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<p><point26>T.</point26></p>
<p><hw>T</hw> (tē), <def>the twentieth letter of the English
alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter <i>h</i> it forms the
digraph <i>th</i>, which has two distinct sounds, as in <i>th</i>in,
<i>th</i>en. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, §§262-264, and
also §§153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.</def></p>
<p>The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of the
Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the
Phœnician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is
etymologically most nearly related to <i>d</i>, <i>s</i>, <i>th</i>; as in
<i>t</i>ug, <i>d</i>uke; <i>t</i>wo, <i>d</i>ual, L. <i>d</i>uo;
re<i>s</i>in, L. re<i>s</i>ina, Gr. <grk>"rhti`nh</grk>, ten<i>t</i>,
ten<i>s</i>e, a., <i>t</i>enuous, <i>th</i>in; nos<i>t</i>ril,
<i>th</i>rill. See <u>D</u>, <u>S</u>.</p>
<p><col><b>T bandage</b></col> <i>(Surg.)</i>, <cd>a bandage shaped like
the letter <universbold>T</universbold>, and used principally for
application to the groin, or perineum.</cd> -- <col><b>T cart</b></col>,
<cd>a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure driving.</cd> --
<col><b>T iron</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A rod with a short
crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Iron
in bars, having a cross section formed like the letter
<universbold>T</universbold>, -- used in structures.</cd> -- <col><b>T
rail</b></col>, <cd>a kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no flange at
the bottom so that a section resembles the letter
<universbold>T</universbold>.</cd> -- <col><b>T square</b></col>, <cd>a
ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end, for the purpose of making
parallel lines; -- so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board
and guided by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of
the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different
angles.</cd> -- <col><b>To a T</b></col>, <cd>exactly, perfectly; as, to
suit <i>to a T</i>.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To take.</def> [Obs. or
Scot.] <i>Cursor Mundi.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern
dialect.</p>
<p><hw>Taas</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A heap. See
<u>Tas</u>.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a
string or a buckle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tag. See <u>Tag</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A loop for pulling or lifting
something.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A border of lace or other material, worn on the
inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp.,
one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*bac"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tobacco.</def> [Obs.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ta*ba"nus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., horsefly.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of blood sucking flies, including the
horseflies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"ard</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tabard</i>,
<i>tabart</i>; cf. Sp. & Pg. <i>tabardo</i>, It. <i>tabarro</i>, W.
<i>tabar</i>, LGr. &?;, LL. <i>tabardum</i>.] <def>A sort of tunic or
mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the
armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this
the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.</def> [Spelt also
<i>taberd</i>.]</p>
<p><blockquote>In a <i>tabard</i> he [the Plowman] rode upon a
mare.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"ard*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who wears a tabard.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College,
Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.</def>
<i>Nares.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"a*ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tabby</u>.] <def>A
stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab`a*sheer"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Per.
<i>tabāshīr</i>: cf. Skr. <i>tvakkshīrā</i>,
<i>tvakshīrā</i>.] <def>A concretion in the joints of the
bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly
valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings,
bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"bi*net</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tabby</u>.] <def>A
fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.</def> [Written also
<i>tabinet</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tab"by</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tabbies</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>tabis</i> (cf. It.
<i>tabì</i>, Sp. & Pg. <i>tabí</i>, LL. <i>attabi</i>), fr.
Ar. <i>'attābī</i>, properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad
where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince <i>Attab</i>,
great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. <u>Tobine</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
kind of waved silk, usually called <i>watered silk</i>, manufactured like
taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by
calendering.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or
stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry,
this becomes as hard as rock.</def> <i>Weale.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any
cat.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An old maid or gossip.</def> [Colloq.]
<i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"by</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having
a wavy or watered appearance; as, a <i>tabby</i> waistcoat.</def>
<i>Pepys.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Brindled; diversified in color; as, a
<i>tabby</i> cat.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tabby moth</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the grease moth.
See under <u>Grease</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tab"by</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tabbied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tabbying</u> (?).]
<def>To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to
calender; as, to <i>tabby</i> silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab`e*fac"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tabefy</u>.]
<def>A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"e*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tabefied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tabefying</u> (?).] [L. <i>tabere</i> to waste away + <i>-fy</i>: cf. L.
<i>tabefacere</i> to melt.] <def>To cause to waste gradually, to
emaciate.</def> [R.] <i>Harvey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta*bel"lion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tabellio</i>, fr.
<i>tabella</i> a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of <i>tabula</i> a
board: cf. F. <i>tabellion</i>. See <u>Table</u>.] <def>A secretary or
notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the
old monarchy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ber</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Tabor</u>.</def> <i>Nahum ii. 7.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"erd</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tabard</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"er*na*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>tabernaculum</i>, dim. of <i>taberna</i> nut. See <u>Tabern</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A slightly built or temporary habitation;
especially, a tent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Dwelling in <i>tabernacles</i> with Isaac and
Jacob.</blockquote> <i>Heb. xi. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter
with a wooden <i>tabernacle</i> and stoves.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i> <def>A portable structure of
wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and
worship.</def> <i>Ex. xxvi.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other
place for worship.</def> <i>Acts xv. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary
abode of the soul.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Shortly I must put off this my
<i>tabernacle</i>.</blockquote> <i>2 Pet. i. 14.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Any small cell, or like place, in which some
holy or precious things was deposited or kept.</def> Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for
the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A niche for the image of a saint, or for any
sacred painting or sculpture.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having
a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket,
or the like.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A tryptich for sacred imagery.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>A seat or stall in a choir, with its
canopy.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A boxlike step for a mast with
the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges,
etc.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Feast of Tabernacles</b></col> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i>, <cd>one
of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during
which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in
commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings
during their pilgrimage in the wilderness.</cd> -- <col><b>Tabernacle
work</b></col>, <cd>rich canopy work like that over the head of niches,
used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments.</cd> <i>Oxf.
Gloss.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"er*na*cle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tabernacled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tabernacling</u> (?).] <def>To dwell or reside for a time; to be
temporary housed.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He assumed our nature, and <i>tabernacled</i> among us in
the flesh.</blockquote> <i>Dr. J. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab`er*nac"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish
tabernacle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Formed in latticework; latticed.</def> <i>T.
Warton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence,
common; low.</def> "Horribly <i>tabernacular</i>." <i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"bes</hw> (t&amc;"bēz), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a
wasting disease.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Progressive emaciation of the body,
accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local
symptoms.</def></p>
<p><col><b>||Tabes dorsalis</b></col> (dôr*sā"l&ibreve;s) [NL.,
tabes of the back], <cd>locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply
<i>tabes</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>||Tabes mesenterica</b></col> (&?;) [NL.,
mesenteric tabes], <cd>a wasting disease of childhood characterized by
chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended
with caseous degeneration.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ta*bes"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tabescens</i>
wasting, p. pr. of <i>tabescere</i>.] <def>Withering, or wasting
away.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*bet"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes;
tabid.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One affected with
tabes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"id</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tabidus</i>: cf. F.
<i>tabide</i>. See <u>Tabes</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Affected by tabes;
tabetic.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In <i>tabid</i> persons, milk is the bset
restorative.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Tab"id*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tab"id*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ta*bif"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ta*bif"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tabes</i> + L. <i>facere</i> to make.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"inet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tabbinet</u>.</def> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"la*ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tablature</i>
ancient mode of musical notation. See <u>Table</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Paint.)</i> <def>A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece
comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a
picture in general.</def> <i>Shaftesbury.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>An ancient mode of indicating
musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to
that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions
from the <i>tablature</i> before him as if he had fingered an
organ.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Division into plates or tables
with intervening spaces; as, the <i>tablature</i> of the cranial
bones.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>tabula</i> a
board, tablet, a painting. Cf. <u>Tabular</u>, <u>Taffrail</u>,
<u>Tavern</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A smooth, flat surface, like the
side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A bagnio paved with fair <i>tables</i> of
marble.</blockquote> <i>Sandys.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or
other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a
tablet</def>; <i>pl.</i> <def>a memorandum book.</def> "The names . . .
written on his <i>tables</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two <i>tables</i> of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these <i>tables</i> the
words that were in the first <i>tables</i>, which thou
brakest.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxxiv. 1.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And stand there with your <i>tables</i> to glean<BR>
The golden sentences.</blockquote> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any smooth, flat surface upon which an
inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.</def> "Painted in a
<i>table</i> plain." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which, with that
other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip, is a most incomparable
<i>table</i>.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>St. Antony has a <i>table</i> that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence, in a great variety of applications: A
condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view;
a methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or
particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.</def> Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Bibliog.)</i> <def>A view of the contents of a
work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus;
a synopsis; as, a <i>table</i> of contents.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A list of substances and their
properties; especially, a list of the elementary substances with their
atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.</def>
</p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>Any collection and arrangement
in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as
of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of
numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding
to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they
are taken out for use in computations; as, <i>tables</i> of logarithms,
sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity <i>tables</i>; interest
<i>tables</i>; astronomical <i>tables</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Palmistry)</i> <def>The arrangement or
disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Mistress of a fairer <i>table</i><BR>
Hath not history for fable.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An article of furniture, consisting of a flat
slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on
legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or
working.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We may again<BR>
Give to our <i>tables</i> meat.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The nymph the <i>table</i> spread.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of;
fare; entertainment; as, to set a good <i>table</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The company assembled round a table.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I drink the general joy of the whole
<i>table</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the two, external and
internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploë, in the walls of
the cranium.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A stringcourse which includes an
offset; esp., a band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
required, so as to make it decorative. See <u>Water table</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Games)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The board on
the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand <i>table</i>.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>pl.</i>
<def>The games of backgammon and of draughts.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,<BR>
That, when he plays at <i>tables</i>, chides the dice.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>(Glass Manuf.)</i> <def>A circular plate of crown
glass.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A circular plate or <i>table</i> of about five feet diameter
weighs on an average nine pounds.</blockquote> <i>Ure.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Jewelry)</i> <def>The upper flat surface of a
diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in
angles.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Persp.)</i> <def>A plane surface, supposed to be
transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also <i>perspective
plane</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>The part of a machine tool on
which the work rests and is fastened.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Bench table</b></col>, <col><b>Card table</b></col>,
<col><b>Communion table</b></col>, <col><b>Lord's table</b></col>, <cd>etc.
See under <u>Bench</u>, <u>Card</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Raised
table</b></col> <i>(Arch. & Sculp.)</i>, <cd>a raised or projecting member
of a flat surface, large in proportion to the projection, and usually
rectangular, -- especially intended to receive an inscription or the
like.</cd> -- <col><b>Roller table</b></col> <i>(Horology)</i>, <cd>a flat
disk on the arbor of the balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls
in and out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.</cd> --
<col><b>Round table</b></col>. <cd>See Dictionary of Noted Names in
Fiction.</cd> -- <col><b>Table anvil</b></col>, <cd>a small anvil to be
fastened to a table for use in making slight repairs.</cd> -- <col><b>Table
base</b></col>. <i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Water table</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Table bed</b></col>, <cd>a bed in the form of a table.</cd> --
<col><b>Table beer</b></col>, <cd>beer for table, or for common use; small
beer.</cd> -- <col><b>Table bell</b></col>, <cd>a small bell to be used at
table for calling servants.</cd> -- <col><b>Table cover</b></col>, <cd>a
cloth for covering a table, especially at other than mealtimes.</cd> --
<col><b>Table diamond</b></col>, <cd>a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Table linen</b></col>, <cd>linen tablecloth,
napkins, and the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Table money</b></col> <i>(Mil. or
Naut.)</i>, <cd>an allowance sometimes made to officers over and above
their pay, for table expenses.</cd> -- <col><b>Table rent</b></col> <i>(O.
Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>rent paid to a bishop or religious, reserved or
appropriated to his table or housekeeping.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i> --
<col><b>Table shore</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a low, level shore.</cd>
-- <col><b>Table talk</b></col>, <cd>conversation at table, or at
meals.</cd> -- <col><b>Table talker</b></col>, <cd>one who talks at
table.</cd> -- <col><b>Table tipping</b></col>, <col><b>Table
turning</b></col>, <cd>certain movements of tables, etc., attributed by
some to the agency of departed spirits, and by others to the development of
latent vital or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects moved, or to
physical force applied otherwise.</cd> -- <col><b>Tables of a
girder</b></col> or <col><b>chord</b></col> <i>(Engin.)</i>, <cd>the upper
and lower horizontal members.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay on the
table</b></col>, <cd>in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a report, motion,
etc., on the table of the presiding officer, -- that is, to postpone the
consideration of, by a vote.</cd> -- <col><b>To serve tables</b></col>
<i>(Script.)</i>, <cd>to provide for the poor, or to distribute provisions
for their wants.</cd> <i>Acts vi. 2.</i> -- <col><b>To turn the
tables</b></col>, <cd>to change the condition or fortune of contending
parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of
fortune in gaming.</cd> -- <col><b>Twelve tables</b></col> <i>(Rom.
Antiq.)</i>, <cd>a celebrated body of Roman laws, framed by decemvirs
appointed 450 years before Christ, on the return of deputies or
commissioners who had been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed from the
institutions of other nations, partly of such as were altered and
accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provisions, and
mainly, perhaps, of laws and usages under their ancient kings.</cd>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1467 !></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tableed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tableing</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To form into a table or
catalogue; to tabulate; as, to <i>table</i> fines.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in
a picture.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tabled</i> and pictured in the chambers of
meditation.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To supply with food; to feed.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Carp.)</i> <def>To insert, as one piece of timber
into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to
prevent slipping; to scarf.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To lay or place on a table, as money.</def>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to
postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the
like) till called for, or indefinitely.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To enter upon the docket; as, to <i>table</i>
charges against some one.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To make board hems in the skirts
and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to
the boltrope.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To live at the table of
another; to board; to eat.</def> [Obs.] "He . . . was driven from the
society of men to <i>table</i> with the beasts." <i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ta`bleau"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tableaux</b></plw> (#). [F., dim. fr. L. <i>tabula</i> a painting.
See <u>Table</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A striking and vivid
representation; a picture.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A representation of some scene by means of
persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and
remaining silent and motionless.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta`bleau" vi`vant"</hw> (?); <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Tableaux
vivants</b></plw> (#). [F.] <def>Same as <u>Tableau</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*book`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tablet; a
notebook.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Put into your <i>tablebook</i> whatever you judge
worthy.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*cloth`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A cloth for
covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the
dishes, etc., are set on for meals.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"ble d'hôte"</hw> (t&adot;"bl' dōt`); <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tables d'hôte</b></plw> (#). [F., literally, table of the
landlord.] <def>A common table for guests at a hotel; an
ordinary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble-land`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A broad, level,
elevated area of land; a plateau.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The toppling crags of Duty scaled,<BR>
Are close upon the shining <i>table-lands</i><BR>
To which our God himself is moon and sun.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tablemen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>A man at draughts; a piece used in
playing games at tables. See <u>Table</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 10.</def>
[R.] <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A
table.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tablements</i> and chapters of pillars.</blockquote>
<i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who boards.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who boards others for hire.</def> [Obs.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*spoon`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A spoon of the
largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from
<i>teaspoon</i>, <i>dessert spoon</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*spoon`ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tablespoonfuls</b></plw> (&?;). <def>As much as a tablespoon will
hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a
fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"blet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tablette</i>, dim. of
<i>table</i>. See <u>Table</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A small table or
flat surface.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A flat piece of any material on which to write,
paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a
picture.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a small picture; a miniature.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>A kind of pocket memorandum
book.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A flattish cake or piece; as, <i>tablets</i> of
arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Pharm.)</i> <def>A solid kind of electuary or
confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed
into little flat squares; -- called also <i>lozenge</i>, and <i>troche</i>,
especially when of a round or rounded form.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ble*ware`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ware, or articles
collectively, for table use.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
forming into tables; a setting down in order.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Carp.)</i> <def>The letting of one timber into
another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A broad hem on the edge of a
sail.</def> <i>Totten.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Board; support.</def> [Obs.] <i>Trence in
English (1614).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Act of playing at tables. See <u>Table</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 10.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tabling house</b></col>, <cd>a gambling house.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Northbrooke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta*boo"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A total prohibition of
intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under
pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly
common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.</def> [Written also
<i>tabu</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta*boo"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tabooed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tabooing</u>.] <def>To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use
of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to <i>taboo</i> the ground set
apart as a sanctuary for criminals.</def> [Written also <i>tabu</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tabor</i>,
<i>tabour</i>, F. <i>tambour</i>; cf. Pr. <i>tabor</i>, <i>tanbor</i>, Sp.
& Pg. <i>tambor</i>, <i>atambor</i>, It. <i>tamburo</i>; all fr. Ar. & Per.
<i>tamb&?;r</i> a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. <i>tabīr</i> a
drum. Cf. <u>Tabouret</u>, <u>Tambour</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A small
drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the
same person.</def> [Written also <i>tabour</i>, and <i>taber</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tabored</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Taboring</u>.]
[Cf. OF. <i>taborer</i>.] [Written also <i>tabour</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To play on a tabor, or little drum.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To strike lightly and frequently.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make (a sound) with a
tabor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bor*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who plays on the
tabor.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"o*ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of <i>tabor</i>. Cf.
<u>Tabret</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A small tabor.</def> [Written also
<i>tabouret</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tab"o*rine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tabourin</i>, F.
<i>tambourin</i>. See <u>Tabor</u>, and cf. <u>Tambourine</u>.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A small, shallow drum; a tabor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bor*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i>
<def>One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the
fifteenth century; -- so called from <i>Tabor</i>, a hill or fortress where
they encamped during a part of their struggles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"bour</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tabor</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"ou*ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., dim. of OF.
<i>tabor</i>, <i>tabour</i>, drum. See <u>Tabor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Same as <u>Taboret</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A seat without arms or back, cushioned and
stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a
drum.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An embroidery frame.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Right of the tabouret</b></col>, <cd>the privilege of sitting on
a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain
ladies of high rank at the French court.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tab"rere</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A taborer.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tab"ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A taboret.</def>
<i>Young.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta*bu"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Taboo</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tab"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tabulæ</b></plw> (#). [L.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A table; a
tablet.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the transverse plants
found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tabula rasa</b></col> (&?;) [L.], <cd>a smoothed tablet; hence,
figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions
from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a
theory opposed to the doctrine of <i>innate ideas</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tab"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tabularis</i>, fr.
<i>tabula</i> a board, table. See <u>Table</u>.] <def>Having the form of,
or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).</def>
Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Having a flat surface; as, a <i>tabular</i>
rock.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Formed into a succession of flakes;
laminated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Nodules . . . that are <i>tabular</i> and
plated.</blockquote> <i>Woodward.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Set in squares.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Arranged in a schedule; as, <i>tabular</i>
statistics.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>Derived from, or computed by, the use of
tables; as, <i>tabular</i> right ascension.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tabular difference</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>the difference
between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper
place in the table.</cd> -- <col><b>Tabular spar</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>,
<cd>wollastonite.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables;
tabulation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab"u*lar*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tabularized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tabularizing</u> (?).] <def>To tabulate.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tab`u*la"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>tabulatus</i> floored.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An artificial group of
stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles.
The genera <i>Pocillopora</i> and Favosites are examples.</def>
</p>
<p><hw>Tab"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tabulated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tabulating</u>.] [L. <i>tabula</i> a table. See <u>Tabular</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables
or synopses.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may
be <i>tabulated</i>, and put in figures.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To shape with a flat surface.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tab`u*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of forming
into a table or tables; as, the <i>tabulation</i> of statistics.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tack</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.] <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>A kind of customary
payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.</def> <i>Cowell.
Burrill.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tac"a*ma*hac`</hw> (?), <hw>Tac`a*ma*ha"ca</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A bitter balsamic resin
obtained from tropical American trees of the genus <i>Elaphrium</i> (<i>E.
tomentosum</i> and <i>E. Tacamahaca</i>), and also from East Indian trees
of the genus <i>Calophyllum</i>; also, the resinous exhudation of the
balsam poplar.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any tree yielding tacamahac resin,
especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead
(<i>Populus balsamifera</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*caud"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tacaud</i>. See
<u>Tomcod</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The bib, or whiting pout.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tace</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The cross, or church, of
St. Antony. See <i>Illust.</i> (6), under <u>Cross</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def> <i>Mollett.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tace</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Tasse</u>.</def>
<i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"cet</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. impers.</i></pos> [L., it is silent,
3d pers.pr. of <i>tacere</i> to be silent.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>It is
silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during
a whole movement.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tache</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tack</u> a kind of
nail.] <def>Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a
button.</def> [Obs.] <i>Ex. xxvi. 6.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tache</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tache</i> spot. See
<u>Techy</u>.] <def>A spot, stain, or blemish.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Warner.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tach*hy"drite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk>
quick + <grk>"y`dwr</grk> water. So named from its ready deliquescence.]
<i>(Min.)</i> <def>A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in
yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the
salt mines at Stassfurt.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tach"i*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tachinæ</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, for &?; swift.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging
to <i>Tachina</i> and allied genera. Their larvæ are external
parasites of other insects.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*chom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; swiftness,
speed (fr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick) + <i>-meter</i>: cf. F.
<i>tachomètre</i>.] <def>An instrument for measuring the velocity,
or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.</def>
Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for measuring the velocity of
running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined
vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are
recorded by clockwork.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for showing at any moment the
speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical
pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of
speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated
dial.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>An instrument for measuring
the velocity of the blood; a hæmatachometer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tach"y*di*dax`y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + &?; teaching.] <def>A short or rapid method of
instructing.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>||Tach`y*glos"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + &?; tongue.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division
of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New
Guinea. See <i>Illust.</i> under <u>Echidna</u>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tach`y*graph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tach`y*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tachygraphique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining
to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*chyg"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <i>-graphy</i>: cf. F. <i>tachygraphie</i>.]
<def>The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing;
stenography.</def> <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tach"y*lyte</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk>
quick + &?; to dissolve.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A vitreous form of basalt; --
so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac"it</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tacitus</i>, p. p. of
<i>tacere</i> to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth.
<i>þahan</i> to be silent, Icel. <i>þegja</i>, OHG.
<i>dagēn</i>: cf. F. <i>tacite</i>. Cf. <u>Reticent</u>.] <def>Done
or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, <i>tacit</i>
consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.</def> --
<wf>Tac"it*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tacit</i> and secret theft of abusing our brother in
civil contracts.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac"i*turn</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>taciturnus</i>: cf.
F. <i>taciturne</i>. See <u>Tacit</u>.] <def>Habitually silent; not given
to converse; not apt to talk or speak.</def> -- <wf>Tac"i*turn*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Silent; reserved. <u>Taciturn</u>, <u>Silent</u>.
<i>Silent</i> has reference to the act; <i>taciturn</i>, to the habit. A
man may be <i>silent</i> from circumstances; he is <i>taciturn</i> from
disposition. The loquacious man is at times <i>silent</i>; one who is
<i>taciturn</i> may now and then make an effort at conversation.</p>
<p><hw>Tac`i*tur"ni*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>taciturnitas</i>: cf. F. <i>taciturnité</i>.] <def>Habilual
silence, or reserve in speaking.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The cause of Addison's <i>taciturnity</i> was a natural
diffidence in the company of strangers.</blockquote> <i>V. Knox.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>taciturnity</i> and the short answers which gave so
much offense.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From an old or dialectal form
of F. <i>tache</i>. See <u>Techy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A stain; a
tache.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [Cf. L. <i>tactus</i>.] <def>A peculiar flavor or
taint; as, a musty <i>tack</i>.</def> [Obs. or Colloq.]
<i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tak</i>, <i>takke</i>, a
fastening; akin to D. <i>tak</i> a branch, twig, G. <i>zacke</i> a twig,
prong, spike, Dan. <i>takke</i> a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. <i>tagg</i>
prickle, point, Icel. <i>tāg</i> a willow twig, Ir. <i>taca</i> a
peg, nail, fastening, Gael. <i>tacaid</i>, Armor. & Corn. <i>tach</i>;
perhaps akin to E. <i>take</i>. Cf. <u>Attach</u>, <u>Attack</u>,
<u>Detach</u>, <u>Tag</u> an end, <u>Zigzag</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat
head.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is attached; a supplement; an
appendix. See <u>Tack</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, 3.</def>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Some <i>tacks</i> had been made to money bills in King
Charles's time.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1468 !></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A rope used
to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel
is closehauled (see <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Ship</u>); also, a rope employed
to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The part of a sail to which the tack is usually
fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners
(see <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Sail</u>).</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The
direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard
<i>tack</i>, or port <i>tack</i>; -- the former when she is closehauled
with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one
tack; also, a change of direction.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>A contract by which the use
of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.</def> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Confidence; reliance.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tack of a flag</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a line spliced into
the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the
halyards.</cd> -- <col><b>Tack pins</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>belaying
pins; -- also called <i>jack pins</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To haul the tacks
aboard</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to set the courses.</cd> -- <col><b>To
hold tack</b></col>, <cd>to last or hold out.</cd> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tacked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tacking</u>.] [Cf. OD. <i>tacken</i> to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to
E. <i>take</i>. See <u>Tack</u> a small nail.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
fasten or attach.</def> "In hopes of getting some commendam <i>tacked</i>
to their sees." <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And <i>tacks</i> the center to the sphere.</blockquote>
<i>Herbert.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or
hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to <i>tack</i> together the
sheets of a book; to <i>tack</i> one piece of cloth to another; to
<i>tack</i> on a board or shingle; to <i>tack</i> one piece of metal to
another by drops of solder.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to
a bill; to append; -- often with <i>on</i> or <i>to</i>.</def>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To change the direction of (a
vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the
tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles
to her former course.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to
windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.</p>
<p><hw>Tack</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To change the
direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also
(as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting
of the helm and sails. See <u>Tack</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
4.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to <i>tack</i> to
larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, "Wheel to the
left."</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tacks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tack"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of <i>tack</i> a small
nail.] <def>A small, broad-headed nail.</def> [Scot.] <i>Jamieson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack"ey</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tacky</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tack"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A union of
securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before
an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>
<p>&fist; The doctrine of <i>tacking</i> is not recognized in American law.
<i>Kent.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac"kle</hw> (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?, especially by
seamen), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>takel</i>, akin to LG. & D.
<i>takel</i>, Dan. <i>takkel</i>, Sw. <i>tackel</i>; perhaps akin to E.
<i>taw</i>, v.t., or to <i>take</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Apparatus for
raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks;
sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which
an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing <i>tackle</i>, hunting
<i>tackle</i>; formerly, specifically, weapons.</def> "She to her
<i>tackle</i> fell." <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The rigging and apparatus of a
ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Fall and tackle</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Pulley</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing tackle</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Fishing</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Ground
tackle</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>anchors, cables, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Gun tackle</b></col>, <cd>the apparatus or appliances for hauling
cannon in or out.</cd> -- <col><b>Tackle fall</b></col>, <cd>the rope, or
rather the end of the rope, of a tackle, to which the power is
applied.</cd> -- <col><b>Tack tackle</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a small
tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails.</cd> --
<col><b>Tackle board</b></col>, <col><b>Tackle post</b></col>
<i>(Ropemaking)</i>, <cd>a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk,
for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tac"kle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tackled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tackling</u>.] [Cf. LG. <i>takeln</i> to equip. See <u>Tackle</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To supply with tackle.</def>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to
harness; as, to <i>tackle</i> a horse into a coach or wagon.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a
wrestler <i>tackles</i> his antagonist; a dog <i>tackles</i> the
game.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and
strength in <i>tackling</i> windmills under conditions the most fitted to
insure her defeat.</blockquote> <i>Dublin Univ. Mag.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac"kled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Made of ropes tacked
together.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>My man shall be with thee,<BR>
And bring thee cords made like a <i>tackled</i> stair.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac"kling</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as
cordage, sails, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Instruments of action; as, fishing
<i>tackling</i>.</def> <i>Walton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by
which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tacks"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tacksmen</b></plw> (&?;). <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>One who holds a
tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.</def> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tacksmen</i>, who formed what may be called the
"peerage" of the little community, must be the captains.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tack"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Techy</u>, <u>Tack</u>
a spot.] <def>Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when
not well dried.</def> [U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta*con"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Geol.)</i>
<def>Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the
<i>Taconic</i> mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to
be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower
Silurian and Cambrian.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tact</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tactus</i> a touching,
touch, fr. <i>tangere</i>, <i>tactum</i>, to touch: cf. F. <i>tact</i>. See
<u>Tangent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The sense of touch;
feeling.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to
<i>tact</i> as well as sight?</blockquote> <i>Southey.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now, sight is a very refined <i>tact</i>.</blockquote> <i>J.
Le Conte.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The stroke in beating
time.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or
faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and
doing what is required by circumstances.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to
those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a <i>tact</i> and
wariness worthy of Mazarin.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>tact</i> which surpassed the <i>tact</i> of her sex as
much as the <i>tact</i> of her sex surpassed the <i>tact</i> of
ours.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac"ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
touched; tangible.</def> [R.] "They [women] being created to be both
tractable and <i>tactable</i>." <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tac"tic</hw> (?), <hw>Tac"tic*al</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Gr. &?;. See <u>tactics</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the art of military
and naval tactics.</def> -- <wf>Tac"tic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tac"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tactics</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac*ti"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tacticien</i>.] <def>One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful
maneuverer; an adroit manager.</def>
</p>
<p><hw>Tac"tics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, pl., and &?; (sc.
&?;, sing., fr. &?; fit for ordering or arranging, fr. &?;, &?;, to put in
order, to arrange: cf. F. <i>tactique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle,
and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into <i>grand
tactics</i>, or the tactics of battles, and <i>elementary tactics</i>, or
the tactics of instruction.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, any system or method of
procedure.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac"tile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tactilis</i>, fr.
<i>tangere</i>, <i>tactum</i>, to touch: cf. F. <i>tactile</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or
perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, <i>tactile</i>
corpuscles; <i>tactile</i> sensations.</def> "<i>Tactile</i> sweets."
<i>Beaumont.</i> "<i>Tactile</i> qualities." <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tactile</b></col><cd> sense <i>(Physiol.)</i>, the sense of
touch, or pressure sense. See <u>Touch</u>.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>The delicacy of the <i>tactile</i> sense varies on different
parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the
forearm.</blockquote> <i>H. N. Martin.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tac*til"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tactilité</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being tactile;
perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tactio</i>, from
<i>tangere</i>, <i>tactum</i>, to touch.] <def>The act of touching; touch;
contact; tangency.</def> "External <i>taction</i>."
<i>Chesterfield.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tact"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
tact.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tac"tu*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tact</u>.]
<i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of
touch; derived from touch.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the lowest organisms we have a kind of <i>tactual</i>
sense diffused over the entire body.</blockquote> <i>Tyndall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tad"pole`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tadde</i> toad (AS.
<i>tādie</i>, <i>tādige</i>) + <i>poll</i>; properly, a toad
that is or seems all head. See <u>Toad</u>, and <u>Poll</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The young aquatic larva of any
amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal
gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also
<i>polliwig</i>, <i>polliwog</i>, <i>porwiggle</i>, or
<i>purwiggy</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The hooded merganser.</def>
[Local, U. S.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tadpole fish</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Forkbeard</u> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ"di*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>See
<u>Tedium</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tael</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Malay <i>ta&?;l</i>, a certain
weight, probably fr. Hind. <i>tola</i>, Skr. <i>tulā</i> a balance,
weight, <i>tul</i> to weigh.] <def>A denomination of money, in China, worth
nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a
weight of one ounce and a third.</def> [Written also <i>tale</i>.]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Taen</hw> (?), or <hw>Ta'en</hw> }, <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Ta</u>, to take, or a contraction of <u>Taken</u>.</def> [Poetic &
Scot.] <i>Burns.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tæniæ</b></plw> (#). [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of intestinal worms
which includes the common tapeworms of man. See <u>Tapeworm</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A band; a structural line; --
applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the
brain.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The fillet, or band, at the
bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ*ni"a*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Tænioidea</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ`ni*a"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>taenia</i> a ribbon.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Ctenophora
including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is
the most familiar example.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ*nid"i*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tænidia</b></plw> (#). [NL., dim. fr. L. <i>taenia</i> a
ribbon.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The chitinous fiber forming the spiral
thread of the tracheæ of insects. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Trachea</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ`ni*o*glos"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; a ribbon + &?; a tongue.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An extensive
division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow,
and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of
families both marine and fresh-water.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tæ`ni*o*glos"sate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Tænioglossa.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tæ"ni*oid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tænia</i> +
<i>-oid</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Ribbonlike; shaped like a
ribbon.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Like or pertaining to
Tænia.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ`ni*oi"de*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The division of cestode worms which comprises the
tapeworms. See <u>Tapeworm</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ*ni"o*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tæniolæ</b></plw> (#). [L., dim. of <i>taenia</i> a
ribbon.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the radial partitions which
separate the internal cavities of certain medusæ.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tæ`ni*o*so"mi</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; ribbon + &?; body.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order of fishes
remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are
examples. See <i>Ribbon fish</i>, under <u>Ribbon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taf"fer*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Taffrail</u>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Taf"fe*ta</hw> (?), <hw>Taf"fe*ty</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>taffetas</i>, It. <i>taffetà</i>, from Per.
<i>tāftah</i>, originally, twisted, woven, from <i>tāftan</i>
to twist, to spin.] <def>A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the
wavy luster called <i>watering</i>. The term has also been applied to
different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern
times.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Lined with <i>taffeta</i> and with sendal.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taff"rail</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>tafereel</i> a
panel, picture, fr. <i>tafel</i> table, fr. L. <i>tabula</i>. See
<u>Table</u>.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The upper part of a ship's stern, which
is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work;
the rail around a ship's stern.</def> [Written also <i>tafferel</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Taf"fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prov. E. <i>taffy</i> toffy.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar
boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.</def> [Written also, in
England, <i>toffy</i>.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Flattery; soft phrases.</def> [Slang]</p>
<p><hw>Taf"i*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. & Sp. <i>tafia</i>,
It. <i>taffia</i>; fr. Malay <i>tāfīa</i> a spirit distilled
from molasses. Cf. <u>Ratafia</u>.] <def>A variety of rum.</def> [West
Indies]</p>
<p><hw>Tag</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably akin to <i>tack</i> a
small nail; cf. Sw. <i>tagg</i> a prickle, point, tooth.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress;
something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or
label.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end
of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech;
cue.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Something mean and paltry; the rabble.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tag and rag</b></col>, <cd>the lowest sort; the rabble.</cd>
<i>Holinshed.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A sheep of the first year.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tagged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tagging</u> (?).]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He learned to make long-<i>tagged</i> thread
laces.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His courteous host . . . <BR>
<i>Tags</i> every sentence with some fawning word.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To join; to fasten; to attach.</def>
<i>Bolingbroke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To follow closely after; esp., to follow and
touch in the game of tag. See <u>Tag</u>, a play.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To follow closely, as it were
an appendage; -- often with <i>after</i>; as, to <i>tag</i> after a
person.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Tag</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>; cf. <u>Tag</u>, an end.] <def>A child's play in which
one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being
touched.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tag"belt`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Tagsore</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tag"ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is pointed like a tag.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Hedgehogs' or procupines' small <i>taggers</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Cotton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Sheets of tin or other plate which
run below the gauge.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A device for removing taglocks from sheep.</def>
<i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tag"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A little tag.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tagl"ia</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It., a cutting, a pulley,
from <i>tagliare</i> to cut. See <u>Tailor</u>.] <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A
peculiar combination of pulleys.</def> <i>Brande & C.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tagl`ia*co"tain</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to <i>Tagliacozzi</i>, a Venetian surgeon; as, the
<i>Tagliacotian</i> operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by
him.</def> [Also <i>Taliacotian</i>, and <i>Tagliacozzian</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tagl*io"ni</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of outer coat,
or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of
professional dancers.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He ought certainly to exchange his <i>taglioni</i>, or
comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tag"lock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An entangled lock, as
of hair or wool.</def> <i>Nares.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tag"ni*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The white-lipped peccary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tag"-rag`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tag</u> an
end, and <u>Rag</u>.] <def>The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf.
<i>Rag, tag, and bobtail</i>, under <u>Bobtail</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If the <i>tag-rag</i> people did not clap him and hiss him,
I am no true man.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tag"sore`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>Adhesion
of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact
with the feces; -- called also <i>tagbelt</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tag"tail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A person who attaches himself to another against
the will of the latter; a hanger-on.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tag"u*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name in the
East Indies.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A large flying squirrel (<i>Pteromys
petuarista</i>). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail
nearly as long.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1469 !></p>
<p><hw>Ta`gui*ca"ti</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The white-lipped peccary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ha</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The African rufous-necked
weaver bird (<i>Hyphantornis texor</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*ha"leb</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A fox (<i>Vulpes Niloticus</i>) of Northern
Africa.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*hi"ti*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A native inhabitant of Tahiti.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tahr</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Thar</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>taille</i> a cutting. See
<u>Entail</u>, <u>Tally</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>Limitation;
abridgment.</def> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Estate in tail</b></col>, <cd>a limited, abridged, or reduced
fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are
precluded; -- called also <i>estate tail</i>.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Limited; abridged;
reduced; curtailed; as, estate <i>tail</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tægel</i>,
<i>tægl</i>; akin to G. <i>zagel</i>, Icel. <i>tagl</i>, Sw.
<i>tagel</i>, Goth. <i>tagl</i> hair. √59.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable
vertebræ, and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of
other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several
more or less consolidated vertebræ which supports a fanlike group of
quills to which the term <i>tail</i> is more particularly applied. The tail
of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a
caudal fin. The term <i>tail</i> is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen
of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium
alone.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever
resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a
catkin.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of
those <i>tails</i> that hang on willow trees.</blockquote>
<i>Harvey.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part
of anything, -- as opposed to the <i>head</i>, or the superior
part.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord will make thee the head, and not the
<i>tail</i>.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxviii. 13.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A train or company of attendants; a
retinue.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
<i>tail</i> on."</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The side of a coin opposite to that which bears
the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the
purpose of deciding some point by its fall.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The distal tendon of a
muscle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A downy or feathery appendage to
certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A portion of
an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole
thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also <i>tailing</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of the
strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more
times.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A rope spliced to the strap of a
block, by which it may be lashed to anything.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The part of a note which runs
perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.</def> <i>Moore
(Encyc. of Music).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Same as <u>Tailing</u>, 4.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The bottom or lower portion of a
member or part, as a slate or tile.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>See <u>Tailing</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 5.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tail beam</b></col>. <i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Tailpiece</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail coverts</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the feathers which cover the bases of the tail
quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant
plumes. Those above the quills are called the <i>upper tail coverts</i>,
and those below, the <i>under tail coverts</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail
end</b></col>, <cd>the latter end; the termination; as, the <i>tail end</i>
of a contest.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>Tail joist</b></col>.
<i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Tailpiece</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail of a
comet</b></col> <i>(Astron.)</i>, <cd>a luminous train extending from the
nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a direction
opposite to the sun.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail of a gale</b></col>
<i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly
abated.</cd> <i>Totten.</i> -- <col><b>Tail of a lock</b></col> (on a
canal), <cd>the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond.</cd> --
<col><b>Tail of the trenches</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>the post where
the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of
the place, in advancing the lines of approach.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail
spindle</b></col>, <cd>the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; --
called also <i>dead spindle</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To turn tail</b></col>,
<cd>to run away; to flee.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>Would she <i>turn tail</i> to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch.</blockquote> <i>Sir
P. Sidney.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To follow
or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not
be evaded.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he
was <i>tailed</i>, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next
Parliament.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To pull or draw by the tail.</def> [R.]
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To tail in</b></col> or <col><b>on</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>,
<cd>to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as,
<i>to tail in</i> a timber.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i>
<def>To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or
other support; -- with <i>in</i> or <i>into</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To swing with the stern in a
certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel
<i>tails</i> down stream.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tail on</b></col>. <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>See <i>Tally on</i>, under
<u>Tally</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tail"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i>
<def>See <u>Tallage</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"-bay`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and
the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest
girder of a floor. Cf. <u>Case-bay</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The part of a canal lock below the lower
gates.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"block`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
block with a tail. See <u>Tail</u>, 9.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"board`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The board at the
rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for
convenience in loading or unloading.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tailed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a tail; having
(such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as,
bob<i>tailed</i>, long<i>tailed</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Snouted and <i>tailed</i> like a boar.</blockquote>
<i>Grew.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tail"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a
wall.</def> <i>Gwilt.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Tail</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 8 <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Sexual intercourse.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>The lighter parts of grain separated
from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The refuse part of
stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It
is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called
also <i>tails</i>.</def> <i>Pryce.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taille</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Tally</u>,
<u>Tailor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A tally; an account scored on a
piece of wood.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Whether that he paid or took by <i>taille</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(O. F. Law)</i> <def>Any imposition levied by the
king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>taille</i>, as it still subsists in France, may serve
as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of
the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the
farm.</blockquote> <i>A. Smith.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The French name for the tenor
voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no tail.</def>
<i>H. Spencer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tail"lie</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tailzie</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tai"lor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tailleor</i>, F.
<i>tailleur</i>, fr. OF. <i>taillier</i>, F. <i>tailler</i> to cut, fr. L.
<i>talea</i> a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf.
<u>Detail</u>, <u>Entail</u>, <u>Retail</u>, <u>Tally</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One whose occupation is to
cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies'
outer garments.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Well said, good woman's <i>tailor</i> . . . I would thou
wert a man's <i>tailor</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
mattowacca; -- called also <i>tailor herring</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The silversides.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The goldfish.</def> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>
<p><col><b>Salt-water tailor</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the
bluefish.</cd> [Local, U. S.] <i>Bartlett.</i> -- <col><b>Tailor
bird</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>any one of numerous species of
small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to <i>Orthotomus</i>,
<i>Prinia</i>, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which
they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are <i>O.
longicauda</i>, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor
bird (<i>O. coronatus</i>), which has the top of the head golden yellow and
the back and wings pale olive-green.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tai"lor</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tailored</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tailoring</u>.] <def>To practice making men's clothes; to follow the
business of a tailor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>These <i>tailoring</i> artists for our lays<BR>
Invent cramped rules.</blockquote> <i>M. Green.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tai"lor*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A female
tailor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tai"lor*ing</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>The business or the
work of a tailor or a tailoress.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"piece`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
piece at the end; an appendage.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>One of the timbers which tail
into a header, in floor framing. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Header</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>An ornament placed at the bottom
of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.</def>
<i>Savage.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A piece of ebony or other material attached to
the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are
fastened.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"pin"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>The
center in the spindle of a turning lathe.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"race`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>See <u>Race</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 6.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The channel in which tailings,
suspended in water, are conducted away.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"stock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The sliding block or
support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center.
The <i>headstock</i> supports the live spindle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"-wa`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Water in a
tailrace.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tail"zie</hw> (-z&ibreve; or -y&ibreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>tailler</i> to cut. See <u>Tail</u> a limitation.] <i>(Scots Law)</i>
<def>An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut
off, and an arbitrary one substituted.</def> [Written also
<i>tailzee</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tain</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tein</i>, <i>teyne</i>;
cf. Icel. <i>teinn</i> a twig, akin to AS. <i>tān</i>, Goth.
<i>tains</i>.] <def>Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.</def>
<i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>atteinte</i> a blow,
bit, stroke. See <u>Attaint</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A thrust with a
lance, which fails of its intended effect.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>This <i>taint</i> he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An injury done to a lance in an encounter,
without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a
dishonorable or unscientific manner.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tainted</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tainting</u>.]
<def>To thrust ineffectually with a lance.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but
usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Do not fear; I have<BR>
A staff to <i>taint</i>, and bravely.</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>They <i>tainted</i> each other on the helms and passed
by.</blockquote> <i>Ld. Berners.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>teint</i>, p. p. of
<i>teindre</i> to dye, tinge, fr. L. <i>tingere</i>, <i>tinctum</i>. See
<u>Tinge</u>, and cf. <u>Tint</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To imbue or
impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious,
noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid
substance <i>taint</i> the air.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>His unkindness may defeat my life,<BR>
But never <i>taint</i> my love.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.</p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I can not <i>taint</i> with fear.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as,
meat soon <i>taints</i> in warm weather.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Tincture;
hue; color; tinge.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Infection; corruption; deprivation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous <i>taint</i>,
which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A blemish on reputation; stain; spot;
disgrace.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taint"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from taint or
infection; pure.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taint"less*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a taintless
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tain"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>teinture</i>. See
<u>Taint</u> to stain, and cf. <u>Tincture</u>.] <def>Taint; tinge;
difilement; stain; spot.</def> [R.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taint"worm`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tai"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tayra</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tairn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Tarn</u>.</def>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tait</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small
nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (<i>Tarsipes rostratus</i>)
about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very
few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also
<i>noolbenger</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ta*jaç"u</hw>, <hw>Ta*jas"su</hw> } (?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pg. <i>tajaçú</i>, from Braz.
<i>tayaçú</i> a hog or swine.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
common, or collared, peccary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Take</hw> (?), obs. <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of <u>Take</u>.
<def>Taken.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1470 !></p>
<p><hw>Take</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.</i></pos>
<u>Took</u> (?); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Takend</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr.
& vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Taking</u>.] [Icel. <i>taka</i>; akin to Sw.
<i>taga</i>, Dan. <i>tage</i>, Goth. <i>tēkan</i> to touch; of
uncertain origin.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In an active sense; To lay hold
of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold
or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.</def> Hence,
specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To obtain possession of by force or artifice;
to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power
or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to <i>take</i> am
army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to
attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This man was <i>taken</i> of the Jews.</blockquote> <i>Acts
xxiii. 27.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Men in their loose, unguarded hours they <i>take</i>;<BR>
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>They that come abroad after these showers are commonly
<i>taken</i> with sickness.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>There he blasts the tree and <i>takes</i> the cattle<BR>
And makes milch kine yield blood.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To gain or secure the interest or affection of;
to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Neither let her <i>take</i> thee with her
eyelids.</blockquote> <i>Prov. vi. 25.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Cleombroutus was so <i>taken</i> with this prospect, that he
had no patience.</blockquote> <i>Wake.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen
features, -- a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined
beauty, -- which <i>took</i> me more than all the outshining loveliness of
her companions.</blockquote> <i>Moore.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn
to; to have recourse to; as, to <i>take</i> the road to the
right.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was <i>taken</i>.</blockquote> <i>1 Sam. xiv. 42.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The violence of storming is the course which God is forced
to <i>take</i> for the destroying . . . of sinners.</blockquote>
<i>Hammond.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand;
to require; as, it <i>takes</i> so much cloth to make a coat.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This man always <i>takes</i> time . . . before he passes his
judgments.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate;
to picture; as, to <i>take</i> picture of a person.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Beauty alone could beauty <i>take</i> so right.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To draw; to deduce; to derive.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible
motive to a good life, because <i>taken</i> from this consideration of the
most lasting happiness and misery.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to
permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or
feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and
adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following
complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to <i>take</i> a resolution; I
<i>take</i> the liberty to say.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>To lead; to conduct; as, to <i>take</i> a child
to church.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <def>To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to
hand over; as, he <i>took</i> the book to the bindery.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>took</i> me certain gold, I wot it well.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(k)</i></sd> <def>To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with
<i>from</i>; as, to <i>take</i> the breath from one; to <i>take</i> two
from four.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to
bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.</def> Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To accept, as something offered; to receive;
not to refuse or reject; to admit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ye shall <i>take</i> no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer.</blockquote> <i>Num. xxxv. 31.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Let not a widow be <i>taken</i> into the number under
threescore.</blockquote> <i>1 Tim. v. 10.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To receive as something to be eaten or dronk;
to partake of; to swallow; as, to <i>take</i> food or wine.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily;
to clear; as, to <i>take</i> a hedge or fence.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To bear without ill humor or resentment; to
submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to <i>take</i> a joke; he will
<i>take</i> an affront from no man.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To admit, as, something presented to the mind;
not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in
opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider;
to suppose; as, to <i>take</i> a thing for granted; this I <i>take</i> to
be man's motive; to <i>take</i> men for spies.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You <i>take</i> me right.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Charity, <i>taken</i> in its largest extent, is nothing else
but the science love of God and our neighbor.</blockquote> <i>Wake.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>[He] <i>took</i> that for virtue and affection which was
nothing but vice in a disguise.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>You'd doubt his sex, and <i>take</i> him for a
girl.</blockquote> <i>Tate.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To accept the word or offer of; to receive and
accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in
general senses; as, to <i>take</i> a form or shape.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>take</i> thee at thy word.</blockquote>
<i>Rowe.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . <BR>
Not <i>take</i> the mold.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To be taken aback</b></col>, <col><b>To take advantage
of</b></col>, <col><b>To take air</b></col>, etc. <cd>See under
<u>Aback</u>, <u>Advantage</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To take aim</b></col>,
<cd>to direct the eye or weapon; to aim.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
along</b></col>, <cd>to carry, lead, or convey.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
arms</b></col>, <cd>to commence war or hostilities.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
away</b></col>, <cd>to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do
away with; as, a bill for <i>taking away</i> the votes of bishops.</cd> "By
your own law, I <i>take</i> your life <i>away</i>." <i>Dryden.</i> --
<col><b>To take breath</b></col>, <cd>to stop, as from labor, in order to
breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
care</b></col>, <cd>to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous.</cd>
"Doth God <i>take care</i> for oxen?" <i>1 Cor. ix. 9.</i> -- <col><b>To
take care of</b></col>, <cd>to have the charge or care of; to care for; to
superintend or oversee.</cd> -- <col><b>To take down</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or
higher, place; as, <i>to take down</i> a book; hence, to bring lower; to
depress; to abase or humble; as, <i>to take down</i> pride, or the
proud.</cd> "I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not <i>taken
down</i>." <i>Goldsmith.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To swallow; as, <i>to
take down</i> a potion.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To pull down; to pull
to pieces; as, <i>to take down</i> a house or a scaffold.</cd>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To record; to write down; as, <i>to take down</i> a
man's words at the time he utters them.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
effect</b></col>, <col><b>To take fire</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Effect</u>, and <u>Fire</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take ground to the
right</b></col> or <col><b>to the left</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>to
extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or
left.</cd> -- <col><b>To take heart</b></col>, <cd>to gain confidence or
courage; to be encouraged.</cd> -- <col><b>To take heed</b></col>, <cd>to
be careful or cautious.</cd> "<i>Take heed</i> what doom against yourself
you give." <i>Dryden.</i> -- <col><b>To take heed to</b></col>, <cd>to
attend with care, as, <i>take heed to</i> thy ways.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
hold of</b></col>, <cd>to seize; to fix on.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
horse</b></col>, <cd>to mount and ride a horse.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
in</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To inclose; to fence.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to
comprehend.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To draw into a smaller compass; to
contract; to brail or furl; as, <i>to take in</i> sail.</cd>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.</cd>
[Colloq.] <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <cd>To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel
will <i>take in</i> water.</cd> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <cd>To win by
conquest.</cd> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For now Troy's broad-wayed town<BR>
He shall <i>take in</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <cd>To receive into the mind or understanding.</cd>
"Some bright genius can <i>take in</i> a long train of propositions." <i>I.
