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<p><hw>T</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;)</pr>, <def>the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter <xex>h</xex> it forms the digraph <xex>th</xex>, which has two distinct sounds, as in <xex>th</xex>in, <xex>th</xex>en. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect;262-264, and also &sect;&sect;153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</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 Ph&oelig;nician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is etymologically most nearly related to <xex>d</xex>, <xex>s</xex>, <xex>th</xex>; as in <xex>t</xex>ug, <xex>d</xex>uke; <xex>t</xex>wo, <xex>d</xex>ual, L. <xex>d</xex>uo; re<xex>s</xex>in, L. re<xex>s</xex>ina, Gr. <grk>"rhti`nh</grk>, ten<xex>t</xex>, ten<xex>s</xex>e, a., <xex>t</xex>enuous, <xex>th</xex>in; nos<xex>t</xex>ril, <xex>th</xex>rill. See <er>D</er>, <er>S</er>.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>T bandage</b></col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <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>(a)</sd> <cd>A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook.</cd> <sd>(b)</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>as, to suit <ex>to a T</ex></as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To take.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cursor Mundi.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern dialect.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Taas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A heap. See <er>Tas</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tag. See <er>Tag</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A loop for pulling or lifting something.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; <as>as, the salesman will pick up the <ex>tab</ex></as>.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta*bac"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tobacco.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta*ba"nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., horsefly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"ard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tabard</ets>, <ets>tabart</ets>; cf. Sp. &amp; Pg. <ets>tabardo</ets>, It. <ets>tabarro</ets>, W. <ets>tabar</ets>, LGr. <grk>tampa`rion</grk>, LL. <ets>tabardum</ets>.]</ety> <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> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>taberd</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>In a <qex>tabard</qex> he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"ard*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who wears a tabard.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.</def>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"a*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tabby</er>.]</ety> <def>A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta*bas"co sauce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So named after <etsep>Tabasco</etsep>, a river and state of Mexico.]</ety> <def>A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab`a*sheer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. <ets>tab&amacr;sh&imacr;r</ets>: cf. Skr. <ets>tvakksh&imacr;r&amacr;</ets>, <ets>tvaksh&imacr;r&amacr;</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"bi*net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tabby</er>.]</ety> <def>A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabinet</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tabbies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>tabis</ets> (cf. It. <ets>tab&igrave;</ets>, Sp. &amp; Pg. <ets>tab&iacute;</ets>, LL. <ets>attabi</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>'att&amacr;b&imacr;</ets>, properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince <etsep>Attab</etsep>, great grandson of Omeyya.  Cf. <er>Tobine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of waved silk, usually called <altname>watered silk</altname>, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>  <rj><au>Weale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An old maid or gossip.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a wavy or watered appearance; <as>as, a <ex>tabby</ex> waistcoat</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Pepys.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brindled; diversified in color; <as>as, a <ex>tabby</ex> cat</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tabby moth</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the grease moth. See under <er>Grease</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"by</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabbied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabbying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; <as>as, to <ex>tabby</ex> silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.</as></def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab`e*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tabefy</er>.]</ety> <def>A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"e*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabefied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabefying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tabere</ets> to waste away + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. L. <ets>tabefacere</ets> to melt.]</ety> <def>To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*bel"lion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tabellio</ets>, fr. <ets>tabella</ets> a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of <ets>tabula</ets> a board: cf. F. <ets>tabellion</ets>. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <def>A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Tabor</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Nahum ii. 7.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"erd</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tabard</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"er*na*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>tabernaculum</ets>, dim. of <ets>taberna</ets> nut. See <er>Tabern</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Dwelling in <qex>tabernacles</qex> with Isaac and Jacob.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xi. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden <qex>tabernacle</qex> and stoves.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Ex. xxvi.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.</def>  <rj><au>Acts xv. 16.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Shortly I must put off this my <qex>tabernacle</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>2 Pet. i. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.</def> Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</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><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>A tryptich for sacred imagery.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <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><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Feast of Tabernacles</b></col> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld>, <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> <au>Oxf. Gloss.</au></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"er*na*cle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabernacled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabernacling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He assumed our nature, and <qex>tabernacled</qex> among us in the flesh.</q> <rj><qau>Dr. J. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab`er*nac"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Formed in latticework; latticed.</def>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low.</def> &ldquo;Horribly <xex>tabernacular</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"bes</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;"b&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a wasting disease.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>&Verbar;Tabes dorsalis</b></col> <pr>(t&amacr;"b&emacr;z d&ocirc;r*s&amacr;"l&ibreve_;s)</pr> <ety>[NL., tabes of the back]</ety>, <cd>locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply <xex>tabes</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>&Verbar;Tabes mesenterica</b></col> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr> <ety>[NL., mesenteric tabes]</ety>, <cd>a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta*bes"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tabescens</ets> wasting, p. pr. of <ets>tabescere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Withering, or wasting away.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Ta*bet"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One affected with tabes.</def></def2><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Tab"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tabidus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tabide</ets>. See <er>Tabes</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affected by tabes; tabetic.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In <qex>tabid</qex> persons, milk is the bset restorative.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Tab"id*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tab"id*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ta*bif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ta*bif"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tabes</ets> + L. <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"inet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tabbinet</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"la*ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tablature</ets> ancient mode of musical notation. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Shaftesbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.</def><br/>
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<p><q>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 <qex>tablature</qex> before him as if he had fingered an organ.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; <as>as, the <ex>tablature</ex> of the cranial bones</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>tabula</ets> a board, tablet, a painting.  Cf. <er>Tabular</er>, <er>Taffrail</er>, <er>Tavern</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A bagnio paved with fair <qex>tables</qex> of marble.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>; <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>a memorandum book.</def> &ldquo;The names . . . written on his <xex>tables</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two <qex>tables</qex> of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these <qex>tables</qex> the words that were in the first <qex>tables</qex>, which thou brakest.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxxiv. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And stand there with your <qex>tables</qex> to glean<br/>
The golden sentences.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced.</def> &ldquo;Painted in a <xex>table</xex> plain.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which, with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don Philip, is a most incomparable <qex>table</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>St. Antony has a <qex>table</qex> that hangs up to him from a poor peasant.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bibliog.)</fld> <def>A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; <as>as, a <ex>table</ex> of contents</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A list of substances and their properties; especially, the a list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.</def>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <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>as, <ex>tables</ex> of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity <ex>tables</ex>; interest <ex>tables</ex>; astronomical <ex>tables</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Palmistry)</fld> <def>The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mistress of a fairer <qex>table</qex><br/>
Hath not history for fable.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</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><br/>
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<p><q>We may again<br/>
Give to our <qex>tables</qex> meat.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The nymph the <qex>table</qex> spread.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare; entertainment; <as>as, to set a good <ex>table</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>The company assembled round a table.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I drink the general joy of the whole <qex>table</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diplo&euml;, in the walls of the cranium.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <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 <er>Water table</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Games)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the divisions of a backgammon board; <as>as, to play into the right-hand <ex>table</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The games of backgammon and of draughts.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,<br/>
That, when he plays at <qex>tables</qex>, chides the dice.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <fld>(Glass Manuf.)</fld> <def>A circular plate of crown glass.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A circular plate or <qex>table</qex> of about five feet diameter weighs on an average nine pounds.</q> <rj><qau>Ure.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Jewelry)</fld> <def>The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Persp.)</fld> <def>A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also <altname>perspective plane</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><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></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bench</er>, <er>Card</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Raised table</b></col> <fld>(Arch. &amp; Sculp.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Horology)</fld>, <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>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Water table</er>.</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> <fld>(Mil. or Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an allowance sometimes made to officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.</cd> -- <col><b>Table rent</b></col> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>rent paid to a bishop or religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or housekeeping.</cd> <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>Table shore</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <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> -- <mcol><col><b>Table tipping</b></col>, <col><b>Table turning</b></col></mcol>, <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> -- <mcol><col><b>Tables of a girder</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Tables of a chord</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <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; -- also called to <altname>table</altname> .  It is a tactic often used with the intention of postponing consideration of a motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.</cd> -- <col><b>To serve tables</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to provide for the poor, or to distribute provisions for their wants.</cd> <au>Acts vi. 2.</au> -- <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> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld>, <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> <au>Burrill.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;"b'l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabled</conjf> <pr>(t&amacr;"b'ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabling</conjf> <pr>(t&amacr;"bling)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; <as>as, to <ex>table</ex> fines</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tabled</qex> and pictured in the chambers of meditation.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To supply with food; to feed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To lay or place on a table, as money.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To enter upon the docket; <as>as, to <ex>table</ex> charges against some one</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To live at the table of another; to board; to eat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;He . . . was driven from the society of men to <xex>table</xex> with the beasts.&rdquo;  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta`bleau"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tableaux</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., dim. fr. L. <ets>tabula</ets> a painting. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A striking and vivid representation; a picture.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Solitaire)</fld> <def>The arrangement, or layout, of cards.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta`bleau" vi`vant"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tableaux vivants</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Tableau</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*book`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tablet; a notebook.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Put into your <qex>tablebook</qex> whatever you judge worthy.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*cloth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"ble d'h&ocirc;te"</hw> <pr>(t&adot_;"bl' d&omacr;t`)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tables d'h&ocirc;te</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., literally, table of the landlord.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price.  Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a <contr>pris fixe</contr> meal or a <contr>a la carte</contr> meal. Often used adjectively; <as>as, a <ex>table-d'h&ocirc;te</ex> meal</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble-land`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The toppling crags of Duty scaled,<br/>
Are close upon the shining <qex>table-lands</qex><br/>
To which our God himself is moon and sun.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tablemen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See <er>Table</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 10.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tablements</qex> and chapters of pillars.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who boards.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who boards others for hire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*spoon`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from <xex>teaspoon</xex>, <xex>dessert spoon</xex>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*spoon`ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tablespoonfuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"blet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tablette</ets>, dim. of <ets>table</ets>. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small table or flat surface.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, a small picture; a miniature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A kind of pocket memorandum book.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A flattish cake or piece; <as>as, <ex>tablets</ex> of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also <altname>lozenge</altname>, and <altname>troche</altname>, especially when of a round or rounded form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ble*ware`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ware, or articles collectively, for use during meals, including, for example, <examp>dishes</examp>, <examp>plates</examp>, <examp>bowls</examp>, <examp>knives</examp>, <examp>forks</examp>, and <examp>spoons</examp>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Table work</hw>. <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A forming into tables; a setting down in order.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A broad hem on the edge of a sail.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Board; support.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Trence in English (1614).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Act of playing at tables. See <er>Table</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 10.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tabling house</b></col>, <cd>a gambling house.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Northbrooke.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A table-mark.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"loid</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;b"loid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; <as>as, a <ex>tabloid</ex> form of imparting information</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper or the type of story typically contained in one, such as lurid or sensationalistic stories of scandal, crime, or violence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*boo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabu</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*boo"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabooed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabooing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; <as>as, to <ex>taboo</ex> the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabu</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*boo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabu</asp> and <asp>tapu</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Polynesian <ets>tabu</ets>, <ets>tapu</ets>, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.]</ety> <def>Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; <as>as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be <ex>taboo</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tabor</ets>, <ets>tabour</ets>, F. <ets>tambour</ets>; cf. Pr. <ets>tabor</ets>, <ets>tanbor</ets>, Sp. &amp; Pg. <ets>tambor</ets>, <ets>atambor</ets>, It. <ets>tamburo</ets>; all fr. Ar. &amp; Per. <ets>tamb&unr_;r</ets> a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. <ets>tab&imacr;r</ets> a drum.  Cf. <er>Tabouret</er>, <er>Tambour</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabour</asp>, and <asp>taber</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabored</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taboring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>taborer</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabour</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To play on a tabor, or little drum.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike lightly and frequently.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make (a sound) with a tabor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bor*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who plays on the tabor.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"o*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>tabor</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tabret</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small tabor.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tabouret</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"o*rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tabourin</ets>, F. <ets>tambourin</ets>. See <er>Tabor</er>, and cf. <er>Tambourine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small, shallow drum; a tabor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bor*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from <xex>Tabor</xex>, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"bour</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Tabor</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"ou*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., dim. of OF. <ets>tabor</ets>, <ets>tabour</ets>, drum. See <er>Tabor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Same as <er>Taboret</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An embroidery frame.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"rere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A taborer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A taboret.</def>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*bu"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Taboo</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tab"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tabul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A table; a tablet.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tabula rasa</b></col> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr> <ety>[L.]</ety>, <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 <xex>innate ideas</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tabularis</ets>, fr. <ets>tabula</ets> a board, table. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).</def> Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having a flat surface; <as>as, a <ex>tabular</ex> rock</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Nodules . . . that are <qex>tabular</qex> and plated.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Set in squares.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>Arranged in a schedule; <as>as, <ex>tabular</ex> statistics</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; <as>as, <ex>tabular</ex> right ascension</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tabular difference</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>wollastonite.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab`u*lar*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of tabularizing, or the state of being tabularized; formation into tables; tabulation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab"u*lar*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabularized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabularizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To tabulate.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tab`u*la"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>tabulatus</ets> floored.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera <gen>Pocillopora</gen> and Favosites are examples.</def>
