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word: Throw₄
definition:
Throw

Throw
(?)
v. i.
To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.

To throw about, to cast about; to try expedients. [R.]


word: Throw₅
definition:
Throw

Throw
n.
1.
The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast.

He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw,
He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe.
Addison.

2.
A stroke; a blow.
[Obs.]

Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws.
Spenser.

3.
The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.

4.
A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.

5.
An effort; a violent sally.
[Obs.]

Your youth admires
The throws and swellings of a Roman soul.
Addison.

6.
(Mach.)
The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.

7.
(Pottery)
A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a).

8.
A turner's lathe; a throwe.
[Prov. Eng.]

9.
(Mining)
The amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault; -- according to the direction it is designated as an upthrow, or a downthrow.


word: throwaway
definition:
throwaway

throw"a*way
a.
1.
designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.

2.
spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line in a play.


word: throwaway₂
definition:
throwaway

throw"a*way
n.
1.
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.

Syn. -- circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer

2.
words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.


word: throwback
definition:
throwback

throw"back
n.
1.
the reappearance in an organism of characteristics of an earlier ancestral type; atavism.

2.
an organisms having characteristics of an earlier ancestral type.


word: Thrower
definition:
Thrower

Throw"er
(thr&omacr"ẽr)
n.
One who throws.
Specifically:
(a)
One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
(b)
One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.


word: Throwing
definition:
Throwing

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

Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.


word: Throwing stick
definition:
Throwing stick

Throw"ing stick`
(Anthropol.)
An instrument  used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower.  One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.  In Mexico, one such device is called the atlatl.


word: Thrown
definition:
Thrown

Thrown
(thr&omacrn)
a. & p. p. from Throw, v.

Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles.


word: Throwster
definition:
Throwster

Throw"ster
(thr&omacr"stẽr)
n.
[Throw + -ster.]
One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.


word: Thrum
definition:
Thrum

Thrum
(thrŭm)
n.
[OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. þrömr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term.  Cf. Term.]
[Written also thrumb.]
1.
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

2.
Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

3.
(Bot.)
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

4.
(Mining)
A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

5.
(Naut.)
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Thrum cap, a knitted cap. Halliwell. -- Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. Minsheu.


word: Thrum₂
definition:
Thrum

Thrum
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thrummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrumming.]
1.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
Quarles.

2.
(Naut.)
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.
Totten.


word: Thrum₃
definition:
Thrum

Thrum
v. i.
[CF. Icel. _;ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.]
1.
To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

2.
Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.


word: Thrum₄
definition:
Thrum

Thrum
v. t.
1.
To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

2.
Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.


word: Thrum-eyed
definition:
Thrum-eyed

Thrum"-eyed`
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.


word: Thrummy
definition:
Thrummy

Thrum"my
(?)
a.
Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
Dampier.

On her head thrummy cap she had.
Chalkhill.


word: Thrush
definition:
Thrush

Thrush
(?)
n.
[OE. þrusche, AS. þrysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle.  Cf. Throstle.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

&hand_; Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle (Turdus musicus), the missel thrush (see under Missel), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush (Turdus mustelinus), Wilson's thrush (Turdus fuscescens), the hermit thrush (see under Hermit), Swainson's thrush (Turdus Aliciae), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see Robin).

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.

Ant thrush. See Ant thrush, Breve, and Pitta. -- Babbling thrush, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also babbler. -- Fruit thrush, any species of bulbul. -- Shrike thrush. See under Shrike. -- Stone thrush, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. -- Thrush nightingale. See Nightingale, 2. -- Thrush tit, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus Cochoa. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. -- Water thrush. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler (Seiurus Noveboracensis).


word: Thrush₂
definition:
Thrush

Thrush
(?)
n.
[Akin to Dan. tröske, Sw. trosk; cf. Dan. tör dry, Sw. torr, Icel. þurr, AS. þyrr, OE. thrust thrist, E. thrist.]
1.
(Med.)
An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.

2.
(Far.)
An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.


word: Thrust₂
definition:
Thrust

Thrust
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thrust (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrusting.]
[OE. _;rusten, _;risten, _;resten, Icel. _;r_;st_; to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.]
1.
To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
Milton.

2.
To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.

To thrust away or To thrust from, to push away; to reject. -- To thrust in, to push or drive in. -- To thrust off, to push away. -- To thrust on, to impel; to urge. -- To thrust one's self in or To thrust one's self into, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. -- To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. -- To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. “I am eight times thrust through the doublet.” Shak. -- To thrust together, to compress.


word: Thrust₃
definition:
Thrust

Thrust
v. i.
1.
To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

2.
To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

And thrust between my father and the god.
Dryden.

3.
To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
thrust
Chapman.

To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]

As doth an eager hound
Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
Spenser.


word: Thrust₄
definition:
Thrust

Thrust
n.
1.
A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.

[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,
And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.
Dryden.

2.
An attack; an assault.

One thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.
Dr. H. More.

3.
(Mech.)
The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

4.
(Mining)
The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Thrust bearing (Screw Steamers), a bearing arranged to receive the thrust or endwise pressure of the screw shaft. -- Thrust plane (Geol.), the surface along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reversed fault.


word: Thrusting
definition:
Thrusting

Thrust"ing
n.
1.
The act of pushing with force.

2.
(Dairies)
(a)
The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey.
(b)
pl.
The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.
[Written also thrutchthings.]
[Prov. Eng.]

Thrusting screw, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]


word: Thrustle
definition:
Thrustle

Thrus"tle
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The throstle, or song thrust.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

When he heard the thrustel sing.
Chaucer.


word: Thryfallow
definition:
Thryfallow

Thry"fal`low
(?)
v. t.
[Perhaps fr. thrice + fallow.  Cf. Trifallow.]
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
[R.]
[Written also thrifallow.]
Tusser.


word: Thud
definition:
Thud

Thud
(thŭd)
n.
[Cf. AS. þ&omacrden a whirlwind, violent wind, or E. thump.]
A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.

At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose.
Jeffrey.

At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer.
C. Mackay.


word: Thud₂
definition:
Thud

Thud
(thŭd)
v. i. & t.
To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.
Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads.
A. C. Doyle.
The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet.
H. F. Brown.


word: Thug
definition:
Thug

Thug
(thŭg; 277)
n.
[Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.]
1.
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.

2.
An assassin; a ruffian; a rough.
Thugs
The Century.


word: Thuggee
definition:
Thuggee

Thug*gee"
(?)
n.
[Hind. &tsdot_;hagī.]
The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs.
Thuggee
J. D. Hooker.


word: Thuja
definition:
Thuja

Thu"ja
(thū"jȧ)
n.
[NL., from Gr. qyi`a an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
(Bot.)
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves.
[Written also thuya.]
Thyine wood

&hand_; Thuja occidentalis is the Arbor vitae of the Eastern and Northern United States. Thuja gigantea of North-western America is a very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and furnishes a useful timber.


word: thujone
definition:
thujone

thu"jone
(thū"j&omacrn)
n.
An oil, C10H16O, the chief constituent of cedar leaf oil (thuja oil), which is obtained from the northern white cedar (arbor vitae, Thuja occidentalis) or the western Red Cedar (Thuja plicatis).  It is a stimulant similar to camphor.  It is also called thujol, thuyol, absinthol, thuyone, tanacetol, and tanacetone.
Stedman.


word: Thule
definition:
Thule

Thu"le
(thū"le̝)
prop. n.
[L. Thule, Thyle, Gr. Qoy`lh, Qy`lh.]
The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world.  According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule.


word: Thulium
definition:
Thulium

Thu"li*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Thule.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the lanthanide group having atomic number 69, and atomic weight 168.93.  It is found in the mineral gadolinite and other minerals, together with other rare earths.  For more information see the data from ChemGlobe. 


word: Thumb
definition:
Thumb

Thumb
(?)
n.
[OE. thombe, thoumbe, þume, AS. þūma; akin to OFries. thūma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. dūmo, Icel. þumall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. √56.  Cf. Thimble, Tumid.]
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring.
Chaucer.

Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. Mortimer. -- Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. -- Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. -- Thumb mark. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. -- Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. -- Thumb ring, a ring worn on the thumb. Shak. -- Thumb stall. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. -- Under one's thumb, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]


word: Thumb₂
definition:
Thumb

Thumb
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thumbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thumbing (?).]
1.
To handle awkwardly.
Johnson.

2.
To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.

3.
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.

He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs.
Macaulay.


word: Thumbscrew
definition:
Thumbscrew

Thumb"screw`
(?)
n.
1.
A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

2.
An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.


word: Thummim
definition:
Thummim

Thum"mim
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb., pl. of th&omacrm perfection.]
A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.


word: Thump
definition:
Thump

Thump
(?)
n.
[Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v. t.]
1.
The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
Wordsworth.

With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one.
Coleridge.

2.
A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
Tatler.


word: Thump₂
definition:
Thump

Thump
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.

These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.
Shak.


word: Thump₃
definition:
Thump

Thump
v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.
Swift.


word: Thunder
definition:
Thunder

Thun"der
(?)
n.
[OE. þunder, þonder, þoner, AS. þunor; akin to þunian to stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG. donar, Icel. þ&omacrrr Thor, L. tonare to thunder, tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr. tan to stretch. √52. See Thin, and cf. Astonish, Detonate, Intone, Thursday, Tone.]
1.
The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

2.
The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
[Obs.]

The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
Shak.

3.
Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

4.
An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.
Prescott.

Thunder pumper. (Zool.) (a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens). (b) The American bittern or stake-driver. -- Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.] -- Thunder snake. (Zool.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis amoena syn. Celuta amoena) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also worm snake. -- Thunder tube, a fulgurite. See Fulgurite.


word: Thunder₂
definition:
Thunder

Thun"der
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Thundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thundering.]
[AS. þunrian. See Thunder, n.]
1.
To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job xl. 9.

2.
Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.

His dreadful voice no more
Would thunder in my ears.
Milton.

3.
To utter violent denunciation.


word: Thunder₃
definition:
Thunder

Thun"der
v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.

Oracles severe
Were daily thundered in our general's ear.
Dryden.

An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure.
Ayliffe.


word: Thunderbird
definition:
Thunderbird

Thun"der*bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.


word: Thunderbolt
definition:
Thunderbolt

Thun"der*bolt`
(?)
n.
1.
A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

2.
Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.

The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
Dryden.

3.
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.
Hakewill.

4.
(Paleon.)
A belemnite, or thunderstone.

Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), a long-horned beetle (Arhopalus fulminans) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra.


word: Thunderclap
definition:
Thunderclap

Thun"der*clap`
(?)
n.
A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Thunderclaps
Spenser.

When suddenly the thunderclap was heard.
Dryden.


word: Thundercloud
definition:
Thundercloud

Thun"der*cloud`
(?)
n.
A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.


word: Thunderer
definition:
Thunderer

Thun"der*er
(?)
n.
One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.

That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer.
Pope.


word: Thunderhead
definition:
Thunderhead

Thun"der*head`
(?)
n.
A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.


word: Thundering
definition:
Thundering

Thun"der*ing
a.
1.
Emitting thunder.

Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground.
J. Trumbull.

2.
Very great; -- often adverbially.
[Slang]


word: Thunderous
definition:
Thunderous

Thun"der*ous
(?)
a.
[Written also thundrous.]
1.
Producing thunder.
[R.]

How he before the thunderous throne doth lie.
Milton.

2.
Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.


word: Thunderstone
definition:
Thunderstone

Thun"der*stone`
(?)
n.
1.
A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.

Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone.
Shak.

2.
(Paleon.)
A belemnite. See Belemnite.


word: Thunderstrike
definition:
Thunderstrike

Thun"der*strike`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Thunderstruck (?); p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Thunderstriking.]
1.
To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.
[R.]
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

drove before him, thunderstruck.
Milton.


word: Thunderworm
definition:
Thunderworm

Thun"der*worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.


word: Thurghfare
definition:
Thurghfare

Thurgh"fare`
(?)
n.
Thoroughfare.
[Obs.]

This world is but a thurghfare full of woe.
Chaucer.


word: Thurible
definition:
Thurible

Thu"ri*ble
(?)
n.
[L. thuribulum, turibulum, from thus, thuris, or better tus, turis, frankincense, fr. Gr. _; a sacrifice, an offering, from _; to sacrifice.]
(R. C. Ch.)
A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services.
Fairholt.


word: Thuriferous
definition:
Thuriferous

Thu*rif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. thurifer, turifer; thus frankincense + -ferre to bear.]
Producing or bearing frankincense.


word: Thurification
definition:
Thurification

Thu`ri*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. thus incense + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense.


word: Thuringian
definition:
Thuringian

Thu*rin"gi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people.
n. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.


word: Thuringite
definition:
Thuringite

Thu*rin"gite
(?)
n.
[From Thuringia, where it is found.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.


word: Thurl
definition:
Thurl

Thurl
(?)
n.
[AS. þyrel a hole. √53. See Thirl, Thrill.]
1.
A hole; an aperture.
[Obs.]

2.
(Mining)
(a)
A short communication between adits in a mine.
(b)
A long adit in a coalpit.


word: Thurl₂
definition:
Thurl

Thurl
v. t.
[See Thrill.]
1.
To cut through; to pierce.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

2.
(Mining)
To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.


word: Thurrok
definition:
Thurrok

Thur"rok
(?)
n.
[AS. þurruc a boat.]
The hold of a ship; a sink.
[Obs.]

Small drops of water that enter through a little crevice into the thurrok and into the bottom of a ship.
Chaucer.


word: Thursday
definition:
Thursday

Thurs"day
(?)
n.
[OE. þursdei, þorsday, from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. þ&omacrrr Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS. þunor thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. þ&omacrrsdagr, Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. √52. See Thor, Thunder, and Day.]
The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.

Holy Thursday. See under Holy.


word: Thurst
definition:
Thurst

Thurst
(?)
n.
(Coal Mining)
The ruins of the fallen roof resulting from the removal of the pillars and stalls.
Raymond.


word: Thus
definition:
Thus

Thus
(?)
n.
[L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See Thurible.]
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.


word: Thus₂
definition:
Thus

Thus
(&thlig_;us)
adv.
[OE. thus, AS. ðus; akin to OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus. See That.]
1.
In this or that manner; on this wise.

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Gen. vi. 22.

Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
Milton.

2.
To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.
Shak.

Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds.
Milton.


word: Thuyin
definition:
Thuyin

Thu"yin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin.
[Written also thujin.]


word: Thwack
definition:
Thwack

Thwack
(thwăk)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thwacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thwacking.]
[Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. þaccian, E. whack.]
1.
To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
thwacking
W. Irving.

2.
To fill to overflow.
[Obs.]
Stanyhurst.


word: Thwack₂
definition:
Thwack

Thwack
n.
A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.

With many a stiff thwack, many a bang,
Hard crab tree and old iron rang.
Hudibras.


word: Thwaite₂
definition:
Thwaite

Thwaite
n.
[CF. Icel. þveit a piece of land, fr. þvīta to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods.]
Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

&hand_; Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.


word: Thwart
definition:
Thwart

Thwart
(?)
a.
[OE. þwart, þwert, a. and adv., Icel. þvert, neut. of þverr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. þweorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tvär cross, unfriendly, Goth. þwaírhs angry.  Cf. Queer.]
1.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.
Milton.

2.
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Thwart₄
definition:
Thwart

Thwart
n.
(Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.


word: Thwart₅
definition:
Thwart

Thwart
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.]
1.
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
[Obs.]

Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night.
Milton.

2.
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.

If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.
Shak.

The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.
South.


word: Thwart₆
definition:
Thwart

Thwart
v. i.
1.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
[R.]

2.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
[R.]

Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles.
Locke.


word: Thwarter
definition:
Thwarter

Thwart"er
(?)
n.
(Far.)
A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.


word: Thwite
definition:
Thwite

Thwite
(?)
v. t.
[AS. þwītan. See Whittle, and cf. Thwaite a piece of land.]
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.


word: Thwittle
definition:
Thwittle

Thwit"tle
(?)
v. t.
[See Thwite, and Whittle.]
To cut or whittle.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Palsgrave.


word: Thy
definition:
Thy

Thy
(?)
pron.
[OE. thi, shortened from thin. See Thine, Thou.]
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.

Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.
Matt. vi. 9,10.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.
Milton.


word: Thyine wood
definition:
Thyine wood

Thy"ine wood`
(?)
[Gr. _; _;, fr. _;, adj., pertaining to the tree _; or _;, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
(Bot.)
The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.
Rev. xviii. 12.


word: Thyme
definition:
Thyme

Thyme
(tīm)
n.
[OE. tyme, L. thymum, Gr. qy`mon, qy`mos; cf. qy`ein, to sacrifice, qy`os a sacrifice, offering, incense: cf. F. thym; -- perhaps so named because of its sweet smell.  Cf. Fume, n.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme.
Cowper.

Cat thyme, a labiate plant (Teucrium Marum) of the Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of rolling on it. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and hillsides in Europe.

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows.
Shak.


word: Thymiatechny
definition:
Thymiatechny

Thym"i*a*tech`ny
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; incense + te`chnh art.]
(Med.)
The art of employing perfumes in medicine.
[R.]
Dunglison.


word: Thymol
definition:
Thymol

Thym"ol
(?)
n.
[Thyme + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties; -- called also hydroxy cymene.


word: thymus
definition:
thymus

thy"mus
(thī"mŭs)
a.
[NL., fr. Gr. qy`mos.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland.
n. The thymus gland.

Thymus gland, or Thymus body, a ductless gland in the throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all vertebrates.  In man and other mammals it is the throat, or neck, sweetbread, which lies in the upper part of the thorax and lower part of the throat.  It is largest in fetal and early life, and disappears or becomes rudimentary in the adult.  The thymus gland functions as the site of maturation of T-lymphocytes (T-cells), which confer cell-mediated immunity on the host organism;  thus, removal or malfunciton of the thymus can lead to absence of cell-mediated immunity, and a consequent loss of resistance to infection.


word: Thymy
definition:
Thymy

Thym"y
(tīm"&ybreve_;)
a.
Abounding with thyme; fragrant; as, a thymy vale.
Akenside.

Where'er a thymy bank he found,
He rolled upon the fragrant ground.
Gay.


word: Thyro-
definition:
Thyro-

Thy"ro-
(?)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the thyroid body or the thyroid cartilage; as, thyrohyal.


word: Thyroarytenoid
definition:
Thyroarytenoid

Thy`ro*a*ryt"e*noid
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.


word: Thyrohyal
definition:
Thyrohyal

Thy`ro*hy"al
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.


word: Thyrohyoid
definition:
Thyrohyoid

Thy`ro*hy"oid
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.


word: Thyroid
definition:
Thyroid

Thy"roid
(?)
a.
[Gr. qyreoeidh`s shield-shaped; qyreo`s a large, oblong shield (from qy`ra a door) + e'i^dos form: cf. F. thyroïde, thyréoïde.]
1.
Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx. -- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland (Anat.), an endocrine gland having two lobes, located in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx, which secretes two hormones (thyroxine and triiodothyronine) that regulate the rates of growth and metabloism.  In man and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of the trachea.  Cases of hypothyroidism, where the gland is insufficiently active, can be treated by administration of thyroxine or a combination of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. -- Thyroid dislocation (Surg.), dislocation of the thigh bone into the thyroid foramen. -- Thyroid foramen, the obturator foramen.


word: Thyrotomy
definition:
Thyrotomy

Thy*rot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Thyro- + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of cutting into the thyroid cartilage.


word: Thyrsoidal
definition:
Thyrsoidal

Thyrsoid

{ Thyr"soid (thẽr"soid), Thyr*soid"al (thẽr*soid"al), }
a.
[Gr. _;; _; thyrsus + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. thyrsoïde.]
Having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.


word: Thyrsus
definition:
Thyrsus

Thyr"sus
(?)
n.
pl. Thyrsi (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;.  Cf. Torso.]
1.
A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites.

A good to grow on graves
As twist about a thyrsus.
Mrs. Browning.

In my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
Longfellow.

2.
(Bot.)
A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.


word: Thysanoptera
definition:
Thysanoptera

Thy`sa*nop"te*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. _; a fringe + _; a wing.]
(Zool.)
A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda.  See Thrips.


word: Thysanura
definition:
Thysanura

Thys`a*nu"ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; fringe + _; tail.]
(Zool.)
An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.


word: Thysbe
definition:
Thysbe

Thys"be
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. Thisbe maiden beloved by Pyramus, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).


word: Thyself
definition:
Thyself

Thy*self"
(?)
pron.
An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.

Thyself shalt see the act.
Shak.

Ere I do thee, thou to thyself wast cruel.
Milton.


word: Tiara
definition:
Tiara

Ti*a"ra
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;, _;; of Persian origin.]
1.
A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

2.
The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.


word: Tibia
definition:
Tibia

Tib"i*a
(?)
n.
pl. Tibiae (#).
[L.]
1.
(Anat.)
The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

2.
(Zool.)
The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

3.
(Antiq.)
A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.


word: Tibial
definition:
Tibial

Tib"i*al
(?)
a.
[L. tibialis, fr. tibia the shin bone; also, a pipe or flute, originally made of a bone: cf. F. tibial.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a tibia.

2.
Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.

Tibial spur (Zool.), a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. See Illust. under Coleoptera.


word: Tibiale
definition:
Tibiale

Tib`i*a"le
(?)
n.
pl. Tibialia (#).
[NL.]
(Anat.)
The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.


word: Tibio-
definition:
Tibio-

Tib"i*o-
(?)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular.


word: Tibiotarsal
definition:
Tibiotarsal

Tib`i*o*tar"sal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to both to the tibia and the tarsus; as, the tibiotarsal articulation.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the tibiotarsus.


word: Tibiotarsus
definition:
Tibiotarsus

Tib`i*o*tar"sus
(?)
n.
pl. Tibiotarsi (_;).
(Anat.)
The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.


word: Tic
definition:
Tic

Tic
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Med.)
A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.
Dunglison.

Tic douloureux (_;). [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.


word: Tical
definition:
Tical

Ti*cal"
(?)
n.
1.
A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy.
Malcom.

2.
A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.


word: Tice₂
definition:
Tice

Tice
n.
(Cricket)
A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.


word: Tichorrhine
definition:
Tichorrhine

Tich"or*rhine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a wall + _;, _;, the nose.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.


word: Tick₃
definition:
Tick

Tick
n.
[OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke.  Cf. Tike a tick.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
(b)
Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).

Tick bean, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals. -- Tick trefoil (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus Desmodium, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep.


word: Tick₄
definition:
Tick

Tick
n.
[LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. _;, fr. _; to put. See Thesis.]
1.
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

2.
Ticking. See Ticking, n.


word: Tick₅
definition:
Tick

Tick
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Ticked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.]
[Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.]
1.
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

2.
To strike gently; to pat.

Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
Latimer.


word: Tick₆
definition:
Tick

Tick
n.
1.
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

2.
Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
Dickens.

3.
(Zool.)
The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
[Prov. Eng.]

Death tick. (Zool.) See Deathwatch.


word: Tick₇
definition:
Tick

Tick
v. t.
To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off.
Dickens.


word: Ticker
definition:
Ticker

Tick"er
(tĭk"ẽr)
n.
[See Tick.]
1.
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.

2.
A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off stock quotations (stock ticker), market report, or other news on a paper ribbon or “tape.”

3.
an electronic instrument receiving information by transmision from a remote source and displaying it in readable fashion, not necessarily on paper tape (e.g. on a video display terminal or moving ribbon of electronically controlled lights).

4.
The heart.
[Colloq.]


word: ticker tape parade
definition:
ticker tape parade

ticker tape parade
A parade to honor a person or persons, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group.  The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete; in subsequent years other types of waste paper were used to serve the honorary function, as well as paper tape distributed specifically for the purpose of being thrown in such a parade.


word: Ticket
definition:
Ticket

Tick"et
(?)
n.
[F. étiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF. estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stick. See Stick, n. & v., and cf. Etiquette, Tick credit.]
A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors.
Fuller.

&hand_; Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st Tick.

Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets
On ticket for his mistress.
J. Cotgrave.

The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four votes.
Sarah Franklin (1766).

Scratched ticket, a ticket from which the names of one or more of the candidates are scratched out. -- Split ticket, a ticket representing different divisions of a party, or containing candidates selected from two or more parties. -- Straight ticket, a ticket containing the regular nominations of a party, without change. -- Ticket day (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another. [Eng.] Simmonds. -- Ticket of leave, a license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions. [Eng.] Simmonds. -- Ticket porter, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified. [Eng.]


word: Ticket₂
definition:
Ticket

Tick"et
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ticketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticketing.]
1.
To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.

2.
To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.
[U. S.]


word: Ticketing
definition:
Ticketing

Tick"et*ing
n.
A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.


word: Ticking
definition:
Ticking

Tick"ing
(?)
n.
[From Tick a bed cover.  Cf. Ticken.]
A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.


word: Tickle
definition:
Tickle

Tic"kle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling (?).]
[Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzil&omacrn, chuzzil&omacrn, Icel. kitla.  Cf. Kittle, v. t.]
1.
To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dangerous if too long protracted.

If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Shak.

2.
To please; to gratify; to make joyous.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pope.

Such a nature
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon.
Shak.


word: Tickle₂
definition:
Tickle

Tic"kle
v. i.
1.
To feel titillation.

He with secret joy therefore
Did tickle inwardly in every vein.
Spenser.

2.
To excite the sensation of titillation.
Shak.


word: Tickle₃
definition:
Tickle

Tic"kle
a.
1.
Ticklish; easily tickled.
[Obs.]

2.
Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
[Obs.]

The world is now full tickle, sikerly.
Chaucer.

So tickle is the state of earthy things.
Spenser.

3.
Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.
[Obs.]

Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
Shak.


word: Tickleness
definition:
Tickleness

Tic"kle*ness
(?)
n.
Unsteadiness.
[Obs.]

For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness.
Chaucer.


word: Tickler
definition:
Tickler

Tic"kler
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, tickles.

2.
Something puzzling or difficult.

3.
A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their maturity.
[Com. Cant, U. S.]
Bartlett.

4.
A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
[Eng.]


word: Ticklish
definition:
Ticklish

Tic"klish
(?)
a.
1.
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
Bacon.

2.
Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.

Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish?
Barrow.

3.
Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.

Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say.
Bacon.


word: Tickseed
definition:
Tickseed

Tick"seed`
(?)
n.
[Tick the insect + seed; cf. G. wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.]
1.
A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Same as Coreopsis.
(b)
Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.


word: Ticktack
definition:
Ticktack

Tick"tack`
(?)
n.
[See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack.]
1.
A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

2.
A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.

A game at ticktack with words.
Milton.


word: Ticpolonga
definition:
Ticpolonga

Tic`po*lon"ga
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.


word: Tid
definition:
Tid

Tid
(?)
a.
[Cf. AS. tedre, tydere, weak, tender.]
Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.


word: Tidal
definition:
Tidal

Tid"al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.

The tidal wave of deeper souls
Into our inmost being rolls,
And lifts us unawares
Out of all meaner cares.
Longfellow.

Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches. -- Tidal basin, a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide. -- Tidal wave. (a) See Tide wave, under Tide.  Cf. 4th Bore. (b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.


word: Tidal wave
definition:
Tidal wave

Tid"al wave
(?)
n.
1.
an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching far inland and causing great destruction, and usually caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the shore.  In Japan, such a wave is called a tsunami.

