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word: telemarketing
definition:
telemarketing

telemarketing
n.
the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls made to persons who have not previously contacted the seller.

Syn. -- teleselling.


word: Telemechanic
definition:
Telemechanic

Tel`e*me*chan"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. th^le far + mechanic.]
Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance.
Tel`e*mech"a*nism (#), n.


word: Telemachus
definition:
Telemachus

Tel`e*ma"chus
(?)
prop. n.
The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey.


word: Telemeteorograph
definition:
Telemeteorograph

Tel`e*me`te*or"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + meteorograph.]
Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office.
Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic (#), a.


word: Telemeter
definition:
Telemeter

Te*lem"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far + -meter.]
1.
An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

2.
A measuring instrument which sends the information obtained from its sensors by radio to a distant station, usually to be recorded there; also, the complete system including measuring instrument, transmitter, and receiver.  Such instruments are used, for example, to measure conditions in space or in other locations difficult of access for humans observers, or merely to allow one observer to monitor conditions in many places simultaneously.


word: Telemetrograph
definition:
Telemetrograph

Tel`e*met"ro*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + me`tron measure + -graph.]
A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects.
Tel`e*me*trog"ra*phy (#), n. -- Tel`e*met`ro*graph"ic (#), a.


word: Telemetry
definition:
Telemetry

Te*lem"e*try
(?)
n.
The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio; the use of a telemeter.


word: Telemotor
definition:
Telemotor

Tel`e*mo"tor
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + motor.]
(Naut.)
A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.


word: telencephalon
definition:
telencephalon

telencephalon
n.
1.
the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus.


word: Telenergy
definition:
Telenergy

Tel*en"er*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + energy.]
Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; now more commonly called telekinesis; -- applied to mediumistic phenomena.
Tel`en*er"gic (#), a.


word: Telengiscope
definition:
Telengiscope

Te*len"gi*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + _; near + -scope.]
(Optics)
An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as an observing telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focused microscope.


word: Teleocephali
definition:
Teleocephali

Te`le*o*ceph"a*li
(tē`le̝*o̝*sĕf"ȧ*lī or tĕ`le̝*o̝*sĕf"ȧ*lī)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`leos complete + kefalh` head.]
(Zool.)
An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.


word: Teleological
definition:
Teleological

Te`le*o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. téléologique.]
1.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.

2.
showing evidence of design or purpose, especially in natural phenomena.


word: Teleology
definition:
Teleology

Te`le*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F. téléologie.]
The doctrine of the final causes of things
(Biol.)
the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.


word: Teleophore
definition:
Teleophore

Te"le*o*phore`
(?)
n.
[Gr. teleos complete + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
Same as Gonotheca.


word: Teleorganic
definition:
Teleorganic

Te`le*or*gan"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. teleos complete + E. organic.]
(Physiol.)
Vital; as, teleorganic functions.


word: Teleosaur
definition:
Teleosaur

Te`le*o*saur"
(?)
n.
(Paleon.)
Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.


word: Teleosaurus
definition:
Teleosaurus

Te`le*o*sau"rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; complete, perfect + _; a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.


word: Teleost
definition:
Teleost

Te"le*ost
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; complete + _; bone.]
(Zool.)
One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.


word: Teleostei
definition:
Teleostei

Te`le*os"te*i
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; complete + _; bone.]
(Zool.)
A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.


word: Teleostomi
definition:
Teleostomi

Te"le*os`to*mi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; complete + _; mouth.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.


word: Telepathy
definition:
Telepathy

Te*lep"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + _;, _;, to suffer.]
The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
The existence of this ability has not been proven scientifically.
Tel`e*path"ic, a. -- Te*lep"a*thist, n.


word: Telephone
definition:
Telephone

Tel"e*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + _; sound.]
(Physics)
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

&hand_; The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ electricity.


word: Telephone exchange
definition:
Telephone exchange

Tel`e*phone ex*change"
A central office in which the  wires of telephones from local subscribers may be connected by switches to other local telephones or to long-distance lines, to permit transmission of conversation or data.
In the late 1990's the traditional copper wires connecting local telephones to the telephone exchange have begun to be replaced with optical fiber connections.


word: Telephonic
definition:
Telephonic

Tel`e*phon"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. téléphonique. See Telephone.]
1.
Conveying sound to a great distance.

2.
Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.


word: Telephonically
definition:
Telephonically

Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.


word: Telephony
definition:
Telephony

Te*leph"o*ny
(?)
n.
The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.


word: Telephote
definition:
Telephote

Tel"e*phote
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + fw^s, fwto`s, light.]
A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.


word: Telephoto
definition:
Telephoto

Tel`e*pho"to
(?)
a.
1.
of or relating to photography with a telephoto lens.

2.
of or pertaining to a telephoto lens.


word: Telephotograph
definition:
Telephotograph

Tel`e*pho"to*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + photograph.]
a photograph transmitted and reproduced by telephotography.

2.
a photograph made with a telephoto lens.

Syn. -- telephoto.


word: Telephotographic
definition:
Telephotographic

Tel`e*pho`to*graph"ic
(?)
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.


word: Telephotography
definition:
Telephotography

Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
1.
The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.

2.
Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance, especially by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.

3.
Less properly, phototelegraphy.


word: Telephoto lens
definition:
Telephoto lens

Tel`e*pho"to lens
n.
a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also telephotographic lens.


word: Telepolariscope
definition:
Telepolariscope

Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + E. polariscope.]
(Opt.)
A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.
Lockyer.


word: Telerythin
definition:
Telerythin

Tel`e*ryth"in
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; end + E. erythrin.]
(Chem.)
A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.


word: Telescope
definition:
Telescope

Tel"e*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; viewing afar, farseeing; _; far, far off + _; a watcher, akin to _; to view: cf. F. télescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.]
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

&hand_; A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified.

Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic. -- Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. -- Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. -- Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. -- Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic. -- Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial. -- Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. -- Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Gregorian. -- Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. -- Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Newtonian. -- Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. -- Prism telescope. See Teinoscope. -- Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, and Newtonian, telescopes, above. -- Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. -- Telescope carp (Zool.), the telescope fish. -- Telescope fish (Zool.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. -- Telescope fly (Zool.), any two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. -- Telescope shell (Zool.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. -- Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. -- Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.


word: Telescope₂
definition:
Telescope

Tel"e*scope
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Telescoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping (?).]
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another; to become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force.
[Recent]


word: Telescope₃
definition:
Telescope

Tel"e*scope
v. t.
1.
To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
[Recent]

2.
to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester's lectures into one week.


word: Telescope₄
definition:
Telescope

Tel"e*scope
(tĕl"e̝*sk&omacrp)
a.
Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping.


word: Telescope bag
definition:
Telescope bag

Telescope bag
An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.


word: Telescopical
definition:
Telescopical

Telescopic

{ Tel`e*scop"ic (?), Tel`e*scop"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. télescopique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

2.
Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

3.
Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

4.
Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.


word: Telescopic sight
definition:
Telescopic sight

Tel`e*scop"ic sight`
A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.


word: Telescoping
definition:
Telescoping

Tel"e*scop`ing
(tĕl"e̝*sk&omacrp`ĭng)
a.
Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, telescoping tripod legs; a telescoping table, etc.; -- a term replacing the formerly used telescope.


word: Teleseism
definition:
Teleseism

Tel"e*seism
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + _; shock.]
A seismic movement or shock far from the  recording instrument.
Tel`e*seis"mic (#), a.


word: Teleseme
definition:
Teleseme

Tel"e*seme
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + _; sign.]
A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.


word: Telesm
definition:
Telesm

Tel"esm
(?)
n.
[Ar. tilism. See Talisman.]
A kind of amulet or magical charm.
[Obs.]
J. Gregory.


word: Telesmatical
definition:
Telesmatical

Telesmatic

{ Tel`es*mat"ic (?), Tel`es*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.
J. Gregory.


word: Telespectroscope
definition:
Telespectroscope

Tel`e*spec"tro*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + E. spectroscope.]
(Astron.)
A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.
Lockyer.


word: Telestereograph
definition:
Telestereograph

Tel`e*ste"re*o*graph`
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + stereograph.]
An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph.
Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy (#), n.


word: Telestereoscope
definition:
Telestereoscope

Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + E. stereoscope.]
(Opt.)
A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.


word: Telestic
definition:
Telestic

Te*les"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; fit for finishing, from _; to finish.]
Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Telestich
definition:
Telestich

Te*les"tich
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the end + _; a line, verse.]
A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name.  Cf. Acrostic.


word: Telethermograph
definition:
Telethermograph

Tel`e*ther"mo*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph.]
(Physics)
(a)
A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station.
(b)
An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.


word: Telethermometer
definition:
Telethermometer

Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + E. thermometer.]
(Physics)
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.


word: Teleutospore
definition:
Teleutospore

Te*leu"to*spore
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; completion + E. spore.]
(Bot.)
The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.


word: Telford
definition:
Telford

Tel"ford
(?)
a.
[After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer.]
Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and  smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.


word: Telfordize
definition:
Telfordize

Tel"ford*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Telfordized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing (?).]
To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.


word: Telharmony
definition:
Telharmony

Telharmonium

Tel`har*mo"ni*um
(?)
n.
[Gr. th^le far + harmolium.]
An instrument for producing music (Tel*har"mo*ny [_;]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.


word: Telic
definition:
Telic

Tel"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, from _; the end.]
(Gram.)
Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic.
Gibbs.


word: Tell
definition:
Tell

Tell
(tĕl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Told (t&omacrld); p. pr. & vb. n. Telling.]
[AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. zählen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, tælle to count. See Tale that which is told.]
1.
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
told
Spenser.

He telleth the number of the stars.
Ps. cxlvii. 4.

Tell the joints of the body.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.

Of which I shall tell all the array.
Chaucer.

And not a man appears to tell their fate.
Pope.

3.
To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.

Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Gen. xii. 18.

4.
To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.

A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of?
Shak.

5.
To order; to request; to command.

He told her not to be frightened.
Dickens.

6.
To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.

7.
To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
[Obs.]

I ne told no dainity of her love.
Chaucer.

&hand_; Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you know.

To tell off, to count; to divide. Sir W. Scott.


word: Tell₂
definition:
Tell

Tell
v. i.
1.
To give an account; to make report.

That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Ps. xxvi. 7.

2.
To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.

To tell of. (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of. -- To tell on, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]

Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
1 Sam. xxvii. 11.


word: Teller
definition:
Teller

Tell"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

2.
One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
Cowell.

3.
An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions.

4.
One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.


word: Tellina
definition:
Tellina

Tel*li"na
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a kind of shellfish.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.


word: Telling
definition:
Telling

Tell"ing
(?)
a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
Tell"ing*ly, adv.


word: Telltale₂
definition:
Telltale

Tell"tale`
n.
1.
One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

2.
(Mus.)
A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.

3.
(Naut.)
(a)
A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
(b)
A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.

4.
(Mach.)
A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.

5.
(Zool.)
The tattler. See Tattler.

6.
A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.
It supplies many useful links and telltales.
Saintsbury.

7.
(Railroads)
An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.


word: Tellureted
definition:
Tellureted

Tel"lu*ret`ed
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.
[Written also telluretted.]
[Obsoles.]

Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also tellurhydric acid.


word: Tellurhydric
definition:
Tellurhydric

Tel`lur*hy"dric
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.


word: Tellurian
definition:
Tellurian

Tel*lu"ri*an
(?)
a.
[L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Of or pertaining to the earth.
De Quincey.


word: Tellurian₂
definition:
Tellurian

Tel*lu"ri*an
n.
1.
A dweller on the earth.
De Quincey.

2.
An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.
[Written also tellurion.]


word: Telluric
definition:
Telluric

Tel*lu"ric
(?)
a.
[L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F. tellurique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.

Amid these hot, telluric flames.
Carlyle.

2.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.

Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. -- Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.


word: Telluride
definition:
Telluride

Tel"lu*ride
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.


word: Tellurism
definition:
Tellurism

Tel"lu*rism
(?)
n.
An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
[R.]
S. Thompson.


word: Tellurite
definition:
Tellurite

Tel"lu*rite
(?)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
A salt of tellurous acid.

2.
(Min.)
Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.


word: Tellurium
definition:
Tellurium

Tel*lu"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
(Chem.)
A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.

Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite. -- Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also black tellurium.


word: Tellurize
definition:
Tellurize

Tel"lu*rize
(?)
v. t.
(Chem.)
To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.


word: Tellurous
definition:
Tellurous

Tel"lu*rous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.


word: Telodynamic
definition:
Telodynamic

Tel`o*dy*nam"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; far + E. dynamic.]
Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.


word: Telotrocha
definition:
Telotrocha

Te*lot"ro*cha
(?)
n.
pl. Telotrochae (#).
[NL. See Telotrochal.]
(Zool.)
An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.


word: Telotrochous
definition:
Telotrochous

Telotrochal

{ Te*lot"ro*chal (?), Te*lot"ro*chous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; complete + _; wheel, hoop.]
(Zool.)
Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids.


word: Telotype
definition:
Telotype

Tel"o*type
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far off + -type.]
An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.


word: Telpher
definition:
Telpher

Tel"pher
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; far, far off + fe`rein to bear.]
1.
(Elec.)
A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Fleeming Jenkin.

2.
(Elec.)
Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.

Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.


word: Telpherage
definition:
Telpherage

Tel"pher*age
(?)
n.
1.
The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Fleeming Jenkin.

2.
(Elec.)
Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.


word: Telson
definition:
Telson

Tel"son
(?)
n.
pl. Telsons (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a boundary, limit.]
(Zool.)
The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.


word: Telugu
definition:
Telugu

Tel`u*gu"
(?)
n.
1.
A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali.
[Spelt also Teloogoo.]

2.
One of the people speaking the Telugu language.


word: Temerarious
definition:
Temerarious

Tem`er*a"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. temerarius. See Temerity.]
Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.
Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly, adv.

I spake against temerarious judgment.
Latimer.


word: Temerity
definition:
Temerity

Te*mer"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. temeritas, from temere by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F. témérité.]
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon grounds uncapable of evidence.
Barrow.

Her rush hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.
Milton.


word: Tempean
definition:
Tempean

Tem*pe"an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.


word: Temper
definition:
Temper

Tem"per
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tempered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.]
[AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. tempérer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time.  Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
1.
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.

Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.
Bancroft.

Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee
To temper man: we had been brutes without you.
Otway.

But thy fire
Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher.
Byron.

She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors.
Addison.

2.
To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.

Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
Wisdom xvi. 21.

3.
(Metal.)
To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.

The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound.
Dryden.

4.
To govern; to manage.
[A Latinism & Obs.]

With which the damned ghosts he governeth,
And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth.
Spenser.

5.
To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

6.
(Mus.)
To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.


word: Temper₂
definition:
Temper

Tem"per
n.
1.
The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

2.
Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment.
Fuller.

3.
Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.

Remember with what mild
And gracious temper he both heared and judged.
Milton.

The consequents of a certain ethical temper.
J. H. Newman.

4.
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.

To fall with dignity, with temper rise.
Pope.

Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers.
B. Jonson.

5.
Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.
[Colloq.]

6.
The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.

7.
Middle state or course; mean; medium.
[R.]

The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances.
Macaulay.

8.
(Sugar Works)
Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.


word: Temper₃
definition:
Temper

Tem"per
v. i.
1.
To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.

I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.
Shak.


word: Tempera
definition:
Tempera

Tem"pe*ra
(?)
n.
[It.]
(Paint.)
A mode or process of painting; distemper.

&hand_; The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.


word: Temperable
definition:
Temperable

Tem"per*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being tempered.

The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals.
Emerson.


word: Temperament
definition:
Temperament

Tem"per*a*ment
(?)
n.
[L. temperamentum a mixing in due proportion, proper measure, temperament: cf. F. tempérament. See Temper, v. t.]
1.
Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just state and temperament.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
[Obs.]

However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any temperament that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side.
Milton.

3.
The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected.

Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular assemblies.
Sir J. Mackintosh.

4.
Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
[Obs.]

Bodies are denominated “hot” and “cold” in proportion to the present temperament of that part of our body to which they are applied.
Locke.

5.
(Mus.)
A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C&sharp becoming identical with D&flat, and so on.

6.
(Physiol.)
The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.

Equal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike. -- Unequal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used.


word: Temperamental
definition:
Temperamental

Tem`per*a*men"tal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Temperance
definition:
Temperance

Tem"per*ance
(?)
n.
[L. temperantia: cf. F. tempérance. See Temper, v. t.]
1.
Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

2.
Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
[R.]
temperance
Shak.

He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
Spenser.

3.
State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
[Obs.]
temperance
Shak.

Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.


word: Temperate
definition:
Temperate

Tem"per*ate
(?)
a.
[L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]
1.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

2.
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
Shak.

That sober freedom out of which there springs
Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
Tennyson.

3.
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
Franklin.

4.
Proceeding from temperance.
[R.]

The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Pope.

Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.


word: Temperate₂
definition:
Temperate

Tem"per*ate
(?)
v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
[Obs.]

It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
Marston.


word: Temperateness
definition:
Temperateness

Tem"per*ate*ness
n.
The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.


word: Temperative
definition:
Temperative

Tem"per*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. L. temperativus soothing.]
Having power to temper.
[R.]
T. Granger.


word: Temperature
definition:
Temperature

Tem"per*a*ture
(?)
n.
[F. température, L. temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1.
Constitution; state; degree of any quality.

The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy.
Bacon.

Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain.
I. Watts.

2.
Freedom from passion; moderation.
[Obs.]

In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,
Most goodly temperature you may descry.
Spenser.

3.
(Physics)
Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.
The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the body.  For other states of matter such as plasma, electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be expressed as a temperature, although it could never be measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by sensing with the skin.

4.
Mixture; compound.
[Obs.]

Made a temperature of brass and iron together.
Holland.

5.
(Physiol. & Med.)
The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the  normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).

Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. -- Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal. -- Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. H. N. Martin.


word: Tempered
definition:
Tempered

Tem"pered
(?)
a.
Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.


word: Temperer
definition:
Temperer

Tem"per*er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.


word: Tempering
definition:
Tempering

Tem"per*ing
n.
(Metal.)
The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil.

Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.


word: Temper screw
definition:
Temper screw

Tem"per screw
1.
A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.

2.
A set screw used for adjusting.


word: Tempest
definition:
Tempest

Tem"pest
(?)
n.
[OF. tempeste, F. tempête, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See Temporal of time.]
1.
An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed.
Milton.

2.
Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

3.
A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
[Archaic]
Smollett.

&hand_; Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like.


word: Tempest₂
definition:
Tempest

Tem"pest
v. t.
[Cf. OF. tempester, F. tempêter to rage.]
To disturb as by a tempest.
[Obs.]

Part huge of bulk
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean.
Milton.


word: Tempestive
definition:
Tempestive

Tem*pes"tive
(?)
a.
[L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers.
[Obs.]
Heywood.
Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Tempestivily
definition:
Tempestivily

Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly
(?)
n.
[L. tempestivitas.]
The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Tempestuous
definition:
Tempestuous

Tem*pes"tu*ous
(?)
a.
[L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempêtueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.

They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
Longfellow.


word: Templar
definition:
Templar

Tem"plar
(?)
n.
[OE. templere, F. templier, LL. templarius. See Temple a church.]
1.
One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.

&hand_; The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne in 1312.

2.
A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple.
[Eng.]

3.
One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.


word: Templar₂
definition:
Templar

Tem"plar
a.
Of or pertaining to a temple.
[R.]

Solitary, family, and templar devotion.
Coleridge.


word: Temple
definition:
Temple

Tem"ple
(?)
n.
[Cf. Templet.]
(Weaving)
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.


word: Temple₂
definition:
Temple

Tem"ple
n.
[OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n.]
1.
(Anat.)
The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.

2.
One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.


word: Temple₃
definition:
Temple

Tem"ple
n.
[AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. _; a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. témple, from the Latin.  Cf. Contemplate.]
1.
A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
temple
Chaucer.

2.
(Jewish Antiq.)
The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.

Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
John x. 23.

3.
Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.

Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?
Buckminster.

4.
Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
temple
John ii. 21.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Cor. iii. 16.

The groves were God's first temples.
Bryant.

5.
(Mormon Ch.)
A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances.

6.
A local organization of Odd Fellows.

Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple.


word: Temple₄
definition:
Temple

Tem"ple
(?)
v. t.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.
[R.]
Feltham.


word: Templed
definition:
Templed

Tem"pled
(?)
a.
Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.

I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills.
S. F. Smith.


word: Templet
definition:
Templet

Tem"plet
(?)
n.
[LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small timber.]
[Spelt also template.]
1.
A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

2.
(Arch.)
A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.


word: Tempo
definition:
Tempo

Tem"po
(?)
n.
[It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.]
(Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.

&VerbarA tempo giusto (jōs"to̝) [It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato. -- Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.


word: Temporal
definition:
Temporal

Tem"po*ral
(?)
a.
[L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F. temporal. See Temple a part of the head.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.


word: Temporal₂
definition:
Temporal

Tem"po*ral
(?)
a.
[L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel.  Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing.]
1.
Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Cor. iv. 18.

Is this an hour for temporal affairs?
Shak.

2.
Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

Lords temporal. See under Lord, n. -- Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n.


word: Temporal₃
definition:
Temporal

Tem"po*ral
n.
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Dryden.

He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals.
Lowell.


word: Temporality
definition:
Temporality

Tem`po*ral"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Temporalities (#).
[L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalité.]
1.
The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

2.
The laity; temporality.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.

3.
That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and temporality of the same church.
Fuller.


word: Temporalty
definition:
Temporalty

Tem"po*ral*ty
(?)
n.
[See Temporality.]
1.
The laity; secular people.
[Obs.]
Abp. Abbot.

2.
A secular possession; a temporality.


word: Temporaneous
definition:
Temporaneous

Tem`po*ra"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. temporaneus happening at the right time, fr. tempus, temporis, time.]
Temporarity.
[Obs.]
Hallywell.


word: Temporariness
definition:
Temporariness

Tem"po*ra*ri*ness
n.
The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.


word: Temporary
definition:
Temporary

Tem"po*ra*ry
(?)
a.
[L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.]
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

Temporary government of the city.
Motley.

Temporary star. (Astron.) See under Star.


word: Temporist
definition:
Temporist

Tem"po*rist
(?)
n.
A temporizer.
[Obs.]

Why, turn a temporist, row with the tide.
Marston.


word: Temporize
definition:
Temporize

Tem"po*rize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Temporized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing (?).]
[F. temporiser. See Temporal of time.]
1.
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.

They might their grievance inwardly complain,
But outwardly they needs must temporize.
Daniel.

2.
To delay; to procrastinate.
[R.]
Bacon.

3.
To comply; to agree.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Temporizer
definition:
Temporizer

Tem"po*ri`zer
(?)
n.
One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.

A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment.
Burton.


word: Temporo-
definition:
Temporo-

Tem"po*ro-
(?)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial.


word: Temporo-auricular
definition:
Temporo-auricular

Tem`po*ro-au*ric"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve.


word: Temporomalar
definition:
Temporomalar

Tem`po*ro*ma"lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.


word: Temporomaxillary
definition:
Temporomaxillary

Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.


word: Tempt
definition:
Tempt

Tempt
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempting.]
[OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter, F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack, to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum, and tensum, to stretch. See Thin, and cf. Attempt, Tend, Taunt, Tent a pavilion, Tent to probe.]
1.
To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

God did tempt Abraham.
Gen. xxii. 1.

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Deut. vi. 16.

2.
To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.

Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James i. 14.

3.
To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.

Tempt not the brave and needy to despair.
Dryden.

Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
Pope.

4.
To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.

Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
Dryden.


word: Temptability
definition:
Temptability

Tempt`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.


word: Temptation
definition:
Temptation

Temp*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L. tentatio.]
1.
The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke iv. 13.

2.
The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.

Lead us not into temptation.
Luke xi. 4.

3.
That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.

Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
Dryden.


word: Temptationless
definition:
Temptationless

Temp*ta"tion*less
a.
Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
[R.]
Hammond.


word: Tempter
definition:
Tempter

Tempt"er
(?)
n.
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.
tempters
Tillotson.

So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned.
Milton.


word: Tempting
definition:
Tempting

Tempt"ing
a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.
Tempt"ing*ly, adv. -- Tempt"ing*ness, n.


word: Temptress
definition:
Temptress

Tempt"ress
(?)
n.
A woman who entices.

She was my temptress, the foul provoker.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Temse
definition:
Temse

Temse
(?)
n.
[F. tamis, or D. tems, teems.  Cf. Tamine.]
A sieve.
[Written also tems, and tempse.]
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Temse bread, Temsed bread, Temse loaf, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Temulency
definition:
Temulency

Temulence

{ Tem"u*lence (?), Tem"u*len*cy (?), }
n.
[L. temulentia.]
Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.
[R.]
temulency
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ten
definition:
Ten

Ten
(tĕn)
a.
[AS. tēn, tién, t&ymacr_;n, tēne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tīu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. de`ka, Skr. daçan. √308.  Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]
One more than nine; twice five.

With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
Dryden.

&hand_; Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.

There 's a proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
Dryden.


word: Ten₂
definition:
Ten

Ten
(tĕn)
n.
1.
The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.

I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Gen. xviii. 32.

2.
A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.


word: Tenability
definition:
Tenability

Ten`a*bil"i*ty
(tĕn`ȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.


word: Tenable
definition:
Tenable

Ten"a*ble
(tĕn"ȧ*b'l)
a.
[F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]
Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.

If you have hitherto concealed his sight,
Let it be tenable in your silence still.
Shak.

I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Tenace
definition:
Tenace

Ten"ace
(tĕn"a̝s)
n.
[F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, the adversary having to lead. See Tenacious.]
(Whist)
The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.


word: Tenacious
definition:
Tenacious

Te*na"cious
(?)
a.
[L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]
1.
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

2.
Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

3.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
Sir I. Newton.

4.
Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
tenacious
Cowper.

5.
Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Ainsworth.

6.
Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.


word: Tenacity
definition:
Tenacity

Te*nac"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. tenacitas: cf. F. ténacité. See Tenacious.]
1.
The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.

2.
That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

3.
That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
Holland.

4.
(Physics)
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.


word: Tenaculum
definition:
Tenaculum

Te*nac"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. L. Tenacula (#); E. Tenaculums (#).
[L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold.  Cf. Tenaille.]
(Surg.)
An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.


word: Tenacy
definition:
Tenacy

Ten"a*cy
(?)
n.
[L. tenacia obstinacy. See Tenacious.]
Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
[Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Tenaille
definition:
Tenaille

Te*naille"
(?)
n.
[F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See Tenaculum.]
(Fort.)
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.


word: Tenaillon
definition:
Tenaillon

Te*nail"lon
(?)
n.
[F. See Tenaille.]
(Fort.)
A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.


word: Tenancy
definition:
Tenancy

Ten"an*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Tenacies (#).
[Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant.]
(Law)
(a)
A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
(b)
(O. Eng. Law)
A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.


word: Tenant
definition:
Tenant

Ten"ant
(?)
n.
[F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.]
1.
(Law)
One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
Blount. Wharton.

2.
One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
tenants
Cowper.

The hhappy tenant of your shade.
Cowley.

The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Byron.