Watts.</i> <sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <cd>To receive regularly, as a periodical
work or newspaper; to take.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col><b>To take in
hand</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Hand</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take in
vain</b></col>, <cd>to employ or utter as in an oath.</cd> "Thou shalt not
<i>take</i> the name of the Lord thy God <i>in vain</i>." <i>Ex. xx. 7.</i>
-- <col><b>To take issue</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Issue</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>To take leave</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Leave</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>To take a newspaper</b></col>,
<col><b>magazine</b></col>, or the like, <cd>to receive it regularly, as on
paying the price of subscription.</cd> -- <col><b>To take notice</b></col>,
<cd>to observe, or to observe with particular attention.</cd> -- <col><b>To
take notice of</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Notice</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To
take oath</b></col>, <cd>to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial
manner.</cd> -- <col><b>To take off</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To
remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything;
as, <i>to take off</i> a load; <i>to take off</i> one's hat.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To cut off; as, <i>to take off</i> the head, or a
limb.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To destroy; as, <i>to take off</i>
life.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To remove; to invalidate; as, <i>to take
off</i> the force of an argument.</cd> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <cd>To withdraw;
to call or draw away.</cd> <i>Locke.</i> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <cd>To
swallow; as, <i>to take off</i> a glass of wine.</cd> <sd><i>(g)</i></sd>
<cd>To purchase; to take in trade.</cd> "The Spaniards having no
commodities that we will <i>take off</i>." <i>Locke.</i>
<sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <cd>To copy; to reproduce.</cd> "<i>Take off</i> all
their models in wood." <i>Addison.</i> <sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <cd>To imitate;
to mimic; to personate.</cd> <sd><i>(k)</i></sd> <cd>To find place for; to
dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can <i>take off</i>.</cd>
[R.] <i>Bacon.</i> -- <col><b>To take on</b></col>, <cd>to assume; to take
upon one's self; as, <i>to take on</i> a character or responsibility.</cd>
-- <col><b>To take one's own course</b></col>, <cd>to act one's pleasure;
to pursue the measures of one's own choice.</cd> -- <col><b>To take order
for</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Order</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take order
with</b></col>, <cd>to check; to hinder; to repress.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i> -- <col><b>To take orders</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>To receive directions or commands.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Eccl.)</i> <cd>To enter some grade of the ministry. See <u>Order</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 10.</cd> -- <col><b>To take out</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To remove from within a place; to separate; to
deduct.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To draw out; to remove; to clear or
cleanse from; as, <i>to take out</i> a stain or spot from cloth.</cd>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To produce for one's self; as, <i>to take out</i> a
patent.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To put an end to; as, <i>to take</i>
the conceit <i>out</i> of a man.</cd> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <cd>To escort;
as, <i>to take out</i> to dinner.</cd> -- <col><b>To take over</b></col>,
<cd>to undertake; to take the management of.</cd> [Eng.] <i>Cross (Life of
G. Eliot).</i> -- <col><b>To take part</b></col>, <cd>to share; as, they
<i>take part</i> in our rejoicing.</cd> -- <col><b>To take part
with</b></col>, <cd>to unite with; to join with.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
place</b></col>, <col><b>root</b></col>, <col><b>sides</b></col>,
<col><b>stock</b></col>, etc. <cd>See under <u>Place</u>, <u>Root</u>,
<u>Side</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the air</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Falconry)</i> <cd>To seek to escape by trying to
rise higher than the falcon; -- said of a bird.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>See under <u>Air</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the field</b></col>.
<i>(Mil.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Field</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take
thought</b></col>, <cd>to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous.</cd>
<i>Matt. vi. 25, 27.</i> -- <col><b>To take to heart</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Heart</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take to task</b></col>, <cd>to
reprove; to censure.</cd> -- <col><b>To take up</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To lift; to raise.</cd> <i>Hood.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To buy or borrow; as, <i>to take up</i> goods to a
large amount; <i>to take up</i> money at the bank.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<cd>To begin; as, <i>to take up</i> a lamentation.</cd> <i>Ezek. xix.
1.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or
to replace; as, <i>to take up</i> raveled stitches</cd>; specifically
<i>(Surg.)</i>, <cd>to fasten with a ligature.</cd> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd>
<cd>To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; as, <i>to take up</i> the
time; <i>to take up</i> a great deal of room.</cd> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>
<cd>To take permanently.</cd> "Arnobius asserts that men of the finest
parts . . . <i>took up</i> their rest in the Christian religion."
<i>Addison.</i> <sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <cd>To seize; to catch; to arrest; as,
<i>to take up</i> a thief; <i>to take up</i> vagabonds.</cd>
<sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <cd>To admit; to believe; to receive.</cd> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The ancients <i>took up</i> experiments upon
credit.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <cd>To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to
berate.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>One of his relations <i>took</i> him <i>up</i>
roundly.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(k)</i></sd> <cd>To begin where another left off; to keep up in
continuous succession.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>Soon as the evening shades prevail,<BR>
The moon <i>takes up</i> the wondrous tale.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(l)</i></sd> <cd>To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or
manage; as, <i>to take up</i> the quarrels of our neighbors; <i>to take
up</i> current opinions.</cd> "They <i>take up</i> our old trade of
conquering." <i>Dryden.</i> <sd><i>(m)</i></sd> <cd>To comprise; to
include.</cd> "The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . <i>takes up</i>
seven years." <i>Dryden.</i> <sd><i>(n)</i></sd> <cd>To receive, accept, or
adopt for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor.</cd>
<i>Ps. xxvii. 10.</i> <sd><i>(o)</i></sd> <cd>To collect; to exact, as a
tax; to levy; as, <i>to take up</i> a contribution.</cd> "<i>Take up</i>
commodities upon our bills." <i>Shak.</i> <sd><i>(p)</i></sd> <cd>To pay
and receive; as, <i>to take up</i> a note at the bank.</cd>
<sd><i>(q)</i></sd> <i>(Mach.)</i> <cd>To remove, as by an adjustment of
parts; as, <i>to take up</i> lost motion, as in a bearing; also, to make
tight, as by winding, or drawing; as, <i>to take up</i> slack thread in
sewing.</cd> <sd><i>(r)</i></sd> <cd>To make up; to compose; to settle; as,
<i>to take up</i> a quarrel.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i> -- <col><b>To take
up arms</b></col>. <cd>Same as <i>To take arms</i>, above.</cd> --
<col><b>To take upon one's self</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To
assume; to undertake; as, he <i>takes upon himself</i> to assert that the
fact is capable of proof.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To appropriate to
one's self; to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's self; as,
<i>to take upon one's self</i> a punishment.</cd> -- <col><b>To take up the
gauntlet</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Gauntlet</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Take</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to
accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not
<i>take</i>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>When flame <i>taketh</i> and openeth, it giveth a
noise.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In impressions from mind to mind, the impression
<i>taketh</i>, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest
effect.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To please; to gain reception; to
succeed.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,<BR>
And hint he writ it, if the thing should <i>take</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To move or direct the course; to resort; to
betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with <i>to</i>; as, the
fox, being hard pressed, <i>took</i> to the hedge.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph;
as, his face does not <i>take</i> well.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To take after</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To learn to
follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he <i>takes after</i> a good pattern.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To resemble; as, the son <i>takes after</i> his
father.</cd> -- <col><b>To take in with</b></col>, <cd>to resort to.</cd>
[Obs.] <i>Bacon.</i> -- <col><b>To take on</b></col>, <cd>to be violently
affected; to express grief or pain in a violent manner.</cd> -- <col><b>To
take to</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To apply one's self to; to be
fond of; to become attached to; as, <i>to take to</i> evil practices.</cd>
"If he does but <i>take to</i> you, . . . you will contract a great
friendship with him." <i>Walpole.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To resort to;
to betake one's self to.</cd> "Men of learning, who <i>take to</i>
business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of the
world." <i>Addison.</i> -- <col><b>To take up</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To stop.</cd> [Obs.] "Sinners at last <i>take
up</i> and settle in a contempt of religion." <i>Tillotson.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To reform.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Locke.</i> -- <col><b>To
take up with</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To be contended to receive;
to receive without opposition; to put up with; as, <i>to take up with</i>
plain fare.</cd> "In affairs which may have an extensive influence on our
future happiness, we should not <i>take up with</i> probabilities." <i>I.
Watts.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To lodge with; to dwell with.</cd>
[Obs.] <i>L'Estrange.</i> -- <col><b>To take with</b></col>, <cd>to
please.</cd> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Take</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which
is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or
catch.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>The quantity or copy given to a
compositor at one time.</def></p>
<p><hw>Take"-in`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Imposition;
fraud.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tak"en</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Take</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Take"-off`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An imitation,
especially in the way of caricature.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tak"er</hw> (tāk"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.</def></p>
<p><hw>Take"-up`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>That
which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for
drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a
stitch.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tak"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Apt
to take; alluring; attracting.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Subtile in making his temptations most
<i>taking</i>.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Infectious; contageous.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Tak"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tak"ing*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tak"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><blockquote>What a <i>taking</i> was he in, when your husband asked who
was in the basket!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Malign influence; infection.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tak"ing-off`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Removal; murder.
See <i>To take off</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>, under <u>Take</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><blockquote>The deep damnation of his <i>taking-off</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"a*poin</hw> (tăl"&adot;*poin), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small African monkey (<i>Cercopithecus, or
Miopithecus, talapoin</i>) -- called also <i>melarhine</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta*la"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L., from
<i>talaris</i> pertaining to the ankles, fr. <i>talus</i> ankle.]
<i>(Class. Myth.)</i> <def>Small wings or winged shoes represented as
fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of
Mercury.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"bot</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A sort of dog, noted for
quick scent and eager pursuit of game.</def> [Obs.] <i>Wase
(1654).</i></p>
<p>&fist; The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the <i>Talbot</i>
family, whence, perhaps, the name.</p>
<p><hw>Tal"bo*type</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Photog.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Calotype</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Talc</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>talc</i>; cf. Sp. & It.
<i>talco</i>, LL. <i>talcus</i>; all fr. Ar. <i>talq</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish
color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of
magnesia. <i>Steatite</i>, or <i>soapstone</i>, is a compact granular
variety.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Indurated talc</b></col>, <cd>an impure, slaty talc, with a
nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called
also <i>talc slate</i>.</cd></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tal*cose"</hw> (?), <hw>Talc"ous</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>talqueux</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to talc;
composed of, or resembling, talc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tale</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Tael</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tale</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>talu</i> number, speech,
narrative; akin to D. <i>taal</i> speech, language, G. <i>zahl</i> number,
OHG. <i>zala</i>, Icel. <i>tal</i>, <i>tala</i>, number, speech, Sw.
<i>tal</i>, Dan. <i>tal</i> number, <i>tale</i> speech, Goth.
<i>talzjan</i> to instruct. Cf. <u>Tell</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
<u>Toll</u> a tax, also <u>Talk</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which is told; an oral relation or recital;
any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement;
history; story.</def> "The <i>tale</i> of Troy divine." <i>Milton.</i> "In
such manner rime is Dante's <i>tale</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>We spend our years as a <i>tale</i> that is
told.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xc. 9.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A number told or counted off; a reckoning by
count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a
number reckoned or stated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The ignorant, . . . who measure by <i>tale</i>, and not by
weight.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And every shepherd tells his <i>tale</i>,<BR>
Under the hawthornn in the dale.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In packing, they keep a just <i>tale</i> of the
number.</blockquote> <i>Carew.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A count or declaration.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><col><b>To tell tale of</b></col>, <cd>to make account of.</cd>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Therefore little <i>tale</i> hath he <i>told</i><BR>
<i>Of</i> any dream, so holy was his heart.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
account; legend; narrative.</p>
<p><hw>Tale</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To tell stories.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer. Gower.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tale"bear`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who officiously
tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates
intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Spies and <i>talebearers</i>, encouraged by her father, did
their best to inflame her resentment.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tale"bear`ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Telling tales
officiously.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tale"bear`ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of informing
officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc.,
maliciously.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"led</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i> <def>A
kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating
prayers in the synagogues.</def> <i>Crabb.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tale"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of stories.</def>
[R.] <i>Thomson.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tal`e*gal"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of Australian birds which includes the
brush turkey. See <u>Brush turkey</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>talentum</i> a
talent (in sense 1), Gr. &?; a balance, anything weighed, a definite
weight, a talent; akin to &?; to bear, endure, &?;, L. <i>tolerare</i>,
<i>tollere</i>, to lift up, sustain, endure. See <u>Thole</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>, <u>Tolerate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Among the ancient
Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or
6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs.
avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243
15s. sterling, or about $1,180.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred
<i>talents</i>.</blockquote> <i>Jowett (Thucid.).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of
money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was
equal to about 93&?; lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has
been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or
about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold
shekels.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Inclination; will; disposition; desire.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>They rather counseled you to your <i>talent</i> than to your
profit.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Intellectual ability, natural or acquired;
mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift,
particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word
probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (<i>Matt. xxv.
14-30</i>).</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He is chiefly to be considered in his three different
<i>talents</i>, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His <i>talents</i>, his accomplishments, his graceful
manners, made him generally popular.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See <u>Genius</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tal"ent*ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Furnished with talents;
possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.</def> <i>Abp. Abbot
(1663).</i></p>
<p>&fist; This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some
other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the
use of <i>talent</i> or <i>talents</i> to signify mental ability, although
at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and
<i>talented</i>, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as
<i>gifted</i>, <i>bigoted</i>, <i>moneyed</i>, <i>landed</i>,
<i>lilied</i>, <i>honeyed</i>, and numerous other adjectives having a
participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.</p>
<p><hw>||Ta"les</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., pl. of <i>talis</i>
such (persons).] <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>pl.</i> <def>Persons
added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up
any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or
<i>such</i> as, the latter.</def> <i>Blount. Blackstone.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <pos><i>syntactically sing.</i></pos> <def>The writ by
which such persons are summoned.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tales book</b></col>, <cd>a book containing the names of such as
are admitted of the tales.</cd> <i>Blount.</i> <i>Craig.</i> --
<col><b>||Tales de circumstantibus</b></col> [L.], <cd>such, or the like,
from those standing about.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tales"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Talesmen</b></plw> (&?;). <i>(Law)</i> <def>A person called to make
up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tale"tell`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tells tales
or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer;
a telltale; a tattler.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tale"wise`</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a way of a tale
or story.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ia*co`tian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tagliacotian</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal`i*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Retaliation.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Just heav'n this <i>taliation</i> did decree.</blockquote>
<i>Beaumont.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"li*on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>talio</i>,
perh. fr. <i>talis</i> such. Cf. <u>Retaliation</u>.]
<def>Retaliation.</def> [R.] <i>Holinshed.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tal"i*pes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L. <i>talus</i>
an ankle + <i>pes</i>, <i>pedis</i>, a foot; cf. L. <i>talipedare</i> to be
weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The
deformity called <i>clubfoot</i>. See <u>Clubfoot</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Several varieties are distinguished; as, <i>Talipes varus</i>, in
which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; <i>T. valgus</i>, in which the
foot is bent outward; <i>T. equinus</i>, in which the sole faces backward
and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and <i>T. calcaneus</i>
(called also <i>talus</i>), in which the sole faces forward and the patient
walks upon the heel.</p>
<p><hw>Tal"i*pot</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind.
<i>tālpāt</i> the leaf of the tree.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
beautiful tropical palm tree (<i>Corypha umbraculifera</i>), a native of
Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high,
bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas
and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a
substitute for writing paper.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1471 !></p>
<p><hw>Tal"is*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Talismans</b></plw> (#). [Sp., from Ar. <i>tilism</i>,
<i>tilsam</i>, a magical image, pl. <i>tilsamān</i>, fr. Gr. &?;
tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from &?; to complete,
perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the
mysteries, fr. &?; completion, end.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A magical
figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the
configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the
seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or
planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the
star, in order to receive its influence.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, something that produces extraordinary
effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a
<i>talisman</i> to avert diseases.</def> <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tal`is*man"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tal`is*man"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>talismanique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to
a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against
evils by occult influence; magical.</def></p>
<p><hw>Talk</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Talked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Talking</u>.] [Cf. LG. <i>talk</i> talk, gabble, Prov. G. <i>talken</i>
to speak indistinctly; or OD. <i>tolken</i> to interpret, MHG.
<i>tolkan</i> to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan.
<i>tolke</i> to interpret, Sw. <i>tolka</i>, Icel. <i>t&?;lka</i> to
interpret, <i>t&?;lkr</i> an interpreter, Lith. <i>tulkas</i> an
interpreter, <i>tulkanti</i>, <i>tulkōti</i>, to interpret, Russ.
<i>tolkovate</i> to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE.
<i>talien</i> to speak (see <u>Tale</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> &
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To utter words; esp., to
converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more
persons interchange thoughts.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will buy with you, sell with you, <i>talk</i> with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To confer; to reason; to consult.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Let me <i>talk</i> with thee of thy judgments.</blockquote>
<i>Jer. xii. 1.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To prate; to speak impertinently.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><col><b>To talk of</b></col>, <cd>to relate; to tell; to give an account
of; as, authors <i>talk of</i> the wonderful remains of Palmyra.</cd> "The
natural histories of Switzerland <i>talk</i> much <i>of</i> the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done." <i>Addison.</i> -- <col><b>To talk
to</b></col>, <cd>to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will
<i>talk to</i> my son respecting his conduct.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Talk</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To speak
freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to <i>talk</i>
French.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to
make a subject of conversation; as, to <i>talk</i> nonsense; to <i>talk</i>
politics.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To consume or spend in talking; -- often
followed by <i>away</i>; as, to <i>talk</i> away an evening.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cause to be or become by talking.</def> "They
would <i>talk</i> themselves mad." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To talk over</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To talk about;
to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to
<i>talk over</i> a matter or plan.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To change
the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to <i>talk over</i> an
opponent.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Talk</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is
uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two
or more.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In various <i>talk</i> the instructive hours they
passed.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Their <i>talk</i>, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Report; rumor; as, to hear <i>talk</i> of
war.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I hear a <i>talk</i> up and down of raising our
money.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the
<i>talk</i> of the town.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See <u>Conversation</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Talk"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Given to much
talking.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Garrulous; loquacious. See <u>Garrulous</u>.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Talk"a*tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Talk"a*tive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Talk"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily
or agreeably; a conversationist.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There probably were never four <i>talkers</i> more admirable
in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and
Garrick.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler;
a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or
reproach.</def> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Talk"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That
talks; able to utter words; as, a <i>talking</i> parrot.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Given to talk; loquacious.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,<BR>
For <i>talking</i> age and whispering lovers made.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tall</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Taller</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tallest</u>.] [OE.
<i>tal</i> seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS. un-
<i>tala</i>, un-<i>tale</i>, bad, Goth. un<i>tals</i> indocile,
disobedient, uninstructed, or W. & Corn. <i>tal</i> high, Ir. <i>talla</i>
meet, fit, proper, just.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>High in stature; having a
considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively
slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the
height; as, a <i>tall</i> person, tree, or mast.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Two of far nobler shape, erect and <i>tall</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Brave; bold; courageous.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>As <i>tall</i> a trencherman<BR>
As e'er demolished a pye fortification.</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were
suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with
three thousand <i>tall</i> men.</blockquote> <i>Grafton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant;
excessive.</def> [Obs. or Slang] <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- High; lofty. -- <u>Tall</u>, <u>High</u>, <u>Lofty</u>.
<i>High</i> is the generic term, and is applied to anything which is
elevated or raised above another thing. <i>Tall</i> specifically describes
that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we
speak of a <i>tall</i> man, a <i>tall</i> steeple, a <i>tall</i> mast,
etc., but not of a <i>tall</i> hill. <i>Lofty</i> has a special reference
to the expanse above us, and denotes an imposing height; as, a <i>lofty</i>
mountain; a <i>lofty</i> room. <i>Tall</i> is now properly applied only to
physical objects; <i>high</i> and <i>lofty</i> have a moral acceptation;
as, <i>high</i> thought, purpose, etc.; <i>lofty</i> aspirations; a
<i>lofty</i> genius. <i>Lofty</i> is the stronger word, and is usually
coupled with the grand or admirable.</p>
<p>{ <hw>Tal"lage</hw> (?), <hw>Tal"li*age</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>taillage</i>. See <u>Taille</u>, and cf. <u>Tailage</u>.] <i>(O.
Eng. Law)</i> <def>A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and
inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.</def> [Written also
<i>tailage</i>, <i>taillage</i>.]</p>
<p>&fist; When paid out of knight's fees, it was called <i>scutage</i>;
when by cities and burghs, <i>tallage</i>; when upon lands not held by
military tenure, <i>hidage</i>. <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"lage</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To lay an impost upon;
to cause to pay tallage.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"li*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who keeps
tally.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tall"ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being tall; height of stature.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>taluh</i>,
<i>talugh</i>; akin to OD. <i>talgh</i>, D. <i>talk</i>, G., Dan. and Sw.
<i>talg</i>, Icel. <i>tōlgr</i>, <i>tōlg</i>,
<i>tōlk</i>; and perhaps to Goth. <i>tulgus</i> firm.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox
kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of
stearin it contains. See <u>Fat</u>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The fat of some other animals, or the fat
obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of
animals of the sheep and ox kinds.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tallow candle</b></col>, <cd>a candle made of tallow.</cd> --
<col><b>Tallow catch</b></col>, <cd>a keech.</cd> See <u>Keech</u>. [Obs.]
-- <col><b>Tallow chandler</b></col>, <cd>one whose occupation is to make,
or to sell, tallow candles.</cd> -- <col><b>Tallow chandlery</b></col>,
<cd>the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is
carried on.</cd> -- <col><b>Tallow tree</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a tree
(<i>Stillingia sebifera</i>) growing in China, the seeds of which are
covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same
purposes.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tallowed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tallowing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To grease or smear with
tallow.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to
fatten; as, <i>tallow</i> sheep.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An animal which
produces tallow.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low-face`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who has a
sickly, pale complexion.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low-faced`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a sickly
complexion; pale.</def> <i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act, or art, of
causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of
producing tallow.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low*ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the qualities of
tallow.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"low*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the nature of
tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tall"wood`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tally</u>.]
<def>Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.</def> [Obs.] [Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tallies</b></plw> (#). [OE. <i>taile</i>, <i>taille</i>, F.
<i>taille</i> a cutting, cut tally, fr. <i>tailler</i> to cut, but
influenced probably by <i>taillé</i>, p. p. of <i>tailler</i>. See
<u>Tailor</u>, and cf. <u>Tail</u> a limitation, <u>Taille</u>,
<u>Tallage</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Originally, a piece of wood on
which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two
books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were
kept.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to
have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a
score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the
seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of
writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping
accounts; and <i>tallies</i> were received as evidence in courts of
justice. In the English exchequer were <i>tallies</i> of loans, one part
being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu
of an obligation for money lent to government.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, any account or score kept by notches or
marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in
duplicate.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One thing made to suit another; a match; a
mate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They were framed the <i>tallies</i> for each
other.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally;
as, to make or earn a <i>tally</i> in a game.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A tally shop. See <i>Tally shop</i>,
below.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tally shop</b></col>, <cd>a shop at which goods or articles are
sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding
books, one called the <i>tally</i>, kept by the buyer, the other the
<i>counter tally</i>, kept by the seller, and the payments being made
weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called
<i>tally trade</i>.</cd> <i>Eng. Encyc.</i> -- <col><b>To strike
tallies</b></col>, <cd>to act in correspondence, or alike.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tallied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tallying</u>.]
[Cf. F. <i>tialler</i> to cut. See <u>Tally</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make
to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They are not so well <i>tallied</i> to the present
juncture.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To check off, as parcels of
freight going inboard or outboard.</def> <i>W. C. Russell.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tally on</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to dovetail
together.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I found pieces of tiles that exactly <i>tallied</i> with the
channel.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Your idea . . . <i>tallies</i> exactly with
mine.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make a tally; to score; as, to <i>tally</i>
in a game.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tally on</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to man a rope for
hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [See <u>Tall</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Stoutly; with spirit.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly*ho`</hw> (?), <pos><i>interj. & n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his
hounds.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tallyho coach.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tallyho coach</b></col>, <cd>a pleasure coach. See under
<u>Coach</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ly*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tallymen</b></plw> (&?;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who keeps the
tally, or marks the sticks.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his
business as tally trade.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Talmas</b></plw> (#). [Prob. so called from <i>Talma</i>, a French
actor.] <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A kind of large cape, or short, full
cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"mud</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Chald. <i>talmūd</i>
instruction, doctrine, fr. <i>lamad</i> to learn, <i>limmad</i> to teach.]
<def>The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the
Pentateuch.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The <i>Talmud</i> consists of two parts, the <i>Mishna</i>, or
text, and the <i>Gemara</i>, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name
<i>Talmud</i> is restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara.
There are two Talmuds, the <i>Palestinian</i>, commonly, but incorrectly,
called the <i>Talmud of Jerusalem</i>, and the <i>Babylonian Talmud</i>.
They contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud
is about three times as large as the other, and is more highly esteemed by
the Jews.</p>
<p>{ <hw>Tal*mud"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tal*mud"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>talmudique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to
the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, <i>Talmudic</i> Greek;
<i>Talmudical</i> phrases.</def> <i>Lightfoot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tal"mud*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>talmudiste</i>.] <def>One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the
teachings of the Talmud.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal`mud*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling the
Talmud; Talmudic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tal"on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., heel, spur, LL.
<i>talo</i>, fr. L. <i>talus</i> the ankle, heel.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird
of prey.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of certain small
prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A kind of molding, concave at the
bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an <i>ogee</i>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; When the concave part is at the top, it is called an <i>inverted
talon</i>.</p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the
key acts to shoot the bolt.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ta*look"</hw>, <hw>Ta*luk"</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar.
<i>ta'lluq</i>.] <def>A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue
district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for
the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.</def>
[India]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Ta*look"dar</hw>, <hw>Ta*luk"dar</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Hind., fr. Per. <i>ta'lluqdār</i>.] <def>A proprietor of a
talook.</def> [India]</p>
<p><hw>||Tal"pa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., mole.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of small insectivores including the common
European mole.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"lus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tali</b></plw> (#). [L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The astragalus.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A variety of clubfoot (<i>Talipes
calcaneus</i>). See the Note under <u>Talipes</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"lus</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A slope; the inclination of the face of a
work.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>A sloping heap of fragments of
rock lying at the foot of a precipice.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being tamable; tamableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.</def> -
- <wf>Tam"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ta*man"du</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., from the native name:
cf. F. <i>tamandua</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small ant-eater
(<i>Tamandua tetradactyla</i>) native of the tropical parts of South
America.</def></p>
<p>&fist; It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small
ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base,
tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the
end. Called also <i>tamandua</i>, <i>little ant-bear</i>,
<i>fourmilier</i>, and <i>cagouare</i>.
The collared, or striped, tamandu (<i>Tamandua bivittata</i>) is
considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as
only a variety.</p>
<p><hw>Ta`ma*noir"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The ant-bear.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*rack</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and
British Columbia (<i>Larix occidentalis</i>). See <u>Hackmatack</u>, and
<u>Larch</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The black pine (<i>Pinus
Murrayana</i>) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-
grained wood.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tamarice</i>. See
<u>Tamarisk</u>.] <def>A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or
perhaps some kind of heath.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>He shall be like <i>tamaric</i> in the desert, and he shall
not see when good shall come.</blockquote> <i>Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay
version).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*rin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name in
Cayenne.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of small
squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus <i>Midas</i>, especially
<i>M. ursulus</i>.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1472 !></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*rind</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>tamarindo</i>, or
Sp. <i>tamarindo</i>, or Pg. <i>tamarindo</i>, <i>tamarinho</i>, from Ar.
<i>tamarhindī</i>, literally, Indian date; <i>tamar</i> a dried date
+ <i>Hind</i> India: cf. F. <i>tamarin</i>. Cf. <u>Hindu</u>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A leguminous tree (<i>Tamarindus
Indica</i>) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries,
for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is
lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes
at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely
pinnated.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind,
which contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a
pleasant drink.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tamarind fish</b></col>, <cd>a preparation of a variety of East
Indian fish with the acid pulp of the tamarind fruit.</cd> --
<col><b>Velvet tamarind</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A West African
leguminous tree (<i>Codarium acutifolium</i>).</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra
Leone.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild tamarind</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name
given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the <i>Lysiloma
latisiliqua</i> of Southern Florida, and the <i>Pithecolobium
filicifolium</i> of the West Indies.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tam"a*risk</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tamariscus</i>,
also <i>tamarix</i>, <i>tamarice</i>, Skr. <i>tamāla</i>,
<i>tamālaka</i>, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. <i>tamas</i>
darkness: cf. F. <i>tamarisc</i>, <i>tamarix</i>, <i>tamaris</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any shrub or tree of the genus <i>Tamarix</i>, the
species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike
leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (<i>T.
mannifera</i>) is the source of one kind of manna.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tamarisk salt tree</b></col>, <cd>an East Indian tree
(<i>Tamarix orientalis</i>) which produces an incrustation of
salt.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tam"bac</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>See
<u>Tombac</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tam"bour</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat
resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion
of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a
frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, <i>tambour work</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Drum</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2<sd><i>(d)</i></sd>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A work usually in the form of a
redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a
larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>A shallow metallic cup or
drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more
of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and
register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"bour</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tamboured</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tambouring</u>.] <def>To embroider on a tambour.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam`bou`rin"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Tambourine</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A tambourine.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>An old Provençal dance of a
lively character, common on the stage.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam`bour*ine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tambourin</i>;
cf. It. <i>tamburino</i>. See <u>Tambour</u>, and cf. <u>Tamborine</u>.]
<def>A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on
with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"breet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The duck mole.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam`bu*rin"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tambourine</u>.</def> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tame</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>entamer</i> to cut
into, to broach.] <def>To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to
divide; to distribute; to deal out.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><blockquote>In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and
keeps the poor from starving. Then he <i>tameth</i> his stacks of corn,
which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of
need.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tame</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tamer</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tamest</u>.] [AS.
<i>tam</i>; akin to D. <i>tam</i>, G. <i>zahm</i>, OHG. <i>zam</i>, Dan. &
Sw. <i>tam</i>, Icel. <i>tamr</i>, L. <i>domare</i> to tame, Gr. &?;, Skr.
<i>dam</i> to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. <i>beteem</i>. √61.
Cf. <u>Adamant</u>, <u>Diamond</u>, <u>Dame</u>, <u>Daunt</u>,
<u>Indomitable</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Reduced from a state of native
wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a
<i>tame</i> deer, a <i>tame</i> bird.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Crushed; subdued; depressed;
spiritless.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tame</i> slaves of the laborious plow.</blockquote>
<i>Roscommon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless;
dull; flat; insipid; as, a <i>tame</i> poem; <i>tame</i> scenery.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Gentle; mild; meek. See <u>Gentle</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tame</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tamed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Taming</u>.] [AS.
<i>tamian</i>, <i>temian</i>, akin to D. <i>tammen</i>, <i>temmen</i>, G.
<i>zähmen</i>, OHG. <i>zemmen</i>, Icel. <i>temja</i>, Goth.
ga<i>tamjan</i>. See <u>Tame</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and
familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to <i>tame</i> a wild
beast.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They had not been <i>tamed</i> into submission, but baited
into savegeness and stubbornness.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to
<i>tame</i> the pride or passions of youth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tame"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tamable.</def>
<i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tame"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Incapable of being tamed;
wild; untamed; untamable.</def> <i>Bp. Hall.</i> --
<wf>Tame"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tame"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tame
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tame"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being tame.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tames or
subdues.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"mi*as</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a
distributer.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of ground squirrels,
including the chipmunk.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"mil</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Tamils, or to their language.</def> [Written also <i>Tamul</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta"mil</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Written also <i>Tamul</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Ethnol.)</i> <def>One of a Dravidian race of men
native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The Tamil language, the most important of the
Dravidian languages. See <u>Dravidian</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*mil"i*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos>
<def>Tamil.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tam"ine</hw> (?), <hw>Tam"i*ny</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>tamis</i> a sort of sieve. Cf. <u>Stamin</u>, <u>Temse</u>.]
<def>A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"is</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., a kind of sieve.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen
cloth.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The cloth itself; tammy.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tamis bird</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a Guinea
fowl.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tam"kin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tampion.</def>
<i>Johnson (Dict.).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tam"my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tammies</b></plw> (&?;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of woolen,
or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains,
sieves, strainers, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a
tamis.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tamp</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tamped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tamping</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>tamponner</i> to plug or stop. See
<u>Tampion</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In blasting, to plug up with clay,
earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in
order to prevent the force of the explosion from being
misdirected.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes;
as, to <i>tamp</i> earth so as to make a smooth place.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"pan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
venomous South African tick.</def> <i>Livingstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tam"pe*on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tampion</u>.</def> <i>Farrow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tamp"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole
in which the charge is placed.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An instrument used in tamping; a tamping
iron.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tampered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tampering</u>.] [A corruption of <i>temper</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to <i>tamper</i>
with a disease.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>'T is dangerous <i>tampering</i> with a muse.</blockquote>
<i>Roscommon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a
thing.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use
bribery.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Others <i>tampered</i><BR>
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.</blockquote> <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tam"per*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tampers; one
who deals unfairly.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tam*pi"co fi"ber</hw> or <hw>fi"bre</hw> (?) }. <def>A tough
vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The
piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tamp"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock,
or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding
the mine.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The material used in tamping. See <u>Tamp</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, 1.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tamping iron</b></col>, <cd>an iron rod for beating down the
earthy substance in tamping for blasting.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tam"pi*on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tampon</i>,
<i>tapon</i>, <i>tape</i>, of Dutch or German origin. See <u>Tap</u> a pipe
or plug, and cf. <u>Tamp</u>, <u>Tampop</u>, <u>Tompion</u>.] [Written also
<i>tampeon</i>, and <i>tompion</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A wooden
stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in
use.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A plug for upper end of an organ
pipe.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"poe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The edible
fruit of an East Indian tree (<i>Baccaurea Malayana</i>) of the Spurge
family. It somewhat resembles an apple.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"pon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Tampion</u>.]
<i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity
of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of
medicine.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"pon</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>To plug
with a tampon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"poon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tampion</u>.]
<def>The stopper of a barrel; a bung.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tam"-tam`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind.; of imitative
origin.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A kind of drum used in the
East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also <i>tom-
tom</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A gong. See <u>Gong</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 1.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"mul</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>Tamil.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Chin.] <def>See
<u>Picul</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tan</i>, perhaps fr. Armor.
<i>tann</i> an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. <i>tanne</i> a
fir, OHG. <i>tanna</i> a fir, oak, MHG. <i>tan</i> a forest. Cf.
<u>Tawny</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The bark of the oak, and some other
trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both
before and after it has been used. Called also <i>tan bark</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A yellowish-brown color, like that of
tan.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure
to the sun; as, hands covered with <i>tan</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tan bed</b></col> <i>(Hort.)</i>, <cd>a bed made of tan; a bark
bed.</cd> -- <col><b>Tan pickle</b></col>, <cd>the liquor used in tanning
leather.</cd> -- <col><b>Tan spud</b></col>, <cd>a spud used in stripping
bark for tan from trees.</cd> -- <col><b>Tan stove</b></col>. <cd>See
<i>Bark stove</i>, under <u>Bark</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tan vat</b></col>,
<cd>a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the color of tan; yellowish-
brown.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Black and tan</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Black</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tanned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tanning</u>.] [F.
<i>tanner</i>, LL. <i>tannare</i>. See <u>Tan</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as
by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark,
whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in
several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some
degree impervious to water.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the
tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble
compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the
use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or
chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the
rays of the sun; as, to <i>tan</i> the skin.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To get or become
tanned.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Banxring</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"a*ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>tanagra</i>,
probably fr. Brazilian <i>tangara</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of
numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to
<i>Tanagra</i>, <i>Piranga</i>, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager
(<i>Piranga erythromelas</i>) and the summer redbird (<i>Piranga rubra</i>)
are common species of the United States.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"a*grine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the tanagers.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"a*groid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tanager</i> + <i>-
oid</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Tanagrine.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta*na"te</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>An Asiatic wild dog (<i>Canis procyonoides</i>), native of Japan and
adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also <i>raccoon
dog</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"dem</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv. & a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tandem</i> at
length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.] <def>One
after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before
another, instead of abreast.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"dem</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A team of horses harnessed
one before the other.</def> "He drove <i>tandems</i>."
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tandem engine</b></col>, <cd>a compound steam engine having two
or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another.</cd> --
<col><b>Tandem bicycle</b></col> or <col><b>tricycle</b></col>, <cd>one for
two persons in which one rider sits before the other.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tang</hw> (tăng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of Scand. origin; cf.
Dan. <i>tang</i> seaweed, Sw. <i>tång</i>, Icel. <i>þang</i>.
Cf. <u>Tangle</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A coarse blackish seaweed (<i>Fuscus
nodosus</i>).</def> <i>Dr. Prior.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tang sparrow</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the rock
pipit.</cd> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably fr. OD. <i>tanger</i>
sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. <i>tongs</i>. √59. See
<u>Tong</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A strong or offensive taste;
especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine
or cider has a <i>tang</i> of the cask.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf.
<u>Tang</u> a twang.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Such proceedings had a strong <i>tang</i> of
tyranny.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A cant of philosophism, and a <i>tang</i> of party
politics.</blockquote> <i>Jeffrey.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <i>tangi</i> a
projecting point; akin to E. <i>tongs</i>. See <u>Tongs</u>.] <def>A
projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle,
or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or
position.</def> Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small
instrument, which is inserted into the handle.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The projecting part of the breech of a musket
barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The part of a sword blade to which the handle
is fastened.</def></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The tongue of a buckle.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of imitative origin. Cf.
<u>Twang</u>. This word has become confused with <i>tang</i> tatse,
flavor.] <def>A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a
twang.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tanged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tanging</u>.]
<def>To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Let thy tongue <i>tang</i> arguments of state.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To tang bees</b></col>, <cd>to cause a swarm of bees to settle,
by beating metal to make a din.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make a ringing sound; to
ring.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Let thy tongue <i>tang</i> arguments of state.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ga*lung</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>An East Indian civet (<i>Viverra tangalunga</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tangency.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being tangent; a contact or touching.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tangens</i>, <i>-
entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>tangere</i> to touch; akin to Gr. &?; having
seized: cf. F. <i>tangente</i>. Cf. <u>Attain</u>, <u>Contaminate</u>,
<u>Contingent</u>, <u>Entire</u>, <u>Tact</u>, <u>Taste</u>, <u>Tax</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A tangent line curve, or
surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve
that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line
being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle
produced. See <i>Trigonometrical function</i>, under
<u>Function</u>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Artificial</b></col>, or <col><b>Logarithmic</b></col>,
<col><b>tangent</b></col>, <cd>the logarithm of the natural tangent of an
arc.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural tangent</b></col>, <cd>a decimal expressing
the length of the tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.</cd>
-- <col><b>Tangent galvanometer</b></col> <i>(Elec.)</i>, <cd>a form of
galvanometer having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the
tangent of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the
strength of the current.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangent of an angle</b></col>,
<cd>the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the angle.</cd>
-- <col><b>Tangent of an arc</b></col>, <cd>a right line, as <i>ta</i>,
touching the arc of a circle at one extremity <i>a</i>, and terminated by a
line <i>ct</i>, passing from the center through the other extremity
<i>o</i>.</cd>
</p>
<p><hw>Tan"gent</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tangens</i>, <i>-
entis</i>, p. pr.] <def>Touching; touching at a single point</def>;
specifically <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>meeting a curve or surface at a point and
having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of
a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line <i>tangent</i> to a curve; a
curve <i>tangent</i> to a surface; <i>tangent</i> surfaces.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tangent plane</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a plane which
touches a surface in a point or line.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangent
scale</b></col> <i>(Gun.)</i>, <cd>a kind of breech sight for a
cannon.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangent screw</b></col> <i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>an
endless screw; a worm.</cd></p>
<p><! p. 1473 !></p>
<p><hw>Tan*gen"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Geom.)</i>
<def>Tangential.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan*gen"tial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tangential force</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a force which
acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; --
distinguished from a <i>normal force</i>, which acts at right angles to the
tangent and changes the direction of the motion without changing the
velocity.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangential stress</b></col>. <i>(Engin.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Shear</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan*gen"tial*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In the direction
of a tangent.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ger*ine`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper
color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from
the mandarin.</def> [Written also <i>tangierine</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tang"fish`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The common harbor seal.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>||Tan*ghin"i*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>The ordeal tree. See under <u>Ordeal</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tanggibilité</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being
tangible.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gi*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tangibilis</i>, fr.
<i>tangere</i> to touch: cf. F. <i>tangible</i>. See <u>Tangent</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.</def> "A
<i>tangible</i> blunder." <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Direct and <i>tangible</i> benefit to ourselves and
others.</blockquote> <i>Southey.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Tan"gi*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Tan"gi*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tangled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tangling</u> (?).] [A frequentative fr. <i>tang</i> seaweed; hence, to
twist like seaweed. See <u>Tang</u> seaweed, and cf. <u>Tangle</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To unite or knit together
confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it
difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be
<i>tangled</i> in lies.</def> "<i>Tangled</i> in amorous nets."
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>When my simple weakness strays,<BR>
<i>Tangled</i> in forbidden ways.</blockquote> <i>Crashaw.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be entangled or united
confusedly; to get in a tangle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> [Cf. Icel.
<i>þöngull</i>. See <u>Tang</u> seaweed.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any
large blackish seaweed, especially the <i>Laminaria saccharina</i>. See
<u>Kelp</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Coral and sea fan and <i>tangle</i>, the blooms and the
palms of the ocean.</blockquote> <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [From <u>Tangle</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A
knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not
to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in <i>tangles</i>; a
<i>tangle</i> of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>An instrument consisting essentially
of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or
other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and
other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Blue tangle</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>S<cd>ee
<u>Dangleberry</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangle picker</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the turnstone.</cd> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"gle*fish`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gling*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tangling
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Entangled; intricate.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Covered with tangle, or seaweed.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Prone, helpless, on the <i>tangly</i> beach he
lay.</blockquote> <i>Falconer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gram</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Trangram</u>.]
<def>A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable
material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being
capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of
different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of
instruction.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tangue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
tenrec.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"gun</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tang"whaup</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The whimbrel.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"i*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>An aroid
plant (<i>Caladium sagittæfolium</i>), the leaves of which are boiled
and eaten in the West Indies.</def> [Written also <i>tannier</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ir. <i>tanaiste</i>,
<i>tanaise</i>, second, the second person in rank, the presumptive or
apparent heir to a prince.] <def>In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a
tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of
tanistry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This family [the O'Hanlons] were <i>tanists</i> of a large
territory within the present county of Armagh.</blockquote> <i>M. A.
Lower.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ist*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tanist</u>.]
<def>In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only
a life estate, to which he was admitted by election.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The primitive intention seems to have been that the inheritance
should descend to the oldest or most worthy of the blood and name of the
deceased. This was, in reality, giving it to the strongest; and the
practice often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which reason it was
abolished under James I.</p>
<p><hw>Ta"nite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A firm composition of
emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tank</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small Indian dry measure,
averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for
pearls.</def> <i>Simmonds.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tank</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pg. <i>tanque</i>, L.
<i>stangum</i> a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. <u>Stank</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>A large basin or cistern; an artificial
receptacle for liquids.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tank engine</b></col>, <cd>a locomotive which carries the water
and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender.</cd> -- <col><b>Tank
iron</b></col>, <cd>plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than
sheet iron or stovepipe iron.</cd> -- <col><b>Tank worm</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of
India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ka</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A kind of
boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women.
Called also <i>tankia</i>.</def> <i>S. W. Williams.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tank"ard</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tanquart</i>; cf.
OD. <i>tanckaert</i>; of uncertain origin.] <def>A large drinking vessel,
especially one with a cover.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Marius was the first who drank out of a silver
<i>tankard</i>, after the manner of Bacchus.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ki*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Tanka</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tank"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tinkling.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One tanned by the
sun.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Hot summer's <i>tanlings</i> and<BR>
The shrinking slaves of winter.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"na*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
tanned.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"nage</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tanning; the act,
operation, or result of tanning.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>They should have got his cheek fresh
<i>tannage</i>.</blockquote> <i>R. Browning.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tannate</i>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of tannic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One whose occupation is
to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ner*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tanneries</b></plw> (#). [Cf. F. <i>tannerie</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A place where the work of tanning is carried
on.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The art or process of tanning.</def> [R.]
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"nic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to tan;
derived from, or resembling, tan; as, <i>tannic</i> acid.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tannic acid</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>An
acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance,
C<sub>14</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>9</sub>, having an astringent taste, and
forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is the basis of
common ink. Called also <i>tannin</i>, and <i>gallotannic acid</i>.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>By extension, any one of a series of astringent
substances resembling tannin proper, widely diffused through the vegetable
kingdom, as in oak bark, willow, catechu, tea, coffee, etc.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ni*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See
<u>Tanier</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"nin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tannin</i>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Same as <i>Tannic acid</i>, under
<u>Tannic</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ning</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or process of
converting skins into leather. See <u>Tan</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
1.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"rec</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tenrec</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tansaye</i>, F.
<i>tanaise</i>; cf. It. & Sp. <i>tanaceto</i>, NL. <i>tanacetum</i>, Pg.
<i>atanasia</i>, <i>athanasia</i>, Gr. <grk>'aqanasi`a</grk> immortality,
fr. <grk>'aqa`natos</grk> immortal; <grk>'a</grk> priv. +
<grk>qa`natos</grk> death.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any plant
of the composite genus <i>Tanacetum</i>. The common tansy (<i>T.
vulgare</i>) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very
bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A dish common in the seventeenth century, made
of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with
butter in a shallow dish.</def> [Obs.] <i>Pepys.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Double tansy</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a variety of the
common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual.</cd> --
<col><b>Tansy mustard</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a plant (<i>Sisymbrium
canescens</i>) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Taint</u> tincture.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small scarlet arachnid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
salt of tantalic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan*tal"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or containing, tantalum;
specifically, designating any one of a series of acids analogous to nitric
acid and the polyacid compounds of phosphorus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*lism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tantalize</u>.]
<def>A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the
hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.</def>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Is not such a provision like <i>tantalism</i> to this
people?</blockquote> <i>Josiah Quincy.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tantalite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A heavy mineral of an iron-black
color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of
iron.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan`ta*li*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.</def> <i>Gayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*lize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tantalized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tantalizing</u> (?).] [From <u>Tantalus</u>: cf. F. <i>tantaliser</i>.]
<def>To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting
desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good
out of reach; to tease; to torment.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy vain desires, at strife<BR>
Within themselves, have <i>tantalized</i> thy life.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To tease; vex; irritate; provoke. -- <u>Tantalize</u>,
<u>Disappoint</u>. To <i>disappoint</i> is literally to <i>do away</i> with
what was (or was taken to be) <i>appointed</i>; hence the peculiar pain
from hopes thus dashed to the ground. To <i>tantalize</i>, a much stronger
term, describes a most distressing form of disappointment, as in the case
of Tantalus, the Phrygian king. To <i>tantalize</i> is to visit with the
bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting hopes or expectations
which can never be realized.</p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*li`zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
tantalizes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*li`zing*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
tantalizing or teasing manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. So named on account
of the perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer (Ekeberg) in
isolating it. See <u>Tantalus</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A rare nonmetallic
element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and
fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by
burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also
<i>tantalium</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*lus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., from Gr.
<grk>Ta`ntalos</grk>.] <i>(Gr. Myth.)</i> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the
midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he
attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with
choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to
grasp them.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of wading birds
comprising the wood ibises.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tantalus's cup</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>a philosophical
toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within
the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down through the bottom
of the cup, and allows the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when
it reaches as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level
of the mouth of the figure in the cup.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*mount`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>tant</i> so much
(L. <i>tantus</i>) + E. <i>amount</i>.] <def>Equivalent in value,
signification, or effect.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A usage nearly <i>tantamount</i> to constitutional
right.</blockquote> <i>Hallam.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was
<i>tantamount</i> to ruin.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"ta*mount`</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be tantamount or
equivalent; to amount.</def> [Obs.] <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Said to be from the note
of a hunting horn.] <def>Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term;
as, to ride <i>tantivy</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rapid, violent gallop;
an impetuous rush.</def> <i>Cleverland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To go away in
haste.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tan"trum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A whim, or burst of
ill-humor; an affected air.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tan"yard`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An inclosure where the
tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tan`y*stom"a*ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; to stretch + &?;, &?;, mouth.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of
dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike
mandibles and maxillæ. The horseflies and robber flies are
examples.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"o*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the popular
religions of China, sanctioned by the state.</def> -- <wf>Ta"o*ist</wf>,
<pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tap</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tapped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tapping</u>.] [F. <i>taper</i> to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial.
G. <i>tapp</i>, <i>tapps</i>, a blow, <i>tappe</i> a paw, fist, G.
<i>tappen</i> to grope.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To strike with a slight or
gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to <i>tap</i> one
with the hand or a cane.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put a new sole or heel on; as, to <i>tap</i>
shoes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tape</i>. See <u>Tap</u>
to strike.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a
pat.</def> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a
boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.</def>
</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A signal, by drum or
trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to
bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.</def>
<i>Wilhelm.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To strike a gentle
blow.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tæppa</i>, akin to D.
<i>tap</i>, G. <i>zapfen</i>, OHG. <i>zapfo</i>, Dan. <i>tap</i>, Sw.
<i>tapp</i>, Icel. <i>tappi</i>. Cf. <u>Tampion</u>, <u>Tip</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A hole or pipe through which liquor is
drawn.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a
cask, or the like; a faucet.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain
kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same <i>tap</i>.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a
taproom; a bar.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A tool for forming an internal
screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved
longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.</def></p>
<p><col><b>On tap</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Ready to be drawn; as,
ale <i>on tap</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Broached, or furnished with
a tap; as, a barrel <i>on tap</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Plug tap</b></col>
<i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.</cd>
-- <col><b>Tap bolt</b></col>, <cd>a bolt with a head on one end and a
thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of
passing through the part and receiving a nut. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Bolt</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tap cinder</b></col> <i>(Metal.)</i>, <cd>the
slag of a puddling furnace.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To pierce
so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to <i>tap</i> a cask, a tree, a
tumor, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous
way; as, to <i>tap</i> telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting
information; to <i>tap</i> the treasury.</def>
</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He has been <i>tapping</i> his liquors.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>To form an internal screw in
(anything) by means of a tool called a <i>tap</i>; as, to <i>tap</i> a
nut.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta"pa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of cloth prepared
by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes
called also <i>kapa</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta`pa*yax"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A Mexican spinous lizard (<i>Phrynosoma orbiculare</i>) having a head
somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also <i>horned toad</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tape</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tæppe</i> a
fillet. Cf. <u>Tapestry</u>, <u>Tippet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for
strings and the like; as, curtains tied with <i>tape</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as
to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel <i>tape</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Red tape</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Red</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Tape grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a plant (<i>Vallisneria
spiralis</i>) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish
water; -- called also <i>fresh-water eelgrass</i>, and, in Maryland,
<i>wild celery</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tape needle</b></col>. <cd>See
<u>Bodkin</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tape"line`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A painted tape,
marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in
a case, -- used for measuring.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tapur</i>,
<i>tapor</i>, <i>taper</i>; cf. Ir. <i>tapar</i>, W. <i>tampr</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle;
hence, a small light.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Get me a <i>taper</i> in my study, Lucius.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness
in an elongated object; as, the <i>taper</i> of a spire.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1474 !></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Supposed to be from
<i>taper</i>, n., in allusion to its form.] <def>Regularly narrowed toward
the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as,
<i>taper</i> fingers.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tapered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tapering</u>.]