2.
[fig.]
an unusually large quantity of items or events requiring attention and causing strain on the capacity to handle them; as, a tidal wave of orders for a new product; a tidal wave of tourists.


word: Tidbit
definition:
Tidbit

Tid"bit`
(?)
n.
[Tid + bit.]
A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
[Written also titbit.]


word: Tiddle
definition:
Tiddle

Tidder

{ Tid"der (?), Tid"dle (?), }
v. t.
[Cf. AS. tyderian to grow tender. See Tid.]
To use with tenderness; to fondle.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Tiddledywinks
definition:
Tiddledywinks

Tid"dle*dy*winks`
(?)
n.
A game in which the object is to snap small disks of plastic, bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; -- called also tiddlywinks.
[U. S.]


word: Tide
definition:
Tide

Tide
(?)
n.
[AS. tīd time; akin to OS. & OFries. tīd, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. zīt, Icel. tī_;, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a- is a negative prefix. √58.  Cf. Tidings, Tidy, Till, prep., Time.]
1.
Time; period; season.
[Obsoles.]
tide
Chaucer.

And rest their weary limbs a tide.
Spenser.

Which, at the appointed tide,
Each one did make his bride.
Spenser.

At the tide of Christ his birth.
Fuller.

2.
The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.

&hand_; The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide.

3.
A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.
tide
Shak.

4.
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Shak.

5.
Violent confluence.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

6.
(Mining)
The period of twelve hours.

Atmospheric tides, tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon. -- Inferior tide. See under Inferior, a. -- To work double tides. See under Work, v. t. -- Tide day, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. -- Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time. -- Tide gate. (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate. -- Tide gauge, a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. Brande & C. -- Tide lock, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; -- called also guard lock. -- Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water. -- Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents. -- Tide table, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place. -- Tide water, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard. -- Tide wave, or Tidal wave, the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative.  See also tidal wave in the vocabulary. Whewell. -- Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.


word: Tide₂
definition:
Tide

Tide
(tīd)
v. t.
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

They are tided down the stream.
Feltham.


word: Tide₃
definition:
Tide

Tide
v. i.
[AS. tīdan to happen. See Tide, n.]
1.
To betide; to happen.
[Obs.]

What should us tide of this new law?
Chaucer.

2.
To pour a tide or flood.

3.
(Naut.)
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.


word: Tidemark
definition:
Tidemark

Tide"mark
n.
1.
a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark.

2.
[fig.]
the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also high water mark.


word: Tidesman
definition:
Tidesman

Tides"man
(?)
n.
pl. Tidesmen (_;).
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.


word: Tidewaiter
definition:
Tidewaiter

Tide"wait`er
(?)
n.
A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
Swift.


word: Tidife
definition:
Tidife

Tid"ife
(?)
n.
The blue titmouse.
[Prov. Eng.]

&hand_; The “tidif” mentioned in Chaucer is by some supposed to be the titmouse, by others the wren.


word: Tidings
definition:
Tidings

Ti"dings
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. tidinge, ti_;inge, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. tī_;indi; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. tīdan to happen, E. betide, tide. See Tide, v. i. & n.]
Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.

I shall make my master glad with these tidings.
Shak.

Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.
Goldsmith.

&hand_; Although tidings is plural in form, it has been used also as a singular. By Shakespeare it was used indiscriminately as a singular or plural.

Now near the tidings of our comfort is.
Shak.

Tidings to the contrary
Are brought your eyes.
Shak.

Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
Milton.

What tidings dost thou bring?
Addison.


word: Tidology
definition:
Tidology

Tid*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Tide + -logy.]
A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
J. S. Mill.


word: Tidy
definition:
Tidy

Ti"dy
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The wren; -- called also tiddy.
[Prov. Eng.]

The tidy for her notes as delicate as they.
Drayton.

&hand_; This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.


word: Tidy₂
definition:
Tidy

Ti"dy
a.
[Compar. Tidier (?); superl. Tidiest.]
[From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]
1.
Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather.
[Obs.]

If weather be fair and tidy.
Tusser.

2.
Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy.

A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never.
Piers Plowman.


word: Tidy₃
definition:
Tidy

Ti"dy
n.
pl. Tidies (_;).
1.
A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.

2.
A child's pinafore.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.


word: Tidy₄
definition:
Tidy

Ti"dy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tidied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]
To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.


word: Tidy₅
definition:
Tidy

Ti"dy
v. i.
To make things tidy.
[Colloq.]

I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
Dickens.


word: Tidytips
definition:
Tidytips

Ti"dy*tips`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.


word: Tie
definition:
Tie

Tie
(?)
n.
pl. Ties (#).
[AS. tēge, t_;ge, tīge. √64. See Tie, v. t.]
1.
A knot; a fastening.

2.
A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

No distance breaks the tie of blood.
Young.

3.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
Young.

4.
An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

5.
(Arch. & Engin.)
A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

6.
(Mus.)
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

7.
pl.
Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.


word: Tie₂
definition:
Tie

Tie
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tied (?) (Obs. Tight (_;)); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying (?).]
[OE. ti_;en, teyen, AS. tīgan, tiégan, fr. teág, teáh, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. teón to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf. Tow to drag.]
1.
To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
Tie
1 Sam. vi. 7.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Prov. vi. 20,21.

2.
To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.
tie
Bp. Burnet.

3.
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

In bond of virtuous love together tied.
Fairfax.

4.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

Not tied to rules of policy, you find
Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
Dryden.

5.
(Mus.)
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

6.
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

To ride and tie. See under Ride. -- To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action. -- To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.


word: Tiebeam
definition:
Tiebeam

Tie"beam`
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
Gwilt.


word: Tien an men
definition:
Tien an men

Tien an men
(?)
n.
[Chinese, square of heavenly peace.]
a large plaza in Beijing, China.


word: Tienda
definition:
Tienda

Ti*en"da
(?)
n.
[Sp., prop., tent, awning.]
In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.


word: Tier₂
definition:
Tier

Ti"er
n.
[See Tire a headdress.]
A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
[Written also tire.]


word: Tier₃
definition:
Tier

Tier
(?)
n.
[Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziarī ornament, G. zier, AS. tīr glory, tiér row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin.  Cf. Attire, v. t., Tire a headdress, but also Tirade.]
A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.

Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.


word: Tierce
definition:
Tierce

Tierce
(?)
n.
[F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.]
1.
A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

2.
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

3.
(Mus.)
The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

4.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.

5.
(Fencing)
A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

6.
(R. C. Ch.)
The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.


word: Tierce₂
definition:
Tierce

Tier*cé"
(?)
a.
[F.]
(Her.)
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.


word: Tiercelet
definition:
Tiercelet

Tiercel

{ Tier"cel (?), Tierce"let (?), }
n.
[OE. tercel, tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL. tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; -- so called, according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a male, or, according to others, because the male is the third part less than female.  Cf. Tercel.]
(Falconry)
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Tiercet
definition:
Tiercet

Tier"cet
(?)
n.
[F. tercet. See Tercet.]
(Pros.)
A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.


word: Tiers etat
definition:
Tiers etat

Tiers` é`tat"
(?)
[F.]
The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

&hand_; The refusal of the clergy and nobility to give the tiers état a representation in the States-general proportioned to their actual numbers had an important influence in bringing on the French Revolution of 1789. Since that time the term has been purely historical.


word: Tiewig
definition:
Tiewig

Tie"wig`
(?)
n.
A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.
Wright. V. Knox.


word: Tiff
definition:
Tiff

Tiff
(?)
n.
[Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. _;efr a smell, _;efa to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. tüv smell, scent, taste.]
1.
Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
tiff
Sir W. Scott.

2.
A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Thackeray.


word: Tiff₂
definition:
Tiff

Tiff
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tiffing.]
To be in a pet.

She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph.
Landor.


word: Tiff₃
definition:
Tiff

Tiff
v. t.
[OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip, n.]
To deck out; to dress.
[Obs.]
A. Tucker.


word: Tiffany
definition:
Tiffany

Tif"fa*ny
(?)
n.
[OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament, tiffer to adjust, adorn. See Tiff to dress.]
A species of gause, or very silk.

The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Tiffany₂
definition:
Tiffany

Tif"fa*ny
(?)
a.
[After Louis Comfort Tiffany.]
1.
made of stained glass by, or in the style of objects made by, Louis C. Tiffany; as, a Tiffany lamp.

2.
Made by or purchased from the Tiffany corporation (with headquarters in New York City); as, Tiffany jewelry.


word: Tiffin
definition:
Tiffin

Tif"fin
(?)
n.
[Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking. See Tiff, n.]
A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.


word: Tift
definition:
Tift

Tift
(?)
n.
[Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See Tiff, n.]
A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.

After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.
Blackwood's Mag.


word: Tig
definition:
Tig

Tig
(?)
n.
1.
A game among children. See Tag.

2.
A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.


word: Tigella
definition:
Tigella

Ti*gel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., from F. tige stem or stock.]
(Bot.)
That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.


word: Tiger
definition:
Tiger

Ti"ger
(?)
n.
[OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. tīr; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.]
1.
A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

2.
Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.

As for heinous tiger, Tamora.
Shak.

3.
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Dickens.

4.
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
[Colloq. U. S.]

5.
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

American tiger. (Zool.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. -- Clouded tiger (Zool.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore (Felis macrocelis or Felis marmorata) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia.  Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also tortoise-shell tiger. -- Mexican tiger (Zool.), the jaguar. -- Tiger beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidae. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. -- Tiger bittern. (Zool.) See Sun bittern, under Sun. -- Tiger cat (Zool.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. -- Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus Tigridia (as Tigridia conchiflora, Tigridia grandiflora, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. -- Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm (Chamaerops Ritchieana).  It is used in many ways by the natives. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily. -- Tiger moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family Arctiadae which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larvae are called woolly bears. -- Tiger shark (Zool.), a voracious shark (Galeocerdo tigrinus syn. Galeocerdo maculatus) more or less barred or spotted with yellow.  It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.  Called also zebra shark. -- Tiger shell (Zool.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie (Cypraea tigris); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also tiger cowrie. -- Tiger snake (Zool.), either of two very venomous snakes of Tasmania and Australia, Notechis scutatis and Notechis ater, which grow up to 5 feet in length. -- Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena (Hyaena crocuta). -- Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree (Machaerium Schomburgkii) found in Guiana.


word: Tiger-eye
definition:
Tiger-eye

Ti"ger-eye`
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.


word: Tiger's-foot
definition:
Tiger's-foot

Ti"ger's-foot`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.


word: Tight₂
definition:
Tight

Tight
a.
[Compar. Tighter (tīt"ẽr); superl. Tightest.]
[OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. þēttr, Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick.  Cf. Taut.]
1.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

2.
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

3.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

4.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Clad very plain, but clean and tight.
Evelyn.

I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
Gay.

5.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
[Colloq.]

6.
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

7.
Handy; adroit; brisk.
[Obs.]
Shak.

8.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
[Slang]

9.
(Com.)
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market.  Cf. Easy, 7.


word: Tighten
definition:
Tighten

Tight"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tightened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.]
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Just where I please, with tightened rein
I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
Fawkes.

Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.


word: Tights
definition:
Tights

Tights
(?)
n. pl.
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.


word: Tiglic
definition:
Tiglic

Tig"lic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.


word: Tigrine
definition:
Tigrine

Ti"grine
(?)
a.
[L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.

2.
(Zool.)
Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.


word: Tike₂
definition:
Tike

Tike
n.
[Icel. tīk a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.]
1.
A dog; a cur.
tike
Shak.

2.
A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric  person; -- also spelled tyke.

3.
a small child; -- variant of tyke.


word: Tikor
definition:
Tikor

Tik"or
(?)
n.
[Hind. tikhur.]
A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the plant itself.


word: Tikoor
definition:
Tikoor

Tikur

{ Ti*kur", Ti*koor" }
(te̝*tōr")
n.
[Hind. tikūr.]
An East Indian tree (Garcinia pedunculata) having a large yellow fleshy fruit with a pleasant acid flavor.


word: Tilbury
definition:
Tilbury

Til"bu*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Tilburies (#).
[Probably from Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.]
A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.
[Written also tilburgh.]


word: Tilde
definition:
Tilde

Til"de
(?)
n.
[Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See Title, n.]
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, &ltilde_;], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.


word: Tile
definition:
Tile

Tile
(?)
v. t.
[See 2d Tiler.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.


word: Tile₂
definition:
Tile

Tile
n.
[OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]
1.
A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
(b)
A plate of metal used for roofing.

3.
(Metal.)
A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

4.
A draintile.

5.
A stiff hat.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.

Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. -- Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. -- Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite. -- Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. -- Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.


word: Tile₃
definition:
Tile

Tile
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]
1.
To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

2.
Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.

The muscle, sinew, and vein,
Which tile this house, will come again.
Donne.


word: Tilefish
definition:
Tilefish

Tile"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

&hand_; It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.


word: Tiler₂
definition:
Tiler

Til"er
n.
[Of uncertain origin, but probably from E. tile, n.]
A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.
[Written also tyler.]


word: Tilery
definition:
Tilery

Til"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Tileries (#).
[From Tile; cf. F. tuilerie, fr. tuile a tile, L. tegula.]
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.


word: Tileseed
definition:
Tileseed

Tile"seed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.


word: Tilestone
definition:
Tilestone

Tile"stone`
(?)
n.
1.
(Geol.)
A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

2.
A tile of stone.


word: Tilia
definition:
Tilia

Til"i*a
(?)
n.
[L., linden. Cf. Teil.]
(Bot.)
A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceae, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions.  Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.


word: Tiliaceous
definition:
Tiliaceous

Til`i*a"ceous
(?)
a.
[OE. tilia the linden tree.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The family includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.


word: Tiling
definition:
Tiling

Til"ing
(?)
n.
1.
A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.

They . . . let him down through the tiling.
Luke v. 19.

2.
Tiles, collectively.


word: Till₂
definition:
Till

Till
n.
[Properly, a drawer, from OE. tillen to draw. See Tiller the lever of a rudder.]
A drawer.
(a)
A tray or drawer in a chest.
(b)
A money drawer in a shop or store.

Till alarm, a device for sounding an alarm when a money drawer is opened or tampered with.


word: Till₃
definition:
Till

Till
n.
1.
(Geol.)
A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.

2.
A kind of coarse, obdurate land.
Loudon.


word: Till₄
definition:
Till

Till
prep.
[OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw. till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit, convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See Till, v. t.]
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.

He . . . came till an house.
Chaucer.

Women, up till this
Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo.
Tennyson.

Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings -- all through them till the very end.
Prof. Wilson.

Till now, to the present time. -- Till then, to that time.


word: Till₅
definition:
Till

Till
(?)
conj.
As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.

And said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke xix. 13.

Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God.
Jer. Taylor.

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
Macaulay.

&hand_; This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when.


word: Till₆
definition:
Till

Till
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tilling.]
[OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim, strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or definite.  Cf. Teal, Till, prep..]
1.
To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.

No field nolde [would not] tilye.
P. Plowman.

the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Gen. iii. 23.

2.
To prepare; to get.
[Obs.]
W. Browne.


word: Tillage
definition:
Tillage

Till"age
(?)
n.
1.
The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

2.
A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.


word: Tillandsia
definition:
Tillandsia

Til*land"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.]
(Bot.)
An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
Tillandsia usneoides, called Spanish moss, long moss, black moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees in the Southeastern United States and south to Argentina. It is often used for stuffing mattresses


word: Tiller₂
definition:
Tiller

Till"er
n.
[AS. telgor a small branch.  Cf. Till to cultivate.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
(b)
A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

2.
A young timber tree.
[Prov. Eng.]
Evelyn.


word: Tiller₃
definition:
Tiller

Till"er
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tillered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.]
To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.
[Sometimes written tillow.]


word: Tiller₄
definition:
Tiller

Till"er
n.
[From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up.  Cf. Till a drawer.]
1.
(Naut.)
A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder.  Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

2.
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
[Obs.]

You can shoot in a tiller.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
The handle of anything.
[Prov. Eng.]

4.
A small drawer; a till.
Dryden.

Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.


word: Tilley seed
definition:
Tilley seed

Tilley

{ Til"ley (?), n., or Til"ley seed` (?) }
(Bot.)
The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
[Written also tilly.]


word: Tillodontia
definition:
Tillodontia

Til`lo*don"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
(Paleon.)
An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.


word: Tillot
definition:
Tillot

Til"lot
(tĭl"l&obreve_;t)
n.
A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.
McElrath.


word: Tilly-vally
definition:
Tilly-vally

Til"ly-val`ly
(?)
interj., adv., or a.
A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent.
[Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.]
Shak.


word: Til seed
definition:
Til seed

Til seed
(tĭl; tēl)
(a)
The seed of sesame.
(b)
The seed of an African asteraceous plant (Guizotia abyssinica), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine.


word: Tilt
definition:
Tilt

Tilt
(tĭlt)
n.
[OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. tält, tjäll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.]
1.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Denham.

2.
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

3.
(Naut.)
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. -- Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.


word: Tilt₃
definition:
Tilt

Tilt
v. t.
[OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble.  Cf. Totter.]
1.
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

2.
To point or thrust, as a lance.

Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
J. Philips.

3.
To point or thrust a weapon at.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

4.
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.


word: Tilt₄
definition:
Tilt

Tilt
v. i.
1.
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

He tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
Shak.

Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
Shak.

But in this tournament can no man tilt.
Tennyson.

The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the _;urges flew.
Pope.

2.
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
Grew.


word: Tilt₅
definition:
Tilt

Tilt
(?)
n.
1.
A thrust, as with a lance.
Addison.

2.
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

3.
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

4.
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.

Full tilt, with full force. Dampier.


word: Tilter
definition:
Tilter

Tilt"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.

Let me alone to match your tilter.
Glanville.

2.
One who operates a tilt hammer.


word: Tilth
definition:
Tilth

Tilth
(?)
n.
[AS. til_;, fr. tilian to till. See Till to cultivate.]
1.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth.
De Quincey.

2.
That which is tilled; tillage ground.
[R.]

And so by tilth and grange . . . 
We gained the mother city.
Tennyson.


word: Tilt hammer
definition:
Tilt hammer

Tilt" ham`mer
(?)
A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.


word: Tilting
definition:
Tilting

Tilt"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who tilts; a tilt.

2.
The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.


word: Tilt-mill
definition:
Tilt-mill

Tilt"-mill`
(?)
n.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.


word: Til tree
definition:
Til tree

Til tree
(tĭl; tēl)
(Bot.)
(a)
Var. of Teil tree.
(b)
An ill-smelling lauraceous tree (Ocotea foetens) of the Canary Islands; -- sometimes distinguished as Canary Island til tree.


word: Timaline
definition:
Timaline

Tim"a*line
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.


word: Timbale
definition:
Timbale

Tim`bale"
(?)
n.
[F., prop., a kettledrum; -- so named from the form of the mold used. Cf. Timbal.]
(Cookery)
A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.


word: Timber
definition:
Timber

Tim"ber
(?)
n.
[Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium.  Cf. Timmer.]
(Com.)
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
[Written also timbre.]


word: Timber₂
definition:
Timber

Tim"ber
n.
[F. timbre. See Timbre.]
(Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms.
[Written also timbre.]


word: Timber₄
definition:
Timber

Tim"ber
n.
[AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. tömmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. _; house, _; to build, Skr. dama a house. √62.  Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
1.
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing.  Cf. Lumber, 3.

And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . 
And fiddled in the timber!
Tennyson.

2.
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

3.
Fig.: Material for any structure.

Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of.
Bacon.

4.
A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.

So they prepared timber . . . to build the house.
1 Kings v. 18.

Many of the timbers were decayed.
W. Coxe.

5.
Woods or forest; wooden land.
[Western U. S.]

6.
(Shipbuilding)
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.

Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. -- Timber beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvae of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). -- Timber doodle (Zool.), the American woodcock. [Local, U. S.] -- Timber grouse (Zool.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse. -- Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch. -- Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. -- Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. -- Timber sow. (Zool.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. -- Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. -- Timber worm (Zool.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.


word: Timber₅
definition:
Timber

Tim"ber
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Timbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

His bark is stoutly timbered.
Shak.


word: Timbered
definition:
Timbered

Tim"bered
(?)
a.
1.
Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.
L'Estrange.

2.
Built; formed; contrived.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.

3.
Massive, like timber.
[Obs.]

His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled.
Spenser.

4.
Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.


word: Timberhead
definition:
Timberhead

Tim"ber*head`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.


word: Timbering
definition:
Timbering

Tim"ber*ing
n.
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.


word: Timberman
definition:
Timberman

Tim"ber*man
(?)
n.
pl. Timbermen (_;).
(Mining)
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
Weale.


word: Timbre₂
definition:
Timbre

Tim"bre
n.
[F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel.  Cf. Timbrel.]
1.
(Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms.

2.
(Mus.)
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin.  See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.


word: Timbrel
definition:
Timbrel

Tim"brel
(?)
n.
[Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L. typmanum, Gr. _; a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and cf. 2d Timbre, Tymbal.]
(Mus.)
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.

Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Ex. xv. 20.


word: Timbrelled
definition:
Timbrelled

Timbreled

{ Tim"breled, Tim"brelled}
(?)
a.
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
timbreled
Milton.


word: Timbuktoo
definition:
Timbuktoo

Timbuctoo

Timbuctoo, Timbuktoo
prop. n.
A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger.  It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall.  Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export.  The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc.  The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826.  Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia.  Population, 13,000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January.
Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.


word: Time
definition:
Time

Time
(?)
n.
pl. Times (#).
[OE. time, AS. tīma, akin to tīd time, and to Icel. tīmi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. √58. See Tide, n.]
1.
Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day.
Chaucer.

I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time.
Reid.

2.
A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.
Heb. i. 1.

3.
The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

4.
The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.

Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind.
Buckminster.

5.
A proper time; a season; an opportunity.

There is . . . a time to every purpose.
Eccl. iii. 1.

The time of figs was not yet.
Mark xi. 13.

6.
Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.

She was within one month of her time.
Clarendon.

7.
Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.

Summers three times eight save one.
Milton.

8.
The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.

Till time and sin together cease.
Keble.

9.
(Gram.)
Tense.

10.
(Mus.)
The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.

Some few lines set unto a solemn time.
Beau. & Fl.

&hand_; Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.

Absolute time, time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. -- Apparent time, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. -- Astronomical time, mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. -- At times, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. -- Civil time, time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. -- Common time (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Equation of time. See under Equation, n. -- In time. (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. -- Mean time. See under 4th Mean. -- Quick time (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Sidereal time. See under Sidereal. -- Standard time, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. -- Time ball, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. Nichol. -- Time bargain (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. -- Time bill. Same as Time-table. [Eng.] -- Time book, a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. -- Time detector, a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. -- Time enough, in season; early enough. “Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life.” Bacon. -- Time fuse, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. -- Time immemorial, or Time out of mind. (Eng. Law) See under Immemorial. -- Time lock, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. -- Time of day, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as “good morning,” “good evening,” and the like; greeting. -- To kill time. See under Kill, v. t. -- To make time. (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. -- To move against time, To run against time, or To go against time, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. -- True time. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.


word: Time₂
definition:
Time

Time
(tīm)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Timed (tīmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Timing.]
1.
To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
Bacon.

2.
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
Addison.

He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
Was timed with dying cries.
Shak.

3.
To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.

4.
To measure, as in music or harmony.


word: Time₃
definition:
Time

Time
v. i.
1.
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

With oar strokes timing to their song.
Whittier.

2.
To pass time; to delay.
[Obs.]


word: Timeful
definition:
Timeful

Time"ful
(tīm"f&usdot_;l)
a.
Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Time-honored
definition:
Time-honored

Time"-hon`ored
(tīm"&obreve_;n`ẽrd)
a.
Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.


word: Timekeeper
definition:
Timekeeper

Time"keep`er
(tīm"kēp`ẽr)
n.
1.
A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

2.
A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.


word: Timeless
definition:
Timeless

Time"less
(tīm"lĕs)
a.
1.
Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
[R.]

Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast
Timeless, indecent.
Pope.

2.
Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave.
[Obs.]

Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?
Shak.

3.
Having no end; interminable; unending.
Timeless
Young.


word: Timeliness
definition:
Timeliness

Time"li*ness
(tīm"lē*nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.


word: Timely
definition:
Timely

Time"ly
(tīm"lē)
a.
[Compar. Timelier (tīm"lē*ẽr); superl. Timeliest.]
1.
Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.
timely
Milton.

2.
Keeping time or measure.
Spenser.


word: Timely₂
definition:
Timely

Time"ly
adv.
Early; soon; in good season.

Timely advised, the coming evil shun.
Prior.

Thanks to you,
That called me timelier than my purpose hither,
For I have gained by it.
Shak.


word: Timenoguy
definition:
Timenoguy

Ti*men"o*guy
(ti̝*mĕn"o̝*gī)
n.
(Naut.)
A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.


word: Timepiece
definition:
Timepiece

Time"piece`
(?)
n.
A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.


word: Timepleaser
definition:
Timepleaser

Time"pleas`er
(?)
n.
One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.

Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness.
Shak.


word: Time policy
definition:
Time policy

Time policy
(Insurance)
A policy limited to become void at a specified time; -- often contrasted with voyage policy.


word: Timer
definition:
Timer

Tim"er
(?)
n.
1.
A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.

2.
(Internal-combustion Engines)
In electric ignition, an adjustable device for automatically timing the spark.


word: Timeserver
definition:
Timeserver

Time"serv`er
(?)
n.
One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.


word: Timeserving
definition:
Timeserving

Time"serv`ing
a.
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.


word: Timeserving₂
definition:
Timeserving

Time"serv`ing
n.
An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.

Trimming and timeserving, which are but two words for the same thing, . . . produce confusion.
South.

[I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer, that
Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil,
Inclining to them both.
Shak.


word: Time signature
definition:
Time signature

Time signature
(Music)
A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure.


word: Time-table
definition:
Time-table

Time"-ta`ble
(?)
n.
1.
A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

2.
(Railroad)
A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.

3.
(Mus.)
A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.


word: Timid
definition:
Timid

Tim"id
(?)
a.
[L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare.
Thomson.


word: Timidity
definition:
Timidity

Ti*mid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. timiditas: cf. F. timidité.]
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.


word: Timist
definition:
Timist

Tim"ist
(?)
n.
[Written also timeist.]
1.
(Mus.)
A performer who keeps good time.

2.
A timeserver.
[Obs.]
Overbury.


word: Timocracy
definition:
Timocracy

Ti*moc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; honor, worth (fr. _; to honor) + _; to govern: cf. F. timocratie.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
(a)
A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
(b)
A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.


word: Timoneer
definition:
Timoneer

Tim`o*neer"
(?)
n.
[F. timonier, fr. timon a helm, fr. L. temo, -onis, a pole.]
A helmsman.
[R.]


word: Timorous
definition:
Timorous

Tim"or*ous
(?)
a.
[LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid.]
1.
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Shak.