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<p><hw>Tab"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tabulated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tabulating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tabula</ets> a table. See <er>Tabular</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may be <qex>tabulated</qex>, and put in figures.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To shape with a flat surface.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tab`u*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of forming into a table or tables; <as>as, the <ex>tabulation</ex> of statistics</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tack</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.</def>  <rj><au>Cowell. Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tac"a*ma*hac`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tac`a*ma*ha"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus <gen>Elaphrium</gen> (<spn>Elaphrium tomentosum</spn> and <spn>Elaphrium Tacamahaca</spn>), and also from East Indian trees of the genus <gen>Calophyllum</gen>; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (<spn>Populus balsamifera</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*caud"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tacaud</ets>. See <er>Tomcod</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The bib, or whiting pout.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tac`-au-tac"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>riposter du tac au tac</ets> to parry (where <ets>tac</ets> imitates the sound made by the steel).]</ety> <fld>(Fencing)</fld> <def>The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tace</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See <xex>Illust.</xex> (6), under <er>Cross</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def>  <rj><au>Mollett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tace</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tasse</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. impers.</pos> <ety>[L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of <ets>tacere</ets> to be silent.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tache</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tack</er> a kind of nail.]</ety> <def>Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ex. xxvi. 6.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tache</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tache</ets> spot. See <er>Techy</er>.]</ety> <def>A spot, stain, or blemish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Warner.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach*hy"drite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <grk>"y`dwr</grk> water.  So named from its ready deliquescence.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <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 <city>Stassfurt</city>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tach"i*na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tachin&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>tachino`s</grk>, for <grk>tachy`s</grk> swift.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to <gen>Tachina</gen> and allied genera.  Their larv&aelig; are external parasites of other insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chis"to*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`chistos</grk>, superl. of <grk>tachy`s</grk> swift + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures.  It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`chos</grk> speed + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`chos</grk> swiftness, speed (fr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick) + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tachom&egrave;tre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.</def> Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</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><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</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><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a h&aelig;matachometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chom"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach"y*di*dax`y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <grk>di`daxis</grk> teaching.]</ety> <def>A short or rapid method of instructing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tach`y*glos"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <grk>glw^ssa</grk> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Echidna</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach"y*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chyg"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a fast writer.]</ety> <def>One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tach`y*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tach`y*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tachygraphique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chyg"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tachygraphie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.</def>  <rj><au>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach"y*lyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <grk>ly`ein</grk> to dissolve.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chym"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Tachy-</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A speed indicator; a tachometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*chym"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science or use of the tachymeter.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ta`chy*met"ric</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tach"y*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tachy`s</grk> quick + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An early form of animated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by <person>Otto Ansch&uuml;tz</person> of <city>Berlin</city>, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"it</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tacitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tacere</ets> to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. <ets>&thorn;ahan</ets> to be silent, Icel. <ets>&thorn;egja</ets>, OHG. <ets>dag&emacr;n</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tacite</ets>.  Cf. <er>Reticent</er>.]</ety> <def>Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; <as>as, <ex>tacit</ex> consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tac"it*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tacit</qex> and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"i*turn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taciturnus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>taciturne</ets>. See <er>Tacit</er>.]</ety> <def>Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tac"i*turn*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Silent; reserved.</syn> <usage> <er>Taciturn</er>, <er>Silent</er>. <xex>Silent</xex> has reference to the act; <xex>taciturn</xex>, to the habit.  A man may be <xex>silent</xex> from circumstances; he is <xex>taciturn</xex> from disposition.  The loquacious man is at times <xex>silent</xex>; one who is <xex>taciturn</xex> may now and then make an effort at conversation.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac`i*tur"ni*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taciturnitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>taciturnit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The cause of Addison's <qex>taciturnity</qex> was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers.</q> <rj><qau>V. Knox.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>taciturnity</qex> and the short answers which gave so much offense.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From an old or dialectal form of F. <ets>tache</ets>. See <er>Techy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stain; a tache.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>tactus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A peculiar flavor or taint; <as>as, a musty <ex>tack</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tak</ets>, <ets>takke</ets>, a fastening; akin to D. <ets>tak</ets> a branch, twig, G. <ets>zacke</ets> a twig, prong, spike, Dan. <ets>takke</ets> a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. <ets>tagg</ets> prickle, point, Icel. <ets>t&amacr;g</ets> a willow twig, Ir. <ets>taca</ets> a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. <ets>tacaid</ets>, Armor. &amp; Corn. <ets>tach</ets>; perhaps akin to E. <ets>take</ets>.  Cf. <er>Attach</er>, <er>Attack</er>, <er>Detach</er>, <er>Tag</er> an end, <er>Zigzag</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See <er>Tack</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 3.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some <qex>tacks</qex> had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Burnet.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ship</er>); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.</def> <sd>(b)</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 <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Sail</er>).</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; <as>as, the starboard <ex>tack</ex>, or port <ex>tack</ex></as>; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction; <as>as, to take a different <ex>tack</ex>; -- often used metaphorically</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Confidence; reliance.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tack of a flag</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>belaying pins; -- also called <altname>jack pins</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>To haul the tacks aboard</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to set the courses.</cd> -- <col><b>To hold tack</b></col>, <cd>to last or hold out.</cd> <au>Milton.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tacked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tacking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. OD. <ets>tacken</ets> to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E. <ets>take</ets>. See <er>Tack</er> a small nail.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten or attach.</def> &ldquo;In hopes of getting some commendam <xex>tacked</xex> to their sees.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>tacks</qex> the center to the sphere.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; <as>as, to <ex>tack</ex> together the sheets of a book; to <ex>tack</ex> one piece of cloth to another; to <ex>tack</ex> on a board or shingle; to <ex>tack</ex> one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with <xex>on</xex> or <xex>to</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>tack</ex> on a non-germane appropriation to a bill</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In tacking, a vessel is brought to point at first directly to windward, and then so that the wind will blow against the other side.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <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 <er>Tack</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to <qex>tack</qex> to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, &ldquo;Wheel to the left.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tacks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>tack</ets> a small nail.]</ety> <def>A small, broad-headed nail.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"ey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tacky</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The doctrine of <xex>tacking</xex> is not recognized in American law.</note>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"kle</hw> <pr>(?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?, especially by seamen)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>takel</ets>, akin to LG. &amp; D. <ets>takel</ets>, Dan. <ets>takkel</ets>, Sw. <ets>tackel</ets>; perhaps akin to E. <ets>taw</ets>, v. t., or to <ets>take</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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, in which case the full appratus is referred to as a <altname>block and tackle</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; <as>as, fishing <ex>tackle</ex>, hunting <ex>tackle</ex></as>; formerly, specifically, weapons.</def> &ldquo;She to her <xex>tackle</xex> fell.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Fall and tackle</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Pulley</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fishing tackle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Fishing</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Ground tackle</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a small tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Tackle board</b></col>, <col><b>Tackle post</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Ropemaking)</fld>, <cd>a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>tac"kle</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Football)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An act of tackling{4}; <as>as, brought down by a <ex>tackle</ex> by a lineman</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"kle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tackled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tackling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>takeln</ets> to equip. See <er>Tackle</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply with tackle.</def>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; <as>as, to <ex>tackle</ex> a horse into a coach or wagon</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; <as>as, a wrestler <ex>tackles</ex> his antagonist; a dog <ex>tackles</ex> the game.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in <qex>tackling</qex> windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat.</q> <rj><qau>Dublin Univ. Mag.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To begin to deal with; <as>as, to <ex>tackle</ex> the problem</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"kled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of ropes tacked together.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My man shall be with thee,<br/>
And bring thee cords made like a <qex>tackled</qex> stair.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"kling</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Instruments of action; <as>as, fishing <ex>tackling</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Walton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tacks"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tacksmen</plw> <pr>(?)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tacksmen</qex>, who formed what may be called the &ldquo;peerage&rdquo; of the little community, must be the captains.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Techy</er>, <er>Tack</er> a spot.]</ety> <def>Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncert.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish.  Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tack"y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tackey</asp>.]</altsp> <def>An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.</def> <mark>[Southern U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*con"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the <etsep>Taconic</etsep> 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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tact</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tactus</ets> a touching, touch, fr. <ets>tangere</ets>, <ets>tactum</ets>, to touch: cf. F. <ets>tact</ets>. See <er>Tangent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sense of touch; feeling.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to <qex>tact</qex> as well as sight?</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now, sight is a very refined <qex>tact</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. Le Conte.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The stroke in beating time.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><q>He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a <qex>tact</qex> and wariness worthy of Mazarin.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>tact</qex> which surpassed the <qex>tact</qex> of her sex as much as the <qex>tact</qex> of her sex surpassed the <qex>tact</qex> of ours.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"ta*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being touched; tangible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;They [women] being created to be both tractable and <xex>tactable</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tact"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tac"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tac"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>taktiko`s</grk>. See <er>tactics</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with <contr>strategic</contr>, planning for the long term.</def><br/> -- <wordforms><wf>Tac"tic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tactics</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac*ti"cian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tacticien</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an adroit manager.</def>
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<p><hw>Tac"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>taktika`</grk> pl., and <grk>taktikh`</grk> (sc. <grk>te`chnh</grk>, sing., fr. <grk>taktiko`s</grk> fit for ordering or arranging, fr. <grk>ta`ssein</grk>, <grk>ta`ttein</grk>, to put in order, to arrange: cf. F. <ets>tactique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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 <xex>grand tactics</xex>, or the tactics of battles, and <xex>elementary tactics</xex>, or the tactics of instruction.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, any system or method of procedure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"tile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tactilis</ets>, fr. <ets>tangere</ets>, <ets>tactum</ets>, to touch: cf. F. <ets>tactile</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; <as>as, <ex>tactile</ex> corpuscles; <ex>tactile</ex> sensations.</as></def> &ldquo;<xex>Tactile</xex> sweets.&rdquo; <au>Beaumont.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Tactile</xex> qualities.&rdquo; <au>Sir M. Hale.</au><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tactile</b></col><cd> sense <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See <er>Touch</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>The delicacy of the <qex>tactile</qex> sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.</q> <rj><qau>H. N. Martin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac*til"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tactilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being tactile; perceptibility by touch; tangibleness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tactio</ets>, from <ets>tangere</ets>, <ets>tactum</ets>, to touch.]</ety> <def>The act of touching; touch; contact; tangency.</def> &ldquo;External <xex>taction</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chesterfield.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tact"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of tact.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tac"tu*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tact</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the lowest organisms we have a kind of <qex>tactual</qex> sense diffused over the entire body.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tad"pole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tadde</ets> toad (AS. <ets>t&amacr;die</ets>, <ets>t&amacr;dige</ets>) + <ets>poll</ets>; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See <er>Toad</er>, and <er>Poll</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 <altname>polliwig</altname>, <altname>polliwog</altname>, <altname>porwiggle</altname>, or <altname>purwiggy</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The hooded merganser.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tadpole fish</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Forkbeard</er> <sd>(a)</sd>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;"di*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Tedium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tael</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay <ets>ta&ibreve_;l</ets>, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. <ets>tola</ets>, Skr. <ets>tul&amacr;</ets> a balance, weight, <ets>tul</ets> to weigh.]</ety> <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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tale</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Taen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it> <hw>Ta'en</hw>  }</mhw>, <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Ta</er>, to take, or a contraction of <er>Taken</er>.</def> <mark>[Poetic &amp; Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>T&aelig;ni&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See <er>Tapeworm</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>T&aelig;"ni*a*cide`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>Te"ni*a*cide`</hw>  }</mhw>. <ety>[<ets>T&aelig;nia</ets> + <ets>-cide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy to destroy tapeworms.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;*ni"a*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>T&aelig;nioidea</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>T&aelig;"ni*a*fuge`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>Te"ni*a*fuge`</hw> }</mhw>. <ety>[<ets>T&aelig;nia</ets> + L. <ets>fugare</ets> to drive away.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy to expel tapeworms.