<def>To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
<i>tapers</i> toward one end.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make or cause to
taper.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"pered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Lighted with a taper or
tapers; as, a <i>tapered</i> choir.</def> [R.] <i>T. Warton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per*ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Becoming gradually
smaller toward one end.</def> -- <wf>Ta"per*ing*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ta"per*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being taper; tapering form; taper.</def> <i>Shenstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"es*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tapestries</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>tapissere</i>, fr. <i>tapisser</i>
to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. <i>tapis</i> a carpet,
carpeting, LL. <i>tapecius</i>, fr. L. <i>tapete</i> carpet, tapestry, Gr.
&?;, &?;. Cf. <u>Tapis</u>, <u>Tippet</u>.] <def>A fabric, usually of
worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs
being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall
hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of
embroidery.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tapestry carpet</b></col>, <cd>a kind of carpet, somewhat
resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so as to
produce the figure in the cloth.</cd> -- <col><b>Tapestry moth</b></col>.
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>Same as <i>Carpet moth</i>, under
<u>Carpet</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tap"es*try</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tapestried</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tapestrying</u>.] <def>To adorn with tapestry, or as with
tapestry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock
<i>tapestried</i> with broom and wild roses.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tapete</i>. See
<u>Tapestry</u>.] <def>Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.</def> [R.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"e*ti</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tapetis</b></plw> (#). [Braz.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small
South American hare (<i>Lepus Braziliensis</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ta*pe"tum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., from L.
<i>tapete</i> a carpet, a tapestry.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>An area in the
pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has
an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the
dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the
choroid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tape"worm`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Tænia
and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous
segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body
being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the
fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but
furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in
different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the
walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The
larvæ (see <u>Cysticercus</u>) live in the flesh of various
creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species
develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See <i>Illustration</i>
in Appendix.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Three species are common parasites of man: the <i>pork
tapeworm</i> (<i>Tænia solium</i>), the larva of which is found in
pork; the <i>beef tapeworm</i> (<i>T. mediocanellata</i>), the larva of
which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the <i>broad tapeworm</i>
(<i>Bothriocephalus latus</i>) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of
the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also <u>Echinococcus</u>,
<u>Cysticercus</u>, <u>Proglottis</u>, and 2d <u>Measles</u>, 4.</p>
<p><hw>Tap"house`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A house where liquors
are retailed.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Taph*ren"chy*ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a trench +
<i>enchyma</i>, as in <i>parenchyma</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Bothrenchyma</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap"i*nage</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tapish</u>.]
<def>A lurking or skulking.</def> [Obs.] <i>Gower.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap`i*o"ca</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Braz. <i>tapioka</i>: cf.
Pg., Sp. & F. <i>tapioca</i>.] <def>A coarsely granular substance obtained
by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from
the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening
for soups. See <u>Cassava</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"pir</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Braz. <i>tapy'ra</i>: cf. F.
<i>tapir</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of large
odd-toed ungulates belonging to <i>Tapirus</i>, <i>Elasmognathus</i>, and
allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and
stout legs, a short, thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three
toes on the hind feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost
toe is of little use.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The best-known species are the Indian tapir (<i>Tapirus
Indicus</i>), native of the East Indies and Malacca, which is black with a
broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir (<i>T.
Americanus</i>), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species
inhabit the Andes and Central America.</p>
<p><col><b>Tapir tiger</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the
wallah.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ta"pir*oid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tapir</i> + <i>-
oid</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir
family.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"pis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Tapestry</u>.]
<def>Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.</def></p>
<p><col><b>On</b></col>, or <col><b>Upon</b></col>, <col><b>the
tapis</b></col>, <cd>on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a
motion in Parliament <i>on the tapis</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tap"is</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cover or work with
figures like tapestry.</def> [R.] <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"is*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tapissier</i>.]
<def>A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.</def> [R.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [F. se <i>tapir</i> to
squat.] <def>To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat;
to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.</def> [Written also <i>tappis</i>,
<i>tappish</i>, <i>tappice</i>.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><blockquote>As a hound that, having roused a hart,<BR>
Although he <i>tappish</i> ne'er so soft.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"lash`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Bad small beer; also,
the refuse or dregs of liquor.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>taplash</i> of strong ale and wine.</blockquote>
<i>Taylor (1630).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"lings</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>The strong double
leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.</def>
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ta*po"a ta"fa</hw> (?). <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small
carnivorous marsupial (<i>Phascogale penicillata</i>) having long, soft
fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called
also <i>brush-tailed phascogale</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap"pen</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An obstruction, or
indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during
hibernation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
lesser spotted woodpecker (<i>Dendrocopus minor</i>); -- called also
<i>tapperer</i>, <i>tabberer</i>, <i>little wood pie</i>, <i>barred
woodpecker</i>, <i>wood tapper</i>, <i>hickwall</i>, and <i>pump
borer</i>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tap"pes*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tapster</u>.]
<def>A female tapster.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"pet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A lever
or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or
touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate
motion.</def> <i>G. Francis.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tappet motion</b></col>, <cd>a valve motion worked by tappets
from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used in steam
pumps, etc.</cd></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tap"pice</hw> (?), <hw>Tap"pis</hw> (?) }, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Tapish</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap"pit hen`</hw> (?). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A hen having a tuft
of feathers on her head.</def> [Scot.] <i>Jamieson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A measuring pot holding one quart (according to
some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to
resemble a crested hen.</def> [Scot.] <i>Jamieson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"room`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A room where liquors
are kept on tap; a barroom.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The ambassador was put one night into a miserable
<i>taproom</i>, full of soldiers smoking.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tap"root`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The root
of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable
depth without dividing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tap"ster</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tæppestre</i>
a female tapster. See <u>Tap</u> a plug, pipe, and <u>-ster</u>.] <def>One
whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"qua-nut`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
Central American name for the ivory nut.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Abbrev. from <i>tarpaulin</i>.]
<def>A sailor; a seaman.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>terre</i>, <i>tarre</i>, AS.
<i>teru</i>, <i>teoru</i>; akin to D. <i>teer</i>, G. <i>teer</i>,
<i>theer</i>, Icel. <i>tjara</i>, Sw. <i>tjära</i>, Dan.
<i>tiære</i>, and to E. <i>tree</i>. √63. See <u>Tree</u>.]
<def>A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood,
coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature
and material employed in obtaining it.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Coal tar</b></col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> --
<col><b>Mineral tar</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a kind of soft native
bitumen.</cd> -- <col><b>Tar board</b></col>, <cd>a strong quality of
millboard made from junk and old tarred rope.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> --
<col><b>Tar water</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A cold infusion of tar
in water, used as a medicine.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The ammoniacal
water of gas works.</cd> -- <col><b>Wood tar</b></col>, <cd>tar obtained
from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the
pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render
ropes, oakum, etc., impervious to water.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tarred</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tarring</u>.]
<def>To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to <i>tar</i> ropes; to
<i>tar</i> cloth.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To tar and feather a person</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Feather</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar"a*nis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>taranis</i>, from
the Celtic; cf. W. & Corn. <i>taran</i> thunder.] <i>(Myth.)</i> <def>A
Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the
Romans with Jupiter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`an*tass"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Russ.
<i>tarantas'</i>.] <def>A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The
carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to
the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body
is mounted on a sledge.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`an*tel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in
6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular
notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the
<i>tarantula</i>. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Music suited to such a dance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ant*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>tarantismo</i>:
cf. F. <i>tarentisme</i>. See <u>Tarantula</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable
desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the
tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted
dancing to appropriate music.</def> [Written also <i>tarentism</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta*ran"tu*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Tarantulas</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Tarantulæ</b></plw> (#).
[NL., fr. It. <i>tarantola</i>, fr. L. <i>Tarentum</i>, now <i>Taranto</i>,
in the south of Italy.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species
of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the
European species (<i>Tarantula apuliæ</i>). The tarantulas of Texas
and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.</def> [Written also
<i>tarentula</i>.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tarantula killer</b></col>, <cd>a very large wasp (<i>Pompilus
formosus</i>), which captures the Texan tarantula (<i>Mygale Hentzii</i>)
and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a
sting.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ta*ran"tu*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Bitten by a
tarantula; affected with tarantism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*bog"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Toboggan</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*boosh"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>tarb&?;sh</i>;
perhaps from Per. <i>sar-posh</i> headdress: cf. F. <i>tarbouch</i>.]
<def>A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and
sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See
<u>Fez</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tardatio</i>, fr.
<i>tardare</i>, <i>tardatum</i>, to retard, delay, fr. <i>tardus</i> slow.]
<def>The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Tar`di*gra"da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tardigrade</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They
are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See
<u>Sloth</u>, 3.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order of minute aquatic
arachnids; -- called also <i>bear animalcules</i>, <i>sloth
animalcules</i>, and <i>water bears</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*grade</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tardigradus</i>;
<i>tardus</i> slow + <i>gradi</i> to step: cf. F. <i>tardigrade</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.</def> [R.]
<i>G. Eliot.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Tardigrada.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*grade</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One
of the Tardigrada.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*gra`dous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Moving slowly;
slow-paced.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tardy manner;
slowly.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being tardy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`di*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tardiness.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>To instruct them to avoid all snares of <i>tarditation</i>,
in the Lord's affairs.</blockquote> <i>Herrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tarditas</i>.]
<def>Slowness; tardiness.</def> [R.] <i>Sir K. Digby.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tar"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tar"do</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., slow, L. <i>tardus</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A sloth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tardier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tardiest</u>.] [F.
<i>tardif</i>, fr. (assumed) LL. <i>tardivus</i>, fr. L. <i>tardus</i>
slow.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not
swift.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And check the <i>tardy</i> flight of time.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tardy</i> to vengeance, and with mercy
brave.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed
to <i>prompt</i>; as, to be <i>tardy</i> in one's payments.</def>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tardy</i> plants in our cold orchards
placed.</blockquote> <i>Waller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Unwary; unready.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Criminal; guilty.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Collier.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See <u>Slow</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tar"dy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make tardy.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tare</hw> (?), obs. <pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of <u>Tear</u>.
<def>Tore.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Prov. E. <i>tare</i> brisk,
eager, OE. <i>tarefitch</i> the wild vetch.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A weed
that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to
be the <i>Lolium temulentum</i>, or darnel.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then
hath it <i>tares</i>?</blockquote> <i>Matt. xiii. 27.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The "darnel" is said to be the <i>tares</i> of Scripture,
and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole
order.</blockquote> <i>Baird.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name of several climbing or
diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus <i>Vicia</i>; especially, the <i>V.
sativa</i>, sometimes grown for fodder.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tare</i>; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg.,
& It. <i>tara</i>; all fr. Ar. <i>tarah</i> thrown away, removed, fr.
<i>taraha</i> to reject, remove.] <i>(Com.)</i> <def>Deficientcy in the
weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or
whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the
allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller
makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tared</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Taring</u>.] <def>To
ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).</def></p>
<p><hw>Tared</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Weighed;
determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, <i>tared</i> filter
papers, used in weighing precipitates.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*ren"te</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tarente</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A harmless lizard of the Gecko family
(<i>Platydactylus Mauritianicus</i>) found in Southern Europe and adjacent
countries, especially among old walls and ruins.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ent*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tarantism</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*ren"tu*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tarantula</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Targe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. Cf. <u>Target</u>.] <def>A
shield or target.</def> [Obs. or Poetic] "A buckler on a <i>targe</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"get</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>targette</i>, dim. of
OF. & F. <i>targe</i>, of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. <i>targe</i>, OD.
<i>targie</i>, G. <i>zarge</i> a frame, case, border, OHG. <i>zarga</i>,
Icel. <i>targa</i> shield.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of small shield
or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A butt or mark to shoot at,
as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a
projectile.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The pattern or arrangement of a
series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good
<i>target</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Surveying)</i> <def>The sliding crosspiece, or
vane, on a leveling staff.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Railroad)</i> <def>A conspicuous disk attached to
a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1475 !></p>
<p><hw>Tar"get*ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Furnished, armed, or
protected, with a target.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`get*eer"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is armed
with a target or shield.</def> [Written also <i>targetier</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"gum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Targums</b></plw> (#). Heb. <plw><b>Targumim</b></plw> (#). [Chald.
<i>targūm</i> interpretation, fr. <i>targēm</i> to interpret.
Cf. <u>Truchman</u>, and <u>Dragoman</u>.] <def>A translation or paraphrase
of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic
language or dialect.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"gum*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The writer of a Targum;
one versed in the Targums.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"iff</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tarif</i>; cf. Sp. &
Pg. <i>tarifa</i>, It. <i>tariffa</i>; all fr. Ar. <i>ta'rīf</i>
information, explanation, definition, from <i>'arafa</i>, to know, to
inform, explain.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A schedule, system, or scheme of
duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or
exported; as, a revenue <i>tariff</i>; a protective <i>tariff</i>; Clay's
compromise <i>tariff</i>. (U. S. 1833).</def></p>
<p>&fist; The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports;
hence, in these countries the <i>tariff</i> refers only to imports.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; as, the
<i>tariff</i> on wool; a <i>tariff</i> of two cents a pound.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.;
as, a <i>tariff</i> of fees, or of railroad fares.</def>
<i>Bolingbroke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"iff</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tariffed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tariffing</u>.] <def>To make a list of duties on, as goods.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The siskin.</def> [Prov.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
common tern; -- called also <i>tarret</i>, and <i>tarrock</i>.</def> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"la*tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of thin,
transparent muslin, used for dresses.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tarn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>terne</i>, Icel.
<i>tjörn</i>.] <def>A mountain lake or pool.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A lofty precipice in front,<BR>
A silent <i>tarn</i> below.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tarnished</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tarnishing</u>.] [F. <i>ternir</i>, fr. OHG. <i>tarnen</i> to darken, to
conceal, hide; akin to OS. <i>dernian</i> to hide, AS. <i>dernan</i>,
<i>dyrnan</i>, OHG. <i>tarni</i> hidden, OS. <i>derni</i>, AS.
<i>derne</i>, <i>dyrne</i>. Cf. <u>Dern</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and see
<u>-ish</u>.] <def>To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an
alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull,
or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to <i>tarnish</i> a metal; to
<i>tarnish</i> gilding; to <i>tarnish</i> the purity of color.</def>
"<i>Tarnished</i> lace." <i>Fuller.</i> Used also figuratively; as, to
<i>tarnish</i> one's honor.</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To sully; stain; dim.</p>
<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To lose luster; to
become dull; as, gilding will <i>tarnish</i> in a foul air.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright,<BR>
Grow stale and <i>tarnish</i> with our daily sight.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A thin film on the surface of a
metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the
steel <i>tarnish</i> in columbite.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"nish*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, tarnishes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta"ro</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the Polynesian name.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name for several aroid plants (<i>Colocasia
antiquorum</i>, var. <i>esculenta</i>, <i>Colocasia macrorhiza</i>, etc.),
and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large
fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical
countries.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ot</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; cf. It. <i>tarocco</i>.]
<def>A game of cards; -- called also <i>taroc</i>.</def> <i>Hoyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"pan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian
Sea.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*pau"lin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tar</i> +
<i>palling</i> a covering, pall to cover. See <u>Pall</u> a covering.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof
composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats,
etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A hat made of, or covered with, painted or
tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To a landsman, these <i>tarpaulins</i>, as they were called,
seemed a strange and half-savage race.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"pon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tarpum</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"pum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
very large marine fish (<i>Megapolis Atlanticus</i>) of the Southern United
States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length,
and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and
are used in fancywork. Called also <i>tarpon</i>, <i>sabalo</i>,
<i>savanilla</i>, <i>silverfish</i>, and <i>jewfish</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"quin*ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a Tarquin, a
king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"race</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Trass</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"ra*gon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>taragona</i>, Ar.
<i>tarkh&?;n</i>; perhaps fr. Gr. &?; a dragon, or L. <i>draco</i>; cf. L.
<i>dracunculus</i> tarragon. Cf. <u>Dragon</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
plant of the genus <i>Artemisa</i> (<i>A. dracunculus</i>), much used in
France for flavoring vinegar.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ras</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Trass</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tarre</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tarien</i>,
<i>terien</i>, to irritate, provoke, AS. <i>tergan</i> to pull, pluck,
torment; probably akin to E. <i>tear</i>, v.t. √63. Cf.
<u>Tarry</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>To set on, as a dog; to
incite.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ri*ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or time of
tarrying; delay; lateness.</def> [Archaic] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And after two days' <i>tarriance</i> there,
returned.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ri*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, tarries.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ri*er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A kind
of dig; a terrier.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"rock</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Greenland
<i>tattarock</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The young
of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The common guillemot.</def> [Prov. Eng.] <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The
common tern.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Tar</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like
tar.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tarried</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tarrying</u>.] [OE. <i>tarien</i> to irritate (see <u>Tarre</u>); but
with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. <i>targen</i> to
delay, OF. <i>targier</i>, fr. (assumed) LL. <i>tardicare</i>, fr. L.
<i>tardare</i> to make slow, to tarry, fr. <i>tardus</i> slow. Cf.
<u>Tardy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To stay or remain behind; to
wait.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tarry</i> ye for us, until we come again.</blockquote>
<i>Ex. xxiv. 14.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To delay; to put off going or coming; to
loiter.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Come down unto me, <i>tarry</i> not.</blockquote> <i>Gen.
xic. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>One <i>tarried</i> here, there hurried one.</blockquote>
<i>Emerson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To stay; to abide; to continue; to
lodge.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tarry</i> all night, and wash your feet.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. xix. 2.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.</p>
<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
delay; to defer; to put off.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tarry</i> us here no longer than to-morrow.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To wait for; to stay or stop for.</def>
[Archaic]</p>
<p><blockquote>He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs
<i>tarry</i> the grinding.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He plodded on, . . . <i>tarrying</i> no further
question.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Stay; stop; delay.</def>
[Obs.] <i>E. Lodge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"sal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tarsal tetter</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>an eruptive disease
of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar"sal</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tercel</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Tar*sa"le</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tarsalia</b></plw> (#). [NL.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the bones
or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the
metatarsals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tarse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tassel</u>,
<u>Tiercel</u>.] <i>(Falconry)</i> <def>The male falcon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tarse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tarse</i>.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>tarsus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*sec"to*my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tarsus</i> + Gr.
&?; to cut out.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The operation of excising one or more
of the bones of the tarsus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"sel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A male hawk. See
<u>Tercel</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Tar"si</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <def><pos><i>pl.</i></pos>
of <u>Tarsus</u>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>||Tar"si*a</hw> (?), <hw>||Tar`si*a*tu"ra</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <def>A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed
in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and
arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits,
flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of
different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"si*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tarsier</i>.]
<def>See <u>Tarsius</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tar"si*us</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Tarsus</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very
large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; --
called also <i>malmag</i>, <i>spectral lemur</i>, <i>podji</i>, and
<i>tarsier</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"so-</hw> (?). <def>A combining form used in anatomy to indicate
<i>connection with</i>, or <i>relation to</i>, <i>the tarsus</i>; as,
<i>tarso</i>metatarsus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`so*met`a*tar"sal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and
metatarsus; as, the <i>tarsometatarsal</i> articulations.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tarsometatarsi</b></plw> (#). [NL.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The large
bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the
distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*sor"rha*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tarsus</i> + Gr.
<grk>"rafh`</grk> seam, fr. &?; to sew.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An operation
to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by
surrounding cicatrices.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*sot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tarsus</i> + Gr. &?;
to cut.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The operation of cutting or removing the
tarsal cartilages.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"sus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tarsi</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the flat of the foot, the
edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d <u>Tarse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The ankle; the bones or cartilages
of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in
man of seven short bones.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A plate of dense
connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; --
called also <i>tarsal cartilage</i>, and <i>tarsal plate</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The foot of an insect or a
crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tart</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>teart</i>. √63.
Cf. <u>Tear</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Sharp to
the taste; acid; sour; as, a <i>tart</i> apple.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a <i>tart</i>
reply; <i>tart</i> language; a <i>tart</i> rebuke.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Why art thou <i>tart</i>, my brother?</blockquote>
<i>Bunyan.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tart</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tarte</i>, F. <i>tarte</i>;
perhaps originally the same word as <i>tourte</i>, LL. <i>torta</i>, fr. L.
<i>tortus</i>, p. p. of <i>torquere</i> to twist, bend, wind, because tarts
were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf. <u>Torture</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry,
containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tiretane</i> linsey-
woolsey, akin to Sp. <i>tiritaña</i> a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp.
<i>tiritar</i> to shiver or shake with cold.] <def>Woolen cloth, checkered
or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the
Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material
of a similar pattern.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it,
when it does not warm to the <i>tartan</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The sight of the <i>tartan</i> inflamed the populace of
London with hatred.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tan</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tartane</i>, or Sp., Pg.,
or It. <i>tartana</i>; all perhaps of Arabic origin.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying
large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tartre</i> (cf. Pr.
<i>tartari</i>, Sp., Pg., & It. <i>tartaro</i>, LL. <i>tartarum</i>, LGr.
&?;); perhaps of Arabic origin.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude
cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid,
potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for
woolen goods; -- called also <i>argol</i>, <i>wine stone</i>,
etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A correction which often incrusts the teeth,
consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of
lime.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Cream of tartar</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Cream</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tartar emetic</b></col> <i>(Med. Chem.)</i>,
<cd>a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous
white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> [Per.
<i>Tātār</i>, of Tartar origin.] <def>A native or inhabitant of
Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of
Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more
correctly but less usually, <i>Tatar</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A person of a keen, irritable temper.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To catch a tartar</b></col>, <cd>to lay hold of, or encounter, a
person who proves too strong for the assailant.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tartary
in Asia, or the Tartars.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tartare</i>.] <def>See
<u>Tartarus</u>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*a`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Tartrated.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tar*ta"re*an</hw> (?), <hw>Tar*ta"re*ous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tartareus</i>: cf. F. <i>tartaréen</i>.]
<def>Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*ta"re*ous</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. 1st <u>Tartarous</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Consisting of tartar; of the nature of
tartar.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the surface rough and
crumbling; as, many lichens are <i>tartareous</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tar*ta"ri*an</hw> (?), <hw>Tar*tar"ic</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the
Tartars.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tartarian lamb</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>Scythian lamb. See
<u>Barometz</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar*ta"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black <i>Tartarian</i>, or the White
<i>Tartarian</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*tar"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tartaric acid</b></col>. <i>(a)</i> <cd>An acid widely diffused
throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc.,
and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance,
C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>.(CO<sub>2</sub>H)<sub>2</sub>,
having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico
printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice.
Called also <i>dextro-tartaric acid</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>By
extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid,
levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is
the type.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Old Chem.)</i>
<def>Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tartarized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tartarizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>tartariser</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To
impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tartarized antimony</b></col> <i>(Med. Chem.)</i>, <cd>tartar
emetic.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to
resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tartareux</i>.] <def>Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or
partaking of its qualities; tartareous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tar*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling, or
characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>Tartarous</i> moods of common men.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ta*rum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>See
1st <u>Tartar</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ta*rus</hw> (tär"t&adot;*rŭs), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L., from Gr. <grk>Ta`rtaros</grk>.] <i>(Class. Myth.)</i> <def>The
infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as
heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment
for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often
used synonymously with <i>Hades</i>, or the Lower World in
general.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tartarus.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1476 !></p>
<p><hw>Tar*ti"ni's tones`</hw> (?). [From <i>Tartini</i>, an Italian
violinist, who discovered them in 1754.] <def>See the Note under
<u>Tone</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tart"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
tart.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tart"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small tart.</def>
<i>V. Knox.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tart"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tart manner; with
acidity.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tart"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being tart.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity;
asperity; acerbity; harshness. See <u>Acrimony</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tar*tral"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Tartar</u> the
chemical compound.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance,
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>11</sub>; -- called also
<i>ditartaric</i>, <i>tartrilic</i>, or <i>tartrylic acid</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*tram"ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
salt of tartramic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*tram"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tarto-</i> +
<i>amic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*tram"ide</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tarto-</i> +
<i>amide</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An acid amide derivative of tartaric
acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"trate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tartrate</i>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of tartaric acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tra`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med. Chem.)</i>
<def>Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric
acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tra*zine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tart</i>aric +
hyd<i>razine</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An artificial dyestuff obtained as
an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of
tartaric and sulphonic acids.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*trel"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Tartar</u> the
chemical compound.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating,
an anhydride, C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, of tartaric acid,
obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tro-</hw>. <def>A combining form (also used adjectively) used in
chemistry to denote <i>the presence of tartar</i> or <i>of some of its
compounds</i> or <i>derivatives</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tro*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
salt of tartronic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar*tron"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tartro-</i> +
mal<i>onic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
organic acid (called also <i>hydroxy malonic acid</i>) obtained, by
reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar"tro*nyl</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tartron</i>ic + <i>-
yl</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A hypothetical radical constituting the
characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its
derivatives.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tar`tro*vin"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tartro-</i> +
<i>vinic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now
called <i>ethyltartaric acid</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tar*tuffe"</hw>, <hw>Tar*tufe"</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>tartufe</i>.] <def>A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of
Noted Names in Fiction.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tar*tuff"ish</hw>, <hw>Tar*tuf"ish</hw>, } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.</def> <i>Sterne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tar"weed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name
given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to
the species of <i>Grindelia</i>, <i>Hemizonia</i>, and
<i>Madia</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A heap.</def> [Obs.]
"The <i>tas</i> of bodies slain." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tas</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To tassel.</def> [Obs.] "A
purse of leather <i>tassed</i> with silk." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tas"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Sp. <i>tasconio</i>.]
<def>A kind of clay for making melting pots.</def> <i>Percy Smith.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ta*sim"er</hw> (t&adot;*s&ibreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>ta`sis</grk> stretching, extension (from
<grk>tei`nein</grk> to stretch) + <i>-meter</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An
instrument for detecting or measuring minute extensions or movements of
solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of
carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which,
being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the
object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current,
which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used
for measuring minute changes of temperature.</def> <i>T. A.
Edison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Task</hw> (t&adot;sk), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>taske</i>, OF.
<i>tasque</i>, F. <i>tâche</i>, for <i>tasche</i>, LL. <i>tasca</i>,
<i>taxa</i>, fr. L. <i>taxare</i> to rate, appraise, estimate. See
<u>Tax</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> & <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or
amount.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ma <i>task</i> of servile toil.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Each morning sees some <i>task</i> begin,<BR>
Each evening sees it close.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Business; employment; undertaking;
labor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>His mental powers were equal to greater
<i>tasks</i>.</blockquote> <i>Atterbury.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To take to task</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Take</u>.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study;
lesson; stint.</p>
<p><hw>Task</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tasked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tasking</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount
of business, labor, or duty to.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There <i>task</i> thy maids, and exercise the
loom.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to
tax.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To charge; to tax, as with a fault.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Too impudent to <i>task</i> me with those
errors.</blockquote> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Task"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who imposes a task.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who performs a task, as a day-laborer.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A laborer who receives his wages in kind.</def>
[Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Task"mas`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who imposes a
task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an
overseer.</def> <i>Ex. i. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>All is, if I have grace to use it so,<BR>
As ever in my great <i>Taskmaster's</i> eye.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Task"work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Work done as a task;
also, work done by the job; piecework.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tasse</u> a piece of
armor.] <def>A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a
tasse.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas*ma"ni*an</hw> (tăz*mā"n&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's
Land.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Tasmania;</def> specifically <i>(Ethnol.)</i>, <def>in the plural, the race
of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tasmanian cider tree</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See the Note
under <u>Eucalyptus</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tasmanian devil</b></col>.
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Devil</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tasmanian
wolf</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a savage carnivorous marsupial; --
called also <i>zebra wolf</i>. See <i>Zebra wolf</i>, under
<u>Wolf</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tasse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tassette</i>.] <def>A
piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient
corselet.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Usually the <i>tasse</i> was a plate of iron swinging from the
cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this
name.</p>
<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Falconry)</i> <def>A male
hawk. See <u>Tercel</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Teasel</u>.] <def>A kind
of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE., a fastening of a mantle,
OF. <i>tassel</i> a fastening, clasp, F. <i>tasseau</i> a bracket, Fr. L.
<i>taxillus</i> a little die, dim. of <i>talus</i> a die of a longish
shape, rounded on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle
bone.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A pendent ornament, attached to the corners
of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads
or cords.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The flower or head of some plants, esp. when
pendent.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood in all
the splendor<BR>
Of its garments green and yellow,<BR>
Of its <i>tassels</i> and its plumage.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a
book to be put between the leaves.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A piece of board that is laid
upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of
floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tassel flower</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name of several
composite plants of the genus <i>Cineraria</i>, especially the <i>C.
sconchifolia</i>, and of the blossoms which they bear.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tasseled</u> (?) or <u>Tasselled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Tasseling</u> or <u>Tasselling</u>.] <def>To put forth a
tassel or flower; as, maize <i>tassels</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To adorn with
tassels.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tas"set</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tasse</u>.] <def>A
defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates
hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tast"a*ble</hw> (tāst"&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taste</hw> (tāst), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tasted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tasting</u>.] [OE. <i>tasten</i> to feel, to taste, OF. <i>taster</i>,
F. <i>tater</i> to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed)
LL. <i>taxitare</i>, fr. L. <i>taxare</i> to touch sharply, to estimate.
See <u>Tax</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To try by
the touch; to handle; as, to <i>taste</i> a bow.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Taste</i> it well and stone thou shalt it
find.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive
the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth.
Also used figuratively.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When the ruler of the feast had <i>tasted</i> the water that
was made wine.</blockquote> <i>John ii. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>When Commodus had once <i>tasted</i> human blood, he became
incapable of pity or remorse.</blockquote> <i>Gibbon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To try by eating a little; to eat a small
quantity of.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>tasted</i> a little of this honey.</blockquote> <i>1
Sam. xiv. 29.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To become acquainted with by actual trial; to
essay; to experience; to undergo.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He . . . should <i>taste</i> death for every
man.</blockquote> <i>Heb. ii. 9.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To partake of; to participate in; -- usually
with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou . . . wilt <i>taste</i><BR>
No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taste</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To try
food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of
anything; as, to <i>taste</i> of each kind of wine.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a smack; to excite a particular
sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to
have a particular quality or character; as, this water <i>tastes</i>
brackish; the milk <i>tastes</i> of garlic.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason<BR>
Shall to the king <i>taste</i> of this action.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To take sparingly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>For age but <i>tastes</i> of pleasures, youth
devours.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to
partake; as, to <i>taste</i> of nature's bounty.</def> <i>Waller.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The valiant never <i>taste</i> of death but
once.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taste</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
tasting; gustation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A particular sensation excited by the
application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any
substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the <i>taste</i>
of an orange or an apple; a bitter <i>taste</i>; an acid <i>taste</i>; a
sweet <i>taste</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The one of the five senses by
which certain properties of bodies (called their <i>taste</i>,
<i>savor</i>, <i>flavor</i>) are ascertained by contact with the organs of
taste.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter with the
terminal organs (connected with branches of the glossopharyngeal and other
nerves) in the papillæ on the surface of the tongue. The base of the
tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter substances, the point to
sweet and acid substances.</p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; --
formerly with <i>of</i>, now with <i>for</i>; as, he had no <i>taste</i>
for study.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I have no <i>taste</i><BR>
Of popular applause.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The power of perceiving and relishing excellence
in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity,
proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in
the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Manner, with respect to what is pleasing,
refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in
good <i>taste</i>; an epitaph in bad <i>taste</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Essay; trial; experience; experiment.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>A small portion given as a specimen; a little
piece tasted or eaten; a bit.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout. --
<u>Taste</u>, <u>Sensibility</u>, <u>Judgment</u>. Some consider
<i>taste</i> as a mere <i>sensibility</i>, and others as a simple exercise
of <i>judgment</i>; but a union of both is requisite to the existence of
anything which deserves the name. An original sense of the beautiful is
just as necessary to æsthetic judgments, as a sense of right and
wrong to the formation of any just conclusions on moral subjects. But this
"sense of the beautiful" is not an arbitrary principle. It is under the
guidance of reason; it grows in delicacy and correctness with the progress
of the individual and of society at large; it has its laws, which are
seated in the nature of man; and it is in the development of these laws
that we find the true "standard of taste."</p>
<p><blockquote>What, then, is <i>taste</i>, but those internal powers,<BR>
Active and strong, and feelingly alive<BR>
To each fine impulse? a discerning sense<BR>
Of decent and sublime, with quick disgust<BR>
From things deformed, or disarranged, or gross<BR>
In species? This, nor gems, nor stores of gold,<BR>
Nor purple state, nor culture, can bestow,<BR>
But God alone, when first his active hand<BR>
Imprints the secret bias of the soul.</blockquote> <i>Akenside.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Taste of buds</b></col>, or <col><b>Taste of goblets</b></col>
<i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the flask-shaped end organs of taste in the epithelium
of the tongue. They are made up of modified epithelial cells arranged
somewhat like leaves in a bud.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Taste"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having a high relish; savory.</def> "<i>Tasteful</i> herbs."
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance
with good taste; tasty; as, a <i>tasteful</i> drapery.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Taste"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Taste"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Taste"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having
no taste; insipid; flat; as, <i>tasteless</i> fruit.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good
taste; as, a <i>tasteless</i> age.</def> <i>Orrery.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Not in accordance with good taste; as, a
<i>tasteless</i> arrangement of drapery.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Taste"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Taste"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tast"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its
quality.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy tutor be thy <i>taster</i>, ere thou eat.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That in which, or by which, anything is tasted,
as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of a peculiar kind of
zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat
resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
<u>Siphonophora</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tast"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tasty
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tast"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of perceiving or
tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive
or distinguish savors.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tas"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A
key or thing touched to produce a tone.</def></p>
<p><col><b>||Tasto solo</b></col>, <cd>single touch; -- in old music, a
direction denoting that the notes in the bass over or under which it is
written should be performed alone, or with no other chords than unisons and
octaves.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tast"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tastier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tastiest</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a
<i>tasty</i> woman. See <u>Taste</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 5.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Being in conformity to the principles of good
taste; elegant; as, <i>tasty</i> furniture; a <i>tasty</i> dress.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind. <i>tāt</i>.]
<def>Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the <i>Corchorus olitorius</i>, or
jute.</def> [India]</p>
<p><hw>Tat</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind. <i>tatt&?;</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A pony.</def> [India]</p>
<p><hw>Ta*tau"pa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A South American tinamou (<i>Crypturus
tataupa</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Tatch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tache</i> spot. See
<u>Techy</u>.] <def>A spot or stain; also, a trick.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T.
Elyot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tath</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>3d pers. sing. pres.</i></pos> of
<u>Ta</u>, to take.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tath</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf.
Icel. <i>ta&?;</i> dung, <i>ta&?;a</i> the grass of a manured pasture,
<i>te&?;ja</i> to manure. √58. Cf. <u>Ted</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Dung, or droppings of cattle.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings
of cattle in a pasture.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Tath</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To manure (land) by
pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.</def> [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta*tou"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tatouay</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The giant armadillo (<i>Priodontes gigas</i>) of
tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the
tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead
animals, and sometimes invades human graves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat"ou*ay</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of Brazilian origin; cf.
Pg. <i>tatu</i>, F. <i>tatou</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An armadillo
(<i>Xenurus unicinctus</i>), native of the tropical parts of South America.
It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square,
scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly
destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also
<i>tatouary</i>, and <i>broad-banded armadillo</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat"ou*hou</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tatouay</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The peba.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tatt</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To make (anything)
by tatting; to work at tatting; as, <i>tatted</i> edging.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1477 !></p>
<p><hw>||Tat"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind.
<i>&?;a&?;&?;ī</i>, <i>tātī</i>.] <def>A bamboo frame or
trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered
to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.</def>
[India]</p>
<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
tatting.</def> <i>Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>tötur</i>,
<i>töttur</i>, pl. <i>tötrar</i>, <i>&?;öttrar</i>; cf.
Norw. <i>totra</i>, pl. <i>totror</i>, LG. <i>taltern</i> tatters.
√240.] <def>A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the
plural.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Tear a passion to <i>tatters</i>, to very rags.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tattered</u> (?).] <def>To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in
the past participle as an adjective.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Where waved the <i>tattered</i> ensigns of
Ragfair.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat`ter*de*mal"ion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tatter</i> +
OF. <i>desmaillier</i> to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF.
<i>maillon</i> long clothes, swadding clothes, F. <i>maillot.</i> See
<u>Tatter</u>, and <u>Mail</u> armor.] <def>A ragged fellow; a
ragamuffin.</def> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat"ting</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of lace made
from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tatting shuttle</b></col>, <cd>the shuttle on which the thread
used in tatting is wound.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tat"tle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tattled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tattling</u> (?).] [Akin to OE. <i>tateren</i>, LG. <i>tateln</i>, D.
<i>tateren</i> to stammer, and perhaps to E. <i>titter</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with
little meaning; to chat.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tattling</i> quality of age, which is always
narrative.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a
talebearer; as, a <i>tattling</i> girl.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat"tle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Idle talk or chat; trifling
talk; prate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>[They] told the <i>tattle</i> of the day.</blockquote>
<i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat"tler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.</def> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species
of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus
<i>Totanus</i>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale
(<i>T. melanoleucus</i>), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (<i>T.
flavipes</i>), the solitary tattler (<i>T. solitarius</i>), and the
semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
<i>telltale</i>, <i>telltale spine</i>, <i>telltale tattler</i>,
<i>yellowlegs</i>, <i>yellowshanks</i>, and <i>yelper.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tat"tler*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Idle talk or chat;
tittle-tattle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat"tling</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Given to idle talk;
apt to tell tales.</def> -- <wf>Tat"tling*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Earlier <i>taptoo</i>, D.
<i>taptoe</i>; <i>tap</i> a tap, faucet + <i>toe</i> to, shut (<i>i.
e.</i>, the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).]
<i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at
night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters
in garrison, or to their tents in camp.</def></p>
<p><col><b>The Devil's tattoo</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Devil</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tattooed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tattooing</u>.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand <i>ta</i> to
tattoo, <i>tatu</i> puncturation (in Otaheite).] <def>To color, as the
flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which
can not be washed out.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tattoos</b></plw> (&?;). <def>An indelible mark or figure made by
puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a
mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient
and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by
sailors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*tu"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Tatou</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ta*tu"si*id</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any armadillo of the family <i>Tatusiidæ</i>, of which the peba
and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>tay^</grk> the letter
τ (English <u>T</u>).] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The common American
toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter
<i>tau</i> (τ).</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tau cross</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Illust.</i> 6, of
<u>Cross</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Taught</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Taut</u>.</def>
<i>Totten.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taught</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Teach</u>.</def> [AS. imp. <i>t&aemacr;hte</i>, p. p.
<i>get&aemacr;ht</i>.] See <u>Teach</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Taunt</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>tant</i> so great,
F. <i>tant</i> so much, L. <i>tantus</i> of such size, so great, so much.]
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Very high or tall; as, a ship with <i>taunt</i>
masts.</def> <i>Totten.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taunt</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Taunted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Taunting</u>.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. <i>tanter</i> to
tempt, to try, for <i>tenter</i>. See <u>Tempt</u>.] <def>To reproach with
severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to
flout.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When I had at my pleasure <i>taunted</i> her.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
<u>Deride</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Taunt</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Upbraiding language; bitter or
sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious
<i>taunts</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>With sacrilegious <i>taunt</i> and impious
jest.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taunt"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
taunts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taunt"ing</hw>, <def><pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> from <u>Taunt</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><blockquote>Every kind of insolent and <i>taunting</i>
reflection.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taunt"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a taunting
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taunt"ress</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A woman who
taunts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taur</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Taurus</i>.] <def>The
constellation Taurus.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau`ri*cor"nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tauricornis</i>; <i>taurus</i> a bull + <i>cornu</i> a horn.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having horns like those of a bull.</def> <i>Sir
T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau`ri*dor"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Toreador</u>.]
<def>A bullfighter; a toreador.</def> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau"ri*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tauriformis</i>;
<i>taurus</i> a bull + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>tauriforme</i>.] <def>Having
the form of a bull.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau"rine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>taurinus</i>, fr.
<i>taurus</i> a bull. See <u>Taurus</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau"rine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So named because it was
discovered in the bile of the ox. See <u>Taurus</u>.] <i>(Physiol.
Chem.)</i> <def>A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle,
in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found
as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by
decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided
prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and
sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid,
C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>7</sub>NSO<sub>3</sub>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau`ro*cho"late</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.
Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium <i>taurocholate</i>,
which occurs in human bile.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau`ro*chol"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Taur</i>ine +
<i>cholic</i>.] <i>(Physiol. Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating,
a conjugate acid (called <i>taurocholic acid</i>) composed of taurine and
cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It
is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy
mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tau"ro*col</hw> (?), <hw>Tau`ro*col"la</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>taurocolla</i>, fr. Gr.
<grk>tayro`kolla</grk>; <grk>tay^ros</grk> a bull + <grk>ko`lla</grk> glue:
cf. F. <i>taurocolle</i>.] <def>Glue made from a bull's hide.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau`ro*ma"chi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Tauromachy</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to bullfights.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A bullfighter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*rom"a*chy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>tayromachi`a</grk>; <grk>tay^ros</grk> bull + <grk>ma`chh</grk>
fight.] <def>Bullfighting.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tau"rus</hw> (t&add;"rŭs), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., akin
to Gr. <grk>tay^ros</grk>, and E. <i>steer</i>. See <u>Steer</u> a young
ox.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The Bull;
the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters
about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [&taurus;] in almanacs.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-
known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which
is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of ruminants
comprising the common domestic cattle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*ryl"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>taurus</i> a bull +
E. phen<i>ylic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with
<i>cresol</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taut</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Dan. <i>tæt</i>; akin to
E. <i>tight</i>. See <u>Tight</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly
strained.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Snug; close; firm; secure.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Taut hand</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a sailor's term for an
officer who is severe in discipline.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tau`te*gor"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, for &?;
&?; the same + &?; to speak. Cf. <u>Allegory</u>.] <def>Expressing the
same thing with different words; -- opposed to <i>allegorical</i>.</def>
[R.] <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau"to*chrone</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, for &?; &?;
the same + &?; time: cf. F. <i>tautochrone</i>.] <i>(Math.)</i> <def>A
curved line, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of
gravity, will always arrive at the lowest point in the same time, wherever
in the curve it may begin to fall; as, an inverted cycloid with its base
horizontal is a <i>tautochrone</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*toch"ro*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Math.)</i>
<def>Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a
tautochrone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tog"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [The pl. of <i>taut</i>, the
American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams <i>sheep's heads</i>,
and written by him <i>tautaúog</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An
edible labroid fish (<i>Haitula onitis</i>, or <i>Tautoga onitis</i>) of
the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black,
more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also
<i>blackfish</i>, <i>oyster fish</i>, <i>salt-water chub</i>, and
<i>moll</i>.</def> [Written also <i>tautaug</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tau`to*log"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Tautological.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau`to*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tautologique</i>.] <def>Involving tautology; having the same
signification; as, <i>tautological</i> expression.</def> --
<wf>Tau`to*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><col><b>Tautological echo</b></col>, <cd>an echo that repeats the same
sound or syllable many times.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who uses
tautological words or phrases.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tautologized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tautologizing</u> (?).] <def>To repeat the same thing in different
words.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;, for &?;
&?; the same + &?; to speak.] <def>Repeating the same thing in different
words; tautological.</def> [R.] <i>Tooke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tautologia</i>,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. <i>tautologie</i>.] <i>(Rhet.)</i> <def>A repetition of the
same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in
different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause,
condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --<BR>
<BR>
<blockquote>The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,<BR>
And heavily in clouds brings on the day.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Repetition. -- <u>Tautology</u>, <u>Repetition</u>.
There may be frequent <i>repetitions</i> (as in legal instruments) which
are warranted either by necessity or convenience; but <i>tautology</i> is
always a fault, being a sameness of expression which adds nothing to the
sense or the sound.</p>
<p><hw>Tau`to*mer"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*tom"er*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;, for &?;
&?; the same + &?; part.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The condition, quality, or
relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which
are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the
more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the
lactim compounds exhibit <i>tautomerism</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tau`to*ou"si*an</hw> (?), <hw>Tau`to*ou"si*ous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;, for &?; &?; the same + &?; being,
essence.] <def>Having the same essence; being identically of the same
nature.</def> [R.] <i>Cudworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tau`to*phon"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to,
or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau*toph"o*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;, for &?;
&?; the same + &?; voice.] <def>Repetition of the same sound.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tau`to*zon"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?;, for &?;
&?; the same + E. <i>zonal</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Belonging to the
same zone; as, <i>tautozonal</i> planes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tav"ern</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>taverne</i>, F.
<i>taverne</i>, from L. <i>taberna</i> a hut, booth, tavern. Cf.
<u>Table</u>, <u>Tabernacle</u>.] <def>A public house where travelers and
other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a
hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor
in small quantities.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tav"ern*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tavernier</i>, L.
<i>tabernarius</i>.] <def>One who keeps a tavern.</def> <i>Chaucer.
Camden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tav"ern*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A feasting at
taverns.</def> [Obs.] "The misrule of our <i>tavernings</i>." <i>Bp.
Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tav"ern*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tavernmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>The keeper of a tavern; also, a
tippler.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Taw</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tow.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taw</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tew</u> to tow,
<u>Tow</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>To push; to tug; to tow.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taw</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tawed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tawing</u>.] [OE. <i>tawen</i>, <i>tewen</i>, AS. <i>tāwian</i> to
prepare; cf. D. <i>touwen</i>, Goth. <i>tēwa</i> order, <i>taujan</i>
to do, and E. <i>tool</i>. √64. Cf. 1st <u>Tew</u>, <u>Tow</u> the
coarse part of flax.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To prepare or dress, as hemp,
by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep,
lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with
alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taw</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. AS. <i>tāw</i>
instrument.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large marble to be played with;
also, a game at marbles.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A line or mark from which the players begin a
game of marbles.</def> [Colloq. U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Taw"dri*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tawdry
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taw"dri*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state of
being tawdry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by
<i>tawdriness</i> of dress.</blockquote> <i>Richardson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taw"dry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tawdrier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tawdriest</u>.] [Said to
be corrupted from <i>Saint Audrey</i>, or <i>Auldrey</i>, meaning <i>Saint
Ethelreda</i>, implying therefore, originally, bought at the fair of St.
Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts were sold. This fair was held
in Isle Ely, and probably at other places, on the day of the saint, which
was the 17th of October.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Bought at the festival of
St. Audrey.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>And gird in your waist,<BR>
For more fineness, with a <i>tawdry</i> lace.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or
elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and
gaudy; as, a <i>tawdry</i> dress; <i>tawdry</i> feathers; <i>tawdry</i>
colors.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and
<i>tawdry</i> courtiers.</blockquote> <i>Spectator.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taw"dry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tawdries</b></plw> (&?;). <def>A necklace of a rural fashion,
bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make<BR>
Them <i>tawdries</i> for their necks.</blockquote> <i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taw"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who taws; a dresser
of white leather.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taw"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place where skins are
tawed.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taw"ni*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being tawny.</def></p>
<p><hw>Taw"ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tawnier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tawniest</u>.] [F.
<i>tanné</i>, p. p. of <i>tanner</i> to tan. See <u>Tan</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> & <pos><i>n.</i></pos> Cf. <u>Tenné</u>.]
<def>Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who
are sunburnt; as, <i>tawny</i> Moor or Spaniard; the <i>tawny</i>
lion.</def> "A leopard's <i>tawny</i> and spotted hide."
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Taws</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Taw</u> to beat.] <def>A
leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a
schoolmaster.</def> [Written also <i>tawes</i>, <i>tawis</i>, and
<i>tawse</i>.] [Scot.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Never use the <i>taws</i> when a gloom can do the
turn.</blockquote> <i>Ramsay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tax</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>taxe</i>, fr. <i>taxer</i>
to tax, L. <i>taxare</i> to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure,
value, estimate, fr. <i>tangere</i>, <i>tactum</i>, to touch. See
<u>Tangent</u>, and cf. <u>Task</u>, <u>Taste</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by
authority.</def> Specifically: --</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A charge or burden laid upon persons or
property for the support of a government.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A farmer of <i>taxes</i> is, of all creditors, proverbially
the most rapacious.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Especially, the sum laid upon specific things,
as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land <i>tax</i>; a window
<i>tax</i>; a <i>tax</i> on carriages, and the like.</def> Taxes are
<i>annual</i> or <i>perpetual</i>, <i>direct</i> or <i>indirect</i>,
etc.</p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a
society to defray its expenses.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a
subject.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as,
a heavy <i>tax</i> on time or health.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Charge; censure.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A lesson to be learned; a task.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tax cart</b></col>, <cd>a spring cart subject to a low tax.</cd>
[Eng.]</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.</p>
<p><! p. 1478 !></p>
<p><hw>Tax</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Taxed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Taxing</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>taxer</i>. See <u>Tax</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to
impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from
for the support of government.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We are more heavily <i>taxed</i> by our idleness, pride, and
folly than we are <i>taxed</i> by government.</blockquote>
<i>Franklin.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To assess, fix, or determine
judicially, the amount of; as, to <i>tax</i> the cost of an action in
court.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often
followed by <i>with</i>, rarely by <i>of</i> before an indirect object; as,
to <i>tax</i> a man with pride.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>tax</i> you, you elements, with
unkindness.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have
<i>taxed</i> their crimes.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Fear not now that men should <i>tax</i> thine
honor.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tax`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being taxable; taxableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as,
<i>taxable</i> estate; <i>taxable</i> commodities.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>That may be legally charged by a
court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, <i>taxable</i>
costs.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Tax"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tax"a*bly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tax`as*pid"e*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>ta`xis</grk> an arrangement + &?;, &?;, shield.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and
arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>taxation</i>, L.