2.
Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.
timorous
Milman.


word: Timorsome
definition:
Timorsome

Tim"or*some
(?)
a.
Easily frightened; timorous.
[Written also timersome.]
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Timothy grass
definition:
Timothy grass

Timothy

{ Tim"o*thy (?), n., or Tim"o*thy grass` (?) }
[From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.]
(Bot.)
A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Timothy
definition:
Timothy

Tim"o*thy
(Bible) 
A disciple and companion of St. Paul.  He was the son of a Greek and a Jewess, and his home was either at Derbe, or Lystra in Lycaonia.  Paul set him apart as a minister of the new gospel, and after preaching in Macedonia and Achaia, he went, at Paul's request to Ephesus, and accompanied the apostle to Jerusalem.  It was to him that the two epistles to Timothy were addressed by the apostle Paul. According to tradition, Timothy suffered martyrdom under Domitian.
The Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.


word: Tin
definition:
Tin

Tin
(?)
n.
[As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1.
(Chem.)
An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery-white crystalline metal, with a tinge of yellowish-blue, and a high luster.  It is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is softer than gold and can be beaten out into very thin strips called tinfoil. It is ductile at 2120, when it can be drawn out into wire which is not very tenacious; it melts at 4420, and at a higher temperature burns with a brilliant white light. Air and moisture act on tin very slightly. The peculiar properties of tin, especially its malleability, its brilliancy and the slowness with which it rusts make it very serviceable.  With other metals it forms valuable alloys, as bronze, gun metal, bell metal, pewter and solder.  It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

2.
Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

3.
Money.
[Cant]
Beaconsfield.

Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin. -- Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. -- Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain. -- Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. -- Stream tin. See under Stream. -- Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other. -- Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf. -- Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. -- Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. -- Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] Bailey. -- Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin. -- Tin pyrites. See Stannite.


word: Tin₂
definition:
Tin

Tin
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tinning.]
To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.


word: Tinamides
definition:
Tinamides

Ti*nam"i*des
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.


word: Tinamou
definition:
Tinamou

Tin"a*mou
(?)
n.
[From the native name: cf. F. tinamous.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

&hand_; In general appearance and habits they resemble grouse and partridges, but in anatomical characters they are allied to the ostriches and other struthious birds. Their wings are of moderate length, and they are able to fly a considerable distance.


word: Tincal
definition:
Tincal

Tin"cal
(?)
n.
[Ar., Per. & Hind. tinkār; cf. Malay tingkal; all fr. Skr. _;a_;ka_;a.  Cf. Altincar.]
(Chem.)
Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds.  Cf. Borax.


word: Tinchel
definition:
Tinchel

Tin"chel
(?)
n.
[Written also tinchill.]
[Gael. timchioll a circuit, compass.]
A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
[Scot.]

We'll quell the savage mountaineer,
As their tinchel cows the game!
Sir W. Scott.


word: Tinct
definition:
Tinct

Tinct
(?)
a.
[L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]
Tined; tinged.
[Archaic]
Spenser.


word: Tinct₂
definition:
Tinct

Tinct
n.
[See Tint.]
Color; tinge; tincture; tint.
[Archaic]
tinct
Shak.

All the devices blazoned on the shield,
In their own tinct.
Tennyson.


word: Tinctorial
definition:
Tinctorial

Tinc*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. tinctorius, from tinctor a dyer, tingere, tinctum, to dye: cf. F. tinctorial. See Tinge.]
Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.
Ure.


word: Tincture
definition:
Tincture

Tinc"ture
(?)
n.
[L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura. See Tinge.]
1.
A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

2.
(Her.)
One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.

&hand_; There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colors and their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and counter potent. See Illustration in Appendix.

3.
The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.

4.
(Med.)
A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.

&hand_; According to the United States Pharmacopoeia, the term tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called spirits.

Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal substance in ether.

5.
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.

6.
A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.

All manners take a tincture from our own.
Pope.

Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
Macaulay.


word: Tincture₂
definition:
Tincture

Tinc"ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinctured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tincturing.]
1.
To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors.
I. Watts.

2.
To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.

The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul.
Barrow.


word: Tind
definition:
Tind

Tind
(?)
v. t.
[OE. tenden, AS. tendan; akin to G. zünden, OHG. zunten, Icel. tendra, Sw. tända, Dan. tænde, Goth. tandjan to kindle, tundnan to be kindled, to burn.  Cf. Tinder.]
To kindle.
[Obs.]
Bp. Sanderson.


word: Tindal
definition:
Tindal

Tin"dal
(?)
n.
[From the native name: cf. Malayalam ta_;_;al.]
1.
A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
[India]
Malcom.

2.
An attendant on an army.
[India]
Simmonds.


word: Tinder
definition:
Tinder

Tin"der
(?)
n.
[OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. tönder. See Tind.]
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

German tinder. Same as Amadou. -- Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.


word: Tine₂
definition:
Tine

Tine
v. t.
[See Tind.]
To kindle; to set on fire.
[Obs.]
See Tind.
tine
Dryden.

Coals of contention and hot vengeance tind.
Spenser.


word: Tine₃
definition:
Tine

Tine
v. i.
[Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.]
To kindle; to rage; to smart.
[Obs.]

Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine
That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.
Spenser.


word: Tine₄
definition:
Tine

Tine
v. t.
[AS. t_;nan, from t_;n an inclosure. See Town.]
To shut in, or inclose.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Tine₅
definition:
Tine

Tine
n.
[OE. tind, AS. tind; akin to MHG. zint, Icel. tindr, Sw. tinne, and probably to G. zinne a pinnacle, OHG. zinna, and E. tooth. See Tooth.]
A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.


word: Tinea
definition:
Tinea

Tin"e*a
(?)
n.
[L., a worm, a moth.]
1.
(Med.)
A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.


word: Tinean
definition:
Tinean

Tin"e*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.


word: Tineman
definition:
Tineman

Tine"man
(?)
n.
pl. Tinemen (#).
[Probably akin to tine to shut or inclose.]
(O. Eng. Forest Law)
An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.
[Obs.]


word: Tinet
definition:
Tinet

Ti"net
(?)
n.
[From Tine to shut in, inclose.]
Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
[Obs. Eng.]


word: Tinge
definition:
Tinge

Tinge
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing (?).]
[L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. _;, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch&omacrn, dunch&omacrn, thunk&omacrn.  Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain, Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.]
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.

His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.
Addison.


word: Tinge₂
definition:
Tinge

Tinge
n.
A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.

His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church.
Macaulay.


word: Tingent
definition:
Tingent

Tin"gent
(?)
a.
[L. tingens, p. pr. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]
Having the power to tinge.
[R.]

As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property.
Boyle.


word: Tingis
definition:
Tingis

Tin"gis
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Tingle
definition:
Tingle

Tin"gle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling (?).]
[Freq. of ting.  Cf. Tinkle.]
1.
To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Sam. iii. 11.

2.
To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.

The pale boy senator yet tingling stands.
Pope.

3.
To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.

They suck pollution through their tingling vein.
Tickell.


word: Tink
definition:
Tink

Tink
(?)
v. i.
[OE. tinken; of imitative origin.  Cf. Ting a tinkling, Tinker.]
To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.
Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii. 1).


word: Tinker
definition:
Tinker

Tink"er
(?)
n.
[From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1.
A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
tinkers
Piers Plowman.

2.
One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

3.
(Ordnance)
A small mortar on the end of a staff.

4.
(Zool.)
(a)
A young mackerel about two years old.
(b)
The chub mackerel.
(c)
The silversides.
(d)
A skate.
[Prov. Eng.]

5.
(Zool.)
The razor-billed auk.


word: Tinker₂
definition:
Tinker

Tink"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinkered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.]
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.


word: Tinker₃
definition:
Tinker

Tink"er
v. i.
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.


word: Tinkle
definition:
Tinkle

Tinkershire

{ Tink"er*shire (?), Tin"kle (?) }
n.
(Zool.)
The common guillemot.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tinkle₂
definition:
Tinkle

Tin"kle
(?)
v. i.
[Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle.]
1.
To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.

As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Cor. xiii. 1.

The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.
Dodsley.

2.
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.

And his ears tinkled, and the color fled.
Dryden.


word: Tinkle₃
definition:
Tinkle

Tin"kle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.


word: Tinkling
definition:
Tinkling

Tin"kling
(?)
n.
1.
A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.

Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.
Gray.

2.
(Zool.)
A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.


word: Tinned
definition:
Tinned

Tinned
(?)
a.
1.
Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.

2.
Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats.
Cassell (Dict. of Cookery).


word: Tinner
definition:
Tinner

Tin"ner
(?)
n.
1.
One who works in a tin mine.

2.
One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.


word: Tinnient
definition:
Tinnient

Tin"ni*ent
(?)
a.
[L. tinniens, p. pr. of tinnire to ring, tinkle.]
Emitting a clear sound.
[Obs.]


word: Tinning
definition:
Tinning

Tin"ning
(?)
n.
1.
The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.

2.
The covering or lining of tin thus put on.


word: Tinnitus
definition:
Tinnitus

Tin*ni"tus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. tinnire to jingle.]
(Med.)
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.


word: Tinsel
definition:
Tinsel

Tin"sel
(?)
n.
[F. étincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla.  Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.]
1.
A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.

Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?
Dryden.

2.
Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

O happy peasant! O unhappy bard!
His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.
Cowper.


word: Tinsel₃
definition:
Tinsel

Tin"sel
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinseled (?) or Tinselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling.]
To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.
Pope.


word: Tint
definition:
Tint

Tint
(?)
n.
[For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]
A slight coloring.

Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
Pope.

Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
Harte.

Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.


word: Tint₂
definition:
Tint

Tint
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.


word: Tintamar
definition:
Tintamar

Tin`ta*mar"
(?)
n.
[F. tintamarre.]
A hideous or confused noise; an uproar.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Tintinnabulary
definition:
Tintinnabulary

Tintinnabular

{ Tin`tin*nab"u*lar (?), Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry (?), }
a.
[L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr. tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.]
Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.


word: Tintinnabulous
definition:
Tintinnabulous

Tin`tin*nab"u*lous
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular.
De Quincey.


word: Tintinnabulum
definition:
Tintinnabulum

Tin`tin*nab"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Tintinnabula (#)
[L., a bell. See Tintinnabular.]
A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.


word: Tinto
definition:
Tinto

Tin"to
(?)
n.
[Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n.]
A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.


word: Tintometer
definition:
Tintometer

Tint*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Tint + -meter.]
(Physics)
An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter.


word: Tiny
definition:
Tiny

Ti"ny
(?)
a.
[Compar. Tinier (?); superl. Tiniest.]
[Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.]
Very small; little; puny.

When that I was and a little tiny boy.
Shak.


word: Tip
definition:
Tip

Tip
(?)
n.
[Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1.
The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

To the very tip of the nose.
Shak.

2.
An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

3.
(Hat Manuf.)
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

4.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

5.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.


word: Tip₂
definition:
Tip

Tip
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.]
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

With truncheon tipped with iron head.
Hudibras.

Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Thomson.


word: Tip₃
definition:
Tip

Tip
v. t.
[Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1.
To strike slightly; to tap.

A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Swift.

2.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.

3.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. -- To tip over, to overturn. -- To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.


word: Tip₅
definition:
Tip

Tip
n.
[See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1.
A light touch or blow; a tap.

2.
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
[Colloq.]

3.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
[Sporting Cant]


word: Tipcart
definition:
Tipcart

Tip"cart`
(?)
n.
A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.


word: Tipcat
definition:
Tipcat

Tip"cat`
(?)
n.
A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.

In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
Macaulay.


word: Tipper
definition:
Tipper

Tip"per
(?)
n.
A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
[Eng.]


word: Tippet
definition:
Tippet

Tip"pet
(?)
n.
[OE. tipet, tepet, AS. tæppet, probably fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings.  Cf. Tape, Tapestry, Tapet.]
1.
A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
Chaucer. Bacon.

2.
A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.
[Scot.]

3.
A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.

Tippet grebe (Zool.), the great crested grebe, or one of several similar species. -- Tippet grouse (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. -- To turn tippet, to change. [Obs.] B. Jonson.


word: Tipping
definition:
Tipping

Tip"ping
(?)
n.
(Mus.)
A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.


word: Tipple
definition:
Tipple

Tip"ple
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tippled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tippling (?).]
[From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf. Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small parts. See Tip a point, and cf. Tipsy.]
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.

Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets.
Macaulay.


word: Tipple₂
definition:
Tipple

Tip"ple
v. t.
1.
To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.

Himself, for saving charges,
A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice.
Dryden.

2.
To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.


word: Tipple₃
definition:
Tipple

Tip"ple
n.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.

Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico.
S. B. Griffin.


word: Tipple₄
definition:
Tipple

Tip"ple
(?)
n.
[Cf. 3d Tip.]
An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.


word: Tippler
definition:
Tippler

Tip"pler
(?)
n.
1.
One who keeps a tippling-house.
[Obs.]
Latimer.

2.
One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.


word: Tippling-house
definition:
Tippling-house

Tip"pling-house`
(?)
n.
A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.


word: Tipstaff
definition:
Tipstaff

Tip"staff`
(?)
n.
pl. Tipstaff (_;).
1.
A staff tipped with metal.
Bacon.

2.
An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
Macaulay.


word: Tipster
definition:
Tipster

Tip"ster
(?)
n.
[Tip a hint + -ster.]
One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races.


word: Tipstock
definition:
Tipstock

Tip"stock`
(?)
n.
The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.


word: Tipsy
definition:
Tipsy

Tip"sy
(?)
a.
[Compar. Tipsier (?); superl. Tipsiest.]
[Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See Tipple.]
1.
Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.

2.
Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

Midnight shout and revelry,
Tipsy dance and jollity.
Milton.


word: Tiptoe
definition:
Tiptoe

Tip"toe`
(?)
n.
pl. Tiptoes (_;).
The end, or tip, of the toe.

He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
Chaucer.

Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.
Spenser.

To be a tiptoe, To stand a tiptoe, To stand on tiptoe or To be on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.


word: Tiptoe₂
definition:
Tiptoe

Tip"toe`
(?)
a.
1.
Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
Shak.

Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.
Byron.

2.
Noiseless; stealthy.
tiptoe
Cowper.

Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott.


word: Tiptop
definition:
Tiptop

Tip"top`
(?)
n.
[Tip end + top.]
The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
[Colloq.]


word: Tiptop₂
definition:
Tiptop

Tip"top`
a.
Very excellent; most excellent; perfect.
[Colloq.]
tiptop
Gray.
tiptop
Goldsmith.


word: Tipula
definition:
Tipula

Tip"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. L. Tipulae (#), E. Tipulas (#).
[L., the water spider, or water spinner.]
(Zool.)
Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.


word: Tip-up
definition:
Tip-up

Tip"-up`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.


word: Tirade
definition:
Tirade

Ti*rade"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling; hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See Tear to rend, and cf. Tire to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels.
Quarterly Review.


word: Tirailleur
definition:
Tirailleur

Ti`rail`leur"
(?)
n.
[F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.]
(Mil.)
Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.


word: Tire
definition:
Tire

Tire
(?)
n.
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
[Obs.]

In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder.
Milton.


word: Tire₂
definition:
Tire

Tire
n.
[Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire.]
1.
Attire; apparel.
[Archaic]
tire
Shak.

2.
A covering for the head; a headdress.

On her head she wore a tire of gold.
Spenser.

3.
A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

4.
Furniture; apparatus; equipment.
[Obs.]
tire
Philips.

5.
[Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.]
A ring, hoop or band, as of rubber or metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.  In Britain, spelled tyre.

&hand_; The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of a bicycle or road vehicle (automobile, motorcyle, truck) has a tire of rubber, which is typically hollow inside and inflated with air to lessen the shocks from bumps on uneven roads.


word: Tire₃
definition:
Tire

Tire
v. t.
To adorn; to attire; to dress.
[Obs.]

[Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
2 Kings ix. 30.


word: Tire₄
definition:
Tire

Tire
v. i.
[F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade.]
1.
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
[Obs.]

Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
Shak.

Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men,
That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
B. Jonson.

2.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
[Obs.]

Thus made she her remove,
And left wrath tiring on her son.
Chapman.

Upon that were my thoughts tiring.
Shak.


word: Tire₅
definition:
Tire

Tire
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring.]
[OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry.]
To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.


word: Tire₆
definition:
Tire

Tire
v. t.
To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
Shak.

Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.
Dryden.

To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.


word: Tire iron
definition:
Tire iron

Tire" iron
(?)
n.
a short steel bar with one end flattened so as to form a blade, used to remove rubber tires from the rim of a wheel.


word: Tiresome
definition:
Tiresome

Tire"some
(?)
a.
Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.
Tire"some*ly, adv. -- Tire"some*ness, n.


word: Tire-woman
definition:
Tire-woman

Tire"-wom`an
(?)
n.
pl. Tire-women (#).
[See Tire attire, Attire.]
1.
A lady's maid.

Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making.
Locke.

2.
A dresser in a theater.
Simmonds.


word: Tiring-room
definition:
Tiring-room

Tir"ing-room`
(?)
n.
[For attiring room.]
The room or place where players dress for the stage.


word: Tirl
definition:
Tirl

Tirl
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Twirl, Thirl.]
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
1.
To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.

2.
To make a ratting or clattering sound by twirling or shaking; as, to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door.


word: Tironian
definition:
Tironian

Ti*ro"ni*an
(?)
a.
[L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.


word: Tirralirra
definition:
Tirralirra

Tir"ra*lir`ra
(?)
n.
A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.

The lark, that tirra lyra chants.
Shak.

“Tirralira, ” by the river,
Sang Sir Lancelot.
Tennyson.


word: Tirrit
definition:
Tirrit

Tir"rit
(?)
n.
A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.


word: Tisar
definition:
Tisar

Ti"sar
(?)
n.
[F. tisard.]
(Glass Manuf.)
The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven.
Knight.


word: Tisical
definition:
Tisical

Tisic

{ Tis"ic (?), Tis"ic*al (?), }
a.
[For phthisic, phthisical.]
Consumptive, phthisical.


word: Tisri
definition:
Tisri

Tis"ri
(?)
n.
[Heb. tishrī, fr. Chald. sherā' to open, to begin.]
The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.


word: Tissue
definition:
Tissue

Tis"sue
(?)
n.
[F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
1.
A woven fabric.

2.
A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire.
Dryden.

In their glittering tissues bear emblazed
Holy memorials.
Milton.

3.
(Biol.)
One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.

&hand_; The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.

4.
Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.

Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion.
A. J. Balfour.

Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc.


word: Tissue₂
definition:
Tissue

Tis"sue
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tissued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing.]
To form tissue of; to interweave.

Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue.
Bacon.


word: Tissued
definition:
Tissued

Tis"sued
(?)
a.
Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers.
Cowper.

And crested chiefs and tissued dames
Assembled at the clarion's call.
T. Warton.


word: Tit
definition:
Tit

Tit
(?)
n.
1.
A small horse.
Tusser.

2.
A woman; -- used in contempt.
Burton.

3.
A morsel; a bit.
Halliwell.

4.
[OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps the same as teat.  Cf. Titmouse, Tittle.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
(b)
The European meadow pipit; a titlark.

Ground tit. (Zool.) See Wren tit, under Wren. -- Hill tit (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera. -- Tit babbler (Zool.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma. -- Tit for tat. [Probably for tip for tap. See Tip a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation. -- Tit thrush (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice.


word: Titan crane
definition:
Titan crane

Ti"tan crane
(Mach.)
A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails.  It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.


word: titanic
definition:
titanic

ti*tan"ic
(ti̝*tăn"ĭk)
a.
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.


word: Titanic
definition:
Titanic

Ti*tan"ic
(?)
prop. n.
The name of a large ocean liner which hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912, with the loss of hundreds of lives.  Also, the name of several movies made about the incident.


word: titanic₂
definition:
titanic

ti*tan"ic
(ti̝*tăn"ĭk)
a.
[Cf. F. titanique.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.

titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti(OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. -- Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite.


word: Titaniferous
definition:
Titaniferous

Ti`tan*if"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Titanium + -ferous: cf. F. titanifère.]
Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.


word: Titanite
definition:
Titanite

Ti"tan*ite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. titanite; -- so called from containing titanic acid.]
(Min.)
See Sphene.


word: Titanium
definition:
Titanium

Ti*ta"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. _;, the sons of the earth.]
(Chem.)
An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.


word: Titano-
definition:
Titano-

Ti"tan*o-
(?)
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.


word: Titanotherium
definition:
Titanotherium

Ti`tan*o*the"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a Titan + _;, dim. of _; a beast.]
(Paleon.)
A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.


word: Titanous
definition:
Titanous

Ti"tan*ous
(?)
a.
Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.


word: Tith
definition:
Tith

Tith
(?)
a.
[See Tight, a.]
Tight; nimble.
[Obs.]

Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Tithe
definition:
Tithe

Tithe
(?)
n.
[OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó_;a the tenth; akin to tién, t_;n, tēn, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind.]
1.
A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges.

The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil.
Neh. xiii. 5.

&hand_; Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground.
Blackstone.

2.
Hence, a small part or proportion.
Bacon.

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. -- Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. -- Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. -- Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.


word: Tithe₃
definition:
Tithe

Tithe
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tithed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing.]
[As. teó_;ian.]
To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.

Ye tithe mint and rue.
Luke xi. 42.


word: Tithing
definition:
Tithing

Tith"ing
n.
[AS. teó_;ung.]
1.
The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

To take tithing of their blood and sweat.
Motley.

2.
(O. Eng. Law)
A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
Blackstone.


word: Tithingman
definition:
Tithingman

Tith"ing*man
(?)
n.
pl. Tithingmen (_;).
1.
(O. Eng. Law)
The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.

2.
(Law)
A peace officer; an under constable.

3.
A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Tithonic
definition:
Tithonic

Ti*thon"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus, the consort of Aurora, Gr. _;.]
Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
[R.]


word: Tithonicity
definition:
Tithonicity

Tith`o*nic"i*ty
(?)
n.
(Chem. & Physics)
The state or property of being tithonic; actinism.
[R.]


word: Tithonographic
definition:
Tithonographic

Ti*thon`o*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Tithonic + -graph + -ic.]
Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.


word: Tithonometer
definition:
Tithonometer

Tith`o*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Tithonic + -meter.]
An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
[R.]


word: Tithymal
definition:
Tithymal

Tith"y*mal
(?)
n.
[L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. _;: cf. F. tithymale.]
(Bot.)
Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.


word: Titi₂
definition:
Titi

Ti"ti
(?)
n.
[Orig. uncert.]
1.
A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.

2.
Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi.


word: Titillate
definition:
Titillate

Tit"il*late
(tĭt"ĭl*lāt)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Titillated (tĭt"ĭl*lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Titillating.]
[L. titillatus, p. p. of titillare.]
1.
To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.

The pungent grains of titillating dust.
Pope.

2.
To arouse an agreeable sensation in; as, to titillate one's imagination; to titillate one's audience; to titillate the senses.


word: titillation
definition:
titillation

tit`il*la"tion
(tĭt`ĭl*lā"shŭn)
n.
[L. titillatio: cf. F. titillation.]
1.
The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.
A. Tucker.

2.
Any pleasurable sensation.

Those titillations that reach no higher than the senses.
Glanvill.


word: Tittivate
definition:
Tittivate

Titivate

{ Tit"i*vate, Tit"ti*vate  }
(tĭt"ĭ*vāt)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Titivated (tĭt"ĭ*vāt`ĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Titivating (tĭt"ĭ*vāt`ĭng).]
[Formed from an uncertain source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.]
To dress or smarten up; to spruce.
Tit`i*va"tion, Tit`ti*va"tion (#), n.
[Both Humorous]
“Come here, an' let me titivate you.” He sat down beside her, and submitted to be dusted.
Quiller-Couch.


word: Titlark
definition:
Titlark

Tit"lark`
(tĭt"lärk`)
n.
[Tit a small bird + lark.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).


word: Title
definition:
Title

Ti"tle
(tī"t'l)
n.
[OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token.  Cf. Tilde, Titrate, Titular.]
1.
An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

2.
The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

3.
(Bookbindng)
The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

4.
A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

5.
An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

With his former title greet Macbeth.
Shak.

6.
A name; an appellation; a designation.

7.
(Law)
(a)
That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
(b)
The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(c)
(Canon Law)
That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

8.
(Anc. Church Records)
A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.


word: Title₂
definition:
Title

Ti"tle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Titled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Titling (?).]
[Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.]
To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, “The Restorer of Britain.”
Milton.


word: Titleless
definition:
Titleless

Ti"tle*less
(?)
a.
Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.
titleless
Chaucer.


word: Title-page
definition:
Title-page

Ti"tle-page`
(?)
n.
The page of a book which contains it title.

The world's all title-page; there's no contents.
Young.


word: Titling
definition:
Titling

Tit"ling
(?)
n.
[Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small bird.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.

The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird.
Holland.

2.
Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.


word: Titmouse
definition:
Titmouse

Tit"mouse`
(?)
n.
pl. Titmice (#).
[OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. māse a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse.  Cf. Tit a small bird.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.

&hand_; The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse (Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (Parus major), and the long tailed titmouse (Aegithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.


word: Titrate
definition:
Titrate

Ti"trate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Titrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Titrating.]
[F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See Title, n.]
(Chem.)
To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions.  Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.


word: Titrated
definition:
Titrated

Ti"tra*ted
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.


word: Titration
definition:
Titration

Ti*tra"tion
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.


word: Titter
definition:
Titter

Tit"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.]
[Probably of imitative origin.]
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

A group of tittering pages ran before.
Longfellow.


word: Tittle
definition:
Tittle

Tit"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. tüttel a tittle, dim. of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title, n.]
A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.

It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke xvi. 17.

Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified.
South.


word: Tittle-tattle
definition:
Tittle-tattle

Tit"tle-tat`tle
(?)
n.
[A reduplication of tattle.]
1.
Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.
Arbuthnot.

2.
An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
[R.]
Tatler.


word: Tittup
definition:
Tittup

Tit"tup
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tittuped (?) or Tittupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.]
[Written also titup.]
[Cf. Teeter.]
To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk.
Kipling.


word: Tittup₂
definition:
Tittup

Tit"tup
n.
The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper.
[Written also titup.]


word: Titubate
definition:
Titubate

Tit"u*bate
(?)
v. i.
[L. titubatus, p. p. of titubare to stagger, totter.]
1.
To stumble.
[Obs.]

2.
To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.


word: Titubation
definition:
Titubation

Tit`u*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. titubatio: cf. F. titubation.]
The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
Quain.


word: Titular
definition:
Titular

Tit"u*lar
(?)
a.
[F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See Title.]
Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

If these magnificent titles yet remain
Not merely titular.
Milton.

Titular bishop. See under Bishop.


word: Titulary
definition:
Titulary

Tit"u*la*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Titularies (#).
[Cf. F. titulaire.]
A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.


word: Tiver
definition:
Tiver

Tiv"er
(?)
n.
[AS. teáfor, teáfur.]
A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tivoli
definition:
Tivoli

Tiv"o*li
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. Tivoli in Italy, a pleasure resort not far from Rome.]
A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoli board or Tivoli table), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.


word: TLC
definition:
TLC

TLC
(tē`ĕl*sē")
n.
1.
(Chem.)
Thin Layer Chromatography.  An initialism.
[initialism]

2.
Tender Loving Care; careful nurturing and sympathetic attention.  Usually used as applied to people, but also used metaphorically in reference to the need of machines or activities for sustained attention in order to function or proceed as desired.
[initialism]


word: Tlingit
definition:
Tlingit

Tlinkit

Tlin"git, Tlin"kit
(?)
prop. n. pl.
1.
The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock.  Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they were the foremost traders of the northwest.  They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with  totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers.  Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic.  Many now (1913) work in the salmon industry.