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ &Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;*ni"a*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also &Verbar;<hw>Te*ni"a*sis</hw> }</mhw>. <ety>[NL. See <er>T&aelig;nia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Ill health due to t&aelig;nia, or tapeworms.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;`ni*a"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>taenia</ets> a ribbon.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;*nid"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>T&aelig;nidia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. fr. L. <ets>taenia</ets> a ribbon.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the trache&aelig; of insects. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Trachea</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;`ni*o*glos"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>taini`a</grk> a ribbon + <grk>glw^ssa</grk> a tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>T&aelig;`ni*o*glos"sate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the T&aelig;nioglossa.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>T&aelig;"ni*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>T&aelig;nia</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to T&aelig;nia.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;`ni*oi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See <er>Tapeworm</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;*ni"o*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>T&aelig;niol&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>taenia</ets> a ribbon.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medus&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&aelig;`ni*o*so"mi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>taini`a</grk> ribbon + <grk>sw^ma</grk> body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See <cref>Ribbon fish</cref>, under <er>Ribbon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taf"fer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Taffrail</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Taf"fe*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Taf"fe*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>taffetas</ets>, It. <ets>taffet&agrave;</ets>, from Per. <ets>t&amacr;ftah</ets>, originally, twisted, woven, from <ets>t&amacr;ftan</ets> to twist, to spin.]</ety> <def>A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called <xex>watering</xex>. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lined with <qex>taffeta</qex> and with sendal.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taff"rail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>tafereel</ets> a panel, picture, fr. <ets>tafel</ets> table, fr. L. <ets>tabula</ets>. See <er>Table</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tafferel</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Taf"fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>taffy</ets> toffy.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.</def> <altsp>[Written also, in England, <asp>toffy</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Flattery; soft phrases.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Taf"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. &amp; Sp. <ets>tafia</ets>, It. <ets>taffia</ets>; fr. Malay <ets>t&amacr;f&imacr;a</ets> a spirit distilled from molasses.  Cf. <er>Ratafia</er>.]</ety> <def>A variety of rum.</def> <mark>[West Indies]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably akin to <ets>tack</ets> a small nail; cf. Sw. <ets>tagg</ets> a prickle, point, tooth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Something mean and paltry; the rabble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tag and rag</b></col>, <cd>the lowest sort; the rabble.</cd> <au>Holinshed.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A sheep of the first year.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tagging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He learned to make long-<qex>tagged</qex> thread laces.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His courteous host . . . <br/>
<qex>Tags</qex> every sentence with some fawning word.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To join; to fasten; to attach.</def>  <rj><au>Bolingbroke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See <er>Tag</er>, a play.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with <xex>after</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>tag</ex> after a person</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tag</er>, <pos>v.</pos>; cf. <er>Tag</er>, an end.]</ety> <def>A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*gal"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ga"log</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"belt`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tagsore</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag day</hw>. <def>A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is pointed like a tag.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Hedgehogs' or procupines' small <qex>taggers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cotton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A device for removing taglocks from sheep.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- [Colloq.] One who spray-paints a distinctive logo on a wall or other property not his own. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little tag.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tagl"ia</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., a cutting, a pulley, from <ets>tagliare</ets> to cut. See <er>Tailor</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A peculiar combination of pulleys.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tagl`ia*co"tain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to <xex>Tagliacozzi</xex>, a Venetian surgeon; <as>as, the <ex>Tagliacotian</ex> operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him</as>.</def> <altsp>[Also <asp>Taliacotian</asp>, and <asp>Tagliacozzian</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tagl*io"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He ought certainly to exchange his <qex>taglioni</qex>, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An entangled lock, as of hair or wool.</def>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"ni*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The white-lipped peccary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"-rag`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tag</er> an end, and <er>Rag</er>.]</ety> <def>The lowest class of people; the rabble.  Cf. <cref>Rag, tag, and bobtail</cref>, under <er>Bobtail</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If the <qex>tag-rag</qex> people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag sale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[From the price <ets>tag</ets> usually attached to each item.]</ety> <def>A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.</def> <note>Frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the seller.  Similar to a <cref>yard sale</cref> or <cref>garage sale</cref>.  Compare <contr>flea market</contr>, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place rented for the purpose.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"sore`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also <altname>tagbelt</altname>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tag"u*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name in the East Indies.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large flying squirrel (<spn>Pteromys petuarista</spn>). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1469 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta`gui*ca"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The white-lipped peccary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The African rufous-necked weaver bird (<spn>Hyphantornis texor</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ha"leb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A fox (<spn>Vulpes Niloticus</spn>) of Northern Africa.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*hi"ti*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native inhabitant of Tahiti.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Tahr</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Thar</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai</hw> <pr>(t&auml;"&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.  It includes the Thai language.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.</def></p>

<p><q>The <qex>Tais</qex> first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number.</q>  <rj><qau>Census of India, 1901.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>taille</ets> a cutting. See <er>Entail</er>, <er>Tally</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Limitation; abridgment.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><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 <altname>estate tail</altname>.</cd> <au>Blackstone.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; <as>as, estate <ex>tail</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&aelig;gel</ets>, <ets>t&aelig;gl</ets>; akin to G. <ets>zagel</ets>, Icel. <ets>tagl</ets>, Sw. <ets>tagel</ets>, Goth. <ets>tagl</ets> hair. &radic;59.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebr&aelig;, and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebr&aelig; which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term <xex>tail</xex> is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term <xex>tail</xex> is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those <qex>tails</qex> that hang on willow trees.</q> <rj><qau>Harvey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the <ant>head</ant>, or the superior part.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord will make thee the head, and not the <qex>tail</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxviii. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A train or company of attendants; a retinue.</def><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;Ah,&rdquo; said he, &ldquo;if you saw but the chief with his <qex>tail</qex> on.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</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 &ldquo;heads or tails,&rdquo; employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The distal tendon of a muscle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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 <altname>tailing</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.</def>  <rj><au>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Same as <er>Tailing</er>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>See <er>Tailing</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Astronomy)</fld> <def>the long visible stream of gases, ions, or dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the direction opposite to the sun.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>In some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for wrapping around the rope to be laid.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>16.</sn>  <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A tailed coat; a tail coat.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Dial.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <fld>(A&euml;ronautics)</fld> <def>In airplanes, an airfoil or group of airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <def>the buttocks.</def> <mark>[slang or vulgar]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>19.</sn> <def>sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual intercourse; <as>as, to get some <ex>tail</ex>; to find a piece of <ex>tail</ex></as>.  See also <er>tailing{3}</er>.</def> <mark>[slang and vulgar]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tail beam</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Tailpiece</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail coverts</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <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 <stype>upper tail coverts</stype>, and those below, the <stype>under tail coverts</stype>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail end</b></col>, <cd>the latter end; the termination; <as>as, the <ex>tail end</ex> of a contest</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Tail joist</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Tailpiece</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tail of a comet</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <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> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <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 <altname>dead spindle</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>To turn tail</b></col>, <cd>to run away; to flee.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>Would she <qex>turn tail</qex> to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was <qex>tailed</qex>, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To pull or draw by the tail.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To tail in</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To tail on</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; <as>as, <ex>to tail in</ex> a timber</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with <xex>in</xex> or <xex>into</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; <as>as, this vessel <ex>tails</ex> down stream</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tail on</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Tally on</cref>, under <er>Tally</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>See <er>Tallage</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"-bay`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <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. <er>Case-bay</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"block`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A block with a tail. See <er>Tail</er>, 9.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tailed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, bob<ex>tailed</ex>, long<ex>tailed</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Snouted and <qex>tailed</qex> like a boar.</q> <rj><qau>Grew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.</def>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tail</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 8 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Sexual intercourse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <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 <altname>tails</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Pryce.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taille</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tally</er>, <er>Tailor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Whether that he paid or took by <qex>taille</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(O. F. Law)</fld> <def>Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>taille</qex>, 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.</q> <rj><qau>A. Smith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no tail.</def>  <rj><au>H. Spencer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"lie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tailzie</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"lor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tailleor</ets>, F. <ets>tailleur</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>taillier</ets>, F. <ets>tailler</ets> to cut, fr. L. <ets>talea</ets> a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting.  Cf. <er>Detail</er>, <er>Entail</er>, <er>Retail</er>, <er>Tally</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Well said, good woman's <qex>tailor</qex> . . . I would thou wert a man's <qex>tailor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The mattowacca; -- called also <altname>tailor herring</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The silversides.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The goldfish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Salt-water tailor</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the bluefish.</cd> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark> <au>Bartlett.</au> -- <col><b>Tailor bird</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to <gen>Orthotomus</gen>, <gen>Prinia</gen>, and allied genera.  They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests.  The common Indian species are <spn>Orthotomus longicauda</spn>, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (<spn>Orthotomus coronatus</spn>), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"lor</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tailored</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tailoring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These <qex>tailoring</qex> artists for our lays<br/>
Invent cramped rules.</q> <rj><qau>M. Green.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"lor*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female tailor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"lor*ing</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"lor-made`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>made or as if made specifically for the particular purpose at hand; --  used metaphorically.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"piece`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A piece at the end; an appendage.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Header</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.</def>  <rj><au>Savage.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Locks)</fld> <def>A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"pin"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"race`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>See <er>Race</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"stock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The <contr>headstock</contr> supports the live spindle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"-wa`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Water in a tailrace.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tail"zie</hw> <pr>(-z&ibreve_; <i>or</i> -y&ibreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tailler</ets> to cut. See <er>Tail</er> a limitation.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tailzee</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tein</ets>, <ets>teyne</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>teinn</ets> a twig, akin to AS. <ets>t&amacr;n</ets>, Goth. <ets>tains</ets>.]</ety> <def>Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>atteinte</ets> a blow, bit, stroke. See <er>Attaint</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>taint</qex> he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tainted</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tainting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To thrust ineffectually with a lance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</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> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Do not fear; I have<br/>
A staff to <qex>taint</qex>, and bravely.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>tainted</qex> each other on the helms and passed by.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Berners.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>teint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>teindre</ets> to dye, tinge, fr. L. <ets>tingere</ets>, <ets>tinctum</ets>. See <er>Tinge</er>, and cf. <er>Tint</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; <as>as, putrid substance <ex>taint</ex> the air</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His unkindness may defeat my life,<br/>
But never <qex>taint</qex> my love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I can not <qex>taint</qex> with fear.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be affected with incipient putrefaction; <as>as, meat soon <ex>taints</ex> in warm weather</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Tincture; hue; color; tinge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Infection; corruption; deprivation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous <qex>taint</qex>, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Aphetic form of <er>Attaint</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from taint or infection; pure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint"less*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a taintless manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tain"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>teinture</ets>. See <er>Taint</er> to stain, and cf. <er>Tincture</er>.]</ety> <def>Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taint"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tai"ping"</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Tae"ping"</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>t'aip'ing</ets> great peace.]</ety> <fld>(Chinese Hist.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the <col><b>Taiping rebellion</b></col>, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tai"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tayra</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tairn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tarn</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tait</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (<spn>Tarsipes rostratus</spn>) 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 <altname>noolbenger</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ta*ja&ccedil;"u</hw>, <hw>Ta*jas"su</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>taja&ccedil;&uacute;</ets>, from Braz. <ets>taya&ccedil;&uacute;</ets> a hog or swine.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common, or collared, peccary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taj Ma*hal"</hw> <pr>(t&auml;j m&adot_;*h&auml;l")</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Corruption of Per. <ets>Mumt&amacr;z-i-Ma&hsdot_;al</ets>, lit., the distinguished one of the palace, fr. Ar.]</ety> <def>A marble mausoleum built at <city>Agra</city>, <country>India</country>, by the Mogul Emperor <person>Shah Jahan</person>, in memory of his favorite wife.  In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture, and specifically of Mogul architecture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Take</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;k)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>p. p.</pos> <mord>of <er>Take</er></mord>. <def>Taken.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Take</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Took</conjf> <pr>(t&oobreve_;k)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Taken</conjf> <pr>(t&amacr;k'n)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Icel. <ets>taka</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>taga</ets>, Dan. <ets>tage</ets>, Goth. <ets>t&emacr;kan</ets> to touch; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</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> <specif>Hence, specifically:</specif> --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</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>as, to <ex>take</ex> an army, a city, or a ship</as>; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This man was <qex>taken</qex> of the Jews.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xxiii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Men in their loose, unguarded hours they <qex>take</qex>;<br/>
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They that come abroad after these showers are commonly <qex>taken</qex> with sickness.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There he blasts the tree and <qex>takes</qex> the cattle<br/>