<i>taxatio</i> a valuing, estimation, from L. <i>taxare</i>. See
<u>Tax</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of laying a tax, or of
imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the
members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising
of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The act of taxing, or assessing a
bill of cost.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Tax; sum imposed.</def> [R.] <i>Daniel.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Charge; accusation.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tax"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
American badger.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tax`e*op"o*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
(?) + <i>-poda</i>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>An order of extinct Mammalia
found in the Tertiary formations.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who taxes.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate
the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is
observed.</def> [Camb. Univ., Eng.] [Written also <i>taxor</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tax"gath`er*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who collects
taxes or revenues.</def> -- <wf>Tax"gath`er*ing</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tax"i*arch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; and &?;; &?; a
division of an army, a brigade (from &?; to arrange, array) + to rule.]
<i>(Gr. Antiq.)</i> <def>An Athenian military officer commanding a certain
division of an army.</def> <i>Milford.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tax"i*corn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>taxus</i> a yew +
<i>cornu</i> a horn: cf. F. <i>taxicorne</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One
of a family of beetles (<i>Taxicornes</i>) whose antennæ are largest
at the tip. Also used adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax`i*der"mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>taxidermique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and
preserving the skins of animals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"i*der`mist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person skilled
in taxidermy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"i*der`my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>ta`xis</grk>
an arranging, arrangement (fr. <grk>ta`ssein</grk> to arrange) + &?; a
skin, from &?; to skin: cf. F. <i>taxidermie</i>. See <u>Tactics</u>,
<u>Tear</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>The art of preparing,
preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their
natural appearance, as for cabinets.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>taxus</i> a yew.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the
leaves and seeds of the European yew (<i>Taxus baccata</i>). Called also
<i>taxia</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tax"is</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>ta`xis</grk> a division or arrangement, fr. <grk>ta`ssein</grk> to
arrange.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or
to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tax"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from
taxation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>ta`xis</grk>
arrangement + <i>-logy</i>.] <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Taxonomy</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax`o*nom"ic</hw> (tăks`&obreve;*n&obreve;m"&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the
laws and principles of classification; classificatory.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax*on"o*mist</hw> (tăks*&obreve;n"&osl;*m&ibreve;st),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled in taxonomy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax*on"o*my</hw> (-m&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>ta`xis</grk> an arrangement, order + <grk>no`mos</grk> a law.]
<def>That division of the natural sciences which treats of the
classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of
classification.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <def>Same as
<u>Taxer</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tax"pay`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is assessed
and pays a tax.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tay"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A South American carnivore (<i>Galera barbara</i>)
allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the
tail, is about three feet.</def> [Written also <i>taira</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ta"zel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
teasel.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Taz"za</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <def>An ornamental cup
or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often
having handles.</def></p>
<p><hw>T" cart`</hw> (?). <def>See under <u>T</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tcha*wy"tcha</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The quinnat salmon.</def> [Local, U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Tea</hw> (tē), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Chin. <i>tshā</i>,
Prov. Chin. <i>te</i>: cf. F. <i>thé</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (<i>Thea, or Camellia,
Chinensis</i>). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to
some extent into some other countries.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Teas</i> are classed as <i>green</i> or <i>black</i>,
according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also
by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the
like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which
the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are
heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost
immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the
hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to
twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are
spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed
about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are
roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the
air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly
over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes
repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color.
The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin,
the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and
Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the
spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong;
Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind,
made chiefly from young spring buds. See <u>Bohea</u>, <u>Congou</u>,
<i>Gunpowder tea</i>, under <u>Gunpowder</u>, <u>Hyson</u>, <u>Oolong</u>,
and <u>Souchong</u>. <i>K. Johnson. Tomlinson.</i></p>
<p>&fist; "No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till
after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517.
The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb
into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam
early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the
habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe." <i>Encyc. Brit.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling
water; as, <i>tea</i> is a common beverage.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any infusion or decoction, especially when made
of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage <i>tea</i>; chamomile <i>tea</i>;
catnip <i>tea</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The evening meal, at which tea is usually
served; supper.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Arabian tea</b></col>, <cd>the leaves of <i>Catha edulis</i>;
also <i>(Bot.)</i>, the plant itself. See <u>Kat</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Assam
tea</b></col>, <cd>tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there
from China about the year 1850.</cd> -- <col><b>Australian</b></col>, or
<col><b>Botany Bay</b></col>, <col><b>tea</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a
woody clambing plant (<i>Smilax glycyphylla</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Brazilian
tea</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The dried leaves of <i>Lantana
pseodothea</i>, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The dried leaves of <i>Stachytarpheta
mutabilis</i>, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for
preparing a beverage.</cd> -- <col><b>Labrador tea</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Labrador</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Jersey tea</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly
used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See <u>Redroot</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>New Zealand tea</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>New
Zealand</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oswego tea</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Oswego tea</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Paraguay tea</b></col>, <cd>mate. See
1st <u>Mate</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea board</b></col>, <cd>a board or tray
for holding a tea set.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea bug</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant
by sucking the juice of the tender leaves.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea
caddy</b></col>, <cd>a small box for holding tea.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea
chest</b></col>, <cd>a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet
lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea
clam</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a small quahaug.</cd> [Local, U.
S.] -- <col><b>Tea garden</b></col>, <cd>a public garden where tea and
other refreshments are served.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea plant</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a
beverage by infusion; specifically, <i>Thea Chinensis</i>, from which the
tea of commerce is obtained.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea rose</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a delicate and graceful variety of the rose (<i>Rosa
Indica</i>, var. <i>odorata</i>), introduced from China, and so named from
its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea
service</b></col>, <cd>the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea
table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher,
and sugar dish.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea set</b></col>, <cd>a tea service.</cd>
-- <col><b>Tea table</b></col>, <cd>a table on which tea furniture is set,
or at which tea is drunk.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea taster</b></col>, <cd>one who
tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea
tree</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the tea plant of China. See <i>Tea
plant</i>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea urn</b></col>, <cd>a vessel generally
in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or
infusing, tea.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tea</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To take or drink tea.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tea"ber`ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
checkerberry.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teach</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Taught</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Teaching</u>.] [OE. <i>techen</i>, imp. <i>taughte</i>, <i>tahte</i>,
AS. <i>t&?;cean</i>, imp. <i>t&?;hte</i>, to show, teach, akin to
<i>tācn</i> token. See <u>Token</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as
knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or
important; to exhibit impressively; as, to <i>teach</i> arithmetic,
dancing, music, or the like; to <i>teach</i> morals.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If some men <i>teach</i> wicked things, it must be that
others should practice them.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a
preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct
through a course of studies; as, to <i>teach</i> a child or a class.</def>
"He <i>taught</i> his disciples." <i>Mark ix. 31.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The village master <i>taught</i> his little
school.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To accustom; to guide; to show; to
admonish.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I shall myself to herbs <i>teach</i> you.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>They have <i>taught</i> their tongue to speak
lies.</blockquote> <i>Jer. ix. 5.</i></p>
<p>&fist; This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the
other of the thing; as, he <i>taught</i> me Latin grammar. In the passive
construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective
case, while the other becomes the subject; as, I was <i>taught</i> Latin
grammar by him; Latin grammar was <i>taught</i> me by him.</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel;
admonish. See the Note under <u>Learn</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Teach</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To give instruction; to
follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And gladly would he learn, and gladly
<i>teach</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The priests thereof <i>teach</i> for hire.</blockquote>
<i>Micah iii. 11.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teach"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction;
docile.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and
<i>teachable</i>, to learn our religion from the Word of God.</blockquote>
<i>I. Watts.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teach"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Willingness to be
taught.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teache</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Ir. <i>teaghaim</i>,
Gael. <i>teasaich</i>, to heat.] <i>(Sugar Works)</i> <def>One of the
series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar;
especially, the last boiler of the series.</def> <i>Ure.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teach"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct
others; an instructor; a tutor.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who instructs others in religion; a
preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without
regular ordination.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>teachers</i> in all the churches
assembled.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teach"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or business of
instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Education; instruction; breeding. See
<u>Education</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Teach"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not teachable.</def> [R.]
<i>Shelley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tea"cup`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small cup from which
to drink tea.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"cup`ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Teacupfuls</b></plw> (&?;). <def>As much as a teacup can hold;
enough to fill a teacup.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tead</hw>, <hw>Teade</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>taeda</i>, <i>teda</i>.] <def>A torch.</def> [Obs.] "A burning
<i>teade</i>." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tea"gle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tackle</u>.] <def>A
hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Teague</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. W. <i>taeog</i>,
<i>taeawg</i>, adj., rustic, rude, n., a vassal, villain, pleasant, clown,
Ir. <i>th&?;atach</i> rural, boorish.] <def>An Irishman; -- a term used in
contempt.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teak</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Malayalm <i>tekku</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A tree of East Indies (<i>Tectona grandis</i>) which
furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for
shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.</def>
[Written also <i>teek</i>.]</p>
<p><col><b>African teak</b></col>, <cd>a tree (<i>Oldfieldia Africana</i>)
of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also
<i>African oak</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zeland teak</b></col>, <cd>a large
tree (<i>Vitex littoralis</i>) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable
timber.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tea"ket`tle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kettle in which
water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teal</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tele</i>; akin to D.
<i>teling</i> a generation, production, teal, <i>telen</i> to breed,
produce, and E. <i>till</i> to cultivate. The English word probably once
meant, a brood or flock. See <u>Till</u> to cultivate.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus
<i>Anas</i> and the subgenera <i>Querquedula</i> and <i>Nettion</i>. The
male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the
wings.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The common European teal (<i>Anas crecca</i>) and the European
blue-winged teal, or garganey (<i>A. querquedula</i> or <i>A. circia</i>),
are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (<i>A.
discors</i>), the green-winged teal (<i>A. Carolinensis</i>), and the
cinnamon teal (<i>A. cynaoptera</i>) are common species, valued as game
birds. See <u>Garganey</u>.</p>
<p><col><b>Goose teal</b></col>, <cd>a goslet. See <u>Goslet</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Teal duck</b></col>, <cd>the common European teal.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Team</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tem</i>, <i>team</i>,
AS. <i>teám</i>, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family;
akin to D. <i>toom</i> a bridle, LG. <i>toom</i> progeny, team, bridle, G.
<i>zaum</i> a bridle, <i>zeugen</i> to beget, Icel. <i>taumr</i> to rein,
bridle, Dan. <i>tömme</i>, Sw. <i>töm</i>, and also to E.
<i>tow</i> to drag, <i>tug</i> to draw. √64. See <u>Tug</u>, and cf.
<u>Teem</u> to bear.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A group of young animals,
especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>team</i> of ducklings about her.</blockquote>
<i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a number of animals moving
together.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A long <i>team</i> of snowy swans on high.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts
harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or
the like.</def> "A <i>team</i> of dolphins." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To take his <i>team</i> and till the earth.</blockquote>
<i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until
a <i>team</i> of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug
them out of the slough.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A number of persons associated together in any
work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one
side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing,
etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A flock of wild
ducks.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>A royalty or privilege
granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and
judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their
offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances
thereto.</def> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1479 !></p>
<p><hw>Team</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To engage in the
occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in
conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.</def></p>
<p><hw>Team</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To convey or haul with a
team; as, to <i>team</i> lumber.</def> [R.] <i>Thoreau.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teamed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Yoked in, or as in, a
team.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Let their <i>teamed</i> fishes softly swim.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Team"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs,
goods, or the like, with a team.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Manuf.)</i> <def>Contract work.</def> [R.]
<i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><hw>Team"ster</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who drives a
team.</def></p>
<p><hw>Team"work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Work done by a team,
as distinguished from that done by personal labor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"pot`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A vessel with a spout,
in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"poy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind. <i>tipāi</i>;
Hind. <i>tin</i> there + Per. <i>pāe</i> foot.] <def>An ornamental
stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tear</hw> (tēr), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>teár</i>;
akin to G. <i>zärhe</i>, OHG. <i>zahar</i>, OFries. & Icel.
<i>tār</i>, Sw. <i>tår</i>, Dan. <i>taare</i>, Goth.
<i>tagr</i>, OIr. <i>dēr</i>, W. <i>dagr</i>, OW. <i>dacr</i>, L.
<i>lacrima</i>, <i>lacruma</i>, for older <i>dacruma</i>, Gr.
<grk>da`kry</grk>, <grk>da`kryon</grk>, <grk>da`kryma</grk>. √59.
Cf. <u>Lachrymose</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>A drop of
the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the
lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten
the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes
through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by
emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And yet for thee ne wept she never a
<i>tear</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Something in the form of a transparent drop of
fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some
balsams or resins.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Let Araby extol her happy coast,<BR>
Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious <i>tears</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which causes or accompanies tears; a
lament; a dirge.</def> [R.] "Some melodous <i>tear</i>."
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Tear</i> is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, <i>tear</i>-distilling, <i>tear</i>-drop, <i>tear</i>-
filled, <i>tear</i>-stained, and the like.</p>
<p><hw>Tear</hw> (târ), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp.</i></pos> <u>Tore</u> (tōr), ((Obs. <u>Tare</u>)
(târ); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Torn</u> (tōrn); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tearing</u>.] [OE. <i>teren</i>, AS.
<i>teran</i>; akin to OS. far<i>terian</i> to destroy, D. <i>teren</i> to
consume, G. <i>zerren</i> to pull, to tear, <i>zehren</i> to consume, Icel.
<i>tæra</i>, Goth. <i>gataíran</i> to destroy, Lith.
<i>dirti</i> to flay, Russ. <i>drate</i> to pull, to tear, Gr.
<grk>de`rein</grk> to flay, Skr. <i>dar</i> to burst. √63. Cf.
<u>Darn</u>, <u>Epidermis</u>, <u>Tarre</u>, <u>Tirade</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to
rend; to lacerate; as, to <i>tear</i> cloth; to <i>tear</i> a garment; to
<i>tear</i> the skin or flesh.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tear</i> him to pieces; he's a conspirator.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to divide by violent measures; to
disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government <i>torn</i> by
factions.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To rend away; to force away; to remove by force;
to sunder; as, a child <i>torn</i> from its home.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The hand of fate<BR>
Hath <i>torn</i> thee from me.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To pull with violence; as, to <i>tear</i> the
hair.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To move violently; to agitate.</def> "Once I
loved <i>torn</i> ocean's roar." <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To tear a cat</b></col>, <cd>to rant violently; to rave; --
especially applied to theatrical ranting.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i> --
<col><b>To tear down</b></col>, <cd>to demolish violently; to pull or pluck
down.</cd> -- <col><b>To tear off</b></col>, <cd>to pull off by violence;
to strip.</cd> -- <col><b>To tear out</b></col>, <cd>to pull or draw out by
violence; as, <i>to tear out</i> the eyes.</cd> -- <col><b>To tear
up</b></col>, <cd>to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as,
<i>to tear up</i> a floor; <i>to tear up</i> the foundation of government
or order.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tear</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth <i>tears</i>
easily.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush
with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tear</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of tearing, or the
state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.</def> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Wear and tear</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Wear</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Tear"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tears or rends
anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tear"-fall`ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Shedding tears;
tender.</def> [Poetic] "<i>Tear-falling</i> pity." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tear"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Abounding with tears;
weeping; shedding tears; as, <i>tearful</i> eyes.</def> --
<wf>Tear"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tear"ful*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tear"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Shedding no tears; free
from tears; unfeeling.</def> -- <wf>Tear"less*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tear"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tear"pit`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A
cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the
lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and
secretes a waxy substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tear"-thumb`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having
angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tear"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Wet
with tears; tearful.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Consisting of tears, or drops like
tears.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"-sau`cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small saucer in
which a teacup is set.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tease</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Teased</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Teasing</u>.] [AS. <i>t&?;san</i> to pluck, tease; akin to OD.
<i>teesen</i>, MHG. <i>zeisen</i>, Dan. <i>tæse</i>,
<i>tæsse</i>. √58. Cf. <u>Touse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To comb or card, as wool or flax.</def> "<i>Teasing</i> matted wool."
<i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising
a nap; teasel.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>To tear or separate into minute
shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To vex with importunity or impertinence; to
harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and
raillery; to plague.</def> <i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He . . . suffered them to <i>tease</i> him into acts
directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague;
torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin. -- <u>Tease</u>, <u>Vex</u>. To
<i>tease</i> is literally to pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged
annoyance in respect to little things, which is often more irritating, and
harder to bear, than severe pain. <i>Vex</i> meant originally to seize and
bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as, to <i>vex</i> the
ocean with storms. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but <i>vex</i>
is still a stronger word than <i>tease</i>, denoting the disturbance or
anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are
<i>teased</i> by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are <i>vexed</i> by
the carelessness or stupidity of our servants.</p>
<p><blockquote>Not by the force of carnal reason,<BR>
But indefatigable <i>teasing</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly
placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of
others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into <i>vexation</i> and
chagrin.</blockquote> <i>Cogan.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tease tenon</b></col> <i>(Joinery)</i>, <cd>a long tenon at the
top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the
other.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tease</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who teases or
plagues.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tea"sel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tesel</i>, AS.
<i>t&?;sel</i>, <i>t&?;sl</i>, the fuller's herb. See <u>Tease</u>.]
[Written also <i>tassel</i>, <i>tazel</i>, <i>teasle</i>, <i>teazel</i>,
and <i>teazle</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A plant of the
genus <i>Dipsacus</i>, of which one species (<i>D. fullonum</i>) bears a
large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower
head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Small teasel is <i>Dipsacus pilosus</i>, wild teasel is <i>D.
sylvestris</i>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bur of this plant.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any contrivance intended as a substitute for
teasels in dressing cloth.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Teasel frame</b></col>, <cd>a frame or set of iron bars in which
teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tea"sel</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Teaseled</u> (?) or <u>Teaselled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Teaseling</u> or <u>Teaselling</u>.] <def>To subject, as
woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which
has an effect to raise a nap.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"sel*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who uses teasels
for raising a nap on cloth.</def> [Written also <i>teaseller</i>,
<i>teasler</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tea"sel*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The cutting and
gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.</def> [Written also
<i>teaselling</i>, <i>teazling</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Teas"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who teases or vexes.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A jager gull.</def> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tea"sle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Teasel</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"spoon`</hw> (tē"sp&oomac;n`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other
purposes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"spoon`ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Teaspoonfuls</b></plw> (&?;). <def>As much as teaspoon will hold;
enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one
quarter of a tablespoonful.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tete</i>, <i>titte</i>,
AS. <i>tit</i>, <i>titt</i>; akin to LG. & OD. <i>titte</i>, D. <i>tet</i>,
G. <i>zitze</i>: cf. F. <i>tette</i>, probably of Teutonic origin.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The protuberance through which milk is drawn from
the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a
tit.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A small protuberance or nozzle
resembling the teat of an animal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teat"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having protuberances
resembling the teat of an animal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teathe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tath</u>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Teat"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Peevish; tettish;
fretful; -- said of a child. See <u>Tettish</u>.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teaze"-hole`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Corrupted fr. F.
<i>tisard</i> fire door.] <i>(Glass Works)</i> <def>The opening in the
furnaces through which fuel is introduced.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"zel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Teasel</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tea"zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Corrupted fr. F.
<i>tiser</i> to feed a fire.] <def>The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as
in glass works.</def> <i>Tomlinson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tea"zle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Teasel</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"beth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Heb.] <def>The tenth month
of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a
part of January.</def> <i>Esther ii. 16.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tech"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a techy
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being techy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Technical.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Technical</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The method of performance in
any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They illustrate the method of nature, not the <i>technic</i>
of a manlike Artificer.</blockquote> <i>Tyndall.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Technical terms or objects; things
pertaining to the practice of an art or science.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; an art,
probably from the same root as &?;, &?;, to bring forth, produce, and
perhaps akin to E. <i>text</i>: cf. F. <i>technique</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or
the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the
words of an indictment must be <i>technical</i>.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tech`ni*cal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Technicalities</b></plw> (&?;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality
or state of being technical; technicalness.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is technical, or peculiar to any
trade, profession, sect, or the like.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>technicalities</i> of the sect.</blockquote>
<i>Palfrey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a technical
manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art,
business, or profession.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic*al*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being technical; technicality.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nic*als</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>Those things
which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession;
technical terms; technics.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"ni*cist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled in
technics or in one or more of the practical arts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Technological; technical.</def> [R.] <i>Dr. J. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tech`ni*col"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Technology.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tech"nics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The doctrine of arts
in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech`nique"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>Same as
<u>Technic</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Tech"nism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Technicality.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech`no*log"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Technological.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech`no*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>technologique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to technology.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech*nol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled in
technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tech*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; an art + <i>-
logy</i>; cf. Gr. &?; systematic treatment: cf. F. <i>technologie</i>.]
<def>Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the
industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as
spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Technology</i> is not an independent science, having a set of
doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles
established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics,
mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes. <i>Internat. Cyc.</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Tech"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From OE. <i>tecche</i>,
<i>tache</i>, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. <i>tache</i>, <i>teche</i>, a
spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. <i>tache</i> a spot, blemish;
probably akin to E. <i>tack</i> a small nail. See <u>Tack</u> a small nail,
and cf. <u>Touchy</u>.] <def>Peevish; fretful; irritable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tec`ti*branch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tec`ti*bran"chi*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<def>Same as <u>Tectibranchiata</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
L. <i>tectus</i> (p. p. of <i>tegere</i> to cover) + Gr. &?; a gill.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in
which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected
by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and
delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are
examples.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tectus</i>
(p. p. of <i>tegere</i> to cover) + E. <i>branchiate</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or
pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
tectibranchiate mollusk.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tect"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [L. <i>tectus</i> covered,
fr. <i>tegere</i> to cover.] <def>Covertly; privately; secretly.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Holinshed.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tec*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a carpenter +
<i>-logy</i>.] <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>A division of morphology created by
Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely
structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as
composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being
considered an individual. See <u>Promorphology</u>, and
<u>Morphon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tec*ton"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tectonicus</i>, Gr.
&?;, fr. &?;, &?;, a carpenter, builder.] <def>Of or pertaining to building
or construction; architectural.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tec*ton"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The science, or the
art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are
constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in
conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tec*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tectorius</i>.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane
immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tec"tri*ces</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>tegere</i>, <i>tectum</i>, to cover.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The wing
coverts of a bird. See <u>Covert</u>, and <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Bird</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"cum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See
<u>Tucum</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tedded</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tedding</u>.] [Prob. fr. Icel. <i>te&?;ja</i> to spread manure, fr.
<i>ta&?;</i> manure; akin to MHG. <i>zetten</i> to scatter, spread.
√58. Cf. <u>Teathe</u>.] <def>To spread, or turn from the swath, and
scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past
participle.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The smell of grain or <i>tedded</i> grass.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tedded</i> hay and corn sheaved in one
field.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ted"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A machine for stirring
and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ted"der</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. √64. See
<u>Tether</u>.] <def>Same as <u>Tether</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ted"der</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Teddered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Teddering</u>.] <def>Same as <u>Tether</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te` De"um</hw> (?). [L., from <i>te</i> (accus. of <i>tu</i> thou)
+ <i>Deum</i>, accus. of <i>Deus</i> God. See <u>Thou</u>, and
<u>Deity</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An ancient and celebrated Christian
hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so
called from the first words "<i>Te Deum laudamus</i>." It forms part of the
daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions
of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise
thee, O God," it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church
of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A religious service in which the singing of the
hymn forms a principal part.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tedge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Founding)</i> <def>The gate
of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner,
geat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`di*os"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tediousness.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Te"di*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>taediosus</i>, fr.
<i>taedium</i>. See <u>Tedium</u>.] <def>Involving tedium; tiresome from
continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.</def> --
<wf>Te"di*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Te"di*ous*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>I see a man's life is a <i>tedious</i> one.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I would not be <i>tedious</i> to the court.</blockquote>
<i>Bunyan.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See <u>Irksome</u>.</p>
<p><! p. 1480 !></p>
<p><hw>Te"di*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>taedium</i>, fr.
<i>taedet</i> it disgusts, it wearies one.] <def>Irksomeness;
wearisomeness; tediousness.</def> [Written also <i>tædium</i>.]
<i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To relieve the <i>tedium</i>, he kept plying them with all
manner of bams.</blockquote> <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tedium</i> of his office reminded him more strongly
of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.</blockquote>
<i>Dickens.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tee</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel. <i>tjā</i> to
show, mark.] <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The mark aimed at in curling and in
quoits.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The nodule of earth from which the
ball is struck in golf.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A short piece of pipe having a
lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle
with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter <u>T</u> in
shape.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee" i`ron</hw> (?). <def>See <i>T iron</i>, under
<u>T</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teek</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See
<u>Teak</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Teel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Sesame.</def> [Sometimes
written <i>til</i>.]</p>
<p><col><b>Teel oil</b></col>, <cd>sesame oil.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Teel"seed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The seed of
sesame.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teem</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>tæma</i> to
empty, from <i>tōmr</i> empty; akin to Dan. <i>tömme</i> to
empty, Sw. <i>tömma</i>. See <u>Toom</u> to empty.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To pour; -- commonly followed by <i>out</i>; as, to <i>teem</i> out
ale.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Steel Manuf.)</i> <def>To pour, as steel, from a
melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Tame</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Beteem</u>.] <def>To think fit.</def>
[Obs. or R.] <i>G. Gifford.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Teemed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Teeming</u>.] [OE.
<i>temen</i>, AS. <i>tēman</i>, <i>t&?;man</i>, from
<i>teám</i>. See <u>Team</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bring
forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be
pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If she must <i>teem</i>,<BR>
Create her child of spleen.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be
stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>His mind <i>teeming</i> with schemes of future deceit to
cover former villainy.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
<i>teem</i> in our time.</blockquote> <i>F. Harrison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To produce; to bring
forth.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;<BR>
Each minute <i>teems</i> a new one.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teem"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who teems, or brings
forth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teem"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Pregnant; prolific.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Brimful.</def> [Obs.] <i>Ainsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teem"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Prolific;
productive.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Teeming</i> buds and cheerful appear.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teem"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not fruitful or prolific;
barren; as, a <i>teemless</i> earth.</def> [Poetic] <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teen</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tene</i>, AS.
<i>teóna</i> reproach, wrong, fr. <i>teón</i> to accuse; akin
to G. <i>zeihen</i>, Goth. ga<i>teihan</i> to tell, announce, L.
<i>dicere</i> to say. See <u>Token</u>.] <def>Grief; sorrow; affiction;
pain.</def> [Archaic] <i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>With public toil and private <i>teen</i><BR>
Thou sank'st alone.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teen</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [AS. <i>teónian</i>,
<i>t&?;nan</i>, to slander, vex. √64. See <u>Teen</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to
injure.</def> [Obs.] <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teen</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Tine</u> to shut.]
<def>To hedge or fence in; to inclose.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teen"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The longer wood for
making or mending fences.</def> [Prov. Eng.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teend</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [See <u>Tinder</u>.]
<def>To kindle; to burn.</def> [Obs.] <i>Herrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teen"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of teen; harmful;
grievous; grieving; afflicted.</def> [Obs.] <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teens</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [See <u>Ten</u>.] <def>The
years of one's age having the termination <i>-teen</i>, beginning with
thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her
<i>teens</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee"ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Very small; tiny.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Teen"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Teen</u> grief.]
<def>Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee*ong"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
mino bird.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teest</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tinsmith's stake, or
small anvil.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee"tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
pipit.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee"tee</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>tití</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of
small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to <i>Callithrix</i>,
<i>Chrysothrix</i>, and allied genera; as, the collared <i>teetee</i>
(<i>Callithrix torquatus</i>), and the squirrel <i>teetee</i>
(<i>Chrysothrix sciurea</i>). Called also <i>pinche</i>, <i>titi</i>, and
<i>saimiri</i>. See <i>Squirrel monkey</i>, under
<u>Squirrel</u>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A diving petrel of Australia
(<i>Halodroma wrinatrix</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Teetered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Teetering</u>.] [Prov. E. <i>titter</i> to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel.
<i>titra</i> to tremble, OHG. <i>zittarōn</i>, G. <i>zittern</i>.]
<def>To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as
children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.</def> [U.
S.]</p>
<p><blockquote>[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and <i>teetered</i> up
and down.</blockquote> <i>H. W. Beecher.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tee"ter-tail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under <u>Sandpiper</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teeth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <def><pos><i>pl.</i></pos> of
<u>Tooth</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teeth</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Teethed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Teething</u>.] <def>To breed, or grow, teeth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teeth"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The process of the
first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the
gums; dentition.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee*to"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Entire; total.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One pledged to
entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The principle or
practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Entirely;
totally.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee*to"tum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For T-<i>totum</i>. It
was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having
the letter <u>T</u> on it, standing for Latin <i>totum</i> all, meaning,
take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a
letter indicating an English or Latin word; as <u>P</u> meaning put down,
<u>N</u> nothing or L. <i>nil</i>, <u>H</u> half. See <u>Total</u>.] <def>A
child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the
fingers.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a
<i>teetotum</i> nearly spent.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tee"tuck</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The rock pipit.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee"uck</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The lapwing.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tee"wit</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
pewit.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Teg</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A sheep in its second year;
also, a doe in its second year.</def> [Prov. Eng.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Teg"men</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tegmina</b></plw> (#). [L., fr. <i>tegere</i>, <i>tectum</i>, to
cover.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A tegument or covering.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The inner layer of the coating of
a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the elytra of an
insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Tectrices</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teg*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the <i>tegmental</i> layer of
the epiblast; the <i>tegmental</i> cells of the taste buds.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Teg*men"tum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tegmenta</b></plw> (#). [L., a covering.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A
covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in
the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*guex"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
large South American lizard (<i>Tejus teguexin</i>). It becomes three or
four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of
various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and
birds' eggs. The closely allied species <i>Tejus rufescens</i> is called
<i>red teguexin</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Teg"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tegulæ</b></plw> (#). [L., a tile, dim. fr. <i>tegere</i> to
cover.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small appendage situated above the base
of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teg"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL. <i>tegularis</i>, from
L. <i>tegula</i> a tile. See <u>Tile</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a tile;
resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a
<i>tegular</i> pavement.</def> -- <wf>Teg"u*lar*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Teg`u*la"ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Composed of small
plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of
ancient armor.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teg"u*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tegumentum</i>,
from <i>tegere</i> to cover. See <u>Thatch</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and
cf. <u>Detect</u>, <u>Protect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A cover or
covering; an integument.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, the covering of a living body, or of
some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teg`u*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tégumentaire</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a tegument or
teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or
covering.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te-hee"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & interj.</i></pos> <def>A tittering
laugh; a titter.</def> "'<i>Te-hee</i>,' quoth she." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te-hee"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To titter; to laugh
derisively.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She cried, "Come, come; you must not look grave upon me."
Upon this, I <i>te-heed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Madame D'Arblay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teil</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>teil</i>, <i>til</i>, L.
<i>tilia</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The lime tree, or linden; -- called also
<i>teil tree</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teind</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel. <i>tīund</i>.
See <u>Tithe</u>.] <def>A tithe.</def> [Scot.] <i>Jamieson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Teyne</u>.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tein"land</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i>
<def>Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tei"no*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; to extend +
<i>-scope</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument formed by combining
prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear
dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished;
-- called also <i>prism telescope</i>.</def> <i>Sir D. Brewster.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teint</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>teint</i>,
<i>teinte</i>. See <u>Tint</u>.] <def>Tint; color; tinge, See
<u>Tint</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Time shall . . . embrown the <i>teint</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tein"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Tincture</u>.]
<def>Color; tinge; tincture.</def> [Obs.] <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tek</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
Siberian ibex.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tel`a*mo"nes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L., pl. of
<i>telamo</i> or <i>telamon</i>, Gr. &?; a bearer, fr. &?; to bear.]
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Atlantes</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; end + &?; vessel + &?; extension.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Dilatation of the
capillary vessels.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Telangiectasis.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"lar*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a weblike
manner.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Telarly</i> interwoven." <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te"la*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL. <i>telaris</i>, fr. L.
<i>tela</i> a web. See <u>Toil</u> a snare.] <def>Of or pertaining to a
web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.</def> "Pictures of <i>telary</i>
spiders." <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*du</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An
East Indian carnivore (<i>Mydaus meliceps</i>) allied to the badger, and
noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that
of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and
has long, silky fur. Called also <i>stinking badger</i>, and
<i>stinkard</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*gram</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far + <i>-
gram</i>.] <def>A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic
dispatch.</def></p>
<p>&fist; "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at
some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is
<i>telegram</i>, instead of <i>telegraphic dispatch</i>, or <i>telegraphic
communication</i>." <i>Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*gram*mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to, or
resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*graph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far, far off
(cf. Lith. <i>toli</i>) + <i>-graph</i>: cf. F.
<i>télégraphe</i>. See <u>Graphic</u>.] <def>An apparatus, or
a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points,
especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing
words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical
action.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The instruments used are classed as <i>indicator</i>, <i>type-
printing</i>, <i>symbol-printing</i>, or <i>chemical-printing
telegraphs</i>, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of
a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone's (the form commonly used
in England), or by impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types, as
in House's and Hughe's, or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a
magnet, as in Morse's, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as
in Bain's. In the offices in the United States the recording instrument is
now little used, the receiving operator reading by ear the combinations of
long and short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an electro-
magnet as it is put in motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit,
which motion, in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the
lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See
<i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</p>
<p><col><b>Acoustic telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Acoustic</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Dial telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a telegraph
in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed
upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus
being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving
station accurately copies the movements of that at the sending
station.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric telegraph</b></col>, or <col><b>Electro-
magnetic telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a telegraph in which an operator at one
station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current
of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening
wire.</cd> -- <col><b>Facsimile telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Facsimile</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Indicator telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Indicator</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Pan-telegraph</b></col>, <cd>an
electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an
autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant station.</cd> -
- <col><b>Printing telegraph</b></col>, <cd>an electric telegraph which
automatically prints the message as it is received at a distant station, in
letters, not signs.</cd> -- <col><b>Signal telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a
telegraph in which preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise,
at one station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a
semaphore.</cd> -- <col><b>Submarine telegraph cable</b></col>, <cd>a
telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of
water.</cd> -- <col><b>Telegraph cable</b></col>, <cd>a telegraphic cable
consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and
protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use
on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under
ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean.</cd> --
<col><b>Telegraph plant</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a leguminous plant
(<i>Desmodium gyrans</i>) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up
and down like the signals of a semaphore.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*graph</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Telegraphed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Telegraphing</u> (?).] [F. <i>télégraphier</i>.] <def>To
convey or announce by telegraph.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*pher</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who sends
telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*graph"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>télégraphique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the
telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, <i>telegraphic</i>
signals; <i>telegraphic</i> art; <i>telegraphic</i> intelligence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*graph"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Telegraphic.</def> -- <wf>Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*phist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled in
telegraphy; a telegrapher.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>télégraphie</i>.] <def>The science or art of constructing,
or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine
<i>telegraphy</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*lem"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far + <i>-
meter</i>.] <def>An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object
from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the
apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te`le*o*ceph"i*al</hw>
(tē`l&esl;*&osl;*s&ebreve;f"&adot;*lī <i>or</i>
t&ebreve;`l&esl;-), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>te`leos</grk> complete + <grk>kefalh`</grk> head.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market
species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*o*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>téléologique</i>.] <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
teleology, or the doctrine of design.</def> --
<wf>Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*ol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Biol.)</i>
<def>One versed in teleology.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;,
<grk>teleos</grk>, the end or issue + <i>-logy</i>: cf. F.
<i>téléologie</i>.] <def>The doctrine of the final causes of
things</def>; specif. <i>(Biol.)</i>, <def>the doctrine of design, which
assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of
evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way
admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological
science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"le*o*phore`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>teleos</grk>
complete + &?; to bear.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Gonotheca</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*or*gan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>teleos</grk> complete + E. <i>organic</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>Vital; as, <i>teleorganic</i> functions.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*o*saur"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Paleon.)</i>
<def>Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus
and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have
biconcave vertebræ.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te`le*o*sau"rus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
complete, perfect + &?; a lizard.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A genus of extinct
crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender
snout.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"le*ost</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; complete + &?;
bone.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the Teleosti. Also used
adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*os"te*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the teleosts.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
teleostean fish.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te`le*os"te*i</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
complete + &?; bone.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A subclass of fishes
including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the
ganoids.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1481 !></p>
<p><hw>||Te"le*os`to*mi</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; complete + &?; mouth.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An extensive division
of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the
ganoids.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te`le*o*zo"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Having tissued composed of cells.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*le*o*zo"ön</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A metazoan.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*lep"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off + &?;,
&?;, to suffer.] <def>The sympathetic affection of one mind by the
thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without
communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.</def> --
<wf>Tel`e*path"ic</wf>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> -- <wf>Te*lep"a*thist</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*pheme</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; afar + &?; a
saying.] <def>A message by a telephone.</def> [Recent]</p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*phone</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off + &?;
sound.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for reproducing sounds,
especially articulate speech, at a distance.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which
currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain
mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to
the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant
station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds
by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical
currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin
diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an
induction coil. In the <i>magnetic telephone</i>, or <i>magneto-
telephone</i>, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a
magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce
corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The
<i>mechanical</i>, or <i>string</i>, <i>telephone</i> is a device in which
the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are
directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar
diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not
employ electricity.</p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*phone</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To convey or announce
by telephone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*phon"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>téléphonique</i>. See <u>Telephone</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Conveying sound to a great distance.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the
telephone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By
telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*leph"o*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or process
of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off
+ E. <i>polariscope</i>.] <i>(Opt.)</i> <def>A polariscope arranged to be
attached to a telescope.</def> <i>Lockyer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*ryth"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; end + E.
<i>erythrin</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A red crystalline compound related
to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of
the series of erythrin compounds.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; viewing afar,
farseeing; &?; far, far off + &?; a watcher, akin to &?; to view: cf. F.
<i>télescope</i>. See <u>Telegraph</u>, and <u>-scope</u>.] <def>An
optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly
bodies.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by
enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus
magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the
eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus
rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct
and or invisible. Its essential parts are the <i>object glass</i>, or
<i>concave mirror</i>, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image
of the object, and the <i>eyeglass</i>, which is a microscope, by which the
image is magnified.</p>
<p><col><b>Achromatic telescope</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Achromatic</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Aplanatic telescope</b></col>, <cd>a
telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece.</cd> -- <col><b>Astronomical
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so
constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass,
and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in
astronomical observations.</cd> -- <col><b>Cassegrainian
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a reflecting telescope invented by
<i>Cassegrain</i>, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the
secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large
speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in
their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see <i>Illust.</i> under
<i>Reflecting telescope</i>, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope.</cd> --
<col><b>Dialytic telescope</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Dialytic</u>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Equatorial telescope</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Equatorial</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Galilean telescope</b></col>, <cd>a
refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex
lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally
adopted by <i>Galileo</i>, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the
objects erect, that is, in their natural positions.</cd> --
<col><b>Gregorian telescope</b></col>, <cd>a form of reflecting telescope.
See under <u>Gregorian</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Herschelian
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir
William <i>Herschel</i>, in which only one speculum is employed, by means
of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of
the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly.</cd> --
<col><b>Newtonian telescope</b></col>, <cd>a form of reflecting telescope.
See under <u>Newtonian</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Photographic
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a telescope specially constructed to make
photographs of the heavenly bodies.</cd> -- <col><b>Prism
telescope</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Teinoscope</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reflecting
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a telescope in which the image is formed by a
speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower
end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an
object glass. See <i>Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, ∧
Newtonian, telescopes</i>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>Refracting
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a telescope in which the image is formed by
refraction through an object glass.</cd> -- <col><b>Telescope
carp</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the telescope fish.</cd> --
<col><b>Telescope fish</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a monstrous
variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes.</cd> --
<col><b>Telescope fly</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>any two-winged fly
of the genus <i>Diopsis</i>, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies
are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks.</cd> --
<col><b>Telescope shell</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>an elongated
gastropod (<i>Cerithium telescopium</i>) having numerous flattened
whorls.</cd> -- <col><b>Telescope sight</b></col> <i>(Firearms)</i>, <cd>a
slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the
eyepiece and used as a sight.</cd> -- <col><b>Terrestrial
telescope</b></col>, <cd>a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses
more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and
exhibiting objects erect.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Telescoped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Telescoping</u> (?).] <def>To slide or pass one within another, after
the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into
collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into
another.</def> [Recent]</p>
<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to come into
collision, so as to telescope.</def> [Recent]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Tel`e*scop"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tel`e*scop"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>télescopique</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a
telescope.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as,
<i>telescopic</i> stars.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Able to discern objects at a distance;
farseeing; far-reaching; as, a <i>telescopic</i> eye; <i>telescopic</i>
vision.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Having the power of extension by joints sliding
one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass;
especially <i>(Mach.)</i>, constructed of concentric tubes, either
stationary, as in the <i>telescopic</i> boiler, or movable, as in the
<i>telescopic</i> chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by
being lowered endwise.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*scop"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*les"co*pist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who uses a
telescope.</def> <i>R. A. Proctor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*les"co*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or practice
of using or making telescopes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"esm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>tilism</i>. See
<u>Talisman</u>.] <def>A kind of amulet or magical charm.</def> [Obs.]
<i>J. Gregory.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tel`es*mat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tel`es*mat"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.</def>
<i>J. Gregory.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*spec"tro*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off
+ E. <i>spectroscope</i>.] <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>A spectroscope arranged to
be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun
or stars.</def> <i>Lockyer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off
+ E. <i>stereoscope</i>.] <i>(Opt.)</i> <def>A stereoscope adapted to view
distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*les"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; fit for
finishing, from &?; to finish.] <def>Tending or relating to a purpose or an
end.</def> [R.] <i>Cudworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*les"tich</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; the end + &?; a
line, verse.] <def>A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken
consequently, make a name. Cf. <u>Acrostic</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off
+ E. <i>thermometer</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An apparatus for
determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric
circuit or otherwise.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*leu"to*spore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; completion +
E. <i>spore</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The thick-celled winter or resting
spore of the rusts (order <i>Uredinales</i>), produced in late summer. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Uredospore</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, from &?; the end.]
<i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished
from <i>ecbatic</i>. See <u>Ecbatic</u>.</def> <i>Gibbs.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tell</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Told</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Telling</u>.] [AS. <i>tellan</i>, from <i>talu</i> tale, number, speech;
akin to D. <i>tellen</i> to count, G. <i>zählen</i>, OHG.
<i>zellen</i> to count, tell, say, Icel. <i>telja</i>, Dan. <i>tale</i> to
speak, <i>tælle</i> to count. See <u>Tale</u> that which is told.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to
recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to <i>tell</i>
money.</def> "An heap of coin he <i>told</i>." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>telleth</i> the number of the stars.</blockquote>
<i>Ps. cxlvii. 4.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tell</i> the joints of the body.</blockquote> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To utter or recite in detail; to give an account
of; to narrate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Of which I shall <i>tell</i> all the array.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And not a man appears to <i>tell</i> their
fate.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make known; to publish; to disclose; to
divulge.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Why didst thou not <i>tell</i> me that she was thy
wife?</blockquote> <i>Gen. xii. 18.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To give instruction to; to make report to; to
acquaint; to teach; to inform.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A secret pilgrimage,<BR>
That you to-day promised to <i>tell</i> me of?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To order; to request; to command.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>told</i> her not to be frightened.</blockquote>
<i>Dickens.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To discern so as to report; to ascertain by
observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not <i>tell</i> where one
color ends and the other begins.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to
value; to estimate.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I ne <i>told</i> no dainity of her love.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Tell</i>, though equivalent in some respect to <i>speak</i>
and <i>say</i>, has not always the same application. We say, to <i>tell</i>
truth or falsehood, to <i>tell</i> a number, to <i>tell</i> the reasons, to
<i>tell</i> something or nothing; but we never say, to <i>tell</i> a
speech, discourse, or oration, or to <i>tell</i> an argument or a lesson.
It is much used in commands; as, <i>tell</i> me the whole story;
<i>tell</i> me all you know.</p>
<p><col><b>To tell off</b></col>, <cd>to count; to divide.</cd> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.</p>
<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To give
an account; to make report.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and
<i>tell</i> of all thy wondrous works.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xxvi. 7.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as,
every shot <i>tells</i>; every expression <i>tells</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>To tell of</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To speak of; to
mention; to narrate or describe.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To inform
against; to disclose some fault of.</cd> -- <col><b>To tell on</b></col>,
<cd>to inform against.</cd> [Archaic & Colloq.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Lest they should <i>tell on</i> us, saying, So did
David.</blockquote> <i>1 Sam. xxvii. 11.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is told; tale;
account.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I am at the end of my <i>tell</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Walpole.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar.] <def>A hill or mound.</def>
<i>W. M. Thomson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tell"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
told.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"len</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any
species of Tellina.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tell"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or
describer.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of four officers of the English Exchequer,
formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys
payable by the king.</def> <i>Cowell.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An officer of a bank who receives and counts
over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>One who is appointed to count the votes given in
a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tell"er*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office or
employment of a teller.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tel*li"na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind
of shellfish.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of marine bivalve mollusks
having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tell"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Operating with great
effect; effective; as, a <i>telling</i> speech.</def> --
<wf>Tell"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tell"tale`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Telling tales;
babbling.</def> "The <i>telltale</i> heart." <i>Poe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tell"tale`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others;
one who tells that which prudence should suppress.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A movable piece of ivory, lead, or
other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice,
by its position, when the wind is exhausted.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A mechanical
attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows
the position of the helm.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A compass in the
cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all
hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A machine or contrivance for
indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon
employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like,
by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The tattler. See
<u>Tattler</u>.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1482 !></p>
<p><hw>Tel*lu"ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tellus</i>, <i>-
uris</i>, the earth.] <def>Of or pertaining to the earth.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*rate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tellurate</i>.
See <u>Tellurium</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of telluric
acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
telluride.</def> [Obsoles.]</p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*ret`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.</def> [Written
also <i>telluretted</i>.] [Obsoles.]</p>
<p><col><b>Tellureted hydrogen</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>hydrogen
telluride, H<sub>2</sub>Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen
sulphide; -- called also <i>tellurhydric acid</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel`lur*hy"dric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is
regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tellus</i>, <i>-
uris</i>, the earth.] <def>Of or pertaining to the earth.</def> <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*an</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
dweller on the earth.</def> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An instrument for showing the operation of the
causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of
the seasons.</def> [Written also <i>tellurion</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tel*lu"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tellus</i>, <i>-
uris</i>, the earth: cf. F. <i>tellurique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Amid these hot, <i>telluric</i> flames.</blockquote>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to tellurium;
derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those
compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with
<i>tellurous</i> compounds; as, <i>telluric acid</i>, which is analogous to
sulphuric acid.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Telluric bismuth</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>tetradymite.</cd>
-- <col><b>Telluric silver</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>hessite.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*ride</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly
called <i>telluret</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*rism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An hypothesis of
animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the
phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or
influence.</def> [R.] <i>S. Thompson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*rite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of tellurous acid.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Oxide of tellurium. It occurs
sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., from L.
<i>tellus</i>, <i>-uris</i>, the earth.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A rare
nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found
native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually
combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite,
with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Graphic tellurium</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Sylvanite</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tellurium glance</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>,
<cd>nagyagite; -- called also <i>black tellurium</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*rize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To
impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used
adjectively in the past participle; as, <i>tellurized</i> ores.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"lu*rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower
valence as contrasted with <i>telluric</i> compounds; as, <i>tellurous
acid</i>, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`o*dy*nam"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far + E.
<i>dynamic</i>.] <def>Relating to a system for transmitting power to a
distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys
of large diameter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`oo*goo"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Telugu</u>.</def> <i>D. O. Allen.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Te*lot"ro*cha</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Telotrochæ</b></plw> (#). [NL. See <u>Telotrochal</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of
cilia.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Te*lot"ro*chal</hw> (?), <hw>Te*lot"ro*chous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; complete + &?; wheel, hoop.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having both a preoral and a posterior band of
cilla; -- applied to the larvæ of certain annelids.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"o*type</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far off + <i>-
type</i>.] <def>An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters
and not in signs.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel"pher</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; far, far off + &?;
to bear.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles
or loads by means of electricity.</def> <i>Fleeming Jenkin.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Telpher line</b></col>, or <col><b>Telpher road</b></col>,
<cd>an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are
moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the
line.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tel"pher*age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The conveyance of
vehicles or loads by means of electricity.</def> <i>Fleeming
Jenkin.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tel"son</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Telsons</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a boundary, limit.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of
the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See
<u>Thoracostraca</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`u*gu"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency.
In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various
forms) and Bengali.</def> [Spelt also <i>Teloogoo</i>.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the people speaking the Telugu
language.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tel`u*gu"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Telugu language, or the Telugus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`er*a"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>temerarius</i>. See <u>Temerity</u>.] <def>Unreasonably adventurous;
despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.</def> --
<wf>Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>I spake against <i>temerarious</i> judgment.</blockquote>
<i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem`er*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>temerare</i> to
defile.] <def>Temerity.</def> [Obs.] <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*mer"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>temeritas</i>,
from <i>temere</i> by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. <i>tamas</i>
darkness: cf. F. <i>témérité</i>.] <def>Unreasonable
contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the
<i>temerity</i> of a commander in war.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness. -
- <u>Temerity</u>, <u>Rashness</u>. These words are closely allied in
sense, but have a slight difference in their use and application.
<i>Temerity</i> is Latin, and <i>rashness</i> is Anglo-Saxon. As in many
such cases, the Latin term is more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon
more familiar and energetic. We show <i>temerity</i> in hasty decisions,
and the conduct to which they lead. We show <i>rashness</i> in particular
actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of
<i>temerity</i> to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of
<i>rashness</i> to jump into a river without being able to swim.
<i>Temerity</i>, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger;
<i>rashness</i> is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited
feeling.</p>
<p><blockquote>It is notorious <i>temerity</i> to pass sentence upon
grounds uncapable of evidence.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Her <i>rush</i> hand in evil hour<BR>
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Temerarious.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tem*pe"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its
beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful;
charming.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tempered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tempering</u>.] [AS. <i>temprian</i> or OF. <i>temper</i>, F.
<i>tempérer</i>, and (in sense 3) <i>temper</i>, L.
<i>temperare</i>, akin to <i>tempus</i> time. Cf. <u>Temporal</u>,
<u>Distemper</u>, <u>Tamper</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To mingle in due
proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new
element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to
assuage; to soothe; to calm.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Puritan austerity was so <i>tempered</i> by Dutch
indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder
system.</blockquote> <i>Bancroft.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee<BR>
To <i>temper</i> man: we had been brutes without you.</blockquote>
<i>Otway.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>But thy fire<BR>
Shall be more <i>tempered</i>, and thy hope far higher.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about
her, that <i>tempered</i> the light into a thousand beautiful shades and
colors.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fit together; to adjust; to
accomodate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater,
<i>tempered</i> itself to every man's liking.</blockquote> <i>Wisdom xvi.
