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.


word: Taffety
definition:
Taffety

Taffeta

{ Taf"fe*ta (?), Taf"fe*ty (?), }
n.
[F. taffetas, It. taffetà, from Per. tāftah, originally, twisted, woven, from tāftan 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.


word: Taffrail
definition:
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.]


word: Taffy
definition:
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]


word: Tafia
definition:
Tafia

Taf"i*a
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. & Sp. tafia, It. taffia; fr. Malay tāfīa a spirit distilled from molasses.  Cf. Ratafia.]
A variety of rum.
[West Indies]


word: Tag
definition:
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.


word: Tag₂
definition:
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.


word: Tag₃
definition:
Tag

Tag
v. i.
To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.


word: Tag₄
definition:
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.


word: Tagal
definition:
Tagal

Ta*gal"
(?)
n.
1.
One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated.

2.
The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.


word: Tagalog
definition:
Tagalog

Ta*ga"log
(?)
n.
1.
(Ethnol.)
Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.

2.
The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.


word: Tag day
definition:
Tag day

Tag day
A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.


word: Tagger
definition:
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.


word: Taglia
definition:
Taglia

Tagl"ia
(?)
n.
[It., a cutting, a pulley, from tagliare to cut. See Tailor.]
(Mech.)
A peculiar combination of pulleys.
Brande & C.


word: Tagliacotain
definition:
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.]


word: Taglioni
definition:
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.


word: Tag-rag
definition:
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.


word: Tag sale
definition:
Tag sale

Tag sale
(?)
n.
[From the price tag usually attached to each item.]
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.
Frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the seller.  Similar to a yard sale or garage sale.  Compare flea market, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place rented for the purpose.


word: Tagsore
definition:
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.]


word: Tagtail
definition:
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.


word: Taguan
definition:
Taguan

Tag"u*an
(?)
n.
[From the native name in the East Indies.]
(Zool.)
A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.


word: Tahaleb
definition:
Tahaleb

Ta*ha"leb
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.


word: Tahitian
definition:
Tahitian

Ta*hi"ti*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
n. A native inhabitant of Tahiti.


word: Tai
definition:
Tai

Tai
(tä"e̝)
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.  It includes the Thai language.


word: Tai₂
definition:
Tai

Tai
n.
A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.
The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number.
Census of India, 1901.


word: Tail
definition:
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.


word: Tail₃
definition:
Tail

Tail
n.
[AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. √59.]
1.
(Zool.)
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

&hand_; The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebrae, 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 vertebrae 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.

14.
(Astronomy)
the long visible stream of gases, ions, or dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the direction opposite to the sun.

15.
pl.
(Rope Making)
In some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for wrapping around the rope to be laid.

16.
pl.
A tailed coat; a tail coat.
[Colloq. or Dial.]

17.
(Aeronautics)
In airplanes, an airfoil or group of airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.

18.
the buttocks.
[slang or vulgar]

19.
sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of tail.  See also tailing{3}.
[slang and vulgar]

Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece. -- Tail coverts (Zool.), 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.


word: Tail₄
definition:
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 To tail on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a timber.


word: Tail₅
definition:
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.


word: Tail-bay
definition:
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.


word: Tailboard
definition:
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.


word: Tailed
definition:
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.


word: Tailing
definition:
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.

6.
(Elec.)
A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.


word: Taille
definition:
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.


word: Tailor
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
(a)
The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
(b)
The silversides.

3.
(Zool.)
The goldfish.
[Prov. Eng.]

Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Tailor bird (Zool.), 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 Orthotomus longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.


word: Tailor₂
definition:
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.


word: Tailor-made
definition:
Tailor-made

Tai"lor-made`
a.
1.
Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

2.
made or as if made specifically for the particular purpose at hand; --  used metaphorically.


word: Tailpiece
definition:
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.

5.
(Locks)
A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.

6.
The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.


word: Tailrace
definition:
Tailrace

Tail"race`
(?)
n.
1.
See Race, n., 6.

2.
(Mining)
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.


word: Tailstock
definition:
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.


word: Tailzie
definition:
Tailzie

Tail"zie
(-zĭ or -yĭ)
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.]


word: Tain
definition:
Tain

Tain
(?)
n.
[OE. tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a twig, akin to AS. tān, Goth. tains.]
Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
Knight.


word: Taint
definition:
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.]


word: Taint₂
definition:
Taint

Taint
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tainted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
[Obs.]


word: Taint₃
definition:
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.


word: Taint₄
definition:
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.


word: Taint₅
definition:
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.


word: Taint₆
definition:
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.


word: Tainture
definition:
Tainture

Tain"ture
(?)
n.
[F. teinture. See Taint to stain, and cf. Tincture.]
Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Taeping
definition:
Taeping

Taiping

{ Tai"ping", or Tae"ping" }
(?)
a.
[Chin. t'aip'ing great peace.]
(Chinese Hist.)
Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the Taiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.


word: Tait
definition:
Tait

Tait
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tajassu
definition:
Tajassu

Tajacu

{ Ta*jaç"u, Ta*jas"su  }
(?)
n.
[Pg. tajaçú, from Braz. tayaçú a hog or swine.]
(Zool.)
The common, or collared, peccary (Tayassu tajacu).  Called also javelina and tayaussa.

Javelina
Common Names: Collared Peccary, Musk Hog, Tayaussa
Genus: Tayassu
Species: tajacu

The javelina is the only wild pig in North America. It looks exactly like a real pig except a little bigger.  It is a grizzled blackish-gray color with a yellowish band which runs under the neck.  The name collared peccary comes from the ruff of hair around its neck.  It has small, round ears and beady eyes. Its body is barrel-shaped with short legs.  Its head is pointed, ending in a disc-like nose. Javelinas have 3 toes on each hind foot. The upper tusks (1.5 inches long) are pointed down, instead of up like some other wild pigs. The javelina grows from 46 to 60 inches long, and can weigh up to 60 pounds.

Javelinas live in the canyon area of the desert. They live there because it is bushy and there are water holes everywhere. They need the bushes for the shade and they need lots of water to live.

The javelina eats cacti, grass, bulbs, berries, flowers, mushrooms, and fruit, which is easy for them to get in their habitat.

The javelina always travel and live in groups. The female gives birth to twins about once a year. Her young travel with the group their whole life until they die. No new members are ever accepted into the group unless they are born into it.

The javelinas have a very good nose. That can have its advantages if there is a predator around. They also look for food in groups so if they're attacked they can fight back in numbers.

The javelina's niche is the water holes and bushes in the canyon area where they live. They get shade under the bushes, so they won't over heat. They can't survive long without water, so it's good to have water close by if you are a javelina.

Javelinas' status in the wild is very good right now. There are lots of them around and they're not dying off or going extinct.
Tristan A.  (from http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/javelina.htm, 2000.)


word: Taj Mahal
definition:
Taj Mahal

Taj Ma*hal"
(täj mȧ*häl")
prop. n.
[Corruption of Per. Mumtāz-i-Ma&hsdot_;al, lit., the distinguished one of the palace, fr. Ar.]
A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife.  In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture, and specifically of Mogul architecture.


word: Take₂
definition:
Take

Take
v. t.
[imp. Took (tŏk); p. p. Taken (tāk'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Taking.]
[Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. tēkan 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:

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.

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.

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.

This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments.
I. Watts.

Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
Dryden.

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.

He took me certain gold, I wot it well.
Chaucer.

2.
In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.
Specifically:

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.

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.

I take thee at thy word.
Rowe.

Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . 
Not take the mold.
Dryden.

3.
To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene.
[Colloq.]

4.
To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head.
[Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.]

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 take ground 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.]
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For now Troy's broad-wayed town
He shall take in. Chapman.
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(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 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.]
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The ancients took up experiments upon credit. Bacon.
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(i) To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.
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One of his relations took him up roundly. L'Estrange.
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(k) To begin where another left off; to keep up in continuous succession; to take up (a topic, an activity).
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Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale. Addison.
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(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. -- (s) To accept from someone, as a wager or a challenge; as, J. took M. up on his challenge. -- 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.


word: Take₃
definition:
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.


word: Take₄
definition:
Take

Take
n.
1.
That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; as, the box-office take.

2.
(Print.)
The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.


word: Take-off
definition:
Take-off

Takeoff

Take"off`, Take"-off`
(?)
n.
1.
An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; -- used with of or on; as, the comedian did a hilarious takeoff on the president.

2.
The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.
Encyc. of Sport.

3.
The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into the air, especially the process or event of an airplane leaving the ground and beginning its flight; as, the takeoff of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM.


word: Take off
definition:
Take off

Take" off`
(?)
v. i.
1.
to begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly; as, flight CA123 took off on schedule at 3:00 PM.

2.
To begin a period of accelerating growth or development; as, the economy took off in the third quarter.

3.
To begin a journey; to depart.


word: Take off₂
definition:
Take off

Take" off`
(?)
v. t.
1.
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, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface.

2.
To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.

3.
To destroy; as, to take off life.

4.
To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument.

5.
To withdraw; to call or draw away; as, the director took him off the project.
Locke.

6.
To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.

7.
To purchase; to take in trade.
take off
Locke.

8.
To copy; to reproduce.
Take off
Addison.

9.
To imitate; to mimic; to personate.

10.
To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off.
[R.]
Bacon.

11.
To discount or deduct (from a price); the dealer took off twenty percent on remaining toys.


word: takeover
definition:
takeover

take"o*ver
n.
(Business, Finance)
The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.  It is a hostile takeover if the management of the company being taken over is opposed to the deal.  A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a corporate raider.

Syn. -- acquisition, buyout


word: take the heat
definition:
take the heat

take` the heat"
(tāk`&thlig_;ŭ*hēt")
phr.
1.
To be assigned or to accept the blame for some misdeed; as, Mary broke the vase, but she acted innocent and young Johnny had to take the heat.

2.
To withstand high temperature; as, the new radios can take the heat of a black car parked in the sun in Death Valley.

3.
Hence:
To endure stressful conditions, expecially without signs of difficulty or complaint; as, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen,


word: Take-up
definition:
Take-up

Take"-up`
(tāk"ŭp`)
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.


word: Taking
definition:
Taking

Tak"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Apt to take; alluring; attracting.

Subtile in making his temptations most taking.
Fuller.

2.
Infectious; contageous.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Taking₂
definition:
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.


word: Taking-off
definition:
Taking-off

Tak"ing-off`
(?)
n.
1.
Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t.

The deep damnation of his taking-off.
Shak.

2.
(Print.)
The removal of sheets from the press.
[Eng.]