And makes milch kine yield blood.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Neither let her <qex>take</qex> thee with her eyelids.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. vi. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Cleombroutus was so <qex>taken</qex> with this prospect, that he had no patience.</q> <rj><qau>Wake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>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 <qex>took</qex> me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions.</q> <rj><qau>Moore.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> the road to the right</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.  And Jonathan was <qex>taken</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xiv. 42.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to <qex>take</qex> for the destroying . . . of sinners.</q> <rj><qau>Hammond.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; <as>as, it <ex>takes</ex> so much cloth to make a coat; it <ex>takes</ex> five hours to get to Boston from New York by car</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This man always <qex>takes</qex> time . . . before he passes his judgments.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> a picture of a person</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Beauty alone could beauty <qex>take</qex> so right.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</sd> <def>To draw; to deduce; to derive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because <qex>taken</qex> from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(g)</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>as, to <ex>take</ex> a resolution; I <ex>take</ex> the liberty to say</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(h)</sd> <def>To lead; to conduct; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> a child to church</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(i)</sd> <def>To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; <as>as, he <ex>took</ex> the book to the bindery; he <ex>took</ex> a dictionary with him</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>took</qex> me certain gold, I wot it well.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(k)</sd> <def>To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with <xex>from</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> the breath from one; to <ex>take</ex> two from four</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.</def> <specif>Specifically:</specif> --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ye shall <qex>take</qex> no satisfaction for the life of a murderer.</q> <rj><qau>Num. xxxv. 31.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Let not a widow be <qex>taken</qex> into the number under threescore.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. v. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake of; to swallow; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> food or wine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> a hedge or fence</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> a joke; he will <ex>take</ex> an affront from no man</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</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>as, to <ex>take</ex> a thing for granted; this I <ex>take</ex> to be man's motive; to <ex>take</ex> men for spies</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You <qex>take</qex> me right.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Charity, <qex>taken</qex> in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor.</q> <rj><qau>Wake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[He] <qex>took</qex> that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You'd doubt his sex, and <qex>take</qex> him for a girl.</q> <rj><qau>Tate.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</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>as, to <ex>take</ex> a form or shape</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>take</qex> thee at thy word.</q> <rj><qau>Rowe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . <br/>
Not <qex>take</qex> the mold.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; <as>as, to <ex>take</ex> a group or a scene</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; <as>as, he <ex>took</ex> me in the face; he <ex>took</ex> me a blow on the head.</as></def> <mark>[Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To be taken aback</b></col>, <col><b>To take advantage of</b></col>, <col><b>To take air</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Aback</er>, <er>Advantage</er>, 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>as, a bill for <ex>taking away</ex> the votes of bishops</as>.</cd> &ldquo;By your own law, I <xex>take</xex> your life <xex>away</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> -- <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> &ldquo;Doth God <xex>take care</xex> for oxen?&rdquo; <au>1 Cor. ix. 9.</au> -- <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>(a)</sd> <cd>To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; <as>as, <ex>to take down</ex> a book</as>; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; <as>as, <ex>to take down</ex> pride, or the proud</as>.</cd> &ldquo;I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not <xex>taken down</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Goldsmith.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To swallow; <as>as, <ex>to take down</ex> a potion</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To pull down; to pull to pieces; <as>as, <ex>to take down</ex> a house or a scaffold</as>.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To record; to write down; <as>as, <ex>to take down</ex> a man's words at the time he utters them</as>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To take effect</b></col>, <col><b>To take fire</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Effect</er>, and <er>Fire</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To take ground to the right</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To take ground to the left</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <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> &ldquo;<xex>Take heed</xex> what doom against yourself you give.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> -- <col><b>To take heed to</b></col>, <cd>to attend with care, <as>as, <ex>take heed to</ex> thy ways</as>.</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>(a)</sd> <cd>To inclose; to fence.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; <as>as, <ex>to take in</ex> sail</as>.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To admit; to receive; <as>as, a leaky vessel will <ex>take in</ex> water</as>.</cd> <sd>(f)</sd> <cd>To win by conquest.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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He shall <qex>take in</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(g)</sd> <cd>To receive into the mind or understanding.</cd> &ldquo;Some bright genius can <xex>take in</xex> a long train of propositions.&rdquo; <au>I. Watts.</au> <sd>(h)</sd> <cd>To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>To take in hand</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Hand</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take in vain</b></col>, <cd>to employ or utter as in an oath.</cd> &ldquo;Thou shalt not <xex>take</xex> the name of the Lord thy God <xex>in vain</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Ex. xx. 7.</au> -- <col><b>To take issue</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Issue</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take leave</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Leave</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To take a newspaper</b></col>, <col><b>magazine</b></col>, or the like</mcol>, <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 <er>Notice</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take oath</b></col>, <cd>to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner.</cd>  -- <col><b>To take on</b></col>, <cd>to assume; to take upon one's self; <as>as, <ex>to take on</ex> a character or responsibility</as>.</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 <er>Order</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take order with</b></col>, <cd>to check; to hinder; to repress.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Bacon.</au> -- <col><b>To take orders</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To receive directions or commands.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <cd>To enter some grade of the ministry. See <er>Order</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 10.</cd> -- <col><b>To take out</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remove from within a place; to separate; to deduct.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To draw out; to remove; to clear or cleanse from; <as>as, <ex>to take out</ex> a stain or spot from cloth</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To produce for one's self; <as>as, <ex>to take out</ex> a patent</as>.</cd> <!-- "produce"?? better, "obtain" --> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To put an end to; <as>as, <ex>to take</ex> the conceit <ex>out</ex> of a man</as>.</cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To escort; <as>as, <ex>to take out</ex> to dinner</as>.</cd><!-- usu. paying the expenses --> -- <col><b>To take over</b></col>, <cd>to undertake; to take the management of.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>Cross (Life of G. Eliot).</au> -- <col><b>To take part</b></col>, <cd>to share; <as>as, they <ex>take part</ex> in our rejoicing</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take part with</b></col>, <cd>to unite with; to join with.</cd><!-- take part in = participate in --> -- <mcol><col><b>To take place</b></col>, <col><b>root</b></col>, <col><b>sides</b></col>, <col><b>stock</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Place</er>, <er>Root</er>, <er>Side</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the air</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <cd>To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; -- said of a bird.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See under <er>Air</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take the field</b></col>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Field</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take thought</b></col>, <cd>to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous.</cd> <au>Matt. vi. 25, 27.</au> -- <col><b>To take to heart</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Heart</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take to task</b></col>, <cd>to reprove; to censure.</cd> -- <!-- <col><b>to take to the air</b></col>, <cd>to take off.</cd> --> <col><b>To take up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lift; to raise.</cd> <au>Hood.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To buy or borrow; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> goods to a large amount; <ex>to take up</ex> money at the bank</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To begin; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> a lamentation</as>.</cd> <au>Ezek. xix. 1.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To gather together; to bind up; to fasten or to replace; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> raveled stitches</as></cd>; specifically <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>to fasten with a ligature.</cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To engross; to employ; to occupy or fill; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> the time; <ex>to take up</ex> a great deal of room</as>.</cd> <sd>(f)</sd> <cd>To take permanently.</cd> &ldquo;Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . <xex>took up</xex> their rest in the Christian religion.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> <sd>(g)</sd> <cd>To seize; to catch; to arrest; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> a thief; <ex>to take up</ex> vagabonds</as>.</cd> <sd>(h)</sd> <cd>To admit; to believe; to receive.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<q>The ancients <qex>took up</qex> experiments upon credit.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(i)</sd> <cd>To answer by reproof; to reprimand; to berate.</cd><br/>
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<q>One of his relations <qex>took</qex> him <qex>up</qex> roundly.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(k)</sd> <cd>To begin where another left off; to keep up in continuous succession; to take up (a topic, an activity).</cd><br/>
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The moon <qex>takes up</qex> the wondrous tale.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(l)</sd> <cd>To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or manage; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> the quarrels of our neighbors; <ex>to take up</ex> current opinions</as>.</cd> &ldquo;They <xex>take up</xex> our old trade of conquering.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> <sd>(m)</sd> <cd>To comprise; to include.</cd> &ldquo;The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . <xex>takes up</xex> seven years.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> <sd>(n)</sd> <cd>To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor.</cd> <au>Ps. xxvii. 10.</au> <sd>(o)</sd> <cd>To collect; to exact, as a tax; to levy; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> a contribution</as>.</cd> &ldquo;<xex>Take up</xex> commodities upon our bills.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> <sd>(p)</sd> <cd>To pay and receive; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> a note at the bank</as>.</cd> <sd>(q)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <cd>To remove, as by an adjustment of parts; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> lost motion, as in a bearing</as>; also, to make tight, as by winding, or drawing; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> slack thread in sewing</as>.</cd> <sd>(r)</sd> <cd>To make up; to compose; to settle; <as>as, <ex>to take up</ex> a quarrel</as>.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> -- (s) <cd>To accept from someone, as a wager or a challenge; <as>as, J. <ex>took</ex> M. <ex>up</ex> on his challenge</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take up arms</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>To take arms</cref>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>To take upon one's self</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To assume; to undertake; <as>as, he <ex>takes upon himself</ex> to assert that the fact is capable of proof</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To appropriate to one's self; to allow to be imputed to, or inflicted upon, one's self; <as>as, <ex>to take upon one's self</ex> a punishment</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take up the gauntlet</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Gauntlet</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Take</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; <as>as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not <ex>take</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When flame <qex>taketh</qex> and openeth, it giveth a noise.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In impressions from mind to mind, the impression <qex>taketh</qex>, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To please; to gain reception; to succeed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,<br/>
And hint he writ it, if the thing should <qex>take</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with <xex>to</xex>; <as>as, the fox, being hard pressed, <ex>took</ex> to the hedge</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; <as>as, his face does not <ex>take</ex> well</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To take after</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; <as>as, he <ex>takes after</ex> a good pattern</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To resemble; <as>as, the son <ex>takes after</ex> his father</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To take in with</b></col>, <cd>to resort to.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Bacon.</au> -- <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>(a)</sd> <cd>To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become attached to; <as>as, <ex>to take to</ex> evil practices</as>.</cd> &ldquo;If he does but <xex>take to</xex> you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him.&rdquo; <au>Walpole.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To resort to; to betake one's self to.</cd> &ldquo;Men of learning, who <xex>take to</xex> business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of the world.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> -- <col><b>To take up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To stop.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Sinners at last <xex>take up</xex> and settle in a contempt of religion.&rdquo; <au>Tillotson.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To reform.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Locke.</au> -- <col><b>To take up with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be contended to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with; <as>as, <ex>to take up with</ex> plain fare</as>.</cd> &ldquo;In affairs which may have an extensive influence on our future happiness, we should not <xex>take up with</xex> probabilities.&rdquo; <au>I. Watts.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To lodge with; to dwell with.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>L'Estrange.</au> -- <col><b>To take with</b></col>, <cd>to please.</cd> <au>Bacon.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Take</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; <as>as, the box-office <ex>take</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Take"-in`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Imposition; fraud.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tak"en</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;k"'n)</pr>, <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Take</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Take"off`</hw>, <hw>Take"-off`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An imitation, especially in the way of caricature; -- used with <ptcl>of</ptcl> or <ptcl>on</ptcl>; <as>as, the comedian did a hilarious <ex>takeoff</ex> on the president</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>take-off</qex> should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.</q>  <rj><qau>Encyc. of Sport.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The beginning of a leap from a surface or a flight into the air, especially the process or event of an airplane leaving the ground and beginning its flight; <as>as, the <ex>takeoff</ex> of flight CA123 was scheduled for 3:00 PM</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Take" off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>to begin a leap from a surface or a flight into the air; especially, (of a bird or an airplane) to leave the ground and begin to fly; <as>as, flight CA123 <ex>took off</ex> on schedule at 3:00 PM</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To begin a period of accelerating growth or development; <as>as, the economy <ex>took off</ex> in the third quarter</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To begin a journey; to depart.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Take" off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; <as>as, <ex>to take off</ex> a load; <ex>to take off</ex> one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to <ex>take off</ex> a coat of paint from a surface</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut off; <as>as, <ex>to take off</ex> the head, or a limb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To destroy; <as>as, <ex>to take off</ex> life</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To remove; to invalidate; <as>as, <ex>to take off</ex> the force of an argument</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To withdraw; to call or draw away.</def> <au>Locke.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To swallow; <as>as, <ex>to take off</ex> a glass of wine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To purchase; to take in trade.</def> &ldquo;The Spaniards having no commodities that we will <xex>take off</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Locke.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To copy; to reproduce.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Take off</xex> all their models in wood.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To imitate; to mimic; to personate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>To find place for; to dispose of; <as>as, more scholars than preferments can <ex>take off</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Bacon.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>To discount or deduct (from a price); <as>the dealer <ex>took off</ex> twenty percent on remaining toys</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>take"o*ver</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Business, Finance)</fld> <def>The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.  It is a <stype>hostile takeover</stype> if the management of the company being taken over is opposed to the deal.  A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a <er>corporate raider</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> acquisition, buyout</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tak"er</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;k"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>take` the heat"</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;k`&thlig_;&ubreve;*h&emacr;t")</pr>, <pos>phr.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be assigned or to accept the blame for some misdeed; <as>as, Mary broke the vase, but she acted innocent and young Johnny had to <ex>take the heat</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To withstand high temperature; <as>as, the new radios can <ex>take the heat</ex> of a black car parked in the sun in Death Valley</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To endure stressful conditions, expecially without signs of difficulty or complaint; <as>as, if you can't <ex>take the heat</ex>, stay out of the kitchen</as>,</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Take"-up`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tak"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Apt to take; alluring; attracting.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Subtile in making his temptations most <qex>taking</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Infectious; contageous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Tak"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tak"ing*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tak"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>What a <qex>taking</qex> was he in, when your husband asked who was in the basket!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Malign influence; infection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tak"ing-off`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Removal; murder. See <cref>To take off</cref> <sd>(c)</sd>, under <er>Take</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><q>The deep damnation of his <qex>taking-off</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The removal of sheets from the press.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"a*poin</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;l"&adot_;*poin)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small African monkey (<spn>Cercopithecus talapoin</spn> <it>or</it>  <spn>Miopithecus talapoin</spn>) -- called also <altname>melarhine</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"a*poin</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;l"&adot_;*poin)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>talapoi</ets>, <ets>talapoin</ets>, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese <ets>t&lsquo;ama p&lsquo;r&abreve;</ets>; <ets>t&lsquo;ama</ets>, honorific title + <ets>p&lsquo;r&abreve;</ets> priest.]</ety> <def>A Buddhist monk or priest.</def> <mark>[Ceylon &amp; Indo-China]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., from <ets>talaris</ets> pertaining to the ankles, fr. <ets>talus</ets> ankle.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"bot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wase (1654).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the <xex>Talbot</xex> family, whence, perhaps, the name.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"bo*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Calotype</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Talc</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>talc</ets>; cf. Sp. &amp; It. <ets>talco</ets>, LL. <ets>talcus</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>talq</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <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. <stype>Steatite</stype>, or <stype>soapstone</stype>, is a compact granular variety.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Indurated talc</b></col>, <cd>an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also <altname>talc slate</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tal*cose"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Talc"ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>talqueux</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"cum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Talc</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tael</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>talu</ets> number, speech, narrative; akin to D. <ets>taal</ets> speech, language, G. <ets>zahl</ets> number, OHG. <ets>zala</ets>, Icel. <ets>tal</ets>, <ets>tala</ets>, number, speech, Sw. <ets>tal</ets>, Dan. <ets>tal</ets> number, <ets>tale</ets> speech, Goth. <ets>talzjan</ets> to instruct.  Cf. <er>Tell</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Toll</er> a tax, also <er>Talk</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>tale</xex> of Troy divine.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> &ldquo;In such manner rime is Dante's <xex>tale</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Chaucer.</au><br/>