Tenant in capite [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king.  According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. Blackstone. -- Tenant in common. See under Common.


word: Tenant₂
definition:
Tenant

Ten"ant
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenanting.]
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors.
Addison.


word: Tenantable
definition:
Tenantable

Ten"ant*a*ble
(?)
a.
Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.
Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.


word: Tenantry
definition:
Tenantry

Ten"ant*ry
(?)
n.
1.
The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.

2.
Tenancy.
[Obs.]
Ridley.


word: Tench
definition:
Tench

Tench
(?)
n.
[OF. tenche, F. tanche, L. tinca.]
(Zool.)
A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or Tinca vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.


word: Tend
definition:
Tend

Tend
(?)
v. t.
[See Tender to offer.]
(O. Eng. Law)
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
[Obs.]


word: Tend₂
definition:
Tend

Tend
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n. Tending.]
[Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
1.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
Shak.

And flaming ministers to watch and tend
Their earthly charge.
Milton.

There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
Which the four seasons do not tend
And tides of life and increase lend.
Emerson.

2.
To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Being to descend
A ladder much in height, I did not tend
My way well down.
Chapman.

To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.


word: Tend₃
definition:
Tend

Tend
v. i.
1.
To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.

Was he not companion with the riotous knights
That tend upon my father?
Shak.

2.
[F. attendre.]
To await; to expect.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Tend₄
definition:
Tend

Tend
v. i.
[F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. _; to stretch, Skr. tan. See Thin, and cf. Tend to attend, Contend, Intense, Ostensible, Portent, Tempt, Tender to offer, Tense, a.]
1.
To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.

Two gentlemen tending towards that sight.
Sir H. Wotton.

Thus will this latter, as the former world,
Still tend from bad to worse.
Milton.

The clouds above me to the white Alps tend.
Byron.

2.
To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Prov. xxi. 5.

The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind.
Tillotson.


word: Tendance
definition:
Tendance

Tend"ance
(?)
n.
[See Tend to attend, and cf. Attendance.]
1.
The act of attending or waiting; attendance.
[Archaic]
Spenser.

The breath
Of her sweet tendance hovering over him.
Tennyson.

2.
Persons in attendance; attendants.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Tendency
definition:
Tendency

Tend"en*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Tendencies (#).
[L. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move.]
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country.
Addison.

In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection.
Macaulay.


word: Tender
definition:
Tender

Tend"er
(?)
n.
[From Tend to attend.  Cf. Attender.]
1.
One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

2.
(Naut.)
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.

3.
A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.


word: Tender₂
definition:
Tender

Ten"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tendering.]
[F. tendre to stretch, stretch out, reach, L. tendere. See Tend to move.]
1.
(Law)
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.

2.
To offer in words; to present for acceptance.

You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . . tender down
Their services to Lord Timon.
Shak.


word: Tender₃
definition:
Tender

Ten"der
n.
1.
(Law)
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.

&hand_; To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.

2.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.

A free, unlimited tender of the gospel.
South.

3.
The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
Shak.

Legal tender. See under Legal. -- Tender of issue (Law), a form of words in a pleading, by which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision. Burrill.


word: Tender₄
definition:
Tender

Ten"der
a.
[Compar. Tenderer (?); superl. Tenderest.]
[F. tendre, L. tener; probably akin to tenuis thin. See Thin.]
1.
Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

2.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
L'Estrange.

3.
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.

The tender and delicate woman among you.
Deut. xxviii. 56.

4.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
James v. 11.

I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
Fuller.

5.
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

I love Valentine,
Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
Shak.

6.
Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of.
Tender
Burke.

The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion.
Tillotson.

7.
Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.

You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,
Will never do him good.
Shak.

8.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.

9.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
tender
Bacon.

10.
(Naut.)
Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

&hand_; Tender is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tender-footed, tender-looking, tender-minded, tender-mouthed, and the like.


word: Tender₆
definition:
Tender

Ten"der
v. t.
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
[Obs.]

For first, next after life, he tendered her good.
Spenser.

Tender yourself more dearly.
Shak.

To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered his case, which they counted might be their own.
Fuller.


word: Tenderfoot
definition:
Tenderfoot

Ten"der*foot`
(?)
n.
1.
A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
[Slang, Western U. S.]

2.
See Boy scout.


word: Tender-hearted
definition:
Tender-hearted

Ten"der-heart`ed
(?)
a.
Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.
Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n.

Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
2 Chron. xiii. 7.

Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted.
Eph. iv. 32.


word: Tenderling
definition:
Tenderling

Ten"der*ling
(?)
n.
1.
One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
[R.]
W. Harrison (1586).

2.
(Zool.)
One of the first antlers of a deer.


word: Tenderloin
definition:
Tenderloin

Ten"der*loin`
(?)
n.
1.
A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.

2.
In New York City, the region which is the center of the night life of fashionable amusement, including the  majority of the theaters, etc., centering on Broadway. The term orig. designates the old twenty-ninth police precinct, in this region, which afforded the police great opportunities for profit through conniving at vice and lawbreaking, one captain being reported to have said on being transferred there that whereas he had been eating chuck steak he would now eat tenderlion. Hence, in some other cities, a district largely devoted to night amusement, or, sometimes, to vice.


word: Tenderly
definition:
Tenderly

Ten"der*ly
adv.
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.
Chaucer.


word: Tendinous
definition:
Tendinous

Ten"di*nous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tendineux.]
1.
Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.

2.
Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.


word: Tendon
definition:
Tendon

Ten"don
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.]
(Anat.)
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.


word: Tendrac
definition:
Tendrac

Ten"drac
(?)
n.
[See Tenrec.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidae, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.


word: Tendre
definition:
Tendre

Ten"dre
(?)
n.
[F.]
Tender feeling or fondness; affection.
You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre.
Thackeray.


word: Tendril
definition:
Tendril

Ten"dril
(?)
n.
[Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See Tender, a., and cf. Tendron.]
(Bot.)
A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

&hand_; Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.


word: Tendrilled
definition:
Tendrilled

Tendriled

{ Ten"driled, Ten"drilled  }
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils.
thousand tendriled
Southey.


word: Tenebrae
definition:
Tenebrae

Ten"e*brae
(?)
n.
[L., pl., darkness.]
(R. C. Ch.)
The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.


word: Tenebrific
definition:
Tenebrific

Ten`e*brif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. tenebrae darkness + facere to make.]
Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.

It lightens, it brightens,
The tenebrific scene.
Burns.

Where light
Lay fitful in a tenebrific time.
R. Browning.


word: Tenebrosity
definition:
Tenebrosity

Ten`e*bros"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.
Burton.


word: Tenebrous
definition:
Tenebrous

Ten"e*brous
(?)
a.
[L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F. ténébreux.]
Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.
Ten"e*brous*ness, n.

The most dark, tenebrous night.
J. Hall (1565).

The towering and tenebrous boughts of the cypress.
Longfellow.


word: Tenement
definition:
Tenement

Ten"e*ment
(?)
n.
[OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. tènement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See Tenant.]
1.
(Feud. Law)
That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.

2.
(Common Law)
Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free tenements or frank tenements.

The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a “tenant,” and the manner of possession is called “tenure.”
Blackstone.

3.
A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented.

4.
Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.

Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?
Locke.

5.
A tenement house.

Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families.  The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families, often overcrowded and in poor condition.


word: Tenemental
definition:
Tenemental

Ten`e*men"tal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.
Blackstone.


word: Tenent
definition:
Tenent

Ten"ent
(?)
n.
[L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of tenere.]
A tenet.
[Obs.]
Bp. Sanderson.


word: Teneral
definition:
Teneral

Ten"er*al
(?)
a.
[L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate.]
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.


word: Teneriffe
definition:
Teneriffe

Ten`er*iffe"
(?)
n.
A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia.


word: Tenesmus
definition:
Tenesmus

Te*nes"mus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to stretch: cf. L. tenesmos.]
(Med.)
An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.

Vesical tenesmus, a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.


word: Tenet
definition:
Tenet

Ten"et
(?)
n.
[L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable.
Sir T. Browne.

The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt.
Macaulay.


word: Tenfold
definition:
Tenfold

Ten"fold`
(?)
a. & adv.
In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.

The grisly Terror . . . grew tenfold
More dreadful and deform.
Milton.


word: Tennantite
definition:
Tennantite

Ten"nant*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after Smithson Tennant, an English chemist.]
(Min.)
A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite.  It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.


word: Tenne
definition:
Tenne

Ten`né"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Tawny.]
(Her.)
A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.


word: Tennis
definition:
Tennis

Ten"nis
(?)
n.
[OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable).]
A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
Shak.

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
Macaulay.

Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis. -- Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n. -- Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak.


word: Tenno
definition:
Tenno

Ten*no"
(?)
n.
[Jap. tenn&omacr, fr. Chin. t'ien heaven + wang king.]
Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.


word: Tennysonian
definition:
Tennysonian

Ten`ny*so"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.


word: Tenon
definition:
Tenon

Ten"on
(?)
n.
[F., fr. tenir to hold. See Tenable.]
(Carp. & Join.)
A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side.  Cf. Tooth, Tusk.

Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written tenant saw.] Gwilt.


word: Tenonian
definition:
Tenonian

Te*no"ni*an
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.

Tenonian capsule (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also capsule of Tenon.


word: Tenor
definition:
Tenor

Ten"or
(?)
n.
[L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See Tenable, and cf. Tenor a kind of voice.]
1.
A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their away.
Gray.

2.
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor.
Shak.

Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?
Spart.

3.
Stamp; character; nature.

This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.
Dryden.

4.
(Law)
An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
Bouvier.

5.
[F. ténor, L. tenor, properly, a holding; -- so called because the tenor was the voice which took and held the principal part, the plain song, air, or tune, to which the other voices supplied a harmony above and below: cf. It. tenore.]
(Mus.)
(a)
The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
(b)
A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.

Old Tenor, New Tenor, Middle Tenor, different descriptions of paper money, issued at different periods, by the American colonial governments in the last century.


word: Tenositis
definition:
Tenositis

Ten`o*si"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn tendon + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of a tendon.


word: Tenosynovitis
definition:
Tenosynovitis

Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn a tendon + E. synovitis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.


word: Tenotomy
definition:
Tenotomy

Te*not"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. te`nwn a tendon + te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.


word: Tenpins
definition:
Tenpins

Ten"pins
(?)
n.
A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.
[U. S.]


word: Ten-pounder
definition:
Ten-pounder

Ten"-pound`er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.


word: Tenrec
definition:
Tenrec

Ten"rec
(?)
n.
[From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.]
(Zool.)
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.


word: Tense
definition:
Tense

Tense
(?)
n.
[OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.]
(Gram.)
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

&hand_; The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages.


word: Tense₂
definition:
Tense

Tense
a.
[L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.]
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her.
Goldsmith.


word: Tensible
definition:
Tensible

Ten"si*ble
(?)
a.
[See Tense, a.]
Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.

Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and tensible.
Bacon.


word: Tensile
definition:
Tensile

Ten"sile
(?)
a.
[See Tense, a.]
1.
Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

2.
Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Bacon.


word: Tensility
definition:
Tensility

Ten*sil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
Dr. H. Mere.


word: Tension
definition:
Tension

Ten"sion
(?)
n.
[L. tensio, from tendere, tensum, to stretch: cf. F. tension. See Tense, a.]
1.
The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

2.
Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

3.
The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.
Gwilt.

4.
(Mech.)
The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.

5.
A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.

6.
(Physics)
Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.

7.
(Elec.)
The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.

Tension brace, or Tension member (Engin.), a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure. -- Tension rod (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.


word: Tensity
definition:
Tensity

Ten"si*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.


word: Tensive
definition:
Tensive

Ten"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tensif. See Tense, a.]
Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.

A tensive pain from distension of the parts.
Floyer.


word: Tensor
definition:
Tensor

Ten"sor
(?)
n.
[NL. See Tension.]
1.
(Anat.)
A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

2.
(Geom.)
The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.


word: Ten-strike
definition:
Ten-strike

Ten"-strike`
(?)
n.
1.
(Tenpins)
A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.
[U. S.]

2.
Any quick, decisive stroke or act.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Tent
definition:
Tent

Tent
(?)
n.
[Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See Tinge, and cf. Tint, Tinto.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.


word: Tent₂
definition:
Tent

Tent
n.
[Cf. Attent, n.]
1.
Attention; regard, care.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Lydgate.

2.
Intention; design.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Tent₃
definition:
Tent

Tent
v. t.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.


word: Tent₄
definition:
Tent

Tent
v. t.
[OF. tenter. See Tempt.]
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

I'll tent him to the quick.
Shak.


word: Tent₅
definition:
Tent

Tent
n.
[F. tente. See Tent to probe.]
(Surg.)
(a)
A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
(b)
A probe for searching a wound.

The tent that searches
To the bottom of the worst.
Shak.


word: Tent₆
definition:
Tent

Tent
(?)
n.
[OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll of lint.]
1.
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.

Within his tent, large as is a barn.
Chaucer.

2.
(Her.)
The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. -- Tent caterpillar (Zool.), any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth (Clisiocampa Americana). Called also lackery caterpillar, and webworm.


word: Tent₇
definition:
Tent

Tent
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tented; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenting.]
To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
Shak.

We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground.
W. Kittredge.


word: Tentacle
definition:
Tentacle

Ten"ta*cle
(?)
n.
[NL. tentaculum, from L. tentare to handle, feel: cf. F. tentacule. See Tempt.]
(Zool.)
A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion.

Tentacle sheath (Zool.), a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.


word: Tentacular
definition:
Tentacular

Ten*tac"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tentaculaire.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.


word: Tentaculata
definition:
Tentaculata

Ten*tac`u*la"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.


word: Tentaculated
definition:
Tentaculated

Tentaculate

{ Ten*tac"u*late (?), Ten*tac"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
(Zool.)
Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.


word: Tentaculiferous
definition:
Tentaculiferous

Ten`ta*cu*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Tentaculum + -ferous.]
(Zool.)
Producing or bearing tentacles.


word: Tentaculite
definition:
Tentaculite

Ten*tac"u*lite
(?)
n.
(Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.


word: Tentaculocyst
definition:
Tentaculocyst

Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst
(?)
n.
[Tentaculum + cyst.]
(Zool.)
One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.


word: Tentaculum
definition:
Tentaculum

Ten*tac"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Tentacula (#).
[NL. See Tentacle.]
1.
(Zool.)
A tentacle.

2.
(Anat.)
One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.


word: Tentage
definition:
Tentage

Tent"age
(?)
n.
[From Tent a pavilion.]
A collection of tents; an encampment.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Tentation
definition:
Tentation

Ten*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tentatio: cf. F. tentation. See Temptation.]
1.
Trial; temptation.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(Mech.)
A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Knight.


word: Tentative
definition:
Tentative

Ten*ta"tive
(?)
a.
[L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See Tempt.]
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
tentative
Carlyle.
Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv.


word: Tenter
definition:
Tenter

Ten"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

2.
(Mach.)
A kind of governor.


word: Tenter₂
definition:
Tenter

Ten"ter
n.
[OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move.]
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

Tenter ground, a place where tenters are erected. -- Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. -- To be on the tenters, To be on the tenter-hooks or To be on tenterhooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.


word: Tenter₃
definition:
Tenter

Ten"ter
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tentered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.]
To admit extension.

Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.
Bacon.


word: Tenth
definition:
Tenth

Tenth
(tĕnth)
a.
[From Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS. teóða. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.]
1.
Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

2.
Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Tenth₂
definition:
Tenth

Tenth
(?)
n.
1.
The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.

2.
The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

3.
The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
Shak.

4.
(Mus.)
The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

5.
pl.
(Eng. Law)
(a)
A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
(b)
(Eccl. Law)
The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
Burrill.


word: Tenthmetre
definition:
Tenthmetre

Tenthmeter

{ Tenth"me`ter, Tenth"me`tre  }
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 1010 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.


word: Tenthredinides
definition:
Tenthredinides

Ten`thre*din"i*des
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a kind of wasp.]
(Zool.)
A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.


word: Tentiginous
definition:
Tentiginous

Ten*tig"i*nous
(?)
a.
[L. tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]
1.
Stiff; stretched; strained.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

2.
Lustful, or pertaining to lust.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Tentorium
definition:
Tentorium

Ten*to"ri*um
(?)
n.
[L., a tent.]
(Anat.)
A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.


word: Tenuate
definition:
Tenuate

Ten"u*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tenuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tenuating.]
[L. tenuatus, p. p. of tenuare to make thin, fr. tenuis thin. See Tenuous.]
To make thin; to attenuate.
[R.]


word: Tenuifolious
definition:
Tenuifolious

Ten`u*i*fo"li*ous
(?)
a.
[L. tenuis thin + folium a leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having thin or narrow leaves.


word: Tenuious
definition:
Tenuious

Te*nu"i*ous
(?)
a.
[See Tenuous.]
Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to dense.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.


word: Tenuiroster
definition:
Tenuiroster

Ten`u*i*ros"ter
(?)
n.
pl. Tenuirosters (#).
[NL., fr. L. tenuis thin + rostrum a beak.]
(Zool.)
One of the Tenuirostres.


word: Tenuirostral
definition:
Tenuirostral

Ten`u*i*ros"tral
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.


word: Tenuirostres
definition:
Tenuirostres

Ten`u*i*ros"tres
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.


word: Tenuis
definition:
Tenuis

Ten"u*is
(?)
n.
pl. Tenues (#).
[NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous.]
(Gr. Gram.)
One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.


word: Tenuity
definition:
Tenuity

Te*nu"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
1.
The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.

2.
Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
Bacon.

3.
Poverty; indigence.
[Obs.]
Eikon Basilike.

4.
Refinement; delicacy.


word: Tenuous
definition:
Tenuous

Ten"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]
1.
Thin; slender; small; minute.

2.
Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.


word: Tenure
definition:
Tenure

Ten"ure
(?)
n.
[F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See Tenable.]
1.
The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.

That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted.
Bancroft.

2.
(Eng. Law)
The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

&hand_; Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at will, etc.

3.
The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.

4.
Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.

All that seems thine own,
Held by the tenure of his will alone.
Cowper.

Tenure by fee alms. (Law) See Frankalmoigne.


word: Teocalli
definition:
Teocalli

Te`o*cal"li
(?)
n.
pl. Teocallis (#).
[Mexican.]
Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.

And Aztec priests upon their teocallis
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.
Longfellow.


word: Teosinte
definition:
Teosinte

Te`o*sin"te
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.


word: Tepal
definition:
Tepal

Tep"al
(?)
n.
[F. tépale, fr. pétale, by transposition.]
(Bot.)
A division of a perianth.
[R.]


word: Tepefy
definition:
Tepefy

Tep"e*fy
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Tepefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tepefying (?).]
[L. tepere to be tepid + -fy; cf. L. tepefacere. See Tepid.]
To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.
Goldsmith.


word: Tephramancy
definition:
Tephramancy

Teph"ra*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; ashes + -mancy.]
Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.


word: Tephrite
definition:
Tephrite

Teph"rite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; ashes.]
(Geol.)
An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.


word: Tephroite
definition:
Tephroite

Teph"ro*ite
(?)
n.
[See Tephrosia.]
(Min.)
A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.


word: Tephrosia
definition:
Tephrosia

Te*phro"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; ash-colored, from _; ashes.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.

&hand_; The Tephrosia toxicaria is used in the West Indies and in Polynesia for stupefying fish. T. purpurea is used medicinally in the East Indies. T. Virginia is the goat's rue of the United States.


word: Tepid
definition:
Tepid

Tep"id
(?)
a.
[L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
Tep"id*ness, n.


word: Tepidity
definition:
Tepidity

Te*pid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tépidité.]
The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Tepor
definition:
Tepor

Te"por
(?)
n.
[L., fr. tepere to be tepid.]
Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.
Arbuthnot.


word: Tequila
definition:
Tequila

Te*qui"la
(?)
n.
An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.


word: Teraconic
definition:
Teraconic

Ter`a*con"ic
(?)
a.
[Terebic + citraconic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.


word: Teracrylic
definition:
Teracrylic

Ter`a*cryl"ic
(?)
a.
[Terpene + acrylic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.


word: Teraphim
definition:
Teraphim

Ter"a*phim
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb. terāphīm.]
Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).


word: Teratical
definition:
Teratical

Te*rat"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a wonder.]
Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.
[Obs.]
Wollaston.


word: Teratogeny
definition:
Teratogeny

Ter`a*tog"e*ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, a wonder, monster + the root of _; to be born.]
(Med.)
The formation of monsters.


word: Teratoid
definition:
Teratoid

Ter"a*toid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, _;, monster + -oid.]
Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
S. D. Gross.


word: Teratological
definition:
Teratological

Ter`a*to*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to teratology; as, teratological changes.


word: Teratology
definition:
Teratology

Ter`a*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, a wonder, monster + -logy: cf. Gr. _; a telling of wonders, and F. tératologie.]
1.
That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.

2.
Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Teratoma
definition:
Teratoma

Ter`a*to"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;, monster + -oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.


word: Terbic
definition:
Terbic

Ter"bic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.


word: Terbium
definition:
Terbium

Ter"bi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element, found in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare earths such as ytterbium. Symbol Tb. Atomic number 65. Atomic weight 158.925.


word: Tercentenary
definition:
Tercentenary

Ter*cen"te*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. ter thirce + E. centenary.]
Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.
n. The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.


word: Tercet
definition:
Tercet

Ter"cet
(?)
n.
[F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto.]
1.
(Mus.)
A triplet.
Hiles.

2.
(Poetry)
A triplet; a group of three lines.


word: Tercine
definition:
Tercine

Ter"cine
(?)
n.
[F., from L. tertius the third.]
(Bot.)
A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.  Cf. Quintine.


word: Terebene
definition:
Terebene

Ter"e*bene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.


word: Terebic
definition:
Terebic

Te*reb"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Terebilenic
definition:
Terebilenic

Ter`e*bi*len"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.


word: Terebinth
definition:
Terebinth

Ter"e*binth
(?)
n.
[L. terbinthus, Gr. _;: cf. F. térébinthe.  Cf. Turpentine.]
(Bot.)
The turpentine tree.


word: Terebinthic
definition:
Terebinthic

Ter`e*bin"thic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.


word: Terebinthinate
definition:
Terebinthinate

Ter`e*bin"thi*nate
(?)
a.
Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.


word: Terebinthine
definition:
Terebinthine

Ter`e*bin"thine
(?)
a.
[L. terbinthinus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.


word: Terebra
definition:
Terebra

Ter"e*bra
(?)
n.
pl. E. Terebras (#), L. Terebrae (#).
[L., a borer.]
1.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

2.
(Zool.)
The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.


word: Terebrant
definition:
Terebrant

Ter"e*brant
(?)
a.
[L. terebrans, -antis, p. pr.]
(Zool.)
Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.


word: Terebrantia
definition:
Terebrantia

Ter`e*bran"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.


word: Terebrate
definition:
Terebrate

Ter"e*brate
(?)
v. t.
[L. terebratus, p. p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.]
To perforate; to bore; to pierce.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Terebrating
definition:
Terebrating

Ter"e*bra`ting
(?)
a.
1.
(Zool.)
Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.

2.
(Med.)
Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.


word: Terebratula
definition:
Terebratula

Ter`e*brat"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Terebratulae (#).
[Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.]
(Zool.)
A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.


word: Terebratulid
definition:
Terebratulid

Ter`e*brat"u*lid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.


word: Terebratuliform
definition:
Terebratuliform

Ter`e*bra*tu"li*form
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the general form of a terebratula shell.


word: Teredo
definition:
Teredo

Te*re"do
(?)
n.
pl. E. Teredos (#), L. Teredines (#).
[L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. _;, L. terere to rub.]
(Zool.)
A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Terek
definition:
Terek

Ter"ek
(?)
n.
[Because found on the Terek River in the Caucasus.]
A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.


word: Terephthalic
definition:
Terephthalic

Ter`eph*thal"ic
(?)
a.
[Terebene + phthalic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid.  Cf. Phthalic.


word: Terete
definition:
Terete

Te*rete"
(?)
a.
[L. teres, -etis, rounded off, properly, rubbed off, fr. terere to rub.]
Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.


word: Teretial
definition:
Teretial

Te*re"tial
(?)
a.
[See Terete.]
(Anat.)
Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.
Owen.


word: Tergal
definition:
Tergal

Ter"gal
(?)
a.
[L. tergum the back.]
(Anat. & Zool.)
Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.


word: Tergeminate
definition:
Tergeminate

Tergeminal

{ Ter*gem"i*nal (?), Ter*gem"i*nate (?), }
a.
[See Tergeminous.]
(Bot.)
Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.


word: Tergeminous
definition:
Tergeminous

Ter*gem"i*nous
(?)
a.
[L. tergeminus; ter thrice + geminus doubled at birth, twin-born.  Cf. Trigeminous.]
Threefold; thrice-paired.
Blount.


word: Tergiferous
definition:
Tergiferous

Ter*gif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. tergum the back + -ferous.]
Carrying or bearing upon the back.

Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.


word: Tergite
definition:
Tergite

Ter"gite
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See Illust. under Coleoptera.


word: Tergiversate
definition:
Tergiversate

Ter"gi*ver*sate
(?)
v. i.
[L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Tergiversation
definition:
Tergiversation

Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.]
1.
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations.
Abp. Bramhall.

2.
Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.

The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service.
Clarendon.


word: Tergiversator
definition:
Tergiversator

Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.


word: Tergum
definition:
Tergum

Ter"gum
(?)
n.
pl. Terga (#).
[L., the back.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The back of an animal.
(b)
The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
(c)
One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.


word: Terin
definition:
Terin

Te"rin
(?)
n.
[F. tarin, Prov. F. tairin, térin, probably from the Picard tère tender.]
(Zool.)
A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.


word: Term
definition:
Term

Term
(?)
n.
[F. terme, L. termen, -inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. _;, _;. See Thrum a tuft, and cf. Terminus, Determine, Exterminate.]
1.
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries.
Bacon.

2.
The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

3.
In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

4.
(Geom.)
A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.

5.
(Law)
A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
(a)
The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
(b)
A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
(c)
The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
Bouvier.

&hand_; In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called vacation. But this division has been practically abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for the more convenient arrangement of the terms and vacations.
    In the United States, the terms to be observed by the tribunals of justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress and of the several States.

6.
(Logic)
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.

The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes.
Sir W. Hamilton.

&hand_; The predicate of the conclusion is called the major term, because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called the minor term, because it is less general. These are called the extermes; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between them, is called the mean or middle term. Thus in the following syllogism, --
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Every vegetable is combustible;
Every tree is a vegetable;
Therefore every tree is combustible, -
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combustible, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term; tree is the minor term; vegetable is the middle term.

7.
A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
Terms
Chaucer.

In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of terms.
Dryden.

8.
(Arch.)
A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.

&hand_; The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. Gwilt.

9.
(Alg.)
A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.

10.
pl.
(Med.)
The menses.

11.
pl.
(Law)
Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.

12.
(Law)
In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.

&hand_; Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to quarter days in England and Ireland. There are two legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. Mozley & W.

13.
(Naut.)
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
J. Knowels.

In term, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
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I can not speak in term. Chaucer.
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-- Term fee (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court. -- Terms of a proportion (Math.), the four members of which it is composed. -- To bring to terms, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms. -- To make terms, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree.


word: Term₂
definition:
Term

Term
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Termed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Terming.]
[See Term, n., and cf. Terminate.]
To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.

Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe “imaginary space.”
Locke.


word: Terma
definition:
Terma

Ter"ma
(?)
n.
[NL. See Term, n.]
(Anat.)
The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Termagancy
definition:
Termagancy

Ter"ma*gan*cy
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.


word: Termagant
definition:
Termagant

Ter"ma*gant
(?)
n.
[OE. Trivigant, Termagant, Termagant (in sense 1), OF. Tervagan; cf. It. Trivigante.]
1.
An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Moslem deity or false god.  He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Termagant
Spenser.

The lesser part on Christ believed well,
On Termagant the more, and on Mahound.
Fairfax.

2.
A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.

This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh.
Bale (1543).

The slave of an imperious and reckless termagant.
Macaulay.


word: Termagant₂
definition:
Termagant

Ter"ma*gant
a.
Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv.

A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.
Arbuthnot.


word: Termatarium
definition:
Termatarium

Ter`ma*ta"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Termes.]
(Zool.)
Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.


word: Term day
definition:
Term day

Term day
A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of a court; esp., one of a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.


word: Termer
definition:
Termer

Term"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
[Obs.]
[Written also termor.]
B. Jonson.

2.
(Law)
One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.


word: Termes
definition:
Termes

Ter"mes
(tẽr"mēz)
n.
pl. Termites (-mĭ*tēz).
[L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm.  Cf. Termite.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite.


word: Terminable
definition:
Terminable

Ter"mi*na*ble
(-mĭn*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[See Terminate.]
Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.
Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n.

Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.


word: Terminal
definition:
Terminal

Ter"mi*nal
(-nal)
a.
[L. terminals: cf. F. terminal. See Term, n.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

2.
(Bot.)
Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.

3.
(Railroads)
Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.

Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine. -- Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3. -- Terminal velocity. (a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion. (b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.


word: Terminal₂
definition:
Terminal

Ter"mi*nal
n.
1.
That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.

2.
(Eccl.)
Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.

3.
(Railroads)
(a)
The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.
(b)
Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings.
(c)
A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.
(d)
A town lying at the end of a railroad,  in which the terminal is located; -- more properly called a terminus.

4.
The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers.

5.
A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; -- also called bus terminal.

6.
The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; -- also called airline terminal.

7.
(Computers)
An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; -- also called computer terminal.

freight terminal, a terminal used for loading or unloading of freight.


word: Terminalia
definition:
Terminalia

Ter`mi*na"li*a
(?)
n. pl.
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.


word: Terminant
definition:
Terminant

Ter"mi*nant
(?)
n.
[L. terminans, p. pr. of terminare.]
Termination; ending.
[R.]
Puttenham.


word: Terminate
definition:
Terminate

Ter"mi*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Terminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Terminating.]
[L. terminatus, p. p. of terminare. See Term.]
1.
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

2.
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

3.
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
J. S. Harford.


word: Terminate₂
definition:
Terminate

Ter"mi*nate
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.

2.
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven.
South.


word: Termination
definition:
Termination

Ter`mi*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]
1.
The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

2.
That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.

3.
End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.

4.
End; conclusion; result.
Hallam.

5.
Last purpose of design.
[R.]

6.
A word; a term.
[R. & Obs.]
Shak.

7.
(Gram.)
The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.


word: Terminative
definition:
Terminative

Ter"mi*na*tive
(?)
a.
Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.
Bp. Rust.
Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.


word: Terminator
definition:
Terminator

Ter"mi*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L., he who limits or sets bounds.]
1.
One who, or that which, terminates.

2.
(Astron.)
The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.


word: Terminer
definition:
Terminer

Ter"mi*ner
(?)
n.
[F. terminer to bound, limit, end. See Terminate.]
(Law)
A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.


word: Terminist
definition:
Terminist

Ter"mi*nist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. terministe.]
(Theol.)
One of a class of theologians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
Murdock.


word: Terminological
definition:
Terminological

Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to terminology.
Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Terminology
definition:
Terminology

Ter`mi*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[L. terminus term + -logy: cf. F. terminologie.]
1.
The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.

2.
The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.

The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new.
De Quincey.


word: Term insurance
definition:
Term insurance

Term insurance
Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void upon its expiration.


word: Terminus
definition:
Terminus

Ter"mi*nus
(?)
n.
pl. Termini (#).
[L. See Term.]
1.
Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

2.
(Myth.)
The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.

3.
Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.

4.
Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.


word: Termite
definition:
Termite

Ter"mite
(?)
n.
pl. Termites (#).
[F. See Termes.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.

&hand_; They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social instincts, and their division of labor among the polymorphic individuals of several kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has ordinary workers, and large-headed individuals called soldiers.


word: Termless
definition:
Termless

Term"less
(?)
a.
1.
Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.
[R.]
Termless
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Inexpressible; indescribable.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Tern
definition:
Tern

Tern
(tẽrn)
n.
[Dan. terne, tærne; akin to Sw. tärna, Icel. þerna; cf. NL. sterna.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.

&hand_; Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern (Sterna hirundo) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), the roseate tern (Sterna Dougalli), the least tern (Sterna Antillarum), the royal tern (Sterna maxima), and the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa).

Hooded tern. See Fairy bird, under Fairy. -- Marsh tern, any tern of the genus Hydrochelidon. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. -- River tern, any tern belonging to Seena or allied genera which frequent rivers. -- Sea tern, any tern of the genus Thalasseus. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers.


word: Tern₂
definition:
Tern

Tern
(?)
a.
[L. pl. terni three each, three; akin to tres three. See Three, and cf. Trine.]
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.

Tern flowers (Bot.), flowers growing three and three together. -- Tern leaves (Bot.), leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set. -- Tern peduncles (Bot.), three peduncles growing together from the same axis. -- Tern schooner (Naut.), a three-masted schooner.


word: Tern₃
definition:
Tern

Tern
n.
[F. terne. See Tern, a.]
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.

She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Ternary
definition:
Ternary

Ter"na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. ternarius, fr. terni. See Tern, a.]
1.
Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.

2.
(Chem.)
Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.


word: Ternary₂
definition:
Ternary

Ter"na*ry
n.
pl. Ternaries (_;).
A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.

Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single.
Holder.


word: Ternate
definition:
Ternate

Ter"nate
(?)
a.
[NL. ternatus, fr. L. terni three each. See Tern, a.]
Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.
Ter"nate*ly, adv.


word: Terneplate
definition:
Terneplate

Terne"plate`
(?)
n.
[See Tern, a., and Plate.]
Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.


word: Ternion
definition:
Ternion

Ter"ni*on
(?)
n.
[L. ternio, fr. terni three each. See Tern, a.]
The number three; three things together; a ternary.
Bp. Hall.


word: Terpene
definition:
Terpene

Ter"pene
(?)
n.
[See Turpentine.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.


word: Terpenylic
definition:
Terpenylic

Ter`pe*nyl"ic
(?)
a.
[Terpene + -yl + -ic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (called also terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.


word: Terpin
definition:
Terpin

Ter"pin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.


word: Terpinol
definition:
Terpinol

Ter"pin*ol
(?)
n.
[Terpin + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.


word: Terpsichore
definition:
Terpsichore

Terp*sich"o*re
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; _; enjoyment (fr. _; to gladden) + _; dance, dancing.]
(Gr. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.


word: Terpsichorean
definition:
Terpsichorean

Terp`sich*o*re"an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.


word: Terra
definition:
Terra

Ter"ra
(?)
n.
[It. & L. See Terrace.]
The earth; earth.

Terra alba [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. -- Terra cotta. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. -- Terrae filius [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. -- Terra firma [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water. -- Terra Japonica. [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan. -- Terra Lemnia [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian. -- Terra ponderosa [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar. -- Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.


word: Terrace
definition:
Terrace

Ter"race
(?)
n.
[F. terrasse (cf. Sp. terraza, It. terrazza), fr. L. terra the earth, probably for tersa, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, E. torrid, and thirst. See Thirst, and cf. Fumitory, Inter, v., Patterre, Terrier, Trass, Tureen, Turmeric.]
1.
A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

2.
A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

3.
A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

4.
A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

5.
(Geol.)
A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

&hand_; Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history.

Terrace epoch. (Geol.) See Drift epoch, under Drift, a.


word: Terrace₂
definition:
Terrace

Ter"race
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Terraced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Terracing (?).]
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
Sir H. Wotton.

Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.
Thomson.


word: Terraculture
definition:
Terraculture

Ter"ra*cul`ture
(?)
n.
[L. terra the earth + cultura.]
Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.
[R.]
Ter`ra*cul"tur*al (#), a. [R.]


word: Terra incognita
definition:
Terra incognita

Ter"ra in*cog"ni*ta
(?)
[L.]
An unknown land; unexplored country.
The enormous tracts lying outside China proper, still almost terrae incognitae.
A. R. Colquhoun.


word: Terrane
definition:
Terrane

Ter"rane
(?)
n.
[F. terrain, from L. terra earth.]
1.
(Geol.)
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.


word: Terrane₂
definition:
Terrane

Ter"rane
n.
(Geog.)
2.
A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin.


word: Terrapin
definition:
Terrapin

Ter"ra*pin
(?)
n.
[Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.
[Written also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and turapen.]

&hand_; The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also potter, slider, and redfender), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin (Malaclemmys palustris), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle. -- Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus Cinosternon. -- Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted. -- Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin (Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.


word: Terraqueous
definition:
Terraqueous

Ter*ra"que*ous
(?)
a.
[L. terra the earth + E. aqueous.]
Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.
Cudworth.

The grand terraqueous spectacle
From center to circumference unveiled.
Wordsworth.


word: Terrar
definition:
Terrar

Ter"rar
(?)
n.
[LL. terrarius liber. See Terrier a collection of acknowledgments.]
(O. Eng. Law)
See 2d Terrier, 2.


word: Terrel
definition:
Terrel

Ter"rel
(?)
n.
[NL. terrella, from L. terra the earth.]
A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.
[Obs.]
Chambers.


word: Terremote
definition:
Terremote

Terre"mote`
(?)
n.
[OF. terremote, terremoete, fr. L. terra the earth + movere, motum, to move.]
An earthquake.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Terrene₂
definition:
Terrene

Ter*rene"
a.
[L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
Holland.

2.
Earthy; terrestrial.

God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor.
O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.

Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience.
Hickok.


word: Terrene₃
definition:
Terrene

Ter*rene"
n.
[L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.]
1.
The earth's surface; the earth.
[Poetic]

Tenfold the length of this terrene.
Milton.

2.
(Surv.)
The surface of the ground.


word: Terreous
definition:
Terreous

Ter"re*ous
(?)
a.
[L. terreus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.]
Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles.
[Obs.]


word: Terreplein
definition:
Terreplein

Terre"plein`
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. terra earth + planus even, level, plain.]
1.
(Fort.)
The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.

2.
(Civ. Engin.)
An embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley.


word: Terrestre
definition:
Terrestre

Ter*res"tre
(?)
a.
[OE., from OF. & F. terrestre.]
Terrestrial; earthly.
[Obs.]
terrestre
Chaucer.


word: Terrestrial
definition:
Terrestrial

Ter*res"tri*al
(?)
a.
[L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
terrestrial
1 Cor. xv. 40.

2.
Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
terrestrial
Addison.

3.
Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.

Vain labors of terrestrial wit.
Spenser.

A genius bright and base,
Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
Young.

4.
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.

The terrestrial parts of the globe.
Woodward.

5.
Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.


word: Terrestrify
definition:
Terrestrify

Ter*res"tri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[L. terrestris terrestrial + -fy.]
To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Terret
definition:
Terret

Ter"ret
(?)
n.
One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.


word: Terre-tenant
definition:
Terre-tenant

Terre"-ten`ant
(?)
n.
[F. terre earth, land + tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold.]
(Law)
One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.
[Written also ter-tenant.]


word: Terre-verte
definition:
Terre-verte

Terre"-verte`
(?)
n.
[F., fr. terre earth + vert, verte, green.]
An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.


word: Terrible
definition:
Terrible

Ter"ri*ble
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See Terror.]
1.
Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.

Prudent in peace, and terrible in war.
Prior.

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Deut. vii. 21.

2.
Excessive; extreme; severe.
[Colloq.]

The terrible coldness of the season.
Clarendon.


word: Terricolae
definition:
Terricolae

Ter*ric"o*lae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. terra + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.


word: Terrier
definition:
Terrier

Ter"ri*er
(?)
n.
[CF. L. terere to rub, to rub away, terebra a borer.]
An auger or borer.
[Obs.]


word: Terrier₂
definition:
Terrier

Ter"ri*er
n.
1.
[F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L. terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See Terrace, and cf. Terrier, 2.]
(Zool.)
One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

&hand_; Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See Fox terrier, under Fox.

2.
[F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See Terrier, 1, and cf. Terrar.]
(Law)
(a)
Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.
(b)
In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.
[Written also terrar.]


word: Terrific
definition:
Terrific

Ter*rif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. terrificus; fr. terrere to frighten + facere to make. See Terror, and Fact.]
Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.


word: Terrify
definition:
Terrify

Ter"ri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Terrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Terrifying (?).]
[L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See Terrific, and -fy.]
1.
To make terrible.
[Obs.]

If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
Milton.

2.
To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
Luke xxi. 9.


word: Terrigenous
definition:
Terrigenous

Ter*rig"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. terrigena, terrigenus; terra the earth + genere, gignere, to bring forth.]
Earthborn; produced by the earth.


word: Terrine
definition:
Terrine

Ter*rine"
(?)
n.
[F. See Tureen.]
1.
A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which  various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents.

2.
(Cookery)
A kind of ragout formerly cooked and served in the same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine.

3.
A soup tureen.


word: Territorial
definition:
Territorial

Ter`ri*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. territorialis: cf. F. territorial.]
1.
Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

2.
Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.

3.
Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.

4.
(Zool.)
exhibiting territoriality; -- of individual animals or species.


word: Territoriality
definition:
Territoriality

Ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty
n.
(Zool.)
a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.


word: Territorialize
definition:
Territorialize

Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Territorialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Territorializing (?).]
1.
To enlarge by extension of territory.

2.
To reduce to the condition of a territory.


word: Territorial waters
definition:
Territorial waters

Ter`ri*to"ri*al wa"ters
(Internat. Law)
The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the  belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.
Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its territorial waters from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice.
W. E. Hall.


word: Territory
definition:
Territory

Ter"ri*to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Territories (#).
[L. territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See Terrace.]
1.
A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

He looked, and saw wide territory spread
Before him -- towns, and rural works between.
Milton.

2.
The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.

3.
In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.


word: Terror
definition:
Terror

Ter"ror
(?)
n.
[L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. _; to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur.  Cf. Deter.]
1.
Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

Terror seized the rebel host.
Milton.

2.
That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

Those enormous terrors of the Nile.
Prior.

Rulers are not a terror to good works.
Rom. xiii. 3.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
Shak.

&hand_; Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like.

King of terrors, death. Job xviii. 14. -- Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.


word: Terrorism
definition:
Terrorism

Ter"ror*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. terrorisme.]
1.
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
Jefferson.

2.
The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.


word: Terrorist
definition:
Terrorist

Ter"ror*ist
n.
[F. terroriste.]
1.
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Burke.

2.
One who commits terrorism{2}.


word: Terrorize
definition:
Terrorize

Ter"ror*ize
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. F. terroriser.]
To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Terry
definition:
Terry

Ter"ry
(?)
n.
A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.


word: Tersanctus
definition:
Tersanctus

Ter*sanc"tus
(?)
n.
[L. ter thrice + sanctus holy.]
(Eccl.)
An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word “Holy” -- in its Latin form, “Sanctus” -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.  Cf. Trisagion.


word: Terse
definition:
Terse

Terse
(?)
a.
[Compar. Terser (?); superl. Tersest.]
[L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.]
1.
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
[Obs.]

Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
[R. & Obs.]
terse
Massinger.

3.
Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.

Terse, luminous, and dignified eloquence.
Macaulay.

A poet, too, was there, whose verse
Was tender, musical, and terse.
Longfellow.

Syn. -- Neat; concise; compact.
 Terse, Concise. Terse was defined by Johnson “cleanly written”, i. e., free from blemishes, neat or smooth. Its present sense is “free from excrescences,” and hence, compact, with smoothness, grace, or elegance, as in the following lones of Whitehead: -
[1913 Webster]
“In eight terse lines has Phaedrus told
(So frugal were the bards of old)
A tale of goats; and closed with grace,
Plan, moral, all, in that short space.”
[1913 Webster]
  It differs from concise in not implying, perhaps, quite as much condensation, but chiefly in the additional idea of “grace or elegance.”


word: Tertial
definition:
Tertial

Ter"tial
(?)
a. & n.
[From L. tertius third, the tertial feathers being feathers of the third row. See Tierce.]
(Zool.)
Same as Tertiary.


word: Tertian
definition:
Tertian

Ter"tian
(?)
a.
[L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce.]
(Med.)
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.


word: Tertian₂
definition:
Tertian

Ter"tian
n.
[L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.]
1.
(Med.)
A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.

2.
A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.


word: Tertiary
definition:
Tertiary

Ter"ti*a*ry
(?)
a.
[L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See Tierce.]
1.
Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
Trench.

2.
(Chem.)
Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt.  Cf. Primary, and Secondary.

3.
(Geol.)
Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.

4.
(Zool.)
Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Tertiary age. (Geol.) See under Age, 8. -- Tertiary color, a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries. “The so-called tertiary colors are citrine, russet, and olive.” Fairholt. -- Tertiary period. (Geol.) (a) The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era. (b) The rock formation of that period; -- called also Tertiary formation. See the Chart of Geology. -- Tertiary syphilis (Med.), the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.


word: Tertiary₂
definition:
Tertiary

Ter"ti*a*ry
n.
pl. Tertiaries (_;).
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third.
Addis & Arnold.

2.
(Geol.)
The Tertiary era, period, or formation.

3.
(Zool.)
One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.


word: Tertiate
definition:
Tertiate

Ter"ti*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. tertiatus, p. p. of tertiare to do for the third time, fr. tertius the third.]
1.
To do or perform for the third time.
[Obs. & R.]
Johnson.

2.
(Gun.)
To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.


word: Tertium quid
definition:
Tertium quid

Ter"ti*um quid
(?)
[L.]
A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions.


word: Terutero
definition:
Terutero

Ter`u*ter"o
(?)
n.
[Probably so named from its city.]
(Zool.)
The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.


word: Terza rima
definition:
Terza rima

Ter"za ri"ma
(?)
[It., a third or triple rhyme.]
A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.


word: Terzetto
definition:
Terzetto

Ter*zet"to
(?)
n.
[It., dim. of terzo the third, L. tertius. See Tierce.]
(Mus.)
A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.


word: Tesla transformer
definition:
Tesla transformer

Tesla coil

{ Tes"la coil, Tes"la trans*form"er }
(?)
[After N. Tesla, American electrician.]
(Elec.)
A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.


word: Tesselar
definition:
Tesselar

Tes"sel*ar
(?)
a.
[L. tessella a small square piece, a little cube, dim. of tessera a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die.]
Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic.


word: Tessellata
definition:
Tessellata

Tes`sel*la"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tessellate.]
(Zool.)
A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.


word: Tessellate
definition:
Tessellate

Tes"sel*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tessellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.]
[L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.]
To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France.
Macaulay.


word: Tessellated
definition:
Tessellated

Tes"sel*la`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.


word: Tessellation
definition:
Tessellation

Tes`sel*la"tion
(?)
n.
The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.
J. Forsyth.


word: Tessera
definition:
Tessera

Tes"se*ra
(?)
n.
pl. Tesserae (#).
[L., a square piece, a die. See Tessellar.]
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
Fairholt.


word: Tesseraic
definition:
Tesseraic

Tes`se*ra"ic
(?)
a.
Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.
[Obs.]
Sir R. Atkyns (1712).


word: Tesseral
definition:
Tesseral

Tes"se*ral
(?)
a.
1.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesserae.

2.
(Crystallog.)
Isometric.


word: Test
definition:
Test

Test
(?)
n.
[OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. têt, from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta, and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. Thirst, and Terrace), but cf. Zend tasta cup.  Cf. Test a shell, Testaceous, Tester a covering, a coin, Testy, Tête-à-tête.]
1.
(Metal.)
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

Our ingots, tests, and many mo.
Chaucer.

2.
Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.
test
Shak.

3.
Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

Each test every light her muse will bear.
Dryden.

4.
That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Life, force, and beauty must to all impart,
At once the source, and end, and test of art.
Pope.

5.
Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Our test excludes your tribe from benefit.
Dryden.

6.
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

Who would excel, when few can make a test
Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?
Dryden.

7.
(Chem.)
A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

8.
A set of questions to be answered or problems to be solved, used as a means to measure a person's knowledge, aptitude, skill, intelligence, etc.; in school settings, synonymous with examination or exam; as, an intelligence test.  Also used attributively; as a test score, test results.

Test act (Eng. Law), an act of the English Parliament prescribing a form of oath and declaration against transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and military, were formerly obliged to take within six months after their admission to office. They were obliged also to receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church of England. Blackstone. -- Test object (Optics), an object which tests the power or quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a certain degree of excellence in the instrument to determine its existence or its peculiar texture or markings. -- Test paper. (a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain substances by being saturated with a reagent which changes color in some specific way when acted upon by those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned brown by alkalies, etc. (b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting. -- Test tube. (Chem.) (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions. (b) A graduated tube.

I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose trial shall better publish his commediation.
Shak.

Thy virtue, prince, has stood the test of fortune,
Like purest gold, that tortured in the furnace,
Comes out more bright, and brings forth all its weight.
Addison.


word: Test₂
definition:
Test

Test
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tested; p. pr. & vb. n. Testing.]
1.
(Metal.)
To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

2.
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
Washington.

3.
(Chem.)
To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

4.
To administer a test{8} to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction.


word: Test₃
definition:
Test

Test
(?)
n.
[L. testis.  Cf. Testament, Testify.]
A witness.
[Obs.]

Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.
Ld. Berners.


word: Testa
definition:
Testa

Test

{ Test (?), &VerbarTes"ta (?), }
n.
pl. E. Tests (#), L. Testae (#).
[L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See Test a cupel.]
1.
(Zool.)
The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

&hand_; The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the shell.

2.
(Bot.)
The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.


word: Testable
definition:
Testable

Test"a*ble
(?)
a.
[See Testament.]
1.
Capable of being tested or proved.

2.
Capable of being devised, or given by will.


word: Testacea
definition:
Testacea

Tes*ta"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. testaceum a shelled anumal. See Testaceous.]
(Zool.)
Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.


word: Testaceography
definition:
Testaceography

Tes*ta`ce*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Testacea + -graphy: cf. F. testacéographie.]
The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.
[R.]


word: Testaceology
definition:
Testaceology

Tes*ta`ce*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Testacea + -logy: cf. F. testacéologie.]
The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.
[R.]


word: Testaceous
definition:
Testaceous

Tes*ta"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell. See Testa.]
1.
Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.

Testaceous animals (Zool.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from crustaceous animals, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and crabs.


word: Testacy
definition:
Testacy

Tes"ta*cy
(?)
n.
[See Testate.]
(Law)
The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.


word: Testament
definition:
Testament

Tes"ta*ment
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari to be a witness, to make one's last will, akin to testis a witness.  Cf. Intestate, Testify.]
1.
(Law)
A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.

&hand_; This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative.

2.
One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.

He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament.
Heb. ix. 15.

Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator himself. Bouvier.


word: Testamental
definition:
Testamental

Tes`ta*men"tal
(?)
a.
[L. testamentalis.]
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.

Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
J. Montgomery.


word: Testamentary
definition:
Testamentary

Tes`ta*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. testamentarius: cf. F. testamentaire.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.

2.
Bequeathed by will; given by testament.

How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors!
Atterbury.

3.
Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age.


word: Testamentation
definition:
Testamentation

Tes`ta*men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
The act or power of giving by testament, or will.
[R.]
Burke.


word: Testamur
definition:
Testamur

Tes*ta"mur
(?)
n.
[L., we testify, fr. testari to testify.]
(Eng. Universities)
A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.


word: Testate
definition:
Testate

Tes"tate
(?)
a.
[L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See Testament.]
(Law)
Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate.
Ayliffe.


word: Testator
definition:
Testator

Tes*ta"tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. testateur.]
(Law)
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.


word: Testatrix
definition:
Testatrix

Tes*ta"trix
(?)
n.
[L.]
(Law)
A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.


word: Teste
definition:
Teste

Tes"te
(?)
n.
[So called fr. L. teste, abl. of testis a witness, because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.]
(Law)
(a)
A witness.
(b)
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.
Burrill.


word: Tester
definition:
Tester

Tes"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. testere a headpiece, helmet, OF. testiere, F. têtière a head covering, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tête, fr. L. testa an earthen pot, the skull. See Test a cupel, and cf. Testière.]
1.
A headpiece; a helmet.
[Obs.]

The shields bright, testers, and trappures.
Chaucer.

2.
A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.
Oxf. Gross.

3.
A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.

No testers to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.
Walpole.


word: Tester₂
definition:
Tester

Tes"ter
n.
[For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr. OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See Tester a covering, and cf. Testone, Testoon.]
An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
Shak.


word: Testicardines
definition:
Testicardines

Tes`ti*car"di*nes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Test a shell, and Cardo.]
(Zool.)
A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.


word: Testicle
definition:
Testicle

Tes"ti*cle
(?)
n.
[L. testiculus, dim. of testis a testicle, probably the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to manhood.  Cf. Test a witness.]
(Anat.)
One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.


word: Testicond
definition:
Testicond

Tes"ti*cond
(?)
a.
[L. testis testis + condere to hide.]
(Zool.)
Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.


word: Testiculate
definition:
Testiculate

Tes*tic"u*late
(?)
a.
[NL. testiculatus.]
(Bot.)
(a)
Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.
(b)
Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.


word: Testiere
definition:
Testiere

Tes`ti*ère"
(?)
n.
[OF. testiere. See Tester a headpiece.]
A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.


word: Testif
definition:
Testif

Tes"tif
(?)
a.
[See Testy.]
Testy; headstrong; obstinate.
[Obs.]

Testif they were and lusty for to play.
Chaucer.


word: Testification
definition:
Testification

Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. testificatio: cf. OF. testification. See Testify.]
The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God.
South.


word: Testifier
definition:
Testifier

Tes"ti*fi`er
(?)
n.
One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.


word: Testify
definition:
Testify

Tes"ti*fy
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Testified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Testifying (?).]
[OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy, and cf. Attest, Contest, Detest, Protest, Testament.]
1.
To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
John ii. 25.

2.
(Law)
To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.

One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Num. xxxv. 30.

3.
To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee.
Ps. l. 7.

I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Neh. xiii. 15.


word: Testify₂
definition:
Testify

Tes"ti*fy
v. t.
1.
To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John iii. 11.

2.
(Law)
To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.


word: Testimonial
definition:
Testimonial

Tes`ti*mo"ni*al
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. testimoniale, LL. testimonialis, L. testimoniales (sc. litterae). See Testimonial, a.]
1.
A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.