3.
Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.


word: Talapoin
definition:
Talapoin

Tal"a*poin
(tăl"ȧ*poin)
n.
(Zool.)
A small African monkey (Cercopithecus talapoin or Miopithecus talapoin) -- called also melarhine.


word: Talapoin₂
definition:
Talapoin

Tal"a*poin
(tăl"ȧ*poin)
n.
[Pg. talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese t‘ama p‘ră; t‘ama, honorific title + p‘ră priest.]
A Buddhist monk or priest.
[Ceylon & Indo-China]


word: Talaria
definition:
Talaria

Ta*la"ri*a
(tȧ*lā"rĭ*ȧ)
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.


word: Talbot
definition:
Talbot

Tal"bot
(t&asuml_;l"bŭt)
n.
A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
[Obs.]
Wase (1654).

&hand_; The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the Talbot family, whence, perhaps, the name.


word: Talc
definition:
Talc

Talc
(tălk)
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.


word: Talcous
definition:
Talcous

Talcose

{ Tal*cose" (tăl*k&omacrs" or tălk"&omacrs`), Talc"ous (tălk"ŭs), }
a.
[Cf. F. talqueux.]
(Min.)
Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.


word: Tale₂
definition:
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.
tale
Milton.
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 hawthorn 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.


word: Talebearer
definition:
Talebearer

Tale"bear`er
(tāl"bâr`ẽr)
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.


word: Talebearing₂
definition:
Talebearing

Tale"bear`ing
n.
The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets, scandal, etc., maliciously.


word: Taled
definition:
Taled

Ta"led
(tā"lĕd)
n.
(Jewish Antiq.)
A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.
Crabb.


word: Talegalla
definition:
Talegalla

Tal`e*gal"la
(tāl`e̝*găl"lȧ)
prop. n.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.


word: Talent
definition:
Talent

Tal"ent
(tăl"ent)
n.
[F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. ta`lanton a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to tlh^nai to bear, endure, tolma^n, 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 minae or 6,000 drachmae.  The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values).

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 933/4 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916 (ca. 1900).  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.


word: Talented
definition:
Talented

Tal"ent*ed
a.
Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
Abp. Abbot (1663).

&hand_; 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.


word: Tales
definition:
Tales

Ta"les
(tā"lēz)
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. -- &VerbarTales de circumstantibus [L.], such, or the like, from those standing about.


word: Talesman
definition:
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.


word: Taleteller
definition:
Taleteller

Tale"tell`er
(?)
n.
One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.


word: Taliation
definition:
Taliation

Tal`i*a"tion
(?)
n.
Retaliation.
[Obs.]

Just heav'n this taliation did decree.
Beaumont.


word: Talion
definition:
Talion

Ta"li*on
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. talio, perh. fr. talis such.  Cf. Retaliation.]
Retaliation.
[R.]
Holinshed.


word: Talipes
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Talipot
definition:
Talipot

Tal"i*pot
(?)
n.
[Hind. tālpāt 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.


word: Talisman
definition:
Talisman

Tal"is*man
(?)
n.
pl. Talismans (#).
[Sp., from Ar. tilism, tilsam, a magical image, pl. tilsamān, 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.


word: Talismanical
definition:
Talismanical

Talismanic

{ Tal`is*man"ic (?), 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.


word: talk
definition:
talk

talk
(t&asuml_;k)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. talked (t&asuml_;kt); 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. tūlka to interpret, tūlkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulk&omacrti, 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.]


word: Talk
definition:
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.
talk
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.


word: Talk₂
definition:
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.


word: Talker
definition:
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.


word: Talking
definition:
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.


word: Tall
definition:
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.


word: Talliage
definition:
Talliage

Tallage

{ Tal"lage (?), 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.]

&hand_; 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.


word: Tallboy
definition:
Tallboy

Tall"boy`
(?)
n.
1.
A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.

2.
A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also highboy.

3.
A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.


word: Tallith
definition:
Tallith

Tal"lith
(?)
n.
[NHeb. tallīth.]
(Jewish Costume)
(a)
An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.
(b)
A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.


word: Tallow
definition:
Tallow

Tal"low
(?)
n.
[OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D. talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t&omacrlgr, t&omacrlg, t&omacrlk; 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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Tallow₂
definition:
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.


word: Tallowing
definition:
Tallowing

Tal"low*ing
n.
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.


word: Tallwood
definition:
Tallwood

Tall"wood`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Tally.]
Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.
[Obs.]
[Eng.]


word: Tally
definition:
Tally

Tal"ly
(?)
n.
pl. Tallies (#).
[OE. taile, taille, F. taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced probably by taillé, 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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Tally₂
definition:
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.


word: Tally₃
definition:
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.


word: Tallyho
definition:
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.


word: Tallyman
definition:
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.


word: Talma
definition:
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.


word: Talmud
definition:
Talmud

Tal"mud
(?)
n.
[Chald. talmūd instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]
The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

&hand_; 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.


word: Talmudical
definition:
Talmudical

Talmudic

{ Tal*mud"ic (?), Tal*mud"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. talmudique.]
Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases.
Lightfoot.


word: Talmudist
definition:
Talmudist

Tal"mud*ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. talmudiste.]
One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.


word: Talon
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Taluk
definition:
Taluk

Talook

{ Ta*look", 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]


word: Talukdar
definition:
Talukdar

Talookdar

{ Ta*look"dar, Ta*luk"dar  }
(?)
n.
[Hind., fr. Per. ta'lluqdār.]
A proprietor of a talook.
[India]


word: Talpa
definition:
Talpa

Tal"pa
(?)
n.
[L., mole.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.


word: Talus
definition:
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.


word: Talus₂
definition:
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.


word: Tamable
definition:
Tamable

Tam"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.
Tam"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Tamale
definition:
Tamale

Ta*ma"le
(?)
n.
[Written also tamal, tomale.]
[Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.]
A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.


word: Tamandu
definition:
Tamandu

Ta*man"du
(?)
n.
[Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.]
(Zool.)
A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

&hand_; 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.


word: Tamarack
definition:
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.


word: Tamaric
definition:
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).


word: Tamarin
definition:
Tamarin

Tam"a*rin
(?)
n.
[From the native name in Cayenne.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially Midas ursulus.


word: Tamarind
definition:
Tamarind

Tam"a*rind
(?)
n.
[It. tamarindo, or Sp. tamarindo, or Pg. tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindī, 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.


word: Tamarisk
definition:
Tamarisk

Tam"a*risk
(?)
n.
[L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tamāla, tamālaka, 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 (Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.

Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.


word: Tambour
definition:
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.


word: Tambour₂
definition:
Tambour

Tam"bour
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tamboured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tambouring.]
To embroider on a tambour.


word: Tamboura
definition:
Tamboura

Tam*bour"a
(?)
n.
1.
(Mus.)
A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also tambur, tambour, and tampur.
[Also spelled tambura.]


word: Tambourin
definition:
Tambourin

Tam`bou`rin"
(?)
n.
[F. See Tambourine.]
1.
A tambourine.
[Obs.]

2.
(Mus.)
An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.


word: Tambourine
definition:
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.


word: Tambourine₂
definition:
Tambourine

Tam`bour*ine"
(?)
n.
A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.


word: Tame
definition:
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.


word: Tame₂
definition:
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. √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.


word: Tame₃
definition:
Tame

Tame
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taming.]
[AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. zähmen, 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.


word: Tameless
definition:
Tameless

Tame"less
a.
Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.
Bp. Hall.
Tame"less*ness, n.


word: Tamerlane
definition:
Tamerlane

Ta*mer*lane"
(tă*mẽr*lān")
prop. n.
A Tatar conquerer, also called Timur or Timour (tē*môr") or Timur Bey, also Timur-Leng or Timur-i-Leng ('Timur the Lame'), which was corrupted to Tamerlane.  He was born in Central Asia, 1333, a member of the Barslas, a Turkish Mongol tribe which had converted to Islam.  He died 1405.  Though he claimed descent from Jenghiz Khan, it is believed that he was in fact descended from a follower of the Khan.  By 1370, Tamerlane, a renowned warrior, began consolidating his power among the various nomadic tribes of Central Asia by conquering the entire region. He became a ruler about 1370 of a realm whose capital was Samarkand; conquered Persia, Central Asia, and in 1398 a great part of India, including Delhi; waged war with the Turkish Sultan Bajazet I. (Beyazid), whom he defeated at Ankara in 1402 and took prisoner; and died while preparing to invade China.  By the end of his life in 1405, after 35 years of campaigns and wars that left hundreds of thousands dead and enslaved, he had successfully defeated Ottoman Turks, Hindus, The Golden Horde, and other peoples and controlled an empire stretching from the Aegean to the River Ganges and threatened the trembling Kingdoms of Europe and the Eastern Roman Empire.  He is the Tamerlaine of the plays.

Just at the moment when the Sultan (Bajazet) seemed to have attained the pinnacle of his ambition, when his authority was unquestioningly obeyed over the greater part of the Byzantine Empire in Europe and Asia, when the Christian states were regarding him with terror as the scourge of the world, another and greater scourge came to quell him, and at one stroke all the vast fabric of empire which Bayezid (Beyazid or Bāyezīd) had so triumphantly erected was shattered to the ground.  This terrible conquerer was Timūr the Tatar, or as we call him, “Tamerlane”.  Timūr was of Turkish race, and was born near Samarkand in 1333.  He was consequently an old man of 70 when he came to encounter Bāyezīd in 1402.  It had taken him many years to establish his authority over a portion of the numerous divisions into which the immense empire of Chingiz Khan had fallen after the death of that stupendous conqueror.  Timūr was but a petty chief among many others: but at last he won his way and became ruler of Samarkand and the whole province of Transoxiana, or 'Beyond the River' (Mā-warā-n-nahr) as the Arabs called the country north of the Oxus.  Once fairly established in this province, Timūr began to overrun the surrounding lands, and during thirty years his ruthless armies spread over the provinces of Asia, from Delhi to Damascus, and from the Sea of Aral to the Persian Gulf.  The subdivision of the Moslem Empire into numerous petty kingdoms rendered it powerless to meet the overwhelming hordes which Timūr brought down from Central Asia.  One and all, the kings and princes of Persia and Syria succumbed, and Timūr carried his banners triumphantly as far as the frontier of Egypt, where the brave Mamluk Sultans still dared to defy him.  He had so far left Bāyezīd unmolested; partly because he was too powerful to be rashly provoked, and partly because Timūr respected the Sultan's valorous deeds against the Christians: for Timūr, though a wholesale butcher, was very conscientious in matters of religion, and held that Bāyezīd's fighting for the Faith rightly covered a multitude of sins.
Poole, Story of Turkey, p. 63

Timour (tī*mōr"), Timur, or TAMERLANE, was the second of the great conquerers whom central Asia sent forth in the middle ages, and was born at Kesh, about 40 miles southeast of Samarkand, April 9, 1336. His father was a Turkish chieftain and his mother claimed descent from the great Genghis-Khan.   When he became tribal chieftain, Timour helped the Amir Hussein to drive out the Kalmucks.  Turkestan was thereupon divided between them, but soon war broke out between the two chiefs, and the death of Hussein in battle made Timour master of all Turkestan.  He now began his career of conquest, overcoming the Getes, Khiva and Khorassin, after storming Herat.  His ever-widening circle of possessions soon embraced Persia, Mesopotamia, Georgia, and the Mongol state, Kiptchak.  He threatened Moscow, burned Azoo, captured Delhi, overran Syria, and stormed Bagdad, which had revolted.  At last, July 20, 1402, Timour met the Sultan Bajazet of the Ottoman Turks, on the plains of Ankara, captured him and routed his army, thus becoming master of the Turkish empire.  He took but a short rest at his capital, Samarkand, and in his eagerness to conquer China, led his army of 200,000 across the Jaxartes on the ice, and pushed rapidly on for 300 miles, when his death, Feb. 18, 1405, saved the independence of China.  Though notorious for his acts of cruelty -- he may have slaughtered 80,000 in Delhi -- he was a patron of the arts. In his reign of 35 years, this chief of a small tribe, dependent on the Kalmucks, became the ruler of the vast territory stretching from Moscow to the Ganges.  A number of writings said to have been written by Timour have been preserved in Persian, one of which, the Institutions, has been translated into English.
The Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.