2.
The ancestral language spoken by the Tlingit people before contact with European settlers. There are three main dialects, Northern Tlingit, Southern Tlingit, and Tongass Tlingit, each of which which can generally be understood by native speakers of the other.  In 1995 there were estimated to be about 775 native speakers, mostly in the United States and some in Canada, for some of whom Tlingit was the second language, the first being English.  Most speakers are bilingual in English and Tlingit.


word: Tmesis
definition:
Tmesis

Tme"sis
(mē"sĭs or t'mē"sĭs; 277)
n.
[L., from Gr. tmh^sis a cutting, fr. te`mnein to cut.]
(Gram.)
The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.


word: To-
definition:
To-

To-
(?, see To, prep.)
[AS. to- asunder; akin to G. zer-, and perhaps to L. dis-, or Gr. _;.]
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.


word: To
definition:
To

To
(_;, emphatic or alone, _;, obscure or unemphatic)
prep.
[AS. t&omacr; akin to OS. & OFries. t&omacr, D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, z&omacr, Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. -do, -du, as in endo, indu, in, Gr. _;, as in _; homeward. √200.   Cf. Too, Tatoo a beat of drums.]
1.
The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from.
To
Chaucer.

Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg.
Shak.

So to the sylvan lodge
They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled.
Milton.

I'll to him again, . . . 
He'll tell me all his purpose.
She stretched her arms to heaven.
Dryden.

2.
Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.

&hand_; Formerly, by omission of the verb denoting motion, to sometimes followed a form of be, with the sense of at, or in. “When the sun was [gone or declined] to rest.” Chaucer.

3.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.

Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter.
B. Jonson.

Whilst they, distilled
Almost to jelly with the act of fear,
Stand dumb and speak not to him.
Shak.

Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Pet. i. 5,6,7.

I have a king's oath to the contrary.
Shak.

Numbers were crowded to death.
Clarendon.

Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears.
Dryden.

Go, buckle to the law.
Dryden.

4.
As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).

Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages,
And palmers for to seeken strange stranders.
Chaucer.

Such usage is now obsolete or illiterate. In colloquial usage, to often stands for, and supplies, an infinitive already mentioned; thus, he commands me to go with him, but I do not wish to.

5.
In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically.
(a)
Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.

We ready are to try our fortunes
To the last man.
Shak.

Few of the Esquimaux can count to ten.
Quant. Rev.

Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face.
1 Cor. xiii. 12.

He to God's image, she to his was made.
Dryden.

All that they did was piety to this.
B. Jonson.

Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom, courage.
Denham.

Anon they move
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood
Of flutes and soft recorders.
Milton.

Made his masters and others . . . to consider him to a little wonder.
Walton.

&hand_; To in to-day, to-night, and to-morrow has the sense or force of for or on; for, or on, (this) day, for, or on, (this) night, for, or on, (the) morrow. To-day, to-night, to-morrow may be considered as compounds, and usually as adverbs; but they are sometimes used as nouns; as, to-day is ours.
[1913 Webster]
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow;
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. Shak.


To and again, to and fro. [R.] -- To and fro, forward and back. In this phrase, to is adverbial.
[1913 Webster]
There was great showing both to and fro. Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
-- To-and-fro, a pacing backward and forward; as, to commence a to-and-fro. Tennyson. -- To the face, in front of; in behind; hence, in the presence of. -- To wit, to know; namely. See Wit, v. i.

&hand_; To, without an object expressed, is used adverbially; as, put to the door, i. e., put the door to its frame, close it; and in the nautical expressions, to heave to, to come to, meaning to a certain position. To, like on, is sometimes used as a command, forward, set to. “To, Achilles! to, Ajax! to!” Shak.


word: Toad
definition:
Toad

Toad
(?)
n.
[OE. tode, tade, AS. tādie, tādige; of unknown origin.  Cf. Tadpole.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.

&hand_; The common toad (Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad (Bufo lentiginosus) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping.

Obstetrical toad. (Zool.) See under Obstetrical. -- Surinam toad. (Zool.) See Pita. -- Toad lizard (Zool.), a horned toad. -- Toad pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant (Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. Dr. Prior. -- Toad rush (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush (Juncus bufonius). -- Toad snatcher (Zool.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] -- Toad spittle. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. -- Tree toad. (Zool.) See under Tree.


word: Toadeater
definition:
Toadeater

Toad"eat`er
(?)
n.
[Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur de couleuvres.  Cf. Toady.]
A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.
V. Knox.

You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself.
Dickens.


word: Toadfish
definition:
Toadfish

Toad"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo.
(b)
The angler.
(c)
A swellfish.


word: Toadflax
definition:
Toadflax

Toad"flax`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.


word: Toadstone
definition:
Toadstone

Toad"stone`
(?)
n.
1.
(Min.)
A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.

2.
Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.


word: Toadstool
definition:
Toadstool

Toad"stool`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.


word: Toady
definition:
Toady

Toad"y
(?)
n.
pl. Toadies (#).
[Shortened from toadeater.]
1.
A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs.
Dickens.

2.
A coarse, rustic woman.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Toady₂
definition:
Toady

Toad"y
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toadied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.


word: Toadyism
definition:
Toadyism

Toad"y*ism
(?)
n.
The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.


word: Toast
definition:
Toast

Toast
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toasted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting.]
[OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.]
1.
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

2.
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

3.
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.


word: Toast₂
definition:
Toast

Toast
n.
[OF. toste, or tostée, toasted bread. See Toast, v.]
1.
Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

My sober evening let the tankard bless,
With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught.
T. Warton.

2.
A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia.
Fielding.

3.
Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as “The land we live in,”  “The day we celebrate,” etc.

Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.


word: Toasting
definition:
Toasting

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

Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire.


word: Toastmaster
definition:
Toastmaster

Toast"mas`ter
(?)
n.
A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.


word: Tobacco
definition:
Tobacco

To*bac"co
(?)
n.
[Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1.
(Bot.)
An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

&hand_; The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (Nicotiana rustica, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco (Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco (Nicotiana Persica).

2.
The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.

Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate. -- Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine. -- Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.] -- Tobacco pipe. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian. -- Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite. -- Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth. -- Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. -- Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina).  It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body.  It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.


word: Tobacconist
definition:
Tobacconist

To*bac"co*nist
(?)
n.
1.
A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

2.
A smoker of tobacco.
[Obs.]
Sylvester.


word: Tobias fish
definition:
Tobias fish

To*bi"as fish`
(?)
[See the Note under Asmodeus, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.]
(Zool.)
The lant, or sand eel.


word: Tobie
definition:
Tobie

To"bie
(?)
n.
[Cf. Toby.]
A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Tobine
definition:
Tobine

To"bine
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. tobin, D. tabijn. See Tabby.]
A stout twilled silk used for dresses.


word: Toboggan
definition:
Toboggan

To*bog"gan
(?)
n.
[Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.]
A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.
[Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]


word: Toboggan₂
definition:
Toboggan

To*bog"gan
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tobogganed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tobogganing.]
To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
Barilett.


word: Tobogganist
definition:
Tobogganist

Tobogganer

{ To*bog"gan*er (?), To*bog"gan*ist (?), }
n.
One who practices tobogganing.


word: To-break
definition:
To-break

To-break"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. to- + break.]
To break completely; to break in pieces.
[Obs.]

With nose and mouth to-broke.
Chaucer.


word: Toby
definition:
Toby

To"by
(?)
n.
pl. -bies (#)
[Perh. from the proper name.]
A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.


word: Toccata
definition:
Toccata

Toc*ca"ta
(?)
n.
[It., fr. toccare to touch. See Touch.]
(Mus.)
An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.


word: Toccatina
definition:
Toccatina

Toccatella

{ &VerbarToc`ca*tel"la (?), &VerbarToc`ca*ti"na (?) }
n.
[It.]
(Music)
A short or simple toccata.


word: Toco
definition:
Toco

To"co
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.


word: Tocology
definition:
Tocology

To*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a birth + -logy.]
The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.
[Written also tokology.]


word: Tocororo
definition:
Tocororo

To*co*ro"ro
(?)
n.
[Probably from the native name through the Spanish: cf. Sp. tocororo.]
(Zool.)
A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.


word: Tocsin
definition:
Tocsin

Toc"sin
(?)
n.
[F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer (originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See Touch, and Sign.]
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.

The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm.
Campbell.


word: Tod
definition:
Tod

Tod
(t&obreve_;d)
n.
[Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool.]
1.
A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.
[R.]
todde
Spenser.

The ivy tod is heavy with snow.
Coleridge.

2.
An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.

3.
A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.

The wolf, the tod, the brock.
B. Jonson.

Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. [U. S.] Knight.


word: To-day
definition:
To-day

To-day"
(?)
adv.
[AS. t&omacr dæg. See To, prep., and Day.]
On this day; on the present day.

Worcester's horse came but to-day.
Shak.


word: Toddle
definition:
Toddle

Tod"dle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Toddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toddling (?).]
[Akin to tottle, totter.]
To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.


word: Toddy
definition:
Toddy

Tod"dy
(?)
n.
[Formed from Hind. tā_;ī the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. tā_; the palmyra tree, Skr. tāla.]
1.
A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

2.
A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.

&hand_; Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.

Toddy bird (Zool.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. -- Toddy cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.


word: Tody
definition:
Tody

To"dy
(?)
n.
pl. Todies (#).
[Cf. NL. todus, F. todier, G. todvogel.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.


word: Toe
definition:
Toe

Toe
(?)
n.
[OE. too, taa, AS. tā; akin to D. teen, G. zehe, OHG. zēha, Icel. tā, Sw. tå, Dan. taa; of uncertain origin. √60.]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
toe
Shak.

2.
(Zool.)
The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

3.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.

4.
(Mach.)
(a)
The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
(b)
A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
(c)
A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

Toe biter (Zool.), a tadpole; a polliwig. -- Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.


word: Toe₂
definition:
Toe

Toe
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toeing.]
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.


word: Toe₃
definition:
Toe

Toe
v. i.
To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).

To toe in, to stand or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of either foot incline toward the other. -- To toe out, to have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, incline from the other foot.


word: Toed
definition:
Toed

Toed
(?)
a.
1.
Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

2.
(Carp.)
Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.


word: Toe drop
definition:
Toe drop

Toe drop
(Med.)
A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.


word: Toforn
definition:
Toforn

Tofore

{ To*fore" (?), To*forn" (?) }
prep. & adv.
[AS. t&omacrforan. See To, prep., Fore.]
Before.
[Obs.]

Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy.
Chaucer.

Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been!
Shak.


word: Toft
definition:
Toft

Toft
(?)
n.
[OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]
1.
A knoll or hill.
[Obs.]
toft
Piers Plowman.

2.
A grove of trees; also, a plain.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
(O. Eng. Law)
A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.


word: Tog
definition:
Tog

Tog
(?)
v. t. & i.
To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like.
[Colloq. or Slang]
Harper's Weekly.


word: Toga
definition:
Toga

To"ga
(?)
n.
pl. E. Togas (#), L. Togae (#).
[L., akin to tegere to cover. See Thatch.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.

&VerbarToga praetexta. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. -- &VerbarToga virilis [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.


word: Togated
definition:
Togated

To"ga*ted
(?)
a.
[L. togatus, from toga a toga.]
Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.
[R.]
Sir M. Sandys.


word: Together
definition:
Together

To*geth"er
(?)
adv.
[OE. togedere, togidere, AS. t&omacrgædere, t&omacrgædre, t&omacrgadere; t&omacr to + gador together. √29. See To, prep., and Gather.]
1.
In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.

Soldiers can never stand idle long together.
Landor.

2.
In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together.

The king joined humanity and policy together.
Bacon.

3.
In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together.

Together with, in union with; in company or mixture with; along with.

Take the bad together with the good.
Dryden.


word: Toggle
definition:
Toggle

Tog"gle
(?)
n.
[Cf. Tug.]
[Written also toggel.]
1.
(Naut.)
A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.

2.
(Mach.)
Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.

3.
A toggle switch.


word: Toggle₂
definition:
Toggle

Tog"gle
(?)
v. t.
(Computer programming)
To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a toggle switch; as, to toggle the view from character to graphic mode; to toggle the keyboard input from insert to overtype mode.

Toggle iron, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned. -- Toggle joint, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.


word: Toggle switch
definition:
Toggle switch

Tog"gle switch`
(?)
n.
1.
(Elec.)
an electrical switch operated by pushing a lever through a small angle of deflection.  The lever has a spring which returns it to its original position after the pressure applied by the operator is released.

2.
(Computer programming)
A mechanism for acquiring input from an operator, such that taking some action (such as pressing a function key on a keyboard) will cause a program variable to take a new value. The values are usually changed in cyclic fashion, so that a certain number of activations of the toggle returns the variable to its initial value.  When there are two values to the variable, each activation of the toggle causes the variable to assume the alternate value.


word: Tohubohu
definition:
Tohubohu

To"hu*bo"hu
(t&omacr"hō-b&omacr"hō)
n.
[F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. tohū wa bohū without form and void (Gen. i. 2).]
Chaos; confusion.
[Rare]

Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?
Thackeray.


word: Toil
definition:
Toil

Toil
(?)
n.
[F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Toilet.]
A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

As a Numidian lion, when first caught,
Endures the toil that holds him.
Denham.

Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.
Dryden.


word: Toil₂
definition:
Toil

Toil
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Toiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.]
[OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.


word: Toil₃
definition:
Toil

Toil
v. t.
1.
To weary; to overlabor.
[Obs.]
Toiled
Shak.

2.
To labor; to work; -- often with out.
[R.]

Places well toiled and husbanded.
Holland.

[I] toiled out my uncouth passage.
Milton.


word: Toil₄
definition:
Toil

Toil
(?)
n.
[OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil, v.]
Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.

My task of servile toil.
Milton.

After such bloody toil, we bid good night.
Shak.

&hand_; Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.

You do not know the heavy grievances,
The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries,
Which they impose.
Southern.

How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play.
Goldsmith.


word: Toilet
definition:
Toilet

Toi"let
(?)
n.
[F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]
1.
A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

2.
A dressing table.
Pope.

3.
Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
[Written also toilette.]

Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.


word: Toilful
definition:
Toilful

Toil"ful
(?)
a.
Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care.
Mickle.


word: Toilinette
definition:
Toilinette

Toi`li*nette"
(?)
n.
[F. toilinet. See Toil a net.]
A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.


word: Toilsome
definition:
Toilsome

Toil"some
(toil"sŭm)
a.
Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.

What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?
Milton.


word: Toise
definition:
Toise

Toise
(toiz)
n.
[F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense, a.]
An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.


word: Toison d'or
definition:
Toison d'or

Toi`son" d'or"
(do̝r")
[F.]
Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel.


word: Tokay
definition:
Tokay

To*kay"
(to̝*kā")
n.
[Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.]
1.
(Bot.)
A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

2.
A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.


word: Token
definition:
Token

To"ken
(t&omacr"k'n)
n.
[OE. token, taken, AS. tācen; akin to OFries. tēken, OS. tēkan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. tākan, teiken, Sw. tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show, AS. teón to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. zīhan, G. zeigen to show, OHG. zeig&omacrn, Icel. tjā, L. dicere to say, Gr. deikny`nai to show, Skr. diç.  Cf. Diction, Teach.]
1.
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.

2.
A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.

This is some token from a never friend.
Shak.

3.
Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.

Say, by this token, I desire his company.
Shak.

4.
A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

&hand_; It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.

5.
(Med.)
A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.
[Obs.]

Like the fearful tokens of the plague,
Are mere forerunners of their ends.
Beau. & Fl.

6.
(Print.)
Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

7.
(Ch. of Scot.)
A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

8.
(Mining)
A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

9.
(Weaving)
In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token, n., 4. -- Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.


word: Token₂
definition:
Token

To"ken
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tokened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening.]
[AS. tācnian, fr. tācen token. See Token, n.]
To betoken.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Tola
definition:
Tola

To"la
(?)
n.
[Hind., from Skr. tulā a balance.]
A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.


word: Tolane
definition:
Tolane

To*lane"
(?)
n.
[From Toluene.]
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.


word: Tole
definition:
Tole

Tole
(t&omacrl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toling.]
[OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin.  Cf. Toll to ring a bell.]
To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait.
[Written also toll.]

Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.


word: Toledo
definition:
Toledo

To*le"do
(?)
n.
A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.


word: Tolerability
definition:
Tolerability

Tol`er*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being tolerable.
[R.]
Fuller. Wordsworth.


word: Tolerable
definition:
Tolerable

Tol"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate.]
1.
Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

As may affect the earth with cold and heat
Scarce tolerable.
Milton.

2.
Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
Dryden.


word: Tolerance
definition:
Tolerance

Tol"er*ance
(?)
n.
[L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.]
1.
The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance.
Bacon.

2.
The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

3.
(Med.)
The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

4.
(Forestry)
Capability of growth in more or less shade.

5.
the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also allowance
specif.:
(Coinage)
The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness.

6.
(Biochemistry)
the capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics.

7.
(Immunology)
the acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance.  Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance).

Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under Remedy.


word: Tolerant
definition:
Tolerant

Tol"er*ant
(?)
a.
[L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tolérant. See Tolerate.]
Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.


word: Tolerate
definition:
Tolerate

Tol"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tolerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tolerating.]
[L. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr. the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p. p. of ferre to bear, and E. thole. See Thole, and cf. Atlas, Collation, Delay, Elate, Extol, Legislate, Oblate, Prelate, Relate, Superlative, Talent, Toll to take away, Translate.]
To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.

Crying should not be tolerated in children.
Locke.

We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration.
Burke.


word: Toleration
definition:
Toleration

Tol`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.]
1.
The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

2.
Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief.

3.
Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.


word: Toll₂
definition:
Toll

Toll
v. t.
[See Tole.]
1.
To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

2.
[Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.]
To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.
tolled
Hood.

3.
To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.
Shak.

Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
Beattie.

4.
To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.

When hollow murmurs of their evening bells
Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
Dryden.


word: Toll₃
definition:
Toll

Toll
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling.]
To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.

The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll.
Shak.

Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell.
Pope.


word: Toll₅
definition:
Toll

Toll
(?)
n.
[OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.]
1.
A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

2.
(Sax. & O. Eng. Law)
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

3.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. Burrill. -- Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. -- Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. -- Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills. -- Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll. -- Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] Crabb. -- Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande & C. -- Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. -- Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill.


word: Toll₆
definition:
Toll

Toll
(?)
v. i.
1.
To pay toll or tallage.
[R.]
Shak.

2.
To take toll; to raise a tax.
[R.]

Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice.
Chaucer.

No Italian priest
Shall tithe or toll in our dominions.
Shak.


word: Tollbooth
definition:
Tollbooth

Toll"booth`
(?)
n.
[Toll a tax + booth.]
[Written also tolbooth.]
1.
A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.
[Obs.]

He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth.
Wyclif (Mark ii. 14).

2.
In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Tollbooth₂
definition:
Tollbooth

Toll"booth`
v. t.
To imprison in a tollbooth.
[R.]

That they might tollbooth Oxford men.
Bp. Corbet.


word: Tolletane
definition:
Tolletane

Tol"le*tane
(?)
a.
[L. Toletanus.]
Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo.
[Obs.]
Tolletanes
Chaucer.


word: Tollman
definition:
Tollman

Toll"man
(?)
n.
pl. Tollmen (_;).
One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer.
Cowper.


word: Tolsester
definition:
Tolsester

Tol"ses*ter
(?)
n.
[LL. tolsestrum.  Cf. Toll a tax.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale.
Cowell.


word: Tolsey
definition:
Tolsey

Tol"sey
(?)
n.
A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.


word: Tolstoian
definition:
Tolstoian

Tolstoyan

{ Tol*stoy"an, Tol*stoi"an  }
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Tolstoy (1828-1910).
n. A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practices manual labor, simplicity of living, nonresistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.


word: Tolt
definition:
Tolt

Tolt
(?)
n.
[LL. tolta, fr. L. tollere to take away.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.
Cowell.


word: Tolu
definition:
Tolu

To*lu"
(?)
n.
A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.

Tolu tree (Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.


word: Toluene
definition:
Toluene

Tol"u*ene
(?)
n.
[Tolu + benzene.]
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.


word: Toluic
definition:
Toluic

To*lu"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid.


word: Toluid
definition:
Toluid

Tol"u*id
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.


word: Toluidine
definition:
Toluidine

To*lu"i*dine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

&hand_; It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.


word: Toluric
definition:
Toluric

To*lu"ric
(?)
a.
[Toluic + uric.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.


word: Tolutation
definition:
Tolutation

Tol`u*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.]
A pacing or ambling.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Toluyl
definition:
Toluyl

Tol"u*yl
(?)
n.
[Toluic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.


word: Toluylene
definition:
Toluylene

Tol"u*yl*ene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
(a)
Same as Stilbene.
(b)
Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.


word: Tolyl
definition:
Tolyl

Tol"yl
(?)
n.
[Toluic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.


word: Tolylene
definition:
Tolylene

Tol"yl*ene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.


word: Tom₂
definition:
Tom

Tom
n.
1.
A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.

2.
The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.


word: Tomahawk
definition:
Tomahawk

Tom"a*hawk
(?)
n.
[Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]
A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.


word: Tomahawk₂
definition:
Tomahawk

Tom"a*hawk
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tomahawked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking.]
To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.


word: Tomaley
definition:
Tomaley

Tom"a`ley
(?)
n.
The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.


word: Toman
definition:
Toman

To*man"
(?)
n.
[Per. t&omacrmān; from a Mongol word signifying, ten thousand.]
A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.


word: Tom and Jerry
definition:
Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry
A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.


word: Tomato
definition:
Tomato

To*ma"to
(?)
n.
pl. Tomatoes (#).
[Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.

Tomato gall (Zool.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines.  They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly (Lasioptera vitis). -- Tomato sphinx (Zool.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm.  It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth.  Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth. -- Tomato worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata, Protoparce quinquemaculata, Sphinx quinquemaculata, or Macrosila quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage.  Called also tomato hornworm and potato worm, and in the Southern U. S. tobacco fly.


word: Tomb
definition:
Tomb

Tomb
(?)
n.
[OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. _; a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound.  Cf. Tumulus.]
1.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Shak.

2.
A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
tomb
Chaucer.

3.
A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak.

Tomb bat (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus).


word: Tomb₂
definition:
Tomb

Tomb
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing.]
To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

I tombed my brother that I might be blessed.
Chapman.


word: Tombac
definition:
Tombac

Tom"bac
(?)
n.
[Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tambāga copper; cf. Skr. tāmraka; cf. F. tombac.]
(Metal.)
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German brass or Dutch brass.  It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal.  The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.
[Written also tombak, and tambac.]


word: Tomboy
definition:
Tomboy

Tom"boy`
(?)
n.
[Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas, fr. Gr. _; )+ boy.]
A romping girl; a hoiden.
[Colloq.]
J. Fletcher.


word: Tombstone
definition:
Tombstone

Tomb"stone`
(tōm"st&omacrn`)
n.
A stone or small stone monument erected over a grave, bearing the name of the dead person interred there, to preserve the memory of the deceased.


word: Tomcat
definition:
Tomcat

Tom"cat`
(t&obreve_;m"kăt`)
n.
[Tom (see Tomboy) + cat.]
A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.


word: Tomcod
definition:
Tomcod

Tom"cod`
(t&obreve_;m"k&obreve_;d`)
n.
[Tom (see Tomboy) + cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.
(b)
The kingfish. See Kingfish (a).
(c)
The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c).


word: Tome
definition:
Tome

Tome
(t&omacrm)
n.
[F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus, fr. Gr. _; a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to _; to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure.  Cf. Anatomy, Atom, Entomology, Epitome. ]
As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.

Tomes of fable and of dream.
Cowper.

A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists.
Macaulay.


word: Tomentose
definition:
Tomentose

To"men*tose`
(?)
a.
[L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.


word: Tomentum
definition:
Tomentum

To*men"tum
(?)
n.
pl. Tomenta (#).
[L. See Tomentose. ]
(Bot.)
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.


word: Tomfoolery
definition:
Tomfoolery

Tom`fool"er*y
(?)
n.
Trifling or silly behavior done mostly for amusement; foolishness; fooling around.

Syn. -- tomfoolishness.


word: Tomium
definition:
Tomium

To"mi*um
(t&omacr"mĭ*ŭm)
n.
pl. Tomia (t&omacr"mĭ*ȧ)
[NL., fr. Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
(Zool.)
The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.


word: Tomjohn
definition:
Tomjohn

Tom"john`
(?)
n.
[Probably of East Indian origin.]
A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.


word: Tommy
definition:
Tommy

Tom"my
(?)
n.
1.
Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
[Slang,Eng.]

2.
A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.
[Slang, Eng.]

&hand_; Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master, tommy-store,tommy-shop,etc.

3.
Same as Tommy Atkins; -- a shortened form.
[Colloq.]


word: Tommy Atkins
definition:
Tommy Atkins

Tom"my At"kins
(?)
prop. n.
Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.


word: Tomnoddy
definition:
Tomnoddy

Tom"nod`dy
(?)
n.
[Tom (see Tomboy) + noddy.]
1.
(Zool.)
A sea bird, the puffin.
[Prov.Eng.]

2.
A fool; a dunce; a noddy.


word: Tom o' Bedlam
definition:
Tom o' Bedlam

Tom o' Bed"lam
(?)
Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.


word: Tomopteris
definition:
Tomopteris

To*mop"te*ris
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. to`mos a cut + ptero`n wing (but taken to mean, fin).]
(Zool.)
A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.


word: Tomorrow
definition:
Tomorrow

To*mor"row
(?)
adv.
[Prep. to + morrow.]
On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.

Summon him to-morrow to the Tower.
Shak.


word: Tomorrow₂
definition:
Tomorrow

To*mor"row
(?)
n.
The day after the present; the morrow.
To-morrow
 Cowper.

One today is worth two to-morrows.
Franklin.


word: Tompion
definition:
Tompion

Tom"pi*on
(?)
n.
[See Tampios]
1.
A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

2.
(Mus.)
A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
Knight.

3.
The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.


word: Tomrig
definition:
Tomrig

Tom"rig`
(?)
n.
[Tom (see Tomboy) + rig.)]
A rude, wild, wanton girl; a hoiden; a tomboy.
Dennis.


word: Tomtate
definition:
Tomtate

Tom"tate
(?)
n.
A Florida and West Indian grunt (Bathystoma rimator or Haemulon rimator); also, any of various allied species.


word: Tomtit
definition:
Tomtit

Tom"tit`
(?)
n.
[Tom (see Tomboy) + tit the bird.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A titmouse, especially the blue titmouse.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The wren.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Ton₃
definition:
Ton

Ton
(tôn)
n.
[F. See Tone.]
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
Byron.

If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.
Thackeray.

Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.


word: Ton₄
definition:
Ton

Ton
(tŭn)
n.
[OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, AS. tunne a tun, tub, a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun, LL. tunna a tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. tunna a tun.  Cf. Tun,Tunnel.]
(Com.)
A measure of weight or quantity.

&hand_; In England, the ton is 2,240 pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds, this being sometimes called the short ton, while that of 2,240 pounds is called the long ton.

&hand_; Ton and tun have the same etymology, and were formerly used interchangeably; but now ton generally designates the weight, and tun the cask. See Tun.


word: Tonality
definition:
Tonality

To*nal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tonalité.]
(Mus.)
The principle of key in music; the character which a composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or tonic, of the whole.