21.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>To bring to a proper degree of
hardness; as, to <i>temper</i> iron or steel.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tempered</i> metals clash, and yield a silver
sound.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To govern; to manage.</def> [A Latinism &
Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>With which the damned ghosts he governeth,<BR>
And furies rules, and Tartare <i>tempereth</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To moisten to a proper consistency and stir
thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>To adjust, as the mathematical
scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"per</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state
of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various
ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the
<i>temper</i> of mortar.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Constitution of body; temperament; in old
writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood,
choler, phlegm, and melancholy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily <i>temper</i>
increased the exquisiteness of his torment.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Disposition of mind; the constitution of the
mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm
<i>temper</i>; a hasty <i>temper</i>; a fretful <i>temper</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Remember with what mild<BR>
And gracious <i>temper</i> he both heared and judged.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The consequents of a certain ethical
<i>temper</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. H. Newman.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity;
composure; as, to keep one's <i>temper</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To fall with dignity, with <i>temper</i> rise.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Restore yourselves to your <i>tempers</i>,
fathers.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness
to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The state of a metal or other substance,
especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or
cooling; as, the <i>temper</i> of iron or steel.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Middle state or course; mean; medium.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The perfect lawgiver is a just <i>temper</i> between the
mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the
mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular
circumstances.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Sugar Works)</i> <def>Milk of lime, or other
substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify
sugar.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Temper screw</b></col>, <cd>in deep well boring, an adjusting
screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for
lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See
<u>Disposition</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"per</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have or get a proper or desired state or
quality; to grow soft and pliable.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I have him already <i>tempering</i> between my finger and my
thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tem"pe*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Paint.)</i>
<def>A mode or process of painting; distemper.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common
vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together,
the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
tempered.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The fusible, hard, and <i>temperable</i> texture of
metals.</blockquote> <i>Emerson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>temperamentum</i> a mixing in due proportion, proper measure,
temperament: cf. F. <i>tempérament</i>. See <u>Temper</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Internal constitution;
state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or
constituent parts.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just
state and <i>temperament</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought
about by mutual compromises or concessions.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any
<i>temperament</i> that can be found in things of this nature, so
disputable on their side.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment,
as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by
which such adjustment is effected.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Wholesome <i>temperaments</i> of the rashness of popular
assemblies.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Mackintosh.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Condition with regard to heat or cold;
temperature.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Bodies are denominated "hot" and "cold" in proportion to the
present <i>temperament</i> of that part of our body to which they are
applied.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A system of compromises in the
tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated
with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part
canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of
twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is
yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning,
although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the
convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale,
C♯ becoming identical with D♭, and so on.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The peculiar physical and
mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to
be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the
constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile,
blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric
<i>temperament</i>, sanguine <i>temperament</i>, etc., implying a
predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the
temperament.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Equal temperament</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>that in which the
variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the
keys alike.</cd> -- <col><b>Unequal temperament</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>,
<cd>that in which the variations are thrown into the keys least
used.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem`per*a*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to temperament; constitutional.</def> [R.] <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>temperantia</i>:
cf. F. <i>tempérance</i>. See <u>Temper</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Habitual moderation in regard to the
indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate
indulgence; moderation; as, <i>temperance</i> in eating and drinking;
<i>temperance</i> in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically,
moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating
liquors.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moderation of passion; patience; calmness;
sedateness.</def> [R.] "A gentleman of all <i>temperance</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He calmed his wrath with goodly
<i>temperance</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>State with regard to heat or cold;
temperature.</def> [Obs.] "Tender and delicate <i>temperance</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Temperance society</b></col>, <cd>an association formed for the
purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a
beverage.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*an*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Temperance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>temperatus</i>, p.
p. of <i>temperare</i>. See <u>Temper</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Moderate; not excessive; as, <i>temperate</i> heat;
a <i>temperate</i> climate.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not marked with passion; not violent; cool;
calm; as, <i>temperate</i> language.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She is not hot, but <i>temperate</i> as the
morn.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>That sober freedom out of which there springs<BR>
Our loyal passion for our <i>temperate</i> kings.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Moderate in the indulgence of the natural
appetites or passions; as, <i>temperate</i> in eating and
drinking.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Be sober and <i>temperate</i>, and you will be
healthy.</blockquote> <i>Franklin.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Proceeding from temperance.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>temperate</i> sleeps, and spirits light as
air.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Temperate zone</b></col> <i>(Geog.)</i>, <cd>that part of the
earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle;
-- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold
less than in the frigid zones.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To render
temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>It inflames temperance, and <i>temperates</i>
wrath.</blockquote> <i>Marston.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ate*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a temperate
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ate*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. L.
<i>temperativus</i> soothing.] <def>Having power to temper.</def> [R.]
<i>T. Granger.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>température</i>, L. <i>temperatura</i> due measure, proportion,
temper, temperament.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Constitution; state; degree
of any quality.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The best composition and <i>temperature</i> is, to have
openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable
use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Memory depends upon the consistence and the
<i>temperature</i> of the brain.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Freedom from passion; moderation.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,<BR>
Most goodly <i>temperature</i> you may descry.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>Condition with respect to heat
or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the
thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the
<i>temperature</i> of the air; high <i>temperature</i>; low
<i>temperature</i>; <i>temperature</i> of freezing or of boiling.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Mixture; compound.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Made a <i>temperature</i> of brass and iron
together.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Absolute temperature</b></col>. <i>(Physics)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Absolute</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Animal temperature</b></col>
<i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>the nearly constant temperature maintained in the
bodies of warm-blooded (<i>homoiothermal</i>) animals during life. The
ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the
food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See
<u>Homoiothermal</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Temperature sense</b></col>
<i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of
perceiving differences of temperature in external objects.</cd> <i>H. N.
Martin.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1483 !></p>
<p><hw>Tem"pered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Brought to a proper
temper; as, <i>tempered</i> steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used
in composition; as, a good-<i>tempered</i> or bad-<i>tempered</i> man; a
well-<i>tempered</i> sword.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc.,
are mixed with water.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"per*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>The
process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a
substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel
the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in
first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other
liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually
until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as
indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of
oil.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tempering color</b></col>, <cd>the shade of color that indicates
the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets,
razors, and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps,
etc.; brown yellow for axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with
purple for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch springs;
blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged with green, too soft
for steel instruments.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tempeste</i>, F.
<i>tempête</i>, (assumed) LL. <i>tempesta</i>, fr. L.
<i>tempestas</i> a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to
<i>tempus</i> time. See <u>Temporal</u> of time.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and
violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious
storm.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>[We] caught in a fiery <i>tempest</i>, shall be hurled,<BR>
Each on his rock transfixed.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a
political <i>tempest</i>; a <i>tempest</i> of war, or of the
passions.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note
under <u>Drum</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.</def> [Archaic]
<i>Smollett.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Tempest</i> is sometimes used in the formation of self-
explaining compounds; as, <i>tempest</i>-beaten, <i>tempest</i>-loving,
<i>tempest</i>-tossed, <i>tempest</i>-winged, and the like.</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Storm; agitation; perturbation. See <u>Storm</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>tempester</i>, F.
<i>tempêter</i> to rage.] <def>To disturb as by a tempest.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Part huge of bulk<BR>
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,<BR>
<i>Tempest</i> the ocean.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To storm.</def> [Obs.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem*pes"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tempestivus</i>.]
<def>Seasonable; timely; as, <i>tempestive</i> showers.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Heywood.</i> -- <wf>Tem*pes"tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tempestivitas</i>.] <def>The quality, or state, of being tempestive;
seasonableness.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem*pes"tu*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tempestuous</i>: cf. OF. <i>tempestueux</i>, F.
<i>tempêtueux</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or
resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, <i>tempestuous</i>
weather; a <i>tempestuous</i> night; a <i>tempestuous</i> debate.</def> --
<wf>Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>They saw the Hebrew leader,<BR>
Waiting, and clutching his <i>tempestuous</i> beard.</blockquote>
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"plar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>templere</i>, F.
<i>templier</i>, LL. <i>templarius</i>. See <u>Temple</u> a church.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of a religious and military order first
established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the
protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars,
or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment
of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were
bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by
the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their
reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of
money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars,
however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of
Vienne in 1312.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A student of law, so called from having
apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged
to the Knights Templars. See <i>Inner Temple</i>, and <i>Middle Temple</i>,
under <u>Temple</u>.</def> [Eng.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One belonged to a certain order or degree among
the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among
temperance men, styled Good Templars.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"plar</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a
temple.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Solitary, family, and <i>templar</i> devotion.</blockquote>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"plate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Templet</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Templet</u>.]
<i>(Weaving)</i> <def>A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web
stretched transversely.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>temple</i>, F.
<i>tempe</i>, from L. <i>tempora</i>, <i>tempus</i>; perhaps originally,
the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as
<i>tempus</i>, <i>temporis</i>, the fitting or appointed time. See
<u>Temporal</u> of time, and cf. <u>Tempo</u>, <u>Tense</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The space, on
either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic
arch and in front of the ear.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles,
jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the
spectacles in place.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tempel</i>, from L.
<i>templum</i> a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. &?; a piece
of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. <i>témple</i>,
from the Latin. Cf. <u>Contemplate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A place
or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the <i>temple</i> of
Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.</def> "The <i>temple</i> of
mighty Mars." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i> <def>The edifice erected at
Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Jesus walked in the <i>temple</i> in Solomon's
porch.</blockquote> <i>John x. 23.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a
place of public worship; a church.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of
God enter with any pleasure a <i>temple</i> consecrated to devotion and
sanctified by prayer?</blockquote> <i>Buckminster.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence
specially resides.</def> "The <i>temple</i> of his body." <i>John ii.
21.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Know ye not that ye are the <i>temple</i> of God, and that
the spirit of God dwelleth in you?</blockquote> <i>1 Cor. iii. 16.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The groves were God's first <i>temples</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Bryant.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Inner Temple</b></col>, ∧ <col><b>Middle Temple</b></col>,
<cd>two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in
London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars,
called <i>the Temple</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To build a temple
for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to <i>temple</i> a god.</def> [R.]
<i>Feltham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"pled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Supplied with a temple
or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I love thy rocks and rills,<BR>
Thy woods and <i>templed</i> hills.</blockquote> <i>S. F. Smith.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"plet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>templatus</i>
vaulted, from L. <i>templum</i> a small timber.] [Spelt also
<i>template</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A gauge, pattern, or mold,
commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to
be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's <i>templet</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A short piece of timber, iron, or
stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the
weight or pressure.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tem"po</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It., fr. L. <i>tempus</i>.
See <u>Tense</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The rate or
degree of movement in time.</def></p>
<p><col><b>||A tempo giusto</b></col> (j&oomac;s"t&osl;) [It.], <cd>in
exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo
rubato.</cd> -- <col><b>Tempo rubato</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Rubato</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>temporalis</i>, fr.
<i>tempora</i> the temples: cf. F. <i>temporal</i>. See <u>Temple</u> a
part of the head.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the temple or
temples; as, the <i>temporal</i> bone; a <i>temporal</i> artery.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Temporal bone</b></col>, <cd>a very complex bone situated in the
side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It
consists of an expanded <i>squamosal</i> portion above the ear,
corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a
thickened basal <i>petrosal</i> and <i>mastoid</i> portion, corresponding
to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>temporalis</i>, fr.
<i>tempus</i>, <i>temporis</i>, time, portion of time, the fitting or
appointed time: cf. F. <i>temporel</i>. Cf. <u>Contemporaneous</u>,
<u>Extempore</u>, <u>Temper</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, <u>Tempest</u>,
<u>Temple</u> a part of the head, <u>Tense</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
<u>Thing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to time, that is,
to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from
<i>sacred</i> or <i>eternal</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The things which are seen are <i>temporal</i>, but the
things which are not seen are eternal.</blockquote> <i>2 Cor. iv.
18.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Is this an hour for <i>temporal</i> affairs?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Civil or political, as distinguished from
<i>ecclesiastical</i>; as, <i>temporal</i> power; <i>temporal</i>
courts.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Lords temporal</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Lord</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Temporal augment</b></col>. <cd>See
the Note under <u>Augment</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Transient; fleeting; transitory.</p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Anything temporal or
secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the
emperor or <i>temporals</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lowell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Temporalities</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>temporalitas</i>, in LL.,
possessions of the church: cf. F. <i>temporalité</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed
to <i>perpetuity</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The laity; temporality.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T.
More.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which pertains to temporal welfare;
material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding
from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used
in the plural.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and
<i>temporality</i> of the same church.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a temporal
manner; secularly.</def> [R.] <i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Worldliness.</def>
[R.] <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Temporality</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The laity; secular
people.</def> [Obs.] <i>Abp. Abbot.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A secular possession; a temporality.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ra"ne*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>temporaneus</i> happening at the right time, fr. <i>tempus</i>,
<i>temporis</i>, time.] <def>Temporarity.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Hallywell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ri*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a temporary
manner; for a time.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ri*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being temporary; -- opposed to <i>perpetuity</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>temporarius</i>,
fr. <i>tempus</i>, <i>temporis</i>, time: cf. F. <i>temporaire</i>.]
<def>Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time;
not permanent; as, the patient has obtained <i>temporary</i>
relief.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Temporary</i> government of the city.</blockquote>
<i>Motley.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Temporary star</b></col>. <i>(Astron.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Star</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*rist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A temporizer.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Why, turn a <i>temporist</i>, row with the
tide.</blockquote> <i>Marston.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ri*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>temporisation</i>.] <def>The act of temporizing.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*rize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Temporized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Temporizing</u> (?).] [F. <i>temporiser</i>. See <u>Temporal</u> of
time.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To comply with the time or occasion; to
humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim,
as between two parties.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>They might their grievance inwardly complain,<BR>
But outwardly they needs must <i>temporize</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Daniel.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To delay; to procrastinate.</def> [R.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To comply; to agree.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ri`zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing
opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A sort of <i>temporizers</i>, ready to embrace and maintain
all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment.</blockquote>
<i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ri`zing*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
temporizing or yielding manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem"po*ro-</hw> (?). <def>A combining form used in anatomy to
indicate <i>connection with</i>, or <i>relation to</i>, <i>the temple</i>,
or <i>temporal bone</i>; as, <i>temporo</i>facial.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ro-au*ric"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the <i>temporo-
auricular</i> nerve.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*fa"cial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*ma"lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone;
as, the <i>temporomalar</i> nerve.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the
maxilla.</def></p>
<p><hw>Temps</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. & F., fr. L.
<i>tempus</i>. See <u>Temporal</u> of time.] <def>Time.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tempse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Temse</u>.</def>
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tempt</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tempted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tempting</u>.] [OE. <i>tempten</i>, <i>tenten</i>, from OF.
<i>tempter</i>, <i>tenter</i>, F. <i>tenter</i>, fr. L. <i>tentare</i>,
<i>temptare</i>, to handle, feel, attack, to try, put to the test, urge,
freq. from <i>tendere</i>, <i>tentum</i>, and <i>tensum</i>, to stretch.
See <u>Thin</u>, and cf. <u>Attempt</u>, <u>Tend</u>, <u>Taunt</u>,
<u>Tent</u> a pavilion, <u>Tent</u> to probe.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>God did <i>tempt</i> Abraham.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxii.
1.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Ye shall not <i>tempt</i> the Lord your God.</blockquote>
<i>Deut. vi. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to
entice to what is wrong; to seduce.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Every man is <i>tempted</i> when he is drawn away of his own
lust, and enticed.</blockquote> <i>James i. 14.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite;
to incite; to provoke; to instigate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tempt</i> not the brave and needy to
despair.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Nor <i>tempt</i> the wrath of heaven's avenging
Sire.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to
attempt.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ere leave be given to <i>tempt</i> the nether
skies.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.</p>
<p><hw>Tempt`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being temptable; lability to temptation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tempt"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
tempted; liable to be tempted.</def> <i>Cudworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Temp*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>temptation</i>,
<i>tentation</i>, F. <i>tentation</i>, L. <i>tentatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of tempting, or enticing to evil;
seduction.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When the devil had ended all the <i>temptation</i>, he
departed from him for a season.</blockquote> <i>Luke iv. 13.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being tempted, or enticed to
evil.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Lead us not into <i>temptation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Luke xi.
4.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;<BR>
View it, and lay the bright <i>temptation</i> down.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Temp*ta"tion*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no
temptation or motive; as, a <i>temptationless</i> sin.</def> [R.]
<i>Hammond.</i></p>
<p><hw>Temp*ta"tious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tempting.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tempt"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who tempts or
entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to
evil.</def> "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want
<i>tempters</i> to urge them on." <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>So glozed the <i>Tempter</i>, and his proem
tuned.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tempt"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Adapted to entice or
allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, <i>tempting</i>
pleasures.</def> -- <wf>Tempt"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Tempt"ing*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Tempt"ress</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A woman who
entices.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She was my <i>temptress</i>, the foul provoker.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Temse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tamis</i>, or D.
<i>tems</i>, <i>teems</i>. Cf. <u>Tamine</u>.] <def>A sieve.</def>
[Written also <i>tems</i>, and <i>tempse</i>.] [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Temse bread</b></col>, <col><b>Temsed bread</b></col>,
<col><b>Temse loaf</b></col>, <cd>bread made of flour better sifted than
common fluor.</cd> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Tem"u*lence</hw> (?), <hw>Tem"u*len*cy</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>temulentia</i>.] <def>Intoxication;
inebriation; drunkenness.</def> [R.] "Their <i>temulency</i>." <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tem"u*lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>temulentus</i>.]
<def>Intoxicated; drunken.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tem"u*lent*ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
temulent; addicted to drink.</def> [R.] <i>R. Junius.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>tēn</i>,
<i>tién</i>, <i>t&?;n</i>, <i>tēne</i>; akin to OFries.
<i>tian</i>, OS. <i>tehan</i>, D. <i>tien</i>, G. <i>zehn</i>, OHG.
<i>zehan</i>, Icel. <i>tīu</i>, Sw. <i>tio</i>, Dan. <i>ti</i>, Goth.
<i>taíhun</i>, Lith. <i>deszimt</i>, Russ. <i>desiate</i>, W.
<i>deg</i>, Ir. & Gael. <i>deich</i>, L. <i>decem</i>, Gr. &?;, Skr.
<i>daçan</i>. √308. Cf. <u>Dean</u>, <u>Decade</u>,
<u>Decimal</u>, <u>December</u>, <u>Eighteen</u>, <u>Eighty</u>,
<u>Teens</u>, <u>Tithe</u>.] <def>One more than nine; twice five.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>With twice <i>ten</i> sail I crossed the Phrygian
Sea.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Ten</i> is often used, indefinitely, for <i>several</i>,
<i>many</i>, and other like words.</p>
<p><blockquote>There 's proud modesty in merit,<BR>
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay<BR>
<i>Ten</i> times the gift it asks.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1484 !></p>
<p><hw>Ten</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of
objects.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I will not destroy it for <i>ten's</i> sake.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. xviii. 32.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A symbol representing ten units, as 10,
<u>x</u>, or <u>X</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being tenable; tenableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>tenable</i>, fr.
<i>tenir</i> to hold, L. <i>tenere</i>. See <u>Thin</u>, and cf.
<u>Continue</u>, <u>Continent</u>, <u>Entertain</u>, <u>Maintain</u>,
<u>Tenant</u>, <u>Tent</u>.] <def>Capable of being held, naintained, or
defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take
or process; as, a <i>tenable</i> fortress, a <i>tenable</i>
argument.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If you have hitherto concealed his sight,<BR>
Let it be <i>tenable</i> in your silence still.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause
when it was <i>tenable</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten`a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Tenability</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ace</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tenace</i> tenacious,
demeurer <i>tenace</i> to hold the best and third best cards and take both
tricks, and adversary having to lead. See <u>Tenacious</u>.] <i>(Whist)</i>
<def>The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a
suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of
a suit in any hand.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*na"cious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenax</i>, <i>-
acis</i>, from <i>tenere</i> to hold. See <u>Tenable</u>, and cf.
<u>Tenace</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Holding fast, or inclined to hold
fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men <i>tenacious</i> of
their just rights.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Apt to retain; retentive; as, a <i>tenacious</i>
memory.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Having parts apt to adhere to each other;
cohesive; tough; as, steel is a <i>tenacious</i> metal; tar is more
<i>tenacious</i> than oil.</def> <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous;
viscous; sticking; adhesive.</def> "Female feet, too weak to struggle with
<i>tenacious</i> clay." <i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.</def>
<i>Ainsworth.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose;
obstinate; stubborn.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Te*na"cious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Te*na"cious*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*nac"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenacitas</i>: cf.
F. <i>ténacité</i>. See <u>Tenacious</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being tenacious; as, <i>tenacity</i>, or
retentiveness, of memory; <i>tenacity</i>, or persistency, of
purpose.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That quality of bodies which keeps them from
parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction;
-- as distinguished from <i>brittleness</i>, <i>fragility</i>,
<i>mobility</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That quality of bodies which makes them adhere
to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.</def> <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The greatest longitudinal
stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed
with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the
number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter,
necessary to produce rupture.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te*nac"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L.
<plw><b>Tenacula</b></plw> (#); E. <plw><b>Tenaculums</b></plw> (#). [L., a
holder, fr. <i>tenere</i> to hold. Cf. <u>Tenaille</u>.] <i>(Surg.)</i>
<def>An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle,
and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"a*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenacia</i>
obstinacy. See <u>Tenacious</u>.] <def>Tenaciousness; obstinacy.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Barrow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*naille"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., a pair of pincers or
tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. <i>tenaculum</i>. See <u>Tenaculum</u>.]
<i>(Fort.)</i> <def>An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain,
between two bastions. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Ravelin</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*nail"lon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Tenaille</u>.]
<i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to
increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or
cover the shoulders of the bastions.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"an*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tenacies</b></plw> (#). [Cf. OF. <i>tenace</i>, LL.
<i>tenentia</i>. See <u>Tenant</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary
possession of what belongs to another.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(O.
Eng. Law)</i> <def>A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of
another.</def> <i>Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tenant</i>, p. pr. of
<i>tenir</i> to hold. See <u>Tenable</u>, and cf. <u>Lieutenant</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who holds or possesses lands, or
other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common,
in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the
occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which
is in another; -- correlative to <i>landlord</i>. See Citation from
<i>Blackstone</i>, under <u>Tenement</u>, 2.</def> <i>Blount.
Wharton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who has possession of any place; a dweller;
an occupant.</def> "Sweet <i>tenants</i> of this grove."
<i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The hhappy <i>tenant</i> of your shade.</blockquote>
<i>Cowley.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The sister <i>tenants</i> of the middle deep.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tenant in capite</b></col> [L. <i>in</i> in + <i>capite</i>,
abl. of <i>caput</i> head, chief.], or <col><b>Tenant in chief</b></col>,
<cd>by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king.
According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held
immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled <i>lord paramount</i>.
Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and
permanent possession.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>Tenant in
common</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Common</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tenanted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tenanting</u>.] <def>To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Sir Roger's estate is <i>tenanted</i> by persons who have
served him or his ancestors.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fit to be rented;
in a condition suitable for a tenant.</def> -- <wf>Ten"ant*a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no tenants;
unoccupied; as, a <i>tenantless</i> mansion.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The body of tenants; as, the <i>tenantry</i> of a manor or a
kingdom.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Tenancy.</def> [Obs.] <i>Ridley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ant saw`</hw> (?). <def>See <i>Tenon saw</i>, under
<u>Tenon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tench</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tenche</i>, F.
<i>tanche</i>, L. <i>tinca</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A European fresh-
water fish (<i>Tinca tinca</i>, or <i>T. vulgaris</i>) allied to the carp.
It is noted for its tenacity of life.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tend</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Tender</u> to offer.]
<i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>To make a tender of; to offer or tender.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tended</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tending</u>.] [Aphetic
form of <i>attend</i>. See <u>Attend</u>, <u>Tend</u> to move, and cf.
<u>Tender</u> one that tends or attends.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look
after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds <i>tend</i> their flocks.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And flaming ministers to watch and <i>tend</i><BR>
Their earthly charge.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>There 's not a sparrow or a wren,<BR>
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,<BR>
Which the four seasons do not <i>tend</i><BR>
And tides of life and increase lend.</blockquote> <i>Emerson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend
to.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Being to descend<BR>
A ladder much in height, I did not <i>tend</i><BR>
My way well down.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p><col><b>To tend a vessel</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to manage an
anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not
entangle the cable.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To wait,
as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with <i>on</i> or
<i>upon</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Was he not companion with the riotous knights<BR>
That <i>tend</i> upon my father?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [F. <i>attendre</i>.] <def>To await; to expect.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [F. <i>tendre</i>, L.
<i>tendere</i>, <i>tensum</i> and <i>tentum</i>, to stretch, extend, direct
one's course, tend; akin to Gr. &?; to stretch, Skr. <i>tan</i>. See
<u>Thin</u>, and cf. <u>Tend</u> to attend, <u>Contend</u>, <u>Intense</u>,
<u>Ostensible</u>, <u>Portent</u>, <u>Tempt</u>, <u>Tender</u> to offer,
<u>Tense</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To move in a
certain direction; -- usually with <i>to</i> or <i>towards</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Two gentlemen <i>tending</i> towards that
sight.</blockquote> <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thus will this latter, as the former world,<BR>
Still <i>tend</i> from bad to worse.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The clouds above me to the white Alps
<i>tend</i>.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be directed, as to any end, object, or
purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence;
to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might
<i>tend</i> to our destruction.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The thoughts of the diligent <i>tend</i> only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.</blockquote>
<i>Prov. xxi. 5.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The laws of our religion <i>tend</i> to the universal
happiness of mankind.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tend"ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tend</u> to attend,
and cf. <u>Attendance</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of attending or
waiting; attendance.</def> [Archaic] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The breath<BR>
Of her sweet <i>tendance</i> hovering over him.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Persons in attendance; attendants.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tend"ence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Tendency.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tend"en*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tendencies</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>tendents</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p.
pr. of <i>tendere</i>: cf. F. <i>tendance</i>. See <u>Tend</u> to move.]
<def>Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result;
drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or
result.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more
particular <i>tendency</i> to the good of their country.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In every experimental science, there is a <i>tendency</i>
toward perfection.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope;
aim.</p>
<p><hw>Tend"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Tend</u> to attend.
Cf. <u>Attender</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who tends; one who takes
care of any person or thing; a nurse.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A vessel employed to attend other
vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey
intelligence, or the like.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a
supply of fuel and water.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tendered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tendering</u>.] [F. <i>tendre</i> to stretch, stretch out, reach, L.
<i>tendere</i>. See <u>Tend</u> to move.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a
penalty or forfeiture; as, to <i>tender</i> the amount of rent or
debt.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To offer in words; to present for
acceptance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . .
<i>tender</i> down<BR>
Their services to Lord Timon.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be
performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be
incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the <i>tender</i> of rent
due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.</def></p>
<p>&fist; To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the
law prescribes. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the
rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a
<i>tender</i> of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a <i>tender</i> of a
bid for a contract.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A free, unlimited <i>tender</i> of the gospel.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The thing offered; especially, money offered in
payment of an obligation.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Legal tender</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Legal</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Tender of issue</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a form of words in a
pleading, by which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to
the appropriate mode of decision.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Tenderer</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tenderest</u>.] [F.
<i>tendre</i>, L. <i>tener</i>; probably akin to <i>tenuis</i> thin. See
<u>Thin</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or
injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, <i>tender</i> plants;
<i>tender</i> flesh; <i>tender</i> fruit.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Sensible to impression and pain; easily
pained.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our bodies are not naturally more <i>tender</i> than our
faces.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure
hardship; immature; effeminate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tender</i> and delicate woman among you.</blockquote>
<i>Deut. xxviii. 56.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Susceptible of the softer passions, as love,
compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good;
easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord is very pitiful, and of <i>tender</i>
mercy.</blockquote> <i>James v. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I am choleric by my nature, and <i>tender</i> by my
temper.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I love Valentine,<BR>
Whose life's as <i>tender</i> to me as my soul!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; --
with <i>of</i>.</def> "<i>Tender</i> of property." <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The civil authority should be <i>tender</i> of the honor of
God and religion.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>You, that are thus so <i>tender</i> o'er his follies,<BR>
Will never do him good.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy;
expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, <i>tender</i> expressions;
<i>tender</i> expostulations; a <i>tender</i> strain.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain;
delicate; as, a <i>tender</i> subject.</def> "Things that are <i>tender</i>
and unpleasing." <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Heeling over too easily when
under sail; -- said of a vessel.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Tender</i> is sometimes used in the formation of self-
explaining compounds; as, <i>tender</i>-footed, <i>tender</i>-looking,
<i>tender</i>-minded, <i>tender</i>-mouthed, and the like.</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive; compassionate;
kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.</p>
<p><hw>Ten"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tendre</i>.]
<def>Regard; care; kind concern.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To have a care of; to be
tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For first, next after life, he <i>tendered</i> her
good.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Tender</i> yourself more dearly.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our
western princes <i>tendered</i> his case, which they counted might be their
own.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der*foot`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A delicate person;
one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.</def> [Slang,
Western U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten"der-heart`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having great
sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate;
pitying; sensitive.</def> -- <wf>Ten"der-heart`ed*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Ten"der-heart`ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>Rehoboam was young and <i>tender-hearted</i>, and could not
withstand them.</blockquote> <i>2 Chron. xiii. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Be ye kind one to another, <i>tender-
hearted</i>.</blockquote> <i>Eph. iv. 32.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der-heft`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having great
tenderness; easily moved.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der*ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.</def> [R.] <i>W.
Harrison (1586).</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the first antlers of
a deer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der*loin`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A strip of tender
flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the
hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tender manner;
with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give
pain; with pity or affection; kindly.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"der*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of
being tender (in any sense of the adjective).</def></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness;
pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.</p>
<p><hw>Ten"di*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tendineux</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to a tendon; of the
nature of tendon.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and
<i>tendinous</i> parts of the body.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tend"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Attendance;
care.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten"don</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>tendere</i> to
stretch, extend. See <u>Tend</u> to move.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A tough
insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a
muscle with some other part; a sinew.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tendon reflex</b></col> <i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>a kind of reflex
act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its
absence is generally a sign of disease. See <i>Knee jerk</i>, under
<u>Knee</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"don*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tendinous.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tendon</u>, and <u>Synovitis</u>.] <def>See
<u>Tenosynovitis</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"drac</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tenrec</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of small insectivores
of the family <i>Centetidæ</i>, belonging to <i>Ericulus</i>,
<i>Echinope</i>, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or
less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac
(<i>Oryzorictes hora</i>) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the
species are called also <i>tenrec</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"dril</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Shortened fr. OF.
<i>tendrillon</i>, fr. F. <i>tendre</i> tender; hence, properly, the tender
branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. <i>tendrille</i>. See <u>Tender</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Tendron</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a
supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling
spirally.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an
axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus
Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.</p>
<p><! p. 1485 !></p>
<p><hw>Ten"dril</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Clasping; climbing as a
tendril.</def> [R.] <i>Dyer.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ten"driled</hw>, <hw>Ten"drilled</hw> } (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many,
tendrils.</def> "The <i>thousand tendriled</i> vine." <i>Southey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. Cf. <u>Tendril</u>.]
<def>A tendril.</def> [Obs.] <i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"dry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tender; an
offer.</def> [Obs.] <i>Heylin.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See 1st and 2d
<u>Teen</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Ten"e*bræ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., pl.,
darkness.] <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>The matins and lauds for the last three
days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, --
usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, instead of on the following days.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*neb"ri*cose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tenebricosus</i>.] <def>Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten`e*brif"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenebrae</i>
darkness + <i>facere</i> to make.] <def>Rendering dark or gloomy;
tenebrous; gloomy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It lightens, it brightens,<BR>
The <i>tenebrific</i> scene.</blockquote> <i>Burns.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Where light<BR>
Lay fitful in a <i>tenebrific</i> time.</blockquote> <i>R.
Browning.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten`e*brif"ic*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Tenebrific.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Authors who are <i>tenebrificous</i> stars.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*ne"bri*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tenebrous.</def>
<i>Young.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"e*brose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Characterized by
darkness or gloom; tenebrous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`e*bros"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.</def> <i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"e*brous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenebrosus</i>,
fr. <i>tenebrae</i> darkness: cf. F. <i>ténébreux</i>.]
<def>Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.</def> -- <wf>Ten"e*brous*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>The most dark, <i>tenebrous</i> night.</blockquote> <i>J.
Hall (1565).</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The towering and <i>tenebrous</i> boughts of the
cypress.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"e*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tenement</i> a
holding, a fief, F. <i>tènement</i>, LL. <i>tenementum</i>, fr. L.
<i>tenere</i> to hold. See <u>Tenant</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Feud.
Law)</i> <def>That which is held of another by service; property which one
holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or
pecuniary service; fief; fee.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Common Law)</i> <def>Any species of permanent
property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses,
rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a
peerage, and the like; -- called also <i>free or frank
tenements</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The thing held is a <i>tenement</i>, the possessor of it a
"tenant," and the manner of possession is called "tenure."</blockquote>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A dwelling house; a building for a habitation;
also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family;
often, a house erected to be rented.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no
<i>tenement</i>, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece?</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tenement house</b></col>, <cd>commonly, a dwelling house erected
for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or
tenements for families. The term is often applied to apartment houses
occupied by poor families.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- House; dwelling; habitation. -- <u>Tenement</u>,
<u>House</u>. There may be many <i>houses</i> under one roof, but they are
completely separated from each other by party walls. A <i>tenement</i> may
be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for the use
of a family.</p>
<p><hw>Ten`e*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten`e*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
leased; held by tenants.</def> <i>Spelman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenent</i> they hold,
3d pers. pl. pres. of <i>tenere</i>.] <def>A tenet.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bp.
Sanderson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"er*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tener</i>, <i>-
eris</i>, tender, delicate.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or
designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after
exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not
fully attained its mature coloring.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`er*iffe"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A white wine
resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of
the Canary Islands; -- called also <i>Vidonia</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*ner"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>teneritas</i>. See
<u>Tender</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Tenderness.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Ainsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*nes"mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te*nes"mus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to stretch: cf. L. <i>tenesmos</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An urgent and
distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take
place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower
extremity of the rectum.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Vesical tenesmus</b></col>, <cd>a similar sensation as to the
evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenet</i> he holds, fr.
<i>tenere</i> to hold. See <u>Tenable</u>.] <def>Any opinion, principle,
dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as,
the <i>tenets</i> of Plato or of Cicero.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, .
. . is a <i>tenet</i> very questionable.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The religious <i>tenets</i> of his family he had early
renounced with contempt.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See
<u>Dogma</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Ten"fold`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & adv.</i></pos> <def>In tens;
consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The grisly Terror . . . grew <i>tenfold</i><BR>
More dreadful and deform.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Te"ni*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <def>See
<u>Tænia</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"ni*oid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tænoid</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"nant*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Named after Smithson
<i>Tennant</i>, an English chemist.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A blackish lead-
gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide
of arsenic and copper.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`né"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Tawny</u>.]
<i>(Her.)</i> <def>A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an
orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from
sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"nis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tennes</i>,
<i>tenies</i>, <i>tenyse</i>; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F.
<i>tenez</i> hold or take it, fr. <i>tenir</i> to hold (see
<u>Tenable</u>).] <def>A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept
in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and
playing <i>tennis</i>, . . . were familiar to all London.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Court tennis</b></col>, <cd>the old game of tennis as played
within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from
<i>lawn tennis</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lawn tennis</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Lawn</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Tennis court</b></col>,
<cd>a place or court for playing the game of tennis.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"nis</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To drive backward and
forward, as a ball in playing tennis.</def> [R.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"nu</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
tapir.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"-o'*clock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under <u>Star</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. <i>tenir</i> to hold.
See <u>Tenable</u>.] <i>(Carp. & Join.)</i> <def>A projecting member left
by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and
in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member
when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the
mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. <u>Tooth</u>,
<u>Tusk</u>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tenon saw</b></col>, <cd>a saw with a thin blade, usually
stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons.</cd> [Corruptly
written <i>tenant saw</i>.] <i>Gwilt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"on</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cut or fit for
insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*no"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<def>Discovered or described by M. <i>Tenon</i>, a French
anatomist.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tenonian capsule</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>a lymphatic space
inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the <i>fascia of Tenon</i>)
between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also <i>capsule of
Tenon</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., from <i>tenere</i> to
hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F.
<i>teneur</i>. See <u>Tenable</u>, and cf. <u>Tenor</u> a kind of voice.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A state of holding on in a continuous course;
manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course;
career.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Along the cool sequestered vale of life<BR>
They kept the noiseless <i>tenor</i> of their away.</blockquote>
<i>Gray.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That course of thought which holds on through a
discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent;
meaning; understanding.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When it [the bond] is paid according to the
<i>tenor</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Does not the whole <i>tenor</i> of the divine law positively
require humility and meekness to all men?</blockquote> <i>Spart.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Stamp; character; nature.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual,
and always of the same <i>tenor</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>An exact copy of a writing, set
forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from <i>purport</i>, which
is only the substance or general import of the instrument.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> [F. <i>ténor</i>, L. <i>tenor</i>, properly, a
holding; -- so called because the tenor was the voice which took and held
the principal part, the plain song, air, or tune, to which the other voices
supplied a harmony above and below: cf. It. <i>tenore</i>.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The higher of the two kinds of voices usually
belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this
voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from
the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were
auxillary.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A person who sings the tenor, or
the instrument that play it.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Old Tenor</b></col>, <col><b>New Tenor</b></col>, <col><b>Middle
Tenor</b></col>, <cd>different descriptions of paper money, issued at
different periods, by the American colonial governments in the last
century.</cd></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>te`nwn</grk> a tendon + E. <i>synovitis</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"o*tome</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A
slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*not"o*my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> a
tendon + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The division of a
tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"pen*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Valued or sold at ten
pence; as, a <i>tenpenny</i> cake. See 2d <u>Penny</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"pen*ny</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Denoting a size of nails.
See 1st <u>Penny</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"pins</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A game resembling
ninepins, but played with ten pins. See <u>Ninepins</u>.</def> [U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten"-pound`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A large oceanic fish (<i>Elops saurus</i>) found in the tropical parts
of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"rec</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name: cf. F.
<i>tanrac</i>, <i>tanrec</i>, <i>tandrec</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
small insectivore (<i>Centetes ecaudatus</i>), native of Madagascar, but
introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also
<i>tanrec</i>. The name is applied to other allied genera. See
<u>Tendrac</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tense</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tens</i>, properly,
time, F. <i>temps</i> time, tense. See <u>Temporal</u> of time, and cf.
<u>Thing</u>.] <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>One of the forms which a verb takes by
inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the
action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the
indication of time.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time
<i>past</i>, <i>present</i>, and <i>future</i>; but these admit of
modifications, which differ in different languages.</p>
<p><hw>Tense</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tensus</i>, p. p. of
<i>tendere</i> to stretch. See <u>Tend</u> to move, and cf. <u>Toise</u>.]
<def>Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a
<i>tense</i> fiber.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The temples were sunk, her forehead was <i>tense</i>, and a
fatal paleness was upon her.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Tense"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Tense"ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ten`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being tensible; tensility.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"si*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tense</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile;
tensible.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and
<i>tensible</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"sile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tense</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
extension; as, <i>tensile</i> strength.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"siled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Made tensile.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten*sil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the
<i>tensility</i> of the muscles.</def> <i>Dr. H. Mere.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tensio</i>, from
<i>tendere</i>, <i>tensum</i>, to stretch: cf. F. <i>tension</i>. See
<u>Tense</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to
stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the <i>tension</i> of the
muscles, <i>tension</i> of the larynx.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of
feeling; intense effort.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord,
piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of
its length; strain.</def> <i>Gwilt.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>The force by which a part is
pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the
<i>tension</i> of a srting supporting a weight equals that
weight.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A device for checking the delivery of the thread
in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of
tightness.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>Expansive force; the force with
which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and
occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the <i>tension</i> of
vapor; the <i>tension</i> of air.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>The quality in consequence of
which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a
spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical
potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given
area.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tension brace</b></col>, or <col><b>Tension member</b></col>
<i>(Engin.)</i>, <cd>a brace or member designed to resist tension, or
subjected to tension, in a structure.</cd> -- <col><b>Tension rod</b></col>
<i>(Engin.)</i>, <cd>an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen
timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"sioned</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Extended or drawn
out; subjected to tension.</def> "A highly <i>tensioned</i> string."
<i>Tyndall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"si*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"sive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tensif</i>. See
<u>Tense</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Giving the sensation of tension,
stiffness, or contraction.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>tensive</i> pain from distension of the
parts.</blockquote> <i>Floyer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"sor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Tension</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A muscle that stretches a part, or
renders it tense.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>The ratio of one vector to
another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors;
-- so called because considered as a <i>stretching</i> factor in changing
one vector into another. See <u>Versor</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"-strike`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Tenpins)</i> <def>A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of
the ball.</def> [U. S.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any quick, decisive stroke or act.</def>
[Colloq. U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten"sure</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tensura</i>. See
<u>Tension</u>.] <def>Tension.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>tinto</i>, properly,
deep-colored, fr. L. <i>tinctus</i>, p. p. of <i>tingere</i> to dye. See
<u>Tinge</u>, and cf. <u>Tint</u>, <u>Tinto</u>.] <def>A kind of wine of a
deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also
<i>tent wine</i>, and <i>tinta</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Attent</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Attention; regard,
care.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] <i>Lydgate.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Intention; design.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To attend to; to heed;
hence, to guard; to hinder.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [OF. <i>tenter</i>. See
<u>Tempt</u>.] <def>To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a
tent; as, to <i>tent</i> a wound. Used also figuratively.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I'll <i>tent</i> him to the quick.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tente</i>. See <u>Tent</u> to
probe.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A roll of lint or linen, or
a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly
to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to
absorb discharges.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A probe for searching a
wound.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>tent</i> that searches<BR>
To the bottom of the worst.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1486 !></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tente</i>, F.
<i>tente</i>, LL. <i>tenta</i>, fr. L. <i>tendere</i>, <i>tentum</i>, to
stretch. See <u>Tend</u> to move, and cf. <u>Tent</u> a roll of lint.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins,
canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for
sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Within his <i>tent</i>, large as is a barn.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>The representation of a tent used
as a bearing.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tent bed</b></col>, <cd>a high-post bedstead curtained with a
tentlike canopy.</cd> -- <col><b>Tent caterpillar</b></col>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of gregarious
caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they
retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit
trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
(<i>Clisiocampa Americana</i>). Called also <i>lackery caterpillar</i>, and
<i>webworm</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Tenting</u>.] <def>To
lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>We 're <i>tenting</i> to-night on the old camp
ground.</blockquote> <i>W. Kittredge.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ta*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>tentaculum</i>,
from L. <i>tentare</i> to handle, feel: cf. F. <i>tentacule</i>. See
<u>Tempt</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A more or less elongated process or
organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of
invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or
motion.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tentacle sheath</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a sheathlike
structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ta*cled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Having tentacles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tentaculaire</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to a
tentacle or tentacles.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten*tac`u*la"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Ctenophora including those which
have two long tentacles.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ten*tac"u*late</hw> (?), <hw>Ten*tac"u*la`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having tentacles, or organs
like tentacles; tentacled.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`ta*cu*lif"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Suctoria</u>, 1.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`ta*cu*lif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Tentaculum</i> + <i>-ferous</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Producing or
bearing tentacles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`ta*cu"li*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Shaped like a tentacle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Paleon.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in
Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tentaculum</i>
+ <i>cyst</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the auditory organs of
certain medusæ; -- called also <i>auditory tentacle</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten*tac"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tentacula</b></plw> (#). [NL. See <u>Tentacle</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A tentacle.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the stiff hairs situated
about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be
tactile organs; a tactile hair.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tent"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Tent</u> a
pavilion.] <def>A collection of tents; an encampment.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tentatio</i>: cf.
F. <i>tentation</i>. See <u>Temptation</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Trial;
temptation.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A mode of adjusting or operating
by repeated trials or experiments.</def> <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten*ta"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tentare</i> to
try: cf. F. <i>tentatif</i>. See <u>Tempt</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a
trial or trials; essaying; experimental.</def> "A slow, <i>tentative</i>
manner." <i>Carlyle.</i> -- <wf>Ten*ta"tive*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ten*ta"tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tentative</i>.]
<def>An essay; a trial; an experiment.</def> <i>Berkley.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent"ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Covered with
tents.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant
foreman.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A kind of governor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tenture</i>,
<i>tentoure</i>, OF. <i>tenture</i> a stretching, spreading, F.
<i>tenture</i> hangings, tapestry, from L. <i>tendere</i>, <i>tentum</i>,
to stretch. See <u>Tend</u> to move.] <def>A machine or frame for
stretching cloth by means of hooks, called <i>tenter-hooks</i>, so that it
may dry even and square.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tenter ground</b></col>, <cd>a place where tenters are
erected.</cd> -- <col><b>Tenter-hook</b></col>, <cd>a sharp, hooked nail
used for fastening cloth on a tenter.</cd> -- <col><b>To be on the
tenters</b></col>, or <col><b>on the tenter-hooks</b></col>, <cd>to be on
the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.</cd>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tentered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tentering</u>.] <def>To admit extension.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Woolen cloth will <i>tenter</i>, linen
scarcely.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To hang or stretch on, or
as on, tenters.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tent"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tentfuls</b></plw> (&?;). <def>As much, or as many, as a tent will
hold.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tenth</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Ten</u>: cf. OE.
<i>tethe</i>, AS. <i>teó&?;a</i>. See <u>Ten</u>, and cf.
<u>Tithe</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Next in order after the ninth;
coming after nine others.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Constituting or being one of ten equal parts
into which anything is divided.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tenth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of
ten equal parts into which anything is divided.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The tenth part of annual produce, income,
increase, or the like; a tithe.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The interval between any tone and
the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between
one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the
third.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Eng. Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the
king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables
belonging to the subject.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Eccl. Law)</i>
<def>The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom,
formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now
forms a part of the fund called <i>Queen Anne's Bounty</i>.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tenth"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tenth
manner.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tenth"me`ter</hw>, <hw>Tenth"me`tre</hw> } (?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A unit for the measurement of
many small lengths, such that 10<sup>10</sup> of these units make one
meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`thre*din"i*des</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; a kind of wasp.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A group of Hymneoptera
comprising the sawflies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"tif</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Attentive.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten"tif*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Attentively.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten*tig"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tentigo</i>,
<i>-inis</i>, a tension, lecherousness, fr. <i>tendere</i>, <i>tentum</i>,
to stretch.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Stiff; stretched; strained.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Lustful, or pertaining to lust.</def> [Obs.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent"mak`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One whose occupation
it is to make tents.</def> <i>Acts xviii. 3.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ten*to"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a tent.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum
from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called
the <i>bony tentorium</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tent"o*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tentorium</i> a
tent.] <def>The awning or covering of a tent.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Evelyn.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tent"wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A kind
of small fern, the wall rue. See under <u>Wall</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"u*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tenuated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tenuating</u>.] [L. <i>tenuatus</i>, p. p. of <i>tenuare</i> to make
thin, fr. <i>tenuis</i> thin. See <u>Tenuous</u>.] <def>To make thin; to
attenuate.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ten`u*i*fo"li*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenuis</i>
thin + <i>folium</i> a leaf.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having thin or narrow
leaves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*nu"i*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tenuous</u>.]
<def>Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to <i>dense</i>.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Glanvill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ten`u*i*ros"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tenuirosters</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. L. <i>tenuis</i> thin +
<i>rostrum</i> a beak.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the
Tenuirostres.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten`u*i*ros"tral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming
birds.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten`u*i*ros"tres</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An artificial group of passerine birds having
slender bills, as the humming birds.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ten"u*is</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tenues</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. L. <i>tenuis</i> fine, thin. See
<u>Tenuous</u>.] <i>(Gr. Gram.)</i> <def>One of the three surd mutes
κ, π, τ; -- so called in relation to their respective middle
letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ,
φ, θ. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and
articulate elements in other languages.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*nu"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenuitas</i>, from
<i>tenuis</i> thin: cf. F. <i>ténuité</i>. See
<u>Tenuous</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being
tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to
anything that is long; as, the <i>tenuity</i> of a leaf; the <i>tenuity</i>
of a hair.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as,
the <i>tenuity</i> of the air; the <i>tenuity</i> of the blood.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Poverty; indigence.</def> [Obs.] <i>Eikon
Basilike.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Refinement; delicacy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"u*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tenuis</i> thin. See
<u>Thin</u>, and cf. <u>Tenuis</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Thin; slender;
small; minute.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of
fluids.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ten"ure</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tenure</i>, OF.
<i>teneure</i>, fr. F. <i>tenir</i> to hold. See <u>Tenable</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or right of holding, as property,
especially real estate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>That the <i>tenure</i> of estates might rest on equity, the
Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted.</blockquote>
<i>Bancroft.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Law)</i> <def>The manner of holding lands
and tenements of a superior.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land,
according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure
pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United
States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all
lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and
title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then,
is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or
ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold,
by lease, at will, etc.</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The consideration, condition, or service which
the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his
land.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute
governments, men hold their rights by a precarious <i>tenure</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>All that seems thine own,<BR>
Held by the <i>tenure</i> of his will alone.</blockquote>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Tenure by fee alms</b></col>. <i>(Law)</i> <cd>See
<u>Frankalmoigne</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Te`o*cal"li</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Teocallis</b></plw> (#). [Mexican.] <def>Literally, God's house; a
temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of
Mexico, Yucatan, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And Aztec priests upon their <i>teocallis</i><BR>
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.</blockquote>
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te`o*sin"te</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
large grass (<i>Euchlæna luxurians</i>) closely related to maize. It
is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder
in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also
<i>Guatemala grass</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tep"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tépale</i>, fr.
<i>pétale</i>, by transposition.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A division of a
perianth.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tep*ee"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An Indian wigwam or
tent.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tep`e*fac"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of
tepefying.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tep"e*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tepefied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tepefying</u> (?).] [L. <i>tepere</i> to be tepid + <i>-fy</i>; cf. L.
<i>tepefacere</i>. See <u>Tepid</u>.] <def>To make or become tepid, or
moderately warm.</def> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teph"ra*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; ashes + <i>-
mancy</i>.] <def>Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had
been consumed in sacrifice.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teph"rite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; ashes.]
<i>(Geol.)</i> <def>An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase
and either leucite or nephelite, or both.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teph"ro*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tephrosia</u>.]
<i>(Min.)</i> <def>A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te*phro"si*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ash-
colored, from &?; ashes.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of leguminous shrubby
plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous
species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence
the name.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The <i>Tephrosia toxicaria</i> is used in the West Indies and in
Polynesia for stupefying fish. <i>T</i>. <i>purpurea</i> is used
medicinally in the East Indies. <i>T</i>. <i>Virginia</i> is the goat's rue
of the United States.</p>
<p><hw>Tep"id</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tepidus</i>, fr.