  There is a story about an incident when an archaeologist opened Timur's tomb at the Gur-Amir mausoleum in Samarkand, which was erected in 1404.  Timur and several of his descendants, including Ulugh Beg, are interred in that magnificent structure in the south-western side of Samarkand.  In the mausoleum, mosaics made out of light- and dark-blue glazed bricks decorate the walls and the drum, and the tiled geometrical designs of the cupola shine brightly in the sun.  Restoration work was started in 1967; the exterior cupola and glazed decorations were restored before that, in the 1950s.  The mausoleum holds tombstones made of marble and onyx, the tombstone of Timur is carved from a slab of nephrite. The burials proper are placed in a crypt under the mausoleum.
   In 1941, a distinguished Soviet scientist, M. Gerasimov, received permission to exhume Tamerlane's body.  On June 22, 1941, working in the Samarkand crypt, he opened the sarcophagus to study the body and found the inscription: "Whoever opens this will be defeated by an enemy more fearsome than I." Hours later, Hitler invaded Russia. Five weeks after the great Emir was reinterred in 1942, the Germans surrendered at Stalingrad.
   Examination of the remains in Timur's tomb confirmed that the body was tall, as was reported in the histories, and had been wounded in the leg and arm.
    The actual inscription on the tomb has been reported variously:
   "He whomsoever shall disturb the earthly resting place of Timur-i-Lenk (Tamerlane), then his country shall suffer such terrible retribution as the Hand of Allah shall visit upon it."
   "When I rise, the World will Tremble".

Timur's Legacy: The Architecture of Samarkand

Let he who doubt Our power and munificence look upon Our buildings
                      Amir Timur, 1379 AD

Timur, better known in the West as Tamerlane from his nickname Timur-i-leng or "Timur the Lame", was the last of the great nomadic warriors to sweep out of Central Asia and shake the world. As befits a man styled "World Conqueror", we know a lot about him -- and not all of it good. In 1336, at Shakhrisabz in present-day Uzbekistan, the wife of a minor chief of the Mongol Barlas clan gave birth to a son with blood-filled palms, a sure omen that the infant was predestined to cause the death of many. He was given an appropriate name -- Timur means "iron" in Turkish -- and raised in the Turkic-Islamic tradition of the surrounding steppe as a rider, archer and swordsman.

Even by the harsh standards of the Mongol hordes, Timur excelled. Before he was twenty years old he had attracted a band of followers with whom he ranged across the steppe raiding caravans and rustling horses. In 1360 his skills as a commander were rewarded when he was recognised as chief of the Barlas clan. Over the next ten years he steadily extended his influence over Transoxiana -- the region between the Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers centred on present-day Uzbekistan -- acquiring wounds to his right arm and leg in the process, and hence his nickname. In 1370 he conquered Turkistan, the last surviving Mongol Khanate, and declared himself Amir or "Commander". He made the Silk Road city of Samarkand his capital, and then embarked on a series of military conquests that rocked Asia and Europe to their very foundations.

For 35 years Timur's forces ranged far and wide, repeatedly sweeping across Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and northern India. In 1405 Timur was preparing his greatest expedition ever, aimed at conquering China, when he was struck down by fever. Despite the best efforts of his doctors, to the sound of massive thunderclaps and "foaming like a camel dragged backwards by the rein", Timur finally succumbed. The Ming Emperor must have breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief when he eventually heard the news.

Historians estimate that Timur, who personally led his forces as far afield as Moscow and Delhi, may have been responsible for the death of as many as 15 million people. Yet he made little attempt to consolidate his conquests, preferring to mount regular, devastating attacks against his neighbours before returning to his native Transoxiana. As a consequence, the dynasty he established proved to be short-lived, though in 1526 Timur's great, great, great grandson Babur restored the family fortunes by conquering Delhi and founding the resplendent Mogul Empire.

Timur must have been an enigma to his contemporaries. Brutal and utterly ruthless, he was nevertheless a man of culture. He is said to have been illiterate, but fluent in Turkish and Persian. Sources speak of his sharp wit and hunger for knowledge. When not out and about slaughtering his neighbours, he indulged in passionate debate with scholars of history, medicine and astronomy. He enjoyed playing chess. Above all, he seems to have loved his capital, Samarkand, and he spent much time between campaigns embellishing this previously undistinguished city. To help in this great enterprise, he plundered cities like Damascus, Baghdad, Isfahan and Delhi not just for the loot, but for their skilled artisans, who were brought back to make Samarkand a city worthy of the "World Conqueror". As a consequence the warlike Timur's most lasting and unlikely legacy remains the unsurpassed architectural jewel of Central Asia.

With Timur's death Transoxiana began a long period of decline, culminating in gradual Russian conquest during the 19th century. Samarkand had long been inaccessible to outsiders because of the xenophobia and religious bigotry of the ruling amirs. This situation was compounded in 1920, when the Red Army seized control of the region and began a process of Sovietisation. In 1924 Samarkand was included within the frontiers of the new Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and a curtain of silence fell across the region with Westerners, in particular, being rigorously excluded.

Only in the 1980s did the veil begin to rise, and then within a few short years the former USSR disintegrated, resulting in the birth of independent Uzbekistan in 1991. Although ruled by a suspicious and innately cautious former Soviet aparatchik, Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan is today slowly opening to foreign tourism. It should do well. The cities of Bukhara and Khiva, together with Timur's capital at Samarkand, are truly magnificent. In places, it's as though time stood still. It didn't of course. The Soviets worked long and hard to restore what remained of Timurid Samarkand, and Uzbekistan stands to benefit greatly as a result. Moreover, the process continues apace, both in spiritual terms -- Timur is now an Uzbek national hero -- and at a more mundane level. Everywhere the chip of stonemasons' hammers is to be heard, and a whole new generation of skilled craftsmen is being trained to restore the architectural legacy of the "Iron Limper".

The historic heart of Samarkand is the Registan, an open square dominated by three great madrassa , or Islamic colleges. George Curzon, later to become Viceroy of India, visited in 1899 and was moved enough to describe the Registan as "the noblest public square in the world". He continues: "No European spectacle can be adequately compared to it, in our inability to point to an open space in any western city that is commanded on three of its four sides by Gothic cathedrals of the finest order". The architecture is distinctively Timurid, being characterised by an extraordinarily lavish use of colour, especially emerald, azure, deep blue and gold. The great domes are fluted, the vast porticoes richly decorated with corkscrew columns and intricately-patterned glazed tiles. Astonishingly, the façade of the Shir Dor Madrassa on the east side of the square is decorated with half-tiger, half-lion creatures stalking deer, whilst a blazing sun with a human face rises behind the beast of prey's back. In Islam, such representational art is generally forbidden, and it is wonderful that these clearly heretical images have survived through the long centuries since they were created.

Samarkand -- let alone Uzbekistan -- has too many Timurid gems to describe in one short article, but after the Registan, the monumental Bibi Khanum Mosque is perhaps the most extraordinary sight in the city. Built for Timur's chief wife, Saray Mulk Khanum, this magnificent building was financed by the plunder brought back from Delhi in 1398; it is said that 95 elephants were used in hauling marble for the mosque. On Bibi Khanum's completion a chronicler was moved to write: "Its dome would have been unique had it not been for the heavens, and unique would have been its portal had it not been for the Milky Way".  Even so, historians have shown that in his plans for the Bibi Khanum, Timur's vision exceeded the architectural possibilities of the time.  Quite simply, the lofty iwan (portico) and the towering minarets were too ambitious for the technology of the time -- especially in a land prone to violent earthquakes. By all accounts, parts of the giant mosque began to collapse within months of its consecration.  Today all three massive azure domes have been restored, and work still continues, though this time with ferro-concrete supports hidden behind the elaborate glazed tilework, on the lofty iwan and minarets. When the restoration is complete in around 2002, Uzbekistan will have yet another architectural marvel to draw visitors.

Finally and fittingly we turn to the Gur-i Amir, or "Tomb of the Ruler", Timur's own last resting place. This fabulous structure, which was completed in 1404, is dominated by the octagonal mausoleum and its peerless fluted dome, azure in colour, with 64 separate ribs. Within lie the remains not only of Timur, but also of various members of his family, including his grandson the scholar-king Ulugh Beg. Timur's tomb is protected by a single slab of jade, said to be the largest in the world. Brought back by Ulugh Beg from Mongolia in 1425, it was broken in half in the 18th century by the Persian ruler Nadir Shah, who tried to remove it from the chamber. Carved into the jade is an inscription in Arabic: "When I rise, the World will Tremble".

Coincidence, no doubt, but on the night of June 22, 1941, the Russian Scientist M. Gerasimov began his exhumation of Timur's remains. Within hours Hitler's armies crashed across the Soviet frontier signalling the beginning of the Nazi invasion. Gerasimov's investigations showed that Timur had been a tall man for his race and time, lame, as recorded, in his right leg, and with a wound to his right arm.  Surprisingly, red hair still clung to the skull from which Gerasimov reconstructed a bronze bust. Eventually Timur's remains were reinterred with full Muslim burial rites, giving truth to the message thundered in Arabic script three metres high from the cylindrical drum of the great conqueror's mausoleum: "Only God is Immortal".