The predominance of the tonic as the link which connects all the tones of a piece, we may, with Fétis, term the principle of tonality.
Helmholtz.


word: To-name
definition:
To-name

To"-name`
(tō"nām`)
n.
[prep. to + name.]
A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Tone
definition:
Tone

Tone
(t&omacrn)
n.
[F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei`nein to stretch or strain. See Thin, and cf. Monotonous, Thunder, Ton fashion, Tune.]
1.
Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

[Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones.
Milton.

Tones that with seraph hymns might blend.
Keble.

2.
(Rhet.)
Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes.
Dryden.

3.
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
(b)
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
(c)
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
(d)
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.

&hand_; The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but is common -- almost universal.

&hand_; Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones.  The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series, and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones, combination tones, summation tones, difference tones, Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (simple or composite) tones.

5.
(Med.)
That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

&hand_; In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his mind has lost its tone.

6.
(Physiol.)
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

7.
State of mind; temper; mood.

The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down . . . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
Bolingbroke.

Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
W. C. Bryant.

8.
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

9.
General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

10.
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

11.
(Physiol.)
Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.

12.
Color quality proper; -- called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.
She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone.
Sir G. Parker.

13.
(Plant Physiol.)
The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.

Tone color. (Mus.) see the Note under def. 4, above. -- Tone syllable, an accented syllable. M. Stuart.


word: Tone₂
definition:
Tone

Tone
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toning.]
1.
To utter with an affected tone.

2.
To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.

3.
(Photog.)
To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

To tone down. (a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to. (b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius.
[1913 Webster]
Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. C. Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]
(c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
[1913 Webster]
The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictures. Palfrey.
[1913 Webster]
 -- To tone up, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen.


word: Toned
definition:
Toned

Toned
(?)
a.
Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.

Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.


word: Tong
definition:
Tong

Tong
(?)
n.
[Chinese t'ang, lit., hall.]
In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders; in the U. S. the tongs have been frequently associated with criminal activity and gang warfare.


word: Tonga
definition:
Tonga

Ton"ga
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.


word: Tonga₂
definition:
Tonga

Ton"ga
(?)
n.
[Hind. tāngā, Skr. tama&ndot_;gaka.]
A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks.
[India]


word: Tongkang
definition:
Tongkang

Tong"kang
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.


word: Tongs
definition:
Tongs

Tongs
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. tonge, tange, AS. tange; akin to D. tang, G. zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. tång, Icel. töng, Gr. da`knein to bite, Skr. dañiç, daç. √59.  Cf. Tang a strong taste, anything projecting.]
An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.


word: Tongue
definition:
Tongue

Tongue
(?)
n.
[OE. tunge, tonge, AS. tunge; akin to OFries. tunge, D. tong, OS. tunga, G. zunge, OHG. zunga, Icel. & Sw. tunga, Dan tunge, Goth. tugg&omacr, OL. dingua, L. lingua. √243  Cf.Language, Lingo. ]

1.
(Anat.)
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

&hand_; The tongue is usually muscular, mobile, and free at one extremity, and in man other mammals is the principal organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech.

To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
Chaucer.

2.
The power of articulate utterance; speech.

Parrots imitating human tongue.
Dryden.

3.
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
L. Estrange.

4.
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
[Obs.]

She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor.
Beau. & Fl.

5.
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Chaucer.

Whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
Deut. xxviii. 49.

To speak all tongues.
Milton.

6.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

My little children, let us love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1 John iii. 18.

7.
A people having a distinct language.

A will gather all nations and tongues.
Isa. lxvi. 18.

8.
(Zool.)
(a)
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(b)
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
(c)
The lingua of an insect.

9.
(Zool.)
Any small sole.

10.
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.

To hold the tongue, to be silent. -- Tongue bone (Anat.), the hyoid bone. -- Tongue grafting. See under Grafting.


word: Tongue₂
definition:
Tongue

Tongue
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tongued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tonguing.]
1.
To speak; to utter.
tongue
Shak.

2.
To chide; to scold.

How might she tongue me.
Shak.

3.
(Mus.)
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

4.
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.


word: Tongue₃
definition:
Tongue

Tongue
v. i.
1.
To talk; to prate.
Dryden.

2.
(Mus.)
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.


word: Tonguefish
definition:
Tonguefish

Tongue"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.


word: Tongueless
definition:
Tongueless

Tongue"less
(?)
a.
1.
Having no tongue.

2.
Hence, speechless; mute.
tongueless
Shak.

3.
Unnamed; not spoken of.
[Obs.]

One good deed dying tongueless.
Shak.


word: Tongue-shaped
definition:
Tongue-shaped

Tongue"-shaped`
(?)
a.
Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.


word: Tonguester
definition:
Tonguester

Tongue"ster
(?)
n.
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
[Poetic.]

Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall.
Tennyson.


word: Tongue-tie
definition:
Tongue-tie

Tongue"-tie`
(?)
n.
(Med.)
Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.
Dunglison.


word: Tongue-tie₂
definition:
Tongue-tie

Tongue"-tie`
v. t.
To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.


word: Tongue-tied
definition:
Tongue-tied

Tongue"-tied`
(?)
a.
1.
Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.

2.
Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.

Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity.
Shak.


word: Tonguing
definition:
Tonguing

Tongu"ing
(?)
vb. n.
(Music)
Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid “t;” in double tonguing, two strokes, as for “t” and “k,” are alternated; in triple tonguing, “t, k, t,” etc.


word: Tonguy
definition:
Tonguy

Tongu"y
(?)
a.
Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
[Written also tonguey.]
[Colloq.]


word: Tonic
definition:
Tonic

Ton"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. _;. See Tone.]
1.
Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) “ from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation.”

2.
Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.

3.
(Med.)
Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.

4.
(Med.)
Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.

Tonic spasm. (Med.) See the Note under Spasm.


word: Tonic₂
definition:
Tonic

Ton"ic
n.
[Cf. F. tonique, NL. tonicum.]
1.
(Phon.)
A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

2.
(Mus.)
The key tone, or first tone of any scale.

3.
(Med.)
A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.

Tonic sol-fa (Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called “tonic.”  Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See Sol-fa.


word: Tonicity
definition:
Tonicity

To*nic"i*ty
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.


word: Tonight
definition:
Tonight

To*night"
(?)
adv.
[Prep. to + night]
1.
On this present or coming night.

2.
On the last night past.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Tonite
definition:
Tonite

Ton"ite
(?)
n.
[Cf.L. tonare to thunder.]
An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.


word: Tonka bean
definition:
Tonka bean

Ton"ka bean`
(?)
[Cf. F. onca, tonka.]
(Bot.)
The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean.
[Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.]


word: Ton mile
definition:
Ton mile

Ton mile
(Railroads)
A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.


word: Ton mileage
definition:
Ton mileage

Ton mileage
(Railroads)
Ton miles collectively; esp., the total ton miles performed by a railroad in a given period.


word: Tonnage
definition:
Tonnage

Ton"nage
(?; 48)
n.
[From Ton a measure.]

1.
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.

2.
The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).

A fleet . . . with an aggregate tonnage of 60,000 seemed sufficient to conquer the world.
Motley.

3.
A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.

4.
The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.

&hand_; There are in common use the following terms relating to tonnage: (a) Displacement. (b) Register tonnage, gross and net. (c) Freight tonnage. (d) Builders' measurement. (e) Yacht measurement. The first is mainly used for war vessels, where the total weight is likely to be nearly constant. The second is the most important, being that used for commercial purposes. The third and fourth are different rules for ascertaining the actual burden-carrying power of a vessel, and the fifth is for the proper classification of pleasure craft. Gross tonnage expresses the total cubical interior of a vessel; net tonnage, the cubical space actually available for freight-carrying purposes. Rules for ascertaining these measurements are established by law.


word: Tonneau
definition:
Tonneau

Ton`neau"
(?)
n.
pl. Tonneaux (#)
[F.]
1.
In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance.

2.
(Automobiles)
Orig., the after part of the body with  entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part.

3.
same as Tonne.


word: Tonnihood
definition:
Tonnihood

Ton"ni*hood
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tonometer
definition:
Tonometer

To*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a stretching, a tone + -meter.]
1.
(Physics.)
An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.

2.
(Physiol.)
(a)
An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.
(b)
An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.


word: Tonometry
definition:
Tonometry

To*nom"e*try
(?)
n.
The act of measuring with a tonometer;
specifically
(Med.)
measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.


word: Tonophant
definition:
Tonophant

Ton"o*phant
(t&omacrn"o̝*fant)
n.
[Gr. to`nos a tone + fai`nein to show.]
(Physics.)
A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjustable by a screw socket.


word: Tonsil
definition:
Tonsil

Ton"sil
(?)
n.
[L. tonsill_;, pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ]
(Anat.)
One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.


word: Tonsilar
definition:
Tonsilar

Ton"sil*ar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
[Written also tonsillar.]


word: Tonsile
definition:
Tonsile

Ton"sile
(?)
a.
[L. tonsilis, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear, clip. See Tonsure. ]
Capable of being clipped.


word: Tonsilitis
definition:
Tonsilitis

Ton`sil*i"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Tonsil, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the tonsils; quinsy.
[Written also, and more usually, tonsillitis.]


word: Tonsillectomy
definition:
Tonsillectomy

Ton`sil*lec"to*my
(?)
n.
(Surg.)
The operation of removing the tonsils; -- formerly also called tonsilotomy.


word: Tonsilotome
definition:
Tonsilotome

Ton*sil"o*tome
(?)
n.
[Tonsil + Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
An instrument for removing the tonsils.


word: Tonsilotomy
definition:
Tonsilotomy

Ton`sil*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
(Surg.)
The operation of removing the tonsils, or a portion thereof; -- called more commonly tonsillectomy.


word: Tonsorial
definition:
Tonsorial

Ton*so"ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. tonsorius, fr. tonsor a shearer, barber, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear. See Tonsure.]
Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.


word: Tonsure
definition:
Tonsure

Ton"sure
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. _; to gnaw; perhaps akin to Gr. _; to cut, and E. tome.]
1.
The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
(b)
The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.


word: Tonsured
definition:
Tonsured

Ton"sured
(?)
a.
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

A tonsured head in middle age forlorn.
Tennyson.


word: Tontine
definition:
Tontine

Ton*tine"
(?)
n.
[F., from It. tontina; -- so called from its inventor, Tonti, an Italian, of the 17th century.]
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.

 Too many of the financiers by professions are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop.
Burke.


word: Tontine insurance
definition:
Tontine insurance

Ton*tine" in*su"rance
(Life Insurance)
Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or full tontine, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the semitontine plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are called free tontine, deferred dividend, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement.


word: Tonus
definition:
Tonus

To"nus
(?)
n.
[L. a sound, tone. See Tone.]
(Physiol.)
Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.


word: Tony
definition:
Tony

To"ny
(?)
n.
pl. Tonies (#).
[Abbrev. from Anthony.]
A simpleton.
L'Estrange.

A pattern and companion fit
For all the keeping tonies of the pit.
Dryden.


word: Too
definition:
Too

Too
(?)
adv.
[The same word as to, prep. See To.]

1.
Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.

His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn.
Cowley.

2.
Likewise; also; in addition.

An honest courtier, yet a patriot too.
Pope.

Let those eyes that view
The daring crime, behold the vengeance too.
Pope.

Too too, a duplication used to signify great excess.

O that this too too solid flesh would melt.
Shak.

Such is not Charles his too too active age.
Dryden.


word: Tool
definition:
Tool

Tool
(tōl)
n.
[OE. tol,tool. AS. t&omacrl; akin to Icel. t&omacrl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. √64.]
1.
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.

2.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.

3.
Hence, any instrument of use or service.

That angry fool . . . 
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
Oft whip her dainty self.
Spenser.

4.
A weapon.
[Obs.]

Him that is aghast of every tool.
Chaucer.

5.
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.

I was not made for a minion or a tool.
Burks.


word: Tool₂
definition:
Tool

Tool
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. tooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tooling.]
1.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
tooled
Ld. Lytton.

2.
To drive, as a coach.
[Slang, Eng.]


word: Tool₃
definition:
Tool

Tool
(tōl)
v. i.
[Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.]
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
[Colloq.]
Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads.
Illust. American.


word: Tooling
definition:
Tooling

Tool"ing
n.
Work performed with a tool.

The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions.
De Quincey.


word: Tool-stock
definition:
Tool-stock

Tool-post

{ Tool"-post` (?), Tool"-stock` (?), }
n.
(Mach.)
The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.


word: Toolshed
definition:
Toolshed

Tool"shed
a small closed structure in which tools are stored, often found in the back yard of a residence.


word: Tool steel
definition:
Tool steel

Tool steel
Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being tempered so as to be suitable for tools.


word: Toom
definition:
Toom

Toom
(?)
a.
[OE. tom, fr. Icel. t&omacrmr; akin to Dan. & Sw. tom, As. t&omacrme, adv.  Cf. Teem to pour.]
Empty.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wyclif.


word: Toon₂
definition:
Toon

Toon
(?)
n.
[Hind. tun, tūn, Skr. tunna.]
(Bot.)
The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.


word: Toot
definition:
Toot

Toot
(?)
v. i.
[OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to peep out.]
[Written also tout.]
1.
To stand out, or be prominent.
[Obs.]
Howell.

2.
To peep; to look narrowly.
[Obs.]
Latimer.

For birds in bushes tooting.
Spenser.


word: Toot₃
definition:
Toot

Toot
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tooted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tooting.]
[Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw. tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]
To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown.
tooting
Howell.

Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
Thackeray.


word: Toot₄
definition:
Toot

Toot
v. t.
To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.


word: Tooth
definition:
Tooth

Tooth
(tōth)
n.
pl. Teeth (tēth).
[OE. toth,tooth, AS. t&omacrð; akin to OFries. t&omacrth, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. tönn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, Skr. danta; probably originally the p. pr. of the verb to eat. √239.  Cf. Eat, Dandelion, Dent the tooth of a wheel, Dental, Dentist, Indent, Tine of a fork, Tusk. ]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

&hand_; The hard parts of teeth are principally made up of dentine, or ivory, and a very hard substance called enamel. These are variously combined in different animals.  Each tooth consist of three parts, a crown, or body, projecting above the gum, one or more fangs imbedded in the jaw, and the neck, or intermediate part. In some animals one or more of the teeth are modified into tusks which project from the mouth, as in both sexes of the elephant and of the walrus, and in the male narwhal.
   In adult man there are thirty-two teeth, composed largely of dentine, but the crowns are covered with enamel, and the fangs with a layer of bone called cementum. Of the eight teeth on each half of each jaw, the two in front are incisors, then come one canine, cuspid, or dog tooth, two bicuspids, or false molars, and three molars, or grinding teeth. The milk, or temporary, teeth are only twenty in number, there being two incisors, one canine, and two molars on each half of each jaw. The last molars, or wisdom teeth, usually appear long after the others, and occasionally do not appear above the jaw at all.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
Shak.

2.
Fig.: Taste; palate.

These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth.
Dryden.

3.
Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.

4.
(a)
A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
(b)
One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk.

5.
(Nat. Hist.)
An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant
(Bot.)
one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.

6.
(Zool.)
Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.

In spite of the teeth, in defiance of opposition; in opposition to every effort. -- In the teeth, directly; in direct opposition; in front. “Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth.” Pope. -- To cast in the teeth, to report reproachfully; to taunt or insult one with. -- Tooth and nail, as if by biting and scratching; with one's utmost power; by all possible means. L'Estrange.  “I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright.” Charles Reade. -- Tooth coralline (Zool.), any sertularian hydroid. -- Tooth edge, the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids. -- Tooth key, an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key. -- Tooth net, a large fishing net anchored. [Scot.] Jamieson. -- Tooth ornament. (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2. -- Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth rash. (Med.) See Red-gum, 1. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. “When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.”  Young. -- To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. “That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth .” Shak.


word: Tooth₂
definition:
Tooth

Tooth
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toothed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toothing.]
1.
To furnish with teeth.

The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
Wordsworth.

2.
To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.

3.
To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4.
Moxon.


word: Toothache
definition:
Toothache

Tooth"ache`
(?)
n.
(Med.)
Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.

Toothache grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungent taste. -- Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (Aralia spinosa).


word: Toothbill
definition:
Toothbill

Tooth"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end.  Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.


word: Toothdrawer
definition:
Toothdrawer

Tooth"draw`er
(?)
n.
One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.
Shak.


word: Toothed
definition:
Toothed

Toothed
(?)
a.
1.
Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
toothed
Herrick.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having marginal projecting points; dentate.

Toothed whale (Zool.), any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete. -- Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.


word: Toothing
definition:
Toothing

Tooth"ing
n.
1.
The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

2.
(Masonry)
Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.

Toothing plane, a plane of which the iron is formed into a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.


word: Toothleted
definition:
Toothleted

Tooth"let*ed
a.
Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.
[Written also toothletted.]


word: Toothpick
definition:
Toothpick

Tooth"pick`
(?)
n.
A pointed instrument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.


word: Toothshell
definition:
Toothshell

Tooth"shell"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.


word: Toothsome
definition:
Toothsome

Tooth"some
(?)
a.
Grateful to the taste; palatable.
Tooth"some*ly, adv. -- Tooth"some*ness, n.

Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me.
Fuller.


word: Toothwort
definition:
Toothwort

Tooth"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.


word: Tootle
definition:
Tootle

Too"tle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tootled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tootling (?).]
[Freq. of toot.]
To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means.
tootling
John Clare.


word: Top
definition:
Top

Top
(?)
n.
[CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf; perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.]
1.
A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.

2.
(Rope Making)
A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.


word: Top₂
definition:
Top

Top
(?)
n.
[AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin.  Cf. Tuft.]
1.
The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.

The star that bids the shepherd fold,
Now the top of heaven doth hold.
Milton.

2.
The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work.
Pope.

3.
The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.

And wears upon his baby brow the round
And top of sovereignty.
Shak.

4.
The chief person; the most prominent one.

Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.
Milton.

5.
The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
top
Spenser.

All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall
On her ungrateful top !
Shak.

6.
The head, or upper part, of a plant.

The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as cabbageheads.
I. Watts.

7.
(Naut.)
A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
Totten.

8.
(Wool Manuf.)
A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

9.
Eve; verge; point.
[R.]
top
Knolles.

10.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
Knight.

11.
pl.
Top-boots.
[Slang]
Dickens.

12.
(Golf)
(a)
A stroke on the top of the ball.
(b)
A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

&hand_; Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone, or topstone; top-boots, or top boots; top soil, or top-soil.

Top and but (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers. -- Top minnow (Zool.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish (Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species. --  From top to toe, from head to foot; altogether.


word: Top₃
definition:
Top

Top
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Topped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.]
1.
To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
Derham.

2.
To predominate; as, topping passions.
topping
Locke.

3.
To excel; to rise above others.

But write thy, and top.
Dryden.

4.
(Golf)
To strike a ball above the center.

5.
(Naut.)
To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up.


word: Top₄
definition:
Top

Top
v. t.
1.
To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Like moving mountains topped with snow.
Waller.

A mount
Of alabaster, topped with golden spires.
Milton.

2.
To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.

Topping all others in boasting.
Shak.

Edmund the base shall top the legitimate.
Shak.

3.
To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.

But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.
Denham.

4.
To take off the or upper part of; to crop.

Top your rose trees a little with your knife.
Evelyn.

5.
To perform eminently, or better than before.

From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them.
Jeffrey.

6.
(Naut.)
To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

7.
(Dyeing)
To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.

8.
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

9.
To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.
[Cant]

10.
To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.

11.
To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.

12.
(Naut.)
To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

13.
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

14.
(Golf)
To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.

To top off, (a) to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn. (b) to completely fill (an almost full tank) by adding more of the liquid it already contains.


word: Toparch
definition:
Toparch

To"parch
(?)
n.
[L. toparcha, Gr. _;; _; a place + _; to govern, to rule.]
The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

The prince and toparch of that country.
Fuller.


word: Toparchy
definition:
Toparchy

To"parch*y
(?)
n.
pl. Toparchies (#).
[L. toparchia, Gr. _;. See Toparch.]
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
Fuller.


word: Top-armor
definition:
Top-armor

Top"-ar`mor
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.


word: Topaz
definition:
Topaz

To"paz
(?)
n.
[OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. to`pazos, topa`zion; possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. Tepid). According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.]
1.
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.

2.
(Zool.)
Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the genus Topaza (Topaza pella or Topaza pyra), of South America and the West Indies.

&hand_; The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also topaz hummer.

False topaz. (Min.) See the Note under Quartz.


word: Topazolite
definition:
Topazolite

To*paz"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Topaz + -lite; cf. F. topazolithe.]
(Min.)
A topaz-yellow variety of garnet.


word: Top billing
definition:
Top billing

Top" bil*ling
(?)
n.
the most prominent place in an advertisement or program for a theatrical performance, movie, fundraising affair, etc.; the place where the star's name usually is located.


word: Top-block
definition:
Top-block

Top"-block`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
Totten.


word: Top-boots
definition:
Top-boots

Top"-boots
(?)
n. pl.
High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.


word: Top-chain
definition:
Top-chain

Top"-chain`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.


word: Top-cloth
definition:
Top-cloth

Top"-cloth
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.


word: Top-drain
definition:
Top-drain

Top"-drain`
(?)
v. t.
To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.


word: Top-dress
definition:
Top-dress

Top"-dress`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Top-dressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Top-dressing.]
To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.


word: Top-dressing
definition:
Top-dressing

Top"-dress`ing
n.
The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.


word: Tope
definition:
Tope

Tope
(t&omacrp)
n.
[Probably from Skr. stūpa a tope, a stupa, through Prakrit thūpo.]
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.


word: Tope₃
definition:
Tope

Tope
n.
1.
(Zool.)
A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus galeus syn. Galeus galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog.

2.
(Zool.)
The wren.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tope₄
definition:
Tope

Tope
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Toped (t&omacrpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Toping.]
[F. tôper to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, tôpe agreed!; -- perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain.  From being used in English as a drinking term, probably at first in accepting a toast.]
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

If you tope in form, and treat.
Dryden.


word: Topek
definition:
Topek

To"pek
(?)
n.
[Eskimo tupek.]
An Eskimo house made of material other than snow, esp. one having walls of turf, driftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal.  In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf.  Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region.


word: Toper
definition:
Toper

To"per
(t&omacr"pẽr)
n.
One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.


word: Topet
definition:
Topet

Top"et
(?)
n.
[F. toupet tuft. See Touper.]
(Zool.)
The European crested titmouse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Top fermentation
definition:
Top fermentation

Top fermentation
An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermenting liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperature of 14-30° C. (58-86° F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.


word: Topflight
definition:
Topflight

Top"flight
a.
unexcelled; of the highest grade; of greatest skill; exhibiting excellence; a topflight performance.


word: Topful
definition:
Topful

Top"ful
(?)
a.
Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull.
Topful
Shak.

[He] was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.
I. Watts.


word: Topgallant
definition:
Topgallant

Top`gal"lant
(?)
a.

1.
(Naut.)
Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.

2.
Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid.
topgallant
L'Estrange.

Topgallant breeze, a breeze in which the topgallant sails may properly be carried.


word: Topgallant₂
definition:
Topgallant

Top`gal"lant
n.
1.
(Naut.)
A topgallant mast or sail.

2.
Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid.
Bacon.


word: Toph
definition:
Toph

Toph
(?)
n.
[L. tophus, tofus, tufa, or tuft.  Cf. Tufa, Tofus, Tophus.]
(Min.)
kind of sandstone.


word: Top-hamper
definition:
Top-hamper

Top"-ham`per
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.
[Written also top hamper.]

All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds.
Motley.


word: Top-heavy
definition:
Top-heavy

Top"-heav`y
(?)
a.
Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Tophet
definition:
Tophet

To"phet
(?)
n.
[Heb. t&omacrphet, literally, a place to be spit upon, an abominable place, fr. tūph to spit out.]
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.
[Written also Topheth.]

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom.
2 Kings xxiii. 10.

&hand_; It seems to have been at first part of the royal garden, but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch, and resounded with the cries of burning infants. At a later period, its altars and high places were thrown down, and all the filth of the city poured into it, until it became the abhorrence of Jerusalem, and, in symbol, the place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence
And black Gehenna called, the type of hell.
Milton.


word: Tophus
definition:
Tophus

To"phus
(?)
n.
pl. Tophi (#).
[NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See Toph.]
[Written also tofus.]
1.
(Med.)
One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.

2.
(Min.)
Calcareous tufa.


word: Topi
definition:
Topi

To"pi
(?)
n.
An antelope (Damaliscus corrigum jimela) having a glossy purplish brown coat. It is related to the blesbok and is native of East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of other districts south of the Sahara.


word: Topiarian
definition:
Topiarian

Top`i*a"ri*an
(?)
a.
[See Toplary.]
Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening.
[R.]
topiarian
Sir W. Scott.

All the pedantries of the topiarian art.
C. Kingsley.


word: Topiary
definition:
Topiary

Top"i*a*ry
(?)
a.
[L. topiarius belonging to ornamental gardening, fr. topia (sc. opera) ornamental gardening, fr. Gr. _; a place.]
Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.

Topiary work, arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings, etc.


word: Topic
definition:
Topic

Top"ic
(?)
n.
[F. topiques, pl., L. topica the title of a work of Aristotle, Gr. topika`, fr. topiko`s of or for place, concerning to`poi, or commonplaces, fr. to`pos a place.]
(a)
One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
(b)
pl.
A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.

These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable to a great many different subjects, which the orator was directed to consult.
Blair.

In this question by [reason] I do not mean a distinct topic, but a transcendent that runs through all topics.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
An argument or reason.
[Obs.]

Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon.
Bp. Wilkins.

3.
The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.

4.
(Med.)
An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.
[Obsoles.]
Wiseman.


word: Topical
definition:
Topical

Top"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. _;. See Topic, n.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

2.
(Rhet. & logic)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

3.
Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.

Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Topically
definition:
Topically

Top"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.


word: Topknot
definition:
Topknot

Top"knot`
(?)
n.
1.
A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an ornamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.

A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Zool.)
A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species.


word: Topless
definition:
Topless

Top"less
a.
1.
Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled.
topless
Topless
Beau. & Fl.

2.
wearing no clothes above the waist, said especially of women.

3.
featuring entertainment by women wearing no clothes above the waist; as, a topless go-go joint.


word: Topmast
definition:
Topmast

Top"mast
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.


word: Topmost
definition:
Topmost

Top"most`
(?)
a.
Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.

The nightngale may claim the topmost bough.
Cowper.


word: Topographer
definition:
Topographer

To*pog"ra*pher
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. topographe, Cr. _; .]
One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.

Dante is the one authorized topographer of the mediaeval hell.
Milman.


word: Topographical
definition:
Topographical

Topographic

{ Top`o*graph"ic (?), a. Top`o*graph"ic*al (?), }
[Cf. F. topographique.]
Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.
Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Topographical map. See under Cadastral. -- Topographical surveying. See under Surveying.


word: Topography
definition:
Topography

To*pog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[F. topographie, Gr. _;; _; a place + _; to write.]
The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.

&hand_; Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries.
Brande & C.


word: Topology
definition:
Topology

To*pol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; place + -logy.]
The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.
[R.]

2.
a branch of mathematics which studies the properties of geometrical forms which retain their identity under certain transformations, such as stretching or twisting, which are homeomorphic.  See also topologist.