2.
Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.


word: Testimonial₂
definition:
Testimonial

Tes`ti*mo"ni*al
a.
[L. testimonialis: cf. F. testimonial.]
Relating to, or containing, testimony.


word: Testimony
definition:
Testimony

Tes"ti*mo*ny
(?)
n.
pl. Testimonies (#).
[L. testimonium, from testis a witness: cf. OF. testimoine, testemoine, testimonie. See Testify.]
1.
A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

&hand_; Such declaration, in judicial proceedings, may be verbal or written, but must be under oath or affirmation.

2.
Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

3.
Open attestation; profession.

[Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne
Universal reproach.
Milton.

4.
Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Mark vi. 11.

5.
(Jewish Antiq.)
The two tables of the law.

Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Ex. xxv. 16.

6.
Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre_; Scriptures.

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Ps. xix. 7.


word: Testiness
definition:
Testiness

Tes"ti*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry.
Locke.


word: Testing
definition:
Testing

Test"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

2.
(Metal.)
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.

Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc.


word: Test-market
definition:
Test-market

Test"-mark`et
(?)
v. t.
to market (a product) in a limited area for a period of time to determine the probable demand.


word: Testone
definition:
Testone

Tes*tone"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Pg. testão, tostão. See Testoon.]
A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.
Homans.


word: Testoon
definition:
Testoon

Tes*toon"
(?)
n.
[It. testone. See Tester a coin.]
An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.
Homans.


word: Testosterone
definition:
Testosterone

Tes*tos"ter*one
(tĕs*t&obreve_;s"tẽr*&omacrn)
n.
[testes + o + sterone a steroid ketone.]
a steroid hormone (C19H28O2) produced mostly in the testes, which is responsible for producing the secondary sexual characteristics of males.


word: Testudinal
definition:
Testudinal

Tes*tu"di*nal
(?)
a.
[See Testudo.]
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.


word: Testudinarious
definition:
Testudinarious

Tes*tu`di*na"ri*ous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.


word: Testudinata
definition:
Testudinata

Tes*tu`di*na"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[Nl. See Testudo.]
(Zool.)
An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.


word: Testudinated
definition:
Testudinated

Testudinate

{ Tes*tu"di*nate (?), Tes*tu"di*na`ted (?), }
a.
[L. testudinatus, fr. testudo, -inis, a tortoise, an arch or vault.]
Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.


word: Testudo
definition:
Testudo

Tes*tu"do
(?)
n.
pl. Testudines (#).
[L., from testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]
1.
(Zool.)
A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.

3.
(Mus.)
A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.


word: Testy
definition:
Testy

Tes"ty
(?)
a.
[Compar. Testier (?); superl. Testiest.]
[OF. testu obstinate, headstrong, F. têtu, fr. OF. teste the head, F. tête. See Test a cupel.]
Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humor?
Shak.

I was displeased with myself; I was testy.
Latimer.


word: Tetanic
definition:
Tetanic

Te*tan"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. L. tetanicus suffering from tetanus, Gr. _;, F. tétanique.]
1.
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; as, a tetanic state; tetanic contraction.

This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction.
Foster.

2.
(Physiol. & Med.)
Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a tetanic remedy. See Tetanic, n.


word: Tetanic₂
definition:
Tetanic

Te*tan"ic
(?)
n.
(Physiol. & Med.)
A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which, either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms or convulsions.


word: Tetanin
definition:
Tetanin

Tet"a*nin
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.


word: Tetanize
definition:
Tetanize

Tet"a*nize
(?)
v. t.
(Physiol.)
To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See Tetanus, n., 2.


word: Tetanomotor
definition:
Tetanomotor

Tet`a*no*mo"tor
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.


word: Tetanus
definition:
Tetanus

Tet"a*nus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; stretched, _; to stretch.]
1.
(Med.)
A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.

2.
(Physiol.)
That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks.


word: Tetany
definition:
Tetany

Tet"a*ny
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.


word: Tetard
definition:
Tetard

Te*tard"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.


word: Tetartohedral
definition:
Tetartohedral

Te*tar`to*he"dral
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; fourth + _; base.]
(Crystallog.)
Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.
Te*tar`to*he"dral*ly, adv.


word: Tete-a-tete
definition:
Tete-a-tete

Tête`-à-tête"
(tāt`ȧ*tāt")
n.
[F., head to head. See Tester a covering, Test a cupel.]
1.
Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.

2.
A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.


word: Tete-a-tete₂
definition:
Tete-a-tete

Tête`-à-tête"
a.
Private; confidential; familiar.

She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him.
C. Kingsley.


word: Tete-de-pont
definition:
Tete-de-pont

Tête`-de-pont"
(tāt`de*pôN")
n.
pl. Têtes-de-pont (#).
[F., head of a bridge.]
(Mil.)
A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.


word: Tetel
definition:
Tetel

Te*tel"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tora). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.


word: Tether
definition:
Tether

Teth"er
(tĕ&thlig_;"ẽr)
n.
[Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG. tider, tier, Icel. tj&omacrðr, Sw. tjūder, Dan. töir. √64.]
A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.


word: Tether₂
definition:
Tether

Teth"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tethered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering.]
To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.

And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.
Wordsworth.


word: Tether-ball
definition:
Tether-ball

Teth"er-ball`
n.
A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.


word: Tethyodea
definition:
Tethyodea

Te`thy*o"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Tethys + Gr. e'i^dos form.]
(Zool.)
A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.


word: Tethys
definition:
Tethys

Te"thys
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; an oyster, or _; a kind of ascidian.]
(Zool.)
A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.


word: Tetra-
definition:
Tetra-

Tet"ra-
(?)
[Gr. te`tra-, from te`sares, te`ttares, four. See Four.]
1.
A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.

2.
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.


word: Tetrabasic
definition:
Tetrabasic

Tet`ra*bas"ic
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + basic.]
(Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.


word: Tetrabranchiata
definition:
Tetrabranchiata

Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tetra-, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.


word: Tetrabranchiate
definition:
Tetrabranchiate

Tet`ra*bran`chi*ate
(?)
a.
[Tetra + branchiate.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata.
n. One of the Tetrabranchiata.


word: Tetrachord
definition:
Tetrachord

Tet"ra*chord
(?)
n.
[L. tetrachordon, Gr. _;, from _; four-stringed; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a chord: cf. F. tétrachorde.]
(Anc. Mus.)
A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.


word: Tetrachotomous
definition:
Tetrachotomous

Tet`ra*chot"o*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. te`tracha in four parts + te`mnein to cut.]
(Bot.)
Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of fours.


word: Tetracid
definition:
Tetracid

Tet*rac"id
(?)
a.
[Tetra + acid.]
(Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, C4H6(OH)4, is a tetracid alcohol.


word: Tetracoccous
definition:
Tetracoccous

Tet`ra*coc"cous
(?)
a.
[See Tetra-, and Coccus.]
(Bot.)
Having four cocci, or carpels.


word: Tetracolon
definition:
Tetracolon

Tet`ra*co"lon
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; with four members; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; limb, member.]
(Pros.)
A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
Crabb.


word: Tetracoralla
definition:
Tetracoralla

Te`tra*co*ral"la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tetra-, and Corallum.]
(Paleon.)
Same as Rugosa.


word: Tetractinellid
definition:
Tetractinellid

Te*trac`ti*nel"lid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.


word: Tetractinellida
definition:
Tetractinellida

Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. te`tra- tetra- + _;, _;, ray, spoke.]
(Zool.)
A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.


word: Tetrad
definition:
Tetrad

Tet"rad
(?)
n.
[L. tetras, -adis, Gr. _;, _;: cf. F. tétrade.]
1.
The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.

2.
(Chem.)
A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.


word: Tetradactyle
definition:
Tetradactyle

Tetradactyl

{ Tet`ra*dac"tyl, Tet`ra*dac"tyle  }
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tétradactyle.]
(Zool.)
Tetradactylous.


word: Tetradactylous
definition:
Tetradactylous

Tet`ra*dac"tyl*ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; finger, toe.]
(Zool.)
Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.


word: Tetradecane
definition:
Tetradecane

Tet`ra*dec"ane
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; ten.]
(Chem.)
A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.


word: Tetradecapoda
definition:
Tetradecapoda

Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tetra-, and Decapoda.]
(Zool.)
Same as Arthrostraca.


word: Tetradic
definition:
Tetradic

Tet*rad"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.


word: Tetradite
definition:
Tetradite

Tet"ra*dite
(?)
n.
[See Tetrad.]
A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead.
Smart.


word: Tetradrachma
definition:
Tetradrachma

Tetradrachm

{ Tet"ra*drachm (?), &VerbarTet`ra*drach"ma (?), }
n.
[NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.]
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.
The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.


word: Tetradymite
definition:
Tetradymite

Tet*rad"y*mite
(?)
n.
[Gr. tetra`dymos fourfold. So named from its occurrence in compound twin crystals, or fourlings.]
(Min.)
A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth.


word: Tetradynamia
definition:
Tetradynamia

Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; power.]
(Bot.)
A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.


word: Tetradynamous
definition:
Tetradynamous

Tetradynamian

{ Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an (?), Tet`ra*dyn"a*mous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.


word: Tetragon
definition:
Tetragon

Tet"ra*gon
(?)
n.
[L. tetragonum, Gr. tetra`gwnon; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. F. tétragone.]
1.
(Geom.)
A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.

2.
(Astrol.)
An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle.
Hutton.


word: Tetragonal
definition:
Tetragonal

Te*trag"o*nal
(?)
a.
1.
(Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.

2.
(Bot.)
Having four prominent longitudinal angles.

3.
(Crystallog.)
Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.


word: Tetragrammaton
definition:
Tetragrammaton

Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a letter.]
The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.


word: Tetragynia
definition:
Tetragynia

Tet`ra*gyn"i*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + gynh` a woman, female.]
(Bot.)
A Linnaean order of plants having four styles.


word: Tetragynous
definition:
Tetragynous

Tetragynian

{ Tet`ra*gyn"i*an (?), Te*trag"y*nous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles.


word: Tetrahedral
definition:
Tetrahedral

Tet`ra*he"dral
(?)
a.
[See Tetrahedron.]
1.
Having, or composed of, four sides.

2.
(Crystallog.)
(a)
Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.
(b)
Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.

Tetrahedral angle (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.


word: Tetrahedrite
definition:
Tetrahedrite

Tet`ra*he"drite
(?)
n.
[So called because the crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.]
(Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase.


word: Tetrahedron
definition:
Tetrahedron

Tet`ra*he"dron
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; seat, base, fr. _; to sit.]
(Geom.)
A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

&hand_; In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.

Regular tetrahedron (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.


word: Tetrahexahedron
definition:
Tetrahexahedron

Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + hexahedron.]
(Crystallog.)
A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube.


word: tetrahydrocannabinol
definition:
tetrahydrocannabinol

tet`ra*hy`dro*can*nab"i*nol
(tĕt`rȧ*hī`dro̝*kăn*năb"ĭn&asuml_;l)
n.
(Chem. & Med.)
A chemical substance (C21H20O2) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called THC.  It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed.  It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer.  It occurs primarily as the Δ1-3,4-trans isomer, also called Δ9-THC, with small amounts of the Δ6-3,4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%.  It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession or distribution is illegal in almost all states of the United States.
MI11


word: Tetrakishexahedron
definition:
Tetrakishexahedron

Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; four times + E. hexahedron.]
(Crystallog.)
A tetrahexahedron.


word: Tetrakosane
definition:
Tetrakosane

Tet"ra*ko*sane`
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; twenty.]
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.


word: Tetralogy
definition:
Tetralogy

Te*tral"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a speech, discourse: cf. F. tétralogie.]
(Gr. Drama)
A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.

&hand_; A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited together without a fourth piese, was called a trilogy.


word: Tetramera
definition:
Tetramera

Te*tram"e*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tetramerous.]
(Zool.)
A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.


word: Tetramerous
definition:
Tetramerous

Te*tram"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; part.]
1.
(Bot.)
Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower.

2.
(Zool.)
Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.


word: Tetrameter
definition:
Tetrameter

Te*tram"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. tetrametrus, Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a measure: cf. F. tétramètre.]
(GR. & Latin Pros.)
A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet.


word: Tetramethylene
definition:
Tetramethylene

Tet`ra*meth"yl*ene
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + methylene.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
(b)
Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.


word: Tetramorph
definition:
Tetramorph

Tet"ra*morph
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + Gr. morfh` form, figure: cf. Gr. _; fourfold.]
(Christian Art)
The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)


word: Tetrandria
definition:
Tetrandria

Te*tran"dri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _;, _;, a man, male.]
(Bot.)
A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens.


word: Tetrandrous
definition:
Tetrandrous

Tetrandrian

{ Te*tran"dri*an (?), Te*tran"drous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the class Tetrandria.


word: Tetraonid
definition:
Tetraonid

Te*tra"o*nid
(?)
n.
[L. tetrao a heath cock, grouse, Gr. _;: cf. F. tétraonide.]
(Zool.)
A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.


word: Tetrapetalous
definition:
Tetrapetalous

Tet`ra*pet"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.


word: Tetrapharmacum
definition:
Tetrapharmacum

Tetrapharmacom

{ Tet`ra*phar"ma*com (?), Tet`ra*phar"ma*cum (?) }
n.
[NL. tetrapharmacon, L. tetrapharmacum, Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a drug.]
(Med.)
A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
Brande & C.


word: Tetraphyllous
definition:
Tetraphyllous

Te*traph"yl*lous
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; a leaf.]
(Bot.)
Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.


word: Tetrapla
definition:
Tetrapla

Tet"ra*pla
(?)
n.
etymologically pl., but syntactically sing.
[NL., fr. Gr. tetraplo`os, tetraploy^s, fourfold.]
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.


word: Tetrapneumona
definition:
Tetrapneumona

Tet`rap*neu"mo*na
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Tetra-, and Pneumo-.]
(Zool.)
A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale.


word: Tetrapod
definition:
Tetrapod

Tet"ra*pod
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; fourfooted; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _;, _;, foot.]
(Zool.)
An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.


word: Tetrapterous
definition:
Tetrapterous

Te*trap"ter*ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; wing.]
(Zool.)
Having four wings.


word: Tetraptote
definition:
Tetraptote

Tet"rap*tote
(?)
n.
[L. tetraptotum, Gr. _;.]
(Gram.)
A noun that has four cases only.
Andrews.


word: Tetrarch
definition:
Tetrarch

Te"trarch
(?)
n.
[L. tetrarches, Gr. _;, _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a ruler, _; to lead; rule: cf. F. tétrarque. See Arch, a.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.


word: Tetrarchical
definition:
Tetrarchical

Te*trarch"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.
Bolingbroke.


word: Tetrarchy
definition:
Tetrarchy

Tet"rarch*y
(?)
n.
pl. Tetrarchies (#).
[L. tetrarchia, Gr. _;: cf. F. tétrarchie.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.


word: Tetraschistic
definition:
Tetraschistic

Tet`ra*schis"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; divided into four parts; te`tra- tetra- + _; to split.]
(Biol.)
Characterized by division into four parts.


word: Tetraspaston
definition:
Tetraspaston

Tet`ra*spas"ton
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; to draw, pull.]
(Mach.)
A machine in which four pulleys act together.
Brande & C.


word: Tetraspermous
definition:
Tetraspermous

Tet`ra*sper"mous
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + Gr. _; a seed.]
(Bot.)
Having four seeds.

Tetraspermous plant, a plant which produces four seeds in each flower.


word: Tetraspore
definition:
Tetraspore

Tet"ra*spore
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + spore.]
(Bot.)
A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.
Tet`ra*spor"ic (#), a.


word: Tetrastich
definition:
Tetrastich

Te*tras"tich
(?)
n.
[L. tetrastichon, Gr. _;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a row, verse.]
A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.
Pope.


word: Tetrastyle
definition:
Tetrastyle

Tet"ra*style
(?)
a.
[L. tetrastylon, Gr. _; with four pillars in front; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + _; a column.]
(Arch.)
Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.
n. A tetrastyle building.


word: Tetrasyllabical
definition:
Tetrasyllabical

Tetrasyllabic

{ Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic (?), Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. tétrasyllabique.]
Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.


word: Tetrasyllable
definition:
Tetrasyllable

Tet"ra*syl`la*ble
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + syllable: cf. Gr. _; of four syllables.]
A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.


word: Tetrathionic
definition:
Tetrathionic

Tet`ra*thi*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + thionic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H2S4O6, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.


word: Tetratomic
definition:
Tetratomic

Tet`ra*tom"ic
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + atomic.]
(Chem.)
(a)
Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.
(b)
Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.


word: Tetravalence
definition:
Tetravalence

Te*trav"a*lence
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.


word: Tetravalent
definition:
Tetravalent

Te*trav"a*lent
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr.]
(Chem.)
Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.


word: Tetraxile
definition:
Tetraxile

Te*trax"ile
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + axile.]
(Zool.)
Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.


word: -in₂
definition:
-in

Tetrazine

{ Tet*raz"ine (?), n. Also -in  }
[Tetrazo- + -ine.]
(Chem.)
A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which  may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.


word: Tetrazo-
definition:
Tetrazo-

Tet*raz"o-
(?)
a.
[Tetra- + azo-.]
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.


word: Tetrazole
definition:
Tetrazole

Tet*raz"ole
(?)
n.
[Tetrazo- + -ole.]
(Org. Chem.)
A crystalline acid substance, CH2N4, which may be regarded as pyrrol in which nitrogen atoms replace three CH groups; also, any of various derivatives of the same.


word: Tetrazone
definition:
Tetrazone

Tet"ra*zone
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.


word: Tetrical
definition:
Tetrical

Tetric

{ Tet"ric (?), Tet"ri*cal (?), }
a.
[L. tetricus, taetricus, from teter, taeter, offensive, foul.]
Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.
[Obs.]
Tet"ric*al*ness, n.


word: Tetrinic
definition:
Tetrinic

Te*trin"ic
(?)
a.
[See Tetra-.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.


word: Tetrodon
definition:
Tetrodon

Tet"ro*don
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + Gr. _;, _;, tooth.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.
[Written also tetradon.]

&hand_; The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer (a), and similar species.


word: Tetrodont
definition:
Tetrodont

Tet"ro*dont
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tetrodons.
n. A tetrodon.
[Written also tetradont, and tetraodont.]


word: Tetrol
definition:
Tetrol

Tet"rol
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + benzol.]
(Chem.)
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H4, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

Tetrol phenol, furfuran. [Obs.]


word: Tetrolic
definition:
Tetrolic

Tet*rol"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C3H3.CO2H, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.


word: Tetroxide
definition:
Tetroxide

Tet*rox"ide
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + oxide.]
(Chem.)
An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO4.


word: Tetryl
definition:
Tetryl

Tet"ryl
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + -yl.]
(Chem.)
Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.


word: Tetrylene
definition:
Tetrylene

Tet"ryl*ene
(?)
n.
[Tetra- + ethylene.]
(Chem.)
Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.


word: Tetter
definition:
Tetter

Tet"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G. zitter, zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a sort of skin disease. √63, 240.]
(Med.)
A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.

Honeycomb tetter (Med.), favus. -- Moist tetter (Med.), eczema. -- Scaly tetter (Med.), psoriasis. -- Tetter berry (Bot.), the white bryony.


word: Tetter₂
definition:
Tetter

Tet"ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tettered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tettering.]
To affect with tetter.
Shak.


word: Tetter-totter
definition:
Tetter-totter

Tet"ter-tot`ter
(?)
n.
[See Teeter.]
A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter.


word: Tetterwort
definition:
Tetterwort

Tet"ter*wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.


word: Tettigonian
definition:
Tettigonian

Tet`ti*go"ni*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, dim. of _; a kind of grasshopper.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to Tettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper.


word: Tettix
definition:
Tettix

Tet"tix
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a kind of grasshopper.]
1.
(Zool.)
The cicada.
[Obs. or R.]

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of small grasshoppers.


word: Teuton
definition:
Teuton

Teu"ton
(?)
n.
pl. E. Teutons (#), L. Teutones (#).
[L. Teutones, Teutoni, the name of a Germanic people, probably akin to E. Dutch.  Cf. Dutch.]
1.
One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.

2.
A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.


word: Teutonic
definition:
Teutonic

Teu*ton"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.

2.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.

Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages. -- Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.


word: Teutonic₂
definition:
Teutonic

Teu*ton"ic
(?)
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.


word: Teutonicism
definition:
Teutonicism

Teu*ton"i*cism
(?)
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.


word: Tew
definition:
Tew

Tew
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tewing.]
[OE. tewen, tawen. √64. See Taw, v.]
1.
To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

2.
Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Tewan
definition:
Tewan

Te"wan
(?)
n.
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.


word: Tewel
definition:
Tewel

Tew"el
(?)
n.
[OE. tuel, OF. tuiel, tuel, F. tuyau; of Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. tud, D. tuit, Prov. G. zaute.  Cf. Tuyère.]
1.
A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke.
Chaucer.

2.
The tuyère of a furnace.


word: Texas
definition:
Texas

Tex"as
(?)
n.
A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
[Western U. S.]
Knight.


word: Texas Leaguer
definition:
Texas Leaguer

Tex"as Leagu"er
(?)
[From the Texas (baseball) League.]
(Baseball)
A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; -- called also Texas league single.
[Cant]


word: Text
definition:
Text

Text
(tĕkst)
n.
[F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make.  Cf. Context, Mantle, n., Pretext, Tissue, Toil a snare.]
1.
A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
Chaucer.

2.
(O. Eng. Law)
The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
[R.]

3.
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!
Cowper.

4.
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

5.
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

6.
That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.

7.
Any communication composed of words.

8.
a textbook.

Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under Word. -- Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.] -- Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.


word: Text-book
definition:
Text-book

Text"-book`
(?)
n.
1.
A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

2.
A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.


word: Text-hand
definition:
Text-hand

Text hand

Text hand, Text"-hand`
(?)
n.
A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.


word: Textile
definition:
Textile

Tex"tile
(?)
a.
[L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F. textile. See Text.]
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

Textile cone (Zool.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.


word: Textorial
definition:
Textorial

Tex*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. textorius, fr. textor a weaver, fr. texere, textum, to weave.]
Of or pertaining to weaving.
T. Warton.


word: Textrine
definition:
Textrine

Tex"trine
(?)
a.
[L. textrinus, for textorinus, fr. textor a weaver.]
Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
Denham.


word: Textual
definition:
Textual

Tex"tu*al
(?)
a.
[OE. textuel, F. textuel.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.
Milton.

2.
Serving for, or depending on, texts.
Bp. Hall.

3.
Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.
textuel
Chaucer.


word: Textually
definition:
Textually

Tex"tu*al*ly
adv.
In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.


word: Textuary
definition:
Textuary

Tex"tu*a*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. textuaire.]
1.
Contained in the text; textual.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Serving as a text; authoritative.
Glanvill.


word: Textuary₂
definition:
Textuary

Tex"tu*a*ry
n.
[Cf. F. textuaire.]
1.
One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.
Bp. Bull.

2.
One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.


word: Textuist
definition:
Textuist

Tex"tu*ist
n.
A textualist; a textman.
[Obs.]

The crabbed textualists of his time.
Milton.


word: Texture
definition:
Texture

Tex"ture
(?)
n.
[L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. texture. See Text.]
1.
The act or art of weaving.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.
Milton.

Others, apart far in the grassy dale,
Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
Thomson.

3.
The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.

4.
The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.

5.
(Biol.)
A tissue. See Tissue.


word: Texture₂
definition:
Texture

Tex"ture
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Textured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing.]
To form a texture of or with; to interweave.
[R.]


word: Th
definition:
Th

Th
In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.


word: Thai₂
definition:
Thai

Thai
(tī)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Thai language, a member of the Tai group of languages.

2.
Of or pertaining to Thailand or its people.


word: Thalamencephalon
definition:
Thalamencephalon

Thal`a*men*ceph"a*lon
(?)
n.
[NL. See Thalamus, and Encephalon.]
(Anat.)
The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.


word: Thalamiflorous
definition:
Thalamiflorous

Thalamifloral

{ Thal`a*mi*flo"ral (?), Thal`a*mi*flo"rous (?), }
a.
[See Thalamus, and Floral.]
(Bot.)
Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.


word: Thalamocoele
definition:
Thalamocoele

Thal"a*mo*coele`
(?)
n.
[Thalamic + Gr. koi^los hollow.]
(Anat.)
The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.


word: Thalamophora
definition:
Thalamophora

Thal`a*moph"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. qa`lamos chamber + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
Same as Foraminifera.


word: Thalamus
definition:
Thalamus

Thal"a*mus
(?)
n.
pl. Thalami (#).
[L. thalamus chamber, Gr. qa`lamos.]
1.
(Anat.)
A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Same as Thallus.
(b)
The receptacle of a flower; a torus.


word: Thalassic
definition:
Thalassic

Tha*las"sic
(?)
a.
[Gr. qa`lassa the sea.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.


word: Thalassinian
definition:
Thalassinian

Thal`as*sin"i*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Thalassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.


word: Thalassography
definition:
Thalassography

Thal`as*sog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. qa`lassa sea + -graphy.]
The study or science of the life of marine organisms.
Agassiz.


word: thaler
definition:
thaler

tha"ler
(tä"lẽr)
n.
[G. See Dollar.]
A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900.


word: Thalia
definition:
Thalia

Tha*li"a
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. Qa`leia, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to qa`llein to be luxuriant.]
(Class. Myth.)
(a)
That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
(b)
One of the three Graces.
(c)
One of the Nereids.


word: Thaliacea
definition:
Thaliacea

Tha`li*a"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Thalia.]
(Zool.)
A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.


word: Thallene
definition:
Thallene

Thal"lene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.


word: Thallic
definition:
Thallic

Thal"lic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.


word: Thalline₂
definition:
Thalline

Thal"line
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a young shoot or branch.]
(Chem.)
An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.


word: Thallium
definition:
Thallium

Thal"li*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; young or green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright green line in its spectrum.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.


word: Thallogen
definition:
Thallogen

Thal"lo*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; young shoot or branch, frond + -gen.]
(Bot.)
One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.


word: Thallophyta
definition:
Thallophyta

Thal*loph"y*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Thallophyte.]
(Bot.)
A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the algae, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green algae, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or  by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many algae, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.


word: Thallophyte
definition:
Thallophyte

Thal"lo*phyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; young shoot + -phyte.]
1.
(Bot.)
A plant belonging to the Thallophyta.
Thal`lo*phyt"ic (#), a.

2.
(Bot.)
Same as Thallogen.


word: Thallous
definition:
Thallous

Thal"lous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.
[Written also thallious.]


word: Thallus
definition:
Thallus

Thal"lus
(?)
n.
pl. Thalli (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; young shoot or branch, frond.]
(Bot.)
A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.


word: Thalweg
definition:
Thalweg

Thal"weg`
(?)
n.
[G., fr. thal valley + weg way. See Dale; Way.]
(Physiography)
(a)
A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not.
(b)
The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles.


word: Tammuz
definition:
Tammuz

Thammuz

{ Tham"muz (?), Tam"muz (?), }
n.
[Heb. thammūz.]
1.
A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.
Milton.