Andrew Forbes/CPA (Text copyright   2001.)
(from http://www.cpamedia.com/articles/20010215/)


word: Tamias
definition:
Tamias

Ta"mi*as
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a distributer.]
(Zool.)
A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.


word: Tamil₂
definition:
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.


word: Taminy
definition:
Taminy

Tamine

{ Tam"ine (?), Tam"i*ny (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve.  Cf. Stamin, Temse.]
A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.


word: Tamis
definition:
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 (Zool.), a Guinea fowl.


word: Tammy
definition:
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.


word: Tam-o'-shanter
definition:
Tam-o'-shanter

Tam`-o'-shan"ter
(?)
n.
[So named after Tam o'Shanter, a character in Burns's poem of the same name.]
A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.


word: Tamoxifen
definition:
Tamoxifen

Ta*mox"i*fen
(tă*m&obreve_;k"sĭ*fĕn)
n.
a chemical compound (C26H29NO) which is non-steroidal but physiogically active as an estrogen antagonist.  It is used to treat postmenopausal breast cancer.  Chemically it is 1-p-dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl-trans-1,2-diphenyl-but-1-ene. It can be obtained as a white crystalline powder.
[MI11]

Syn. -- Kessar; Noltam; Nolvadex; Tamofen; Tamoxasta; Terimon; Xynoplex.


word: Tamp
definition:
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.


word: Tamper
definition:
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.


word: Tamper₂
definition:
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.


word: Tampico fibre
definition:
Tampico fibre

Tampico fiber

{ Tam*pi"co fi"ber or Tam*pi"co 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.


word: Tamping
definition:
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.


word: Tampion
definition:
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.


word: Tampoe
definition:
Tampoe

Tam"poe
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.


word: Tampon
definition:
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, absorb secretions (as from menstruation), or for the application of medicine.


word: Tam-tam
definition:
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.


word: Tamworth
definition:
Tamworth

Tam"worth
(tăm"wŭrth)
n.
[From Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.]
One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.


word: Tan₂
definition:
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.


word: Tan₄
definition:
Tan

Tan
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tanned (tănd); p. pr. & vb. n. Tanning.]
[F. tanner, LL. tannare. See Tan, n.]
1.
To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by the 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.

&hand_; 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.

3.
To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.
[Colloq.]


word: Tanager
definition:
Tanager

Tan"a*ger
(tăn"ȧ*jẽr)
n.
[NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian tangara.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tanakh
definition:
Tanakh

Tanak

Tanak, Tanakh
(tȧ*nȧk")
n.
[From the initial (Hebrew) letters of Torah, Nevi'im, and  Kethubim.]
A term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.
[Also spelled Tanach.]
Although Christians use the term “Old Testament”, this term implies the superseding force of the “New Testament”, not recognized as revelation by the Jewish faith.

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, “Law,” or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the “Writings,” generally termed Hagiographa.
C. H. H. Wright.


word: Tanate
definition:
Tanate

Ta*na"te
(tȧ*nä"ta̝)
n.
(Zool.)
An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.


word: Tandem
definition:
Tandem

Tan"dem
(tăn"dĕm)
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.


word: Tandem₂
definition:
Tandem

Tan"dem
n.
1.
A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
tandems
Thackeray.

2.
A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.

Tandem bicycle or Tandem tricycle, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.


word: Tandem cart
definition:
Tandem cart

Tan"dem cart
A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.


word: Tandem engine
definition:
Tandem engine

Tandem engine
A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.


word: Tang
definition:
Tang

Tang
(tăng)
n.
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang.  Cf. Tangle.]
(Bot.)
A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus).
Dr. Prior.

Tang sparrow (Zool.), the rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Tang₂
definition:
Tang

Tang
n.
[Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. √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.


word: Tang₃
definition:
Tang

Tang
n.
[Of imitative origin.  Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang taste, flavor.]
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.


word: Tang₄
definition:
Tang

Tang
(täng)
n.
[Chin. T`ang.]
A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.


word: Tang₅
definition:
Tang

Tang
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tanged (tăngd); 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.


word: Tangelo
definition:
Tangelo

Tan"ge*lo
(tăn"je̝*l&omacr)
n.
[Tangerine + pomelo.]
A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.


word: Tangent
definition:
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 tangent, 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.


word: Tangent₂
definition:
Tangent

Tan"gent
a.
[L. tangens, -entis, p. pr.]
Touching; touching at a single point
(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.


word: Tangential
definition:
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.


word: Tangent spoke
definition:
Tangent spoke

Tangent spoke
A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.


word: Tangent wheel
definition:
Tangent wheel

Tangent wheel
(a)
A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.
(b)
A wheel with tangent spokes.


word: Tangerine
definition:
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.]


word: Tangible
definition:
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.
tangible
Byron.

Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
Southey.


word: Tangle
definition:
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
Milton.

When my simple weakness strays,
Tangled in forbidden ways.
Crashaw.


word: Tangle₃
definition:
Tangle

Tan"gle
n.
1.
[Cf. Icel. þöngull. 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 (Zool.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Tangly
definition:
Tangly

Tan"gly
(?)
a.
1.
Entangled; intricate.

2.
Covered with tangle, or seaweed.

Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay.
Falconer.


word: Tango
definition:
Tango

Tan"go
(tă&nsmacr_;"g&omacr; Sp. tä&nsmacr_;"g&omacr)
n.
pl. Tangos (-g&omacrz)
[Sp., a certain dance.]
(a)
A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.
(b)
Any of various popular forms derived from this.
(c)
a musical tune appropriate for this dance.


word: Tangram
definition:
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.


word: Tanier
definition:
Tanier

Tan"i*er
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.
[Written also tannier.]


word: Tanist
definition:
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.


word: Tanistry
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Tanite
definition:
Tanite

Ta"nite
(?)
n.
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.


word: Tank
definition:
Tank

Tank
(tă&nsmacr_;k)
n.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
Simmonds.


word: Tank₂
definition:
Tank

Tank
(tă&nsmacr_;k)
n.
[Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin.  Cf. Stank, n.]
1.
A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.

2.
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the tank and saw the ducks come home.
F. Remington.
The tanks are full and the grass is high.
Lawson.

3.
(Mil.)
a heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels.  It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons.  It is the main distinguishing weapon of an armored division.

4.
a jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station.

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 (Zool.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.


word: Tanka
definition:
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.


word: Tankage
definition:
Tankage

Tank"age
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

2.
Fees charged for storage in tanks.

3.
The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks.

4.
(Agric.)
Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.


word: Tankard
definition:
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.


word: Tank vessel
definition:
Tank vessel

Tank ship

{ Tank ship, Tank vessel  }
(Naut.)
A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk; -- called also tanker.  A tank ship of very large capacity is called a supertanker.


word: Tank top
definition:
Tank top

Tank" top`
n.
a sleeveless and collarless shirt with wide shoulder straps and no front opening, often close-fitting and low-cut.


word: Tanling
definition:
Tanling

Tan"ling
(?)
n.
One tanned by the sun.
[R.]

Hot summer's tanlings and
The shrinking slaves of winter.
Shak.


word: Tannage
definition:
Tannage

Tan"nage
(?)
n.
A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.
[R.]

They should have got his cheek fresh tannage.
R. Browning.


word: Tanner
definition:
Tanner

Tan"ner
(?)
n.
One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.


word: Tannery
definition:
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.


word: Tannic
definition:
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.


word: Tannigen
definition:
Tannigen

Tan"ni*gen
(?)
n.
[Tannin + -gen.]
(Pharm.)
A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis.


word: Tansy
definition:
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 (Tanacetum 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.


word: Tantalic
definition:
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.


word: Tantalism
definition:
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.


word: Tantalite
definition:
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.


word: Tantalization
definition:
Tantalization

Tan`ta*li*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
Gayton.


word: Tantalize
definition:
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.


word: Tantalum
definition:
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.


word: Tantalus
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tantamount
definition:
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.


word: Tantivy
definition:
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.


word: Tantra
definition:
Tantra

Tan"tra
(tăn"trȧ; tŭn"trȧ)
n.
[Skr.]
(Hinduism)
A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.
Tan"tric (tăn"trĭk), a.


word: Tantrism
definition:
Tantrism

Tan"trism
(?)
n.
The system of doctrines and  rites taught in the tantras.
Tan"trist (#), n.


word: Tantrum
definition:
Tantrum

Tan"trum
(?)
n.
1.
A whim; an affected air.
[Colloq. and archaic]
Thackeray.

2.
A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also temper tantrum.  It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults.

3.
[fig.]
A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects; as, the governor was so insulted by the article, he threw a temper tantrum and cancelled the ceremony.


word: Tanystomata
definition:
Tanystomata

Tan`y*stom"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to stretch + _;, _;, mouth.]
(Zool.)
A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.


word: Taoism
definition:
Taoism

Ta"o*ism
(?)
n.
One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.
Ta"o*ist, a. & n.


word: Taotai
definition:
Taotai

Tao`tai"
(?)
n.
[Chin. tao circuit + t'ai, a title of respect.]
In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.


word: Tap
definition:
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.


word: Tap₂
definition:
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.


word: Tap₄
definition:
Tap

Tap
n.
[AS. tæppa, 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.


word: Tap₅
definition:
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,  a keg of beer, etc.

2.
Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; 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, a pipe, or tubing.

5.
to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals.  In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.


word: Tapa
definition:
Tapa

Ta"pa
(?)
n.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.


word: Tapadero
definition:
Tapadero

Tapadera

{ &VerbarTap`a*de"ra (?), &VerbarTap`a*de"ro (?) }
n.
[Also tapidero.]
[Sp. tapadera lid, cover.]
One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.


word: Tapayaxin
definition:
Tapayaxin

Ta`pa*yax"in
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.


word: Tape
definition:
Tape

Tape
(?)
n.
[AS. tæppe 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.


word: Tape₂
definition:
Tape

Tape
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Taped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taping.]
1.
To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape;
specif.
(Elec.)
to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.
2.
to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly, at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a broadcast of the action.
taped


word: Tape deck
definition:
Tape deck

Tape deck
(?)
n.
an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; usually it needs to be connected to an amplifier system for playback.


word: Tapeline
definition:
Tapeline

Tape"line`
(?)
n.
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.


word: Taper
definition:
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.


word: Taper₂
definition:
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.


word: Taper₃
definition:
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.


word: Tape recorder
definition:
Tape recorder

Tape recorder
(?)
n.
an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; it often has an integrated microphone, amplifier, and speaker, and in such cases requires no additional equipment other than the magnetic tape for recording or playback.


word: Tape recording
definition:
Tape recording

Tape recording
(?)
n.
1.
a recording of sound or video on magnetic tape.