3.
configuration, especially in three dimensions; -- used, e. g. of the configurations taken by macromolecules, such as superhelical DNA.


word: Toponomy
definition:
Toponomy

To*pon"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; place + _; to distribute.]
The designation of position and direction.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Toponym
definition:
Toponym

Top"o*nym
(?)
n.
1.
A name of a place.

2.
a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named.


word: Toponymy
definition:
Toponymy

To*pon"y*my
(?)
n.
A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms.
To*pon"y*mal (#), Top`o*nym"ic (#), Top`o*nym"ic*al (#), a.


word: Topophone
definition:
Topophone

Top"o*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; place + Gr. _; sound.]
A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.


word: Top out
definition:
Top out

Top out
(Building)
To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course).


word: Topper
definition:
Topper

Top"per
(?)
n.
1.
One that tops, in any sense of the verb;
specif.:
(a)
A cover of a top layer or part.
[Colloq.]
(b)
One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind.
[Slang]
(c)
Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper.
(d)
One who tops steel ingots.
(e)
A three-square float (file) used by comb makers.

2.
A top hat.
[Slang or Colloq.]

3.
Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called from its being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump.
[Slang]


word: Topping
definition:
Topping

Top"ping
(?)
a.
1.
Rising above; surpassing.

2.
Hence, assuming superiority; proud.

The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world.
South.

3.
Fine; gallant.
[Slang]
Johnson.


word: Topping₂
definition:
Topping

Top"ping
n.
1.
The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

2.
(Naut.)
The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

3.
pl.
That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling.

4.
(Angling)
The tail of an artificial fly.

5.
something placed on top of another thing, such as a sauce or garnish on food; as, a three-scoop banana split with three different toppings; an ice-cream cone with chocolate fudge topping.

Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.


word: Topple
definition:
Topple

Top"ple
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Toppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.]
[From Top summit.]
To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

Though castles topple on their warders' heads.
Shak.


word: Top rake
definition:
Top rake

Top rake
(Mech.)
The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the surface being cut.


word: Top-rope
definition:
Top-rope

Top"-rope`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.


word: Topsail
definition:
Topsail

Top"sail`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.


word: Tops-and-bottoms
definition:
Tops-and-bottoms

Tops"-and-bot`toms
(?)
n. pl.
Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.

'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt.
Hood.


word: Top secret
definition:
Top secret

Top" sec`ret
(?)
a.
1.
(Mil.)
containing information whose disclosure could result in grave danger to the national security; -- the highest of the three commonly known levels of national security classification, the others being confidential and secret.
The names of the higher levels of secrecy classification are themselves classified secrets.

2.
kept secret by very careful and strict rules for disclosure.


word: Top-shaped
definition:
Top-shaped

Top"-shaped`
(?)
a.
Having the shape of a top;
(Bot.)
cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.


word: Top-shell
definition:
Top-shell

Top"-shell`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochidae.


word: Topsman
definition:
Topsman

Tops"man
(?)
n.
pl. Topsmen (_;).
1.
The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
P. Cyc.

2.
The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.
Simmonds.


word: Topsoiling
definition:
Topsoiling

Top"soil`ing
n.
(Engin.)
The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.


word: Topsy-turvy
definition:
Topsy-turvy

Top"sy-tur"vy
(?)
adv.
[Earlier topside-turvey, topsy-tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means, overturned, fr. AS. torfian to throw.]
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.


word: Top-timbers
definition:
Top-timbers

Top"-tim`bers
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.
R. H. Dana, Jr.


word: Top-tool
definition:
Top-tool

Top"-tool`
(-tōl`)
n.
(Blacksmithing.)
A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.


word: Toque
definition:
Toque

Toque
(t&omacrk)
n.
[F. toque; of Celtic origin; cf. W. toc.]
1.
A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.

His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the side of his head.
Motley.

2.
(Zool.)
A variety of the bonnet monkey.


word: Tor
definition:
Tor

Tor
(?)
n.
[AS. torr; cf. Gael. torr.  Cf. Tower.]

1.
A tower; a turret.
[R.]
Ray.

2.
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
[Prov. Eng.]

A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree.
C. Kingsley.


word: Torase
definition:
Torase

Torace

{ To*race" (?), To*rase"  }
v. t.
[Pref. to- + OE. r_;sen to rage.]
To scratch to pieces.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Tora
definition:
Tora

Torah

{ &VerbarTo"rah, &VerbarTo"ra  }
(?)
n.
pl. Toroth (#)
[Heb. t&omacrrāh.]
(Jewish Lit.)
(a)
A law; a precept.
A considerable body of priestly Toroth.
S. R. Driver.
Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets.
T. K. Cheyne.
The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, “Law,” or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets (Nevi'im in Hebrew) . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the “Writings,” generally termed Hagiographa.  From the first letters of these three parts, the word “Tanakh” is derived, and used by Jews as the name of their Bible, the Christian Old Testament.
C. H. H. Wright.


word: Torana
definition:
Torana

Toran

{ To"ran (?), &VerbarTo"ra*na (?) }
n.
[Skr. t&omacrra&nsdot_;a an arch, a gate.]
(Indian Arch.)
A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.


word: Torbernite
definition:
Torbernite

Tor"bern*ite
(?)
n.
[So named after Torber Bergmann, a Swedish chemist.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure.  It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.


word: Torch
definition:
Torch

Torch
(tôrch)
n.
[OE. torche, F. torche a torch, rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere, tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist, OF. torse a torse.  Cf. Torture.]
A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

They light the nuptial torch.
Milton.

Torch thistle. (Bot.) See under Thistle.


word: Torchlight
definition:
Torchlight

Torch"light`
(?)
n.
The light of a torch, or of torches.  Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.


word: Torchon lace
definition:
Torchon lace

Tor"chon lace`
(?)
[F. torchon a kind of coarse napkin.]
a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.


word: Torchon paper
definition:
Torchon paper

Tor"chon pa"per
(?)
[F. papier torchon.]
Paper with a rough surface; esp., handmade paper of great hardness for the use of painters in water colors.


word: Torch song
definition:
Torch song

Torch" song`
(?)
n.
a popular song with a sentimental theme of unrequited love or other form of unhappiness.


word: Torchwood
definition:
Torchwood

Torch"wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, Amyris Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.


word: Torchwort
definition:
Torchwort

Torch"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.


word: Tore₂
definition:
Tore

Tore
n.
[Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. tór a break, cut, tóri to break, cut.]
The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
[Prov. Eng.]
Mortimer.


word: Toreador
definition:
Toreador

To"re*a*dor`
(?)
n.
[Sp., fr. torear to fight bulls, fr.L. taurus a bull.]
A bullfighter.


word: To-rend
definition:
To-rend

To-rend"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. To-rent.]
[Pref. to- + rend.]
To rend in pieces.
[Obs.]

The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent.
Chaucer.


word: Toret₂
definition:
Toret

Tor"et
n.
A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Toreumatography
definition:
Toreumatography

To"reu`ma*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, embossed work, work in relief (from _; to bore through, to work in relief) + -graphy.]
A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal.


word: Toreumatology
definition:
Toreumatology

To*reu`ma*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; embossed work + -logy.]
The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography.


word: Toreutic
definition:
Toreutic

To*reu"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; belonging to work in relief.]
(Sculp.)
In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal.


word: Torilto
definition:
Torilto

To*ril"to
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. torillo a little bull.]
(Zool.)
A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.


word: Torinese
definition:
Torinese

To`rin*ese"
(?)
a.
[It.]
Of or pertaining to Turin.
n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.


word: Torment
definition:
Torment

Tor"ment
(?)
n.
[OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L. tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist, hurl. See Turture.]
1.
(Mil. Antiq.)
An engine for casting stones.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.

2.
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
Chaucer.

The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me.
Milton.

3.
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.
Matt. iv. 24.


word: Torment₂
definition:
Torment

Tor*ment"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. tormented (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tormenting.]
[OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1.
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
torment
Matt. viii. 29.

2.
To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Matt. viii. 6.

3.
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
[Colloq.]

4.
To put into great agitation.
[R.]
tormented
Milton.


word: Tormenter
definition:
Tormenter

Tor*ment"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.

2.
An executioner.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Tormentful
definition:
Tormentful

Tor*ment"ful
(?)
a.
Full of torment; causing, or accompanied by, torment; excruciating.
[R.]
Tillotson.


word: Tormentil
definition:
Tormentil

Tor"men*til
(?)
n.
[F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.]
(Bot.)
A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.


word: Tormentor
definition:
Tormentor

Tor*ment"or
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
Jer. Taylor.

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings.
Milton.

2.
(Agric.)
An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
Hebert.


word: Tormentress
definition:
Tormentress

Tor*ment"ress
(?)
n.
A woman who torments.

Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor.
Holland.


word: Tornado
definition:
Tornado

Tor*na"do
(?)
n.
pl. Tornadoes (#).
[From Sp. or Pg. tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See Turn.]
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.


word: Tornaria
definition:
Tornaria

Tor*na"ri*a
(?)
n.
pl. Tornariae (#).
[NL., fr. L. tornare to turn.]
(Zool.)
The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.


word: Torose
definition:
Torose

To*rose"
(?)
a.
[L. torosus full of muscle, brawny, fleshy. See Torus.]
Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.


word: Torpedinous
definition:
Torpedinous

Tor*ped"i*nous
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.

Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner.
De Quincey.


word: Torpedo
definition:
Torpedo

Tor*pe"do
(?)
n.
pl. Torpedoes (#).
[L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]

1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

&hand_; The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the best known.

2.
An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up; a mine{4}.

Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead!
Adm. David Glasgow Farragut (At the battle of Mobile Bay, 1864).
3.
(Mil.)
A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called land mine.
[obsolete]

4.
(Railroad)
A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.

5.
An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.

6.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

7.
An automobile with a torpedo body.
[Archaic Cant]

Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo. -- Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo. -- Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes. -- Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against torpedoes.


word: Torpedo₂
definition:
Torpedo

Tor*pe"do
v. t.
1.
to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
London Spectator.

2.
[Fig.]
To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being accomplished; -- used esp. with reference to a plan or an enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put into execution.


word: Torpedo-boat destroyer
definition:
Torpedo-boat destroyer

Tor*pe"do-boat` de*stroy"er
A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.


word: Torpedo body
definition:
Torpedo body

Tor*pe"do body
An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush.
[Cant]


word: Torpedoist
definition:
Torpedoist

Tor*pe"do*ist
n.
(Nav.)
One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.


word: Torpedo shell
definition:
Torpedo shell

Torpedo shell
(Ordnance)
A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.


word: Torpedo station
definition:
Torpedo station

Torpedo station
A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport, R.I.


word: Torpedo stern
definition:
Torpedo stern

Torpedo stern
A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.


word: Torpedo tube
definition:
Torpedo tube

Torpedo tube
(Nav.)
A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder. On torpedo vessels the tubes are on deck and usually in broadside, on larger vessels usually submerged in broadside and fitted with a movable shield which is pushed out from the vessel's side to protect the torpedo until clear, but formerly sometimes in the bow. In submarine torpedo boats they are in the bow.


word: Torpent
definition:
Torpent

Tor"pent
(?)
a.
[L. torpens, p. pr. of torpere to be numb.]
Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Torpescence
definition:
Torpescence

Tor*pes"cence
(?)
n.
The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.


word: Torpescent
definition:
Torpescent

Tor*pes"cent
(?)
a.
[L. torpescens, p. pr. of torpescere to grow stiff, numb, or torpid, incho. fr. torpere. See Torpid.]
Becoming torpid or numb.
Shenstone.


word: Torpid
definition:
Torpid

Tor"pid
(tôr"pĭd)
a.
[L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
1.
Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.

Without heat all things would be torpid.
Ray.

2.
Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Torpid₂
definition:
Torpid

Tor"pid
(?)
n.
[See Torpid, a.]
[Slang, Oxford University, Eng.]
1.
An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

2.
pl.
The Lenten rowing races.


word: Torpify
definition:
Torpify

Tor"pi*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Torpified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Torpifying. (_;).]
[L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.]
To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.


word: Torpor
definition:
Torpor

Tor"por
(?)
n.
[L., from torpere, to be torpid.]

1.
Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.

2.
Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.


word: Torquate
definition:
Torquate

Tor"quate
(?)
a.
[L. torquatus wearing a collar.]
(Zool.)
Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.


word: Torque
definition:
Torque

Torque
(?)
n.
[L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.]
1.
A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.

2.
[L. torquere to twist.]
(Mech.)
That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
J. Thomson.

3.
(Phys. Science)
A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.


word: Torqued
definition:
Torqued

Torqued
(?)
a.
[L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.]
1.
Wreathed; twisted.
[R.]

2.
(Her.)
Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.


word: Torques
definition:
Torques

Tor"ques
(?)
n.
[L., a necklace. See Torque, 1.]
(Zool.)
A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.


word: Torrefaction
definition:
Torrefaction

Tor`re*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. torrefacere,torrefactum, to torrefy: cf. F. torréfaction. See Torrefy.]
The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied.
Bp. Hall.


word: Torrefy
definition:
Torrefy

Tor"re*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Torrefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.]
[L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torréfier, L. torrefacere.]
[Written also torrify.]
1.
To dry by a fire.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(Metal.)
To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.

3.
(Pharm.)
To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.


word: Torrens system
definition:
Torrens system

Tor"rens sys`tem
(?)
A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some States of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc.


word: Torrent
definition:
Torrent

Tor"rent
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]
1.
A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

The roaring torrent is deep and wide.
Longfellow.

2.
Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.

At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
Pope.


word: Torrentine
definition:
Torrentine

Torrential

{ Tor*ren"tial (?), Tor*ren"tine (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent .
[R.]


word: Torricellian
definition:
Torricellian

Tor`ri*cel"li*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.

Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at the upper, such as is used in the barometer. -- Torricellian vacuum (Physics), a vacuum produced by filling with a fluid, as mercury, a tube hermetically closed at one end, and, after immersing the other end in a vessel of the same fluid, allowing the inclosed fluid to descend till it is counterbalanced by the pressure of the atmosphere, as in the barometer. Hutton.


word: Torrid
definition:
Torrid

Tor"rid
(?)
a.
[L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
1.
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
torrid
Milton.

2.
Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Torrid
Milton.

Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.


word: Torsade
definition:
Torsade

Tor*sade"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.
The crown decked with torsades of pearls.
Harper's Mag.


word: Torse
definition:
Torse

Torse
(?)
n.
[OF., fr. OF. & F. tors, torse, twisted, wreathed, p. p. of tordre to twist, L. torquere. See Torture.]

1.
(Her.)
A wreath.

2.
[F. tors, torse, twisted.]
(Geom.)
A developable surface. See under Developable.


word: Torsion
definition:
Torsion

Tor"sion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1.
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

2.
(Mech.)
That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.

Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a curve of double curvature. -- Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and opposite couples which tend to twist a body. -- Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or needle, upon which the forces act. -- Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion.


word: Torsional
definition:
Torsional

Tor"sion*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.


word: Torsion electrometer
definition:
Torsion electrometer

Tor"sion e*lec*trom"e*ter
(Elec.)
A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or repulsion.


word: Torsion galvanometer
definition:
Torsion galvanometer

Torsion galvanometer
(Elec.)
A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion.


word: Torsion head
definition:
Torsion head

Torsion head
That part of a torsion balance from  which the wire or filament is suspended.


word: Torsion meter
definition:
Torsion meter

Torsion meter
(Mech.)
An instrument for determining the torque on a shaft, and hence the horse power of an engine, esp. of a marine engine of high power, by measuring the amount of twist of a given length of the shaft. Called also torsimeter, torsiometer, torsometer.


word: Torsk
definition:
Torsk

Torsk
(?)
n.
[Dan.; akin to Icel. þorskr a codfish, G. dorsch.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The cusk. See Cusk.
(b)
The codfish. Called also tusk.


word: Torso
definition:
Torso

Tor"so
(?)
n.
pl. E. Torsos (#), It. Torsi (#).
[It. torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. _;; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk.  Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.


word: Tort
definition:
Tort

Tort
(?)
n.
[F., from LL. tortum, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, p. p. of torqure to twist, bend. See Torture.]
1.
Mischief; injury; calamity.
[Obs.]

That had them long opprest with tort.
Spenser.

2.
(Law)
Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury.

&VerbarExecutor de son tort.  See under Executor. -- Tort feasor (Law), a wrongdoer; a trespasser. Wharton.


word: Torta
definition:
Torta

Tor"ta
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. torta a cake.]
(Metal.)
a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.


word: Torteau
definition:
Torteau

Tor"teau
(?)
n.
pl. Torteaus (#).
[Of. torteau, tortel, from L. tortus twisted. See Tort.]
(Her.)
A roundel of a red color.


word: Torticollis
definition:
Torticollis

Tor`ti*col"lis
(?)
n.
[F. toricolis; L. torquere, tortum, to twist + collum the neck.]
(Med.)
See Wryneck.


word: Tortile
definition:
Tortile

Tor"tile
(?)
a.
[L. tortilis, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortile.]
Twisted; wreathed; coiled.


word: Tortilla
definition:
Tortilla

Tor*til"la
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.


word: Tortious
definition:
Tortious

Tor"tious
(?)
a.
[From Tort.]
1.
Injurious; wrongful.
[Obs.]
Tortious
Spenser.

2.
(Law)
Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort.


word: Tortoise
definition:
Tortoise

Tor"toise
(?)
n.
[OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in allusion to its crooked feet. See Torture.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

&hand_; The term is applied especially to the land and fresh-water species, while the marine species are generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and turtle are used synonymously by many writers.  See Testudinata, Terrapin, and Turtle.

2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
Same as Testudo, 2.

Box tortoise, Land tortoise, etc. See under Box, Land, etc. -- Painted tortoise. (Zool.) See Painted turtle, under Painted. -- Soft-shell tortoise. (Zool.) See Trionyx. -- Spotted tortoise. (Zool.) A small American fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus guttatus or Nanemys guttatus) having a blackish carapace on which are scattered round yellow spots. -- Tortoise beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small tortoise-shaped beetles.  Many of them have a brilliant metallic luster.  The larvae feed upon the leaves of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a mass of dried excrement held over the back by means of the caudal spines.  The golden tortoise beetle (Cassida aurichalcea) is found on the morning-glory vine and allied plants. -- Tortoise plant. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot, under Elephant. -- Tortoise shell, the substance of the shell or horny plates of several species of sea turtles, especially of the hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the manufacture of various ornamental articles. -- Tortoise-shell butterfly (Zool.), any one of several species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus Aglais, as Aglais Milberti, and Aglais urticae, both of which, in the larva state, feed upon nettles. -- Tortoise-shell turtle (Zool.), the hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.


word: tortoise-shell
definition:
tortoise-shell

tortoise-shell
adj.
Having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; --  used mostly to describe cats of that color.
n. a tortoise-shell cat.


word: Tortricid
definition:
Tortricid

Tor"tri*cid
(?)
a.
[See Tortrix.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidae.


word: Tortrix
definition:
Tortrix

Tor"trix
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous.  One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.


word: Tortulous
definition:
Tortulous

Tor"tu*lous
(tôr"t&uuptack_;*lŭs; 135)
a.
(Nat. Hist.)
Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.


word: Tortuoslty
definition:
Tortuoslty

Tor`tu*os"l*ty
(?)
n.
[L. tortuositas: cf. F. tortuosite.]
the quality or state of being tortuous.


word: Tortuous
definition:
Tortuous

Tor"tu*ous
(?)
a.
[OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See Torture.]
1.
Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
Macaulay.

2.
Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

That course became somewhat lesstortuous, when the battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the Jakobites.
Macaulay.

3.
Injurious: tortious.
[Obs.]

4.
(Astrol.)
Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
[Obs.]
Skeat.

Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
Chaucer.


word: Torture
definition:
Torture

Tor"ture
(tôr"t&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
[F., fr. L. tortura, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre`pein to turn, G. drechseln to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer.  Cf. Contort, Distort, Extort, Retort, Tart, n., Torch, Torment, Tortion, Tort, Trope.]
1.
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
Shak.

Ghastly spasm or racking torture.
Milton.

2.
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.

3.
The act or process of torturing.

Torture, which had always been deciared illegal, and which had recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age, was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May, 1640.
Macaulay.


word: torture
definition:
torture

tor"ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. tortured (tôr"t&uuptack_;rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. tTorturing.]
[Cf. F. Torturer. ]
1.
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

2.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
Shak.

3.
To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Jar. Taylor.

4.
To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
[Obs.]

The bow tortureth the string.
Bacon.


word: Torturous
definition:
Torturous

Tor"tur*ous
(tôr"t&uuptack_;r*ŭs)
a.
Involving, or pertaining to, torture.
[R.]
The torturous crucifixion
I. Disraeli.


word: Torula
definition:
Torula

Tor"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Torulae (_;)
[NL., dim. of L. torus a semicircular molding.]
(Biol.)
(a)
A chain of special bacteria.
(b)
A genus of budding fungi.  Same as Saccharomyces.  Also used adjectively.


word: Torulaform
definition:
Torulaform

Tor"u*la*form`
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci.


word: Torulose
definition:
Torulose

Tor"u*lose
(?)
a.
[L. torulus, dim. of torus: cf. F. toruleux. See Torus]
(Bot.)
Same as Torose.


word: Torus
definition:
Torus

To"rus
(t&omacr"rŭs)
n.
pl. Tori (t&omacr"rī).
[L., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation.  Cf. 3d Tore.]

1.
(Arch.)
A large molding used in the bases of columns.  Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.
Brande & C.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

3.
(Bot.)
The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.

4.
(Geom.)
(a)
The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
(b)
The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Syn. --3d Tore{2}.


word: Torved
definition:
Torved

Torved
(?)
a.
Stern; grim. See Torvous.
[Obs.]

But yesterday his breath
Awed Rome, and his least torved frown was death.
J. Webster (1654).


word: Torvity
definition:
Torvity

Tor"vi*ty
(?)
a.
[L. torvitas. See Torvous.]
Sourness or severity of countenance; sternness.
[Obs.]


word: Torvous
definition:
Torvous

Tor"vous
(?)
a.
[L. torvus. ]
Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim.
[Obs.]

That torvous, sour look produced by anger.
Derham.


word: Tory
definition:
Tory

To"ry
(?)
n.
pl. Tories (#).
[ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir. toiridhe, tor, a pursuer; akin to Ir. & Gael. toir a pursuit.]
1.
(Eng. Politics)
A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of existing royal and ecclesiastical authority.

&hand_; The word Tory first occurs in English history in 1679, during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the duke of York from the line of succession, and was applied by the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title of obloquy or contempt.  The Tories subsequently took a broader ground, and their leading principle became the maintenance of things as they were.  The name, however, has for several years ceased to designate an existing party, but is rather applied to certain traditional maxims of public policy.  The political successors of the Tories are now commonly known as Conservatives.
New Am. Cyc.

2.
(Amer. Hist.)
One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting to the claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent to the crown.


word: Toscatter
definition:
Toscatter

To*scat"ter
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. to- + scatter.]
To scatter in pieces; to divide.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Toss
definition:
Toss

Toss
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Tossed (_;); (less properly Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.]
[ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
1.
To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

2.
To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay.
Addison.

3.
To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest.
Act xxvii. 18.

4.
To agitate; to make restless.

Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
Milton.

5.
Hence, to try; to harass.

Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
Herbert.

6.
To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.
[Obs.]
Ascham.

To toss off, (a) to drink hastily. (b) to accomplish easily or quickly. (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a comment. (d) to masturbate; -- British slang. -- To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.


word: Toss₂
definition:
Toss

Toss
v. i.
1.
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain.
Tillotson.

2.
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
Shak.

To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. -- To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.


word: Toss₃
definition:
Toss

Toss
n.
1.
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

2.
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Swift.


word: Tossing
definition:
Tossing

Toss"ing
n.
1.
The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

2.
(Mining)
(a)
A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
Pryce.
(b)
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.


word: Tossy
definition:
Tossy

Toss"y
(?)
a.
Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace.
[R.]
C. Kingsley.


word: Tosto
definition:
Tosto

Tos"to
(?)
a.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Quick; rapid.

&VerbarPui tosto (_;) [It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.


word: Tot
definition:
Tot

Tot
(?)
n.
[Cf. Toddle, Tottle, Totter.]
1.
Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

2.
A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

3.
A foolish fellow.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Tot₂
definition:
Tot

Tot
(?)
n.
[L.]
Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.


word: Tot₃
definition:
Tot

Tot
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Totted; p. pr. & vb. n. Totting.]
1.
To mark with the word “tot”; as, a totted debt. See Tot, n.

2.
[Cf. Total.]
To add; to count; to make up the  sum of; to total; -- often with up.
[Colloq., Eng.]
The last two tot up the bill.
Thackeray.


word: Total
definition:
Total

To"tal
(?)
a.
[F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole.  Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Total
total
Milton.

Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. -- Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.


word: Total₂
definition:
Total

To"tal
n.
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.


word: Total₃
definition:
Total

To"tal
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Totaled (?) or Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.]
1.
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
[Colloq.]

2.
to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill.

3.
To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree.  From total loss.
[colloq.]


word: Totality
definition:
Totality

To*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.]
1.
The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

2.
The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge.
Buckle.

The totality of a sentence or passage.
Coleridge.


word: Totalizator
definition:
Totalizator

To"tal*i*za`tor
(?)
n.
[From Totalize: cf. F. totalisateur.]
A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races. Called also totalizer.


word: Totara
definition:
Totara

To"ta*ra
(?)
n.
[Maori.]
A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand.  Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc.  Also mahogany pine.


word: Tote
definition:
Tote

Tote
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.]
[Said to be of African origin.]
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common throughout the U. S.


word: Tote₂
definition:
Tote

Tote
n.
[L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.]
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote.
[Colloq.]


word: Totem
definition:
Totem

To"tem
(?)
n.
[Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.]
1.
A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself, considered as an symbol of the family.

And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.
Longfellow.

The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it.
Bagehot.

2.
Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or emblem.


word: Totemism
definition:
Totemism

To"tem*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.

2.
Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.
Tylor.


word: Totem post
definition:
Totem post

Totem pole

{ To"tem pole or To"tem post }
A pole or pillar, carved and  painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up  before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.


word: Toter
definition:
Toter

Tot"er
(?)
n.
[See Tote to carry.]
(Zool.)
The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.


word: T'other
definition:
T'other

T'oth"er
(?)
A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2.

The tothir that was crucifield with him.
Wyclif(John xix. 32)


word: Totipalmate
definition:
Totipalmate

To`ti*pal"mate
(?)
a.
[L. totus all, whole + E. palmate.]
(Zool.)
Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.


word: Totipalmi
definition:
Totipalmi

To`ti*pal"mi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. totus all, whole + palmus palm.]
(Zool.)
A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.


word: Totipresence
definition:
Totipresence

To`ti*pres"ence
(?)
n.
[L. totus all, whole + E. presence.]
Omnipresence.
[Obs.]
A. Tucker.


word: Totipresent
definition:
Totipresent

To`ti*pres"ent
(?)
a.
[L. totus all, whole + E. present.]
Omnipresent.
[Obs.]
A. Tucker.


word: Totter
definition:
Totter

Tot"ter
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tottered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.]
[Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate.  Cf.Tilt to incline, Toddle, Tottle, Totty.]
1.
To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age.
tottering
Ps. lxii. 3.