2.
The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.


word: Thamyn
definition:
Thamyn

Tha"myn
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.


word: Than
definition:
Than

Than
(&thlig_;ăn)
conj.
[OE. than, thon, then, thanne, thonne, thenne, than, then, AS. ðanne, ðonne, ðaenne; akin to D. dan, OHG. danne, G. dann then, denn than, for, Goth. þan then, and to E. the, there, that. See That, and cf. Then.]
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.

Behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Matt. xii. 42.

Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom,
Satan except, none higher sat.
Milton.

It's wiser being good than bad;
It's safer being meek than fierce;
It's fitter being sane than mad.
R. Browning.


word: Thana
definition:
Thana

Tha"na
(tä"nä)
n.
[Written also tana, tanna.]
[Hind. thānā.]
A police station.
[India]
Kipling.


word: Thanatology
definition:
Thanatology

Than`a*tol"o*gy
(thăn`ȧ*t&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. qa`natos + -logy.]
A description, or the doctrine, of death.
Dunglison.


word: thanatopsis
definition:
thanatopsis

than`a*top"sis
(thăn`ȧ*t&obreve_;p"sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. qa`natos death + 'o`psis view.]
A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.
Bryant.


word: Thanatopsis
definition:
Thanatopsis

Than`a*top"sis
(thăn`ȧ*t&obreve_;p"sĭs)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. qa`natos death + 'o`psis view.]
The title of a poem by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), meditating on the subject of death.  One of Bryant's best-remembered poems, it was written in 1811 and was discovered and rushed to publication in 1817 (in the North American Review) by Bryant's father, originally without the poet's knowledge.  A revised version was published in 1821.  In this elegy Bryant reflects that death comes to all men, common and great, and that all eventually shall rest together in the "mighty sepulchre" of the earth.

The text of the poem is as follows:

To him who in the love of nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty; and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
Their sharpness ere he is aware.  When thoughts
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; --
Go forth, under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings, while from all around --
Earth and her waters, and the depths of air --
Comes a still voice.  Yet a few days, and thee
The all-beholding sun shall see no more
In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground,
Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image.  Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again,
And, lost each human trace, surrendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go 
To mix forever with the elements,
To be a brother to the insensible rock
And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain
Turns with his share, and treads upon.  The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold.
Yet not to thine eternal resting-place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent.  Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre.  -- The hills
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, -- the vales
Stretching in pensive quietness between;
The venerable woods -- rivers that move
In majesty, and the complaining brooks
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all,
Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,--
Are but the solemn decorations all
Of the great tomb of man.  The golden sun,
The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,
Are shining on the sad abodes of death
Through the still lapse of ages.  All that tread
The globe are but a handful to the tribes
That slumber in its bosom. -- Take the wings
Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness,
Or lose thyself in the continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound,
Save his own dashings -- yet the dead are there:
And millions in those solitudes, since first
The flight of years began, have laid them down
In their last sleep -- the dead reign there alone.
So shalt thou rest -- and what if thou withdraw
In silence from the living, and no friend
Take note of thy departure?  All that breathe
Will share thy destiny.  The gay will laugh
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come
And make their bed with thee.  As the long train
Of ages glides away, the sons of men--
The youth in life's fresh spring, and he who goes
In the full strength of years, matron and maid,
The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man--
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,
By those, who in their turn, shall follow them.
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.


word: Thane
definition:
Thane

Thane
(thān)
n.
[OE. thein, þein, AS. þegen, þegn; akin to OHG. degan a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. degen a hero, G. degen hero, soldier, Icel. þegn a thane, a freeman; probably akin to Gr. te`knon a child, ti`ktein to bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth. þius servant, AS. þeów, G. dienen to serve.]
A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England.  Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits.  After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

&hand_; Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance.
Jamieson.


word: thanehood
definition:
thanehood

thane"hood
(thān"hŏd)
n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
J. R. Green.


word: thaneship
definition:
thaneship

thane"ship
n.
The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.


word: thank
definition:
thank

thank
(thă&nsmacr_;k)
n.
pl. thanks (thă&nsmacr_;ks).
[AS. þanc, þonc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel. þökk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. þagks thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think.]
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
thanks
Massinger.

If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
Luke vi. 33.

What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?
Milton.

Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught.
Longfellow.

His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
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Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. Chaucer.
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-- In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.] -- Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of thanks.


word: Thank
definition:
Thank

Thank
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thanking.]
[AS. þancian. See Thank, n.]
To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.

“Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you,” quod she.
Chaucer.

I thank thee for thine honest care.
Shak.

Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss,
And thank yourself if aught should fall amiss.
Dryden.


word: Thankful
definition:
Thankful

Thank"ful
(?)
a.
[AS. þancfull.]
1.
Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
[R.]

Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
That washes what it shows.
Herbert.

2.
Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Ps. c. 4.


word: Thankless
definition:
Thankless

Thank"less
a.
1.
Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
Shak.

2.
Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed.
Chapman.


word: Thanksgiving
definition:
Thanksgiving

Thanks"giv`ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.
1 Tim. iv. 4.

In the thanksgiving before meat.
Shak.

And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still.
Keble.

2.
A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.

&hand_; In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.


word: Thankworthy
definition:
Thankworthy

Thank"wor`thy
(?)
a.
Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Pet. ii. 19.


word: Thar
definition:
Thar

Thar
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.
[Written also thaar, and tahr.]


word: Thar₂
definition:
Thar

Thar
v. impersonal, pres.
[OE. thar, þarf, AS. þearf, infin. þurfan to need; akin to OHG. durfan, G. dürfen to be allowed, Icel. þurfa to need, Goth. þaúrban.]
It needs; need.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

What thar thee reck or care?
Chaucer.


word: Tharms
definition:
Tharms

Tharms
(?)
n. pl.
[AS. þearm a gut; akin to D. & G. darm, Icel. þarmr, Sw. & Dan. tarm. √53.]
Twisted guts.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ascham.


word: Tharos
definition:
Tharos

Tha"ros
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.


word: That
definition:
That

That
(?)
pron., a., conj., & adv.
[AS. ðaet, neuter nom. & acc. sing. of the article (originally a demonstrative pronoun). The nom. masc. sē, and the nom. fem. seó are from a different root. AS. ðaet is akin to D. dat, G. das, OHG. daz, Sw. & Dan. det, Icel. þat (masc. sā, fem. s&omacr), Goth. þata (masc. sa, fem. s&omacr), Gr. _; (masc. _;, fem. _;), Skr. tat (for tad, masc. sas, fem. sā); cf. L. istud that. √184.  Cf. The, Their, They, Them, This, Than, Since.]
1.
As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.

The early fame of Gratian was equal to that of the most celebrated princes.
Gibbon.

&hand_; That may refer to an entire sentence or paragraph, and not merely to a word. It usually follows, but sometimes precedes, the sentence referred to.

That be far from thee, to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked.
Gen. xviii. 25.

And when Moses heard that, he was content.
Lev. x. 20.

I will know your business, Harry, that I will.
Shak.

&hand_; That is often used in opposition to this, or by way of distinction, and in such cases this, like the Latin hic and French ceci, generally refers to that which is nearer, and that, like Latin ille and French cela, to that which is more remote. When they refer to foreign words or phrases, this generally refers to the latter, and that to the former.

Two principles in human nature reign;
Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain;
Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call.
Pope.

If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that.
James iv. 16.

2.
As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.

It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Matt. x. 15.

The woman was made whole from that hour.
Matt. ix. 22.

&hand_; That was formerly sometimes used with the force of the article the, especially in the phrases that one, that other, which were subsequently corrupted into th'tone, th'tother (now written t'other).

Upon a day out riden knightes two . . . 
That one of them came home, that other not.
Chaucer.

3.
As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame.
Prov. ix. 7.

A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities.
Bp. Wilkins.

&hand_; If the relative clause simply conveys an additional idea, and is not properly explanatory or restrictive, who or which (rarely that) is employed; as, the king that (or who) rules well is generally popular; Victoria, who (not that) rules well, enjoys the confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases be avoided in the use of that (which is restrictive) instead of who or which, likely to be understood in a coordinating sense. Bain.
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That was formerly used for that which, as what is now; but such use is now archaic.
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We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen. John iii. 11.
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That I have done it is thyself to wite [blame]. Chaucer.
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That, as a relative pronoun, cannot be governed by a preposition preceding it, but may be governed by one at the end of the sentence which it commences.
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The ship that somebody was sailing in. Sir W. Scott.
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In Old English, that was often used with the demonstratives he, his, him, etc., and the two together had the force of a relative pronoun; thus, that he = who; that his = whose; that him = whom.
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I saw to-day a corpse yborn to church
That now on Monday last I saw him wirche [work]. Chaucer.
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Formerly, that was used, where we now commonly use which, as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative pronoun that as its antecedent.
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That that dieth, let it die; and that that is to cut off, let it be cut off. Zech. xi. 9.


4.
As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.

She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy,
And childish error, that they are afraid.
Shak.

I have shewed before, that a mere possibility to the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly credible.
Bp. Wilkins.

He does hear me;
And that he does, I weep.
Shak.

These things I say, that ye might be saved.
John v. 34.

To the end that he may prolong his days.
Deut. xvii. 20.

The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds
Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
Milton.

He gazed so long
That both his eyes were dazzled.
Tennyson.

So wept Duessa until eventide,
That shining lamps in Jove's high course were lit.
Spenser.

Is not this the day
That Hermia should give answer of her choice?
Shak.

Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen that that this knight and I have seen!
Shak.

O God, that right should thus overcome might!
Shak.

&hand_; That was formerly added to other conjunctions or to adverbs to make them emphatic.
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To try if that our own be ours or no. Shak.
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That is sometimes used to connect a clause with a preceding conjunction on which it depends.
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When he had carried Rome and that we looked
For no less spoil than glory. Shak.


5.
As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.
[Archaic or in illiteral use.]

All that, everything of that kind; all that sort.
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With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.
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The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd [gold] for a'that. Burns.
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-- For that. See under For, prep. -- In that. See under In, prep.


word: Thatch
definition:
Thatch

Thatch
(?)
n.
[OE. thak, AS. þæc a roof; akin to þeccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. st&omacrgas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. _;, _;, a roof, _; to cover, Skr. sthag.  Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga.]
1.
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

2.
(Bot.)
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Thatch₂
definition:
Thatch

Thatch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thatching.]
[From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. _;eccean to cover.]
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.


word: Thatching
definition:
Thatching

Thatch"ing
n.
1.
The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.

2.
The materials used for this purpose; thatch.


word: Thaumatolatry
definition:
Thaumatolatry

Thau`ma*tol"a*try
(th&asuml_;`mȧ*t&obreve_;l"ȧ*tr&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. qay^ma, qay`matos, a wonder + latrei`a worship.]
Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.
[R.]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century.
Hare.


word: Thaumatrope
definition:
Thaumatrope

Thau"ma*trope
(th&asuml_;"mȧ*tr&omacrp)
n.
[Gr. qay^ma a wonder + tre`pein to turn.]
(Opt.)
An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

&hand_; It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidly round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.


word: thaumaturge
definition:
thaumaturge

thau"ma*turge
(th&asuml_;"mȧ*tûrj)
n.
[See thaumaturgus.]
A magician; a wonder worker.
Lowell.

Syn. -- thaumaturgist.


word: thaumaturgical
definition:
thaumaturgical

thaumaturgic

{ thau`ma*tur"gic (th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"jĭk), thau`ma*tur"gic*al (th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"jĭ*kal), }
a.
Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.
Burton.


word: thaumaturgics
definition:
thaumaturgics

thau`ma*tur"gics
(th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"jĭks)
n.
Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.


word: thaumaturgist
definition:
thaumaturgist

thau`ma*tur"gist
(th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"jĭst)
n.
One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge.
Carlyle.


word: thaumaturgus
definition:
thaumaturgus

thau`ma*tur"gus
(th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"gŭs)
n.
[NL., from Gr. qaymatourgo`s wonder-working; qay^ma a wonder + 'e`rgon work.]
A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.


word: thaumaturgy
definition:
thaumaturgy

thau"ma*tur`gy
(th&asuml_;`mȧ*tûr"j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. qaymatourgi`a.]
The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
T. Warton.


word: thaw
definition:
thaw

thaw
(th&asuml_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Thawed (th&asuml_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.]
[AS. þāwian, þāwan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen to digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. þeyja, Sw. töa, Dan. töe, and perhaps to Gr. th`kein to melt. √56.]
1.
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

2.
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

3.
Fig.:
To grow gentle or genial.  Compare cold{4}, a. and hard{6}, a.


word: thaw₃
definition:
thaw

thaw
n.
The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.
Dryden.


word: The₂
definition:
The

The
(&thlig_;ē, when emphatic or alone; &thlig_;e̝, obscure before a vowel; &thlig_;e, obscure before a consonant; 37)
definite article.
[AS. ðē, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. sē, formed under the influence of the oblique cases.  See That, pron.]
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

&hand_; The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of that.  When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, the sublime and the beautiful. Burke. The is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, the Nile, the Atlantic, the Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague.  The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as, Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third.  The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. Eccl. xii. 5.


word: The₃
definition:
The

The
adv.
[AS. ðē, ð&ymacr_;, instrumental case of sē, seó, ðæt, the definite article.  See 2d The.]
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
the
Milton.

So much the rather thou, Celestial Light,
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
Irradiate.
Milton.


word: Thea
definition:
Thea

The"a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. See Tea.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

&hand_; It is now commonly referred to the genus Camellia.


word: theandric
definition:
theandric

the*an"dric
(the̝*ăn"drĭk)
a.
[Gr. qeandriko`s; qeo`s god + anh`r, andro`s, a man.]
Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.
Murdock.


word: Theanthropical
definition:
Theanthropical

theanthropic

{ the`an*throp"ic (thē`ăn*thr&obreve_;p"ĭk), The`an*throp"ic*al (thē`ăn*thr&obreve_;p"ĭ*kal), }
a.
Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.
[R.]

The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem.
Gladstone.


word: Theanthropism
definition:
Theanthropism

The*an"thro*pism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; god + _; man.]
1.
A state of being God and man.
[R.]
Coleridge.

2.
The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.
Gladstone.


word: Thearchic
definition:
Thearchic

The*ar"chic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Thearchy.]
Divinely sovereign or supreme.
[R.]

He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence.
Milman.


word: Thearchy
definition:
Thearchy

The"ar*chy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; god + -archy: cf. Gr. _; the supreme deity.]
Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.


word: Theatre
definition:
Theatre

Theater

{ The"a*ter, The"a*tre  }
(?)
n.
[F. théâtre, L. theatrum, Gr. _;, fr. _;  to see, view; cf. Skr. dhyā to meditate, think.  Cf. Theory.]
1.
An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

2.
Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.

3.
That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.
Burns.

Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view.
Milton.

4.
A sphere or scheme of operation.
[Obs.]

For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.
Bacon.

5.
A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.


word: Theatine
definition:
Theatine

Theatin

{ The"a*tin, The"a*tine  }
(?)
n.
[F. théatin, It. theatino.]
(R. C. Ch.)
1.
One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

&hand_; Their name is derived from Theate, or Chieti, a city of Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder of the order; but they bore various names; as, Regular Clerks of the Community, Pauline Monks, Apostolic Clerks, and Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence. The order never flourished much out of Italy.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.


word: Theatral
definition:
Theatral

The"a*tral
(?)
a.
[L. theatralis: cf. F. théatral.]
Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.
[Obs.]


word: Theatrical
definition:
Theatrical

The*at"ric*al
(?)
a.
[L. theatricus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
The*at`ri*cal"i*ty (#), n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly (#), adv.

No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical.
R. Jefferies.


word: Theatricals
definition:
Theatricals

The*at"ric*als
(?)
n. pl.
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

Such fashionable cant terms as ‘theatricals,' and ‘musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity.
I. Disraeli.


word: Theave
definition:
Theave

Theave
(?)
n.
[Cf. W. dafad a sheep, ewe.]
A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.
[Written also thave.]
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Thebaic
definition:
Thebaic

The*ba"ic
(?)
a.
[L. thebaicus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.


word: Thebaid
definition:
Thebaid

The"ba*id
(?)
n.
[L. Thebais, -idis.]
A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.


word: Thebaine
definition:
Thebaine

The*ba"ine
(?)
n.
[So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.


word: Theban
definition:
Theban

The"ban
(?)
a.
[L. Thebanus.]
Of or pertaining to Thebes.

Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.


word: Theban₂
definition:
Theban

The"ban
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
Shak.


word: Theca
definition:
Theca

The"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Thecae (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _; a case to put anything in. See Tick a cover.]
1.
A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.
(b)
The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.
(c)
The wall forming a calicle of a coral.


word: Thecaphore
definition:
Thecaphore

The"ca*phore
(?)
n.
[Theca + Gr. fe`rein to bear: cf. F. thécaphore.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
(b)
See Basigynium.


word: Thecla
definition:
Thecla

Thec"la
(?)
n.
Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.


word: Thecodactyl
definition:
Thecodactyl

The`co*dac"tyl
(?)
n.
[_; case + _; finger.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.


word: Thecodont
definition:
Thecodont

The"co*dont
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a case + _;, _;, a tooth.]
1.
(Anat.)
Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

2.
(Paleon.)
Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.


word: Thecodontia
definition:
Thecodontia

The`co*don"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Paleon.)
A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.


word: Thecophora
definition:
Thecophora

The*coph"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. _; a case + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.


word: Thecosomata
definition:
Thecosomata

The`co*so"ma*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Theca, and Soma.]
(Zool.)
An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.
The`co*so"ma*tous (#), a.


word: Thedom
definition:
Thedom

The"dom
(?)
n.
[Thee to prosper + -dom.]
Success; fortune; luck; chance.
[Obs.]

Evil thedom on his monk's snout.
Chaucer.


word: Thee
definition:
Thee

Thee
(thē)
v. i.
[AS. þeón; akin to OS. thīhan, D. gedijen, G. gedeihen, OHG. gidihan, Goth. þeihan, Lith. tekti to fall to the lot of.  Cf. Tight, a.]
To thrive; to prosper.
[Obs.]
thee
Chaucer.

Well mote thee, as well can wish your thought.
Spenser.


word: Thee₂
definition:
Thee

Thee
(&thlig_;ē)
pron.
[AS. ðē, acc. & dat. of ðū thou. See Thou.]
The objective case of thou. See Thou.

&hand_; Thee is poetically used for thyself, as him for himself, etc.

This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,
Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner.
Shak.


word: Theft
definition:
Theft

Theft
(thĕft)
n.
[OE. thefte, AS. þiéfðe, þ&ymacr_;fðe, þeófðe. See Thief.]
1.
(Law)
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

&hand_; To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See Larceny, and the Note under Robbery.

2.
The thing stolen.
[R.]

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double.
Ex. xxii. 4.


word: Theftbote
definition:
Theftbote

Theft"bote`
(?)
n.
[Theft + bote compensation.]
(Law)
The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.


word: Theiform
definition:
Theiform

The"i*form
(?)
a.
[NL. thea tea, the tea plant + -form: cf. F. théiforme.]
Having the form of tea.


word: Theine
definition:
Theine

The"ine
(?)
n.
[F. théine, fr. NL. thea. See Theiform.]
(Chem.)
See Caffeine. Called also theina.


word: Their
definition:
Their

Their
(?)
pron. & a.
[OE. thair, fr. Icel. þeirra, þeira, of them, but properly gen. pl. of the definite article; akin to AS. ðāra, ð&aemacr_;ra, gen. pl. of the definite article, or fr. AS. ð&aemacr_;ra, influenced by the Scandinavian use. See That.]
The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.

&hand_; The possessive takes the form theirs (_;) when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied or understood; as, our land is richest, but theirs is best cultivated.

Nothing but the name of zeal appears
'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs.
Denham.


word: Theism
definition:
Theism

The"ism
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _; God; probably akin to _; to pray for, _; spoken by God, decreed: cf. F. théisme.  Cf. Enthusiasm, Pantheon, Theology.]
The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.


word: Theism₂
definition:
Theism

The"ism
(thē"ĭz'm)
n.
[NL. & E. thea tea + -ism.]
(Med.)
The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.


word: Theist
definition:
Theist

The"ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. théiste. See Theism.]
One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.


word: Theistical
definition:
Theistical

Theistic

{ The*is"tic (?), The*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.


word: Thelphusian
definition:
Thelphusian

Thel*phu"si*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; nipple + _; to blow, to puff.]
(Zool.)
One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.


word: Thelytokous
definition:
Thelytokous

The*lyt"o*kous
(the̝*lĭt"o̝*kŭs)
a.
[Gr. qh^lys female + to`kos a bringing forth.]
(Zool.)
Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.


word: Them
definition:
Them

Them
(&thlig_;ĕm)
pron.
[AS. ð&aemacr_;m, dat. pl. of the article, but influenced by the Scand. use of the corresponding form þeim as a personal pronoun. See They.]
The objective case of they. See They.

Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Matt. xxv. 9.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father.
Matt. xxv. 34.

&hand_; Them is poetically used for themselves, as him for himself, etc.

Little stars may hide them when they list.
Shak.


word: Thematic
definition:
Thematic

The*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. thématique.]
1.
(Gram.)
Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

2.
(Mus.)
Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.

Thematic catalogue (Mus.), a catalogue of musical works which, besides the title and other particulars, gives in notes the theme, or first few measures, of the whole work or of its several movements.


word: Theme
definition:
Theme

Theme
(?)
n.
[OE. teme, OF. teme, F. thème, L. thema, Gr. _;, fr. _; to set, place. See Do, and cf. Thesis.]
1.
A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

My theme is alway one and ever was.
Chaucer.

And when a soldier was the theme, my name
Was not far off.
Shak.

2.
Discourse on a certain subject.

Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme.
Piers Plowman.

It was the subject of my theme.
Shak.

3.
A composition or essay required of a pupil.
Locke.

4.
(Gram.)
A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.

5.
That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
[Obs.]
Swift.

6.
(Mus.)
The leading subject of a composition or a movement.


word: Themis
definition:
Themis

The"mis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; that which is laid down or established by usage, law, prob. fr. _; to set, place.]
(Gr. Myth.)
The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.


word: Themselves
definition:
Themselves

Them*selves"
(?)
pron.
The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.


word: Then
definition:
Then

Then
(&thlig_;ĕn)
adv.
[Originally the same word as than. See Than.]
1.
At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).

And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Gen. xii. 6.

Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Cor. xiii. 12.

2.
Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.

First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Matt. v. 24.

3.
At another time; later; again.

One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act.
L'Estrange.

By then. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.]

But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist.
Milton.

Now and then. See under Now, adv. -- Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned. Milton.

&hand_; Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration.


word: Then₂
definition:
Then

Then
(?)
conj.
1.
Than.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.

If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
Locke.

Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away.
Dryden.


word: Thenadays
definition:
Thenadays

Then"a*days
(?)
adv.
At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.
[R.]


word: Thenar
definition:
Thenar

Thenal

{ The"nal (?), The"nar (?), }
a.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.


word: Thenar₂
definition:
Thenar

The"nar
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
(a)
The palm of the hand.
(b)
The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.


word: Thenardite
definition:
Thenardite

The*nard"ite
(?)
n.
[Named after the French chemist, L. J. Thénard.]
(Min.)
Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.


word: Thence
definition:
Thence

Thence
(?)
adv.
[OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.]
1.
From that place.
thence
Chaucer.

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Mark vi. 11.

&hand_; It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence.  Cf. Hence, Whence.

Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.
Gen. xxvii. 45.

2.
From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days.
Isa. lxv. 20.

3.
For that reason; therefore.

Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him.
Milton.

4.
Not there; elsewhere; absent.
[Poetic]
Shak.


word: Thenceforth
definition:
Thenceforth

Thence`forth"
(?)
adv.
From that time; thereafter.

If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing.
Matt. v. 13.

    This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom.  Chaucer. John. xix. 12.


word: Theobroma
definition:
Theobroma

The`o*bro"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a god + _; food, fr. _; to eat: cf. F. théobrome.]
(Bot.)
A genus of small trees. See Cacao.


word: Theobromic
definition:
Theobromic

The`o*bro"mic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.


word: Theobromine
definition:
Theobromine

The`o*bro"mine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.


word: Theochristic
definition:
Theochristic

The`o*chris"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; God + _; anointed, fr. _; to anoint.]
Anointed by God.


word: Theocracy
definition:
Theocracy

The*oc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; God + _; to be strong, to rule, fr. _; strength: cf. F. théocratie. See Theism, and cf. Democracy.]
1.
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

2.
The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.


word: Theocrasy
definition:
Theocrasy

The*oc"ra*sy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; union of the soul with God; _; God + _; a mixing, akin to _; to mix.]
1.
A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.

This syncretistic theocracy by no means excludes in him [Solomon] the proper service of idols.
J. Murphy.

2.
(Philos.)
An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.


word: Theocrat
definition:
Theocrat

The"o*crat
(?)
n.
One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.


word: Theocratical
definition:
Theocratical

Theocratic

{ The`o*crat"ic (?), The`o*crat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. théocratique.]
Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.


word: Theodicy
definition:
Theodicy

The*od"i*cy
(?)
n.
[NL. theodicaea, fr. Gr. _; God + _; right, justice: cf. F. théodicée.]
1.
A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

2.
That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.
Krauth-Fleming.


word: Theodolite
definition:
Theodolite

The*od"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Probably a corruption of the alidade. See Alidade.]
An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.

&hand_; The theodolite consists principally of a telescope, with cross wires in the focus of its object glass, clamped in Y's attached to a frame that is mounted so as to turn both on vertical and horizontal axes, the former carrying a vernier plate on a horizontal graduated plate or circle for azimuthal angles, and the latter a vertical graduated arc or semicircle for altitudes. The whole is furnished with levels and adjusting screws and mounted on a tripod.


word: Theodolitic
definition:
Theodolitic

The*od`o*lit"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.


word: Theogony
definition:
Theogony

The*og"o*ny
(?)
n.
[L. theogonia, Gr. _;; _; a god + the root of _; to be born. See Theism, and Genus.]
The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.


word: Theologaster
definition:
Theologaster

The*ol"o*gas`ter
(?)
n.
[Formed like poetaster: cf. F. théologastre.]
A pretender or quack in theology.
[R.]
Burton.


word: Theologian
definition:
Theologian

The`o*lo"gi*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. théologien, L. theologus, Gr. _;. See Theology.]
A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.


word: Theological
definition:
Theological

The`o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. theologicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. théologique.]
Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise.
The`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Theologize
definition:
Theologize

The*ol"o*gize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Theologized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Theologizing (?).]
[Cf. F. théologiser.]
To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.

School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.
Glanvill.


word: Theologize₂
definition:
Theologize

The*ol"o*gize
v. i.
To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.


word: Theologue
definition:
Theologue

The"o*logue
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. theologus, Gr. _;, and E. philologue.]
1.
A theologian.
Dryden.

Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind.
Young.

He [Jerome] was the theologue -- and the word is designation enough.
I. Taylor.

2.
A student in a theological seminary.
[Written also theolog.]
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Theology
definition:
Theology

The*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Theologies (#).
[L. theologia, Gr. _;; _; God + _; discourse: cf. F. théologie. See Theism, and Logic.]
The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) “the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.”

Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of “science of God”] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.).

Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man.
Gladstone.

Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic, Natural. -- Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned with moral character and conduct. -- Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only from revelation. -- Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods. -- Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy. -- Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that together shall constitute an organized whole. E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).


word: Theomachist
definition:
Theomachist

The*om"a*chist
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _;.]
One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.


word: Theomachy
definition:
Theomachy

The*om"a*chy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; a god + _; a battle.]
1.
A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.

2.
A battle or strife among the gods.
Gladstone.

3.
Opposition to God or the divine will.
Bacon.


word: Theomancy
definition:
Theomancy

The"o*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a god + -mancy: cf. F. théomancie, Gr. _; a spirit of prophecy,.]
A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.


word: Theopathic
definition:
Theopathic

Theopathetic

{ The`o*pa*thet"ic (?), The`o*path"ic (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to a theopathy.


word: Theopathy
definition:
Theopathy

The*op"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; God + _;, _;, to suffer, feel.]
Capacity for religious affections or worship.


word: Theophany
definition:
Theophany

The*oph"a*ny
(?)
n.
pl. -nies (#).
[Gr. _;; _; God + _; to appear.]
A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.


word: Theophilanthropic
definition:
Theophilanthropic

The`o*phil`an*throp"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.


word: Theophilanthropism
definition:
Theophilanthropism

The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism
(?)
n.
The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.


word: Theophilanthropist
definition:
Theophilanthropist

The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. théophilanthrope.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.


word: Theophilanthropy
definition:
Theophilanthropy

The`o*phi*lan"thro*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; God + E. philanthropy.]
Theophilanthropism.
Macaulay.


word: Theophilosophic
definition:
Theophilosophic

The`o*phil`o*soph"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; God + E. philosophic.]
Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.


word: Theopneustic
definition:
Theopneustic

The`op*neus"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; inspired of God; _; God + _; to blow, to breathe.]
Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.


word: Theopneusty
definition:
Theopneusty

The"op*neus`ty
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;.]
Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.


word: Theorbo
definition:
Theorbo

The*or"bo
(?)
n.
[F. théorbe, téorbe, formerly tuorbe, tiorbe, It. tiorba.]
(Mus.)
An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.

&hand_; A larger form of theorbo was also called the archlute, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.


word: Theorem
definition:
Theorem

The"o*rem
(?)
n.
[L. theorema, Gr. _; a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. _; to look at, _; a spectator: cf. F. théorème. See Theory.]
1.
That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.

Not theories, but theorems (_;), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.
Coleridge.

By the theorems,
Which your polite and terser gallants practice,
I re-refine the court, and civilize
Their barbarous natures.
Massinger.

2.
(Math.)
A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.

&hand_; A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a problem, which is something to be solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under Proposition, n., 5.

Binomial theorem. (Math.) See under Binomial. -- Negative theorem, a theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion. -- Particular theorem (Math.), a theorem which extends only to a particular quantity. -- Theorem of Pappus. (Math.) See Centrobaric method, under Centrobaric. -- Universal theorem (Math.), a theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction.


word: Theorematical
definition:
Theorematical

Theorematic

{ The`o*re*mat"ic (?), The`o*re*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.


word: Theoretical
definition:
Theoretical

Theoretic

{ The`o*ret"ic (?), The`o*ret"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. L. theoreticus, F. théorétique.]
Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
The`o*ret"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Theoretics
definition:
Theoretics

The`o*ret"ics
(?)
n.
The speculative part of a science; speculation.

At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before contemplation, ethics before theoretics.
H. B. Wilson.


word: Theoric
definition:
Theoric

The*or"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. théorique. See Theory.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the theorica.

2.
(pron. _;)
Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.
[Obs.]

A man but young,
Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic
In all humanity.
Massinger.


word: Theorica
definition:
Theorica

The*or"i*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; (sc. _;), fr. _; belonging to _; a public spectacle. See Theory.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.


word: Theorist
definition:
Theorist

The"o*rist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. théoriste.]
One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
Cowper.

The greatest theoretists have given the preference to such a government as that which obtains in this kingdom.
Addison.


word: Theorization
definition:
Theorization

The`o*ri*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.


word: Theorize
definition:
Theorize

The"o*rize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Theorized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Theorizing (?).]
[Cf. F. théoriser.]
To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.


word: Theory
definition:
Theory

The"o*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Theories (#).
[F. théorie, L. theoria, Gr. _; a beholding, spectacle, contemplation, speculation, fr. _; a spectator, _; to see, view. See Theater.]
1.
A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

&hand_; “This word is employed by English writers in a very loose and improper sense. It is with them usually convertible into hypothesis, and hypothesis is commonly used as another term for conjecture. The terms theory and theoretical are properly used in opposition to the terms practice and practical. In this sense, they were exclusively employed by the ancients; and in this sense, they are almost exclusively employed by the Continental philosophers.”  Sir W. Hamilton.


2.
An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.

3.
The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.

4.
The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.

Atomic theory, Binary theory, etc. See under Atomic, Binary, etc.


word: Theosophical
definition:
Theosophical

Theosophic

{ The`o*soph"ic (?), The`o*soph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. théosophique.]
Of or pertaining to theosophy.
The`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Theosophist
definition:
Theosophist

The*os"o*phist
(?)
n.
One addicted to theosophy.

The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his own, for its basis.
R. A. Vaughan.


word: Theosophize
definition:
Theosophize

The*os"o*phize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Theosophized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Theosophizing.]
To practice theosophy.
[R.]


word: Theosophy
definition:
Theosophy

The*os"o*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; knowledge of things divine, fr. _; wise in the things of God; _; God + _; wise: cf. F. théosophie.]
Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.


word: Therapeutae
definition:
Therapeutae

Ther`a*peu"tae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; (pl. _;) an attendant, servant, physician. See Therapeutic.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.


word: Therapeutical
definition:
Therapeutical

Therapeutic

{ Ther`a*peu"tic (?), Ther`a*peu"tic*al (?), }
a.
[F. thérapeutique, Gr. _;, from _; attendant, servant, _; to serve, take care of, treat medically, _; attendant, servant.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
Therapeutic
Sir T. Browne.

Medicine is justly distributed into “prophylactic,” or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.
I. Watts.


word: Therapeutics
definition:
Therapeutics

Ther`a*peu"tics
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. thérapeutique.]
That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.


word: Therapeutist
definition:
Therapeutist

Ther`a*peu"tist
(?)
n.
One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.


word: There
definition:
There

There
(?)
adv.
[OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr_;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron.]
1.
In or at that place.
there
Shak.

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Ge. ii. 8.

&hand_; In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. “Darkness there might well seem twilight here.” Milton.

2.
In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
Shak.

3.
To or into that place; thither.

The rarest that e'er came there.
Shak.

&hand_; There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

A knight there was, and that a worthy man.
Chaucer.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth.
Job xxviii. 7.

Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced.
Locke.

There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.
Suckling.

&hand_; There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

&hand_; There was formerly used in the sense of where.

Spend their good there it is reasonable.
Chaucer.

Here and there, in one place and another.


word: Thereabouts
definition:
Thereabouts

Thereabout

{ There"a*bout` (?), There"a*bouts` (?), }
adv.
[The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]
1.
Near that place.

2.
Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.

Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts.
Shak.

Some three months since, or thereabout.
Suckling.

3.
Concerning that; about that.
[R.]

What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
Chaucer.

They were much perplexed thereabout.
Luke xxiv. 4.


word: Thereafter
definition:
Thereafter

There*af"ter
(?)
adv.
[AS. ð&aemacr_;ræfter after that. See There, and After.]
1.
After that; afterward.

2.
According to that; accordingly.

I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Milton.

3.
Of that sort.
[Obs.]
thereafter
Latimer.


word: Thereagain
definition:
Thereagain

There"a*gain`
(?)
adv.
In opposition; against one's course.
[Obs.]

If that him list to stand thereagain.
Chaucer.


word: Thereat
definition:
Thereat

There*at"
(?)
adv.
1.
At that place; there.

Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.
Matt. vii. 13.

2.
At that occurrence or event; on that account.

Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat.
Hooker.


word: Therebiforn
definition:
Therebiforn

Therebefore

{ There`be*fore" (?), There`bi*forn" (?), }
adv.
Before that time; beforehand.
[Obs.]

Many a winter therebiforn.
Chaucer.


word: Thereby
definition:
Thereby

There*by"
(?)
adv.
1.
By that; by that means; in consequence of that.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job xxii. 21.

2.
Annexed to that.
Thereby
Shak.

3.
Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.
Chaucer.


word: Therefor
definition:
Therefor

There*for"
(?)
adv.
[There + for.  Cf. Therefore.]
For that, or this; for it.

With certain officers ordained therefore.
Chaucer.


word: Therefore
definition:
Therefore

There"fore
(?)
conj. & adv.
[OE. therfore. See There, and Fore, adv., For, and cf. Therefor.]
1.
For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.

I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
Luke xiv. 20.

Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matt. xix. 27.

2.
Consequently; by consequence.

He blushes; therefore he is guilty.
Spectator.


word: Therefrom
definition:
Therefrom

There*from"
(?)
adv.
From this or that.

Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left.
John. xxiii. 6.


word: Therein
definition:
Therein

There*in"
(?)
adv.
In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.
Wyclif.

He pricketh through a fair forest,
Therein is many a wild beast.
Chaucer.

Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Gen. ix. 7.

Therein our letters do not well agree.
Shak.


word: Thereinto
definition:
Thereinto

There`in*to"
(?)
adv.
Into that or this, or into that place.
Bacon.

Let not them . . . enter thereinto.
Luke xxi. 21.


word: Thereof
definition:
Thereof

There*of"
(?)
adv.
Of that or this.

In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.
Gen. ii. 17.


word: Thereon
definition:
Thereon

There*on"
(?)
adv.
[AS. _;_;ron. See There, and On.]
On that or this.
Chaucer.

Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Esther vii. 9.


word: Thereout
definition:
Thereout

There*out"
(?)
adv.
1.
Out of that or this.

He shall take thereout his handful of the flour.
Lev. ii. 2.

2.
On the outside; out of doors.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Thereto
definition:
Thereto

There*to"
(?)
adv.
1.
To that or this.
Chaucer.

2.
Besides; moreover.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red.
Chaucer.


word: Thereupon
definition:
Thereupon

There`up*on"
(?)
adv.
1.
Upon that or this; thereon.
thereupon
Zeph. ii. 7.

2.
On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.

[He] hopes to find you forward, . . . 
And thereupon he sends you this good news.
Shak.

3.
Immediately; at once; without delay.


word: Therewith
definition:
Therewith

There*with"
(?)
adv.
1.
With that or this.
therewith
Phil. iv. 11.

2.
In addition; besides; moreover.

To speak of strength and therewith hardiness.
Chaucer.

3.
At the same time; forthwith.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Therewithal
definition:
Therewithal

There`with*al"
(?)
adv.
1.
Over and above; besides; moreover.
[Obs.]
Daniel.

And therewithal it was full poor and bad.
Chaucer.

2.
With that or this; therewith; at the same time.

Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits.
Shak.

And therewithal one came and seized on her,
And Enid started waking.
Tennyson.


word: Therf
definition:
Therf

Therf
(?)
a.
[AS. _;eorf; akin to OHG. derb, Icel. _;jarfr.]
Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
[Obs.]

Pask and the feast of therf loaves.
Wyclif.


word: Theriaca
definition:
Theriaca

Theriac

{ The"ri*ac (?), &VerbarThe*ri"a*ca (?), }
n.
[L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of serpents, Gr. _;: cf. F. thériaque. See Treacle.]
1.
(Old Med.)
An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle.

2.
Treacle; molasses.
British Pharm.


word: Theriacal
definition:
Theriacal

Theriac

{ The"ri*ac (?), The*ri"a*cal (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. thériacal.]
Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.
Theriacal
Bacon.


word: Theriodontia
definition:
Theriodontia

The`ri*o*don"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; (dim. of _; a beast) + _;, _;, a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also Theromorpha.

&hand_; They had biconcave vertebrae, ambulatory limbs, and a well-developed pelvis and shoulder girdle. Some of the species had large maxillary teeth. The head somewhat resembled that of a turtle. The Dicynodont is one of the best-known examples. See Dicynodont.


word: Therm
definition:
Therm

Therm
(thẽrm)
n.
one of several units of heat, especially one equivalent to 1000 large calories, or 100,000 British thermal units.


word: Thermal
definition:
Thermal

Ther"mal
(?)
a.
[L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. _;, pl. of _; heat, fr. _; hot, warm, _; to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. formus warm, and E. forceps.]
1.
Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

The thermal condition of the earth.
J. D. Forbes.

2.
caused by or affected by heat; as, thermal springs.

3.
designed to retain heat; as, thermal underwear.

Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, and Spectrum. -- Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie, and under Unit.


word: Thermantidote
definition:
Thermantidote

Ther*man"ti*dote
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;  heat + E. antidote.]
A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties.
[India]
Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play?
Kipling.


word: Thermetograph
definition:
Thermetograph

Ther*met"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; heat + _; measure + -graph.]
A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.
Nichol.


word: Thermic
definition:
Thermic

Ther"mic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; heat.]
Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

Thermic balance. See Bolometer. -- Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.


word: Thermidor
definition:
Thermidor

Ther`mi`dor"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Gr. _; warm, hot.]
The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.


word: Thermifugine
definition:
Thermifugine

Ther*mif"u*gine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; heat + L. fugere to flee.]
(Chem.)
An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.


word: Thermo-
definition:
Thermo-

Ther"mo-
(?)
A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.


word: Thermoanesthesia
definition:
Thermoanesthesia

Thermoanaesthesia

{ Ther`mo*an`aes*the"si*a or Ther`mo*an`es*the"si*a  }
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Med.)
Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.


word: Thermobarograph
definition:
Thermobarograph

Ther`mo*bar"o*graph
(?)
n.
(Physics)
An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.


word: Thermobarometer
definition:
Thermobarometer

Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + barometer.]
1.
(Physics)
An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

2.
A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer.


word: Thermobattery
definition:
Thermobattery

Ther`mo*bat"ter*y
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + battery.]
A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.


word: Thermocautery
definition:
Thermocautery

Ther`mo*cau"ter*y
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + cautery.]
(Surg.)
Cautery by the application of heat.

Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor.


word: Thermochemical
definition:
Thermochemical

Thermochemic

{ Ther`mo*chem"ic (?), Ther`mo*chem"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Chem. Physics)
Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.


word: Thermochemistry
definition:
Thermochemistry

Ther`mo*chem"is*try
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + chemistry.]
That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.


word: Thermochroic
definition:
Thermochroic

Ther`mo*chro"ic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + Gr. _;, _;, color.]
Pertaining to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.


word: Thermochrosy
definition:
Thermochrosy

Ther*moch"ro*sy
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; coloring.]
(Physics)
The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.


word: Thermocurrent
definition:
Thermocurrent

Ther"mo*cur`rent
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + current.]
(Physics)
A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature between the junctions of the substances of which the circuit is composed.


word: Thermodin
definition:
Thermodin

Ther"mo*din
(?)
n.
[G., fr. Gr. _; heat.]
(Pharm.)
A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.


word: Thermodynamic
definition:
Thermodynamic

Ther`mo*dy*nam"ic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + dynamic.]
(Physics)
Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.

Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight, under Heat.


word: Thermodynamics
definition:
Thermodynamics

Ther`mo*dy*nam"ics
(?)
n.
The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.


word: Thermoelectric
definition:
Thermoelectric

Ther`mo*e*lec"tric
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.


word: Thermoelectric pair
definition:
Thermoelectric pair

Thermoelectric couple

{ Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple or Ther`mo*e*lec"tric pair }
(?)
(Elec.)
A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.


word: Thermoelectricity
definition:
Thermoelectricity

Ther`mo*e`lec*tric"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. thermoélectricité.]
(Physics)
Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.


word: Thermoelectrometer
definition:
Thermoelectrometer

Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + electrometer.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.


word: Thermogen
definition:
Thermogen

Ther"mo*gen
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + -gen.]
(Old Chem.)
Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.


word: Thermogenic
definition:
Thermogenic

Ther`mo*gen"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.


word: Thermograph
definition:
Thermograph

Ther"mo*graph
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + -graph.]
(Physics)
An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.


word: Thermography
definition:
Thermography

Ther*mog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + -graphy.]
Any process of writing involving the use of heat.


word: Thermojunction
definition:
Thermojunction

Ther`mo*junc"tion
(?)
n.
(Elec.)
A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.


word: Thermology
definition:
Thermology

Ther*mol"o*gy
(thẽr"m&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Thermo- + -logy.]
A discourse on, or an account of, heat.
Whewell.


word: Thermoluminescence
definition:
Thermoluminescence

Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence
(?)
n.
(Physics)
Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to X-rays.
Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cent (#), a.


word: Thermolysin
definition:
Thermolysin

Ther`mo*ly"sin
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose + -in.]
(Biochem.)
a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus, which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins.  It is used in studies of protein structure.  It has a molecular weight of about 37,500 and contains zinc and calcium in its active configuration.
[MI11]


word: Thermolysis
definition:
Thermolysis

Ther*mol"y*sis
(thẽr"m&obreve_;l"ĭ*sĭs)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose.]
(Chem.)
The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.


word: Thermolyze
definition:
Thermolyze

Ther"mo*lyze
(thẽr"mo̝*līz)
v. t.
(Chem.)
To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.


word: Thermomagnetism
definition:
Thermomagnetism

Ther`mo*mag"net*ism
(thẽr"mo̝*măg"nĕt*ĭz'm)
n.
[Thermo- + magnetism.]
Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.


word: Thermometer
definition:
Thermometer

Ther*mom"e*ter
(thẽr*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermomètre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

&hand_; The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting according to the temperature to which it is exposed, indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of the liquid column on a graduated scale. See Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and Réaumur.
[1913 Webster]
    To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, subtract 32° and multiply by 5/9; to reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit, multiply by 9/5 and add 32°.

Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under Air, Balance, etc. -- Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of rods or strips of metal. -- Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the instrument.  A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature.


word: Thermometrical
definition:
Thermometrical

Thermometric

{ Ther`mo*met"ric (?), Ther`mo*met"ric*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. thermométrique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.

2.
Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.


word: Thermometrically
definition:
Thermometrically

Ther`mo*met"ric*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.


word: Thermometrograph
definition:
Thermometrograph

Ther`mo*met"ro*graph
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; measure + -graph.]
(Physics)
An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.


word: Thermometry
definition:
Thermometry

Ther*mom"e*try
(?)
n.
The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.


word: Thermoneurosis
definition:
Thermoneurosis

Ther`mo*neu*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Med.)
(a)
A neurosis caused by exposure to heat.
(b)
A neurosis causing a rise or fall of a body's temperature.


word: Thermophilic
definition:
Thermophilic

Ther`mo*phil"ic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; loving + -ic.]
Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40° C (e.g. between 50° and 60°), and in some cases at temperatures that would kill ordinary microorganisms.  They are found in naturally hot locations, such as at hot springs or the thermal vents at the ocean bottom.


word: Thermophone
definition:
Thermophone

Ther"mo*phone
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + phone.]
1.
A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.

2.
A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.


word: Thermophore
definition:
Thermophore

Ther"mo*phore
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; -bearing, fr. fe`rein to bear.]
An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.


word: Thermopile
definition:
Thermopile

Ther"mo*pile
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + pile a heap.]
(Physics)
An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.


word: Thermoregulator
definition:
Thermoregulator

Ther`mo*reg"u*la`tor
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.


word: Thermoscope
definition:
Thermoscope

Ther"mo*scope
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + -scope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.


word: Thermoscopic
definition:
Thermoscopic

Ther`mo*scop"ic
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.


word: Thermosiphon
definition:
Thermosiphon

Ther`mo*si"phon
(?)
n.
An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.


word: Thermostable
definition:
Thermostable

Ther`mo*sta"ble
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + stable fixed.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55° C. without loss of special properties; -- said of proteins, immune substances, etc.


word: Thermostat
definition:
Thermostat

Ther"mo*stat
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; to make to stand.]
(Physics)
A device which automatically regulates temperature, or provides a signal used by another device to regulate temperature.  The temperature-sensitive signal may be electronic, as that produced by a thermocouple.  The signal may also be caused mechanically, as by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, which can then cause the opening or closing of the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.


word: Thermostatic
definition:
Thermostatic

Ther`mo*stat"ic
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.


word: Thermosystaltic
definition:
Thermosystaltic

Ther`mo*sys*tal"tic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + systaltic.]
(Physiol.)
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.


word: Thermotank
definition:
Thermotank

Ther"mo*tank
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + ank.]
A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water, air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating and ventilation systems.


word: Thermotaxic
definition:
Thermotaxic

Ther`mo*tax"ic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; arrangement.]
(Physiol.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.


word: Thermotaxis
definition:
Thermotaxis

Ther`mo*tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL.; thermo- + Gr. _; an arranging.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat.
(b)
Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.


word: Thermotensile
definition:
Thermotensile

Ther`mo*ten"sile
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.


word: Thermotension
definition:
Thermotension

Ther`mo*ten"sion
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + tension.]
A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.


word: Thermotherapy
definition:
Thermotherapy

Ther`mo*ther"a*py
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + therapy.]
(Med.)
Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.


word: Thermotical
definition:
Thermotical

Thermotic

{ Ther*mot"ic (?), Ther*mot"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; heat, fr. _; hot.]
Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.
Whewell.


word: Thermotonus
definition:
Thermotonus

Ther*mot"o*nus
(?)
n.
[NL.; thermo- + tonus.]
(Plant Physiol.)
A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature.


word: Thermotropism
definition:
Thermotropism

Ther*mot"ro*pism
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + Gr. _; to turn.]
(Bot.)
The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.


word: Thermotype
definition:
Thermotype

Ther"mo*type
(?)
n.
[Thermo- + -type.]
A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.


word: Thermovoltaic
definition:
Thermovoltaic

Ther`mo*vol*ta"ic
(?)
a.
[Thermo- + voltaic.]
(Physics)
Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.
Faraday.


word: Theroid
definition:
Theroid

The"roid
(?)
a.
[Gr. qh`r, qhro`s, wild beast + -oid.]
(Med.)
Resembling a beast in nature or habit; marked by animal characteristics; as, theroid idiocy.


word: Theromorpha
definition:
Theromorpha

The`ro*mor"pha
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.: Gr. qh`r beast + morfh` form.]
(Paleon.)
See Theriodonta.


word: Theropoda
definition:
Theropoda

The*rop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. qh`r a beast + _;, _;, foot.]
(Paleon.)
An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.


word: Thesaurus
definition:
Thesaurus

The*sau"rus
(?)
n.
pl. Thesauri (#).
[L. See Treasure.]
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.


word: These
definition:
These

These
(&thlig_;ēz)
pron.
[OE. þes, þaes, a variant of þas, pl. of þes, thes, this. See This, and cf. Those.]
The plural of this. See This.


word: Thesis
definition:
Thesis

The"sis
(?)
n.
pl. Theses (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to place, set. See Do, and cf. Anathema, Apothecary, Epithet, Hypothesis, Parenthesis, Theme, Tick a cover.]
1.
A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.

2.
Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.

I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them.
Goldsmith.

3.
(Logic)
An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

4.
(Mus.)
The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

5.
(Pros.)
(a)
The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
(b)
The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.


word: Thesmothete
definition:
Thesmothete

Thes"mo*thete
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; that which is established, a law (fr. _; to set) + _; a giver (also fr. _;).]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.


word: Thespian
definition:
Thespian

Thes"pi*an
(?)
a.
[From L. Thespis, Gr. _;, the founder of the Greek drama.]
Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.
n. An actor.


word: Thessalian
definition:
Thessalian

Thes*sa"li*an
(?)
a.
[Cf. L. Thessalius.]
Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.
Shak.
n. A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.


word: Thessalonian
definition:
Thessalonian

Thes`sa*lo"ni*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.
n. A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.


word: Theta
definition:
Theta

The"ta
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. qh^ta, the Greek letter θ, Θ.]
A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.

Theta function (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.


word: Thetical
definition:
Thetical

Thet"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; fit for placing, fr. _; to set, lay down. See Thesis.]
Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.
Dr. H. More.


word: Thetine
definition:
Thetine

The"tine
(?)
n.
[Thio + ether + sulphine.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.


word: Theurgical
definition:
Theurgical

Theurgic

{ The*ur"gic (?), The*ur"gic*al (?), }
a.
[L. theurgicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. théurgique.]
Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.

Theurgic hymns, songs of incantation.


word: Theurgist
definition:
Theurgist

The"ur*gist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. théurgiste.]
One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.
Hallywell.


word: Theurgy
definition:
Theurgy

The"ur*gy
(thē"ŭr*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. theurgia, Gr. qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God + 'e`rgon work: cf. F. théurgie. See Theism, and Work.]
1.
A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.

2.
A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.
Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

3.
In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.


word: Thew
definition:
Thew

Thew
(thū)
n.
[Chiefly used in the plural Thews (thūz).]
[OE. thew, þeau, manner, habit, strength, AS. þeáw manner, habit (cf. þ&ymacr_;wan to drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. √56.]
1.
Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
[Obs.]

For her great light
Of sapience, and for her thews clear.
Chaucer.

Evil speeches destroy good thews.
Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).

To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.
Spenser.

2.
Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
Shak.

And I myself, who sat apart
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the thews of Anakim,
The pules of a Titan's heart.
Tennyson.


word: Thewed
definition:
Thewed

Thewed
(thūd)
a.
1.
Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.

2.
Accustomed; mannered.
[Obs.]
John Skelton.

Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill.
Spenser.


word: They
definition:
They

They
(&thlig_;ā)
pron. pl.
poss. Theirs; obj. Them
[Icel. þeir they, properly nom. pl. masc. of sā, sū, þat, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the English definite article, AS. sē, seó, ðaet, nom. pl. ðā. See That.]
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.

Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest
And casten hem [them] full early for to sail.
Chaucer.

They of Italy salute you.
Heb. xiii. 24.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Matt. v. 6.

&hand_; They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit), that is, it is said by persons not specified.


word: Thialdine
definition:
Thialdine

Thi*al"dine
(?)
n.
[Thio- + aldehyde + -ine.]
(Chem.)
A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, C6H13NS2.


word: Thialol
definition:
Thialol

Thi"al*ol
(?)
n.
[Thio- + alcohol + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
A colorless oily liquid, (C2H5)2S2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.


word: Thibet cloth
definition:
Thibet cloth

Thib"et cloth`
(?)
(a)
A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
(b)
A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.


word: Thible
definition:
Thible

Thi"ble
(?)
n.
A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ainsworth.


word: Thick
definition:
Thick

Thick
(thĭk)
a.
[Compar. Thicker (-ẽr); superl. Thickest.]
[OE. thicke, AS. þicce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. þykkr, þjökkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh.  Cf. Tight.]
1.
Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.

Were it as thick as is a branched oak.
Chaucer.

My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings xii. 10.

2.
Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.

3.
Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.

Make the gruel thick and slab.
Shak.

4.
Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
thick
Sir W. Scott.

5.
Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

The people were gathered thick together.
Luke xi. 29.

Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood.
Dryden.

6.
Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

7.
Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
[R.]
Shak.

8.
Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
Shak.

His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible.
Shak.

9.
Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
[Colloq.]