<i>tepere</i> to be warm; akin to Skr. <i>tap</i> to be warm, <i>tapas</i>
heat.] <def>Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a <i>tepid</i> bath;
<i>tepid</i> rays; <i>tepid</i> vapors.</def> -- <wf>Tep"id*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*pid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tépidité</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being tepid;
moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.</def> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te"por</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. <i>tepere</i> to be
tepid.] <def>Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.</def>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*qui"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An intoxicating liquor
made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter-</hw> (?). <def>A combining form from L. <i>ter</i> signifying
<i>three times</i>, <i>thrice</i>. See <u>Tri-</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*con"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Ter</i>ebic +
citr<i>aconic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with
citraconic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*cryl"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Ter</i>pene +
<i>acrylic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an
acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic
acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"aph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Teraphs</b></plw> (&?;). <def>See <u>Teraphim</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"a*phim</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Heb.
<i>terāphīm</i>.] <def>Images connected with the magical rites
used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal
religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular
answers.</def> <i>Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"a*pin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>See <u>Terrapin</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*rat"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a wonder.]
<def>Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.</def> [Obs.] <i>Wollaston.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*tog"e*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, a
wonder, monster + the root of &?; to be born.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The
formation of monsters.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"a*toid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, monster +
<i>-oid</i>.] <def>Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological
growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.</def> <i>S. D.
Gross.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*to*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Biol.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to teratology; as, <i>teratological</i>
changes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, a
wonder, monster + <i>-logy</i>: cf. Gr. &?; a telling of wonders, and F.
<i>tératologie</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That branch of
biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or
deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or
animals.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Affectation of sublimity; bombast.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bailey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`a*to"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;,
monster + <i>-oma</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A tumor, sometimes found in
newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as
of bone, cartilage and muscle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"bic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of,
pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its
compounds.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"bi*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Yt<i>terby</i>,
in Sweden. See <u>Erbium</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A rare metallic element,
of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as
gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or
Tb. Atomic weight 150.</def></p>
<p><hw>Terce</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Tierce</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"cel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Tiercel</u>.
Called also <i>tarsel</i>, <i>tassel</i>.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Terce"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"cel*lene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A small male hawk.</def> [R.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*cen"te*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ter</i>
thirce + E. <i>centenary</i>.] <def>Including, or relating to, an interval
of three hundred years.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The three
hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an
anniversary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"cet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. It. <i>terzetto</i>,
dim. of <i>terzo</i>, third, L. <i>tertius</i>. See <u>Tierce</u>, and cf.
<u>Terzetto</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A triplet.</def>
<i>Hiles.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Poetry)</i> <def>A triplet; a group of three
lines.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"cine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., from L. <i>tertius</i>
the third.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of
an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. <u>Quintine</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*bate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A salt of terebic
acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*bene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline
camphorlike substance; -- called also <i>camphene</i>. By extension, any
one of a group of related substances.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1487 !></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*ben"thene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Oil of turpentine. See <u>Turpentine</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*reb"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine);
specifically, designating an acid,
C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, obtained by the oxidation of
terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bi*len"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid,
C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, obtained as a white crystalline
substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*binth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terbinthus</i>,
Gr. &?;: cf. F. <i>térébinthe</i>. Cf. <u>Turpentine</u>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The turpentine tree.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as,
<i>terbinthic</i> qualities.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Impregnating
with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>terbinthinus</i>, Gr. &?;.] <def>Of or pertaining to turpentine;
consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"e*bra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Terebras</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Terebræ</b></plw> (#).
[L., a borer.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of
marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the
Toxoglossa. Called also <i>auger shell</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The boring ovipositor of a
hymenopterous insect.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*brant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terebrans</i>,
<i>-antis</i>, p. pr.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Boring, or adapted for
boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter`e*bran"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Hymenoptera including those which
have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the
sawflies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*brate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>terebratus</i>,
p. p. of <i>terebrare</i>, from <i>terebra</i> a borer, <i>terere</i> to
rub.] <def>To perforate; to bore; to pierce.</def> [R.] <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*bra`ting</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which
form holes in rocks, wood, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Boring; piercing; -- applied to
certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bra"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>terebratio</i>.] <def>The act of terebrating, or boring.</def> [R.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ter`e*brat"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Terebratulæ</b></plw> (#). [Nl., dim. fr. <i>terebratus</i>,
p. p., perforated.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of brachiopods which
includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a
perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment.
Called also <i>lamp shell</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*brat"u*lid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also
adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`e*bra*tu"li*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having the general form of a terebratula
shell.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*dine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>térédine</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A borer; the
teredo.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*re"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Teredos</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Teredines</b></plw> (#). [L., a
worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. &?;, L. <i>terere</i> to
rub.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve
mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves,
bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also <i>shipworm</i>. See
<u>Shipworm</u>. See <i>Illust.</i> in App.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*eph"tha*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A salt of terephthalic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`eph*thal"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tere</i>bene +
<i>phthalic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and
obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil
of turpentine; -- called also <i>paraphthalic acid</i>. Cf.
<u>Phthalic</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Round; terete.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Fotherby.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*rete"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>teres</i>, <i>-
etis</i>, rounded off, properly, rubbed off, fr. <i>terere</i> to rub.]
<def>Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of
plants.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*re"tial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Terete</u>.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Rounded; as, the <i>teretial</i> tracts in the floor of
the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.</def> <i>Owen.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"e*tous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Terete.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter"gal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tergum</i> the back.]
<i>(Anat. & Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See
<u>Dorsal</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"gant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Showing
the back; as, the eagle <i>tergant</i>.</def> [Written also
<i>tergiant</i>.]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Ter*gem"i*nal</hw> (?), <hw>Ter*gem"i*nate</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tergeminous</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Thrice
twin; having three pairs of leaflets.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*gem"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tergeminus</i>;
<i>ter</i> thrice + <i>geminus</i> doubled at birth, twin-born. Cf.
<u>Trigeminous</u>.] <def>Threefold; thrice-paired.</def>
<i>Blount.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*gif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tergum</i> the
back + <i>-ferous</i>.] <def>Carrying or bearing upon the back.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tergiferous plants</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>plants which
bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"gite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Coleoptera</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"gi*ver*sate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tergiversatus</i>, p. p. of <i>tergiversari</i> to turn one's back, to
shift; <i>tergum</i> back + <i>versare</i>, freq. of <i>vertere</i> to
turn. See <u>Verse</u>.] <def>To shift; to practice evasion; to use
subterfuges; to shuffle.</def> [R.] <i>Bailey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>tergiversario</i>: cf. F. <i>tergiversation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as
being freer from passions and <i>tergiversations</i>.</blockquote> <i>Abp.
Bramhall.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy;
change.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The colonel, after all his <i>tergiversations</i>, lost his
life in the king's service.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One who
tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"gum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Terga</b></plw> (#). [L., the back.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The back of an animal.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a
cirriped.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"rin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>tarin</i>, Prov. F.
<i>tairin</i>, <i>térin</i>, probably from the Picard
<i>tère</i> tender.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small yellow singing
bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also
<i>tarin</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Term</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terme</i>, L.
<i>termen</i>, <i>-inis</i>, <i>terminus</i>, a boundary limit, end; akin
to Gr. &?;, &?;. See <u>Thrum</u> a tuft, and cf. <u>Terminus</u>,
<u>Determine</u>, <u>Exterminate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which
limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are
as nature's two <i>terms</i>, or boundaries.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The time for which anything lasts; any limited
time; as, a <i>term</i> of five years; the <i>term</i> of life.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In universities, schools, etc., a definite
continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students;
as, the school year is divided into three <i>terms</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A point, line, or superficies,
that limits; as, a line is the <i>term</i> of a superficies, and a
superficies is the <i>term</i> of a solid.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A fixed period of time; a
prescribed duration</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The limitation of
an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for
the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A space of time granted to a debtor for
discharging his obligation.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The time in
which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during
which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and
ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April,
and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of
May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d
and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called
<i>vacation</i>. But this division has been practically abolished by the
Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for the more convenient
arrangement of the terms and vacations.
In the United States, the terms to be observed by the tribunals of
justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress and of the several
States.</p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Logic)</i> <def>The subject or the predicate of a
proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of
which is used twice.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after
Aristotle, together called its <i>terms</i> or extremes.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>
<p>&fist; The predicate of the conclusion is called the <i>major</i> term,
because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called
the <i>minor</i> term, because it is less general. These are called the
<i>extermes</i>; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between
them, is called the <i>mean</i> or <i>middle</i> term. Thus in the
following syllogism, --</p>
<p>Every vegetable is combustible;
Every tree is a vegetable;
Therefore every tree is combustible, -</p>
<p><i>combustible</i>, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term;
<i>tree</i> is the minor term; <i>vegetable</i> is the middle term.</p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A word or expression; specifically, one that has
a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar
to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical
<i>term</i>.</def> "<i>Terms</i> quaint of law." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be
expressed for want of <i>terms</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A quadrangular pillar, adorned on
the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called
also <i>terminal figure</i>. See <u>Terminus</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2
and 3.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at
the base. <i>Terms</i> rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or
boundaries. <i>Gwilt.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Alg.)</i> <def>A member of a compound quantity;
as, <i>a</i> or <i>b</i> in <i>a + b</i>; <i>ab</i> or <i>cd</i> in <i>ab -
cd</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The menses.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Propositions or
promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another,
settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>In Scotland, the time fixed for
the payment of rents.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Terms legal and conventional</i> in Scotland correspond to
<i>quarter days</i> in England and Ireland. There are two <i>legal
terms</i> -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two
<i>conventional terms</i> -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1.
<i>Mozley & W.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A piece of carved work placed
under each end of the taffrail.</def> <i>J. Knowels.</i></p>
<p><col><b>In term</b></col>, <cd>in set terms; in formal phrase.</cd>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I can not speak <i>in term</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p>-- <col><b>Term fee</b></col> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, <cd>a
fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the
costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court.</cd> -- <col><b>Terms
of a proportion</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>the four members of which it
is composed.</cd> -- <col><b>To bring to terms</b></col>, <cd>to compel
(one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms.</cd> --
<col><b>To make terms</b></col>, <cd>to come to terms; to make an
agreement: to agree.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word;
expression. -- <u>Term</u>, <u>Word</u>. These are more frequently
interchanged than almost any other vocables that occur of the language.
There is, however, a difference between them which is worthy of being kept
in mind. <i>Word</i> is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents
or expresses our thoughts and feelings. <i>Term</i> originally denoted one
of the two essential members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies
a word of specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects.
Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical <i>term</i>, and of
stating things in distinct <i>terms</i>. Thus we say, "the <i>term</i>
minister literally denotes servant;" "an exact definition of <i>terms</i>
is essential to clearness of thought;" "no <i>term</i> of reproach can
sufficiently express my indignation;" "every art has its peculiar and
distinctive <i>terms</i>," etc. So also we say, "purity of style depends on
the choice of <i>words</i>, and precision of style on a clear understanding
of the <i>terms</i> used." <i>Term</i> is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns,
and adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical
proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never be so
employed, are rarely spoken of as <i>terms</i>, but simply as
<i>words</i>.</p>
<p><hw>Term</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Termed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Terming</u>.] [See <u>Term</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and cf.
<u>Terminate</u>.] <def>To apply a term to; to name; to call; to
denominate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Men <i>term</i> what is beyond the limits of the universe
"imaginary space."</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Term</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The terminal lamina, or thin
ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the
brain.</def> <i>B. G. Wilder.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ma*gan*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent
<i>termagancy</i> of temper.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ma*gant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>Trivigant</i>,
<i>Termagant</i>, Termagant (in sense 1), OF. <i>Tervagan</i>; cf. It.
<i>Trivigante</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An imaginary being supposed by
the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in
the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous
and tumultous.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i> "And oftentimes by
<i>Termagant</i> and Mahound [Mahomet] swore." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The lesser part on Christ believed well,<BR>
On <i>Termagant</i> the more, and on Mahound.</blockquote>
<i>Fairfax.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; --
formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This terrible <i>termagant</i>, this Nero, this
Pharaoh.</blockquote> <i>Bale (1543).</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The slave of an imperious and reckless
<i>termagant</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ma*gant</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tumultuous; turbulent;
boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.</def> --
<wf>Ter"ma*gant*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>A <i>termagant</i>, imperious, prodigal, profligate
wench.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ter`ma*ta"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Termes</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any nest or dwelling of termes, or
white ants.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ma*ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Termatarium</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Term"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice
tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.</def> [Obs.] [Written also
<i>termor</i>.] <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who has an estate for a term of
years or for life.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"mes</hw> (t&etilde;r"mēz), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Termites</b></plw> (-m&ibreve;*tēz). [L.
<i>termes</i>, <i>tarmes</i>, <i>-itis</i>, a woodworm. Cf.
<u>Termite</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of Pseudoneuroptera
including the white ants, or termites. See <u>Termite</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*ble</hw> (-m&ibreve;n*&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Terminate</u>.] <def>Capable of being terminated or bounded;
limitable.</def> -- <wf>Ter"mi*na*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><col><b>Terminable annuity</b></col>, <cd>an annuity for a stated,
definite number of years; -- distinguished from <i>life annuity</i>, and
<i>perpetual annuity</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nal</hw> (-n<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>terminals</i>: cf. F. <i>terminal</i>. See <u>Term</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the end
or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a <i>terminal</i> edge.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Growing at the end of a branch or
stem; terminating; as, a <i>terminal</i> bud, flower, or spike.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Terminal moraine</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Moraine</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terminal statue</b></col>. <cd>See
<u>Terminus</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2 and 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Terminal
velocity</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The velocity acquired at the
end of a body's motion.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The limit toward which
the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the
air.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nal</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That
which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>Either of the ends of the
conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo,
or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment
of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a
pole.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter`mi*na"li*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L.] <i>(Rom.
Antiq.)</i> <def>A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February
23 in honor of <i>Terminus</i>, the god of boundaries.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terminans</i>, p.
pr. of <i>terminare</i>.] <def>Termination; ending.</def> [R.]
<i>Puttenham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Terminated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Terminating</u>.] [L. <i>terminatus</i>, p. p. of <i>terminare</i>. See
<u>Term</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To set a term or limit to; to form
the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to <i>terminate</i> a
surface by a line.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to
<i>terminate</i> an effort, or a controversy.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring
to completion; to perfect.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael
Angelo] <i>terminated</i> two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in
an incomparable style of art.</blockquote> <i>J. S. Harford.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1488 !></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to
end; to cease; as, the torrid zone <i>terminates</i> at the
tropics.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To come to a limit in time; to end; to
close.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
<i>terminate</i> on zhis side heaven.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terminatio</i>
a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. <i>terminasion</i>, OF. also
<i>termination</i>. See <u>Term</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or
concluding; as, a voluntary <i>termination</i> of hostilities.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which ends or bounds; limit in space or
extent; bound; end; as, the <i>termination</i> of a line.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>End in time or existence; as, the
<i>termination</i> of the year, or of life; the <i>termination</i> of
happiness.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>End; conclusion; result.</def>
<i>Hallam.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Last purpose of design.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A word; a term.</def> [R. & Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>The ending of a word; a final
syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`mi*na"tion*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to termination; forming a termination.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending or
serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.</def> <i>Bp.
Rust.</i> -- <wf>Ter"mi*na*tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*na`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., he who limits or
sets bounds.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which,
terminates.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>The dividing line between the
illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Terminative.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mine</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>terminer</i>.]
<def>To terminate.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terminer</i> to
bound, limit, end. See <u>Terminate</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A determining;
as, in oyer and <i>terminer</i>. See <u>Oyer</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The doctrine held by
the Terminists.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>terministe</i>.] <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>One of a class of theologians who
maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual
persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to
grace.</def> <i>Murdock.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to terminology.</def> -- <wf>Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ter`mi*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terminus</i>
term + <i>-logy</i>: cf. F. <i>terminologie</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise
on terms.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The terms actually used in any business, art,
science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the
<i>terminology</i> of chemistry.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of
sentence, and a <i>terminology</i> altogether new.</blockquote> <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mi*nus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Termini</b></plw> (#). [L. See <u>Term</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Myth.)</i> <def>The Roman divinity who presided
over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in
the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or
stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a
term. See <u>Term</u>, 8.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Either end of a railroad line; also, the station
house, or the town or city, at that place.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"mite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Termites</b></plw> (#). [F. See <u>Termes</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to
<i>Termes</i> and allied genera; -- called also <i>white ant</i>. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>White ant</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for
their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social
instincts, and their division of labor among the polymorphic individuals of
several kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has ordinary
workers, and large-headed individuals called <i>soldiers</i>.</p>
<p><hw>Term"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as,
<i>termless</i> time.</def> [R.] "<i>Termless</i> joys." <i>Sir W.
Raleigh.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Inexpressible; indescribable.</def> [R.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Term"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Occurring every term;
as, a <i>termly</i> fee.</def> [R.] <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Term"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Term by term; every
term.</def> [R.] "Fees . . . that are <i>termly</i> given."
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter`mo*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;,
boundary, end + <i>-logy</i>.] <def>Terminology.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Term"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Termer</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tern</hw> (t&etilde;rn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dan. <i>terne</i>,
<i>tærne</i>; akin to Sw. <i>tärna</i>, Icel.
<i>þerna</i>; cf. NL. <i>sterna</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any
one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls,
and belonging to <i>Sterna</i> and various allied genera.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their
weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed
wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European
tern (<i>Sterna hirundo</i>) is found also in Asia and America. Among other
American species are the arctic tern (<i>S. paradisæa</i>), the
roseate tern (<i>S. Dougalli</i>), the least tern (<i>S. Antillarum</i>),
the royal tern (<i>S. maxima</i>), and the sooty tern (<i>S.
fuliginosa</i>).</p>
<p><col><b>Hooded tern</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Fairy bird</i>, under
<u>Fairy</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Marsh tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern of the
genus <i>Hydrochelidon</i>. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed
largely upon insects.</cd> -- <col><b>River tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern
belonging to <i>Seëna</i> or allied genera which frequent rivers.</cd>
-- <col><b>Sea tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern of the genus <i>Thalasseus</i>.
Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
seas and the mouths of large rivers.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tern</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. pl. <i>terni</i> three each,
three; akin to <i>tres</i> three. See <u>Three</u>, and cf. <u>Trine</u>.]
<def>Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tern flowers</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>flowers growing three
and three together.</cd> -- <col><b>Tern leaves</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each
whorl or set.</cd> -- <col><b>Tern peduncles</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>three peduncles growing together from the same axis.</cd> --
<col><b>Tern schooner</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a three-masted
schooner.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tern</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terne</i>. See <u>Tern</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>That which consists of, or pertains to, three
things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from
the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three
numbers themselves.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She'd win a <i>tern</i> in Thursday's lottery.</blockquote>
<i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"na*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ternarius</i>, fr.
<i>terni</i>. See <u>Tern</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the <i>ternary</i>
number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great
veneration.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Containing, or consisting of,
three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are
regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus,
sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a <i>ternary</i> compound.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"na*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Ternaries</b></plw> (&?;). <def>A ternion; the number three; three
things taken together; a triad.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Some in <i>ternaries</i>, some in pairs, and some
single.</blockquote> <i>Holder.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL. <i>ternatus</i>, fr. L.
<i>terni</i> three each. See <u>Tern</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Having
the parts arranged by threes; as, <i>ternate</i> branches, leaves, or
flowers.</def> -- <wf>Ter"nate*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Terne"plate`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tern</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and <u>Plate</u>.] <def>Thin iron sheets coated with
an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of <i>three</i>
metals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ni*on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ternio</i>, fr.
<i>terni</i> three each. See <u>Tern</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>The
number three; three things together; a ternary.</def> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"pene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Turpentine</u>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of
pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and
represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons
found in some essential oils.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*pen"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Terpenylic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`pe*nyl"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Terpene</i> + <i>-
yl</i> + <i>-ic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or
designating, an acid, C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>12</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (called also
<i>terpentic acid</i>), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a
white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with
chromic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"pi*lene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"pin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A white
crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"pin*ol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Terpin</i> + L.
<i>ol</i>eum oil.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Any oil substance having a
hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded
as a related hydrate.</def></p>
<p><hw>Terp*sich"o*re</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?;
enjoyment (fr. &?; to gladden) + &?; dance, dancing.] <i>(Gr. Myth.)</i>
<def>The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially
the latter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Terp`sich*o*re"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. & L. See
<u>Terrace</u>.] <def>The earth; earth.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Terra alba</b></col> [L., white earth] <i>(Com.)</i>, <cd>a
white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium
silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes
used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Terra cotta</b></col>. [It., fr. <i>terra</i> earth + <i>cotta</i>,
fem. of <i>cotto</i> cooked, L. <i>coctus</i>, p. p. of <i>coquere</i> to
cook. See <u>Cook</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <cd>Baked clay; a kind of hard
pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and
the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Terræ filius</b></col> [L., son of the
earth], <cd>formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the
public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the
<i>prevaricator</i> at Cambridge, England.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra
firma</b></col> [L.], <cd>firm or solid earth, as opposed to
<i>water</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra Japonica</b></col>. [NL.] <cd>Same as
<u>Gambier</u>. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from
Japan.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra Lemnia</b></col> [L., Lemnian earth],
<cd>Lemnian earth. See under <u>Lemnian</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra
ponderosa</b></col> [L., ponderous earth] <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>barite, or
heavy spar.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra di Sienna</b></col>. <cd>See
<u>Sienna</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"race</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terrasse</i> (cf. Sp.
<i>terraza</i>, It. <i>terrazza</i>), fr. L. <i>terra</i> the earth,
probably for <i>tersa</i>, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to
<i>torrere</i> to parch, E. <i>torrid</i>, and <i>thirst</i>. See
<u>Thirst</u>, and cf. <u>Fumitory</u>, <u>Inter</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>,
<u>Patterre</u>, <u>Terrier</u>, <u>Trass</u>, <u>Tureen</u>,
<u>Turmeric</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A raised level space, shelf, or
platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of
tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A balcony, especially a large and uncovered
one.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the
Oriental nations are covered with <i>terraces</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the
side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>A level plain, usually with a
steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different
levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their
history.</p>
<p><col><b>Terrace epoch</b></col>. <i>(Geol.)</i> <cd>See <i>Drift
epoch</i>, under <u>Drift</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"race</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Terraced</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Terracing</u> (?).] <def>To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish
with a terrace or terraces, as, to <i>terrace</i> a garden, or a
building.</def> <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Clermont's <i>terraced</i> height, and Esher's
groves.</blockquote> <i>Thomson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ra*cul`ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terra</i> the
earth + <i>cultura</i>.] <def>Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.</def>
[R.] -- <wf>Ter`ra*cul"tur*al</wf> (#), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter"rane</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terrain</i>, from L.
<i>terra</i> earth.] <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>A group of rocks having a common
age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to <i>formation</i>, but used somewhat
less comprehensively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ra*pin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably of American
Indian origin.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of
tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for
food.</def> [Written also <i>terapin</i>, <i>terrapen</i>,
<i>terrapene</i>, and <i>turapen</i>.]</p>
<p>
&fist; The yellow-bellied terrapin (<i>Pseudemys acebra</i>) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin (<i>Pseudemys rugosa</i>),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also <i>potter</i>,
<i>slider</i>, and <i>redfender</i>), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh
terrapin (<i>Malaclemmys palustris</i>), are the most important American
species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the
Atlantic coast of the United States.</p>
<p><col><b>Alligator terrapin</b></col>, <cd>the snapping turtle.</cd> --
<col><b>Mud terrapin</b></col>, <cd>any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus <i>Cinosternon</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Painted
terrapin</b></col>, <cd>the painted turtle. See under <u>Painted</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Speckled terrapin</b></col>, <cd>a small fresh-water American
terrapin (<i>Chelopus guttatus</i>) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also <i>spotted turtle</i>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter*ra"que*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terra</i> the
earth + E. <i>aqueous</i>.] <def>Consisting of land and water; as, the
earth is a <i>terraqueous</i> globe.</def> <i>Cudworth.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The grand <i>terraqueous</i> spectacle<BR>
From center to circumference unveiled.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"rar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>terrarius liber</i>.
See <u>Terrier</u> a collection of acknowledgments.] <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i>
<def>See 2d <u>Terrier</u>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ras</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>See
<u>&?;rass</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*reen"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Turren</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*re"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of being
earthy; earthiness.</def> [Obs.] <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"rel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>terrella</i>, from L.
<i>terra</i> the earth.] <def>A spherical magnet so placed that its poles,
equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chambers.</i></p>
<p><hw>Terre"mote`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>terremote</i>,
<i>terremoete</i>, fr. L. <i>terra</i> the earth + <i>movere</i>,
<i>motum</i>, to move.] <def>An earthquake.</def> [Obs.] <i>Gower.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tureen.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Walpole.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terrenus</i>, fr.
<i>terra</i> the earth. See <u>Terrace</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, <i>terrene</i> substance.</def>
<i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Earthy; terrestrial.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature
celestial and <i>terrene</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth
and faith to bear of life and limb, and <i>terrene</i> honor.</blockquote>
<i>O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of
our <i>terrene</i> experience.</blockquote> <i>Hickok.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terrenum</i> land,
ground: cf. F. <i>terrain</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The earth's
surface; the earth.</def> [Poetic]</p>
<p><blockquote>Tenfold the length of this <i>terrene</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Surv.)</i> <def>The surface of the
ground.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*ren"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Earthiness;
worldliness.</def> [Obs.] "A dull and low <i>terrenity</i>."
<i>Feltham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"re*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terreus</i>, fr.
<i>terra</i> the earth. See <u>Terrace</u>.] <def>Consisting of earth;
earthy; as, <i>terreous</i> substances; <i>terreous</i> particles.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Terre"plein`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>terra</i>
earth + <i>planus</i> even, level, plain.] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>The top,
platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are
placed. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Casemate</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*res"tre</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE., from OF. & F.
<i>terrestre</i>.] <def>Terrestrial; earthly.</def> [Obs.] "His paradise
<i>terrestre</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terrestris</i>,
from <i>terra</i> the earth. See <u>Terrace</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as,
<i>terrestrial</i> animals.</def> "Bodies <i>terrestrial</i>." <i>1 Cor.
xv. 40.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a
<i>terrestrial</i> globe.</def> "The dark <i>terrestrial</i> ball."
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present
state; sublunary; mundane.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Vain labors of <i>terrestrial</i> wit.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A genius bright and base,<BR>
Of towering talents, and <i>terrestrial</i> aims.</blockquote>
<i>Young.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Consisting of land, in distinction from water;
belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees,
water, or the like; as, <i>terrestrial</i> serpents.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>terrestrial</i> parts of the globe.</blockquote>
<i>Woodward.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Adapted for the observation of objects on land
and on the earth; as, a <i>terrestrial</i> telescope, in distinction from
an <i>astronomical</i> telescope.</def></p>
<p>-- <wf>Ter*res"tri*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ter*res"tri*al*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An inhabitant of the
earth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>terrestris</i> terrestrial + <i>-fy</i>.] <def>To convert or reduce into
a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Terrestrial</u>.] <def>Terrestrial.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the rings on the
top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.</def></p>
<p><hw>Terre"-ten`ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terre</i>
earth, land + <i>tenant</i>, p. pr. of <i>tenir</i> to hold.] <i>(Law)</i>
<def>One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.</def>
[Written also <i>ter-tenant</i>.]</p>
<p><! p. 1489 !></p>
<p><hw>Terre"-verte`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. <i>terre</i>
earth + <i>vert</i>, <i>verte</i>, green.] <def>An olive-green earth used
as a pigment. See <u>Glauconite</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>terribilis</i>, fr. <i>terrere</i> to frighten. See <u>Terror</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Prudent in peace, and <i>terrible</i> in war.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God
is among you, a mighty God and <i>terrible</i>.</blockquote> <i>Deut. vii.
21.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Excessive; extreme; severe.</def> [Colloq.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>terrible</i> coldness of the season.</blockquote>
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful.</p>
<p>-- <wf>Ter"ri*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ter"ri*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>||Ter*ric"o*læ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>terra + colere</i> to inhabit.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of
annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`ri*en"ni*ak</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The arctic fox.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. L. <i>terere</i> to
rub, to rub away, <i>terebra</i> a borer.] <def>An auger or borer.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> [F.
<i>terrier</i>, <i>chien terrier</i>, from <i>terre</i> the earth, L.
<i>terra</i>; cf. F. <i>terrier</i> a burrow, LL. <i>terrarium</i> a
hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow).
See <u>Terrace</u>, and cf. <u>Terrier</u>, 2.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct
subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier,
have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the
black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright
ears.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness
of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and
their activity in destroying rats, etc. See <i>Fox terrier</i>, under
<u>Fox</u>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [F. <i>terrier</i>, <i>papier terrier</i>, LL.
<i>terrarius liber</i>, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or
landed estates. See <u>Terrier</u>, 1, and cf. <u>Terrar</u>.] <i>(Law)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the
vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they
owed to the lord, and the like.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>In modern
usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations
are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the
like.</def> [Written also <i>terrar</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terrificus</i>; fr.
<i>terrere</i> to frighten + <i>facere</i> to make. See <u>Terror</u>, and
<u>Fact</u>.] <def>Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread;
terrible; as, a <i>terrific</i> form; a <i>terrific</i> sight.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Terrific.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a terrific
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Terrified</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Terrifying</u> (?).] [L. <i>terrere</i> to frighten + <i>-fy</i>: cf. F.
<i>terrifier</i>, L. <i>terrificare</i>. See <u>Terrific</u>, and <u>-
fy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make terrible.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>If the law, instead of aggravating and <i>terrifying</i>
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To alarm or shock with fear; to
frighten.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not
<i>terrified</i>.</blockquote> <i>Luke xxi. 9.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter*rig"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>terrigena</i>,
<i>terrigenus</i>; <i>terra</i> the earth + <i>genere</i>, <i>gignere</i>,
to bring forth.] <def>Earthborn; produced by the earth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>territorialis</i>: cf. F. <i>territorial</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, <i>territorial</i> limits;
<i>territorial</i> jurisdiction.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Limited to a certain district; as, right may be
personal or <i>territorial</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to all or any of the
Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized
elsewhere; as, <i>Territorial</i> governments.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Territorialized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Territorializing</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
enlarge by extension of territory.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To reduce to the condition of a
territory.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In regard to
territory; by means of territory.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*to*ried</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Possessed of
territory.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter"ri*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Territories</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>territorium</i>, from
<i>terra</i> the earth: cf. F. <i>territoire</i>. See <u>Terrace</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large extent or tract of land; a region; a
country; a district.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He looked, and saw wide <i>territory</i> spread<BR>
Before him -- towns, and rural works between.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The extent of land belonging to, or under the
dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract
of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of
government; as, the <i>territory</i> of a State; the <i>territories</i> of
the East India Company.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In the United States, a portion of the country
not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a
State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a
Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and
Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of
the country not yet formed into a Province.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ror</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>terror</i>, akin to
<i>terrere</i> to frighten, for <i>tersere</i>; akin to Gr. &?; to flee
away, dread, Skr. <i>tras</i> to tremble, to be afraid, Russ.
<i>triasti</i> to shake: cf. F. <i>terreur</i>. Cf. <u>Deter</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind;
violent dread; fright.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Terror</i> seized the rebel host.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which excites dread; a cause of extreme
fear.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Those enormous <i>terrors</i> of the Nile.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Rulers are not a <i>terror</i> to good works.</blockquote>
<i>Rom. xiii. 3.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>There is no <i>terror</i>, Cassius, in your
threats.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Terror</i> is used in the formation of compounds which are
generally self-explaining: as, <i>terror</i>-fraught, <i>terror</i>-giving,
<i>terror</i>-smitten, <i>terror</i>-stricken, <i>terror</i>-struck, and
the like.</p>
<p><col><b>King of terrors</b></col>, <cd>death.</cd> <i>Job xviii. 14.</i>
-- <col><b>Reign of Terror</b></col>. <i>(F. Hist.)</i> <cd>See in
Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
<u>Alarm</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Ter"ror*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>terrorisme</i>.] <def>The act of terrorizing, or state of being
terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.</def>
<i>Jefferson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ror*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>terroriste</i>.]
<def>One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent
or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in
France.</def> <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ror*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>terroriser</i>.] <def>To impress with terror; to coerce by
intimidation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and
<i>terrorized</i> by ecclesiastical authority.</blockquote> <i>J. A.
Symonds.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ror*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from terror.</def>
<i>Poe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of heavy colored
fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often
called <i>terry velvet</i>, used for upholstery and trimmings.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter*sanc"tus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ter</i> thrice
+ <i>sanctus</i> holy.] <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>An ancient ascription of praise
(containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, "<i>Sanctus</i>" --
thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before
the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of
England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf.
<u>Trisagion</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Terse</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Terser</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Tersest</u>.] [L.
<i>tersus</i>, p. p. of <i>tergere</i> to rub or wipe off.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed;
smooth; polished.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Many stones, . . . although <i>terse</i> and smooth, have
not this power attractive.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.</def>
[R. & Obs.] "Your polite and <i>terse</i> gallants." <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words;
polished to smoothness; as, <i>terse</i> language; a <i>terse</i>
style.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Terse</i>, luminous, and dignified
eloquence.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A poet, too, was there, whose verse<BR>
Was tender, musical, and <i>terse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Neat; concise; compact. <u>Terse</u>, <u>Concise</u>.
<i>Terse</i> was defined by Johnson "cleanly written", <i>i. e.</i>, free
from blemishes, neat or smooth. Its present sense is "free from
excrescences," and hence, <i>compact</i>, with smoothness, grace, or
elegance, as in the following lones of Whitehead: -</p>
<p><blockquote>"In eight <i>terse</i> lines has Phædrus told<BR>
(So frugal were the bards of old)<BR>
A tale of goats; and closed with grace,<BR>
Plan, moral, all, in that short space."</blockquote></p>
<p> It differs from <i>concise</i> in not implying, perhaps, quite as
much condensation, but chiefly in the additional idea of "grace or
elegance."</p>
<p>-- <wf>Terse"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Terse"ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Ter*sul"phide</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>ter-</i> +
<i>sulphide</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A trisulphide.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter*sul"phu*ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>ter-</i> +
<i>sulphuret</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A trisulphide.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ter"-ten`ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Terre-
tenant</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"tial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> [From L. <i>tertius</i>
third, the tertial feathers being feathers of the third row. See
<u>Tierce</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Tertiary</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"tian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tertianus</i>, from
<i>tertius</i> the third. See <u>Tierce</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Occurring
every third day; as, a <i>tertian</i> fever.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"tian</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tertiana</i> (sc.
<i>febris</i>): cf. OF. <i>tertiane</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third
day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one
day.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal
to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a
tun.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ti*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tertiarius</i>
containing a third part, fr. <i>tertius</i> third: cf. F. <i>tertiaire</i>.
See <u>Tierce</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Being of the third formation,
order, or rank; third; as, a <i>tertiary</i> use of a word.</def>
<i>Trench.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Possessing some quality in the
third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or
radicals; as, a <i>tertiary</i> alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf.
<u>Primary</u>, and <u>Secondary</u>.</def>
</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>Later than, or subsequent to, the
Secondary.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Growing on the innermost
joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tertiary age</b></col>. <i>(Geol.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Age</u>,
8.</cd> -- <col><b>Tertiary color</b></col>, <cd>a color produced by the
mixture of two secondaries.</cd> "The so-called <i>tertiary colors</i> are
<i>citrine</i>, <i>russet</i>, and <i>olive.</i>" <i>Fairholt.</i> --
<col><b>Tertiary period</b></col>. <i>(Geol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The rock formation of that period; -- called also
<i>Tertiary formation</i>. See the <i>Chart</i> of <u>Geology</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Tertiary syphilis</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>the third and last
stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal
organs.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ti*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tertiaries</b></plw> (&?;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i>
<def>A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan
<i>tertiaries</i>; the Dominican <i>tertiaries</i>; the Carmelite
<i>tertiaries</i>. See <i>Third Order</i>, under <u>Third</u>.</def>
<i>Addis & Arnold.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>The Tertiary era, period, or
formation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the quill feathers
which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Bird</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ter"ti*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>tertiatus</i>,
p. p. of <i>tertiare</i> to do for the third time, fr. <i>tertius</i> the
third.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To do or perform for the third time.</def>
[Obs. & R.] <i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Gun.)</i> <def>To examine, as the thickness of
the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness
of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter`u*ter"o</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably so named from
its city.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The South American lapwing (<i>Vanellus
Cayennensis</i>). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also
<i>Cayenne lapwing</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter"za ri"ma</hw> (?). [It., a third or triple rhyme.] <def>A
peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early
Italian poets from the Troubadours.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ter*zet"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It., dim. of
<i>terzo</i> the third, L. <i>tertius</i>. See <u>Tierce</u>.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an
instrumental) trio.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"sel*ar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tessella</i> a
small square piece, a little cube, dim. of <i>tessera</i> a square piece of
stone, wood, etc., a die.] <def>Formed of tesseræ, as a
mosaic.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes`sel*la"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tessellate</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Crinoidea
including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with
tessellated plates.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"sel*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tessellated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tessellating</u>.] [L. <i>tessellatus</i> tessellated. See
<u>Tessellar</u>.] <def>To form into squares or checkers; to lay with
checkered work.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The floors are sometimes of wood, <i>tessellated</i> after
the fashion of France.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"sel*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tesselatus</i>.]
<def>Tessellated.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"sel*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
<i>tessellated</i> pavement.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zoöl.)</i> <def>Marked like a
checkerboard; as, a <i>tessellated</i> leaf.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes`sel*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.</def> <i>J.
Forsyth.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tes"se*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tesseræ</b></plw> (#). [L., a square piece, a die. See
<u>Tessellar</u>.] <def>A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the
like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for
mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes;
also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of
admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and
as a token for various other purposes.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes`se*ra"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Diversified by
squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir R. Atkyns
(1712).</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"se*ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesseræ.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Isometric.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"su*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Crystallog.)</i>
<def>Tesseral.</def></p>
<p><hw>Test</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>test</i> test, or cupel,
potsherd, F. <i>têt</i>, from L. <i>testum</i> an earthen vessel;
akin to <i>testa</i> a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd,
perhaps for <i>tersta</i>, and akin to <i>torrere</i> to patch,
<i>terra</i> earth (cf. <u>Thirst</u>, and <u>Terrace</u>), but cf. Zend
<i>tasta</i> cup. Cf. <u>Test</u> a shell, <u>Testaceous</u>,
<u>Tester</u> a covering, a coin, <u>Testy</u>, <u>Tête-à-
tête</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>A cupel or
cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and
refinement.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our ingots, <i>tests</i>, and many mo.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any
critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a
<i>test</i>.</def> "Bring me to the <i>test</i>." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Means of trial; as, absence is a <i>test</i> of
love.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Each <i>test</i> every light her muse will
bear.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That with which anything is compared for proof
of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Life, force, and beauty must to all impart,<BR>
At once the source, and end, and <i>test</i> of art.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Discriminative characteristic; standard of
judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Our <i>test</i> excludes your tribe from
benefit.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Judgment; distinction; discrimination.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Who would excel, when few can make a <i>test</i><BR>
Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A reaction employed to recognize
or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as
the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent
employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary <i>test</i> for
sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium
sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Test act</b></col> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>an act of the English
Parliament prescribing a form of oath and declaration against
transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and military, were formerly
obliged to take within six months after their admission to office. They
were obliged also to receive the sacrament according to the usage of the
Church of England.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>Test object</b></col>
<i>(Optics)</i>, <cd>an object which tests the power or quality of a
microscope or telescope, by requiring a certain degree of excellence in the
instrument to determine its existence or its peculiar texture or
markings.</cd> -- <col><b>Test paper</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <cd>Paper prepared for use in testing for certain substances
by being saturated with a reagent which changes color in some specific way
when acted upon by those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by
acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned brown by alkalies,
etc.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Law)</i> <cd>An instrument admitted as a
standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which
comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.</cd> --
<col><b>Test tube</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A
simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for
performing ordinary reactions.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A graduated
tube.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment;
trial. -- <u>Test</u>, <u>Trial</u>. <i>Trial</i> is the wider term;
<i>test</i> is a searching and decisive <i>trial</i>. It is derived from
the Latin <i>testa</i> (earthen pot), which term was early applied to the
<i>fining pot</i>, or <i>crucible</i>, in which metals are melted for trial
and refinement. Hence the peculiar force of the word, as indicating a trial
or criterion of the most decisive kind.</p>
<p><blockquote>I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose <i>trial</i>
shall better publish his commediation.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy virtue, prince, has stood the <i>test</i> of
fortune,<BR>
Like purest gold, that tortured in the furnace,<BR>
Comes out more bright, and brings forth all its weight.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Test</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Tested</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Testing</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>To refine, as gold or silver, in a
test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put to the proof; to prove the truth,
genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard;
to try; as, to <i>test</i> the soundness of a principle; to <i>test</i> the
validity of an argument.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Experience is the surest standard by which to <i>test</i>
the real tendency of the existing constitution.</blockquote>
<i>Washington.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To examine or try, as by the use
of some reagent; as, to <i>test</i> a solution by litmus paper.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1490 !></p>
<p><hw>Test</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>testis</i>. Cf.
<u>Testament</u>, <u>Testify</u>.] <def>A witness.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more
surety <i>tests</i> of that deed.</blockquote> <i>Ld. Berners.</i></p>
<p><hw>Test</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L. <i>testari</i>. See
<u>Testament</u>.] <def>To make a testament, or will.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p>{ <hw>Test</hw> (?), <hw>||Tes"ta</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> E. <plw><b>Tests</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Testæ</b></plw>
(#). [L. <i>testa</i> a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of
earthenware, a shell. See <u>Test</u> a cupel.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The external hard or firm covering of many
invertebrate animals.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The <i>test</i> of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of
chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is
called the <i>shell</i>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The outer integument of a seed;
the episperm, or spermoderm.</def></p>
<p><hw>Test"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Testament</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being tested or proved.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being devised, or given by
will.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes*ta"ce*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>testaceum</i> a shelled anumal. See <u>Testaceous</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Invertebrate animals covered with shells,
especially mollusks; shellfish.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta"cean</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Onr of the Testacea.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta`ce*og"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Testacea</i>
+ <i>-graphy</i>: cf. F. <i>testacéographie</i>.] <def>The science
which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of
shellfish.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta`ce*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Testacea</i> +
<i>-logy</i>: cf. F. <i>testacéologie</i>.] <def>The science of
testaceous mollusks; conchology.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>testaceus</i>,
fr. <i>testa</i> a shell. See <u>Testa</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard
shell.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having a dull red
brick color or a brownish yellow color.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Testaceous animals</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>animals
having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished
from <i>crustaceous animals</i>, whose shells are more thin and soft, and
consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and
crabs.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ta*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Testate</u>.]
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving
a valid will, or testament, at death.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ta*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>testamentum</i>, fr. <i>testari</i> to be a witness, to make one's last
will, akin to <i>testis</i> a witness. Cf. <u>Intestate</u>,
<u>Testify</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A solemn, authentic
instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal
of his estate and effects after his death.</def></p>
<p>&fist; This is otherwise called a <i>will</i>, and sometimes a <i>last
will and testament</i>. A <i>testament</i>, to be valid, must be made by a
person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of
law. A man, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only.
See <i>Nuncupative will</i>, under <u>Nuncupative</u>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the two distinct revelations of God's
purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of
the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are
respectively revealed; as, the Old <i>Testament</i>; the New
<i>Testament</i>; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the
latter.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He is the mediator of the new <i>testament</i> . . . for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first
<i>testament</i>.</blockquote> <i>Heb. ix. 15.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Holographic testament</b></col>, <cd>a testament written wholly
by the testator himself.</cd> <i>Bouvier.</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Tes`ta*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>testamentalis</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a testament;
testamentary.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy <i>testamental</i> cup I take,<BR>
And thus remember thee.</blockquote> <i>J. Montgomery.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes`ta*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>testamentarius</i>: cf. F. <i>testamentaire</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters
<i>testamentary</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Bequeathed by will; given by
testament.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>How many <i>testamentary</i> charities have been defeated by
the negligence or fraud of executors!</blockquote> <i>Atterbury.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament,
or will; as, a <i>testamentary</i> guardian of a minor, who may be
appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child
becomes of age.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes`ta*men*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
power of giving by testament, or will.</def> [R.] <i>Burke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ta*men*tize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make a
will.</def> [Obs.] <i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tes*ta"mur</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., we testify, fr.
<i>testari</i> to testify.] <i>(Eng. Universities)</i> <def>A certificate
of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, <i>Ita
testamur</i>, with which it commences.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>testatus</i>, p. p.
of <i>testari</i>. See <u>Testament</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>Having made and
left a will; as, a person is said to die <i>testate</i>.</def>
<i>Ayliffe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"tate</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who leaves
a valid will at death; a testate person.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>testatio</i>.]
<def>A witnessing or witness.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.: cf. F.
<i>testateur</i>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A man who makes and leaves a will, or
testament, at death.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*ta"trix</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A
woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"te</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called fr. L.
<i>teste</i>, abl. of <i>testis</i> a witness, because this was formerly
the initial word in the clause.] <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
witness.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The witnessing or concluding
clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>testere</i> a
headpiece, helmet, OF. <i>testiere</i>, F. <i>têtière</i> a
head covering, fr. OF. <i>teste</i> the head, F. <i>tête</i>, fr. L.
<i>testa</i> an earthen pot, the skull. See <u>Test</u> a cupel, and cf.
<u>Testière</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A headpiece; a
helmet.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The shields bright, <i>testers</i>, and
trappures.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.</def>
<i>Oxf. Gross.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A canopy over a bed, supported by the
bedposts.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>No <i>testers</i> to the bed, and the saddles and
portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.</blockquote>
<i>Walpole.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ter</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For <i>testern</i>,
<i>teston</i>, fr. F. <i>teston</i>, fr. OF. <i>teste</i> the head, the
head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See <u>Tester</u> a
covering, and cf. <u>Testone</u>, <u>Testoon</u>.] <def>An old French
silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently
reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern
English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to <i>tizzy</i>. Called also
<i>teston</i>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"tern</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A sixpence; a
tester.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tes"tern</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To present with a
tester.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tes"tes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <def><pos><i>pl.</i></pos>
of <u>Teste</u>, or of <u>Testis</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes`ti*car"di*nes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Test</u> a shell, and <u>Cardo</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division
of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with
a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>testiculus</i>,
dim. of <i>testis</i> a testicle, probably the same word as <i>testis</i> a
witness, as being a witness to manhood. Cf. <u>Test</u> a witness.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the essential male genital glands which secrete
the semen.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*cond</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>testis</i> testis
+ <i>condere</i> to hide.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having the testicles
naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*tic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to the testicle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*tic"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL.
<i>testiculatus</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Shaped like a
testicle, ovate and solid.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Having two tubers
resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes`ti*ère"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>testiere</i>. See <u>Tester</u> a headpiece.] <def>A piece of plate
armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"tif</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Testy</u>.]
<def>Testy; headstrong; obstinate.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote><i>Testif</i> they were and lusty for to play.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>testificatio</i>: cf. OF. <i>testification</i>. See <u>Testify</u>.]
<def>The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct
<i>testification</i> of our homage to God.</def> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*fi*ca`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <def>A
testifier.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*fi`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who testifies;
one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a
witness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Testified</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Testifying</u> (?).] [OF. <i>testifier</i>, L. <i>testificari</i>;
<i>testis</i> a witness + <i>-ficare</i> (in comp.) to make. See <u>-
fy</u>, and cf. <u>Attest</u>, <u>Contest</u>, <u>Detest</u>,
<u>Protest</u>, <u>Testament</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make a solemn
declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony
for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not
known to them.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Jesus . . . needed not that any should <i>testify</i> of
man, for he knew what was in man.</blockquote> <i>John ii. 25.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To make a solemn declaration under
oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of,
some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a
tribunal.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>One witness shall not <i>testify</i> against any person to
cause him to die.</blockquote> <i>Num. xxxv. 30.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To declare a charge; to protest; to give
information; to bear witness; -- with <i>against</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>O Israel, . . . I will <i>testify</i> against
thee.</blockquote> <i>Ps. l. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>testified</i> against them in the day wherein they sold
victuals.</blockquote> <i>Neh. xiii. 15.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare
solemny.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We speak that we do know, and <i>testify</i> that we have
seen; and ye receive not our witness.</blockquote> <i>John iii. 11.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To affirm or declare under oath or
affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a testy manner;
fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes`ti*mo"ni*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>testimoniale</i>, LL. <i>testimonialis</i>, L. <i>testimoniales</i> (sc.
<i>litteræ</i>). See <u>Testimonial</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A writing or certificate which bears testimony in
favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a
thing.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Something, as money or plate, presented to a
preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services
rendered.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes`ti*mo"ni*al</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>testimonialis</i>:
cf. F. <i>testimonial</i>.] <def>Relating to, or containing,
testimony.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*mo*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Testimonies</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>testimonium</i>, from
<i>testis</i> a witness: cf. OF. <i>testimoine</i>, <i>testemoine</i>,
<i>testimonie</i>. See <u>Testify</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A solemn
declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving
some fact.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Such declaration, in judicial proceedings, may be verbal or
written, but must be under oath or affirmation.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines
are supported by the uniform <i>testimony</i> of the fathers; the belief of
past facts must depend on the evidence of human <i>testimony</i>, or the
<i>testimony</i> of historians.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Open attestation; profession.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>[Thou] for the <i>testimony</i> of truth, hast borne<BR>
Universal reproach.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet
for a <i>testimony</i> against them.</blockquote> <i>Mark vi. 11.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i> <def>The two tables of the
law.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou shalt put into the ark the <i>testimony</i> which I
shall give thee.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxv. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre&?;
Scriptures.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>testimony</i> of the Lord is sure, making wise the
simple.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xix. 7.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Proof; evidence; attestation; witness; affirmation;
confirmation; averment. -- <u>Testimony</u>, <u>Proof</u>,
<u>Evidence</u>. <i>Proof</i> is the most familiar, and is used more
frequently (though not exclusively) of facts and things which occur in the
ordinary concerns of life. <i>Evidence</i> is a word of more dignity, and
is more generally applied to that which is moral or intellectual; as, the
<i>evidences</i> of Christianity, etc. <i>Testimony</i> is what is deposed
to by a witness on oath or affirmation. When used figuratively or in a
wider sense, the word <i>testimony</i> has still a reference to some living
agent as its author, as when we speak of the <i>testimony</i> of
conscience, or of doing a thing in <i>testimony</i> of our affection, etc.