2.
the process of recording sound or video on magnetic tape.


word: Tapestry
definition:
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. (Zool.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.


word: Tapestry₂
definition:
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.


word: Tapestry beetle
definition:
Tapestry beetle

Tap"es*try bee"tle
A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.


word: Tapeti
definition:
Tapeti

Tap"e*ti
(?)
n.
pl. Tapetis (#).
[Braz.]
(Zool.)
A small South American hare (Lepus Braziliensis).


word: Tapetum
definition:
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.


word: Tapeworm
definition:
Tapeworm

Tape"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.

&hand_; Three species are common parasites of man: the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm (Taenia 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.


word: Taphrenchyma
definition:
Taphrenchyma

Taph*ren"chy*ma
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a trench + enchyma, as in parenchyma.]
(Bot.)
Same as Bothrenchyma.


word: Tapioca
definition:
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.


word: Tapir
definition:
Tapir

Ta"pir
(?)
n.
[Braz. tapy'ra: cf. F. tapir.]
(Zool.)
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.

&hand_; 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 (Tapirus Americanus), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America.

Tapir tiger (Zool.), the wallah.


word: Tapis
definition:
Tapis

Ta"pis
(?)
n.
[F. See Tapestry.]
Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.

On the tapis, or Upon the tapis, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.


word: Tapish
definition:
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.


word: Taplash
definition:
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).


word: Taplings
definition:
Taplings

Tap"lings
(?)
n. pl.
The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Halliwell.


word: Tapoa tafa
definition:
Tapoa tafa

Ta*po"a ta"fa
(?)
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tappen
definition:
Tappen

Tap"pen
(?)
n.
An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.


word: Tapper
definition:
Tapper

Tap"per
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tappet
definition:
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.


word: Tappet rod
definition:
Tappet rod

Tap"pet rod
(Mech.)
A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.


word: Tappit hen
definition:
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.


word: Tappoon
definition:
Tappoon

Tap*poon"
(?)
n.
[Sp. tampón a stopper.]
(Irrigation)
A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.
[U. S.]


word: Taproom
definition:
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.


word: Taproot
definition:
Taproot

Tap"root`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.


word: Tapster
definition:
Tapster

Tap"ster
(?)
n.
[AS. tæppestre a female tapster. See Tap a plug, pipe, and -ster.]
One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.


word: Tar₂
definition:
Tar

Tar
n.
[OE. terre, tarre, AS. teru, teoru; akin to D. teer, G. teer, theer, Icel. tjara, Sw. tjära, Dan. tiære, and to E. tree. √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.


word: Tar₃
definition:
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.


word: Taranis
definition:
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.


word: Tarantass
definition:
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.


word: Tarantella
definition:
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.


word: Tarantism
definition:
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.]


word: Tarantula
definition:
Tarantula

Ta*ran"tu*la
(?)
n.
pl. E. Tarantulas (#), L. Tarantulae (#).
[NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.
[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.


word: Tarboosh
definition:
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.


word: Tardation
definition:
Tardation

Tar*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tardatio, fr. tardare, tardatum, to retard, delay, fr. tardus slow.]
The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.
[Obs.]


word: Tardigrada
definition:
Tardigrada

Tar`di*gra"da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tardigrade, a.]
1.
(Zool.)
A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.

2.
(Zool.)
An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.


word: Tardigrade
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.


word: Tarditation
definition:
Tarditation

Tar`di*ta"tion
(?)
n.
Tardiness.
[Obs.]

To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs.
Herrick.


word: Tardy
definition:
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.


word: Tare₂
definition:
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 Vicia sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.


word: Tare₃
definition:
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.


word: Tare₄
definition:
Tare

Tare
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taring.]
To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).


word: Tared
definition:
Tared

Tared
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.


word: Tarente
definition:
Tarente

Ta*ren"te
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tarente.]
(Zool.)
A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.


word: Target
definition:
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.

5.
A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
[Eng.]

6.
A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.
[Obs. Scot.]

7.
A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.

8.
A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.

9.
Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.

10.
A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.


word: Target language
definition:
Target language

Tar"get language
(?)
n.
the language into which a text is to be translated; -- correlative of source language.


word: Targum
definition:
Targum

Tar"gum
(?)
n.
pl. Targums (#). Heb. Targumim (#).
[Chald. targūm interpretation, fr. targēm 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.


word: Tariff
definition:
Tariff

Tar"iff
(?)
n.
[F. tarif; cf. Sp. & Pg. tarifa, It. tariffa; all fr. Ar. ta'rīf 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).

&hand_; The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the tariff refers only to imports.

&hand_; A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a revenue tariff, or tariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of retaliatory tariff.

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.


word: Tariff₂
definition:
Tariff

Tar"iff
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tariffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tariffing.]
To make a list of duties on, as goods.


word: Tarn
definition:
Tarn

Tarn
(?)
n.
[OE. terne, Icel. tjörn.]
A mountain lake or pool.

A lofty precipice in front,
A silent tarn below.
Wordsworth.


word: Tarnish
definition:
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
Fuller.
as, to tarnish one's honor


word: Tarnish₂
definition:
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.


word: Tarnish₃
definition:
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.


word: Taro
definition:
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 tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.


word: Tarot
definition:
Tarot

Tar"ot
(?)
n.
[F.; cf. It. tarocco.]
1.
A game of cards; -- called also taroc.
Hoyle.

2.
any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical images representing various objects or influences affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling; they are also used as trumps in the game of  taroc.  Various images are used by different artists to represent the themes of each card.


word: Tarpan
definition:
Tarpan

Tar"pan
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.


word: Tarpaulin
definition:
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.


word: Tarpeian
definition:
Tarpeian

Tar*pe"ian
(?)
a.
[L. Tarpeius, prop., pertaining to Tarpeia.]
Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.


word: Tarpum
definition:
Tarpum

Tar"pum
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tarquinish
definition:
Tarquinish

Tar"quin*ish
(?)
a.
Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.


word: Tarragon
definition:
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 (Artemisa dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.


word: Tarre
definition:
Tarre

Tarre
(?)
v. t.
[OE. tarien, terien, to irritate, provoke, AS. tergan to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. tear, v. t.  √63.  Cf. Tarry, v.]
To set on, as a dog; to incite.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Tarriance
definition:
Tarriance

Tar"ri*ance
(?)
n.
The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.
[Archaic]
Shak.

And after two days' tarriance there, returned.
Tennyson.


word: Tarrock
definition:
Tarrock

Tar"rock
(?)
n.
[Greenland tattarock.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.
(b)
The common guillemot.
[Prov. Eng.]
(c)
The common tern.


word: Tarry₂
definition:
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.


word: Tarry₃
definition:
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.


word: Tarsal
definition:
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.


word: Tarsale
definition:
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.


word: Tarsectomy
definition:
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.


word: Tarsiatura
definition:
Tarsiatura

Tarsia

{ &VerbarTar"si*a (?), &VerbarTar`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.


word: Tarsius
definition:
Tarsius

Tar"si*us
(?)
n.
[NL. See Tarsus.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tarso-
definition:
Tarso-

Tar"so-
(?)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.


word: Tarsometatarsal
definition:
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.


word: Tarsometatarsus
definition:
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.


word: Tarsorrhaphy
definition:
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.


word: Tarsotomy
definition:
Tarsotomy

Tar*sot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Tarsus + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.


word: Tarsus
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.


word: Tart
definition:
Tart

Tart
(?)
a.
[AS. teart. √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.


word: Tart₂
definition:
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.


word: Tartan
definition:
Tartan

Tar"tan
(?)
n.
[F. tiretane linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp. tiritaña 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.


word: Tartan₂
definition:
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.


word: Tartar
definition:
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.


word: Tartar₂
definition:
Tartar

Tar"tar
(?)
n.
1.
[Per. Tātār, 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.]


word: Tartareous
definition:
Tartareous

Tartarean

{ Tar*ta"re*an (?), Tar*ta"re*ous (?), }
a.
[L. tartareus: cf. F. tartaréen.]
Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.


word: Tartareous₂
definition:
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.


word: Tartaric
definition:
Tartaric

Tartarian

{ Tar*ta"ri*an (?), Tar*tar"ic (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See Barometz.


word: Tartarian
definition:
Tartarian

Tar*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian.


word: Tartaric₂
definition:
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.


word: Tartarine
definition:
Tartarine

Tar"tar*ine
(?)
n.
(Old Chem.)
Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.
[Obs.]


word: Tartarize
definition:
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.


word: Tartarize₂
definition:
Tartarize

Tar"tar*ize
(?)
v. t.
To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.


word: Tartarous
definition:
Tartarous

Tar"tar*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tartareux.]
Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.


word: Tartarous₂
definition:
Tartarous

Tar"tar*ous
(?)
a.
Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.

The Tartarous moods of common men.
B. Jonson.


word: Tartarus
definition:
Tartarus

Tar"ta*rus
(tär"tȧ*rŭs)
prop. n.
[L., from Gr. Ta`rtaros.]
(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.


word: Tartini's tones
definition:
Tartini's tones

Tar*ti"ni's tones`
(?)
[From Tartini, an Italian violinist, who discovered them in 1754.]
See the Note under Tone.


word: Tartralic
definition:
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.


word: Tartramic
definition:
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.


word: Tartramide
definition:
Tartramide

Tar*tram"ide
(?)
n.
[Tarto- + amide.]
(Chem.)
An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.


word: Tartrated
definition:
Tartrated

Tar"tra`ted
(?)
a.
(Med. Chem.)
Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.


word: Tartrazine
definition:
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.


word: Tartrelic
definition:
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.


word: Tartro-
definition:
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.


word: Tartronic
definition:
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.


word: Tartronyl
definition:
Tartronyl

Tar"tro*nyl
(?)
n.
[Tartronic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.


word: Tartrovinic
definition:
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.


word: Tartufe
definition:
Tartufe

Tartuffe

{ Tar*tuffe", Tar*tufe"  }
(?)
n.
[F. tartufe.]
A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.


word: Tartufish
definition:
Tartufish

Tartuffish

{ Tar*tuff"ish, Tar*tuf"ish, }
a.
Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.
Sterne.


word: Tarweed
definition:
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.


word: Tasimer
definition:
Tasimer

Ta*sim"er
(tȧ*sĭm"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. ta`sis stretching, extension (from tei`nein to stretch) + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extensions 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.


word: Task
definition:
Task

Task
(tȧsk)
n.
[OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. tâche, 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.


word: Task₂
definition:
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.


word: Tasker
definition:
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.]


word: Taskmaster
definition:
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.


word: Task wage
definition:
Task wage

Task wage
(Polit. Econ.)
A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.


word: Taslet
definition:
Taslet

Tas"let
(?)
n.
[See Tasse a piece of armor.]
A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a tasse.


word: Tasmanian
definition:
Tasmanian

Tas*ma"ni*an
(tăz*mā"nĭ*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.