2.
To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.

Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.
Dryden.


word: Tottery
definition:
Tottery

Tot"ter*y
(?)
a.
Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking.
Johnson.


word: Tottle
definition:
Tottle

Tot"tle
(t&obreve_;t"t'l)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Tottled (t&obreve_;t"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tottling (t&obreve_;t"tlĭng).]
[See Toddle, Totter.]
To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.
[Colloq.]


word: Tottlish
definition:
Tottlish

Tot"tlish
(t&obreve_;t"tlĭsh)
a.
Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; unsteady.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Totty
definition:
Totty

Tot"ty
(?)
a.
[OE. toti.  Cf. Totter.]
Unsteady; dizzy; tottery.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Sir W. Scott.

For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must.
Spenser.


word: Toucan
definition:
Toucan

Tou"can
(tō"kăn; 277)
n.
[F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae.  They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself.  Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.

2.
(Astronom.)
A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.


word: Touch
definition:
Touch

Touch
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Touched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Touching.]
[F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf. Tocsin, Toccata.]
1.
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear
Touched lightly.
Milton.

2.
To perceive by the sense of feeling.

Nothing but body can be touched or touch.
Greech.

3.
To come to; to reach; to attain to.

The god, vindictive, doomed them never more-
Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore.
Pope.

4.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
[Obs.]

Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed.
Shak.

5.
To relate to; to concern; to affect.

The quarrel toucheth none but us alone.
Shak.

6.
To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse.
Chaucer.

7.
To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
Pope.

8.
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity, compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.

What of sweet before
Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh.
Milton.

The tender sire was touched with what he said.
Addison.

9.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right.
Pope.

10.
To infect; to affect slightly.
Bacon.

11.
To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it.
Moxon.

12.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.

[They] touched their golden harps.
Milton.

13.
To perform, as a tune; to play.

A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet.
Sir W. Scott.

14.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
touch
Milton.

15.
To harm, afflict, or distress.

Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee.
Gen. xxvi. 28, 29.

16.
To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

She feared his head was a little touched.
Ld. Lytton.

17.
(Geom.)
To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

18.
To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

19.
To compare with; to be equal to; -- usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.
[Colloq.]

20.
To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.
[Slang]

To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. -- To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. -- To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or emendation.


word: Touch₂
definition:
Touch

Touch
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
Johnson.

2.
To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
[R.]

Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver.
Bacon.

3.
To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.

If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately
quitted it.
Addison.

4.
(Naut)
To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

To touch and go (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion. -- To touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the ship touched at Lisbon. -- To touch on or To touch upon, (a) to come or go to for a short time. [R.] 
[1913 Webster]

I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts. Addison.
[1913 Webster]

(b) to discuss briefly, as only a small part of a discourse.


word: Touch₃
definition:
Touch

Touch
n.
[Cf. F. touche. See Touch, v. ]
1.
The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.
Shak.

2.
(Physiol.)
The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine.
Pope.

&hand_; Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more or less combined with them. The organs of touch are found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain underlying nervous structures.

3.
Act or power of exciting emotion.

Not alone
The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches,
Do strongly speak to us.
Shak.

4.
An emotion or affection.

A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy.
Hooker.

5.
Personal reference or application.
[Obs.]

Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
Bacon.

6.
A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret.
Eikon Basilike.

7.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
Dryden.

8.
Feature; lineament; trait.

Of many faces, eyes, and hearts,
To have the touches dearest prized.
Shak.

9.
The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

Soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
Shak.

10.
A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them.
Hazlitt.

Madam, I have a touch of your condition.
Shak.

11.
A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

A small touch will put him in mind of them.
Bacon.

12.
A slight and brief essay.
[Colloq.]

Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
Swift.

13.
A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
[Obs.]
touch
Shak.

A neat new monument of touch and alabaster.
Fuller.

14.
Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

Equity, the true touch of all laws.
Carew.

Friends of noble touch .
Shak.

15.
(Mus.)
The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.

16.
(Shipbilding)
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
J. Knowles.

17.
(Football)
That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
Encyc. of Rural Sports.

18.
A boys' game; tag.

19.
(Change Ringing)
A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.

20.
An act of borrowing or stealing.
[Slang]

21.
Tallow; -- a plumber's term.
[Eng.]

In touch (a) (Football), outside of bounds. T. Hughes. (b) in communication; communicating, once or repeatedly. -- To be in touch, (a) to be in contact, communication, or in sympathy. (b) to be aware of current events. -- To keep touch. (a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function.
[1913 Webster]
My mind and senses keep touch and time. Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
(b) To keep in contact; to maintain connection or sympathy; -- with with or of.  Also to keep in touch. --  Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. -- True as touch  (i. e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]


word: Touchback
definition:
Touchback

Touch"back`
(tŭch"băk`)
n.
(Football)
The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.


word: Touch-box
definition:
Touch-box

Touch"-box`
(tŭch"b&obreve_;ks`)
n.
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.


word: Touchdown
definition:
Touchdown

Touch"down`
(tŭch"doun`)
n.
(Football)
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal; also the score (6 points) resulting from such a play.

Safety touchdown. See under Safety.


word: Touchhole
definition:
Touchhole

Touch"hole`
(tŭch"h&omacrl`)
n.
The vent of a cannon or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.


word: Touchiness
definition:
Touchiness

Touch"i*ness
(tŭch"ĭ*nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility.


word: Touching
definition:
Touching

Touch"ing
(tŭch"ĭng)
a.
Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
Touch"ing*ly (#), adv.


word: Touching₂
definition:
Touching

Touch"ing
prep.
Concerning; with respect to.

Now, as touching things offered unto idols.
1 Cor. viii. 1.


word: Touch-me-not
definition:
Touch-me-not

Touch"-me-not`
(tŭch"me̝*n&obreve_;t`)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
See Impatiens.
(b)
Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.


word: Touch-needle
definition:
Touch-needle

Touch"-nee`dle
(?)
n.
(Metal.)
A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.


word: Touch-paper
definition:
Touch-paper

Touch"-pa`per
(?)
n.
Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.


word: Touchstone
definition:
Touchstone

Touch"stone`
(?)
n.
1.
(Min.)
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.

2.
Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
Hooker.

The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.
South.

Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.


word: touch up paint
definition:
touch up paint

touch" up paint`
(?)
n.
A paint applied to small areas of a painted surface, to cover small blemishes, especially on an automobile.


word: Touchwood
definition:
Touchwood

Touch"wood`
(?)
n.
[Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]

1.
Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

2.
Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.


word: Touchy
definition:
Touchy

Touch"y
(?)
a.
[For techy, tetchy.]
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
[Colloq.]

It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks.
Saintsbury.


word: Tough
definition:
Tough

Tough
(?)
a.
[Compar. Tougher (?); superl. Toughest.]
[OE. tough, AS. t&omacrh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zāhi, G.  zähe, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
Tough
Milton.

2.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; -- of objects and people; as, tough sinews.
Cowper.

A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . 
Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire.
Dryden.

The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose.
J. A. Symonds.

3.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.

4.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.

So tough a frame she could not bend.
Dryden.

5.
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
[Colloq.]
tough
Fuller.

6.
Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.

7.
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough character.

To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: tough
definition:
tough

tough
(?)
n.
A person who is tough{7}; a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner.


word: Toughen
definition:
Toughen

Tough"en
(?)
v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Toughened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toughening.]
To grow or make tough, or tougher.


word: Tough-pitch
definition:
Tough-pitch

Tough"-pitch`
(?)
n.
(Metal.)
(a)
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
(b)
Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.


word: Toupet
definition:
Toupet

Toupee

{ Tou*pee" (?; 277), Tou*pet" (?; 277) }
(?)
n.
[F. toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. top. See Top apex, and cf. Topet.]

1.
A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.

2.
A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.

Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
G. Eliot.


word: Tour₂
definition:
Tour

Tour
(?)
n.
[F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]
1.
A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.

The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
Milton.

2.
A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
[Obs.]
Blackmore.

3.
(Mil.)
anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.


word: Tour₃
definition:
Tour

Tour
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Toured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.]
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.
T. Hughes.


word: Tourbillion
definition:
Tourbillion

Tour*bil"lion
(?)
n.
[F. torbillion a whirlwind, tourbillion, fr. L. turbo, -inis, a whirl, whirlwind.]
An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
G. Francis.


word: Touring car
definition:
Touring car

Tour"ing car
An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.


word: Tourmaline
definition:
Tourmaline

Tour"ma*line
(?)
n.
[F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina, tormalina, NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels.
[Written also turmaline .]

&hand_; Crystals of tourmaline when heated exhibit electric polarity (see Pyroelectric, n.).  Tourmaline is also used in the form of a polariscope called tourmaline tongs.


word: Tourn
definition:
Tourn

Tourn
(?)
n.
[See Turn]
1.
A spinning wheel.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
(O.Eng.Law)
The sheriff's turn, or court.


word: Tournament
definition:
Tournament

Tour"na*ment
(?)
n.
[OE. turnement, tornement, OF. torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See Tourney.]
1.
A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.
tourneyment
Chaucer.

With cruel tournament the squadrons join.
Milton.

&hand_; It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.

2.
Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.


word: Tourney
definition:
Tourney

Tour"ney
(?)
n.
[OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
A tournament.
Bacon.

At tilt or tourney or like warlike game.
Spenser.

We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,
And there is scantly time for half the work.
Tennyson.


word: Tourney₂
definition:
Tourney

Tour"ney
v. i.
[Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

Well could he tourney, and in lists debate.
Spenser.


word: Tourniquet
definition:
Tourniquet

Tour"ni*quet
(?)
n.
[F., fr. tourner to turn.]
(Surg.)
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.


word: Tournois
definition:
Tournois

Tour`nois"
(?)
n.
[F., belonging to Tours in France.]
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.


word: Tournure
definition:
Tournure

Tour*nure"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. tourner to turn.]

1.
Turn; contour; figure.

2.
Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.


word: Touze
definition:
Touze

Touse

{ Touse, Touze (touz) }
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Toused (touzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Tousing.]
[OE. tosen.  √64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.]
To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
[Prov. Eng.]
Shak.

As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed.
Spenser.


word: Tousle
definition:
Tousle

Tou"sle
(?)
v. t.
[Freq. of touse.  Cf.Tossle.]
To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
[Colloq.]


word: Tous-les-mois
definition:
Tous-les-mois

Tous`-les`-mois"
(?)
n.
[F., all the months, i. e., every month.]
A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.


word: Tout
definition:
Tout

Tout
(tōt)
v. i.
[See 1st Toot.]
1.
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
[Cant. Eng.]

2.
To ply or seek for customers.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Tout₂
definition:
Tout

Tout
(tout; tōt; Scot. & dial. tōt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Touted; p. pr. & vb. n. Touting.]
1.
To look narrowly; spy.
[Scot. & Dial. Eng.]

2.
(Horse Racing)
(a)
To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
[Cant, Eng.]
(b)
To act as a tout; to tout, or  give a tip on, a race horse.
[Cant, U. S.]


word: Tout₃
definition:
Tout

Tout
n.
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.
[Cant. Eng.]

2.
One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; -- usually contemptuous.
[Cant, U. S.]

3.
One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place.
[Colloq.]

4.
A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
[Colloq.]


word: Tout₄
definition:
Tout

Tout
(tōt)
n.
[Prob. fr. F. tout all.]
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.


word: Tout₆
definition:
Tout

Tout
v. t.
(Horse Racing)
(a)
To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse.
[Cant, Eng.]
(b)
To give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the  expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings.
[Cant, U. S.]


word: Tout-ensemble
definition:
Tout-ensemble

Tout`-en`sem"ble
(?)
n.
[F.]
All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.


word: Touter
definition:
Touter

Tout"er
(?)
n.
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.
[Colloq.]

The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police.
Dickens.


word: Tow
definition:
Tow

Tow
(t&omacr)
n.
[OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel.  t&omacr a tuft of wool for spinning; cf. E. taw, v. t.]
The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.


word: Tow₂
definition:
Tow

Tow
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Towed (t&omacrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Towing.]
[OE. towen, to&yogh_;en; akin to OFries. toga to pull about, OHG. zog&omacrn, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and AS. teón to draw, p. p. getogen. See Tug.]
To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.


word: Tow₃
definition:
Tow

Tow
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. taug a rope, from the same root as E. tow, v. t.]
1.
A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

2.
The act of towing, or the state of being towed; -- chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

3.
That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.


word: Towage
definition:
Towage

Tow"age
(?)
n.
[From Tow, v..cf. F. touage.]
1.
The act of towing.

2.
The price paid for towing.


word: Towards
definition:
Towards

Toward

{ To"ward, To"wards  }
(?)
prep.
[AS. _; impending, imminent, future, toward, _; towards. See To, and -ward, wards.]
1.
In the direction of; to.

He set his face toward the wilderness.
Num. xxiv. 1.

The waves make towards the pebbled shore.
Shak.

2.
With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.

His eye shall be evil toward his brother.
Deut. xxviii. 54.

Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.
Acts xxiv. 16.

3.
Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble.
Clarendom.

4.
Near; about; approaching to.

I am toward nine years older since I left you.
Swift.


word: Towards₂
definition:
Towards

Toward

{ To"ward, To"wards  }
adv.
Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward ?
Shak.

We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards.
Shak.


word: Toward
definition:
Toward

To"ward
(?)
a.
[AS. _;. See Toward, prep.]
1.
Approaching; coming near.
toward
Spenser.

2.
Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.

3.
Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.

Why, that is spoken like a toward prince.
Shak.


word: Towardliness
definition:
Towardliness

To"ward*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.

The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Towboat
definition:
Towboat

Tow"boat`
(?)
n.
1.
A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

2.
A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.


word: Towel
definition:
Towel

Tow"el
(?)
n.
[OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. þweán to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. þvā, Sw. två, Dan. toe, Goth. þwahan.   Cf. Doily.]
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.

Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Aegyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.


word: Toweling
definition:
Toweling

Tow"el*ing
n.
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
[Written also towelling.]


word: Tower
definition:
Tower

Tow"er
(?)
n.
[OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. _;; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle.  Cf. Tor, Turret.]
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
(b)
A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
(c)
A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.

2.
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.

Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Ps. lxi. 3.

3.
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.

Lay trains of amorous intrigues
In towers, and curls, and periwigs.
Hudibras.

4.
High flight; elevation.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, below. -- Glover's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above. -- Round tower. See under Round, a. -- Shot tower. See under Shot. -- Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. -- Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata. -- Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.


word: Tower₂
definition:
Tower

Tow"er
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. towered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. towering.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.

On the other side an high rock towered still.
Spenser.

My lord protector's hawks do tower so well.
Shak.


word: Towering
definition:
Towering

Tow"er*ing
(?)
a.
1.
Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
Pope.

2.
Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.

A man agitated by a towering passion.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Tow-head
definition:
Tow-head

Tow"-head`
(?)
n.
1.
An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
[Colloq.]

2.
(Zool.)
The hooded merganser.
[ Local, U. S. ]

3.
A low alluvial island or shoal in a river.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Towline
definition:
Towline

Tow"line`
(?)
n.
[AS. tohline. See Tow, v. t., and Line. ]
(Naut.)
A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.


word: Town
definition:
Town

Town
(toun)
n.
[OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din.  Cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune, tine to inclose.]
1.
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
[Obs.]
Palsgrave.

2.
Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
[Eng.]
Johnson.

3.
Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

God made the country, and man made the town.
Cowper.

4.
The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

5.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
[U. S.]

6.
The court end of London; -- commonly with the.

7.
The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
Addison.

Stunned with his giddy larum half the town.
Pope.

&hand_; The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns.

8.
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

&hand_; Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town-house.

Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See Clerk. -- Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. Dr. Prior. -- Town house. (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See Townhouse. -- Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U. S.] -- Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation.


word: town and gown
definition:
town and gown

town" and gown"
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to interactions between a college or university and the residents of the town in which the institution is located; as, a town and gown dispute.


word: Town-crier
definition:
Town-crier

Town"-cri`er
(?)
n.
A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.


word: Townhall
definition:
Townhall

Town"hall`
(?)
n.
A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.


word: Townish
definition:
Townish

Town"ish
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
[R.]
Turbervile.


word: Townsfolk
definition:
Townsfolk

Towns"folk`
(?)
n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.


word: Township
definition:
Township

Town"ship
(?)
n.
1.
The district or territory of a town.

&hand_; In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county.

2.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

3.
In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.


word: Townsman
definition:
Townsman

Towns"man
(tounz"man)
n.
pl. Townsmen (tounz"men).

1.
An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
Pope.

2.
A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.


word: Townspeople
definition:
Townspeople

Towns"peo`ple
(?)
n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.


word: Towpath
definition:
Towpath

Tow"path`
(?)
n.
A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.


word: Towser
definition:
Towser

Tow"ser
(tou"zẽr)
n.
[See Touse to pull about. ]
A familiar name for a dog.
[ Written also Towzer. ]


word: Toxaemia
definition:
Toxaemia

Tox*æ"mi*a
(t&obreve_;ks"ē"mĭ*ȧ)
a.
[NL., fr. Gr. toxiko`n poison + a"i^ma blood.]
(Med.)
Blood poisoning. See under Blood.


word: Toxalbumin
definition:
Toxalbumin

Tox`al*bu"min
(?)
n.
[See Toxic; Albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.


word: Toxical
definition:
Toxical

Toxic

{ Tox"ic, Tox"ic*al  }
(?)
a.
[L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. toxiko`n (sc. _;) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow.  Cf. Intoxicate.]
Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.


word: Toxication
definition:
Toxication

Tox`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. toxicum a poison: cf. toxicatus smeared with poison.]
Poisoning.


word: Toxicogenic
definition:
Toxicogenic

Tox`i*co*gen"ic
(?)
a.
[See Toxic, and -genic.]
(Physiol. & Med.)
Producing toxic products; as, toxicogenic germs or bacteria.


word: Toxicological
definition:
Toxicological

Tox`i*co*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf.F. toxicologique. ]
Of or pertaining to toxicology.
Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Toxicologist
definition:
Toxicologist

Tox`i*col"o*gist
(?)
n.
One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.


word: Toxicology
definition:
Toxicology

Tox`i*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. toxiko`n poison + -logy; cf. F. toxicologie. See Toxic. ]
The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.


word: Toxicomania
definition:
Toxicomania

Tox`i*co*ma"ni*a
(?)
n.
[See. Toxic, and Mania.]
1.
(Med.)
Toxiphobia.
A. S. Taylor.

2.
(Med.)
An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.
B. W. Richardson.


word: Toxifera
definition:
Toxifera

Tox*if"e*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow + L. ferre to bear.]
(Zool.)
Same as Toxoglossa.


word: Toxine
definition:
Toxine

Toxin

{ Tox"in, Tox"ine  }
(?)
n.
[Gr. toxiko`n. See Toxic. ]
A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as tetrodotoxin.


word: Toxiphobia
definition:
Toxiphobia

Tox`i*pho"bi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. toxiko`n poison + fo`bos fear.]
(Med.)
An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.


word: Toxodon
definition:
Toxodon

Tox"o*don
(?)
n.
[Gr. to`xon a bow + _;, _;, a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.


word: Toxodonta
definition:
Toxodonta

Tox`o*don"ta
(?)
n.pl.
[NL.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.


word: Toxoglossa
definition:
Toxoglossa

Tox`o*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow + _; tongue.]
(Zool.)
A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.


word: Toxoid
definition:
Toxoid

Tox"oid
(?)
n.
[Toxin + -oid.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power.


word: Toxophilite
definition:
Toxophilite

Tox*oph"i*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. to`xon a bow + filei^n to love.]
A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.


word: Toxotes
definition:
Toxotes

Tox"o*tes
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; an archer.]
(Zool.)
A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.


word: Toy
definition:
Toy

Toy
(toi)
n.
[D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash, speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials, MNG. ziuc, Icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of E. tug, v. t.; cf. G. zeugen to beget, MHG. ziugen to beget, make ready, procure. See Tug, v. t.]

1.
A plaything for children; a bawble.
Cowper.

2.
A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.

They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl.
Abr. Abbot.

3.
A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.

To fly about playing their wanton toys.
Spenser.

What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they all run away.
Beau. & Fl.

Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
Drayton.

4.
Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime.
Milton.

To dally thus with death is no fit toy.
Spenser.

5.
An old story; a silly tale.
Shak.

6.
[Probably the same word.]
A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch.
[Scot.]
toy
Sir W. Scott.


word: Toy₂
definition:
Toy

Toy
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. toyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. toying.]
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest.
Shak.


word: Trabea
definition:
Trabea

Tra"be*a
(?)
n.
pl. Trabeae (#).
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
Dr. W. Smith.


word: Trabeation
definition:
Trabeation

Tra`be*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.]
(Arch.)
Same as Entablature.


word: Trabecula
definition:
Trabecula

Tra*bec"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Trabeculae (-lē).
[L., a little beam.]
(Anat.)
A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.


word: Trabecular
definition:
Trabecular

Tra*bec"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae.


word: Trace
definition:
Trace

Trace
(?)
n.
[F. trais. pl. of trait. See Trait.]
1.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

2.
(Mech.)
A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for  transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.


word: Trace₂
definition:
Trace

Trace
n.
[F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ]
1.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
Milton.

2.
(Chem. & Min.)
A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

3.
A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

The shady empire shall retain no trace
Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase.
Pope.

4.
(Descriptive Geom. & Persp.)
The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

5.
(Fort.)
The ground plan of a work or works.

Syn.-Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige.


word: Trace₃
definition:
Trace

Trace
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. traced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tracing.]
[OF. tracier, F. tracer, from  (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw.  Cf. Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract, Trail, Train, Treat. ]
1.
To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods.
Hawthorne.

2.
To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.
Cowper.

You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
T. Burnet.

I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents.
Milton.

3.
Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

How all the way the prince on footpace traced.
Spenser.

4.
To copy; to imitate.

That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line.
Denham.

5.
To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

We do tracethis alley up and down.
Shak.


word: Trace₄
definition:
Trace

Trace
v. i.
To walk; to go; to travel.
[Obs.]

Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace.
Spenser.


word: Tracer
definition:
Tracer

Tra"cer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, traces.

2.
A person engaged (esp. in the express or railway service) in tracing, or searching out, missing articles, as packages or freight cars.

3.
An inquiry sent out (esp. in transportation service) for a missing article, as a letter or an express package.

4.
(Mil.)
a type of ammunition that emits light or smoke as it moves toward its target, providing a visible path of the projectile in flight so that the point of impact may be observed; -- called also tracer ammunition.

5.
(Mil.)
the chemical substance used in tracer ammunition to cause it to be visible in flight.

6.
a chemical substance with properties, such as radioactivity or fluorescence, which make it easily measurable, used to observe the movements of chemically related substances through a biological, physical, or chemical system; -- in biochemistry, also called labeled compounds.
Radioactive tracers are used, for example, to measure the retention or distribution of residues of drugs after administration to an animal, to determine the type and rate of metabolism; also, to measure the rate of motion of molecules in electrophoresis or the leakage of small quantities of material from a container.  Small fluorescent tracers may be attached in many cases to macromolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids, allowing the motions of such macromolecules to be easily observed by their acquired fluorescence, without appreciably changing their properties.  In biological and biochemial systems the common radioactive isotopes used in tracers are carbon-14, tritium (hydrogen-3), sulfur-35, phosphorus-32, and iodine-131; other isotopes are also used, including non-radioactive isotopes such as carbon-13.


word: Tracer/y
definition:
Tracer/y

Tra"cer/y
(?)
n.
pl. Traceries (_;)
(Arch.)
1.
Ornamental work with rambled lines.
Especially:
(a)
The decorative head of a Gothic window.

&hand_; Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions.  Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump, and Fan tracery under Fan.

2.
A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or  branching out in ornamental or graceful figures.
tracery
Burns.


word: Trachea
definition:
Trachea

Tra"che*a
(?)
n.
pl. Tracheae (#).
[NL.,from L. trachia, Gr.  trachei^a  (sc. _; windpipe), from _; rough, rugged: cf. F. trachée.]

1.
(Anat.)
The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

3.
(Bot.)
One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.


word: Trachearia
definition:
Trachearia

Tra`che*a"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheae. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.


word: Tracheary
definition:
Tracheary

Tra"che*a*ry
(?)
a.
Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae.
n. (Zool.) One of the Trachearia.


word: Tracheata
definition:
Tracheata

Tra`che*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheae, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiae.


word: Tracheate
definition:
Tracheate

Tra"che*ate
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.


word: Tracheid
definition:
Tracheid

Tra"che*id
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.


word: Tracheitis
definition:
Tracheitis

Tra`che*i"tis
(trā`ke̝*ī"tĭs)
n.
[NL. See Trachea; -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.


word: Trachelidan
definition:
Trachelidan

Tra*chel"i*dan
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; neck.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.


word: Trachelipod
definition:
Trachelipod

Tra*chel"i*pod
(?)
n.
[Gr._; neck + -pod:cf.F. trachelipode.]
(Zool.)
One of the Trachelipoda.


word: Trachelipoda
definition:
Trachelipoda

Tra`che*lip"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Trachelipod.]
(Zool.)
An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.


word: Trachelipodous
definition:
Trachelipodous

Tra`che*lip"o*dous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertaining to the Trachelipoda.


word: Trachelobranchiate
definition:
Trachelobranchiate

Tra`che*lo*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[Gr._; + E. tranchiate.]
(Zool.)
Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.


word: Trachelorrhaphy
definition:
Trachelorrhaphy

Tra`che*lor"rha*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; neck + _; to sew.]
(Med.)
The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.


word: Trachenchyma
definition:
Trachenchyma

Tra*chen"chy*ma
(?)
n.
[NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma as in E. parenchyma.]
(Bot.)
A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae.


word: Tracheobranchia
definition:
Tracheobranchia

Tra`che*o*bran"chi*a
(?)
n.
pl. Tracheobranchlae (#).
[NL. See Trachea, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.


word: Tracheobronchial
definition:
Tracheobronchial

Tra`che*o*bron"chi*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.


word: Tracheocele
definition:
Tracheocele

Tra"che*o*cele
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the windpipe + _; a tumor: cf.F. tracheocele. ]
(Med.)
(a)
Goiter.
(b)
A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.
Morell Mackenzie.


word: Tracheophonae
definition:
Tracheophonae

Tra`che*oph"o*nae
(_;)
n. pl.
[NL., from trachea + Gr. fonei^n to sound.]
(Zool.)
A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.


word: Tracheoscopy
definition:
Tracheoscopy

Tra`che*os"co*py
(?)
n.
[Trachea + -scopy.]
(Med.)
Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.


word: Tracheotomy
definition:
Tracheotomy

Tra`che*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Trachea + Gr. _; to cut: cf.F. tracheotomie.]
(Surg.)
The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.


word: Trachinoid
definition:
Trachinoid

Tra"chi*noid
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever.


word: Trachoma
definition:
Trachoma

Tra*cho"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; roughness, fr. _; rough.]
(Med.)
a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.  It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva
Tra*chom"a*tous (#), a.


word: Trachymedusae
definition:
Trachymedusae

Tra`chy*me*du"sae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr.Gr. _; rough + medusa.]
(Zool.)
A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.


word: Trachystomata
definition:
Trachystomata

Tra`chy*stom"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; rough + stoma.]
(Zool.)
An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.


word: Trachyte
definition:
Trachyte

Tra"chyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; rough, rugged: cg. F. trachyte.]
(Geol.)
An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.


word: Trachytoid
definition:
Trachytoid

Trach"y*toid
(?)
a.
[Trachyte + -oid.]
(Min.)
Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.


word: Tracing
definition:
Tracing

Tra"cing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

2.
A regular path or track; a course.

Tracing cloth, Tracing paper, specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.


word: Track
definition:
Track

Track
(?)
n.
[OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach.  Cf. Trick.]
1.
A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

The bright track of his fiery car.
Shak.