<i>Testimony</i> refers rather to the thing declared, <i>evidence</i> to
its value or effect. "To conform our language more to common use, we ought
to divide arguments into demonstrations, <i>proofs</i>, and probabilities;
ba <i>proofs</i>, meaning such arguments from experience as leave no room
for doubt or opposition." <i>Hume.</i> "The <i>evidence</i> of sense is the
first and highest kind of <i>evidence</i> of which human nature is
capable." <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i> "The <i>proof</i> of everything must be by
the <i>testimony</i> of such as the parties produce." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*mo*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To witness; to
attest; to prove by testimony.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ti*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.</def></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Testiness</i> is a disposition or aptness to be
angry.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Test"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of testing or proving; trial; proof.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>The operation of refining gold
or silver in a <i>test</i>, or cupel; cupellation.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Testing machine</b></col> <i>(Engin.)</i>, <cd>a machine used in
the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and
their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending,
crushing, etc.</cd></p>
<p><hw>||Tes"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Testes</b></plw> (#). [L.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A
testicle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ton</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tester; a
sixpence.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tes*tone"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Pg.
<i>testão</i>, <i>tostão</i>. See <u>Testoon</u>.] <def>A
silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven
cents.</def> <i>Homans.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes*toon"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>testone</i>. See
<u>Tester</u> a coin.] <def>An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is
worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.</def> <i>Homans.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tes*tu"di*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Testudo</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a
tortoise.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes*tu`di*na"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise;
resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise
shell.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes*tu`di*na"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Nl. See
<u>Testudo</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order of reptiles which
includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell
consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the <i>carapace</i>, and a
lower or ventral shell, called the <i>plastron</i>, each of which consists
of several plates.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tes*tu"di*nate</hw> (?), <hw>Tes*tu"di*na`ted</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>testudinatus</i>, fr. <i>testudo</i>, <i>-
inis</i>, a tortoise, an arch or vault.] <def>Resembling a tortoise shell
in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes`tu*din"e*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>testudineus</i>.] <def>Resembling the shell of a tortoise.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tes*tu"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Testudines</b></plw> (#). [L., from <i>testa</i> the shell of
shellfish, or of testaceous animals.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of tortoises which formerly included a
large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial
species, such as the European land tortoise (<i>Testudo Græca</i>)
and the gopher of the Southern United States.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i> <def>A cover or screen which a
body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over
their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the
back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and
other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved
on wheels.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A kind of musical instrument. a
species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to
have been made of the shell of a tortoise.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tes"ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Testier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Testiest</u>.] [OF.
<i>testu</i> obstinate, headstrong, F. <i>têtu</i>, fr. OF.
<i>teste</i> the head, F. <i>tête</i>. See <u>Test</u> a cupel.]
<def>Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch<BR>
Under your <i>testy</i> humor?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I was displeased with myself; I was
<i>testy</i>.</blockquote> <i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*tan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. L. <i>tetanicus</i>
suffering from tetanus, Gr. &?;, F. <i>tétanique</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to tetanus;
having the character of tetanus; as, a <i>tetanic</i> state; <i>tetanic</i>
contraction.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple
spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus,
or <i>tetanic</i> contraction.</blockquote> <i>Foster.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol. & Med.)</i> <def>Producing, or tending
to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; as, a
<i>tetanic</i> remedy. See <u>Tetanic</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>
<p><! p. 1491 !></p>
<p><hw>Te*tan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol. & Med.)</i>
<def>A substance (notably nux vomica, strychnine, and brucine) which,
either as a remedy or a poison, acts primarily on the spinal cord, and
which, when taken in comparatively large quantity, produces tetanic spasms
or convulsions.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"a*nin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol. Chem.)</i>
<def>A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of
a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; --
so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent
effects.</def>
</p>
<p><hw>Tet`a*ni*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>The production or condition of tetanus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"a*nize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause
tetanus in. See <u>Tetanus</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"a*noid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetanus</i> + <i>-
oid</i>.] <i>(Med. & Physiol.)</i> <def>Resembling tetanus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`a*no*mo"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by
successive mechanical shocks.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet"a*nus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
stretched, &?; to stretch.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A painful
and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as
its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the
muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called <i>locked-jaw</i>, or
<i>lickjaw</i>, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of
the body resulting from the spasm.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>That condition of a muscle in
which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when
stimulated by a series of induction shocks.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"a*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A morbid
condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less
severe and having intermittent spasms.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tard"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
gobioid fish (<i>Eleotris gyrinus</i>) of the Southern United States; --
called also <i>sleeper</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tar`to*he"dral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; fourth +
&?; base.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Having one fourth the number of planes
which are requisite to complete symmetry.</def> --
<wf>Te*tar`to*he"dral*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*tar`to*he"drism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>The property of being tetartohedral.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*taug"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>See
<u>Tautog</u>.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tetch"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Techiness</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tetch"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Techy</u>.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tête</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., the head. See
<u>Tester</u> a covering.] <def>A kind of wig; false hair.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tête`-à-tête"</hw>
(tāt`&adot;*tāt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., head to head. See
<u>Tester</u> a covering, <u>Test</u> a cupel.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two
persons.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A short sofa intended to accomodate two
persons.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tête`-à-tête"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Private; confidential; familiar.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She avoided <i>tête-à-tête</i> walks with
him.</blockquote> <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tête`-à-tête"</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.</def>
<i>Prior.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tête`-de-pont"</hw> (tāt`d<i>e</i>*pôN"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Têtes-de-pont</b></plw> (#).
[F., head of a bridge.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A work thrown up at the end of a
bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a
bridgehead.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tel"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
large African antelope (<i>Alcelaphus tora</i>). It has widely divergent,
strongly ringed horns.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teth"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Formerly <i>tedder</i>, OE.
<i>tedir</i>; akin to LG. <i>tider</i>, <i>tier</i>, Icel.
<i>tjō&?;r</i>, Dan. <i>töir</i>. √64.] <def>A long rope
or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can
range or feed only within certain limits.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teth"er</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tethered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tethering</u>.] <def>To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or
chain, as for feeding within certain limits.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And by a slender cord was <i>tethered</i> to a
stone.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*thy"dan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tethys</u>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A tunicate.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te`thy*o"de*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
<i>Tethys</i> + Gr. &?; form.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of
Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound.
Called also <i>Tethioidea</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"thys</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an oyster,
or &?; a kind of ascidian.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of a large
naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and
branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are
brilliantly colored.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra-</hw> (?). [Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk>, from <grk>te`sares</grk>,
<grk>te`ttares</grk>, four. See <u>Four</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
combining form or prefix signifying <i>four</i>, as in <i>tetra</i>basic,
<i>tetra</i>petalous.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A combining form (also used
adjectively) denoting <i>four proportional</i> or <i>combining parts</i> of
the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as
in <i>tetra</i>-chloride, <i>tetr</i>oxide.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*bas"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>basic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Capable of neutralizing four molecules
of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by
bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid,
Si(OH)<sub>4</sub>, is a <i>tetrabasic</i> acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*bor"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>boric</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Pyroboric</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tetra-</u>, and <u>Branchia</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order of
Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the
pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state,
such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*bran`chi*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra</i> +
<i>branchiate</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Tetrabranchiata.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the
Tetrabranchiata.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*car"pel</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>carpellary</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Composed of four carpels.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*chord</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrachordon</i>,
Gr. &?;, from &?; four-stringed; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) +
&?; a chord: cf. F. <i>tétrachorde</i>.] <i>(Anc. Mus.)</i> <def>A
scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last,
constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds
were changeable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*chot"o*mous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>te`tracha</grk> in four parts + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or
series, or into series of fours.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet*rac"id</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra</i> +
<i>acid</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Capable of neutralizing four molecules of
a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba
acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine,
C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>, is a <i>tetracid</i>
alcohol.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*coc"cous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tetra-</u>,
and <u>Coccus</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four cocci, or
carpels.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*co"lon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; with four
members; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; limb, member.]
<i>(Pros.)</i> <def>A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of
four verses or lines.</def> <i>Crabb.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Te`tra*co*ral"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tetra-</u>, and <u>Corallum</u>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rugosa</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trac`ti*nel"lid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any species of sponge of the division
Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., from
Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> tetra- + &?;, &?;, ray, spoke.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>A division of Spongiæ in which the spicules are siliceous and
have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also
<i>Tetractinellinæ</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"rad</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetras</i>, <i>-
adis</i>, Gr. &?;, &?;: cf. F. <i>tétrade</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A tetravalent or quadrivalent
atom or radical; as, carbon is a <i>tetrad</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyl</hw>, <hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyle</hw> } (?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tétradactyle</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Tetradactylous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyl*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;;
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; finger, toe.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having, or characterized by, four digits to the
foot or hand.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*dec"ane</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; ten.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A light oily hydrocarbon,
C<sub>14</sub>H<sub>30</sub>, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from
the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tetra-</u>, and <u>Decapoda</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Arthrostraca</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet*rad"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a
tetrad; as, a carbon is a <i>tetradic</i> element.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*dite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tetrad</u>.]
<def>A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one
born on the <i>fourth</i> day of the month, or one who reverenced
<i>four</i> persons in the Godhead.</def> <i>Smart.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*don</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>See <u>Tetrodon</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>See <u>Tetrodont</u>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet"ra*drachm</hw> (?), <hw>||Tet`ra*drach"ma</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>tetradrachma</i>, fr. Gr.
<grk>tetra`drachmon</grk>; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) +
<grk>drachmh`</grk> drachm, drachma.] <def>A silver coin among the ancient
Greeks, of the value of four drachms.</def> The Attic <i>tetradrachm</i>
was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.</p>
<p><hw>Tet*rad"y*mite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>tetra`dymos</grk> fourfold. So named from its occurrence in compound
twin crystals, or fourlings.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A telluride of bismuth. It
is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in
foliated masses. Called also <i>telluric bismuth</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; power.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
Linnæan class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer
than the others.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A plant of the order Tetradynamia.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an</hw> (?), <hw>Tet`ra*dyn"a*mous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Belonging to the order
Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than
the others.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*gon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetragonum</i>, Gr.
<grk>tetra`gwnon</grk>; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) +
<grk>gwni`a</grk> corner, angle: cf. F. <i>tétragone</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A plane figure having four sides and
angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Astrol.)</i> <def>An aspect of two planets with
regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees,
or the fourth of a circle.</def> <i>Hutton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*trag"o*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Geom.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or
sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium
are <i>tetragonal</i> fingers.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four prominent longitudinal
angles.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Designating, or belonging
to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See <i>Tetragonal
system</i>, under <u>Crystallization</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a letter.] <def>The
mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity,
whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as,
the Hebrew <i>JeHoVaH</i>, Greek <grk>qeo`s</grk>, Latin <i>deus</i>,
etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`ra*gyn"i*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman, female.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A Linnæan order of plants having four
styles.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet`ra*gyn"i*an</hw> (?), <hw>Te*trag"y*nous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Belonging to the order Tetragynia;
having four styles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Tetrahedron</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having, or composed of, four
sides.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Having
the form of the regular tetrahedron.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral
forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tetrahedral angle</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a solid angle
bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dral*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a tetrahedral
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"drite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called because
the crystals of the species are commonly <i>tetrahedrons</i>.]
<i>(Min.)</i> <def>A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities
of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties
yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also <i>gray copper
ore</i>, <i>fahlore</i>, and <i>panabase</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; seat, base, fr. &?; to sit.] <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A solid figure
inclosed or bounded by four triangles.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the
hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.</p>
<p><col><b>Regular tetrahedron</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a solid
bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular
solids.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>hexahedron</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>A solid in the isometric
system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding
to each face of the cube.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;
four times + E. <i>hexahedron</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>A
tetrahexahedron.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*ko*sane`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; twenty.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A hydrocarbon,
C<sub>24</sub>H<sub>50</sub>, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to
the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having <i>twenty-four</i> atoms of
carbon in the molecule.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tral"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; <grk>te`tra-
</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a speech, discourse: cf. F.
<i>tétralogie</i>.] <i>(Gr. Drama)</i> <def>A group or series of
four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or
sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at
the Dionysiac festival.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited together without
a fourth piese, was called a <i>trilogy</i>.</p>
<p><hw>||Te*tram"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tetramerous</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Coleoptera
having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being
rudimentary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tram"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; part.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the parts arranged
in sets of four; as, a <i>tetramerous</i> flower.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having four joints in each
of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*tram"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrametrus</i>,
Gr. &?;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a measure: cf. F.
<i>tétramètre</i>.] <i>(GR. & Latin Pros.)</i> <def>A verse
or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and
anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four
feet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*meth"yl*ene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>methylene</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A hypothetical
hydrocarbon, C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>, analogous to trimethylene, and
regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate
certain compounds which are really related to butylene.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*morph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr. &?;
form, figure: cf. Gr. &?; fourfold.] <i>(Christian Art)</i> <def>The union
of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is
represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being
covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the
vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)</def></p>
<p><hw>||Te*tran"dri*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., from Gr.
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?;, &?;, a man, male.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A Linnæan class of plants having four
stamens.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Te*tran"dri*an</hw> (?), <hw>Te*tran"drous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Belonging to the class
Tetrandria.</def></p>
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<p><hw>Te*tra"o*nid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrao</i> a
heath cock, grouse, Gr. &?;: cf. F. <i>tétraonide</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus
<i>Tetrao</i> is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like.
Used also adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*pet"al*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>petal</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Containing four distinct petals, or
flower leaves; as, a <i>tetrapetalous</i> corolla.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet`ra*phar"ma*com</hw> (?), <hw>Tet`ra*phar"ma*cum</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>tetrapharmacon</i>, L. <i>tetrapharmacum</i>,
Gr. &?;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a drug.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing
an ointment.</def> <i>Brande & C.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*phe"nol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>phenol</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Furfuran.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Te*traph"yl*lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; a leaf.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four leaves; consisting of four
distinct leaves or leaflets.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet"ra*pla</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; etymologically
<pos><i>pl.</i></pos>, but syntactically <pos><i>sing.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>tetraplo`os</grk>, <grk>tetraploy^s</grk>, fourfold.] <def>A Bible
consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by
Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tet`rap*neu"mo*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Tetra-</u>, and <u>Pneumo-</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of
Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs.
It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See
<u>Mygale</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`rap*nue*mo"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the Tetrapneumona.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*pod</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; fourfooted;
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?;, &?;, foot.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An insect characterized by having but four perfect
legs, as certain of the butterflies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trap"o*dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>A set of
four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trap"ter*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Tetrapterous</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An insect having four
wings.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trap"ter*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;;
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; wing.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Having four wings.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"rap*tote</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetraptotum</i>,
Gr. &?;.] <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>A noun that has four cases only.</def>
<i>Andrews.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te"trarch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrarches</i>, Gr.
&?;, &?;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a ruler, &?; to
lead; rule: cf. F. <i>tétrarque</i>. See <u>Arch</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i> <def>A Roman governor of the
fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince;
also, a petty king or sovereign.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"trarch</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Four.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><hw>Te*trarch"ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>tétrarchat</i>.] <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i> <def>A tetrarchy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trarch"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>Of or
pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.</def> <i>Bolingbroke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet"rarch*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Tetrarchies</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>tetrarchia</i>, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
<i>tétrarchie</i>.] <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i> <def>The district under a
Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a
tetrarchate.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*schis"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; divided
into four parts; <grk>te`tra-</grk> tetra- + &?; to split.] <i>(Biol.)</i>
<def>Characterized by division into four parts.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*sep"al*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>sepal</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four sepals.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*spas"ton</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; to draw, pull.] <i>(Mach.)</i>
<def>A machine in which four pulleys act together.</def> <i>Brande &
C.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*sper"mous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr.
&?; a seed.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four seeds.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tetraspermous plant</b></col>, <cd>a plant which produces four
seeds in each flower.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*spore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>spore</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four
regularly occurring in red seaweeds.</def> -- <wf>Tet`ra*spor"ic</wf> (#),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*tras"tich</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrastichon</i>,
Gr. &?;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>) + &?; a row, verse.] <def>A
stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.</def>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*style</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetrastylon</i>,
Gr. &?; with four pillars in front; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <u>Tetra-</u>)
+ &?; a column.] <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Having four columns in front; -- said
of a temple, portico, or colonnade.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
tetrastyle building.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>tétrasyllabique</i>.]
<def>Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*syl`la*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>syllable</i>: cf. Gr. &?; of four syllables.] <def>A word consisting of
four syllables; a quadrisyllable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*the"cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>thecal</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having four loculaments, or
thecæ.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*thi"on*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A salt of tetrathionic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*thi*on"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>thionic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a
thionic derivative, H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub>, of sulphuric
acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*tom"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>atomic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Consisting of four
atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Having a valence of four; quadrivalent;
tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups,
whether acid or basic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trav"a*lence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trav"a*lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + L.
<i>valens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Having a valence
of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te*trax"ile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
<i>axile</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having four branches diverging at
right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet*raz"o-</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + <i>azo-
</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A combining form (also used adjectively),
designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo
compounds <i>containing four atoms of nitrogen</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ra*zone</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Any
one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four
nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl <i>tetrazone</i>,
(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>N.
N<sub>2</sub>.N(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>, a colorless
liquid having an odor of leeks.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tet"ric</hw> (?), <hw>Tet"ri*cal</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>tetricus</i>, taetricus, from <i>teter</i>, <i>taeter</i>,
offensive, foul.] <def>Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.</def> [Obs.]
-- <wf>Tet"ric*al*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Te*tric"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>tetricitas</i>,
<i>taetricitas</i>.] <def>Crabbedness; perverseness.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tet"ric*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tetric.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Te*trin"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Tetra-</u>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic
acid, C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, obtained as a white
crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a
peculiar radical of <i>four</i> carbon atoms. Called also <i>acetyl-acrylic
acid</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ro*don</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> + Gr. &?;,
&?;, tooth.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of
plectognath fishes belonging to <i>Tetrodon</i> and allied genera. Each jaw
is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.</def> [Written
also <i>tetradon</i>.]</p>
<p>&fist; The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being
greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, and similar species.</p>
<p><hw>Tet"ro*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the tetrodons.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A tetrodon.</def> [Written also <i>tetradont</i>, and
<i>tetraodont</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Tet"rol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetra-</i> +
benz<i>ol</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A hypothetical hydrocarbon,
C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub>, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the
<i>four</i> carbon atoms in the molecule.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Tetrol phenol</b></col>, <cd>furfuran.</cd> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Tet*rol"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid,
C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub>.CO<sub>2</sub>H, of the acetylene series,
homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline
substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet*rox"ide</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetr</i>a- +
<i>oxide</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in
the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium <i>tetroxide</i>, OsO&?;.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ryl</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetr</i>a- + <i>-yl</i>.]
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Butyl; -- so called from the <i>four</i> carbon atoms
in the molecule.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ryl*ene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Tetr</i>a- +
eth<i>ylene</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Butylene; -- so called from the
<i>four</i> carbon atoms in the molecule.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>teter</i>, AS.
<i>teter</i>, <i>tetr</i>; akin to G. <i>zitter</i>, <i>zitter</i>mal, OHG.
<i>zittar</i>och, Skr. <i>dadru</i>, <i>dadruka</i>, a sort of skin
disease. √63, 240.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A vesicular disease of the
skin; herpes. See <u>Herpes</u>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Honeycomb tetter</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>favus.</cd> --
<col><b>Moist tetter</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>eczema.</cd> --
<col><b>Scaly tetter</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>psoriasis.</cd> --
<col><b>Tetter berry</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the white
bryony.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tettered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tettering</u>.] <def>To affect with tetter.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ter*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the character
of, or pertaining to, tetter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ter-tot`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Teeter</u>.]
<def>A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also <i>titter-
totter</i>, and <i>titter-cum-totter</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ter*wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America
the bloodroot.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet`ti*go"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, dim. of &?;
a kind of grasshopper.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous
species of Hemiptera belonging to <i>Tettigonia</i> and allied genera; a
leaf hopper.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"tish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Testy</u>.]
<def>Captious; testy.</def> [Written also <i>teatish</i>.] [Obs.] <i>Beau.
& Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tet"tix</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of
grasshopper.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The cicada.</def>
[Obs. or R.]</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of small
grasshoppers.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tet"ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Testy; irritable.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teu"fit</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
lapwing; -- called also <i>teuchit</i>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Teuk</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
redshank.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Teu"ton</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Teutons</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Teutones</b></plw> (#). [L.
<i>Teutones</i>, <i>Teutoni</i>, the name of a Germanic people, probably
akin to E. <i>Dutch</i>. Cf. <u>Dutch</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of
an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the
Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman,
Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin
race.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-
European, or Aryan, family.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teu*ton"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Teutonicus</i>,
from <i>Teutoni</i>, or <i>Teutones</i>. See <u>Teuton</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient
Teutons; Germanic.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic
languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Teutonic languages</b></col>, <cd>a group of languages forming a
division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High
German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages.</cd> -
- <col><b>Teutonic order</b></col>, <cd>a military religious order of
knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation
of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or
Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became
master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was
abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary
order.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Teu*ton"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The language of the
ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>Teu*ton"i*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A mode of speech
peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a
Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tew</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Tewed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Tewing</u>.] [OE. <i>tewen</i>, <i>tawen</i>. √64. See <u>Taw</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To prepare by beating or
working, as leather or hemp; to taw.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about;
to maul; to tease; to vex.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To work hard; to strive; to
fuse.</def> [Local]</p>
<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Taw</u> to tow,
<u>Tow</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>To tow along, as a vessel.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rope or chain for towing a
boat; also, a cord; a string.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Te"wan</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Ethnol.)</i> <def>A tribe
of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and
adjacent regions.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tewed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fatigued; worn with labor
or hardship.</def> [Obs. or Local] <i>Mir. for Mag.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tew"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>tuel</i>, OF.
<i>tuiel</i>, <i>tuel</i>, F. <i>tuyau</i>; of Teutonic origin; cf. Dan.
<i>tud</i>, D. <i>tuit</i>, Prov. G. <i>zaute</i>. Cf.
<u>Tuyère</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A pipe, funnel, or chimney,
as for smoke.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The tuyère of a furnace.</def></p>
<p><hw>Te"whit</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The
lapwing; -- called also <i>teewheep</i>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Tew"taw</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Tew</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>To beat; to break, as flax or hemp.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Mortimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"as</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A structure on the
hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins,
etc.</def> [Western U. S.] <i>Knight.</i></p>
<p><hw>Text</hw> (t&ebreve;kst), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>texte</i>, L.
<i>textus</i>, texture, structure, context, fr. <i>texere</i>,
<i>textum</i>, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. <grk>te`ktwn</grk>
carpenter, Skr. <i>taksh</i> to cut, carve, make. Cf. <u>Context</u>,
<u>Mantle</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Pretext</u>, <u>Tissue</u>,
<u>Toil</u> a snare.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A discourse or composition on
which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in
distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>The four Gospels, by way of
distinction or eminence.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one
chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>How oft, when Paul has served us with a <i>text</i>,<BR>
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an
argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A style of writing in large characters; text-
hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German
<i>text</i>.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Text blindness</b></col>. <i>(Physiol.)</i> <cd>See <i>Word
blindness</i>, under <u>Word</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Text letter</b></col>,
<cd>a large or capital letter.</cd> [Obs.] -- <col><b>Text pen</b></col>,
<cd>a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-
hand.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Text</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To write in large
characters, as in text hand.</def> [Obs.] <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>
<p><hw>Text"-book`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A volume, as of some classical author, on which
a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a
schoolbook.</def></p>
<p><hw>Text"-hand`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A large hand in
writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a
book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>textilis</i>, fr.
<i>texere</i> to weave: cf. F. <i>textile</i>. See <u>Text</u>.]
<def>Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, <i>textile</i> arts;
woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, <i>textile</i>
fabrics.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Textile cone</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a beautiful cone
shell (<i>Conus textilis</i>) in which the colors are arranged so that they
resemble certain kinds of cloth.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tile</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is, or may be,
woven; a fabric made by weaving.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Text"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Textmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>One ready in quoting texts.</def>
[R.] <i>Bp. Sanderston.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex*to"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>textorius</i>,
fr. <i>textor</i> a weaver, fr. <i>texere</i>, <i>textum</i>, to weave.]
<def>Of or pertaining to weaving.</def> <i>T. Warton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"trine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>textrinus</i>, for
<i>textorinus</i>, fr. <i>textor</i> a weaver.] <def>Of or pertaining to
weaving, textorial; as, the <i>textrine</i> art.</def> <i>Denham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>textuel</i>, F.
<i>textuel</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or contained
in, the text; as, <i>textual</i> criticism; a <i>textual</i> reading.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Serving for, or depending on, texts.</def>
<i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite
them accurately.</def> "I am not <i>textuel</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A textman; a
textuary.</def> <i>Lightfoot.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a textual manner;
in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*rist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A textuary.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>textuaire</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Contained in the text;
textual.</def> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Serving as a text; authoritative.</def>
<i>Glanvill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>textuaire</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a
textman.</def> <i>Bp. Bull.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the
text.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*el</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Textual.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tu*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A textualist; a
textman.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The crabbed <i>textualists</i> of his time.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tex"tur*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
texture.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tex"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>textura</i>, fr.
<i>texere</i>, <i>textum</i>, to weave: cf. F. <i>texture</i>. See
<u>Text</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or art of weaving.</def> [R.]
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Others, apart far in the grassy dale,<BR>
Or roughening waste, their humble <i>texture</i> weave.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The disposition or connection of threads,
filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the <i>texture</i> of
cloth or of a spider's web.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The disposition of the several parts of any body
in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts
are united; structure; as, the <i>texture</i> of earthy substances or
minerals; the <i>texture</i> of a plant or a bone; the <i>texture</i> of
paper; a loose or compact <i>texture</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>A tissue. See
<u>Tissue</u>.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1493 !></p>
<p><hw>Tex"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Textured</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Texturing</u>.] <def>To form a texture of or with; to interweave.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>Tex"tur*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or process of
weaving; texture.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Teyne</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Tain</u>.] <def>A thin
plate of metal.</def> [Obs.] "A <i>teyne</i> of silver."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Th</hw>. <def>In Old English, the article <i>the</i>, when the
following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a
part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms <i>thabsence</i>,
<i>tharray</i>, <i>thegle</i>, <i>thend</i>, <i>thingot</i>, etc., are
found for <i>the absence</i>, <i>the array</i>, <i>the eagle</i>, <i>the
end</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Thack</hw> (?), <hw>Thack"er</hw> (?) }. <def>See <u>Thatch</u>,
<u>Thatcher</u>.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>Thak</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To thwack.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Thal`a*men*ceph"a*lon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Thalamus</u>, and <u>Encephalon</u>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The segment of
the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal
gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tha*lam"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Thal`a*mi*flo"ral</hw> (?), <hw>Thal`a*mi*flo"rous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Thalamus</u>, and <u>Floral</u>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said
of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De
Candolle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"a*mo*cœle`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Thalam</i>ic + Gr. <grk>koi^los</grk> hollow.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The
cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Thal`a*moph"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>qa`lamos</grk> chamber + &?; to bear.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Foraminifera</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Thal"a*mus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Thalami</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>thalamus</i> chamber, Gr.
<grk>qa`lamos</grk>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A mass of
nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; --
called also <i>optic thalamus</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Same as
<u>Thallus</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The receptacle of a flower;
a torus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tha*las"si*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From Gr. &?; the sea.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any sea tortoise.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tha*las"sic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; the sea.]
<i>(Geol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to
rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal`as*sin"i*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Any species of <i>Thalaassinidæ</i>, a family of burrowing
macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal`as*sog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; sea +
<i>-graphy</i>.] <def>The study or science of the life of marine
organisms.</def> <i>Agassiz.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Tha"ler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G. See <u>Dollar</u>.]
<def>A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73
cents.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tha*li"a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr.
<grk>Qa`leia</grk>, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to
<grk>qa`llein</grk> to be luxuriant.] <i>(Class. Myth.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>That one of the nine Muses who presided over
comedy.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of the three Graces.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>One of the Nereids.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tha`li*a"ce*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Thalia</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Tunicata comprising
the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tha*li"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"late</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt
of a hypothetical thallic acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"lene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense
yellowish green fluorescence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"lic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher
valence as contrasted with the <i>thallous</i> compounds; as,
<i>thallic</i> oxide.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"line</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Consisting of a thallus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"line</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a young shoot or
branch.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline
series, obtained as a white crystalline substance,
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>13</sub>NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -
- so called from the <i>green</i> color produced in its solution by certain
oxidizing agents.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"li*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>See
<u>Thallous</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"li*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; young or
green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright
<i>green</i> line in its spectrum.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A rare metallic
element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites,
and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in
moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight
203.7.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"lo*gen</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; young shoot or
branch, frond + <i>-gen</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>One of a large class or
division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants,
such as fungi, algæ, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only,
composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of
separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and
leaf.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"loid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thallus</i> + <i>-
oid</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Resembling, or consisting of,
thallus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"lo*phyte</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; young shoot +
&?; plant.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Thallogen</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thal"lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower
valence as contrasted with the <i>thallic</i> compounds.</def> [Written
also <i>thallious</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>||Thal"lus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Thalli</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; young shoot or branch,
frond.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of
one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but
sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the
substance of the thallogens.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Tham"muz</hw> (?), <hw>Tam"muz</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Heb. <i>thammūz</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A deity among the
ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual
lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the
Phœnician Adon, or Adonis.</def> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical
year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.</def></p>
<p><hw>Tham"no*phile</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>qa`mnos</grk>
a bush + <grk>fi`los</grk> loving.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A bush
shrike.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Tha"myn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An
Asiatic deer (<i>Rucervus Eldi</i>) resembling the swamp deer; -- called
also <i>Eld's deer</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Than</hw> (&thlig;ăn), <pos><i>conj.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>than</i>, <i>thon</i>, <i>then</i>, <i>thanne</i>, <i>thonne</i>,
<i>thenne</i>, than, then, AS. <i>ðanne</i>, <i>ðonne</i>,
<i>ðænne</i>; akin to D. <i>dan</i>, OHG. <i>danne</i>, G.
<i>dann</i> then, <i>denn</i> than, for, Goth. <i>þan</i> then, and
to E. <i>the</i>, <i>there</i>, <i>that</i>. See <u>That</u>, and cf.
<u>Then</u>.] <def>A particle expressing comparison, used after certain
adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as
<i>more</i>, <i>better</i>, <i>other</i>, <i>otherwise</i>, and the like.
It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case.
Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case,
and <i>than</i> is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition.
Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by
<i>that</i>; as, I would rather suffer <i>than</i> that you should
want.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Behold, a greater <i>than</i> Solomon is here.</blockquote>
<i>Matt. xii. 42.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Which when Beelzebub perceived, <i>than</i> whom,<BR>
Satan except, none higher sat.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It's wiser being good <i>than</i> bad;<BR>
It's safer being meek <i>than</i> fierce;<BR>
It's fitter being sane <i>than</i> mad.</blockquote> <i>R.
Browning.</i></p>
<p><hw>Than</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Then. See <u>Then</u>.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Gower.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Thanne</i> longen folk to gon on
pilgrimages.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Than"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The district in which a
thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.</def></p>
<p><hw>Than"a*toid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>qa`natos</grk>
death + <i>-oid</i>.] <def>Deathlike; resembling death.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Than`a*tol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>qa`natos</grk> + <i>-logy</i>.] <def>A description, or the doctrine,
of death.</def> <i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Than`a*top"sis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>qa`natos</grk> death + <grk>'o`psis</grk> view.] <def>A view of death;
a meditation on the subject of death.</def> <i>Bryant.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thane</hw> (thān), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thein</i>,
<i>þein</i>, AS. <i>þegen</i>, <i>þegn</i>; akin to OHG.
<i>degan</i> a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. <i>degen</i> a hero, G.
<i>degen</i> hero, soldier, Icel. <i>þegn</i> a thane, a freeman;
probably akin to Gr. <grk>te`knon</grk> a child, <grk>ti`ktein</grk> to
bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth. <i>þius</i> servant, AS.
<i>þeów</i>, G. <i>dienen</i> to serve.] <def>A dignitary
under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two
orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held
lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of
manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the
Conquest, this title was disused, and <i>baron</i> took its
place.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Among the ancient Scots, <i>thane</i> was a title of honor, which
seems gradually to have declined in its significance. <i>Jamieson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thane"dom</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The property or
jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.</def> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thane"hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The character or
dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.</def> <i>J. R.
Green.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thane"ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or dignity of a
thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thank</hw> (thă&nsmac;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Thanks</b></plw> (#). [AS. <i>þanc</i>, <i>þonc</i>,
thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. <i>thank</i> favor, pleasure, thanks,
D. & G. <i>dank</i> thanks, Icel. <i>þökk</i>, Dan. <i>tak</i>,
Sw. <i>tack</i>, Goth. <i>þagks</i> thanks; -- originally, a thought,
a thinking. See <u>Think</u>.] <def>A expression of gratitude; an
acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received;
obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the
plural.</def> "This ceremonial <i>thanks</i>." <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>If ye do good to them which do good to you, what
<i>thank</i> have ye? for sinners also do even the same.</blockquote>
<i>Luke vi. 33.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>What great <i>thank</i>, then, if any man, reputed wise and
constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his charge to do, that
which he approves not, especially in matter of sin?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Thanks</i>, <i>thanks</i> to thee, most worthy
friend,<BR>
For the lesson thou hast taught.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>
<p><col><b>His thanks</b></col>, <col><b>Her thanks</b></col>, etc., <cd>of
his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary.</cd>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,<BR>
Will not, <i>his thanks</i>, have no fellowship.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p>-- <col><b>In thank</b></col>, <cd>with thanks or thankfulness.</cd>
[Obs.] -- <col><b>Thank offering</b></col>, <cd>an offering made as an
expression of thanks.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Thank</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Thanked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Thanking</u>.] [AS. <i>þancian</i>. See <u>Thank</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to
make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also
ironically for <i>blame</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>"Graunt mercy, lord, that <i>thank</i> I you," quod
she.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I <i>thank</i> thee for thine honest care.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss,<BR>
And <i>thank</i> yourself if aught should fall amiss.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thank"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>þancfull</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Obtaining or deserving
thanks; thankworthy.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Ladies, look here; this is the <i>thankful</i> glass<BR>
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well<BR>
That washes what it shows.</blockquote> <i>Herbert.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and
ready to acknowledge it; grateful.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Be <i>thankful</i> unto him, and bless his
name.</blockquote> <i>Ps. c. 4.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Thank"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Thank"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Thank"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Not
acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful;
ungrateful.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>That she may feel<BR>
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is<BR>
To have a <i>thankless</i> child!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable;
as, a <i>thankless</i> task.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To shepherd <i>thankless</i>, but by thieves that love the
night allowed.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>
<p>-- <wf>Thank"less*ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Thank"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Thank"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Thankfully.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sylvester (Du Bartas).</i></p>
<p><hw>Thanks"give</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give or
dedicate in token of thanks.</def> [Obs. or R.] <i>Mede.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thanks"giv`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who gives
thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.</def> <i>Barrow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thanks"giv`ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or
mercies.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if
it be received with <i>thanksgiving</i>.</blockquote> <i>1 Tim. iv.
4.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>In the <i>thanksgiving</i> before meat.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And taught by thee the Church prolongs<BR>
Her hymns of high <i>thanksgiving</i> still.</blockquote> <i>Keble.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine
goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to
acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from
calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his
bounties.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In the United States it is now customary for the President by
proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in
November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past
year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States
in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of
the governor.</p>
<p><hw>Thank"wor`thi*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality
or state of being thankworthy.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thank"wor`thy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Deserving thanks;
worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>For this <i>thankworthy</i>, if a man, for conscience toward
God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.</blockquote> <i>1 Pet. ii.
19.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
goatlike animal (<i>Capra Jemlaica</i>) native of the Himalayas. It has
small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck,
shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees.
Called also <i>serow</i>, and <i>imo</i>.</def> [Written also <i>thaar</i>,
and <i>tahr</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Thar</hw>, <pos><i>v. impersonal, pres.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thar</i>,
<i>þarf</i>, AS. <i>þearf</i>, infin. <i>þurfan</i> to
need; akin to OHG. <i>durfan</i>, G. <i>dürfen</i> to be allowed,
Icel. <i>þurfa</i> to need, Goth. <i>þaúrban</i>.]
<def>It needs; need.</def> [Obs.] <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>What <i>thar</i> thee reck or care?</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tharms</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [AS. <i>þearm</i> a
gut; akin to D. & G. <i>darm</i>, Icel. <i>þarmr</i>, Sw. & Dan.
<i>tarm</i>. √53.] <def>Twisted guts.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<i>Ascham.</i></p>
<p><hw>Tha"ros</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
small American butterfly (<i>Phycoides tharos</i>) having the upper surface
of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with
small white crescents; -- called also <i>pearl crescent</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>That</hw> (?), <pos><i>pron., a., conj., & adv.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>ðæt</i>, neuter nom. & acc. sing. of the article (originally a
demonstrative pronoun). The nom. masc. <i>sē</i>, and the nom. fem.
<i>seó</i> are from a different root. AS. <i>ðæt</i> is
akin to D. <i>dat</i>, G. <i>das</i>, OHG. <i>daz</i>, Sw. & Dan.
<i>det</i>, Icel. <i>þat</i> (masc. <i>sā</i>, fem.
<i>sō</i>), Goth. <i>þata</i> (masc. <i>sa</i>, fem.
<i>sō</i>), Gr. &?; (masc. &?;, fem. &?;), Skr. <i>tat</i> (for
<i>tad</i>, masc. <i>sas</i>, fem. <i>sā</i>); cf. L. is<i>tud</i>
that. √184. Cf. <u>The</u>, <u>Their</u>, <u>They</u>, <u>Them</u>,
<u>This</u>, <u>Than</u>, <u>Since</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>As a
demonstrative pronoun (<i>pl.</i> <u>Those</u>), <i>that</i> usually points
out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to
be understood. <i>That</i>, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to
which it refers; as, <i>that</i> which he has said is true; <i>those</i> in
the basket are good apples.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The early fame of Gratian was equal to <i>that</i> of the
most celebrated princes.</blockquote> <i>Gibbon.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>That</i> may refer to an entire sentence or paragraph, and not
merely to a word. It usually follows, but sometimes precedes, the sentence
referred to.</p>
<p><blockquote><i>That</i> be far from thee, to do after this manner, to
slay the righteous with the wicked.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xviii. 25.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And when Moses heard <i>that</i>, he was
content.</blockquote> <i>Lev. x. 20.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I will know your business, Harry, <i>that</i> I
will.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>That</i> is often used in opposition to <i>this</i>, or by way
of distinction, and in such cases <i>this</i>, like the Latin <i>hic</i>
and French <i>ceci</i>, generally refers to that which is nearer, and
<i>that</i>, like Latin <i>ille</i> and French <i>cela</i>, to that which
is more remote. When they refer to foreign words or phrases, <i>this</i>
generally refers to the latter, and <i>that</i> to the former.</p>
<p><blockquote>Two principles in human nature reign;<BR>
Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain;<BR>
Nor <i>this</i> a good, nor <i>that</i> a bad we call.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>If the Lord will, we shall live, and do <i>this</i> or
<i>that</i>.</blockquote> <i>James iv. 16.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>As an adjective, <i>that</i> has the same
demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day
of judgment, than for <i>that</i> city.</blockquote> <i>Matt. x.
15.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The woman was made whole from <i>that</i> hour.</blockquote>
<i>Matt. ix. 22.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>That</i> was formerly sometimes used with the force of the
article <i>the</i>, especially in the phrases <i>that one</i>, <i>that
other</i>, which were subsequently corrupted into <i>th'tone</i>,
<i>th'tother</i> (now written <i>t'other</i>).</p>
<p><blockquote>Upon a day out riden knightes two . . . <BR>
<i>That one</i> of them came home, <i>that other</i> not.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>As a relative pronoun, <i>that</i> is equivalent
to <i>who</i> or <i>which</i>, serving to point out, and make definite, a
person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either
singular or plural.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He <i>that</i> reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
shame.</blockquote> <i>Prov. ix. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A judgment <i>that</i> is equal and impartial must incline
to the greater probabilities.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1494 !></p>
<p>&fist; If the relative clause simply conveys an additional idea, and is
not properly explanatory or restrictive, <i>who</i> or <i>which</i> (rarely
<i>that</i>) is employed; as, the king <i>that</i> (or <i>who</i>) rules
well is generally popular; Victoria, <i>who</i> (not <i>that</i>) rules
well, enjoys the confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases be
avoided in the use of <i>that</i> (which is restrictive) instead of
<i>who</i> or <i>which</i>, likely to be understood in a coördinating
sense. <i>Bain.</i></p>
<p><i>That</i> was formerly used for <i>that which</i>, as <i>what</i> is
now; but such use is now archaic.</p>
<p><blockquote>We speak <i>that</i> we do know, and testify <i>that</i> we
have seen.</blockquote> <i>John iii. 11.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>That</i> I have done it is thyself to wite
[blame].</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><i>That</i>, as a relative pronoun, cannot be governed by a preposition
preceding it, but may be governed by one at the end of the sentence which
it commences.</p>
<p><blockquote>The ship <i>that</i> somebody was sailing in.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p>In Old English, <i>that</i> was often used with the demonstratives
<i>he</i>, <i>his</i>, <i>him</i>, etc., and the two together had the force
of a relative pronoun; thus, <i>that he</i> = who; <i>that his</i> = whose;
<i>that him</i> = whom.</p>
<p><blockquote>I saw to-day a corpse yborn to church<BR>
<i>That</i> now on Monday last I saw <i>him</i> wirche [work].</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p>Formerly, <i>that</i> was used, where we now commonly use <i>which</i>,
as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative pronoun <i>that</i> as its
antecedent.</p>
<p><blockquote>That <i>that</i> dieth, let it die; and that <i>that</i> is
to cut off, let it be cut off.</blockquote> <i>Zech. xi. 9.</i>
</p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>As a conjunction, <i>that</i> retains much of
its force as a demonstrative pronoun.</def> It is used, specifically: --
</p>
<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To introduce a clause employed as the object of
the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a
verb.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy,<BR>
And childish error, <i>that</i> they are afraid.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I have shewed before, <i>that</i> a mere possibility to the
contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly
credible.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent
to <i>for that</i>, <i>in that</i>, <i>for the reason that</i>,
<i>because</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He does hear me;<BR>
And <i>that</i> he does, I weep.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by
<i>may</i>, or <i>might</i>, and frequently preceded by <i>so</i>, <i>in
order</i>, <i>to the end</i>, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>These things I say, <i>that</i> ye might be
saved.</blockquote> <i>John v. 34.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To the end <i>that</i> he may prolong his days.</blockquote>
<i>Deut. xvii. 20.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To introduce a consequence, result, or effect;
-- usually preceded by <i>so</i> or <i>such</i>, sometimes by
<i>that</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds<BR>
Attest their joy, <i>that</i> hill and valley rings.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He gazed so long<BR>
<i>That</i> both his eyes were dazzled.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> To introduce a clause denoting time; -- equivalent
to <i>in which time</i>, <i>at which time</i>, <i>when</i>.</p>
<p><blockquote>So wept Duessa until eventide,<BR>
<i>That</i> shining lamps in Jove's high course were lit.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Is not this the day<BR>
<i>That</i> Hermia should give answer of her choice?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>In an elliptical sentence to introduce a
dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation,
or the like.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Ha, cousin Silence, <i>that</i> thou hadst seen that that
this knight and I have seen!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i>
</p>
<p><blockquote>O God, <i>that</i> right should thus overcome
might!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>That</i> was formerly added to other conjunctions or to
adverbs to make them emphatic.</p>
<p><blockquote>To try if <i>that</i> our own be ours or no.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><i>That</i> is sometimes used to connect a clause with a preceding
conjunction on which it depends.</p>
<p><blockquote>When he had carried Rome and <i>that</i> we looked<BR>
For no less spoil than glory.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i>
</p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was
<i>that</i> frightened he could say nothing.</def> [Archaic or in illiteral
use.]</p>
<p><col><b>All that</b></col>, <cd>everything of that kind; all that
sort.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote>With singing, laughing, ogling, and <i>all
that</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The rank is but the guinea's stamp,<BR>
The man's the gowd [gold] for <i>a'that</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burns.</i></p>
<p>-- <col><b>For that</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>For</u>,
<pos><i>prep.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>In that</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>In</u>, <pos><i>prep.</i></pos></cd></p>
<p><hw>Thatch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thak</i>, AS.
<i>þæc</i> a roof; akin to <i>þeccean</i> to cover, D.
<i>dak</i> a roof, <i>dekken</i> to cover, G. <i>dach</i> a roof,
<i>decken</i> 8cover, Icel. <i>þak</i> a roof, Sw. <i>tak</i>, Dan.
<i>tag</i>, Lith. <i>stōgas</i>, Ir. <i>teagh</i> a house, Gael.
<i>teach</i>, <i>tigh</i>, W. <i>ty</i>, L. <i>tegere</i> to cover,
<i>toga</i> a toga, Gr. &?;, &?;, a roof, &?; to cover, Skr. <i>sthag</i>.
Cf. <u>Deck</u>, <u>Integument</u>, <u>Tile</u>, <u>Toga</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or
covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name in the West Indies for
several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for
thatching.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Thatch sparrow</b></col>, <cd>the house sparrow.</cd> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Thatch</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Thatched</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Thatching</u>.]
[From <u>Thatch</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>: cf. OE. <i>thecchen</i>, AS.
<i>&?;eccean</i> to cover.] <def>To cover with, or with a roof of, straw,
reeds, or some similar substance; as, to <i>thatch</i> a roof, a stable, or
a stack of grain.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thatch"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
thatches.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thatch"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow,
etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The materials used for this purpose;
thatch.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thaught</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Thwart</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thau`ma*tol"a*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;, &?;, a
wonder + &?; worship.] <def>Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or
miraculous things.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>thaumatolatry</i> by which our theology has been
debased for more than a century.</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thau"ma*trope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a wonder + &?;
to turn.] <i>(Opt.)</i> <def>An optical instrument or toy for showing the
presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is
withdrawn.</def></p>
<p>&fist; It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two
different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage,
which, when the card is whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings
that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird
in its cage.</p>
<p><hw>Thau"ma*turge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Thaumaturgus</u>.] <def>A magician; a wonder worker.</def>
<i>Lowell.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Thau`ma*tur"gic</hw> (?), <hw>Thau`ma*tur"gic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical;
wonderful.</def> <i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thau`ma*tur"gics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Feats of
legerdemain, or magical performances.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thau`ma*tur"gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who deals
in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.</def>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Thau`ma*tur"gus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., from Gr. &?;
wonder-working; &?; a wonder + &?; work.] <def>A miracle worker; -- a title
given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thau"ma*tur`gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>The
act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.</def>
<i>T. Warton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thave</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Theave</u>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>
<p><hw>Thaw</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Thawed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Thawing</u>.] [AS. <i>þāwian</i>, <i>þāwan</i>;
akin to D. <i>dovijen</i>, G. <i>tauen</i>, <i>thauen</i> (cf. also
ver<i>dauen</i> 8digest, OHG. <i>douwen</i>, fir<i>douwen</i>), Icel.
<i>þeyja</i>, Sw. <i>töa</i>, Dan. <i>töe</i>, and perhaps
to Gr. &?; to melt. √56.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To melt, dissolve,
or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice
<i>thaws</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; --
said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thaw</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause (frozen things, as
earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thaw</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The melting of ice, snow, or
other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state
of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a
warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thaw"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Liquefying by heat after
having been frozen; thawing; melting.</def></p>
<p><hw>The</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Thee</u>.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer. Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>The</hw> (&thlig;ē, <i>when emphatic or alone</i>;
&thlig;&esl;, <i>obscure before a vowel</i>; &thlig;<i>e</i>, <i>obscure
before a consonant</i>; 37), <pos><i>definite article.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>ðe</i>, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. <i>sē</i>,
formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See <u>That</u>, pron.]
<def>A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their
meaning.</def></p>
<p>&fist; <i>The</i> was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a
weakened form of <i>that</i>. When placed before adjectives and
participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, <i>the</i> sublime
and <i>the</i> beautiful. <i>Burke.</i> <i>The</i> is used regularly
before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, <i>the</i>
Nile, <i>the</i> Atlantic, <i>the</i> Great Eastern, <i>the</i> West
Indies, <i>The</i> Hague. <i>The</i> with an epithet or ordinal number
often follows a proper name; as, Alexander <i>the</i> Great; Napoleon
<i>the</i> Third. <i>The</i> may be employed to individualize a particular
kind or species; as, <i>the</i> grasshopper shall be a burden. <i>Eccl.
xii. 5.</i></p>
<p><hw>The</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ðē</i>,
<i>ð&ymacr;</i>, instrumental case of <i>sē</i>,
<i>seó</i>, <i>ðæt</i>, the definite article. See 2d
<u>The</u>.] <def>By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; --
used before comparatives; as, <i>the</i> longer we continue in sin,
<i>the</i> more difficult it is to reform.</def> "Yet not <i>the</i> more
cease I." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>So much <i>the</i> rather thou, Celestial Light,<BR>
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers<BR>
Irradiate.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>||The"a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Tea</u>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea
plant.</def></p>
<p>&fist; It is now commonly referred to the genus <i>Camellia</i>.</p>
<p><hw>The*an"dric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; god + &?;,
&?;, a man.] <def>Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and
human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human
nature.</def> <i>Murdock.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`an*throp"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`an*throp"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and
humanity.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's]
<i>theanthropic</i> sytem.</blockquote> <i>Gladstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*an"thro*pism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; god + &?;
man.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A state of being God and man.</def> [R.]
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The ascription of human atributes to the Deity,
or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.</def> <i>Gladstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*an"thro*pist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*an"thro*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Theanthropism.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*ar"chic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;. See
<u>Thearchy</u>.] <def>Divinely sovereign or supreme.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>He [Jesus] is the <i>thearchic</i>
Intelligence.</blockquote> <i>Milman.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"ar*chy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; god + <i>-
archy</i>: cf. Gr. &?; the supreme deity.] <def>Government by God; divine
sovereignty; theocracy.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The"a*ter</hw>, <hw>The"a*tre</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>théâtre</i>, L. <i>theatrum</i>, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
see, view; cf. Skr. <i>dhyā</i> to meditate, think. Cf.
<u>Theory</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An edifice in which dramatic
performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators;
anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times
roofed.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any room adapted to the exhibition of any
performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises,
anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles a theater in form, use, or
the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a
theater.</def> <i>Burns.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Shade above shade, a woody <i>theater</i><BR>
Of stateliest view.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A sphere or scheme of operation.</def>
[Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For if a man can be partaker of God's <i>theater</i>, he
shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A place or region where great events are
enacted; as, the <i>theater</i> of war.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The"a*tin</hw>, <hw>The"a*tine</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>théatin</i>, It. <i>theatino</i>.] <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of an order of Italian monks, established in
1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among
Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what
Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious
instruction.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Their name is derived from <i>Theate</i>, or <i>Chieti</i>, a
city of Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder of the
order; but they bore various names; as, <i>Regular Clerks of the
Community</i>, <i>Pauline Monks</i>, <i>Apostolic Clerks</i>, and
<i>Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence</i>. The order never flourished
much out of Italy.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>One of an order of nuns
founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"a*tral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>theatralis</i>: cf.