Tasmanian cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus. -- Tasmanian devil. (Zool.) See under Devil. -- Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; -- called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.


word: Tasse
definition:
Tasse

Tasse
(?)
n.
[OF. tassette.]
A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

&hand_; Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.


word: Tassel₃
definition:
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 Cineraria sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.


word: Tassel₄
definition:
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.


word: Tasset
definition:
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.


word: Taste
definition:
Taste

Taste
(tāst)
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.


word: Taste₂
definition:
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.


word: Taste₃
definition:
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.

&hand_; Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter with the terminal organs (connected with branches of the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the papillae 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 tasted or eaten; a bit.
Bacon.

9.
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

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 buds, or Taste 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.


word: Tasteful
definition:
Tasteful

Taste"ful
(tāst"f&usdot_;l)
a.
1.
Having a high relish; savory.
Tasteful
Pope.

2.
Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.


word: Tasteless
definition:
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; a tasteless remark.


word: Taster
definition:
Taster

Tast"er
(tāst"ẽr)
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.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tasting
definition:
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.


word: Tasto
definition:
Tasto

Tas"to
(täs"to̝)
n.
[It.]
(Mus.)
A key or thing touched to produce a tone.

&VerbarTasto 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.


word: Tasty
definition:
Tasty

Tast"y
(tāst"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Tastier (tāst"ĭ*ẽr); 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.

Syn. -- tasteful{2}.


word: Tat
definition:
Tat

Tat
(tăt)
n.
[Hind. &tsdot_;ā&tsdot_;.]
Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.
[India]


word: Tataupa
definition:
Tataupa

Ta*tau"pa
(tȧ*t&asuml_;"pȧ)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
A South American tinamou (Crypturus tataupa).


word: Tatch
definition:
Tatch

Tatch
(tăch)
n.
[F. tache spot. See Techy.]
A spot or stain; also, a trick.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Tath₂
definition:
Tath

Tath
n.
[Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tað dung, taða the grass of a manured pasture, teðja to manure.  √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.]


word: Tath₃
definition:
Tath

Tath
v. t.
To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Tatou
definition:
Tatou

Ta*tou"
(tȧ*tō")
n.
[Cf. Tatouay.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tatouay
definition:
Tatouay

Tat"ou*ay
(?)
n.
[Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tatta
definition:
Tatta

Tat"ta
(tăt"tȧ)
n.
[Hind. &tsdot_;a&tsdot_;&tsdot_;ī, tātī.]
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]


word: Tatter₂
definition:
Tatter

Tat"ter
(?)
n.
[Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, _;öttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. √240.]
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags.
Shak.


word: Tatter₃
definition:
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.


word: Tatterdemalion
definition:
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.


word: Tattersall's
definition:
Tattersall's

Tat"ter*sall's
(?)
n.
A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.


word: Tatting
definition:
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.


word: Tattle
definition:
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.


word: Tattle₂
definition:
Tattle

Tat"tle
n.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

[They] told the tattle of the day.
Swift.


word: Tattler
definition:
Tattler

Tat"tler
(?)
n.
1.
One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.

&hand_; The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale (Totanus melanoleucus), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes), the solitary tattler (Totanus solitarius), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler, yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.


word: Tattoo
definition:
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.


word: Tattoo₂
definition:
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.


word: Tattoo₃
definition:
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.


word: Tatty
definition:
Tatty

Tat"ty
(?)
n.
pl. Tatties (#)
[Hind. &tsdot_;a&tsdot_;&tsdot_;ī.]
A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
[India]


word: Tatusiid
definition:
Tatusiid

Ta*tu"si*id
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.


word: Tau
definition:
Tau

Tau
(tou)
n.
[Gr. tay^.]
The nineteenth letter (Τ, τ) of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to English t.


word: Tau₂
definition:
Tau

Tau
(?)
n.
[Gr. tay^ the letter τ (English T).]
(Zool.)
The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter tau (τ).

Tau cross. See Illust. 6, of Cross.


word: Taunt
definition:
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.


word: Taunt₂
definition:
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.


word: Taunt₃
definition:
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.


word: Tawpie
definition:
Tawpie

Taupie

{ Tau"pie, Taw"pie  }
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. t&omacrpi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. tåp.]
A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman.
[Scot.]
Burns.


word: Tauricornous
definition:
Tauricornous

Tau`ri*cor"nous
(?)
a.
[L. tauricornis; taurus a bull + cornu a horn.]
(Zool.)
Having horns like those of a bull.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Taurid
definition:
Taurid

Tau"rid
(?)
n.
[Taurus + 1st -id.]
(Astron.)
Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.


word: Tauriform
definition:
Tauriform

Tau"ri*form
(?)
a.
[L. tauriformis; taurus a bull + -form: cf. F. tauriforme.]
Having the form of a bull.


word: Taurine
definition:
Taurine

Tau"rine
(?)
a.
[L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See Taurus.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.


word: Taurine₂
definition:
Taurine

Tau"rine
(?)
n.
[So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See Taurus.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A chemical compound 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.


word: Taurocholate
definition:
Taurocholate

Tau`ro*cho"late
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile.


word: Taurocholic
definition:
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.


word: Taurocolla
definition:
Taurocolla

Taurocol

{ Tau"ro*col (?), 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.


word: Tauromachian
definition:
Tauromachian

Tau`ro*ma"chi*an
(?)
a.
[See Tauromachy.]
Of or pertaining to bullfights.
n. A bullfighter.


word: Taurus
definition:
Taurus

Tau"rus
(t&asuml_;"rŭs)
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.
(Zool.)
A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.


word: Taurylic
definition:
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.


word: Taut
definition:
Taut

Taut
(?)
a.
[Dan. tæt; 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.


word: Tautegorical
definition:
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.


word: Tautochrone
definition:
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.


word: Tautochronous
definition:
Tautochronous

Tau*toch"ro*nous
(?)
a.
(Math.)
Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.


word: Tautog
definition:
Tautog

Tau*tog"
(?)
n.
[The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written by him tautaúog.]
(Zool.)
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.]


word: Tautological
definition:
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.


word: Tautologize
definition:
Tautologize

Tau*tol"o*gize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tautologized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tautologizing (?).]
To repeat the same thing in different words.


word: Tautologous
definition:
Tautologous

Tau*tol"o*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _;, for _; _; the same + _; to speak.]
Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.
[R.]
Tooke.


word: Tautology
definition:
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.


word: Tautomerism
definition:
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.


word: Tautoousious
definition:
Tautoousious

Tautoousian

{ Tau`to*ou"si*an (?), Tau`to*ou"si*ous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;; _;, for _; _; the same + _; being, essence.]
Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Tautophonical
definition:
Tautophonical

Tau`to*phon"ic*al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.


word: Tautophony
definition:
Tautophony

Tau*toph"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _;, for _; _; the same + _; voice.]
Repetition of the same sound.


word: Tautozonal
definition:
Tautozonal

Tau`to*zon"al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _;, for _; _; the same + E. zonal.]
(Crystallog.)
Belonging to the same zone; as, tautozonal planes.


word: Tavern
definition:
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.


word: Taverner
definition:
Taverner

Tav"ern*er
(?)
n.
[F. tavernier, L. tabernarius.]
One who keeps a tavern.
Chaucer. Camden.


word: Taw₃
definition:
Taw

Taw
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tawing.]
[OE. tawen, tewen, AS. tāwian to prepare; cf. D. touwen, Goth. tēwa order, taujan to do, and E. tool. √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.


word: Taw₄
definition:
Taw

Taw
n.
[Cf. AS. tāw 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.]


word: Tawdriness
definition:
Tawdriness

Taw"dri*ness
n.
Quality or state of being tawdry.

A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress.
Richardson.


word: Tawdry
definition:
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.


word: Tawdry₂
definition:
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.


word: Tawny
definition:
Tawny

Taw"ny
(?)
a.
[Compar. Tawnier (?); superl. Tawniest.]
[F. tanné, p. p. of tanner to tan. See Tan, v. t. & n.  Cf. Tenné.]
Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
tawny
Longfellow.


word: Taws
definition:
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.


word: Tax
definition:
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.

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.
Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc.

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.]


word: Tax₂
definition:
Tax

Tax
(tăks)
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.


word: Taxable
definition:
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.


word: Taxaspidean
definition:
Taxaspidean

Tax`as*pid"e*an
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; an arrangement + _;, _;, shield.]
(Zool.)
Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.


word: Taxation
definition:
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.


word: Tax certificate
definition:
Tax certificate

Tax certificate
(Law)
The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a tax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer.


word: Taxeopoda
definition:
Taxeopoda

Tax`e*op"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; (?) + -poda.]
(Paleon.)
An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.


word: Taxer
definition:
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.]


word: Taxiarch
definition:
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.


word: Taxicorn
definition:
Taxicorn

Tax"i*corn
(?)
n.
[L. taxus a yew + cornu a horn: cf. F. taxicorne.]
(Zool.)
One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.


word: Taxidermic
definition:
Taxidermic

Tax`i*der"mic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. taxidermique.]
Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.


word: Taxidermy
definition:
Taxidermy

Tax"i*der`my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; an arranging, arrangement (fr. _; 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.


word: taximeter
definition:
taximeter

taximeter
n.
1.
a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).


word: Taxine
definition:
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.  The usual preparation is a mixture of compounds.  Taxine A has the chemical formula: C35H47NO10.


word: Taxis
definition:
Taxis

Tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.]
1.
(Surg.)
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.
Dunglison.

2.
In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

3.
a reflexive movement by a motile organism by which it moves or orients itself in relation to some source of stimulation; as, chemotaxis, the motion toward or away from gradients of certain chemical compounds.


word: taxi
definition:
taxi

tax"i
(?)
n.
1.
same as taxicab.

2.
any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water taxi.


word: taxicab
definition:
taxicab

tax"i*cab
(?)
n.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally called a cab or a hack.  The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a chauffeur or hackie.
Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made, e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers, i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective passenger.  The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by a wave of the arm) is often called to hail a cab or to flag down a cab.


word: Taxon
definition:
Taxon

Tax"on
(tăks"&obreve_;n)
n.
pl. taxa or taxons.
a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping.


word: Taxonomic
definition:
Taxonomic

Tax`o*nom"ic
(tăks`&obreve_;*n&obreve_;m"ĭk)
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.


word: Taxonomy
definition:
Taxonomy

Tax*on"o*my
(tăks*&obreve_;n"o̝*m&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. ta`xis an arrangement, order + no`mos a law.]
1.
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.