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<p><q>We spend our years as a <qex>tale</qex> that is told.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xc. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><q>The ignorant, . . . who measure by <qex>tale</qex>, and not by weight.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And every shepherd tells his <qex>tale</qex>,<br/>
Under the hawthornn in the dale.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In packing, they keep a just <qex>tale</qex> of the number.</q> <rj><qau>Carew.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A count or declaration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tell tale of</b></col>, <cd>to make account of.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><q>Therefore little <qex>tale</qex> hath he <qex>told</qex><br/>
<qex>Of</qex> any dream, so holy was his heart.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To tell stories.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"bear`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Spies and <qex>talebearers</qex>, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"bear`ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Telling tales officiously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"bear`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"led</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld> <def>A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of stories.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal`e*gal"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See <er>Brush turkey</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ent</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;l"&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>talentum</ets> a talent (in sense 1), Gr. <grk>talanton</grk> a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to <grk>tlh^nai</grk> to bear, endure, <grk>tolna^n</grk>, L. <ets>tolerare</ets>, <ets>tollere</ets>, to lift up, sustain, endure. See <er>Thole</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Tolerate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 min&aelig; or 6,000 drachm&aelig;. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was &pound;243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred <qex>talents</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucid.).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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&unr_; lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from &pound;340 to &pound;396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Inclination; will; disposition; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They rather counseled you to your <qex>talent</qex> than to your profit.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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 (<au>Matt. xxv. 14-30</au>).</def><br/>
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<p><q>He is chiefly to be considered in his three different <qex>talents</qex>, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>talents</qex>, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See <er>Genius</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ent*ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.</def>  <rj><au>Abp. Abbot (1663).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the use of <xex>talent</xex> or <xex>talents</xex> to signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and <xex>talented</xex>, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as <xex>gifted</xex>, <xex>bigoted</xex>, <xex>moneyed</xex>, <xex>landed</xex>, <xex>lilied</xex>, <xex>honeyed</xex>, and numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.</note><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"les</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. of <ets>talis</ets> such (persons).]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <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 <xex>such</xex> as, the latter.</def> <au>Blount.  Blackstone.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <pos>syntactically sing.</pos> <def>The writ by which such persons are summoned.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tales book</b></col>, <cd>a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales.</cd> <au>Blount.</au> <au>Craig.</au> -- <col><b>&Verbar;Tales de circumstantibus</b></col> <ety>[L.]</ety>, <cd>such, or the like, from those standing about.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tales"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Talesmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"tell`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tale"wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a way of a tale or story.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ia*co`tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Tagliacotian</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal`i*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Retaliation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Just heav'n this <qex>taliation</qex> did decree.</q> <rj><qau>Beaumont.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"li*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>talio</ets>, perh. fr. <ets>talis</ets> such.  Cf. <er>Retaliation</er>.]</ety> <def>Retaliation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"i*pes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>talus</ets> an ankle + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, a foot; cf. L. <ets>talipedare</ets> to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The deformity called <altname>clubfoot</altname>. See <er>Clubfoot</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Several varieties are distinguished; as, <stype>Talipes varus</stype>, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; <stype>T. valgus</stype>, in which the foot is bent outward; <stype>T. equinus</stype>, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and <stype>T. calcaneus</stype> (called also <stype>talus</stype>), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"i*pot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>t&amacr;lp&amacr;t</ets> the leaf of the tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A beautiful tropical palm tree (<spn>Corypha umbraculifera</spn>), 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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"is*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Talismans</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp., from Ar. <ets>tilism</ets>, <ets>tilsam</ets>, a magical image, pl. <ets>tilsam&amacr;n</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_; tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from &unr_; to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, fr. &unr_; completion, end.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; <as>as, a <ex>talisman</ex> to avert diseases</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tal`is*man"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tal`is*man"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>talismanique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Talked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Talking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>talk</ets> talk, gabble, Prov. G. <ets>talken</ets> to speak indistinctly; or OD. <ets>tolken</ets> to interpret, MHG. <ets>tolkan</ets> to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. <ets>tolke</ets> to interpret, Sw. <ets>tolka</ets>, Icel. <ets>t&unr_;lka</ets> to interpret, <ets>t&unr_;lkr</ets> an interpreter, Lith. <ets>tulkas</ets> an interpreter, <ets>tulkanti</ets>, <ets>tulk&omacr;ti</ets>, to interpret, Russ. <ets>tolkovate</ets> to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. <ets>talien</ets> to speak (see <er>Tale</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> &amp; <pos>n.</pos>).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will buy with you, sell with you, <qex>talk</qex> with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To confer; to reason; to consult.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let me <qex>talk</qex> with thee of thy judgments.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To prate; to speak impertinently.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To talk of</b></col>, <cd>to relate; to tell; to give an account of; <as>as, authors <ex>talk of</ex> the wonderful remains of Palmyra</as>.</cd> &ldquo;The natural histories of Switzerland <xex>talk</xex> much <xex>of</xex> the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> -- <col><b>To talk to</b></col>, <cd>to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; <as>as, I will <ex>talk to</ex> my son respecting his conduct</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; <as>as, to <ex>talk</ex> French</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; <as>as, to <ex>talk</ex> nonsense; to <ex>talk</ex> politics</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by <xex>away</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>talk</ex> away an evening</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cause to be or become by talking.</def> &ldquo;They would <xex>talk</xex> themselves mad.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To talk over</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; <as>as, to <ex>talk over</ex> a matter or plan</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; <as>as, to <ex>talk over</ex> an opponent</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>In various <qex>talk</qex> the instructive hours they passed.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Their <qex>talk</qex>, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Report; rumor; <as>as, to hear <ex>talk</ex> of war</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I hear a <qex>talk</qex> up and down of raising our money.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Subject of discourse; <as>as, his achievment is the <ex>talk</ex> of the town</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See <er>Conversation</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to much talking.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Garrulous; loquacious. See <er>Garrulous</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Talk"a*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Talk"a*tive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There probably were never four <qex>talkers</qex> more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Talk"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That talks; able to utter words; <as>as, a <ex>talking</ex> parrot</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Given to talk; loquacious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,<br/>
For <qex>talking</qex> age and whispering lovers made.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Taller</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tallest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tal</ets> seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS. un-<ets>tala</ets>, un-<ets>tale</ets>, bad, Goth. un<ets>tals</ets> indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or W. &amp; Corn. <ets>tal</ets> high, Ir. <ets>talla</ets> meet, fit, proper, just.]</ety> <sn>1.</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>as, a <ex>tall</ex> person, tree, or mast</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Two of far nobler shape, erect and <qex>tall</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brave; bold; courageous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>As <qex>tall</qex> a trencherman<br/>
As e'er demolished a pye fortification.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand <qex>tall</qex> men.</q> <rj><qau>Grafton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- High; lofty.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Tall</er>, <er>High</er>, <er>Lofty</er>. <xex>High</xex> is the generic term, and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised above another thing. <xex>Tall</xex> specifically describes that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we speak of a <xex>tall</xex> man, a <xex>tall</xex> steeple, a <xex>tall</xex> mast, etc., but not of a <xex>tall</xex> hill. <xex>Lofty</xex> has a special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes an imposing height; <as>as, a <ex>lofty</ex> mountain; a <ex>lofty</ex> room</as>. <xex>Tall</xex> is now properly applied only to physical objects; <xex>high</xex> and <xex>lofty</xex> have a moral acceptation; <as>as, <ex>high</ex> thought, purpose, etc.</as>; <xex>lofty</xex> aspirations; a <xex>lofty</xex> genius. <xex>Lofty</xex> is the stronger word, and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable.</usage><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tal"lage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tal"li*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>taillage</ets>. See <er>Taille</er>, and cf. <er>Tailage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tailage</asp>, <asp>taillage</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; When paid out of knight's fees, it was called <stype>scutage</stype>; when by cities and burghs, <stype>tallage</stype>; when upon lands not held by military tenure, <stype>hidage</stype>.</note>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"lage</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tall"boy`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also <altname>highboy</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"li*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who keeps tally.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"lis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Tallith</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"lith</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NHeb. <ets>tall&imacr;th</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Jewish Costume)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called <part>zizith</part>, on its four corners.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tall"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>taluh</ets>, <ets>talugh</ets>; akin to OD. <ets>talgh</ets>, D. <ets>talk</ets>, G., Dan. and Sw. <ets>talg</ets>, Icel. <ets>t&omacr;lgr</ets>, <ets>t&omacr;lg</ets>, <ets>t&omacr;lk</ets>; and perhaps to Goth. <ets>tulgus</ets> firm.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See <er>Fat</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tallow candle</b></col>, <cd>a candle made of tallow.</cd> -- <col><b>Tallow catch</b></col>, <cd>a keech.</cd> See <er>Keech</er>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <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> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tree (<spn>Stillingia sebifera</spn>) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tallowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tallowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To grease or smear with tallow.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; <as>as, <ex>tallow</ex> sheep</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An animal which produces tallow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low-face`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who has a sickly, pale complexion.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low-faced`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a sickly complexion; pale.</def>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the qualities of tallow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"low*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tall"wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tally</er>.]</ety> <def>Firewood cut into billets of a certain length.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tallies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>taile</ets>, <ets>taille</ets>, F. <ets>taille</ets> a cutting, cut tally, fr. <ets>tailler</ets> to cut, but influenced probably by <ets>taill&eacute;</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tailler</ets>. See <er>Tailor</er>, and cf. <er>Tail</er> a limitation, <er>Taille</er>, <er>Tallage</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and <xex>tallies</xex> were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were <xex>tallies</xex> 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.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They were framed the <qex>tallies</qex> for each other.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; <as>as, to make or earn a <ex>tally</ex> in a game</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A tally shop. See <cref>Tally shop</cref>, below.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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 <xex>tally</xex>, kept by the buyer, the other the <xex>counter tally</xex>, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called <xex>tally trade</xex>.</cd> <au>Eng. Encyc.</au> -- <col><b>To strike tallies</b></col>, <cd>to act in correspondence, or alike.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Fuller.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tallied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tallying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tialler</ets> to cut. See <er>Tally</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They are not so well <qex>tallied</qex> to the present juncture.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.</def>  <rj><au>W. C. Russell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tally on</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to dovetail together.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I found pieces of tiles that exactly <qex>tallied</qex> with the channel.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Your idea . . . <qex>tallies</qex> exactly with mine.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make a tally; to score; <as>as, to <ex>tally</ex> in a game</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tally on</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tall</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Stoutly; with spirit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly*ho`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj. &amp; n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tallyho coach.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tallyho coach</b></col>, <cd>a pleasure coach. See under <er>Coach</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ly*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tallymen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Talmas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. so called from <ets>Talma</ets>, a French actor.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"mud</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chald. <ets>talm&umacr;d</ets> instruction, doctrine, fr. <ets>lamad</ets> to learn, <ets>limmad</ets> to teach.]</ety> <def>The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>Talmud</xex> consists of two parts, the <xex>Mishna</xex>, or text, and the <xex>Gemara</xex>, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name <xex>Talmud</xex> is restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the <xex>Palestinian</xex>, commonly, but incorrectly, called the <xex>Talmud of Jerusalem</xex>, and the <xex>Babylonian Talmud</xex>. 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.</note><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tal*mud"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tal*mud"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>talmudique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; <as>as, <ex>Talmudic</ex> Greek; <ex>Talmudical</ex> phrases.</as></def>  <rj><au>Lightfoot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"mud*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"mud*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>talmudiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal`mud*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tal"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., heel, spur, LL. <ets>talo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>talus</ets> the ankle, heel.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an <altname>ogee</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; When the concave part is at the top, it is called an <stype>inverted talon</stype>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ta*look"</hw>, <hw>Ta*luk"</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>ta'lluq</ets>.]</ety> <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> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ta*look"dar</hw>, <hw>Ta*luk"dar</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind., fr. Per. <ets>ta'lluqd&amacr;r</ets>.]</ety> <def>A proprietor of a talook.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tal"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., mole.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tali</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., the ankle, the ankle bone.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The astragalus.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A variety of clubfoot (<spn>Talipes calcaneus</spn>). See the Note under <er>Talipes</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"lus</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tam"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ma"le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tamal</asp>, <asp>tomale</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Amer. Sp. <ets>tamal</ets>, of Mex. origin.]</ety> <def>A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*man"du</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., from the native name: cf. F. <ets>tamandua</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small ant-eater (<spn>Tamandua tetradactyla</spn>) native of the tropical parts of South America.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also <altname>tamandua</altname>, <altname>little ant-bear</altname>, <altname>fourmilier</altname>, and <altname>cagouare</altname>.