We have been thick ever since.
T. Hughes.

&hand_; Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.

Thick register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7. -- Thick stuff (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. J. Knowles.


word: Thick₂
definition:
Thick

Thick
n.
1.
The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

In the thick of the dust and smoke.
Knolles.

2.
A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
Spenser.

He through a little window cast his sight
Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
Dryden.

Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle. -- Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small.

Through thick and thin she followed him.
Hudibras.

He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy.
Coleridge.


word: Thick₃
definition:
Thick

Thick
(thĭk)
adv.
[AS. þicce.]
1.
Frequently; fast; quick.

2.
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

3.
To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.

Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] L'Estrange.


word: Thick₄
definition:
Thick

Thick
v. t. & i.
[Cf. AS. þiccian.]
To thicken.
[R.]

The nightmare Life-in-death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
Coleridge.


word: Thicken
definition:
Thicken

Thick"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thickened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word).
Specifically:

And this may to thicken other proofs.
Shak.


word: Thicken₂
definition:
Thicken

Thick"en
v. i.
To become thick.
thickens
Shak.

The press of people thickens to the court.
Dryden.

The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.
Dryden.


word: Thicket
definition:
Thicket

Thick"et
(?)
n.
[AS. þiccet. See Thick, a.]
A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
Gen. xxii. 13.


word: Thickhead
definition:
Thickhead

Thick"head`
(?)
n.
1.
A thick-headed or stupid person.
[Colloq.]

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus Pachycephala. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.


word: Thickness
definition:
Thickness

Thick"ness
n.
[AS. _;icnes.]
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).


word: Thickset
definition:
Thickset

Thick"set`
(?)
a.
1.
Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.
Dryden.

2.
Having a short, thick body; stout.


word: Thickset₂
definition:
Thickset

Thick"set`
n.
1.
A close or thick hedge.

2.
A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
McElrath.


word: Thickskin
definition:
Thickskin

Thick"skin`
(?)
n.
A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.


word: Thick-skinned
definition:
Thick-skinned

Thick"-skinned`
(?)
a.
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
Holland.


word: Thick-skulled
definition:
Thick-skulled

Thick"-skulled`
(?)
a.
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.


word: Thick wind
definition:
Thick wind

Thick" wind`
(?)
(Far.)
A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.


word: Thief
definition:
Thief

Thief
(thēf)
n.
pl. Thieves (thēvz).
[OE. thef, theef, AS. þeóf; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. þj&omacrfr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. þiufs, þiubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch down.  Cf. Theft.]
1.
One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.

There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
Chaucer.

Where thieves break through and steal.
Matt. vi. 19.

2.
A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Bp. Hall.

Thief catcher. Same as Thief taker. -- Thief leader, one who leads or takes away a thief. L'Estrange. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.]

Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night.
Shak.

Some roving robber calling to his fellows.
Milton.


word: Thienone
definition:
Thienone

Thi"e*none
(?)
n.
[Thienyl + ketone.]
(Chem.)
A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C4H3S)2.CO, by the action of aluminum chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.


word: Thienyl
definition:
Thienyl

Thi"e*nyl
(?)
n.
[Thiophene + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical C4H3S., regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.


word: Thieve
definition:
Thieve

Thieve
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Thieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thieving.]
[AS. geþeófian.]
To practice theft; to steal.


word: Thievery
definition:
Thievery

Thiev"er*y
(?)
n.
1.
The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest.
South.

2.
That which is stolen.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Thievish
definition:
Thievish

Thiev"ish
a.
1.
Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.

2.
Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.

Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Shak.

3.
Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.

Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce
A thievish living on the common road.
Shak.


word: Thigh
definition:
Thigh

Thigh
(thī)
n.
[OE. thi, þih, þeh, AS. þeóh; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. þj&omacr thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals. √56.]
1.
(Anat.)
The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

2.
(Zool.)
The coxa, or femur, of an insect.

Thigh bone (Anat.), the femur.


word: Thigmotaxis
definition:
Thigmotaxis

Thig`mo*tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; touch + _; an arranging.]
(Physiol.)
The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance.
&hand_; When the movement is away from the touching body, it is negative thigmotaxis; when towards it, positive thigmotaxis.


word: Thilk
definition:
Thilk

Thilk
(?)
pron.
[Cf. Ilk same.]
That same; this; that.
[Obs.]
thilk
Spenser.

Thou spake right now of thilke traitor death.
Chaucer.


word: Thill
definition:
Thill

Thill
(?)
n.
[OE. thille, AS. _;ille a board, plank, beam, thill; akin to _;el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G. diele, OHG. dili, dilla, Icel. _;ilja a plank, planking, a thwart, _;ili a wainscot, plank; cf. Skr. tala a level surface. √236.  Cf. Fill a thill, Deal a plank.]
1.
One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

2.
(Mining)
The floor of a coal mine.
Raymond.

Thill coupling, a device for connecting the thill of a vehicle to the axle.


word: Thiller
definition:
Thiller

Thill"er
(?)
n.
The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.


word: Thimble
definition:
Thimble

Thim"ble
(?)
n.
[OE. thimbil, AS. _;_;mel, fr. _;_;ma a thumb. √56. See Thumb.]
1.
A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.

2.
(Mech.)
Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
(a)
A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
(b)
A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
(c)
A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.

3.
(Naut.)
A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.


word: Thimbleberry
definition:
Thimbleberry

Thim"ble*ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.


word: Thimbleful
definition:
Thimbleful

Thim"ble*ful
(?)
n.
pl. Thimblefuls (_;).
As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love.
Dryden.


word: Thimblerig
definition:
Thimblerig

Thim"ble*rig`
(?)
n.
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.


word: Thimblerig₂
definition:
Thimblerig

Thim"ble*rig`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thimblerigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thimblerigging.]
To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.


word: Thimbleweed
definition:
Thimbleweed

Thim"ble*weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.


word: Thin
definition:
Thin

Thin
(?)
a.
[Compar. Thiner (?); superl. Thinest.]
[OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. _; (in comp.) stretched out, _; stretched, stretched out, long, Skr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. _;enian to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. _;enja, Goth. _;anjan (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, Gr. _; to stretch, Skr. tan. √51 & 237.   Cf. Attenuate, Dance, Tempt, Tenable, Tend to move, Tenous, Thunder, Tone.]
1.
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

2.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
Shak.

In the day, when the air is more thin.
Bacon.

Satan, bowing low
His gray dissimulation, disappeared,
Into thin air diffused.
Milton.

3.
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
Addison.

4.
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.
Gen. xli. 6.

5.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

6.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.
Dryden.

7.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

My tale is done, for my wit is but thin.
Chaucer.

&hand_; Thin is used in the formation of compounds which are mostly self-explaining; as, thin-faced, thin-lipped, thin-peopled, thin-shelled, and the like.

Thin section. See under Section.


word: Thin₂
definition:
Thin

Thin
adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

Spain is thin sown of people.
Bacon.


word: Thin₃
definition:
Thin

Thin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thinning.]
[Cf. AS. geþynnian.]
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).


word: Thin₄
definition:
Thin

Thin
v. i.
To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.


word: Thine
definition:
Thine

Thine
(&thlig_;īn)
pron. & a.
[OE. thin, AS. ðīn, originally gen. of ðu, ðū, thou; akin to G. dein thine, Icel. þinn, possessive pron., þīn, gen. of þū thou, Goth. þeins, possessive pron., þeina, gen. of þu thou. See Thou, and cf. Thy.]
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

&hand_; In the old style, thine was commonly shortened to thi (thy) when used attributively before words beginning with a consonant; now, thy is used also before vowels. Thine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood.


word: Thing
definition:
Thing

Thing
(thĭng)
n.
[AS. þing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to þingan to negotiate, þingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding a thing, formerly also, an assembly, court, Icel. þing a thing, assembly, court, Sw. & Dan. ting; perhaps originally used of the transaction of or before a popular assembly, or the time appointed for such an assembly; cf. G. dingen to bargain, hire, MHG. dingen to hold court, speak before a court, negotiate, Goth. þeihs time, perhaps akin to L. tempus time.  Cf. Hustings, and Temporal of time.]
1.
Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

God made . . . every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind.
Gen. i. 25.

He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt.
Gen. xiv. 23.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Keats.

2.
An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

Ye meads and groves, unconscious things!
Cowper.

3.
A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

[And Jacob said] All these things are against me.
Gen. xlii. 36.

Which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matt. xxi. 24.

4.
A portion or part; something.

Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom.
Tillotson.

5.
A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.

See, sons, what things you are!
Shak.

The poor thing sighed, and . . . turned from me.
Addison.

I'll be this abject thing no more.
Granville.

I have a thing in prose.
Swift.

6.
pl.
Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
[Colloq.]

&hand_; Formerly, the singular was sometimes used in a plural or collective sense.

And them she gave her moebles and her thing.
Chaucer.

&hand_; Thing was used in a very general sense in Old English, and is still heard colloquially where some more definite term would be used in careful composition.

In the garden [he] walketh to and fro,
And hath his things [i. e., prayers, devotions] said full courteously.
Chaucer.

Hearkening his minstrels their things play.
Chaucer.

7.
(Law)
Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.

8.
[In this sense pronounced tĭng.]
In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
Longfellow.

Things personal. (Law) Same as Personal property, under Personal. -- Things real. Same as Real property, under Real.


word: Ting
definition:
Ting

Thing

{ Thing, &VerbarTing  }
(?)
n.
[Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting.]
In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.


word: Think
definition:
Think

Think
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking.]
[OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. þyncean (cf. Methinks), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. þencean (imp. þ&omacrhte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dünken, Icel. þekkja to perceive, to know, þykkja to seem, Goth. þagkjan, þaggkjan, to think, þygkjan to think, to seem, OL. tongere to know.  Cf. Thank, Thought.]
1.
To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

&hand_; These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions me is in the dative case.

2.
To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.

For that I am
I know, because I think.
Dryden.

3.
(a)
To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.

Well thought upon; I have it here.
Shak.

And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Mark xiv. 72.

He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Luke xii. 17.

Let them marry to whom they think best.
Num. xxxvi. 6.

I thought to promote thee unto great honor.
Num. xxiv. 11.

Thou thought'st to help me.
Shak.

Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
Matt. iii. 9.

&hand_; To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts preeminently rational; to judge; to compare; to reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as “comprehending all our collective energies.” It is defined by Mansel as “the act of knowing or judging by means of concepts,”by Lotze as “the reaction of the mind on the material supplied by external influences.” See Thought.

To think better of. See under Better. -- To think much of, or To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem highly.


word: Think₂
definition:
Think

Think
v. t.
1.
To conceive; to imagine.

Charity . . . thinketh no evil.
1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.

2.
To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
[Obs.]

So little womanhood
And natural goodness, as to think the death
Of her own son.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Nor think superfluous other's aid.
Milton.

To think much, to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.] “[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies.” Milton. -- To think scorn. (a) To disdain. [Obs.] “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. (b) To feel indignation. [Obs.]


word: Thinker
definition:
Thinker

Think"er
(?)
n.
One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.


word: Thinking
definition:
Thinking

Think"ing
a.
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
Think"ing*ly, adv.


word: Thinking₂
definition:
Thinking

Think"ing
n.
The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.

I heard a bird so sing,
Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.
Shak.


word: Thinly
definition:
Thinly

Thin"ly
(?)
a.
In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.


word: Thinolite
definition:
Thinolite

Thin"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, shore + -lite.]
(Min.)
A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.


word: Thio-
definition:
Thio-

Thi"o-
(?)
[Gr. _; brimstone, sulphur.]
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. See Sulpho-.


word: Thionaphthene
definition:
Thionaphthene

Thi`o*naph"thene
(?)
n.
[Thiophene + naphthalene.]
(Chem.)
A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.
[Written also thionaphtene.]


word: Thionic
definition:
Thionic

Thi*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; brimstone, sulphur.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids.  Cf. Dithionic, Trithionic, Tetrathionic, etc.


word: Thionine
definition:
Thionine

Thi"on*ine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; brimstone, sulphur.]
(Chem.)
An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet.


word: Thionol
definition:
Thionol

Thi"on*ol
(?)
n.
[Thionine + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.


word: Thionoline
definition:
Thionoline

Thi*on"o*line
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.


word: Thionyl
definition:
Thionyl

Thi"on*yl
(?)
n.
[Thionic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.


word: Thiophene
definition:
Thiophene

Thi"o*phene
(?)
n.
[Thio- + phenyl + -ene.]
(Chem.)
A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.


word: Thiophenic
definition:
Thiophenic

Thi`o*phen"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.


word: Thiophenol
definition:
Thiophenol

Thi`o*phe"nol
(?)
n.
[Thio- + phenol.]
(Chem.)
A colorless mobile liquid, C6H5.SH, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.


word: Thiophthene
definition:
Thiophthene

Thi*oph"thene
(?)
n.
[Abbreviated from thionaphthene.]
(Chem.)
A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
[Written also thiophtene.]


word: Thiosulphate
definition:
Thiosulphate

Thi`o*sul"phate
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.

&hand_; The sodium salt called in photography by the name sodium hyposulphite, being used as a solvent for the excess of unchanged silver chloride, bromide, and iodide on the sensitive plate.


word: Thiosulphuric
definition:
Thiosulphuric

Thi`o*sul*phur"ic
(?)
a.
[Thio- + sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.


word: Thiotolene
definition:
Thiotolene

Thi`o*to"lene
(?)
n.
[Thio- + toluene.]
(Chem.)
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.


word: Thioxene
definition:
Thioxene

Thi*ox"ene
(?)
n.
[Thiophene + xylene.]
(Chem.)
Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.


word: Third
definition:
Third

Third
(thẽrd)
a.
[OE. thirde, AS. þridda, fr. þrī, þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t&rsdot_;tīya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1.
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
third
Chaucer.

2.
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état. Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1. -- Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7. -- Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.


word: Third₂
definition:
Third

Third
(?)
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

2.
The sixtieth part of a second of time.

3.
(Mus.)
The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

4.
pl.
(Law)
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones. -- Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.


word: Thirdings
definition:
Thirdings

Third"ings
(?)
n. pl.
(Eng. Law)
The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.


word: Third-penny
definition:
Third-penny

Third"-pen`ny
(?)
n.
(A.S. Law)
A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.


word: Third rail
definition:
Third rail

Third rail
(Electric Railways)
(a)
The third rail used in the third-rail system.
(b)
An electric railway using such a rail.
[Colloq.]


word: Third-rail system
definition:
Third-rail system

Third-rail system
(Electric Railways)
A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.


word: Thirl
definition:
Thirl

Thirl
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thirled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling.]
[See Thrill.]
To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.
[Obs. or Prov.]

That with a spear was thirled his breast bone.
Chaucer.


word: Thirlage
definition:
Thirlage

Thirl"age
(?)
n.
[Cf. Thrall.]
(Scots Law)
The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
Erskine.


word: Thirst
definition:
Thirst

Thirst
(thẽrst)
n.
[OE. thirst, þurst, AS. þurst, þyrst; akin to D. dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become dry, tesai`nein to dry up, Skr. t&rsdot_;sh to thirst. √54.  Cf. Torrid.]
1.
A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our children . . . with thirst?
Ex. xvii. 3.

With thirst, with cold, with hunger so confounded.
Chaucer.

2.
Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Thirst
Fairfax.
thirst
Milton.


word: Thirst₂
definition:
Thirst

Thirst
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thirsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirsting.]
[AS. þyrstan. See Thirst, n.]
1.
To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

The people thirsted there for water.
Ex. xvii. 3.

2.
To have a vehement desire.

My soul thirsteth for . . . the living God.
Ps. xlii. 2.


word: Thirst₃
definition:
Thirst

Thirst
v. t.
To have a thirst for.
[R.]

He seeks his keeper's flesh, and thirsts his blood.
Prior.


word: Thirsty
definition:
Thirsty

Thirst"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Thirstier (?); superl. Thirstiest.]
[AS. _;urstig. See Thirst, n.]
1.
Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.

Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.
Judges iv. 19.

2.
Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.

A dry and thirsty land, where no water is.
Ps. lxiii. 1.

When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant.
Addison.


word: Thirteen
definition:
Thirteen

Thir"teen`
(thẽr"tēn`)
a.
[OE. threttene, AS. þreótēne, þreótyne. See Three, and Ten, and cf. Thirty.]
One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.


word: Thirteen₂
definition:
Thirteen

Thir"teen`
n.
1.
The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.


word: Thirteenth
definition:
Thirteenth

Thir"teenth`
(thẽr"tēnth`)
a.
[From Thirteen: cf. AS. þreóteóða.]
1.
Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day of the month.

2.
Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Thirteenth₂
definition:
Thirteenth

Thir"teenth`
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

2.
The next in order after the twelfth.

3.
(Mus.)
The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.


word: Thirtieth
definition:
Thirtieth

Thir"ti*eth
(?)
a.
[From Thirty: cf. AS. þrītig&omacrða.]
1.
Next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month.

2.
Constituting or being one of thirty equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Thirty
definition:
Thirty

Thir"ty
(?)
a.
[OE. thritty, AS. þrītig, þrittig; akin to D. dertig, G. dreissig, Icel. þrjātīu, þrjātigi, þrir teger, Goth. þreis tigjus, i.e., three tens. See Three, and Ten, and cf. Thirteen.]
Being three times ten; consisting of one more than twenty-nine; twenty and ten; as, the month of June consists of thirty days.


word: Thirty₂
definition:
Thirty

Thir"ty
(?)
n.
pl. Thirties (_;).
1.
The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects.

2.
A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX.


word: Thirty-second
definition:
Thirty-second

Thir"ty-sec`ond
(?)
a.
Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.

Thirty-second note (Mus.), the thirty-second part of a whole note; a demi-semiquaver.


word: This
definition:
This

This
(&thlig_;ĭs)
pron. & a.
pl. These (&thlig_;ēz).
[OE. this, thes, AS. ðēs, masc., ðeós, fem., ðis, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. þessi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See The, That, and cf. These, Those.]
1.
As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.

When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart.
Acts ii. 37.

But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched.
Matt. xxiv. 43.

2.
As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

&hand_; This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1.

This way and that wavering sails they bend.
Pope.

A body of this or that denomination is produced.
Boyle.

Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow.
Hooker.

Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him.
Dryden.

Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end.
Addison.

&hand_; This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole.

This twenty years have I been with thee..
Gen. xxxi. 38.

I have not wept this years; but now
My mother comes afresh into my eyes.
Dryden.


word: Thistle
definition:
Thistle

This"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. thistil, AS. þistel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. þistill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.]
(Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.

Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. -- Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. -- Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. -- Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium. -- Fuller's thistle, the teasel. -- Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe, Melon, etc. -- Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. -- Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. -- Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. -- Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle. -- Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea. -- Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See Cereus. -- Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.

Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under Goldfinch. -- Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also painted lady. -- Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting (Emberiza militaria). [Prov. Eng.] -- Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. -- Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] -- Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth.


word: Thistly
definition:
Thistly

This"tly
(?)
a.
1.
Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.

2.
Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

In such a world, so thorny, and where none
Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found,
Without some thistly sorrow at its side.
Cowper.


word: Thither
definition:
Thither

Thith"er
(?)
adv.
[OE. thider, AS. ðider; akin to E. that; cf. Icel. þaðra there, Goth. þaþr&omacr thence. See That, and The.]
1.
To that place; -- opposed to hither.

This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither.
Gen. xix. 20.

Where I am, thither ye can not come.
John vii. 34.

2.
To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.

Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and another.


word: Thither₂
definition:
Thither

Thith"er
(?)
a.
1.
Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
W. D. Howells.

2.
Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.
Huxley.


word: Thitherward
definition:
Thitherward

Thith"er*ward
(?)
adv.
To ward that place; in that direction.

They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward.
Jer. l. 5.


word: Thitsee
definition:
Thitsee

Thit"see
(?)
n.
[Written also theesee, and thietsie.]
1.
(Bot.)
The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).

2.
A black varnish obtained from the tree.


word: Thlipsis
definition:
Thlipsis

Thlip"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; pressure, fr. _; to press.]
(Med.)
Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause.


word: Thole
definition:
Thole

Thole
(?)
n.
[Written also thowel, and thowl.]
[OE. thol, AS. þol; akin to D. dol, Icel. þollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
1.
A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
Longfellow.

2.
The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.

Thole pin. Same as Thole.


word: Thole₂
definition:
Thole

Thole
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tholed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.]
[OE. þolen, þolien, AS. þolian; akin to OS. thol&omacrn, OHG. dolēn, G. geduld patience, dulden to endure, Icel. þola, Sw. tåla, Dan. taale, Goth. þulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear, tollere to lift, bear, Gr. _; to bear, Skr. tul to lift. √55.  Cf. Tolerate.]
To bear; to endure; to undergo.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Gower.

So much woe as I have with you tholed.
Chaucer.

To thole the winter's steely dribble.
Burns.


word: Thomean
definition:
Thomean

Thomaean

{ Tho*mae"an, Tho*me"an}
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.


word: Thomaism
definition:
Thomaism

Thomism

{ Tho"mism (?), Tho"ma*ism (?), }
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace.


word: Thomsenolite
definition:
Thomsenolite

Thom"sen*o*lite
(?)
n.
[Named after Dr. J. Thomsen of Copenhagen. See -lite.]
(Min.)
A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland.


word: Thomsen's disease
definition:
Thomsen's disease

Thom"sen's dis*ease"
(?)
[From Thomsen, a physician of Sleswick.]
(Med.)
An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.


word: Thomsonian
definition:
Thomsonian

Thom*so"ni*an
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism.
n. A believer in Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.


word: Thomsonianism
definition:
Thomsonianism

Thom*so"ni*an*ism
(?)
n.
(Med.)
An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.


word: Thomsonite
definition:
Thomsonite

Thom"son*ite
(?)
n.
[From R. D. Thomson, of Glasgow.]
(Min.)
A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.


word: Thomson process
definition:
Thomson process

Thomson process
[After Elihu Thomson, American inventor.]
A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.


word: Thong
definition:
Thong

Thong
(?)
n.
[OE. thong, þwong, thwang, AS. þwang; akin to Icel. þvengr a thong, latchet. √57.  Cf. Twinge.]
A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.

And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide.
Dryden.

Thong seal (Zool.), the bearded seal. See the Note under Seal.


word: Thooid
definition:
Thooid

Tho"oid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, _;, the jacal + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a group of carnivores, including the wovels and the dogs.


word: Thor
definition:
Thor

Thor
(?)
n.
[Icel. þ&omacrrs.  Cf. Thursday.]
(Scand. Myth.)
The god of thunder, and son of Odin.


word: Thoracentesis
definition:
Thoracentesis

Tho`ra*cen*te"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; thorax + _; pricking, from _; to prick, stab.]
(Surg.)
The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.


word: Thoracic
definition:
Thoracic

Tho*rac"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. thoracique.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.

Thoracic duct (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.


word: Thoracic₂
definition:
Thoracic

Tho*rac"ic
n.
[Cf. F. thoracique.]
(Zool.)
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.


word: Thoracica
definition:
Thoracica

Tho*rac"i*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.


word: Thoracoplasty
definition:
Thoracoplasty

Tho`ra*co*plas"ty
(?)
n.
[Thorax + plasty.]
(Med.)
A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.


word: Thoracostraca
definition:
Thoracostraca

Tho`ra*cos"tra*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Thorax, and Ostracoid, a.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec_; _;_;niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.


word: Thoracotomy
definition:
Thoracotomy

Tho`ra*cot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, thorax + _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.


word: Thorax
definition:
Thorax

Tho"rax
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
1.
(Anat.)
The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.

&hand_; In mammals the thoracic cavity is completely separated from the abdominal by the diaphragm, but in birds and many reptiles the separation is incomplete, while in other reptiles, and in amphibians and fishes, there is no marked separation and no true thorax.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.
(b)
The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.

3.
(Antiq.)
A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.


word: Thoria
definition:
Thoria

Tho"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL. See Thorite.]
(Chem.)
A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.


word: Thorite
definition:
Thorite

Tho"rite
(?)
n.
[So called by Berzelius from the Scandinavian god Thor. See Thor.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium.


word: Thorium
definition:
Thorium

Tho"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Thorite.]
(Chem.)
A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.


word: Thorn
definition:
Thorn

Thorn
(?)
n.
[AS. þorn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. törne, Icel. þorn, Goth. þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t&rsdot_;&nsdot_;a grass, blade of grass. √53.]
1.
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

2.
(Bot.)
Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

3.
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
2 Cor. xii. 7.

The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares,
Be only mine.
Southern.

4.
The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter _;, capital form _;. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.

Thorn apple (Bot.), Jamestown weed. -- Thorn broom (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns. -- Thorn hedge, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes. -- Thorn devil. (Zool.) See Moloch, 2. -- Thorn hopper (Zool.), a tree hopper (Thelia crataegi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees.


word: Thorn₂
definition:
Thorn

Thorn
v. t.
To prick, as with a thorn.
[Poetic]

I am the only rose of all the stock
That never thorn'd him.
Tennyson.


word: Thornback
definition:
Thornback

Thorn"back`
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.

2.
(Zool.)
The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).


word: Thornbill
definition:
Thornbill

Thorn"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.


word: Thornbird
definition:
Thornbird

Thorn"bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.


word: Thorn-headed
definition:
Thorn-headed

Thorn"-head`ed
(?)
a.
Having a head armed with thorns or spines.

Thorn-headed worm (Zool.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.


word: Thorntail
definition:
Thorntail

Thorn"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.


word: Thorny
definition:
Thorny

Thorn"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Thornier (?); superl. Thorniest.]
[Cf. AS. þorniht.]
1.
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.

2.
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
thorny
Shak.

The steep and thorny way to heaven.
Shak.

Thorny rest-harrow (Bot.), rest-harrow. -- Thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (Fagonia Cretica, etc.).


word: Thorough₂
definition:
Thorough

Thor"ough
a.
1.
Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
[Obs.]

2.
Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.


word: Thorough₄
definition:
Thorough

Thor"ough
n.
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Thorough bass
definition:
Thorough bass

Thor"ough bass`
(?)
(Mus.)
The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.


word: Thorough-brace
definition:
Thorough-brace

Thor"ough-brace`
(?)
n.
A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.


word: Thoroughbred
definition:
Thoroughbred

Thor"ough*bred`
(?)
a.
Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
n. A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.


word: Thoroughfare
definition:
Thoroughfare

Thor"ough*fare`
(?)
n.
[AS. þurhfaru.]
1.
A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public road; hence, a frequented street.

A large and splendid thoroughfare.
Motley.

2.
A passing or going through; passage.
[R.]

[Made] Hell and this world -- one realm, one continent
Of easy thoroughfare.
Milton.


word: Thoroughgoing
definition:
Thoroughgoing

Thor"ough*go`ing
(?)
a.
1.
Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

2.
Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense.


word: Thorough-lighted
definition:
Thorough-lighted

Thor"ough-light`ed
(?)
a.
(Arch.)
Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building.
Gwilt.


word: Thoroughpaced
definition:
Thoroughpaced

Thor"ough*paced`
(?)
a.
Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.

If she be a thoroughplaced impostor.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Thoroughpin
definition:
Thoroughpin

Thor"ough*pin`
(?)
n.
(Far.)
A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.


word: Thoroughstitch
definition:
Thoroughstitch

Thor"ough*stitch`
(?)
adv.
So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.
[Obs.]

Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch.
L'Estrange.


word: Thoroughwax
definition:
Thoroughwax

Thor"ough*wax`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
(b)
Thoroughwort.


word: Thorpe
definition:
Thorpe

Thorp

{ Thorp, Thorpe}
(thôrp)
n.
[AS. þorp; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. þorp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. þaúrp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to L. turba a crowd, mult.  Cf. Dorp.]
A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.
thorp
Fairfax.

Then thorpe and byre arose in fire.
Tennyson.


word: Those
definition:
Those

Those
(?)
pron.
[OE. þos, þas, AS. ðās, nom. and acc. pl. of ðēs this. See This, and cf. These.]
The plural of that. See That.


word: Thoth
definition:
Thoth

Thoth
(?)
n.
1.
(Myth.)
The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb.

2.
(Zool.)
The Egyptian sacred baboon.


word: thou
definition:
thou

thou
(&thlig_;ou)
pron.
[Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy (&thlig_;ī) or Thine (&thlig_;īn); obj. Thee (&thlig_;ē). Pl.: nom. You (yō); poss. Your (yōr) or Yours (yōrz); obj. You.]
[OE. thou, þu, AS. ðū, ðu; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. þū, Goth. þu, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam.  √185.  Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.]
The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.

Art thou he that should come?
Matt. xi. 3.

&hand_; “In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.”
Skeat.

&hand_; Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou.


word: Thou
definition:
Thou

Thou
v. t.
To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt.

If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss.
Shak.


word: Though
definition:
Though

Though
(&thlig_;&omacr)
conj.
[OE. thogh, þah, AS. ðeáh, ð&aemacr_;h, ðēh; akin to OS. th&omacrh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þ&omacr yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. þáuh, þáu, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin.  √184.]
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
Job xiii. 15.

Not that I so affirm, though so it seem.
Milton.

&hand_; It is compounded with all in although. See Although.

As though, as if.

In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded.
Gen. xl. 10.


word: Though₂
definition:
Though

Though
adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.

I would not be as sick though for his place.
Shak.

A good cause would do well, though.
Dryden.


word: Thought₂
definition:
Thought

Thought
n.
[OE. þoght, þouht, AS. þ&omacrht, geþ&omacrht, fr. þencean to think; akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. dāht, gedāht, Icel. þ&omacrttr, þ&omacrtti. See Think.]
1.
The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.
Dr. T. Dwight.

2.
Meditation; serious consideration.

Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
Roscommon.

3.
That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.

Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
Pope.

Why do you keep alone, . . . 
Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
With them they think on?
Shak.

Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject.
Dryden.

All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Ps. lvi. 5.

4.
Solicitude; anxious care; concern.

Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.
Bacon.

Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.
Matt. vi. 25.

5.
A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
[Colloq.]

If the hair were a thought browner.
Shak.

&hand_; Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current, denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very highest intellectual functions, especially those usually comprehended under judgment.

This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the “elaborative faculty,” -- the faculty of relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is properly denominated thought.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Thoughtful
definition:
Thoughtful

Thought"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades.
Pope.

2.
Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth.
Glanvill.

3.
Anxious; solicitous; concerned.

Around her crowd distrust, and doubt, and fear,
And thoughtful foresight, and tormenting care.
Prior.


word: Thoughtless
definition:
Thoughtless

Thought"less
adv.
1.
Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

2.
Giddy; gay; dissipated.
[R.]
Johnson.

3.
Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.

Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain.
Dryden.


word: Thousand
definition:
Thousand

Thou"sand
(?)
n.
[OE. þousend, þusend, AS. þūsend; akin to OS. thūsundig, thūsind, OFries. thusend, D. duizend, G. tausend, OHG. tūsunt, dūsunt, Icel. þūsund, þūshund, Sw. tusen, Dan. tusind, Goth. þūsundi, Lith. tukstantis, Russ. tuisiacha; of uncertain origin.]
1.
The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

2.
Hence, indefinitely, a great number.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand.
Ps. xci. 7.

&hand_; The word thousand often takes a plural form. See the Note under Hundred.

3.
A symbol representing one thousand units; as, 1,000, M or CI&Crev_;.


word: Thousand₂
definition:
Thousand

Thou"sand
a.
1.
Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

2.
Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely.
thousand
Shak.


word: Thousand legs
definition:
Thousand legs

Thou"sand legs`
(?)
(Zool.)
A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.


word: Thousandth
definition:
Thousandth

Thou"sandth
(?)
a.
1.
Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing.

2.
Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth.

3.
Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.


word: Thousandth₂
definition:
Thousandth

Thou"sandth
n.
The quotient of a unit divided by a thousand; one of a thousand equal parts into which a unit is divided.


word: Thowl
definition:
Thowl

Thowel

{ Thow"el (?), Thowl (?), }
n.
[See Thole.]
(Naut.)
(a)
A thole pin.
(b)
A rowlock.

I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels.
Dickens.


word: Thracian
definition:
Thracian

Thra"cian
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people.
n. A native or inhabitant of Thrace.


word: Thraldom
definition:
Thraldom

Thral"dom
(?)
n.
[Icel. _;ræld&omacrmr. See Thrall, and -dom.]
The condition of a thrall; slavery; bondage; state of servitude.
[Written also thralldom.]

Women are born to thraldom and penance
And to be under man's governance.
Chaucer.

He shall rule, and she in thraldom live.
Dryden.


word: Thrall
definition:
Thrall

Thrall
(?)
n.
[OE. thral, þral, Icel. þræll, perhaps through AS. þr&aemacr_;l; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. þrægian to run, Goth. þragjan, Gr. tre`chein; cf. OHG. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1.
A slave; a bondman.
Chaucer.

Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.
Tennyson.

He still in thrall
Of all-subdoing sleep.
Chapman.

3.
A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Thrall₂
definition:
Thrall

Thrall
a.
Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

The fiend that would make you thrall and bond.
Chaucer.


word: Thrall-like
definition:
Thrall-like

Thrall"-like`
(?)
a.
Resembling a thrall, or his condition, feelings, or the like; slavish.

Servile and thrall-like fear.
Milton.


word: Thranite
definition:
Thranite

Thra"nite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, from _; a bench, form, especially the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.


word: Thrapple
definition:
Thrapple

Thrap"ple
(?)
n.
[Also thropple, corrupted fr. throttle.]
Windpipe; throttle.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Thresh
definition:
Thresh

Thrash

{ Thrash (?), Thresh (?) }
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thrashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrashing.]
[OE. þreschen, þreshen, to beat, AS. þerscan, þrescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. þreskja, Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. þriskan, Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, tresk' a crash, OSlav. troska a stroke of lighting.  Cf. Thresh.]
1.
To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.

The wheat was reaped, thrashed, and winnowed by machines.
H. Spencer.

2.
To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.


word: Thresh₂
definition:
Thresh

Thrash

{ Thrash, Thresh}
v. t.
1.
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.

2.
Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.

I rather would be Maevius, thrash for rhymes,
Like his, the scorn and scandal of the times.
Dryden.


word: Thresher
definition:
Thresher

Thrasher

{ Thrash"er (?), Thresh"er (?) }
n.
1.
One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.

2.
(Zool.)
A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.

3.
(Zool.)
A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush.

Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage. -- Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.


word: Thrashing
definition:
Thrashing

Thrash"ing
(?)
a. & n. from Thrash, v.

Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.


word: Thrasonical
definition:
Thrasonical

Thra*son"ic*al
(?)
a.
[From Thrso, the name of a braggart soldier in Terence's “Eunuch:” cf. L. Thrasonianus.]
Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious.
Thra*son"ic*al*ly, adv.

Caesar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame.'
Shak.


word: Thrave
definition:
Thrave

Thrave
(thrāv)
n.
[OE. þrave, þreve, Icel. þrefi; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. þrīfa to grasp.]
1.
Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.
thrave
[Obs.]
Landsdowne MS.

He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.
Bp. Hall.


word: Thread
definition:
Thread

Thread
(thrĕd)
n.
[OE. threed, þred, AS. þr&aemacr_;d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drāt, Icel. þrāðr a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and AS. þrāwan to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.]
1.
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers.

2.
A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.

3.
The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.

4.
(Fig.)
Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse.
Bp. Burnet.

5.
Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
[Obs.]

A neat courtier,
Of a most elegant thread.
B. Jonson.

6.
(Computers)
A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; -- such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking.

7.
(Computers)
A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; -- messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread.  Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup.

Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zool.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zool.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.


word: Thread₂
definition:
Thread

Thread
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]
1.
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.

2.
To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid.

Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus.
Mitford.

They would not thread the gates.
Shak.

3.
To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.


word: Threadbare
definition:
Threadbare

Thread"bare`
(?)
a.
1.
Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
threadbare
Chaucer.

2.
Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
Swift.


word: Threader
definition:
Threader

Thread"er
(?)
n.
1.
A device for assisting in threading a needle.

2.
A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.


word: Threadfin
definition:
Threadfin

Thread"fin`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.


word: Threadfish
definition:
Threadfish

Thread"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The cutlass fish.
(b)
A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.


word: threads
definition:
threads

threads
(thrĕdz)
n. pl.
Clothes; clothing; as, he was wearing his new threads at the party.
[Slang]


word: Threadworm
definition:
Threadworm

Thread"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.


word: Thready
definition:
Thready

Thread"y
(?)
a.
1.
Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.

2.
Containing, or consisting of, thread.


word: Threap
definition:
Threap

Threap
(thrēp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Threaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.]
[AS. þreápian to reprove.]
[Written also threpe, and threip.]
1.
To call; to name.
[Obs.]

2.
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.

3.
To beat, or thrash.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

4.
To cozen, or cheat.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Threap₂
definition:
Threap

Threap
v. i.
To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

It's not for a man with a woman to threap.
Percy's Reliques.


word: Threap₃
definition:
Threap

Threap
(?)
n.
An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done.
Carlyle.


word: Threat
definition:
Threat

Threat
(thrĕt)
n.
[AS. þreát, akin to āþreótan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. þrj&omacrta to fail, want, lack, Goth. usþriutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L. trudere to push.  Cf. Abstruse, Intrude, Obstrude, Protrude.]
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
Shak.


word: Threat₂
definition:
Threat

Threat
v. t. & i.
[OE. þreten, AS. þreátian. See Threat, n.]
To threaten.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Shak.

Of all his threating reck not a mite.
Chaucer.

Our dreaded admiral from far they threat.
Dryden.


word: Threaten
definition:
Threaten

Threat"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Threatened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threatening.]
[OE. þretenen. See Threat, v. t.]
1.
To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.

Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts iv. 17.

2.
To exhibit the appearance of (something evil or unpleasant) as approaching; to indicate as impending; to announce the conditional infliction of; as, to threaten war; to threaten death.
Milton.

The skies look grimly
And threaten present blusters.
Shak.

By turns put on the suppliant and the lord:
Threatened this moment, and the next implored.
Prior.

Of the sharp ax
Regardless, that o'er his devoted head
Hangs menacing.
Somerville.


word: Threaten₂
definition:
Threaten

Threat"en
v. i.
To use threats, or menaces; also, to have a threatening appearance.

Though the seas threaten, they are merciful.
Shak.


word: Threatening
definition:
Threatening

Threat"en*ing
a. & n. from Threaten, v.
Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.

Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.


word: Threatful
definition:
Threatful

Threat"ful
(?)
a.
Full of threats; having a menacing appearance.
Spenser.
Threat"ful*ly, adv.


word: Three
definition:
Three

Three
(thrē)
a.
[OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þrī, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. drī, Icel. þrīr, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. √301.  Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]
One more than two; two and one.
three
2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

Three solemn aisles approach the shrine.
Keble.

&hand_; Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three-mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.


word: Three₂
definition:
Three

Three
n.
1.
The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.


word: Three-coat
definition:
Three-coat

Three"-coat`
(?)
a.
(Arch.)
Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.


word: Three-color
definition:
Three-color

Three"-col`or
a.
Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, as red, yellow, and blue.


word: Three-cornered
definition:
Three-cornered

Three"-cor`nered
(?)
a.
1.
Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

2.
(Bot.)
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.


word: Three-flowered
definition:
Three-flowered

Three"-flow`ered
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.


word: Threefold
definition:
Threefold

Three"fold`
(?)
a.
[OE. þreofald; cf. AS. þrīfeald.]
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Eccl. iv. 12.


word: Three-handed
definition:
Three-handed

Three"-hand`ed
(?)
a.
Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.


word: Three-leaved
definition:
Three-leaved

Three-leafed

{ Three"-leafed` (?), Three"-leaved` (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
(a)
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
(b)
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.

Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.


word: Three-lobed
definition:
Three-lobed

Three"-lobed`
(?)
a.
Having three lobes.

Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded.


word: Three-mile
definition:
Three-mile

Three"-mile`
a.
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or three-mile zone) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.


word: Three-nerved
definition:
Three-nerved

Three"-nerved`
(?)
a.
Having three nerves.

Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.


word: Three-parted
definition:
Three-parted

Three"-part`ed
(?)
a.
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.

Three-parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.


word: Three-pile
definition:
Three-pile

Three"-pile`
(?)
n.
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.

I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile.
Shak.


word: Three-piled
definition:
Three-piled

Three"-piled`
(?)
a.
1.
Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
[R.]

Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece.
Shak.

2.
Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
Three-piled
Shak.

3.
Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth.
[Obs.]
Three-piled
Beau. & Fl.


word: Three-ply
definition:
Three-ply

Three"-ply`
(?)
a.
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.


word: Three-pointed
definition:
Three-pointed

Three"-point`ed
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.


word: Three-port
definition:
Three-port

Three"-port`
a.
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.


word: Three-quarter
definition:
Three-quarter

Three"-quar`ter
(?)
a.
(Paint.)
Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.


word: Three-sided
definition:
Three-sided

Three"-sid`ed
(?)
a.
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.


word: Three-square
definition:
Three-square

Three"-square`
(?)
a.
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.


word: Three-torque system of control
definition:
Three-torque system of control

Three"-torque` system of control
(Aeronautics)
Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three rectangular axes of an aeroplane or airship.


word: Three-valved
definition:
Three-valved

Three"-valved`
(?)
a.
Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.


word: Three-way
definition:
Three-way

Three"-way`
(?)
a.
Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.


word: Threne
definition:
Threne

Threne
(?)
n.
[L. threnus, Gr. _;.  Cf. Drone.]
Lamentation; threnody; a dirge.
Shak.

The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Threnetical
definition:
Threnetical

Threnetic

{ Thre*net"ic (?), Thre*net"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;. See Threne.]
Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.


word: Threnody
definition:
Threnody

Thren"o*dy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; a dirge + _; a song. See Threne, and Ode.]
A song of lamentation; a threnode.
Sir T. Herbert.


word: Threpsology
definition:
Threpsology

Threp*sol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; nourishment + -logy.]
(Med.)
The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.


word: Thresh₃
definition:
Thresh

Thresh
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Threshed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Threshing.]
Same as Thrash.

He would thresh, and thereto dike and delve.
Chaucer.


word: Threshold
definition:
Threshold

Thresh"old
(?)
n.
[OE. threswold, þreshwold, AS. þrescwald, þerscwald, þerscold, þrescold, fr. þrescan, þerscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. þreskjöde, þröskuldr, Sw. tröskel, Dan. tærskel. See Thrash.]
1.
The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

2.
Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.


word: Thrice
definition:
Thrice

Thrice
(thrīs)
adv.
[OE. thries; thrie thrice (AS. þriga, þriwa) + -s, the adverbal suffix. See Three, and -wards.]
1.
Three times.
Thrice
Spenser.

Verily I say unto thee.  That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Matt. xxvi. 34.

2.
In a threefold manner or degree; repeatedly; very.

Thrice noble lord, let me entreat of you
To pardon me.
Shak.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.
Shak.

&hand_; Thrice is often used, generally with an intensive force, to form compounds which are usually of obvious meaning; as, in thrice-blessed, thrice-favored, thrice-hallowed, thrice-happy, thrice-told, and the like.


word: Thrid₂
definition:
Thrid

Thrid
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding.]
[A variant of thread.]
1.
To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.
Pope.

And now he thrids the bramble bush.
J. R. Drake.

I began
To thrid the musky-circled mazes.
Tennyson.

2.
To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.


word: Thrift
definition:
Thrift

Thrift
(thrĭft)
n.
[Icel. þrift. See Thrive.]
1.
A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
Spenser.

2.
Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
thrift
Chaucer.

I have a mind presages me such thrift.
Shak.

3.
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

4.
(Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.


word: Thriftily
definition:
Thriftily

Thrift"i*ly
(thrĭft"ĭ*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
1.
In a thrifty manner.

2.
Carefully; properly; becomingly.
[Obs.]

A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted].
Chaucer.


word: Thriftless
definition:
Thriftless

Thrift"less
a.
Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.
Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n.


word: Thrifty
definition:
Thrifty

Thrift"y
(thrĭft"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Thriftier (?); superl. Thriftiest.]
1.
Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.

Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new.
Chaucer.

I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty.
Swift.

2.
Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

3.
Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

4.
Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
[R.]

I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father.
Shak.

5.
Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.
[Obs.]

I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth.
Chaucer.


word: Thrill₂
definition:
Thrill

Thrill
n.
[AS. þyrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.]
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.


word: Thrill₃
definition:
Thrill

Thrill
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thrilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.]
[OE. thrillen, þirlen, þurlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. þyrlian, þyrelian, Fr. þyrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. þurh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. √53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]
1.
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
[Obs.]

He pierced through his chafed chest
With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
Spenser.

2.
Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.

To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice.
Shak.

Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the _;eader with sudden delight.
M. Arnold.

The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
That sudden cold did run through every vein.
Spenser.

3.
To hurl; to throw; to cast.
[Obs.]

I'll thrill my javelin.
Heywood.


word: Thrill₄
definition:
Thrill

Thrill
v. i.
1.
To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.

I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
Shak.

2.
To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.

To seek sweet safety out
In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake.
Shak.


word: Thrill₅
definition:
Thrill

Thrill
n.
1.
A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.

2.
A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
Burns.


word: Thrilling
definition:
Thrilling

Thrill"ing
a.
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
Thrill"ing*ly, adv. -- Thrill"ing*ness, n.


word: Thring
definition:
Thring

Thring
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. Throng (?).]
[AS. þringan. See Throng.]
To press, crowd, or throng.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Thrips
definition:
Thrips

Thrips
(?)
n.
[L., a woodworm, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium).

&hand_; The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects.


word: Thrive
definition:
Thrive

Thrive
(thrīv)
v. i.
[imp. Throve (thr&omacrv) or Thrived (thrīvd); p. p. Thrived or Thriven (thrĭv"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.]
[OE. þriven, Icel. þrīfask; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from þrīfa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas.  Cf. Thrift.]
1.
To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
I. Watts.

2.
To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
thrive
Sandys.

O son, why sit we here, each other viewing
Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives?
Milton.

And so she throve and prospered.
Tennyson.

3.
To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.


word: Thrivingness
definition:
Thrivingness

Thriv"ing*ness
n.
The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity; growth; increase.


word: Throat
definition:
Throat

Throat
(thr&omacrt)
n.
[OE. throte, AS. þrote, þrotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort.  Cf. Throttle.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
(b)
Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.

I can vent clamor from my throat.
Shak.

2.
A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

3.
(Arch.)
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Gwilt.

4.
(Naut.)
(a)
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
(b)
That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(c)
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Totten.

5.
(Shipbuilding)
The inside of a timber knee.

6.
(Bot.)
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. -- Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff. -- Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea. -- To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably. -- To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.


word: Throat₂
definition:
Throat

Throat
v. t.
1.
To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

2.
To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Throatboll
definition:
Throatboll

Throat"boll`
(?)
n.
[Throat + boll a ball.]
The Adam's apple in the neck.
[Obs. or R.]

By the throatboll he caught Aleyn.
Chaucer.


word: Throatlatch
definition:
Throatlatch

Throat"latch`
(?)
n.
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.


word: Throatwort
definition:
Throatwort

Throat"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.


word: Throb
definition:
Throb

Throb
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Throbbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Throbbing.]
[OE. þrobben; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]
To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

My heart
Throbs to know one thing.
Shak.

Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast.
Shak.


word: Throb₂
definition:
Throb

Throb
n.
A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:

The impatient throbs and longings of a soul
That pants and reaches after distant good.
Addison.


word: Throdden
definition:
Throdden

Throd"den
(?)
v. i.
[Prov. E. throdden, throddle, fat, thriving; cf. Icel. throask to grow.]
To grow; to thrive.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.


word: Throe
definition:
Throe

Throe
(?)
n.
[OE. þrowe, þrawe, AS. þreá a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. þrā a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. þreowian to suffer.]
1.
Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.

Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes.
Milton.

2.
A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.


word: Thrombin
definition:
Thrombin

Throm"bin
(?)
n.
[See Thrombus.]
(Biochem.)
The enzyme which converts fibrinogen into fibrin.


word: Thrombosis
definition:
Thrombosis

Throm*bo"sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Thrombus.]
(Med.)
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.
Throm*bot"ic (#), a.


word: Thrombus
definition:
Thrombus

Throm"bus
(?)
n.
pl. Thrombi (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a lump, a clot of blood.]
(Med.)
(a)
A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.
(b)
A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.


word: Throne
definition:
Throne

Throne
(?)
n.
[OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. _;; cf. _; a bench, _; a footstool, _; to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dhara&nsdot_;a supporting, dh&rsdot_; to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.]
1.
A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

The noble king is set up in his throne.
Chaucer.

High on a throne of royal state.
Milton.

2.
Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.

Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Gen. xli. 40.

To mold a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper of the throne.
Tennyson.

3.
pl.
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Milton.

Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing.
Young.


word: Throne₂
definition:
Throne

Throne
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Throned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Throning.]
1.
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
Shak.

2.
To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

True image of the Father, whether throned
In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
Milton.


word: Throng
definition:
Throng

Throng
(?)
n.
[OE. þrong, þrang, AS. geþrang, fr. þringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. þryngva, þröngva, Goth. þriehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press, Icel. þröng a throng, Lith. trenkti to jolt, tranksmas a tumult.  Cf. Thring.]
1.
A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

2.
A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

So, with this bold opposer rushes on
This many-headed monster, multitude.
Daniel.

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
The lowest of your throng.
Milton.

I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
From crowds that hide a monarch from himself.
Johnson.


word: Throng₂
definition:
Throng

Throng
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Thronged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.]
To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

I have seen the dumb men throng to see him.
Shak.


word: Throng₃
definition:
Throng

Throng
v. t.
1.
To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Much people followed him, and thronged him.
Mark v. 24.

2.
To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
Shak.


word: Throng₄
definition:
Throng

Throng
a.
Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Bp. Sanderson.

To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Throstle
definition:
Throstle

Thros"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. throsel, AS. þrostle, þrosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. þröstr, Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. √238.   Cf. Thrush the bird.]
1.
(Zool.)
The song thrush. See under Song.

2.
A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.

Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Throstling
definition:
Throstling

Thros"tling
(?)
n.
[Cf. Throttle.]
A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.


word: Throttle
definition:
Throttle

Throt"tle
(?)
n.
[Dim. of throat. See Throat.]
1.
The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Steam Engine)
The throttle valve.

Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. -- Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.


word: Throttle₂
definition:
Throttle

Throt"tle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Throttled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling (?).]
1.
To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.

Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.
Milton.

2.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
[R.]

Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
Shak.

3.
To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.


word: Throttle₃
definition:
Throttle

Throt"tle
v. i.
1.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

2.
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.


word: Throttler
definition:
Throttler

Throt"tler
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.

2.
(Zool.)
See Flasher, 3 (b).
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Through
definition:
Through

Through
(?)
prep.
[OE. thurgh, þurh, þuruh, þoruh, AS. þurh; akin to OS. thurh, thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. þaírh; cf. Ir. tri, tre, W. trwy. √53.   Cf. Nostril, Thorough, Thrill.]
1.
From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship.

2.
Between the sides or walls of; within; as, to pass through a door; to go through an avenue.

Through the gate of ivory he dismissed
His valiant offspring.
Dryden.

3.
By means of; by the agency of.

Through these hands this science has passed with great applause.
Sir W. Temple.

Material things are presented only through their senses.
Cheyne.

4.
Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.

5.
Among or in the midst of; -- used to denote passage; as, a fish swims through the water; the light glimmers through a thicket.

6.
From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.


word: Through₂
definition:
Through

Through
adv.
1.
From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through.

2.
From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through.

3.
To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through.

&hand_; Through was formerly used to form compound adjectives where we now use thorough; as, through-bred; through-lighted; through-placed, etc.

To drop through, to fall through; to come to naught; to fail. -- To fall through. See under Fall, v. i.


word: Through₃
definition:
Through

Through
(?)
a.
Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train.  Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.

Through bolt, a bolt which passes through all the thickness or layers of that which it fastens, or in which it is fixed. -- Through bridge, a bridge in which the floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them.   Cf. Deck bridge, under Deck. -- Through cold, a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] Holland. -- Through stone, a flat gravestone. [Scot.] [Written also through stane.] Sir W. Scott. -- Through ticket, a ticket for the whole journey. -- Through train, a train which goes the whole length of a railway, or of a long route.


word: Throughly
definition:
Throughly

Through"ly
adv.
Thoroughly.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity.
Ps. li. 2.

To dare in fields is valor; but how few
Dare to be throughly valiant to be true?
Dryden.


word: Throughout
definition:
Throughout

Through*out"
(?)
prep.
Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house.

Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear
Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year.
Milton.


word: Throw
definition:
Throw

Throw
(thr&omacr)
n.
[See Throe.]
Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
[Obs.]
Spenser. Dryden.


word: Throw₂
definition:
Throw

Throw
n.
[AS. þrāh, þrāg.]
Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
[Obs.]
Shak.

I will with Thomas speak a little throw.
Chaucer.


word: Throw₃
definition:
Throw

Throw
v. t.
[imp. Threw (thr&usuml_;); p. p. Thrown (thr&omacrn); p. pr. & vb. n. Throwing.]
[OE. þrowen, þrawen, to throw, to twist, AS. þrāwan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. drājan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. _; to bore, to turn, _; to pierce, _; a hole.  Cf. Thread, Trite, Turn, v. t.]
1.
To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.

2.
To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.

3.
To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.

4.
(Mil.)
To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.

5.
To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.

6.
To cast, as dice; to venture at dice.

Set less than thou throwest.
Shak.

7.
To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw.
Pope.

8.
To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

There the snake throws her enameled skin.
Shak.

9.
(Pottery)
To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

10.
To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent.

I have thrown
A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth.
Shak.

11.
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

12.
To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
Tomlinson.

To throw away. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. -- To throw back. (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light. -- To throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. -- To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. -- To throw in. (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. -- To throw off. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.] -- To throw on, to cast on; to load. -- To throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. -- To throw one's self on or To throw one's self upon. (a) To fall upon. (b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon. -- To throw out. (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. “The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.” Swift. “The bill was thrown out.” Swift. (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. “She throws out thrilling shrieks.” Spenser. (c) To distance; to leave behind. Addison. (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. -- To throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. -- To throw up. (a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. “Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand.” Addison. (b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit. (c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.