F. <i>théatral</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a theater;
theatrical.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>The*at"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Theatrical.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Woods over woods in gay, <i>theatric</i> pride.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*at"ric*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>theatricus</i>,
Gr. &?;.] <def>Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic
representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic;
hence, artificial; as, <i>theatrical</i> performances; <i>theatrical</i>
gestures.</def> -- <wf>The*at`ri*cal"i*ty</wf> (#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>The*at"ric*al*ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick,
no illusion of the eye, nothing <i>theatrical</i>.</blockquote> <i>R.
Jefferies.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*at"ric*als</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>Dramatic
performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Such fashionable cant terms as ‘<i>theatricals</i>,'
and ‘musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among
his confraternity of frivolity.</blockquote> <i>I. Disraeli.</i></p>
<p><hw>Theave</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. W. <i>dafad</i> a sheep,
ewe.] <def>A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years
old.</def> [Written also <i>thave</i>.] [Prov. Eng.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*ba"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>thebaicus</i>, Gr.
&?;.] <def>Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a
version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by
biblical scholars. This version is also called the <i>Sahidic
version</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ba*id</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Thebais</i>, <i>-
idis</i>.] <def>A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in
Bœotia.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*ba"ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called from a kind of
Egyptian opium produced at <i>Thebes</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A poisonous
alkaloid, C<sub>19</sub>H<sub>21</sub>NO<sub>3</sub>, found in opium in
small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action
resembling that of strychnine.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ban</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Thebanus</i>.] <def>Of
or pertaining to Thebes.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Theban year</b></col> <i>(Anc. Chron.)</i>, <cd>the Egyptian
year of 365 days and 6 hours.</cd> <i>J. Bryant.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"ban</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Thebes; also, a wise man.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I'll talk a word with this same learned
<i>Theban</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||The"ca</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Thecæ</b></plw> (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?; a case to put anything
in. See <u>Tick</u> a cover.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A sheath; a case; as,
the <i>theca</i>, or cell, of an anther; the <i>theca</i>, or spore case,
of a fungus; the <i>theca</i> of the spinal cord.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The wall forming a calicle of a coral.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"cal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a
theca; as, a <i>thecal</i> abscess.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ca*phore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Theca</i> + Gr. &?;
to bear: cf. F. <i>thécaphore</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered
with thecæ.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>See
<u>Basigynium</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*cas"po*rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having the spores in thecæ, or cases.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The*ca"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., from Gr. &?; a
case.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Thecophora</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thec"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Any one of many species
of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to <i>Thecla</i> and
allied genera; -- called also <i>hairstreak</i>, and
<i>elfin</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`co*dac"tyl</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [&?; case + &?;
finger.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of a group of lizards of the
Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which
the claws can be concealed.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"co*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a case + &?;,
&?;, a tooth.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Having the teeth
inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
thecodonts.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"co*dont</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>One of
the Thecodontia.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The`co*don"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A group of fossil saurians having biconcave
vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The*coph"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., from Gr.
&?; a case + &?; to bear.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of hydroids
comprising those which have the hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores
in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also
<i>Thecata</i>. See <i>Illust.</i> under <u>Hydroidea</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The`co*so"ma*ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Theca</u>, and <u>Soma</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An order of
Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See
<u>Pteropoda</u>.</def> -- <wf>The`co*so"ma*tous</wf> (#),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>The"dom</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thee</i> to prosper +
<i>-dom</i>.] <def>Success; fortune; luck; chance.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Evil <i>thedom</i> on his monk's snout.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thee</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [AS. <i>&?;eón</i>;
akin to OS. <i>thīhan</i>, D. ge<i>dijen</i>, G. ge<i>deihen</i>,
OHG. gi<i>dihan</i>, Goth. <i>&?;eihan</i>, Lith. <i>tekti</i> to fall to
the lot of. Cf. <u>Tight</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>To thrive; to
prosper.</def> [Obs.] "He shall never <i>thee</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Well mote <i>thee</i>, as well can wish your
thought.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thee</hw> (?), <pos><i>pron.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ðē</i>,
acc. & dat. of <i>ðū</i> thou. See <u>Thou</u>.] <def>The
objective case of <i>thou</i>. See <u>Thou</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Thee is poetically used for <i>thyself</i>, as <i>him</i> for
<i>himself</i>, etc.</p>
<p><blockquote>This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,<BR>
Unless thou yield <i>thee</i> as my prisoner.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1495 !></p>
<p><hw>Theft</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thefte</i>, AS.
<i>þiéfðe</i>, <i>þ&ymacr;fðe</i>,
<i>þeófðe</i>. See <u>Thief</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking
and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful
owner of the same; larceny.</def></p>
<p>&fist; To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's
consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property
stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it
must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See
<u>Larceny</u>, and the Note under <u>Robbery</u>.</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The thing stolen.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>If the <i>theft</i> be certainly found in his hand alive, .
. . he shall restore double.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxii. 4.</i></p>
<p><hw>Theft"bote`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Theft</i> +
<i>bote</i> compensation.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>The receiving of a man's goods
again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with
the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thegn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Thane. See
<u>Thane</u>.</def> <i>E. A. Freeman.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thegn"hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Thanehood.</def>
<i>E. A. Freeman.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"i*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL. <i>thea</i> tea, the
tea plant + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>théiforme</i>.] <def>Having the
form of tea.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>théine</i>, fr.
NL. <i>thea</i>. See <u>Theiform</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>See
<u>Caffeine</u>. Called also <i>theina</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Their</hw> (?), <pos><i>pron. & a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thair</i>, fr.
Icel. <i>þeirra</i>, <i>þeira</i>, of them, but properly gen.
pl. of the definite article; akin to AS. <i>ðāra</i>,
<i>ð&aemacr;ra</i>, gen. pl. of the definite article, or fr. AS.
<i>ð&aemacr;ra</i>, influenced by the Scandinavian use. See
<u>That</u>.] <def>The possessive case of the personal pronoun <i>they</i>;
as, <i>their</i> houses; <i>their</i> country.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The possessive takes the form <i>theirs</i> (&?;) when the noun
to which it refers is not expressed, but implied or understood; as, our
land is richest, but <i>theirs</i> is best cultivated.</p>
<p><blockquote>Nothing but the name of zeal appears<BR>
'Twixt our best actions and the worst of <i>theirs</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From Gr. &?; God; probably
akin to &?; to pray for, &?; spoken by God, decreed: cf. F.
<i>théisme</i>. Cf. <u>Enthusiasm</u>, <u>Pantheon</u>,
<u>Theology</u>.] <def>The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a
God, as opposed to <i>atheism</i>, <i>pantheism</i>, or
<i>polytheism</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théiste</i>. See <u>Theism</u>.] <def>One who believes in the
existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; --
opposed to <i>atheist</i>.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The*is"tic</hw> (?), <hw>The*is"tic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist;
according to the doctrine of theists.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thel*phu"si*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; nipple + &?;
to blow, to puff.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of a tribe of fresh-water
crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical
countries.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*lyt"o*kous</hw> (th&esl;*l&ibreve;t"&osl;*kŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>qh^lys</grk> female + <grk>to`kos</grk> a
bringing forth.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Producing females only; -- said
of certain female insects.</def></p>
<p><hw>Them</hw> (&thlig;&ebreve;m), <pos><i>pron.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>ð&aemacr;m</i>, dat. pl. of the article, but influenced by the
Scand. use of the corresponding form <i>þeim</i> as a personal
pronoun. See <u>They</u>.] <def>The objective case of they. See
<u>They</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Go ye rather to <i>them</i> that sell, and buy for
yourselves.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxv. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Then shall the King say unto <i>them</i> on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxv. 34.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Them</i> is poetically used for <i>themselves</i>, as
<i>him</i> for <i>himself</i>, etc.</p>
<p><blockquote>Little stars may hide <i>them</i> when they
list.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*mat"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
<i>thématique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to the theme of a word. See <u>Theme</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
4.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to a theme, or
subject.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Thematic catalogue</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>a catalogue of
musical works which, besides the title and other particulars, gives in
notes the theme, or first few measures, of the whole work or of its several
movements.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Theme</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>teme</i>, OF.
<i>teme</i>, F. <i>thème</i>, L. <i>thema</i>, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
set, place. See <u>Do</u>, and cf. <u>Thesis</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition
for discussion or argument; a text.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>My <i>theme</i> is alway one and ever was.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And when a soldier was the <i>theme</i>, my name<BR>
Was not far off.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Discourse on a certain subject.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Then ran repentance and rehearsed his
<i>theme</i>.</blockquote> <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>It was the subject of my <i>theme</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A composition or essay required of a
pupil.</def> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>A noun or verb, not modified by
inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged
(except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation;
stem.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>That by means of which a thing is done; means;
instrument.</def> [Obs.] <i>Swift.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The leading subject of a
composition or a movement.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"mis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
that which is laid down or established by usage, law, prob. fr. &?; to set,
place.] <i>(Gr. Myth.)</i> <def>The goddess of law and order; the patroness
of existing rights.</def></p>
<p><hw>Them*selves"</hw> (?), <pos><i>pron.</i></pos> <def>The plural of
<i>himself</i>, <i>herself</i>, and <i>itself</i>. See <u>Himself</u>,
<u>Herself</u>, <u>Itself</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Then</hw> (&thlig;&ebreve;n), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Originally the
same word as <i>than</i>. See <u>Than</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>At that
time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).</def></p>
<p><blockquote>And the Canaanite was <i>then</i> in the land.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. xii. 6.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now I know in part; but <i>then</i> shall I know even as
also I am known.</blockquote> <i>1 Cor. xiii. 12.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Soon afterward, or immediately; next;
afterward.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>First be reconciled to thy brother, and <i>then</i> come and
offer thy gift.</blockquote> <i>Matt. v. 24.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>At another time; later; again.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>One while the master is not aware of what is done, and
<i>then</i> in other cases it may fall out to be own act.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
<p><col><b>By then</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>By that time.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>By the time that.</cd> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>But that opinion, I trust, <i>by then</i> this following
argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an
indulgent Antichrist.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Now and then</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Now</u>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Till then</b></col>, <cd>until that
time; until the time mentioned.</cd> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Then</i> is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
<i>then existing</i>; as, the <i>then</i> administration.</p>
<p><hw>Then</hw> (?), <pos><i>conj.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Than.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In that case; in consequence; as a consequence;
therefore; for this reason.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If all this be so, <i>then</i> man has a natural
freedom.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Now, <i>then</i>, be all thy weighty cares
away.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Therefore. <u>Then</u>, <u>Therefore</u>. Both these
words are used in reasoning; but <i>therefore</i> takes the lead, while
<i>then</i> is rather subordinate or incidental. <i>Therefore</i> states
reasons and draws inferences in form; <i>then</i>, to a great extent, takes
the point as proved, and passes on to the general conclusion.
"<i>Therefore</i> being justified by faith, we have peace with God."
<i>Rom. v. 1.</i> "So <i>then</i> faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God." <i>Rom. x. 17.</i></p>
<p><hw>Then"a*days</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>At that time;
then; in those days; -- correlative to <i>nowadays</i>.</def> [R.]</p>
<p>{ <hw>The"nal</hw> (?), <hw>The"nar</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the thenar;
corresponding to thenar; palmar.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"nar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The palm of the hand.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar
eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding
part of the foot.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*nard"ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Named after the French
chemist, L. J. <i>Thénard</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Anhydrous sodium
sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous
luster.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thence</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [OE. <i>thenne</i>,
<i>thanne</i>, and (with the adverbal <i>-s</i>; see <u>-wards</u>)
<i>thennes</i>, <i>thannes</i> (hence <i>thens</i>, now written
<i>thence</i>), AS. <i>ðanon</i>, <i>ðanan</i>, <i>ðonan</i>;
akin to OHG. <i>dannana</i>, <i>dannān</i>, <i>danān</i>, and
G. von <i>dannen</i>, E. <i>that</i>, <i>there</i>. See <u>That</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>From that place.</def> "Bid him <i>thence</i> go."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>When ye depart <i>thence</i>, shake off the dust under your
feet for a testimony against them.</blockquote> <i>Mark vi. 11.</i></p>
<p>&fist; It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use <i>from</i> before
<i>thence</i>. Cf. <u>Hence</u>, <u>Whence</u>.</p>
<p><blockquote>Then I will send, and fetch thee <i>from
thence</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxvii. 45.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>From that time; thenceforth;
thereafter.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>There shall be no more <i>thence</i> an infant of
days.</blockquote> <i>Isa. lxv. 20.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>For that reason; therefore.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Not to sit idle with so great a gift<BR>
Useless, and <i>thence</i> ridiculous, about him.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not there; elsewhere; absent.</def> [Poetic]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thence`forth"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>From that time;
thereafter.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is <i>thenceforth</i> good for nothing.</blockquote> <i>Matt. v.
13.</i></p>
<p> This word is sometimes preceded by <i>from</i>, -- a redundancy
sanctioned by custom. <i>Chaucer.</i> <i>John. xix. 12.</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Thence`for"ward</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>From that time
onward; thenceforth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thence`from"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>From that
place.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>The`o*bro"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a god
+ &?; food, fr. &?; to eat: cf. F. <i>théobrome</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A genus of small trees. See <u>Cacao</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*bro"mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from
the <i>Theobroma Cacao</i>), peanut oil (from <i>Arachis
hypogæa</i>), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*bro"mine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An
alkaloidal ureide, C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>,
homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also
extracted from cacao and chocolate (from <i>Theobroma Cacao</i>) as a
bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also <i>dimethyl
xanthine</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*chris"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; God +
&?; anointed, fr. &?; to anoint.] <def>Anointed by God.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*oc"ra*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; God + &?;
to be strong, to rule, fr. &?; strength: cf. F. <i>théocratie</i>.
See <u>Theism</u>, and cf. <u>Democracy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of
God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing
the Deity.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state thus governed, as the Hebrew
commonwealth before it became a kingdom.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*oc"ra*sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; union of the
soul with God; &?; God + &?; a mixing, akin to &?; to mix.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of
Jehovah and idols.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>This syncretistic <i>theocracy</i> by no means excludes in
him [Solomon] the proper service of idols.</blockquote> <i>J.
Murphy.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <def>An intimate union of the soul
with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some
Oriental mystics.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"o*crat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who lives under a
theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine
law.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`o*crat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`o*crat"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>théocratique</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God;
as, the <i>theocratical</i> state of the Israelites.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*od"i*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.
<i>theodicæa</i>, fr. Gr. &?; God + &?; right, justice: cf. F.
<i>théodicée</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A vindication of
the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral
evil.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That department of philosophy which treats of
the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the
soul.</def> <i>Krauth-Fleming.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*od"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably a corruption
of <i>the alidade</i>. See <u>Alidade</u>.] <def>An instrument used,
especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of
horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously
constructed.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The theodolite consists principally of a telescope, with cross
wires in the focus of its object glass, clamped in Y's attached to a frame
that is mounted so as to turn both on vertical and horizontal axes, the
former carrying a vernier plate on a horizontal graduated plate or circle
for azimuthal angles, and the latter a vertical graduated arc or semicircle
for altitudes. The whole is furnished with levels and adjusting screws and
mounted on a tripod.</p>
<p><hw>The*od`o*lit"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, <i>theodolitic</i>
observations.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*gon"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or relating to
theogony.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*og"o*nism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Theogony.</def>
[R.]</p>
<p><hw>The*og"o*nist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A writer on
theogony.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*og"o*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>theogonia</i>, Gr.
&?;; &?; a god + the root of &?; to be born. See <u>Theism</u>, and
<u>Genus</u>.] <def>The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of
heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities;
also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the <i>Theogony</i> of
Hesiod.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gas`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Formed like
<i>poetaster</i>: cf. F. <i>théologastre</i>.] <def>A pretender or
quack in theology.</def> [R.] <i>Burton.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A theologian.</def>
<i>Cudworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>The`o*lo"gi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théologien</i>, L. <i>theologus</i>, Gr. &?;. See
<u>Theology</u>.] <def>A person well versed in theology; a professor of
theology or divinity; a divine.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*log"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Theological.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>theologicus</i>, Gr. &?;: cf. F. <i>théologique</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a
<i>theological</i> treatise.</def> -- <wf>The`o*log"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>The`o*log"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Theology.</def>
<i>Young.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
theologian.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Theologized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Theologizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>théologiser</i>.] <def>To
render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of
theology.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy
<i>theologized</i>.</blockquote> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To frame a system
of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gi`zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
theologizes; a theologian.</def> [R.] <i>Boyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"o*logue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. L. <i>theologus</i>,
Gr. &?;, and E. <i>philologue</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
theologian.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Ye gentle <i>theologues</i> of calmer kind.</blockquote>
<i>Young.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He [Jerome] was the <i>theologue</i> -- and the word is
designation enough.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A student in a theological seminary.</def>
[Written also <i>theolog</i>.] [Colloq. U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>The*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Theologies</b></plw> (#). [L. <i>theologia</i>, Gr. &?;; &?; God +
&?; discourse: cf. F. <i>théologie</i>. See <u>Theism</u>, and
<u>Logic</u>.] <def>The science of God or of religion; the science which
treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and
government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to
practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable
from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the
science of Christian faith and life."</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Many speak of <i>theology</i> as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve that there is any
knowledge of God to be attained.</blockquote> <i>Prof. R. Flint (Enc.
Brit.).</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Theology</i> is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of
man.</blockquote> <i>Gladstone.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Ascetic theology</b></col>, <col><b>Natural theology</b></col>.
<cd>See <u>Ascetic</u>, <u>Natural</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Moral
theology</b></col>, <cd>that phase of theology which is concerned with
moral character and conduct.</cd> -- <col><b>Revealed theology</b></col>,
<cd>theology which is to be learned only from revelation.</cd> --
<col><b>Scholastic theology</b></col>, <cd>theology as taught by the
scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.</cd> --
<col><b>Speculative theology</b></col>, <cd>theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.</cd> --
<col><b>Systematic theology</b></col>, <cd>that branch of theology of which
the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that
together shall constitute an organized whole.</cd> <i>E. G. Robinson
(Johnson's Cyc.).</i></p>
<p><hw>The*om"a*chist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Gr. &?;.]
<def>One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine
will.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*om"a*chy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; a god +
&?; a battle.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fighting against the gods, as the
battle of the gaints with the gods.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A battle or strife among the gods.</def>
<i>Gladstone.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Opposition to God or the divine will.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"o*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; a god + <i>-
mancy</i>: cf. F. <i>théomancie</i>, Gr. &?; a spirit of prophecy,.]
<def>A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen
nations.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`o*pa*thet"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`o*path"ic</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a theopathy.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*op"a*thy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; God + &?;, &?;,
to suffer, feel.] <def>Capacity for religious affections or
worship.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*oph"a*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-
nies</b></plw> (#). [Gr. &?;; &?; God + &?; to appear.] <def>A
manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an
incarnation.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1496 !></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phil`an*throp"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théophilanthrope</i>.] <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i> <def>A member of a
deistical society established at Paris during the French
revolution.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; God +
E. <i>philanthropy</i>.] <def>Theophilanthropism.</def>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>The`o*phil`o*soph"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; God +
E. <i>philosophic</i>.] <def>Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining
to the combination of theism and philosophy.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`op*neus"ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Divinely
inspired; theopneustic.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>The`op*neus"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; inspired of
God; &?; God + &?; to blow, to breathe.] <def>Given by the inspiration of
the Spirit of God.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"op*neus`ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.] <def>Divine
inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying
men to receive and communicate revealed truth.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*or"bist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>One
who plays on a theorbo.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*or"bo</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>théorbe</i>,
<i>téorbe</i>, formerly <i>tuorbe</i>, <i>tiorbe</i>, It.
<i>tiorba</i>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>An instrument made like large lute, but
having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings
governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass
strings used as open notes.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A larger form of <i>theorbo</i> was also called the
<i>archlute</i>, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to
the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.</p>
<p><hw>The"o*rem</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>theorema</i>, Gr.
&?; a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. &?; to look at, &?; a
spectator: cf. F. <i>théorème</i>. See <u>Theory</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which is considered and established as a
principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Not theories, but <i>theorems</i> (&?;), the intelligible
products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for
the mind exclusively.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>By the <i>theorems</i>,<BR>
Which your polite and terser gallants practice,<BR>
I re-refine the court, and civilize<BR>
Their barbarous natures.</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>A statement of a principle to be
demonstrated.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A <i>theorem</i> is something to be proved, and is thus
distinguished from a <i>problem</i>, which is something to be solved. In
analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or
statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the
binomial <i>theorem</i>; Taylor's <i>theorem</i>. See the Note under
<u>Proposition</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 5.</p>
<p><col><b>Binomial theorem</b></col>. <i>(Math.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Binomial</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Negative theorem</b></col>, <cd>a theorem
which expresses the impossibility of any assertion.</cd> --
<col><b>Particular theorem</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>a theorem which
extends only to a particular quantity.</cd> -- <col><b>Theorem of
Pappus</b></col>. <i>(Math.)</i> <cd>See <i>Centrobaric method</i>, under
<u>Centrobaric</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Universal theorem</b></col>
<i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>a theorem which extends to any quantity without
restriction.</cd></p>
<p><hw>The"o*rem</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To formulate into a
theorem.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`o*re*mat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`o*re*mat"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. Gr. &?;.] <def>Of or pertaining to a theorem or
theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*rem"a*tist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
constructs theorems.</def></p>
<p><hw>The`o*rem"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Theorematic.</def>
<i>Grew.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`o*ret"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`o*ret"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;: cf. L. <i>theoreticus</i>, F.
<i>théorétique</i>.] <def>Pertaining to theory; depending on,
or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory
or speculation: not practical; as, <i>theoretical</i> learning;
<i>theoretic</i> sciences.</def> -- <wf>The`o*ret"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>The`o*ret"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The speculative
part of a science; speculation.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles,
as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before
contemplation, ethics before <i>theoretics</i>.</blockquote> <i>H. B.
Wilson.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*or"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théorique</i>. See <u>Theory</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to the theorica.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> (<i>pron.</i> &?;) <def>Relating to, or skilled in,
theory; theoretically skilled.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>A man but young,<BR>
Yet old in judgment, <i>theoric</i> and practic<BR>
In all humanity.</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"o*ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>theorique</i>; cf.
L. <i>theorice</i>.] <def>Speculation; theory.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>||The*or"i*ca</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
(sc. &?;), fr. &?; belonging to &?; a public spectacle. See <u>Theory</u>.]
<i>(Gr. Antiq.)</i> <def>Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals,
sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances),
and in gifts to the people; -- also called <i>theoric fund</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*or"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Theoretic.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*or"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a theoretic
manner.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>The"o*rist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théoriste</i>.] <def>One who forms theories; one given to theory
and speculation; a speculatist.</def> <i>Cowper.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The greatest <i>theoretists</i> have given the preference to
such a government as that which obtains in this kingdom.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>The`o*ri*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories;
speculation.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"o*rize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Theorized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Theorizing</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>théoriser</i>.] <def>To form a
theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to
speculate.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"o*ri`zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who theorizes
or speculates; a theorist.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"o*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Theories</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>théorie</i>, L.
<i>theoria</i>, Gr. &?; a beholding, spectacle, contemplation, speculation,
fr. &?; a spectator, &?; to see, view. See <u>Theater</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates
in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis;
speculation.</def></p>
<p>&fist; "This word is employed by English writers in a very loose and
improper sense. It is with them usually convertible into <i>hypothesis</i>,
and <i>hypothesis</i> is commonly used as another term for
<i>conjecture</i>. The terms <i>theory</i> and <i>theoretical</i> are
properly used in opposition to the terms <i>practice</i> and
<i>practical</i>. In this sense, they were exclusively employed by the
ancients; and in this sense, they are almost exclusively employed by the
Continental philosophers." <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>
</p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An exposition of the general or abstract
principles of any science; as, the <i>theory</i> of music.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The science, as distinguished from the art; as,
the <i>theory</i> and practice of medicine.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The philosophical explanation of phenomena,
either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's <i>theory</i> of combustion; Adam
Smith's <i>theory</i> of moral sentiments.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Atomic theory</b></col>, <col><b>Binary theory</b></col>,
<cd>etc. See under <u>Atomic</u>, <u>Binary</u>, etc.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Hypothesis, speculation. -- <u>Theory</u>,
<u>Hypothesis</u>. A <i>theory</i> is a scheme of the relations subsisting
between the parts of a systematic whole; an <i>hypothesis</i> is a
tentative conjecture respecting a cause of phenomena.</p>
<p>{ <hw>The"o*soph</hw> (?), <hw>The*os"o*pher</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A theosophist.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The`o*soph"ic</hw> (?), <hw>The`o*soph"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>théosophique</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to theosophy.</def> -- <wf>The`o*soph"ic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>The*os"o*phism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théosophisme</i>.] <def>Belief in theosophy.</def>
<i>Murdock.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*os"o*phist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One addicted to
theosophy.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>theosophist</i> is one who gives you a theory of God,
or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his
own, for its basis.</blockquote> <i>R. A. Vaughan.</i></p>
<p><hw>The*os`o*phis"tic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.</def></p>
<p><hw>The*os"o*phize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Theosophized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Theosophizing</u>.] <def>To practice theosophy.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>The*os"o*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; knowledge of
things divine, fr. &?; wise in the things of God; &?; God + &?; wise: cf.
F. <i>théosophie</i>.] <def>Any system of philosophy or mysticism
which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and
consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic
operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the
German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed,
knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination;
especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the
interior relations of the divine nature.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ther`a*peu"tæ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; (pl. &?;) an attendant, servant, physician. See
<u>Therapeutic</u>.] <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i> <def>A name given to certain
ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria.
They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and
credibility of which are now much discredited.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ther`a*peu"tic</hw> (?), <hw>Ther`a*peu"tic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>thérapeutique</i>, Gr. &?;, from &?;
attendant, servant, &?; to serve, take care of, treat medically, &?;
attendant, servant.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the healing
art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases;
curative.</def> "<i>Therapeutic</i> or curative physic." <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the
art of preserving health, and <i>therapeutic</i>, or the art of restoring
it.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the
Therapeutæ.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>thérapeutique</i>.] <def>That part of medical science which
treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One versed in
therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"a*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;.]
<def>Therapeutics.</def></p>
<p><hw>There</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ther</i>, AS.
<i>ð&aemacr;r</i>; akin to D. <i>daar</i>, G. <i>da</i>, OHG.
<i>dār</i>, Sw. & Dan. <i>der</i>, Icel. & Goth. <i>þar</i>,
Skr. <i>tarhi</i> then, and E. <i>that</i>. √184. See <u>That</u>,
<pos><i>pron.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In or at that place.</def>
"[They] <i>there</i> left me and my man, both bound together."
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
<i>there</i> he put the man whom he had formed.</blockquote> <i>Ge. ii.
8.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In distinction from <i>here</i>, <i>there</i> usually signifies a
place farther off. "Darkness <i>there</i> might well seem twilight
<i>here</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point,
stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop
<i>there</i>, but continued his speech.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend<BR>
And turns it to exile; <i>there</i> art thou happy.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To or into that place; thither.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The rarest that e'er came <i>there</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>There</i> is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the
attention to something, especially to something distant; as, <i>there</i>,
<i>there</i>! see <i>there</i>! look <i>there</i>! <i>There</i> is often
used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or
clause, the verb precedes its subject.</p>
<p><blockquote>A knight <i>there</i> was, and that a worthy
man.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>There</i> is a path which no fowl knoweth.</blockquote>
<i>Job xxviii. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Wherever <i>there</i> is a sense or perception, <i>there</i>
some idea is actually produced.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>There</i> have been that have delivered themselves from
their ills by their good fortune or virtue.</blockquote>
<i>Suckling.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>There</i> is much used in composition, and often has the sense
of a pronoun. See <u>Thereabout</u>, <u>Thereafter</u>, <u>Therefrom</u>,
etc.</p>
<p>&fist; <i>There</i> was formerly used in the sense of <i>where</i>.</p>
<p><blockquote>Spend their good <i>there</i> it is reasonable.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Here and there</b></col>, <cd>in one place and another.</cd></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Thither</u>.</p>
<p>{ <hw>There"a*bout`</hw> (?), <hw>There"a*bouts`</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [The latter spelling is less proper, but more
commonly used.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Near that place.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly;
as, ten men, or <i>thereabouts</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Five or six thousand horse . . . or
<i>thereabouts</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Some three months since, or <i>thereabout</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Suckling.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Concerning that; about that.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><blockquote>What will ye dine? I will go <i>thereabout</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>They were much perplexed <i>thereabout</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Luke xxiv. 4.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*af"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>ð&aemacr;ræfter</i> after that. See <u>There</u>, and
<u>After</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>After that; afterward.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>According to that; accordingly.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the
church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves
as well as men; and <i>thereafter</i> to confine, imprison, and do sharpest
justice on them as malefactors.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of that sort.</def> [Obs.] "My audience is not
<i>thereafter</i>." <i>Latimer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There"a*gain`</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In opposition;
against one's course.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>If that him list to stand <i>thereagain</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There"-a*nent`</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Concerning
that.</def> [Scot.]</p>
<p><hw>There*at"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>At that place; there.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in <i>thereat</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Matt. vii. 13.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>At that occurrence or event; on that
account.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which
cause it blusheth <i>thereat</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>There`be*fore"</hw> (?), <hw>There`bi*forn"</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Before that time; beforehand.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Many a winter <i>therebiforn</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*by"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>By that; by that means; in consequence of that.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace;
<i>thereby</i> good shall come unto thee.</blockquote> <i>Job xxii.
21.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Annexed to that.</def> "<i>Thereby</i> hangs a
tale." <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*for"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [<i>There</i> +
<i>for.</i> Cf. <u>Therefore</u>.] <def>For that, or this; for
it.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>With certain officers ordained
<i>therefore</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There"fore</hw> (?), <pos><i>conj. & adv.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>therfore</i>. See <u>There</u>, and <u>Fore</u>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>,
<u>For</u>, and cf. <u>Therefor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>For that or
this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I have married a wife, and <i>therefore</i> I can not
come.</blockquote> <i>Luke xiv. 20.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall
we have <i>therefore</i>?</blockquote> <i>Matt. xix. 27.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Consequently; by consequence.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He blushes; <i>therefore</i> he is guilty.</blockquote>
<i>Spectator.</i></p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Then</u>.</p>
<p><hw>There*from"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>From this or
that.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Turn not aside <i>therefrom</i> to the right hand or to the
left.</blockquote> <i>John. xxiii. 6.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*in"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In that or this
place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.</def>
<i>Wyclif.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He pricketh through a fair forest,<BR>
<i>Therein</i> is many a wild beast.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
<i>therein</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gen. ix. 7.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Therein</i> our letters do not well agree.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>There`in*to"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Into that or
this, or into that place.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Let not them . . . enter <i>thereinto</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Luke xxi. 21.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*of"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Of that or
this.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the day that thou eatest <i>thereof</i>, thou shalt
surely die.</blockquote> <i>Gen. ii. 17.</i></p>
<p><hw>The`re*ol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Therapeutios.</def></p>
<p><hw>There*on"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS. <i>&?;&?;ron</i>.
See <u>There</u>, and <u>On</u>.] <def>On that or this.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Then the king said, Hang him <i>thereon</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Esther vii. 9.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*out"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Out of that or this.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He shall take <i>thereout</i> his handful of the
flour.</blockquote> <i>Lev. ii. 2.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>On the outside; out of doors.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*to"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To that or this.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Besides; moreover.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Her mouth full small, and <i>thereto</i> soft and
red.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>There`to*fore"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Up to that
time; before then; -- correlative with <i>heretofore</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>There*un"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Under that or
this.</def></p>
<p><hw>There`un*to"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Unto that or
this; thereto; besides.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>There`up*on"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Upon that or this; thereon.</def> "They shall feed <i>thereupon</i>."
<i>Zeph. ii. 7.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>On account, or in consequence, of that;
therefore.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>[He] hopes to find you forward, . . . <BR>
And <i>thereupon</i> he sends you this good news.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Immediately; at once; without delay.</def></p>
<p><hw>There*while"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>At that time; at
the same time.</def> [Obs.] <i>Laud.</i></p>
<p><hw>There*with"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>With that or this.</def> "I have learned in whatsoever state I am,
<i>therewith</i> to be content." <i>Phil. iv. 11.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In addition; besides; moreover.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To speak of strength and <i>therewith</i>
hardiness.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>At the same time; forthwith.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>
<p><hw>There`with*al"</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Over and above; besides; moreover.</def> [Obs.] <i>Daniel.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And <i>therewithal</i> it was full poor and
bad.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>With that or this; therewith; at the same
time.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy slanders I forgive; and <i>therewithal</i><BR>
Remit thy other forfeits.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And <i>therewithal</i> one came and seized on her,<BR>
And Enid started waking.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Therf</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>&?;eorf</i>; akin to
OHG. <i>derb</i>, Icel. <i>&?;jarfr</i>.] <def>Not fermented; unleavened; -
- said of bread, loaves, etc.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>Pask and the feast of <i>therf</i> loaves.</blockquote>
<i>Wyclif.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1497 !></p>
<p>{ <hw>The"ri*ac</hw> (?), <hw>||The*ri"a*ca</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>theriaca</i> an antidote against the bite of
serpents, Gr. &?;: cf. F. <i>thériaque</i>. See <u>Treacle</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Old Med.)</i> <def>An ancient composition esteemed
efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound
of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to
an electuary; -- called also <i>theriaca Andromachi</i>, and <i>Venice
treacle</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Treacle; molasses.</def> <i>British
Pharm.</i></p>
<p>
{ <hw>The"ri*ac</hw> (?), <hw>The*ri"a*cal</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>thériacal</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to theriac;
medicinal.</def> "<i>Theriacal</i> herbs." <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Theriac.</def> [R.]
<i>Holland.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"ri*o*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Paleon.)</i>
<def>One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The`ri*o*don"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Theriodontia</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The`ri*o*don"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; (dim. of &?; a beast) + &?;, &?;, a tooth.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>An
extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in
South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called
also <i>Theromorpha</i>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; They had biconcave vertebræ, ambulatory limbs, and a well-
developed pelvis and shoulder girdle. Some of the species had large
maxillary teeth. The head somewhat resembled that of a turtle. The
Dicynodont is one of the best-known examples. See <u>Dicynodont</u>.</p>
<p><hw>The`ri*ot"o*my</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; wild beast +
&?; to cut.] <def>Zoötomy.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ther"mæ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L. See
<u>Thermal</u>.] <def>Springs or baths of warm or hot water.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>thermae</i> hot
springs, fr. Gr. &?;, pl. of &?; heat, fr. &?; hot, warm, &?; to warm, make
hot; perhaps akin to L. <i>formus</i> warm, and E. <i>forceps</i>.] <def>Of
or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the <i>thermal</i> unit;
<i>thermal</i> waters.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The <i>thermal</i> condition of the earth.</blockquote>
<i>J. D. Forbes.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Thermal conductivity</b></col>, <col><b>Thermal
spectrum</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Conductivity</u>, and
<u>Spectrum</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thermal unit</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>,
<cd>a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat.
The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise
the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree
Centigrade. See <u>Calorie</u>, and under <u>Unit</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mal*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a thermal
manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*met"o*graph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; heat + &?;
measure + <i>-graph</i>.] <def>A self-registering thermometer, especially
one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.</def>
<i>Nichol.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; heat.] <def>Of or
pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, <i>thermic</i>
lines.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Thermic balance</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Bolometer</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Thermic fever</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>the condition of fever
produced by sunstroke. See <u>Sunstroke</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thermic
weight</b></col>. <i>(Mech.)</i> <cd>Same as <i>Heat weight</i>, under
<u>Heat</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>||Ther`mi`dor"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Gr. &?; warm,
hot.] <def>The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, --
commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under
<u>Vendémiaire</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mif"u*gine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; heat + L.
<i>fugere</i> to flee.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An artificial alkaloid of
complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, --
whence its name.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo-</hw> (?). <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>qe`rmh</grk>
<i>heat</i>, <grk>qermo`s</grk> <i>hot</i>, <i>warm</i>; as in
<i>thermo</i>chemistry, <i>thermo</i>dynamic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i>
+ <i>barometer</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for determining
altitudes by the boiling point of water.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*bat"ter*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>battery</i>.] <def>A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*cau"ter*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>cautery</i>.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>Cautery by the application of
heat.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Paquelin's thermocautery</b></col>, <cd>thermocautery by means
of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage
through it of benzine vapor.</cd></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ther`mo*chem"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ther`mo*chem"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem. Physics)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*chem"is*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>chemistry</i>.] <def>That branch of chemical science which includes the
investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and
that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat
evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*moch"ro*sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + Gr.
&?; coloring.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The property possessed by heat of
being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility,
which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic
substances.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*cur`rent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>current</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A current, as of electricity,
developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*dy*nam"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>dynamic</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>Relating to thermodynamics; caused
or operated by force due to the application of heat.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Thermodynamic function</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Heat weight</i>,
under <u>Heat</u>.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*dy*nam"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The science
which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*e*lec"tric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i>
<def>Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, <i>thermoelectric</i>
currents.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*e`lec*tric"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-
</i> + <i>electricity</i>: cf. F. <i>thermoélectricité</i>.]
<i>(Physics)</i> <def>Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the
Note under <u>Electricity</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-
</i> + <i>electrometer</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for
measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it
produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a
current.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*gen</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-
gen</i>.] <i>(Old Chem.)</i> <def>Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but
imponderable substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*gen"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat;
thermogenous; as, the <i>thermogenic</i> tissues.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mog"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>-genous</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Producing heat;
thermogenic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*graph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-
graph</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for automatically recording
indications of the variation of temperature.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mol"o*gy</hw> (th&etilde;r"m&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-logy</i>.] <def>A discourse on,
or an account of, heat.</def> <i>Whewell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mol"y*sis</hw> (-&ibreve;*s&ibreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Thermo-</i> + Gr. <grk>ly`ein</grk> to loose.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The
resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by
heat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*lyze</hw> (th&etilde;r"m&osl;*līz), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate
by heat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*mag"net*ism</hw> (-măg"n&ebreve;t*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>magnetism</i>.] <def>Magnetism as
affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to
magnetism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mom"e*ter</hw> (th&etilde;r*m&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-meter</i>: cf. F.
thermomètre. See <u>Thermal</u>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An
instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes
of temperature in bodies are accompanied by proportional changes in their
volumes or dimensions.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The <i>thermometer</i> usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing mercury or alcohol,
which expanding or contracting according to the temperature to which it is
exposed, indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of space
occupied, as shown by the position of the top of the liquid column on a
graduated scale. See <u>Centigrade</u>, <u>Fahrenheit</u>, and
<u>Réaumur</u>.</p>
<p> To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, substract
32° and multiply by &frac59;; to reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees
Fahrenheit, multiply by &frac95; and add 32°.</p>
<p><col><b>Air thermometer</b></col>, <col><b>Balance
thermometer</b></col>, <cd>etc. See under <u>Air</u>, <u>Balance</u>,
etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Metallic thermometer</b></col>, <cd>a form of
thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or
contraction of rods or strips of metal.</cd> -- <col><b>Register
thermometer</b></col>, or <col><b>Self-registering thermometer</b></col>,
<cd>a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature
occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the
instrument. A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before
the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of
enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point
of minimum temperature.</cd></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ther`mo*met"ric</hw> (?), <hw>Ther`mo*met"ric*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>thermométrique</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the
<i>thermometrical</i> scale or tube.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer;
as, <i>thermometrical</i> observations.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*met"ric*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*met"ro*graph</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i>
+ Gr. &?; measure + <i>-graph</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for
recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of
a thermometer.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mom"e*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The estimation of
temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*mul"ti*pli`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i>
+ <i>multiplier</i>.] <def>Same as <u>Thermopile</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*pile</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>pile</i> a heap.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument of extreme
sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It
is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals
having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an
astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric
current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest
degrees of heat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-
scope</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument for indicating changes of
temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected;
especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by
Professor Leslie, was afterward called the <i>differential
thermometer</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*scop"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope;
as, <i>thermoscopic</i> observations.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*stat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + Gr.
&?; to make to stand.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A self-acting apparatus for
regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals,
liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove,
or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*stat"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the
thermostat.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*sys*tal"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>systaltic</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Influenced in its contraction by
heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*tax"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + Gr.
&?; arrangement.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with,
the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the
<i>thermotaxic</i> nervous system.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*ten"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>tension</i>.] <def>A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron
by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that
state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the
strength is afterward to be exerted.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Ther*mot"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Ther*mot"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; heat, fr. &?; hot.] <def>Of or pertaining to
heat; produced by heat; as, <i>thermotical</i> phenomena.</def>
<i>Whewell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mot"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The science of
heat.</def> <i>Whewell.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*trop"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Manifesting thermotropism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mot"ro*pism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
Gr. &?; to turn.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The phenomenon of turning towards a
source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther"mo*type</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> + <i>-
type</i>.] <def>A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting
the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking
an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this
impression.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther*mot"y*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or process
of obtaining thermotypes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ther`mo*vol*ta"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Thermo-</i> +
<i>voltaic</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>Of or relating to heat and
electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic
action.</def> <i>Faraday.</i></p>
<p><hw>||The`ro*mor"pha</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.: Gr. &?;
beast + &?; form.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>See <u>Theriodonta</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The*rop"o*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
a beast + &?;, &?;, foot.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>An order of carnivorous
dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of
an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious
genera <i>Megalosaurus</i>, <i>Creosaurus</i>, and their allies.</def></p>
<p><hw>||The*sau"rus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Thesauri</b></plw> (#). [L. See <u>Treasure</u>.] <def>A treasury
or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often
applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.</def></p>
<p><hw>These</hw> (&thlig;ēz), <pos><i>pron.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>þes</i>, <i>þæs</i>, a variant of <i>þas</i>,
pl. of <i>þes</i>, <i>thes</i>, this. See <u>This</u>, and cf.
<u>Those</u>.] <def>The plural of <i>this</i>. See <u>This</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thes"i*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of <i>thesis</i>.]
<def>A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"sis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Theses</b></plw> (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to place, set. See
<u>Do</u>, and cf. <u>Anathema</u>, <u>Apothecary</u>, <u>Epithet</u>,
<u>Hypothesis</u>, <u>Parenthesis</u>, <u>Theme</u>, <u>Tick</u> a cover.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A position or proposition which a person advances
and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by
argument.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon
specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate
for a diploma or degree.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment
they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies
and a <i>thesis</i> of my own composing, to prepare them.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Logic)</i> <def>An affirmation, or distinction
from a supposition or hypothesis.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The accented part of the measure,
expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of <i>arsis</i>.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Pros.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The part of the foot upon which such a depression
falls.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thes"mo*thete</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;; &?; that
which is established, a law (fr. &?; to set) + &?; a giver (also fr. &?;).]
<i>(Gr. Antiq.)</i> <def>A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior
archons at Athens.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thes"pi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From L. <i>Thespis</i>,
Gr. &?;, the founder of the Greek drama.] <def>Of or pertaining to Thespis;
hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the <i>Thespian</i> art.</def>
-- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An actor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thes*sa"li*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. L.
<i>Thessalius</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.</def>
<i>Shak.</i> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Thessaly.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thes`sa*lo"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.</def></p>
<p><hw>The"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. <grk>qh^ta</grk>,
the Greek letter θ, &THETA;.] <def>A letter of the Greek alphabet
corresponding to <i>th</i> in English; -- sometimes called the
<i>unlucky</i> letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in
passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek
<grk>qa`natos</grk>, death.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Theta function</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>one of a group of
functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.</cd></p>
<p><hw>Thet"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; fit for placing,
fr. &?; to set, lay down. See <u>Thesis</u>.] <def>Laid down; absolute or
positive, as a law.</def> <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>
<p><hw>The"tine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Th</i>io + <i>et</i>her
+ sulph<i>ine</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Any one of a series of complex
basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>The*ur"gic</hw> (?), <hw>The*ur"gic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>theurgicus</i>, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
<i>théurgique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to theurgy;
magical.</def></p>
<p><col><b>Theurgic hymns</b></col>, <cd>songs of incantation.</cd></p>
<p><hw>The"ur*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>théurgiste</i>.] <def>One who pretends to, or is addicted to,
theurgy.</def> <i>Hallywell.</i></p>
<p><! p. 1498 !></p>
<p><hw>The"ur*gy</hw> (thē"ŭr*j&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>theurgia</i>, Gr. <grk>qeoyrgi`a</grk>, fr. <grk>qeoyrgo`s</grk>
doing the works of God; <grk>qeo`s</grk> God + <grk>'e`rgon</grk> work: cf.
F. <i>théurgie</i>. See <u>Theism</u>, and <u>Work</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic;
sorcery.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of magical science or art developed in
Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence
the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental
rites.</def> <i>Schaff-Herzog Encyc.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In later or modern magic, that species of magic
in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in
distinction from <i>natural</i> magic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thew</hw> (thū), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Chiefly used in the
plural <u>Thews</u> (thūz).] [OE. <i>thew</i>, <i>þeau</i>,
manner, habit, strength, AS. <i>þeáw</i> manner, habit (cf.
<i>þ&ymacr;wan</i> to drive); akin to OS. <i>thau</i> custom, habit,
OHG. <i>dou</i>. √56.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Manner; custom; habit;
form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good
qualities; virtues.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>For her great light<BR>
Of sapience, and for her <i>thews</i> clear.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Evil speeches destroy good <i>thews</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).</i></p>
<p><blockquote>To be upbrought in gentle <i>thews</i> and martial
might.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And I myself, who sat apart<BR>
And watched them, waxed in every limb;<BR>
I felt the <i>thews</i> of Anakim,<BR>
The pules of a Titan's heart.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thewed</hw> (thūd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-<i>thewed</i>
limb.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Accustomed; mannered.</def> [Obs.] <i>John
Skelton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Yet would not seem so rude and <i>thewed</i>
ill.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thew"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having strong or large
thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.</def></p>
<p><hw>They</hw> (&thlig;ā), <pos><i>pron. pl.</i></pos>;
<pos><i>poss.</i></pos> <u>Theirs</u>; <pos><i>obj.</i></pos> <u>Them</u>.
[Icel. <i>þeir</i> they, properly nom. pl. masc. of <i>sā</i>,
<i>sū</i>, <i>þat</i>, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the
English definite article, AS. <i>sē</i>, <i>seó</i>,
<i>ðæt</i>, nom. pl. <i>ðā</i>. See <u>That</u>.]
<def>The plural of <i>he</i>, <i>she</i>, or <i>it</i>. <i>They</i> is
never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes
refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Jolif and glad <i>they</i> went unto <i>here</i> [their]
rest<BR>
And casten <i>hem</i> [them] full early for to sail.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>They</i> of Italy salute you.</blockquote> <i>Heb. xiii.
24.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Blessed are <i>they</i> which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness.</blockquote> <i>Matt. v. 6.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>They</i> is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used
<i>man</i>, and as the French use <i>on</i>; as, <i>they</i> say (French
<i>on dit</i>), that is, it is said by persons not specified.</p>
<p><hw>Thi*al"dine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thio-</i> +
<i>al</i>dehyde + <i>-ine</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A weak nitrogenous
sulphur base, C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>13</sub>NS<sub>2</sub>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thi"al*ol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Thio-</i> +
<i>al</i>cohol + L. <i>ol</i>eum oil.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A colorless oily
liquid, (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>, having a
strong garlic odor; -- called also <i>ethyl disulphide</i>. By extension,
any one of the series of related compounds.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thib"e*tan</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
Thibet.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of
Thibet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thib"et cloth`</hw> (?). <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A fabric made of
coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A kind
of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thi*be"tian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Thibetan</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Thi"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A slice; a skimmer; a
spatula; a pudding stick.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] <i>Ainsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Thick</hw> (th&ibreve;k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Thicker</u> (-&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Thickest</u>.] [OE. <i>thicke</i>, AS.
<i>þicce</i>; akin to D. <i>dik</i>, OS. <i>thikki</i>, OHG.
<i>dicchi</i> thick, dense, G. <i>dick</i> thick, Icel. <i>þykkr</i>,
<i>þjökkr</i>, and probably to Gael. & Ir. <i>tiugh</i>. Cf.
<u>Tight</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Measuring in the third dimension
other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -
- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches <i>thick</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Were it as <i>thick</i> as is a branched oak.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>My little finger shall be <i>thicker</i> than my father's
loins.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings xii. 10.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having more depth or extent from one surface to
its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a <i>thick</i> plank;
<i>thick</i> cloth; <i>thick</i> paper; <i>thick</i> neck.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, <i>thick</i>
vapors. Also used figuratively; as, <i>thick</i> darkness.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Make the gruel <i>thick</i> and slab.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy,
or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be <i>thick</i> after a
rain.</def> "In a <i>thick</i>, misty day." <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely
set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The people were gathered <i>thick</i> together.</blockquote>
<i>Luke xi. 29.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Black was the forest; <i>thick</i> with beech it
stood.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Not having due distinction of syllables, or good
articulation; indistinct; as, a <i>thick</i> utterance.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Deep; profound; as, <i>thick</i> sleep.</def>
[R.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Dull; not quick; as, <i>thick</i> of
fearing.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>His dimensions to any <i>thick</i> sight were
invincible.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Intimate; very friendly; familiar.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>
<p><blockquote>We have been <i>thick</i> ever since.</blockquote> <i>T.
Hughes.</i></p>
<p>&fist; <i>Thick</i> is often used in the formation of compounds, most of
which are self-explaining; as, <i>thick</i>-barred, <i>thick</i>-bodied,
<i>thick</i>-coming, <i>thick</i>-cut, <i>thick</i>-flying, <i>thick</i>-
growing, <i>thick</i>-leaved, <i>thick</i>-lipped, <i>thick</i>-necked,
<i>thick</i>-planted, <i>thick</i>-ribbed, <i>thick</i>-shelled,
<i>thick</i>-woven, and the like.</p>
<p><col><b>Thick register</b></col>. <i>(Phon.)</i> <cd>See the Note under
<u>Register</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 7.</cd> -- <col><b>Thick
stuff</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>all plank that is more than four inches
thick and less than twelve.</cd> <i>J. Knowles.</i>
</p>
<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.</p>
<p><hw>Thick</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>In the <i>thick</i> of the dust and smoke.</blockquote>
<i>Knolles.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A thicket; as, gloomy <i>thicks</i>.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Drayton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Through the <i>thick</i> they heard one rudely
rush.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He through a little window cast his sight<BR>
Through <i>thick</i> of bars, that gave a scanty light.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><col><b>Thick-and-thin block</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a fiddle
block. See under <u>Fiddle</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Through thick and
thin</b></col>, <cd>through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and
small.</cd></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Through thick and thin</i> she followed him.</blockquote>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>He be