2.
A systematic arrangement of objects or concepts showing the relations between them, especially one including a hierarchical arrangement of types in which categories of objects are classified as subtypes of more abstract categories, starting from one or a small number of top categories, and descending to more specific types through an arbitrary number of levels.  An ontology usually contains a taxonomy as one of the important principles of organization.


word: Taylor-White process
definition:
Taylor-White process

Tay"lor-White" proc`ess
(Metal.)
A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700° to 850° C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370° and 670° C., and cooled in air.


word: Tayra
definition:
Tayra

Tay"ra
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
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.]


word: Tay-Sachs Disease
definition:
Tay-Sachs Disease

Tay"-Sachs Disease
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A rare hereditary disease affecting lipid metabolism in humans, due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase.  It occurs in infants and children, and causes death before the onset of adulthood.  It occurs most commonly of people of Jewish origin from easter Europe.  It is characterized by accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue, causes a red spot on the retina, and eventual blindness and paralysis before death.


word: Tazza
definition:
Tazza

Taz"za
(?)
n.
[It.]
An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.


word: T cell
definition:
T cell

T" cell`
(tē"sĕl`)
[From Thymus, the site of maturation of T-cells.]
A type of white blood cell that circulates in the blood and lymph, and provides cell-mediated immunity for the organism, protecting against infecting cells or the body's own malignant cells; also called T lymphocyte.  There are several types of T cells.  They develop, as do B cells, from progenitor cells in the bone marrow, but are distinguished from B-cells (B-lymphocytes) by their site of differentiation; T-cells mature in the thymus and B-cells in the bone marrow (in birds in the Bursa of Fabricius).  They also have different antigen receptors from those of B-cells. T-cells differentiate into cells that can directly kill infecting cells (cell-mediated immunity, cytotoxity) or activate other cells of the immune system (helper T cells), whereas B-cells differentiate on activation into antibody-secreting plasma cells.   Helper T cells interact with B-cells by secreting lymphokines that stimulate the B cell which have detected a foreign antigen to enter the cell cycle and develop, by repeated mitosis, into a clone of cells with identical receptors, and then to secrete antibodies to that specific antigen.


word: Tchick
definition:
Tchick

Tchick
(chĭk)
n.
[Imitative.]
A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse.
v. i. To make a tchick.


word: tchotchke
definition:
tchotchke

tchotch"ke
n.
1.
[Yiddish tshatshke, trinket, from Pol. czaczko. MW10.]
a knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of little value.
[Also spelled chotchke.]


word: T connection
definition:
T connection

T connection
(Elec.)
The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T, chiefly used as a connection for passing transformers. When the three free ends are connected to a source of three-phase current, two-phase current may be derived from the secondary circuits. The reverse arrangement may be used to transform from two-phase.
T"-connected, a.


word: Tea
definition:
Tea

Tea
(tē)
n.
[Chin. tshā, Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. thé.]
1.
The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea Chinensis or Camellia Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

&hand_; 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.

&hand_; “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 tea, or Botany Bay tea (Bot.), a woody climbing 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.


word: Teach
definition:
Teach

Teach
(tēch)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Taught (t&asuml_;t); p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.]
[OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t&aemacr_;cean, imp. t&aemacr_;hte, to show, teach, akin to tācn 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.
taught
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Teach₂
definition:
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.


word: Teachable
definition:
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.


word: Teache
definition:
Teache

Teache
(tēch)
n.
[Cf. Amer. Sp. tacha, tacho.]
(Sugar Manuf.)
Any one of the series of boilers or evaporating pans in which the cane juice is concentrated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.
Ure.

The 1890 edition had the following etymology for teache: [Cf. Ir. teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.].  Presumably a speculation which proved incorrect?


word: Teacher
definition:
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.


word: Teaching
definition:
Teaching

Teach"ing
n.
The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.


word: Teacupful
definition:
Teacupful

Tea"cup`ful
(?)
n.
pl. Teacupfuls (_;).
As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.


word: Teagle
definition:
Teagle

Tea"gle
(tē"g'l)
n.
[Cf. Tackle.]
A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Teague
definition:
Teague

Teague
(tēg)
n.
[Cf. W. taeog, taeawg, taiawg, adj., rustic, rude, n., a vassal, villain, peasant, clown, Ir. thuatach rural, boorish.]
An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.
Johnson.


word: Teak
definition:
Teak

Teak
(tēk)
n.
[Malayalam 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.


word: Teal
definition:
Teal

Teal
(tēl)
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.]
(Zool.)
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.

&hand_; The common European teal (Anas crecca) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (Anas querquedula or Anas circia), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (Anas discors), the green-winged teal (Anas Carolinensis), and the cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) are common species, valued as game birds. See Garganey.

Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet. -- Teal duck, the common European teal.


word: Team
definition:
Team

Team
(tēm)
n.
[OE. tem, team, AS. teám, 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 a rein, bridle, Dan. tömme, Sw. töm, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw.  √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.
team
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.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Team₂
definition:
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.


word: Teamed
definition:
Teamed

Teamed
(?)
a.
Yoked in, or as in, a team.
[Obs.]

Let their teamed fishes softly swim.
Spenser.


word: Teaming
definition:
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.


word: Teamwork
definition:
Teamwork

Team"work`
(?)
n.
1.
Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

2.
Work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole; as, the teamwork of a football eleven or a gun crew.

Is the teamwork system employed, or does one workman make the whole cigar?
U. S. Consular Repts.


word: Teapot
definition:
Teapot

Tea"pot`
(?)
n.
A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.


word: Teapoy
definition:
Teapoy

Tea"poy
(?)
n.
[Hind. tipāi; Hind. tin there + Per. pāe foot.]
An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.


word: Tear
definition:
Tear

Tear
(tēr)
n.
[AS. teár; akin to G. zärhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel. tār, Sw. tår, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. dēr, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da`kry, da`kryon, da`kryma. √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.]
tear
Milton.

4.
(Glass Manuf.)
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

&hand_; Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like.

Tears of St. Lawrence, the Perseid shower of meteors, seen every year on or about the eve of St. Lawrence, August 9th. -- Tears of wine, drops which form and roll down a glass above the surface of strong wine. The phenomenon is due to the evaporation of alcohol from the surface layer, which, becoming more watery, increases in surface tension and creeps up the sides until its weight causes it to break.


word: Tear₂
definition:
Tear

Tear
(târ)
v. t.
[imp. Tore (t&omacrr), ((Obs. Tare) (târ); p. p. Torn (t&omacrrn); 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. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. √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.
torn
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.


word: Tear₃
definition:
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.


word: Tear₄
definition:
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.


word: Tearer
definition:
Tearer

Tear"er
(?)
n.
One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.


word: Tearful
definition:
Tearful

Tear"ful
(?)
a.
Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.
Tear"ful*ly, adv. -- Tear"ful*ness, n.


word: Tearless
definition:
Tearless

Tear"less
a.
Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
Tear"less*ly, adv. -- Tear"less*ness, n.


word: Tearpit
definition:
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.


word: Tear-thumb
definition:
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.


word: Tease
definition:
Tease

Tease
(tēz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Teased (tēzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing.]
[AS. t_;san to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. tæse, tæsse. √58.  Cf. Touse.]
1.
To comb or card, as wool or flax.
Teasing
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.

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.


word: Teasel
definition:
Teasel

Tea"sel
(?)
n.
[OE. tesel, AS. t&aemacr_;sel, t&aemacr_;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 (Dipsacus 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.

&hand_; Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is Dipsacus 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.


word: Teasel₂
definition:
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.


word: Teaseler
definition:
Teaseler

Tea"sel*er
(?)
n.
One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.
[Written also teaseller, teasler.]


word: Teaseling
definition:
Teaseling

Tea"sel*ing
n.
The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.
[Written also teaselling, teazling.]


word: Teaser
definition:
Teaser

Teas"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who teases or vexes.

2.
(Zool.)
A jager gull.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
(Elec.)
A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.


word: Teaspoon
definition:
Teaspoon

Tea"spoon`
(tē"spōn`)
n.
1.
A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

2.
same as teaspoonful.


word: Teaspoonful
definition:
Teaspoonful

Tea"spoon`ful
(tē"spōn`f&usdot_;l)
n.
pl. Teaspoonfuls (tē"spōn`f&usdot_;lz) or Teaspoonsful.
As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon.  In cooking, it is usually estimated as 4.9 milliliters, which is 1/6 of a fluid ounce, or 1/3 of a tablespoonful.  In cooking recipes it may be abbreviated as t.
In the 1890 dictionary, it was defined as a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.


word: Teat
definition:
Teat

Teat
(tēt)
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.


word: Teatish
definition:
Teatish

Teat"ish
(?)
a.
Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Teaze-hole
definition:
Teaze-hole

Teaze"-hole`
(?)
n.
[Corrupted fr. F. tisard fire door.]
(Glass Works)
The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.


word: Teazer
definition:
Teazer

Tea"zer
(?)
n.
[Corrupted fr. F. tiser to feed a fire.]
The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.
Tomlinson.


word: Tebeth
definition:
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.


word: Technic₂
definition:
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.


word: Technical
definition:
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.


word: Technicality
definition:
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.


word: Technically
definition:
Technically

Tech"nic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.


word: Technicals
definition:
Technicals

Tech"nic*als
(?)
n. pl.
Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.


word: Technician
definition:
Technician

Tech*ni"cian
(?)
n.
a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; -- formerly also called a technicist.
In computer software companies, individuals skilled at the details of using programs and employed to help customers to install or use software or troubleshoot software problems for  are also called technicians.


word: Technicolor
definition:
Technicolor

Tech`ni*col"or
(?)
n.
[a treadmark]
the name of one process used for color cinematography; -- also used attributively.
[trademark]


word: Technics
definition:
Technics

Tech"nics
(?)
n.
1.
The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.

2.
The study of a particular art.


word: Techniphone
definition:
Techniphone

Tech"ni*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; art + -phone.]
(Music)
A dumb gymnastic apparatus for  training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.


word: Technique
definition:
Technique

Tech`nique"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called technic.

2.
The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.

3.
the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique.


word: Techno
definition:
Techno

Tech"no
(?)
n.
a form of music primarily created by computer sound synthizers rather than by musicians playing instruments.
[slang]


word: Technobabble
definition:
Technobabble

Tech"no*bab`ble
(?)
n.
technical jargon incomprehensible to non-specialists; -- sometimes used derogatorily of discussions using unnecessarily technical terminology and intended to impress or confuse, rather than inform, the listener.


word: technocrat
definition:
technocrat

tech"no*crat
(?)
n.
1.
a technical specialist exercising governmental or managerial authority.