    The collared, or striped, tamandu (<stype><spn>Tamandua bivittata</spn></stype>) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta`ma*noir"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The ant-bear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*rack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (<spn>Larix occidentalis</spn>). See <er>Hackmatack</er>, and <er>Larch</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The black pine (<spn>Pinus Murrayana</spn>) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tamarice</ets>. See <er>Tamarisk</er>.]</ety> <def>A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He shall be like <qex>tamaric</qex> in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xvii. 6 (Douay version).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name in Cayenne.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus <gen>Midas</gen>, especially <spn>Midas ursulus</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*rind</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>tamarindo</ets>, or Sp. <ets>tamarindo</ets>, or Pg. <ets>tamarindo</ets>, <ets>tamarinho</ets>, from Ar. <ets>tamarhind&imacr;</ets>, literally, Indian date; <ets>tamar</ets> a dried date + <ets>Hind</ets> India: cf. F. <ets>tamarin</ets>.  Cf. <er>Hindu</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A leguminous tree (<spn>Tamarindus Indica</spn>) 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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><cs><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>(a)</sd> <cd>A West African leguminous tree (<spn>Codarium acutifolium</spn>).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One of the small black velvety pods, which are used for food in Sierra Leone.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild tamarind</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the <spn>Lysiloma latisiliqua</spn> of Southern Florida, and the <spn>Pithecolobium filicifolium</spn> of the West Indies.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"a*risk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tamariscus</ets>, also <ets>tamarix</ets>, <ets>tamarice</ets>, Skr. <ets>tam&amacr;la</ets>, <ets>tam&amacr;laka</ets>, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. <ets>tamas</ets> darkness: cf. F. <ets>tamarisc</ets>, <ets>tamarix</ets>, <ets>tamaris</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any shrub or tree of the genus <gen>Tamarix</gen>, the species of which are European and Asiatic.  They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes.  An Arabian species (<spn>Tamarix mannifera</spn>) is the source of one kind of manna.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tamarisk salt tree</b></col>, <cd>an East Indian tree (<spn>Tamarix orientalis</spn>) which produces an incrustation of salt.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"bac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tombac</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"bour</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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, <altname>tambour work</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Drum</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2<sd>(d)</sd>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"bour</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tamboured</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tambouring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To embroider on a tambour.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam*bour"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also <altname>tambur</altname>, <altname>tambour</altname>, and <altname>tampur</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>tambura</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`bou`rin"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tambourine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tambourine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An old Proven&ccedil;al dance of a lively character, common on the stage.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`bour*ine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tambourin</ets>; cf. It. <ets>tamburino</ets>. See <er>Tambour</er>, and cf. <er>Tamborine</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`bour*ine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A South American wild dove (<spn>Tympanistria tympanistria</spn>), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"breet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The duck mole.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`bu*rin"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tambourine</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>entamer</ets> to cut into, to broach.]</ety> <def>To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he <qex>tameth</qex> his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tamer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tamest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>tam</ets>; akin to D. <ets>tam</ets>, G. <ets>zahm</ets>, OHG. <ets>zam</ets>, Dan. &amp; Sw. <ets>tam</ets>, Icel. <ets>tamr</ets>, L. <ets>domare</ets> to tame, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. <ets>dam</ets> to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. <ets>beteem</ets>. &radic;61.  Cf. <er>Adamant</er>, <er>Diamond</er>, <er>Dame</er>, <er>Daunt</er>, <er>Indomitable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; <as>as, a <ex>tame</ex> deer, a <ex>tame</ex> bird</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tame</qex> slaves of the laborious plow.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; <as>as, a <ex>tame</ex> poem; <ex>tame</ex> scenery</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Gentle; mild; meek. See <er>Gentle</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tamed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>tamian</ets>, <ets>temian</ets>, akin to D. <ets>tammen</ets>, <ets>temmen</ets>, G. <ets>z&auml;hmen</ets>, OHG. <ets>zemmen</ets>, Icel. <ets>temja</ets>, Goth. ga<ets>tamjan</ets>. See <er>Tame</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; <as>as, to <ex>tame</ex> a wild beast</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They had not been <qex>tamed</qex> into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To subdue; to conquer; to repress; <as>as, to <ex>tame</ex> the pride or passions of youth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tamable.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Wilkins.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable.</def> <au>Bp. Hall.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Tame"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tame manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tame"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tame.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tames or subdues.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*mer*lane"</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;*m&etilde_;r*l&amacr;n")</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Tatar conquerer, also called <altname>Timur</altname> or <altname>Timour</altname> (t&emacr;*m&ocirc;r") or <altname>Timur Bey</altname>, also <altname>Timur-Leng</altname> ('Timur the Lame'), which was corrupted to <ex>Tamerlane</ex>.  He was born in Central Asia, 1333: died 1405.  Though he claimed descent from Jenghiz Khan, it is believed that he was in fact descended from a follower of the Khan.  He became a ruler about 1370 of a realm whose capital was Samarkand; conquered Persia, Central Asia, and in 1398 a great part of India, including Delhi; waged war with the Turkish <person>Sultan Bajazet I.</person> (Beyazid), whom he defeated at Ancyra in 1402 and took prisoner; and died while preparing to invade China.  He is the <asp>Tamerlaine</asp> of the plays.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Just at the moment when the Sultan (Bajazet) seemed to have attained the pinnacle of his ambition, when his authority was unquestioningly obeyed over the greater part of the Byzantine Empire in Europe and Asia, when the Christian states were regarding him with terror as the scourge of the world, another and greater scourge came to quell him, and at one stroke all the vast fabric of empire which B&amacr;yez&imacr;d had so triumphantly erected was shattered to the ground.  This terrible conquerer was Tim&umacr;r the Tatar, or as we call him, &ldquo;Tamerlane&rdquo;.  Tim&umacr;r was of Turkish race, and was born near Samarkand in 1333.  He was consequently an old man of 70 when he came to encounter B&amacr;yez&imacr;d in 1402.  It had taken him many years to establish his authority over a portion of the numerous divisions into which the immense empire of Chingiz Khan had fallen after the death of that stupendous conqueror.  Tim&umacr;r was but a petty chief among many others: but at last he won his way and became ruler of Samarkand and the whole province of Transoxiana, or 'Beyond the River' (M&amacr;-war&amacr;-n-nahr) as the Arabs called the country north of the Oxus.  Once fairly established in this province, Tim&umacr;r began to overrun the surrounding lands, and during thirty years his ruthless armies spread over the provinces of Asia, from Dehli to Damascus, and from the Sea of Aral to the Persian Gulf.  The subdivision of the Moslem Empire into numerous petty kingdoms rendered it powerless to meet the overwhelming hordes which Tim&umacr;r brought down from Central Asia.  One and all, the kings and princes of Persia and Syria succumbed, and Tim&umacr;r carried his banners triumphantly as far as the frontier of Egypt, where the brave Mamluk Sultans still dared to defy him.  He had so far left B&amacr;yez&imacr;d unmolested; partly because he was too powerful to be rashly provoked, and partly because Tim&umacr;r respected the Sultan's valorous deeds against the Christians: for Tim&umacr;r, though a wholesale butcher, was very conscientious in matters of religion, and held that B&amacr;yez&imacr;d's fighting for the Faith rightly covered a multitude of sins.</q> <rj><qau>Poole, Story of Turkey, p. 63</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>Timour (t&imacr;*m&oomacr_;r"), Timur, or TAMERLANE, was the second of the great conquerers whom central Asia sent forth in the middle ages, and was born at Kesh, about 40 miles southeast of Samarkand, April 9, 1336. His father was a Turkish chieftain and his mother claimed descent from the great Genghis-Khan.   When he became tribal chieftain, Timour helped the Amir Hussein to drive out the Kalmucks.  Turkestan was thereupon divided between them, but soon war broke out between the two chiefs, and the death of Hussein in battle made Timour master of all Turkestan.  He now began his career of conquest, overcoming the Getes, Khiva and Khorassin, after storming Herat.  His ever-widening circle of possessions soon embraced Persia, Mesopotamia, Georgia, and the Mongol state, Kiptchak.  He threatened Moscow, burned Azoo, captured Delhi, overran Syria, and stormed Bagdad, which had revolted.  At last, July 20,1402, Timour met the Sultan Bajazet of the Ottoman Turks, on the plains of Angora, captured him and routed his army, thus becoming master of the Turkish empire.  He took but a short rest at his capital, Samarkand, and in his eagerness to conquer China, led his army of 200,000 across the Jaxartes on the ice, and pushed rapidly on for 300 miles, when his death, Feb. 18, 1405, saved the independence of China.  Though notorious for his acts of cruelty -- he may have slaughtered 80,000 in Delhi -- he was a patron of the arts. In his reign of 35 years, this chief of a small tribe, dependent on the Kalmucks, became the ruler of the vast territory stretching from Moscow to the Ganges.  A number of writings said to have been written by Timour have been preserved in Persian, one of which, the <booki>Institutions</booki>, has been translated into English.</note>  <au>The Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.</au><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"mi*as</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a distributer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"mil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Tamul</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"mil</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>Tamul</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See <er>Dravidian</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*mil"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Tamil.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tam"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tam"i*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tamis</ets> a sort of sieve.  Cf. <er>Stamin</er>, <er>Temse</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of woolen cloth; tammy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a kind of sieve.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cloth itself; tammy.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tamis bird</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a Guinea fowl.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tampion.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson (Dict.).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tammies</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam`-o'-shan"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So named after <etsep>Tam o'Shanter</etsep>, a character in Burns's poem of the same name.]</ety> <def>A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*mox"i*fen</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;*m&obreve_;k"s&ibreve_;*f&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a chemical compound (<chform>C26H29NO</chform>) which is non-steroidal but physiogically active as an estrogen antagonist.  It is used to treat postmenopausal breast cancer.  Chemically it is <chname>1-p-dimethylaminoethoxyphenyl-trans-1,2-diphenyl-but-1-ene</chname>. It can be obtained as a white crystalline powder.</def> <au>[MI11]</au><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Kessar; Noltam; Nolvadex; Tamofen; Tamoxasta; Terimon; Xynoplex.</syn>
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<p><hw>Tamp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tamped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tamping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tamponner</ets> to plug or stop. See <er>Tampion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; <as>as, to <ex>tamp</ex> earth so as to make a smooth place</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"pan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A venomous South African tick.</def>  <rj><au>Livingstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"pe*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tampion</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Farrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tamp"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tampered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tampering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>temper</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; <as>as, to <ex>tamper</ex> with a disease</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'T is dangerous <qex>tampering</qex> with a muse.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Others <qex>tampered</qex><br/>
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"per*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tampers; one who deals unfairly.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tam*pi"co fi"ber</hw> <it>or</it> <hw>Tam*pi"co fi"bre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tamp"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The material used in tamping. See <er>Tamp</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tamping iron</b></col>, <cd>an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"pi*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tampon</ets>, <ets>tapon</ets>, <ets>tape</ets>, of Dutch or German origin. See <er>Tap</er> a pipe or plug, and cf. <er>Tamp</er>, <er>Tampop</er>, <er>Tompion</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tampeon</asp>, and <asp>tompion</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"poe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (<spn>Baccaurea Malayana</spn>) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"pon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tampion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, absorb secretions (as from menstruation), or for the application of medicine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"pon</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>To plug with a tampon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"poon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tampion</er>.]</ety> <def>The stopper of a barrel; a bung.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"-tam`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind.; of imitative origin.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also <altname>tom-tom</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A gong. See <er>Gong</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"mul</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Tamil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tam"worth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Tamworth</etsep>, Staffordshire, England.]</ety> <def>One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <def>See <er>Picul</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tan</ets>, perhaps fr. Armor. <ets>tann</ets> an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. <ets>tanne</ets> a fir, OHG. <ets>tanna</ets> a fir, oak, MHG. <ets>tan</ets> a forest.  Cf. <er>Tawny</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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 <altname>tan bark</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; <as>as, hands covered with <ex>tan</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tan bed</b></col> <fld>(Hort.)</fld>, <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 <cref>Bark stove</cref>, under <er>Bark</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tan vat</b></col>, <cd>a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Black and tan</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Black</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tanned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tanning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>tanner</ets>, LL. <ets>tannare</ets>. See <er>Tan</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; <as>as, to <ex>tan</ex> the skin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; <as>as, to <ex>tan</ex> a disobedient child's hide</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To get or become tanned.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Banxring</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"a*ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>tanagra</ets>, probably fr. Brazilian <ets>tangara</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds belonging to <gen>Tanagra</gen>, <gen>Piranga</gen>, and allied genera. The scarlet tanager (<spn>Piranga erythromelas</spn>) and the summer redbird (<spn>Piranga rubra</spn>) are common species of the United States.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"a*grine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the tanagers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"a*groid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tanager</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Tanagrine.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Tanak</hw>, <hw>Tanakh</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the initial (Hebrew) letters of <ets>T</ets>orah, <ets>N</ets>evi'im, and  <ets>K</ets>ethubim.]</ety> <def>a term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>Tanach</asp>.]</altsp> <note>Although Christians use the term &ldquo;Old Testament&rdquo;, this term implies the superseding force of the &ldquo;New Testament&rdquo;, not recognized as revelation by the Jewish faith.</note><br/>