2.
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

Far from track of men.
Milton.

3.
(Zool.)
The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.

4.
A road; a beaten path.

Behold Torquatus the same track pursue.
Dryden.

5.
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

6.
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

7.
(Railroad)
The permanent way; the rails.

8.
[Perhaps a mistake for tract.]
A tract or area, as of land.
[Obs.]
tracks
Fuller.

Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.


word: Track₂
definition:
Track

Track
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. tracked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tracking.]
To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses.
Macaulay.

2.
(Naut.)
To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.


word: Trackage
definition:
Trackage

Track"age
(?)
n.
1.
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.

2.
(Railroads)
Lines of track, collectively; as, an extensive trackage.


word: Tracker
definition:
Tracker

Track"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

And of the trackers of the deer
Scarce half the lessening pack was near.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Mus.)
In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.


word: Tracklayer
definition:
Tracklayer

Track"lay`er
(?)
n.
(Railroads)
Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place.
[U. S. & Canada]
Track"lay`ing, n.


word: Trackless
definition:
Trackless

Track"less
a.
Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert.

To climb the trackless mountain all unseen.
Byron.


word: Trackman
definition:
Trackman

Track"man
(?)
n.
pl. -men (_;)
(Railroads)
One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker.


word: Trackmaster
definition:
Trackmaster

Track"mas`ter
(?)
n.
(Railroad)
One who has charge of the track; -- called also roadmaster.


word: Trackwalker
definition:
Trackwalker

Track"walk`er
(?)
n.
(Railroads)
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.


word: Trackway
definition:
Trackway

Track"way`
(?)
n.
Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or the like, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheels.


word: Tract
definition:
Tract

Tract
(?)
n.
[Abbrev.fr. tractate.]
A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared.
Swift.

Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian.


word: Tract₂
definition:
Tract

Tract
n.
[L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See Trace,v., and cf. Tratt.]
1.
Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
tract
Milton.

2.
A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth.
Addison.

3.
Traits; features; lineaments.
[Obs.]

The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness.
Bacon.

4.
The footprint of a wild beast.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

5.
Track; trace.
[Obs.]

Efface all tract of its traduction.
Sir T. Browne.

But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon,
Leaving no tract behind.
Shak.

6.
Treatment; exposition.
[Obs.]
Shak.

7.
Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
[Obs.]
Older.

8.
Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
tract
Milton.

9.
(R. C. Ch.)
Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.


word: Tract₃
definition:
Tract

Tract
v. t.
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
[Obs.]
Spenser. B. Jonson.


word: Tractability
definition:
Tractability

Tract`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. tractabilitas: cf.F. tractabilite.]
The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.


word: Tractable
definition:
Tractable

Tract"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.]
1.
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.

I shall find them tractable enough.
Shak.

2.
Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
[Obs.]
Holder.


word: Tractarian
definition:
Tractarian

Trac*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
(Ch. of England)
One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called “Tracts for the Times,” issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.


word: Tractarianism
definition:
Tractarianism

Trac*ta"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
(Ch. of England)
The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the “Tracts for the Times.”


word: Tractate
definition:
Tractate

Tract"ate
(?)
n.
[L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and Tract a treatise, Treaty.]
A treatise; a tract; an essay.

Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated.
Hare.


word: Tractation
definition:
Tractation

Trac*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tractatio.]
Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
[Obs.]

A full tractation of the points controverted.
Bp. Hall.


word: Tractator
definition:
Tractator

Trac*ta"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a handler.]
One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
[R.]
C. Kingsley.


word: Tractile
definition:
Tractile

Tract"ile
(?)
a.
[L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
Bacon.


word: Traction
definition:
Traction

Trac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. trahere, tractum, to draw: cf. F. traction.]
1.
The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

2.
Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.

3.
Attraction; a drawing toward.
[R.]

4.
The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like; as, the car is stuck in the snow because it can;t get any traction.
Knight.

Angle of traction (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in which a tractive force acts. -- Traction engine, a locomotive for drawing vehicles on highways or in the fields.


word: Traction wheel
definition:
Traction wheel

Traction wheel
(Mach.)
(a)
A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track.
(b)
A smooth-rimmed friction wheel for giving motion to an endless link belt or the like.


word: Tractor
definition:
Tractor

Tract"or
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
1.
That which draws, or is used for drawing.

2.
pl.
(Med.)
Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

3.
a motor vehicle with a powerful engine and large wheels, used to pull farm equipment such as plows, harvesting machinery, etc., over farm land.  Smaller forms of farm tractor are completely open, with only a seat for the driver.

4.
a motor vehicle with a driver's cab and a powerful engine, fitted with a coupling at the rear, and designed to pull a large trailer or semi-trailer on the open highway; -- called also truck tractor.  The combination of such a tractor with its trailer is called a tractor-trailer, and is a common form of truck used for commercial shipping of freight.

5.
(Aviation)
A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an aeroplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push; -- called also Tractor screw and Tractor propeller.

6.
(Aviation)
An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called also tractor airplane.


word: Tractor airplane
definition:
Tractor airplane

Trac"tor air"plane
(?)
n.
(Aviation)
An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called also tractor.


word: Tractor propeller
definition:
Tractor propeller

Tractor screw

{ Tractor screw or Tractor propeller }
(Aviation)
A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, Tractor monoplane, Tractor biplane, etc.  This is the most common arrangement for propellers on modern airplanes.


word: Tractor-trailer
definition:
Tractor-trailer

Tract"o*r-trail"er
(?)
n.
a combination of a tractor{4} hooked up to a trailer, forming a common type of truck{7} used for carrying freight on highways.
tractor-trailer


word: Tractory
definition:
Tractory

Tract"o*ry
(?)
n.
[L. tractorius of drawing, fr. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
(Geom.)
A tractrix.


word: Tractrix
definition:
Tractrix

Tract"rix
(?)
n.
[NL. See Tractor.]
(Geom.)
A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.


word: Trade
definition:
Trade

Trade
(?)
n.
[Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See Tread, n. & v.]
1.
A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.
[Obs.]

A postern with a blind wicket there was,
A common trade to pass through Priam's house.
Surrey.

Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade.
Spenser.

Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway,
Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet
May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
Shak.

2.
Course; custom; practice; occupation; employment.
[Obs.]
trade
Udall.

There those five sisters had continual trade.
Spenser.

Long did I love this lady,
Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
Massinger.

Thy sin's not accidental but a trade.
Shak.

3.
Business of any kind; matter of mutual consideration; affair; dealing.
[Obs.]

Have you any further trade with us?
Shak.

4.
Specifically: The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter, or by buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter.

&hand_; Trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing, either in the produce of land, in manufactures, in bills, or in money; but it is chiefly used to denote the barter or purchase and sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, either by wholesale or retail. Trade is either foreign or domestic. Foreign trade consists in the exportation and importation of goods, or the exchange of the commodities of different countries. Domestic, or home, trade is the exchange, or buying and selling, of goods within a country. Trade is also by the wholesale, that is, by the package or in large quantities, generally to be sold again, or it is by retail, or in small parcels. The carrying trade is the business of transporting commodities from one country to another, or between places in the same country, by land or water.

5.
The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.

Accursed usury was all his trade.
Spenser.

The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade.
Milton.

I will instruct thee in my trade.
Shak.

6.
Instruments of any occupation.
[Obs.]

The house and household goods, his trade of war.
Dryden.

7.
A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

8.
pl.
The trade winds.

9.
Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
[Prov. Eng.]

Board of trade. See under Board. -- Trade dollar. See under Dollar. -- Trade price, the price at which goods are sold to members of the same trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers. -- Trade sale, an auction by and for the trade, especially that of the booksellers. -- Trade wind, a wind in the torrid zone, and often a little beyond at, which blows from the same quarter throughout the year, except when affected by local causes; -- so called because of its usefulness to navigators, and hence to trade.

&hand_; The general direction of the trade winds is from N. E. to S. W. on the north side of the equator, and from S. E. to N. W. on the south side of the equator. They are produced by the joint effect of the rotation of the earth and the movement of the air from the polar toward the equatorial regions, to supply the vacancy caused by heating, rarefaction, and consequent ascent of the air in the latter regions. The trade winds are principally limited to two belts in the tropical regions, one on each side of the equator, and separated by a belt which is characterized by calms or variable weather.


word: Trade₂
definition:
Trade

Trade
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Traded; p. pr. & vb. n. Trading.]
1.
To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business.

A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded.
Arbuthnot.

2.
To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.

3.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated; -- usually followed by with.

How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?
Shak.


word: Trade₃
definition:
Trade

Trade
v. t.
To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter.

They traded the persons of men.
Ezek. xxvii. 13.

To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches.
Cooper.


word: trade-in
definition:
trade-in

trade-in
n.
1.
an item of property, such as an automobile, that is given in part payment for a new one.


word: Trade-mark
definition:
Trade-mark

Trade"-mark`
(?)
n.
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.


word: Trade name
definition:
Trade name

Trade name
1.
(a)
The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts.
(b)
An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to distinguish it as produced or sold by him.

2.
The name or style under which a concern or firm does business. This name becomes a part of the good will of a business; it is not protected by the registration acts, but a qualified common-law protection against its misuse exists, analogous to that existing in the case of trade-marks.


word: Trade-off
definition:
Trade-off

Tradeoff

Trade"off, Trade"-off
(?)
n.
1.
the exchange of one thing (object, right, opportunity) for another of approximately equal value, so as to seal a bargain, or effect a compromise.

2.
the giving up of one desired objective in order to attain another, when both cannot be achieved at the same time; as, the factory workers viewed the trade-off of air quality for jobs as a necessary evil.


word: Trader
definition:
Trader

Trad"er
(?)
n.
1.
One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

2.
A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.


word: Tradesman
definition:
Tradesman

Trades"man
(?)
n.
pl. Tradesmen (_;).
1.
One who trades; a shopkeeper.

2.
A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.
[U. S.]
Burrill.


word: Trade union
definition:
Trade union

trades union

{ trades" un`ion (?), or Trade" un`ion  }
An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.


word: Trade-unionist
definition:
Trade-unionist

Trades-unionist

{ Trades"-un`ion*ist, Trade"-un`ion*ist  }
n.
A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.


word: Tradeswoman
definition:
Tradeswoman

Trades"wom`an
(?)
n.
pl. Tradeswomen (_;).
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.


word: Trading
definition:
Trading

Trad"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

2.
Frequented by traders.
[R.]
trading
Milton.

3.
Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician.


word: Tradition
definition:
Tradition

Tra*di"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See Treason, Traitor.]
1.
The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
tradition
Blackstone.

2.
The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials.

3.
Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed.

Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an honorable respect?
Shak.

Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré.
Longfellow.

4.
(Theol.)
(a)
An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai.

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered.
Mark vii. 13.

Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle.
2 Thess. ii.  15.

Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter.


word: Tradition₂
definition:
Tradition

Tra*di"tion
v. t.
To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
[Obs.]

The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
Fuller.


word: Traditional
definition:
Traditional

Tra*di"tion*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.]
1.
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

2.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Traditionalism
definition:
Traditionalism

Tra*di"tion*al*ism
(?)
n.
A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.


word: Traditionalist
definition:
Traditionalist

Tra*di"tion*al*ist
(?)
n.
An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.


word: Traditionary
definition:
Traditionary

Tra*di"tion*a*ry
(?)
a.
Traditional.

The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations.
Buckminster.


word: Traditionary₂
definition:
Traditionary

Tra*di"tion*a*ry
n.
pl. Traditionaries (_;).
[Cf. F. traditionnare.]
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.


word: Traditionist
definition:
Traditionist

Traditioner

{ Tra*di"tion*er (?), Tra*di"tion*ist, }
n.
[Cf. F. traditionniste.]
One who adheres to tradition.


word: Traditive
definition:
Traditive

Trad"i*tive
(?)
a.
[L. tradere, traditum, to transmit, give up: cf. F. traditif.]
Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.

Suppose we on things traditive divide.
Dryden.


word: Traditor
definition:
Traditor

Trad"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. tradere, traditum. See Traitor.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.
Milner.


word: Traduce
definition:
Traduce

Tra*duce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Traduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Traducing (?).]
[L. traducere, traductum, to lead across, lead along, exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans across, over + ducere to lead: cf. F. traduire to transfer, translate, arraign, fr. L. traducere. See Duke.]
1.
To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as, to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.

2.
To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works.
[Obs.]
Golden Boke.

3.
To increase or distribute by propagation.
[Obs.]

From these only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth.
Sir M. Hale.

4.
To draw away; to seduce.
[Obs.]

I can forget the weakness
Of the traduced soldiers.
Beau. & Fl.

5.
To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

6.
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame.

The best stratagem that Satan hath . . . is by traducing the form and manner of them [prayers], to bring them into contempt.
Hooker.

He had the baseness . . . to traduce me in libel.
Dryden.


word: Traducement
definition:
Traducement

Tra*duce"ment
(?)
n.
The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Traducent
definition:
Traducent

Tra*du"cent
(?)
a.
[L. traducens, p. pr. of traducere. See Traduce.]
Slanderous.
[R.]
Entick.


word: Traducer
definition:
Traducer

Tra*du"cer
(?)
n.
1.
One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.
Bp. Hall.

2.
One who derives or deduces.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Traducianism
definition:
Traducianism

Tra*du"cian*ism
(?)
n.
(Theol.)
The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation; -- opposed to creationism, and infusionism.


word: Traducible
definition:
Traducible

Tra*du"ci*ble
a.
1.
Capable of being derived or propagated.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Capable of being traduced or calumniated.
[R.]


word: Traduct
definition:
Traduct

Tra*duct"
(?)
v. t.
[L. traducere, traductum. See Traduce.]
To derive or deduce; also, to transmit; to transfer.
[Obs.]
Fotherby.


word: Traduct₂
definition:
Traduct

Tra*duct"
n.
That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Traduction
definition:
Traduction

Tra*duc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See Traduce.]
1.
Transmission from one to another.
[Obs.]

Traditional communication and traduction of truths.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Translation from one language to another.
[Obs.]

3.
Derivation by descent; propagation.
[R.]

If by traduction came thy mind,
Our wonder is the less to find
A soul so charming from a stock so good.
Dryden.

4.
The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation.
[R.]
traduction
Sir M. Hale.

5.
Transition.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

6.
(Logic)
A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to.
Jevons.


word: Traffic
definition:
Traffic

Traf"fic
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Trafficked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trafficking (?).]
[F. trafiquer; cf. It. trafficare, Sp. traficar, trafagar, Pg. traficar, trafegar, trafeguear, LL. traficare; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. L. trans across, over + -ficare to make (see -fy, and cf. G. übermachen to transmit, send over, e. g., money, wares); or cf. Pg. trasfegar to pour out from one vessel into another, OPg. also, to traffic, perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. vicare to exchange, from L. vicis change (cf. Vicar).]
1.
To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

2.
To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.


word: Traffic₃
definition:
Traffic

Traf"fic
n.
[Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tráfico, tráfago, Pg. tráfego, LL. traficum, trafica. See Traffic, v.]
1.
Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade.

A merchant of great traffic through the world.
Shak.

The traffic in honors, places, and pardons.
Macaulay.

&hand_; This word, like trade, comprehends every species of dealing in the exchange or passing of goods or merchandise from hand to hand for an equivalent, unless the business of relating may be excepted. It signifies appropriately foreign trade, but is not limited to that.

2.
Commodities of the market.
[R.]

You 'll see a draggled damsel
From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear.
Gay.

3.
The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.

Traffic return, a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. -- Traffic taker, a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line, etc.


word: Trafficable
definition:
Trafficable

Traf"fic*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Traffic mile
definition:
Traffic mile

Traf"fic mile
(Railroad Accounting)
Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.
Traffic mile is a term designed to furnish an excuse for the  erroneous practice of adding together two things (ton miles and passenger miles) which, being of different kinds, cannot properly be added.
Hadley.


word: Tragacanth
definition:
Tragacanth

Trag"a*canth
(?)
n.
[L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. _;  _; a he-goat + _; a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.]
A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.


word: Tragedian
definition:
Tragedian

Tra*ge"di*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tragédien.]

1.
A writer of tragedy.

Thence what the lofty, grave, tragedians taught.
Milton.

2.
An actor or player in tragedy.
Shak.


word: Tragedienne
definition:
Tragedienne

Tra`gé`dienne"
(trȧ`zha̝`dyĕn"; Eng. trȧ*jē"dĭ*ĕn`)
n.
[F.]
A woman who plays in tragedy.


word: Tragedy
definition:
Tragedy

Trag"e*dy
(?)
n.
pl. Tragedies (#).
[OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. tragédie, L. tragoedia, Gr. _;, fr. _; a tragic poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; _; a goat (perhaps akin to _; to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + _; to sing; from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed, or because a goat was the prize, or because the actors were clothed in goatskins. See Ode.]

1.
A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.

Tragedy is to say a certain storie,
As olde bookes maken us memorie,
Of him that stood in great prosperitee
And is yfallen out of high degree
Into misery and endeth wretchedly.
Chaucer.

All our tragedies are of kings and princes.
Jer. Taylor.

tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest.
Coleridge.

2.
A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.


word: Tragical
definition:
Tragical

Tragic

{ Trag"ic (?), Trag"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. tragicus, Gr._;: cf. F. tragique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

2.
Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.

3.
Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.

Why look you still so stern and tragical ?
Shak.


word: Tragi-comedy
definition:
Tragi-comedy

Trag`i-com"e*dy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. tragicomédie, L. tragicocomoedia. See Tragic, and Comedy.]
A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.

The noble tragi-comedy of  “Measure for Measure.”
Macaulay.


word: Tragi-comical
definition:
Tragi-comical

Tragi-comic

{ Trag`i-com"ic (?), Trag`i-com"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. tragi-comique.]
Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.
Trag`-com"ic*al*ly, adv.

Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Tragi-comi-pastoral
definition:
Tragi-comi-pastoral

Trag`i-com`i-pas"tor*al
(?)
a.
Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry.
[R.]
Gay.


word: Tragopan
definition:
Tragopan

Trag"o*pan
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.


word: Tragus
definition:
Tragus

Tra"gus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a part of the inner ear.]
(Anat.)
The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under Ear.


word: Trail
definition:
Trail

Trail
(trāl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Trailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trailing.]
[OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]

1.
(a)
To hunt by the track; to track.
(b)
to follow behind.
(c)
To pursue.
Halliwell.

2.
To draw or drag, as along the ground.

And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
Dryden.

They shall not trail me through their streets
Like a wild beast.
Milton.

Long behind he trails his pompous robe.
Pope.

3.
(Mil.)
To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

4.
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
Longfellow.

5.
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
[Prov. Eng.]

I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.
C. Bronte.


word: Trail₂
definition:
Trail

Trail
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

When his brother saw the red blood trail.
Spenser.

2.
To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.


word: Trail₃
definition:
Trail

Trail
n.
1.
A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail.
Cooper.

How cheerfully on the false trail they cry!
Shak.

2.
A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

3.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

When lightning shoots in glittering trails along.
Rowe.

4.
Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
trail
Pope.

5.
Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
[Obs.]

6.
A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
[Obs.]

7.
The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish.
Baird.

8.
(Mil.)
That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

9.
The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
[Prov. Eng.]

Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead. -- Trail net, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat. Wright.


word: Trailer₂
definition:
Trailer

Trail"er
n.
1.
a wheeled vehicle without a motor, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle in front of it;
specifically:
(a)
such a vehicle used on street railroads. Called also trail car.
(b)
the large wheeled wagon or van pulled by a tractor in a tractor-trailer combination.
(c)
a vehicle equipped as a mobile dwelling unit, pulled by an automobile or other mtor vehicle, and used as a dwelling when parked; -- also called a mobile home.
(d)
A wheeled motorless open wagon designed to carry a heavy object, such as a boat trailer.

2.
(Movies)
A short blank segment of movie film attached to the end; -- used for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

3.
(Movies)
A short film consisting primarily of one or more short portions of a film, used in promotions or advertisements shortly before initial release of a film.

4.
A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.

trailer park.  An area equipped to accommodate trailers{2}, often with outlets supplying electrical power and water.  Called also trailer camp, trailer court.


word: Trailing
definition:
Trailing

Trail"ing
a. & vb. n. from Trail.

Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus. -- Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale. -- Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.


word: Train
definition:
Train

Train
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Training.]
[OF. trahiner, traïner,F. traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail.]

1.
To draw along; to trail; to drag.

In hollow cube
Training his devilish enginery.
Milton.

2.
To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
[Obs.]

If but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side.
Shak.

O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.
Shak.

This feast, I'll gage my life,
Is but a plot to train you to your ruin.
Ford.

3.
To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation.
Milton.

The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.
Dryden.

4.
To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

5.
(Hort.)
To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.

He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left.
Jeffrey.

6.
(Mining)
To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.

To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. Totten. -- To train, or To train up, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov. xxii. 6.

The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory.
Tillotson.


word: Train₂
definition:
Train

Train
v. i.
1.
To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

2.
To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.


word: Train₃
definition:
Train

Train
n.
[F. train, OF. traïn, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See Train, v.]
1.
That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.
[Obs.]
trains
Milton.

2.
Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.
Halliwell.

With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
Spenser.

3.
That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.

4.
A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

The king's daughter with a lovely train.
Addison.

My train are men of choice and rarest parts.
Shak.

5.
A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
train
I. Watts.

The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
Addison.

Rivers now
Stream and perpetual draw their humid train.
Milton.

Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order.
Locke.

6.
Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature.
Swift.

7.
The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

8.
A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

9.
A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; -- called also railroad train.

10.
A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

11.
(Rolling Mill)
A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

12.
(Mil.)
The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and  transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.

Roll train, or Train of rolls (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. -- Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also mile run. -- Train of artillery, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). -- Train of mechanism, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. -- Train road, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. -- Train tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.


word: Trainable
definition:
Trainable

Train"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue.
Richardson.


word: Trainband
definition:
Trainband

Train"band`
(?)
n.
pl. Trainbands (_;).
A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.
[Eng.]

He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure.
Macaulay.

A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.
Cowper.


word: Train dispatcher
definition:
Train dispatcher

Train dispatcher
An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right of way.


word: Trainer
definition:
Trainer

Train"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

2.
A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Training
definition:
Training

Train"ing
n.
The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.

Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. -- Training college. See Normal school, under Normal, a. -- Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.] -- Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.


word: Training wheels
definition:
Training wheels

Train"ing wheels
(?)
a pair of small wheels attached to the rear of a bicycle to keep the bicycle upright; -- used to assist those, especially small children, learning how to ride a bicycle.


word: Trainman
definition:
Trainman

Train"man`
(?)
a member of the crew of a railroad train, often an assistant to a conductor.


word: Train oil
definition:
Train oil

Train" oil`
(oil`)
[D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.]
Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.


word: Traipse
definition:
Traipse

Traipse
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to tread noisily, to walk stamping. See Trample, Trape.]
To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner.
[Colloq.]
Pope.


word: Trait
definition:
Trait

Trait
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.]

1.
A stroke; a touch.

By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey.
Broome.

2.
A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.

&hand_; Formerly pronounced trā, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.


word: Traiteur
definition:
Traiteur

Trai`teur"
(?)
n.
[F.]
The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur.
Simmonds.


word: Traitor
definition:
Traitor

Trai"tor
(?)
n.
[OE. traitour, OF. traïtor, traïteur, F. treître, L. traditor, fr. tradere, traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously, to betray; trans across, over + dare to give. See Date time, and cf. Betray,Tradition, Traditor, Treason.]
1.
One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason.

O passing traitor, perjured and unjust!
Shak.

2.
Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.
traitor
Chaucer.


word: Traitorous
definition:
Traitorous

Trai"tor*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. traîtreux.]
1.
Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject.
Shak.

2.
Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme.


word: Traitress
definition:
Traitress

Trai"tress
(?)
n.
[F. traîtresse.]
A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Dryden.


word: Traject
definition:
Traject

Tra*ject"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Trajected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trajecting.]
[L. trajectus, p. p. of trajicere to throw across; trans across + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms.
[R.]
Sir I. Newton.


word: Traject₂
definition:
Traject

Traj"ect
(?)
n.
[L. trajectus, fr. trajicere: cf. F. trajet, OF. traject. See Traject, v. t.]
1.
A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

2.
The act of trajecting; trajection.

3.
A trajectory.
[R.]
I. Taylor.


word: Trajection
definition:
Trajection

Tra*jec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. trajectio a crossing over, transposition.]
1.
The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
Boyle.

2.
Transposition.
[R.]
Knatchbull.


word: Trajectory
definition:
Trajectory

Tra*ject"o*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Trajectories (#).
[Cf. F. trajectoire.]
The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air.


word: Trajetry
definition:
Trajetry

Trajetour

Trajet

{ Tra"jet (?), Tra"jet*our (?), Tra"jet*ry (?) }
n.
See Treget, Tregetour, and Tregetry.
[Obs.]


word: Tralation
definition:
Tralation

Tra*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. tralatio, translatio.See Translation.]
The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Tralatition
definition:
Tralatition

Tral`a*ti"tion
(?)
n.
[See Tralatitious.]
A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.


word: Tralatitious
definition:
Tralatitious

Tral`a*ti"tious
(?)
a.
[L. tralatitius, translatitius, tralaticius, translaticius. See Tralation.]
1.
Passed along; handed down; transmitted.

Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor.
W. Withington.

2.
Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.
Stackhouse.


word: Tralineate
definition:
Tralineate

Tra*lin"e*ate
(?)
v. i.
[L. trans across + linea a line: cf. It tralineare, tralignare.]
To deviate; to stray; to wander.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Tralucent
definition:
Tralucent

Tra*lu"cent
(?)
a.
[L. tralucens, translucens, p. pr. See Translucent.]
Translucent.
[Obs.]

The air's tralucent gallery.
Sir. J. Davies.


word: Tram
definition:
Tram

Tram
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tråm, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
1.
A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

2.
The shaft of a cart.
[Prov. Eng.]
De Quincey.

3.
One of the rails of a tramway.

4.
A car on a horse railroad.
[Eng.]

Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car. -- Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail. -- Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.


word: Tram₂
definition:
Tram

Tram
n.
[Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.]
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.


word: Tram₄
definition:
Tram

Tram
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Trammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming.]
To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.


word: Trama
definition:
Trama

Tra"ma
(?)
n.
[L., woof.]
(Bot.)
The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within the gleba in certain Gasteromycetes.


word: Tramble
definition:
Tramble

Tram"ble
(?)
v. t.
(Mining)
To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose.
Smart.


word: Trammel
definition:
Trammel

Tram"mel
(?)
n.
[F. tramail, trémail, a net, LL. tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres three + macula a mesh. See Three, and Mail armor.]
1.
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
Carew.

2.
A net for confining a woman's hair.
Spenser.

3.
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

4.
Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.

[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract.
Jeffrey.

5.
An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.

6.
(Mech.)
(a)
An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
(b)
A beam compass. See under Beam.