2.
a proponent of technocracy.


word: Technography
definition:
Technography

Tech*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; art, skill, craft + graph.]
Description of the arts and  crafts of tribes and peoples.
Tech`no*graph"ic, Tech`no*graph"ic*al (#), a.


word: Technologist
definition:
Technologist

Tech*nol"o*gist
(?)
n.
One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.


word: Technology
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Techy
definition:
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.


word: Tectibranchiata
definition:
Tectibranchiata

Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tectus (p. p. of tegere to cover) + Gr. _; a gill.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tectibranchiate
definition:
Tectibranchiate

Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[L. tectus (p. p. of tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.]
(Zool.)
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.


word: Tectly
definition:
Tectly

Tect"ly
(?)
adv.
[L. tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.]
Covertly; privately; secretly.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.


word: Tectology
definition:
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.


word: Tectonic
definition:
Tectonic

Tec*ton"ic
(?)
a.
[L. tectonicus, Gr. _;, fr. _;, _;, a carpenter, builder.]
1.
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

2.
(Biol.)
Structural.

3.
(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or valleys; tectonic plates.


word: Tectonics
definition:
Tectonics

Tec*ton"ics
(?)
n.
1.
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.

2.
(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
the branch of geology concerned with the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; also, similar studies of other planets.  Also called structural geology.

plate tectonics a geological theory which considers the earth's crust as divided into a number of large relatively rigid plates, which move relatively independently on the more plastic asthenosphere under the influence of magmatic upwellings, so as to drift apart, slide past, or collide with each other, causing the formation, breakup, or merging of continents, and causing volcanism, the building of mountain ranges, and the subduction of one plate beneath another. In recent decades a large body of data have accumulated to support the theory and provide some details of the mechanisms at work.  One set of supporting observations consists of data showing that the continents have slowly moved relative to each other over long periods of time, a phenomenon called continental drift.  Africa and South America, for example, have apparently moved apart from a connected configuration at about 2 to 3 cm per year over tens of millions of years.


word: Tectorial
definition:
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.


word: Tectrices
definition:
Tectrices

Tec"tri*ces
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to cover.]
(Zool.)
The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.


word: Ted
definition:
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. √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.


word: Tedesco
definition:
Tedesco

Te*des"co
(?)
a.
pl. Tedeschi (#)
[It., of Germanic origin. See Dutch.]
German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.


word: Te Deum
definition:
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.

3.
A musical setting of the Te Deum{1}.


word: Tedge
definition:
Tedge

Tedge
(tĕj)
n.
(Founding)
The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.


word: Tedious
definition:
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.


word: Tedium
definition:
Tedium

Te"di*um
(?)
n.
[L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.]
Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
[Written also taedium.]
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.


word: Tee
definition:
Tee

Tee
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. tjā to show, mark.]
(a)
The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.
(b)
The nodule of earth, or a short peg stuck into the ground, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole in golf.


word: Tee₂
definition:
Tee

Tee
n.
1.
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.

2.
The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.


word: Tee₃
definition:
Tee

Tee
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Teed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Teeing.]
(Golf)
To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.


word: Teeing ground
definition:
Teeing ground

Teeing ground
(Golf)
The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.


word: Teem
definition:
Teem

Teem
(?)
v. t.
[Icel. tæma to empty, from t&omacrmr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. 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.


word: Teem₃
definition:
Teem

Teem
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Teemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.]
[OE. temen, AS. tēman, t_;man, from teám. 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.


word: Teem₄
definition:
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.


word: Teen
definition:
Teen

Teen
(?)
n.
[OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón 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.


word: Teen₂
definition:
Teen

Teen
v. t.
[AS. teónian, t_;nan, to slander, vex. √64. See Teen, n.]
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.


word: Teenage₂
definition:
Teenage

Teen"age`
(tēn"āj)
n.
of or pertaining to a teenager; being in one's teens; as, a busload of teenage football fans; teenage inexperience.


word: Teenager
definition:
Teenager

Teen"ag`er
(tēn"āj`ẽr)
n.
a person whose age is in the teens, i.e. one between the ages of 13 to 19 inclusive.


word: Teenful
definition:
Teenful

Teen"ful
(?)
a.
Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.


word: Teens
definition:
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.


word: Teeswater
definition:
Teeswater

Tees"wa`ter
(?)
n.
[From the river Tees, northern England.]
1.
A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.

2.
An old English breed of sheep allied to the Leicester.


word: Teetee
definition:
Teetee

Tee"tee
(?)
n.
[Sp. tití.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.
(Zool.)
A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).


word: Teeter
definition:
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&omacrn, 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.


word: Teeth₂
definition:
Teeth

Teeth
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Teethed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Teething.]
To breed, or grow, teeth.


word: Teething
definition:
Teething

Teeth"ing
(?)
n.
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.


word: Teetotalism
definition:
Teetotalism

Tee*to"tal*ism
(?)
n.
The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.


word: Teetotum
definition:
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.


word: Tee-to-tum
definition:
Tee-to-tum

Tee-to"-tum
(?)
n.
[Cf. Teetotaler.]
A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon.
[Colloq. or Cant]


word: Teg
definition:
Teg

Teg
(?)
n.
A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Tegmen
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.

4.
pl.
(Zool.)
Same as Tectrices.


word: Tegmental
definition:
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.


word: Tegmentum
definition:
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.


word: Teguexin
definition:
Teguexin

Te*guex"in
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Tegula
definition:
Tegula

Teg"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Tegulae (#).
[L., a tile, dim. fr. tegere to cover.]
(Zool.)
A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.


word: Tegular
definition:
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.


word: Tegulated
definition:
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.


word: Tegument
definition:
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.


word: Tegumentary
definition:
Tegumentary

Teg`u*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tégumentaire.]
Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.


word: Te-hee₂
definition:
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.


word: Teil
definition:
Teil

Teil
(?)
n.
[OF. teil, til, L. tilia.]
(Bot.)
The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.


word: Teinoscope
definition:
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.


word: Teint
definition:
Teint

Teint
(?)
n.
[F. teint, teinte. See Tint.]
Tint; color; tinge, See Tint.
[Obs.]

Time shall . . . embrown the teint.
Dryden.


word: Telamones
definition:
Telamones

Tel`a*mo"nes
(?)
n. pl.
[L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. _; a bearer, fr. _; to bear.]
(Arch.)
Same as Atlantes.


word: Telangiectasis
definition:
Telangiectasis

Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; end + _; vessel + _; extension.]
(Med.)
Dilatation of the capillary vessels.


word: Telary
definition:
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.
telary
Sir T. Browne.


word: Telautograph
definition:
Telautograph

Tel*au"to*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + autograph.]
A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current are produced in two separate circuits. In the receiver these variations are utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the pencil moves.
Tel`au*tog"ra*phist (#), n.


word: Telechirograph
definition:
Telechirograph

Tel`e*chi"ro*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + chei`r, cheiro`s, hand + -graph.]
An instrument for  telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.


word: Teledu
definition:
Teledu

Tel"e*du
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Telega
definition:
Telega

Te*le"ga
(?)
n.
[Russ. telyega.]
A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.


word: Telegony
definition:
Telegony

Te*leg"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + root of  Gr. _; to be born.]
(Biol.)
The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father.
Te*leg"o*nous (#), a.


word: Telegram
definition:
Telegram

Tel"e*gram
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far + -gram.]
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

&hand_; “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).


word: Telegrammic
definition:
Telegrammic

Tel`e*gram*mic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.
[R.]

Syn. -- telegraphic.


word: Telegraph
definition:
Telegraph

Tel"e*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. télégraphe. 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.

&hand_; 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, and Morse code.

In 1837,  Samuel F. B. Morse, an American artist, devised a working electric telegraph, based on a rough knowledge of electrical circuits, electromagnetic induction coils, and a scheme to encode alphabetic letters.  He  and his collaborators and backers campaigned for years before persuading the federal government to fund a demonstration.  Finally, on May 24, 1844, they sent the first official long-distance telegraphic message in Morse code, "What hath God wrought," through a copper wire strung between Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland.   The phrase was taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23.  It  had been suggested to Morse by Annie Ellworth, the young daughter of a friend.
Library of Congress, American Memories series (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may24.html).

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.


word: Telegraph₂
definition:
Telegraph

Tel"e*graph
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Telegraphed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telegraphing (?).]
[F. télégraphier.]
To convey or announce by telegraph.


word: Telegrapher
definition:
Telegrapher

Te*leg"ra*pher
(?)
n.
One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.


word: Telegraphic
definition:
Telegraphic

Tel`e*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. télégraphique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

2.
Having only the essential information; brief; concise; terse; -- of communications, by analogy with the style of telegrams, which are short to avoid unnecessary expense.
a telegraphic communication should have enough information to allow comprehension of the content, though it may leave out normally included words.  If so much is left out that the communication becomes difficult or impossible to understand, it may be called cryptic. “Sighted sub. Sank same.” is a telegraphic message.


word: Telegraph plant
definition:
Telegraph plant

Telegraph plant
(Bot.)
A tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans formerly Desmodium gyrans), native of the East Indies; it is a leguminous plant whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.


word: Telegraphone
definition:
Telegraphone

Te*leg"ra*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + -graph + _; sound.]
An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.


word: Telegraphoscope
definition:
Telegraphoscope

Tel`e*graph"o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le  far + -graph + -scope.]
An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative.  The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells.  The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.  It is now (1999) obsolete, having been replaced by telefax and internet transmission of images.


word: Telegraphy
definition:
Telegraphy

Te*leg"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. télégraphie.]
The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.


word: Telehydrobarometer
definition:
Telehydrobarometer

Tel`e*hy`dro*ba*rom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + hydrobarometer.]
An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.


word: Tele-iconograph
definition:
Tele-iconograph

Tel`e-i*con"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + iconograph.]
1.
An instrument essentially the same as the telemetrograph.

2.
A form of facsimile telegraph.


word: telekinesis
definition:
telekinesis

tel`e*ki*ne"sis
(tĕl`ŭ*kĭ*nē"sĭs)
n.
the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means; -- an ability claimed by certain persons, such as mediums.
the existence of this ability is disbelieved by most scientists.

Syn. -- psychokinesis


word: Tel-el-Amarna
definition:
Tel-el-Amarna

Tel`-el-A*mar"na
(?)
n.
[Ar., hill of Amarna.]
A station on the Nile in Egypt, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the ancient city of Akhetaton, capital of Amenophis IV. (Akhenaton, or Amenhotep IV., of the 18th dynasty, king 1353-1336 B. C.), whose archive chamber was discovered there during extensive excavations in 1887-1888.  A collection of about 300 clay tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna tablets, or the Amarna tablets) was found here, forming the diplomatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III., with the kings of Asiatic countries (such as Babylonia, Assyria, and Palestine), written in cuneiform characters.  It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 b. c..  The name of the site is also spelled Tell-el-Amarna, Tell el Amarna, and Tel Amarna.


word: Telelectric
definition:
Telelectric

Tel`e*lec"tric
(?)
a.
[Gr. th^le far + electric.]
(Elec.)
Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.


word: Telelectroscope
definition:
Telelectroscope

Tel`e*lec"tro*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + electro- + -scope.]
Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.