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<p><q>The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The <er>Torah</er>, &ldquo;Law,&rdquo; or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the &ldquo;Writings,&rdquo; generally termed <er>Hagiographa</er>.</q>  <rj><qau>C. H. H. Wright.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta*na"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic wild dog (<spn>Canis procyonoides</spn>), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also <altname>raccoon dog</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"dem</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tandem</ets> at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]</ety> <def>One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"dem</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A team of horses harnessed one before the other.</def> &ldquo;He drove <xex>tandems</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Tandem bicycle</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Tandem tricycle</b></col></mcol>, <cd>one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"dem cart</hw>. <def>A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tandem engine</hw>. <def>A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tandem system</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>same as <er>Cascade system</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. <ets>tang</ets> seaweed, Sw. <ets>t&aring;ng</ets>, Icel. <ets>&thorn;ang</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tangle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse blackish seaweed (<spn>Fuscus nodosus</spn>).</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tang sparrow</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the rock pipit.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably fr. OD. <ets>tanger</ets> sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. <ets>tongs</ets>. &radic;59. See <er>Tong</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; <as>as, wine or cider has a <ex>tang</ex> of the cask</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.  Cf. <er>Tang</er> a twang.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Such proceedings had a strong <qex>tang</qex> of tyranny.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A cant of philosophism, and a <qex>tang</qex> of party politics.</q> <rj><qau>Jeffrey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>tangi</ets> a projecting point; akin to E. <ets>tongs</ets>. See <er>Tongs</er>.]</ety> <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: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>The tongue of a buckle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of imitative origin.  Cf. <er>Twang</er>. This word has become confused with <ets>tang</ets> tatse, flavor.]</ety> <def>A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw> <pr>(t&auml;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>T`ang</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dynasty in Chinese history, from <sc>a. d.</sc> 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tanged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tanging</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let thy tongue <qex>tang</qex> arguments of state.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tang bees</b></col>, <cd>to cause a swarm of bees to settle, by beating metal to make a din.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a ringing sound; to ring.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let thy tongue <qex>tang</qex> arguments of state.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ga*lung</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian civet (<spn>Viverra tangalunga</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ge*lo</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;n"j&euptack_;*l&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Tang</ets>erine + pom<ets>elo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tangency.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gen*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tangens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>tangere</ets> to touch; akin to Gr. &unr_; having seized: cf. F. <ets>tangente</ets>.  Cf. <er>Attain</er>, <er>Contaminate</er>, <er>Contingent</er>, <er>Entire</er>, <er>Tact</er>, <er>Taste</er>, <er>Tax</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <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 <cref>Trigonometrical function</cref>, under <er>Function</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Artificial tangent</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Logarithmic tangent</b></col></mcol>, <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> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <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 <it>ta</it>, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity <it>a</it>, and terminated by a line <it>ct</it>, passing from the center through the other extremity <it>o</it>.</cd></cs>
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<p><hw>Tan"gent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tangens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Touching; touching at a single point</def>; specifically <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <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>as, a line <ex>tangent</ex> to a curve; a curve <ex>tangent</ex> to a surface; <ex>tangent</ex> surfaces.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tangent plane</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a plane which touches a surface in a point or line.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangent scale</b></col> <fld>(Gun.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of breech sight for a cannon.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangent screw</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>an endless screw; a worm.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*gen"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Tangential.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*gen"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tangential force</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <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 <xex>normal force</xex>, 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>. <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Shear</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*gen"tial*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the direction of a tangent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tangent spoke</hw>. <def>A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tangent wheel</hw>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wheel with tangent spokes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ger*ine`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tangierine</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common harbor seal.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tan*ghin"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The ordeal tree. See under <er>Ordeal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tanggibilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being tangible.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gi*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tangibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>tangere</ets> to touch: cf. F. <ets>tangible</ets>. See <er>Tangent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>tangible</xex> blunder.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Direct and <qex>tangible</qex> benefit to ourselves and others.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Tan"gi*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Tan"gi*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tangled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tangling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[A frequentative fr. <ets>tang</ets> seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See <er>Tang</er> seaweed, and cf. <er>Tangle</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To involve; to insnare; to entrap; <as>as, to be <ex>tangled</ex> in lies</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Tangled</xex> in amorous nets.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When my simple weakness strays,<br/>
<qex>Tangled</qex> in forbidden ways.</q> <rj><qau>Crashaw.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>&thorn;&ouml;ngull</ets>. See <er>Tang</er> seaweed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large blackish seaweed, especially the <spn>Laminaria saccharina</spn>. See <er>Kelp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Coral and sea fan and <qex>tangle</qex>, the blooms and the palms of the ocean.</q> <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[From <er>Tangle</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; <as>as, hair or yarn in <ex>tangles</ex>; a <ex>tangle</ex> of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Blue tangle</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld>S<cd>ee <er>Dangleberry</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tangle picker</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the turnstone.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gle*fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gling*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tangling manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Entangled; intricate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Covered with tangle, or seaweed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Prone, helpless, on the <qex>tangly</qex> beach he lay.</q> <rj><qau>Falconer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"go</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;&nsmacr_;"g&omacr;; <it>Sp.</it> t&auml;&nsmacr_;"g&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Tangos</plw> <pr>(-g&omacr;z)</pr></plu>. <ety>[Sp., a certain dance.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any of various popular forms derived from this.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>a musical tune appropriate for this dance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Trangram</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tangue</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The tenrec.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"gun</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tang"whaup</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The whimbrel.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"i*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aroid plant (<spn>Caladium sagitt&aelig;folium</spn>), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tannier</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir. <ets>tanaiste</ets>, <ets>tanaise</ets>, second, the second person in rank, the presumptive or apparent heir to a prince.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><q>This family [the O'Hanlons] were <qex>tanists</qex> of a large territory within the present county of Armagh.</q> <rj><qau>M. A. Lower.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ist*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tanist</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The primitive intention seems to have been that the inheritance should descend to the oldest or most worthy of the blood and name of the deceased. This was, in reality, giving it to the strongest; and the practice often occasioned bloody feuds in families, for which reason it was abolished under James I.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;&nsmacr_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;&nsmacr_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>tanque</ets>, L. <ets>stangum</ets> a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin.  Cf. <er>Stank</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We stood in the afterglow on the bank of the <qex>tank</qex> and saw the ducks come home.</q>  <rj><qau>F. Remington.</qau></rj></p>

<p><q>The <qex>tanks</qex> are full and the grass is high.</q>  <rj><qau>Lawson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>a heavily armored combat vehicle which moves on caterpillar treads, rather than wheels.  It typically carries a cannon and a heavy machine, and sometimes other weapons.  It is the main distinguishing weapon of an <partof>armored division</partof>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>a jail cell for temporarily holding prisoners, as in a police station.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also <altname>tankia</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>S. W. Williams.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Fees charged for storage in tanks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank"ard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tanquart</ets>; cf. OD. <ets>tanckaert</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Marius was the first who drank out of a silver <qex>tankard</qex>, after the manner of Bacchus.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ki*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tanka</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tinkling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tank ship</hw>, <hw>Tank vessel</hw>  }</mhw>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk; -- called also <altname>tanker</altname>.  A tank ship of very large capacity is called a <stype>supertanker</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank" top`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a sleeveless and collarless shirt with wide shoulder straps and no front opening, often close-fitting and low-cut.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tank war"fare</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>combat between tanks of opposing armies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One tanned by the sun.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Hot summer's <qex>tanlings</qex> and<br/>
The shrinking slaves of winter.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"na*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may be tanned.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"nage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They should have got his cheek fresh <qex>tannage</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>R. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tannate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tannic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etym. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A sixpence.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ner*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tanneries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tannerie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place where the work of tanning is carried on.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The art or process of tanning.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"nic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to tan; derived from, or resembling, tan; <as>as, <ex>tannic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tannic acid</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An acid obtained from nutgalls as a yellow amorphous substance, <chform>C14H10O9</chform>, having an astringent taste, and forming with ferric salts a bluish-black compound, which is the basis of common ink. Called also <altname>tannin</altname>, and <altname>gallotannic acid</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ni*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tanier</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ni*gen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Tann</ets>in + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"nin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tannin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <cref>Tannic acid</cref>, under <er>Tannic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ning</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of converting skins into leather. See <er>Tan</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"rec</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tenrec</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tansaye</ets>, F. <ets>tanaise</ets>; cf. It. &amp; Sp. <ets>tanaceto</ets>, NL. <ets>tanacetum</ets>, Pg. <ets>atanasia</ets>, <ets>athanasia</ets>, Gr. <grk>'aqanasi`a</grk> immortality, fr. <grk>'aqa`natos</grk> immortal; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <grk>qa`natos</grk> death.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the composite genus <gen>Tanacetum</gen>. The common tansy (<spn>Tanacetum vulgare</spn>) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Pepys.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Double tansy</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual.</cd> -- <col><b>Tansy mustard</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Sisymbrium canescens</spn>) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Taint</er> tincture.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small scarlet arachnid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tantalic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*tal"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*lism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tantalize</er>.]</ety> <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>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Is not such a provision like <qex>tantalism</qex> to this people?</q> <rj><qau>Josiah Quincy.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tantalite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster.  It is essentially a tantalate of iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan`ta*li*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.</def>  <rj><au>Gayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tantalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tantalizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Tantalus</er>: cf. F. <ets>tantaliser</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><q>Thy vain desires, at strife<br/>
Within themselves, have <qex>tantalized</qex> thy life.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To tease; vex; irritate; provoke.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Tantalize</er>, <er>Disappoint</er>. To <xex>disappoint</xex> is literally to <xex>do away</xex> with what was (or was taken to be) <xex>appointed</xex>; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus dashed to the ground. To <xex>tantalize</xex>, a much stronger term, describes a most distressing form of disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the Phrygian king. To <xex>tantalize</xex> is to visit with the bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting hopes or expectations which can never be realized.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*li`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tantalizes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*li`zing*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tantalizing or teasing manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*lum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. So named on account of the perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer (Ekeberg) in isolating it. See <er>Tantalus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <altname>tantalium</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from Gr. <grk>Ta`ntalos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tantalus's cup</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*mount`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tant</ets> so much (L. <ets>tantus</ets>) + E. <ets>amount</ets>.]</ety> <def>Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A usage nearly <qex>tantamount</qex> to constitutional right.</q> <rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was <qex>tantamount</qex> to ruin.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"ta*mount`</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Said to be from the note of a hunting horn.]</ety> <def>Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; <as>as, to ride <ex>tantivy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.</def>  <rj><au>Cleverland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan*tiv"y</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To go away in haste.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"tra</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;n"tr&adot_;; t&ubreve;n"tr&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <fld>(Hinduism)</fld> <def>A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tan"tric</wf> <pr>(t&abreve;n"tr&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"trism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The system of doctrines and  rites taught in the tantras.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tan"trist</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"trum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A whim; an affected air.</def> <mark>[Colloq. and archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A display of ill-humor, especially a demonstration of rage or frustration by shouting or violent physical movements, such as the stamping of feet; called also <altname>temper tantrum</altname>.  It is usually associated with children, but is sometimes seen in adults.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <mark>[fig.]</mark> <def>A display of anger expressed by irrationally striking out at innocent targets or inanimate objects; <as>as, the governor was so insulted by the article, he threw a temper <ex>tantrum</ex> and cancelled the ceremony</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tan"yard`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tan`y*stom"a*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to stretch + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxill&aelig;. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"o*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ta"o*ist</wf>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tao`tai"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>tao</ets> circuit + <ets>t'ai</ets>, a title of respect.]</ety> <def>In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more <xex>fu</xex>, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners, <altname>intendant of circuit</altname>. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tapped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tapping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>taper</ets> to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. <ets>tapp</ets>, <ets>tapps</ets>, a blow, <ets>tappe</ets> a paw, fist, G. <ets>tappen</ets> to grope.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; <as>as, to <ex>tap</ex> one with the hand or a cane</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put a new sole or heel on; <as>as, to <ex>tap</ex> shoes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tape</ets>. See <er>Tap</er> to strike.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.</def>
<!-- a piece of metal so fastened, used to reduce wear on the shoe, or for the purpose of tap dancing. --><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Wilhelm.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To strike a gentle blow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&aelig;ppa</ets>, akin to D. <ets>tap</ets>, G. <ets>zapfen</ets>, OHG. <ets>zapfo</ets>, Dan. <ets>tap</ets>, Sw. <ets>tapp</ets>, Icel. <ets>tappi</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tampion</er>, <er>Tip</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; <as>as, a liquor of the same <ex>tap</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>On tap</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Ready to be drawn; <as>as, ale <ex>on tap</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Broached, or furnished with a tap; <as>as, a barrel <ex>on tap</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Plug tap</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <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 <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Bolt</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tap cinder</b></col> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, <cd>the slag of a puddling furnace.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; <as>as, to <ex>tap</ex> a cask, a tree, a tumor,  a keg of beer, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; <as>as, to <ex>tap</ex> someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to <ex>tap</ex> the treasury.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He has been <qex>tapping</qex> his liquors.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a <xex>tap</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>tap</ex> a nut, a pipe, or tubing</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals.  In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also <altname>kapa</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ &Verbar;<hw>Tap`a*de"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, &Verbar;<hw>Tap`a*de"ro</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos>} <altsp>[Also <asp>tapidero</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Sp. <ets>tapadera</ets> lid, cover.]</ety> <def>One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta`pa*yax"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A Mexican spinous lizard (<spn>Phrynosoma orbiculare</spn>) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also <altname>horned toad</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&aelig;ppe</ets> a fillet.  Cf. <er>Tapestry</er>, <er>Tippet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; <as>as, curtains tied with <ex>tape</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; <as>as, a steel <ex>tape</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Red tape</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Red</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tape grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Vallisneria spiralis</spn>) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also <altname>fresh-water eelgrass</altname>, and, in Maryland, <altname>wild celery</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tape needle</b></col>.  <cd>See <er>Bodkin</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Taped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape;</def> <specif>specif.</specif> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <def>to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.</def></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to record on audio tape or video tape; -- either directly, at the scene of the action tape, or indirectly, as from a broadcast of the action.</def> &ldquo;I was busy when that episode was on TV, but I <ex>taped</ex> it and watched it later.&rdquo;<br/>
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<p><hw>Tape deck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; usually it needs to be connected to an amplifier system for playback.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape"line`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches, feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>tapur</ets>, <ets>tapor</ets>, <ets>taper</ets>; cf. Ir. <ets>tapar</ets>, W. <ets>tampr</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Get me a <qex>taper</qex> in my study, Lucius.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; <as>as, the <ex>taper</ex> of a spire</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Supposed to be from <ets>taper</ets>, n., in allusion to its form.]</ety> <def>Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; <as>as, <ex>taper</ex> fingers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tapered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tapering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To become gradually smaller toward one end; <as>as, a sugar loaf <ex>tapers</ex> toward one end</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make or cause to taper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape recorder</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an electroinic device for recording and playing back sounds on magnetic tape; it often has an integrated microphone, amplifier, and speaker, and in such cases requires no additional equipment other than the magnetic tape for recording or playback.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape recording</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a recording of sound or video on magnetic tape.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the process of recording sound or video on magnetic tape.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"pered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lighted with a taper or tapers; <as>as, a <ex>tapered</ex> choir</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ta"per*ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"per*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.</def>  <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"es*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tapestries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>tapissere</ets>, fr. <ets>tapisser</ets> to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. <ets>tapis</ets> a carpet, carpeting, LL. <ets>tapecius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tapete</ets> carpet, tapestry, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;.  Cf. <er>Tapis</er>, <er>Tippet</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><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>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Carpet moth</cref>, under <er>Carpet</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"es*try</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tapestried</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tapestrying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock <qex>tapestried</qex> with broom and wild roses.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"es*try bee"tle</hw>. <def>A small black dermestoid beetle (<spn>Attagenus piceus</spn>) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tapete</ets>. See <er>Tapestry</er>.]</ety> <def>Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"e*ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tapetis</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Braz.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small South American hare (<spn>Lepus Braziliensis</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta*pe"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>tapete</ets> a carpet, a tapestry.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tape"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T&aelig;nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larv&aelig; (see <er>Cysticercus</er>) 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 <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Three species are common parasites of man: the <stype>pork tapeworm</stype> (<spn>T&aelig;nia solium</spn>), the larva of which is found in pork; the <stype>beef tapeworm</stype> (<spn>T&aelig;nia mediocanellata</spn>), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the <stype>broad tapeworm</stype> (<spn>Bothriocephalus latus</spn>) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also <er>Echinococcus</er>, <er>Cysticercus</er>, <er>Proglottis</er>, and 2d <er>Measles</er>, 4.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A house where liquors are retailed.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Taph*ren"chy*ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a trench + <ets>enchyma</ets>, as in <ets>parenchyma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Bothrenchyma</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"i*nage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tapish</er>.]</ety> <def>A lurking or skulking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap`i*o"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Braz. <ets>tapioka</ets>: cf. Pg., Sp. &amp; F. <ets>tapioca</ets>.]</ety> <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 <er>Cassava</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"pir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Braz. <ets>tapy'ra</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tapir</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to <gen>Tapirus</gen>, <gen>Elasmognathus</gen>, 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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The best-known species are the Indian tapir (<spn>Tapirus Indicus</spn>), native of the <geog>East Indies</geog> and <geog>Malacca</geog>, which is black with a broad band of white around the middle, and the common American tapir (<spn>Tapirus Americanus</spn>), which, when adult, is dull brown. Several others species inhabit the Andes and Central America.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tapir tiger</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the wallah.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"pir*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tapir</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Allied to the tapir, or the Tapir family.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"pis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tapestry</er>.]</ety> <def>Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>On the tapis</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Upon the tapis</b></col></mcol>, <cd>on the table, or under consideration; <as>as, to lay a motion in Parliament <ex>on the tapis</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cover or work with figures like tapestry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"is*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tapissier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[F. se <ets>tapir</ets> to squat.]</ety> <def>To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tappis</asp>, <asp>tappish</asp>, <asp>tappice</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>As a hound that, having roused a hart,<br/>
Although he <qex>tappish</qex> ne'er so soft.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"lash`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>taplash</qex> of strong ale and wine.</q> <rj><qau>Taylor (1630).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"lings</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ta*po"a ta"fa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small carnivorous marsupial (<spn>Phascogale penicillata</spn>) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also <altname>brush-tailed phascogale</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"pen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The lesser spotted woodpecker (<spn>Dendrocopus minor</spn>); -- called also <altname>tapperer</altname>, <altname>tabberer</altname>, <altname>little wood pie</altname>, <altname>barred woodpecker</altname>, <altname>wood tapper</altname>, <altname>hickwall</altname>, and <altname>pump borer</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"pes*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tapster</er>.]</ety> <def>A female tapster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"pet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>G. Francis.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"pet rod</hw>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tap"pice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tap"pis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Tapish</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"pit hen`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap*poon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>tamp&oacute;n</ets> a stopper.]</ety> <fld>(Irrigation)</fld> <def>A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"room`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The ambassador was put one night into a miserable <qex>taproom</qex>, full of soldiers smoking.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"root`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tap"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&aelig;ppestre</ets> a female tapster. See <er>Tap</er> a plug, pipe, and <er>-ster</er>.]</ety> <def>One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"qua-nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Central American name for the ivory nut.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. from <ets>tarpaulin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sailor; a seaman.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>terre</ets>, <ets>tarre</ets>, AS. <ets>teru</ets>, <ets>teoru</ets>; akin to D. <ets>teer</ets>, G. <ets>teer</ets>, <ets>theer</ets>, Icel. <ets>tjara</ets>, Sw. <ets>tj&auml;ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>ti&aelig;re</ets>, and to E. <ets>tree</ets>. &radic;63. See <er>Tree</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Coal tar</b></col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Mineral tar</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <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> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Tar water</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.</cd> <sd>(b)</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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tarred</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tarring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To smear with tar, or as with tar; <as>as, to <ex>tar</ex> ropes; to <ex>tar</ex> cloth.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tar and feather a person</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Feather</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"a*nis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taranis</ets>, from the Celtic; cf. W. &amp; Corn. <ets>taran</ets> thunder.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`an*tass"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>tarantas'</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`an*tel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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 <xex>tarantula</xex>. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Music suited to such a dance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ant*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>tarantismo</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tarentisme</ets>. See <er>Tarantula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tarentism</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ran"tu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Tarantulas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Tarantul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. It. <ets>tarantola</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Tarentum</ets>, now <ets>Taranto</ets>, in the south of Italy.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (<spn>Tarantula apuli&aelig;</spn>). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tarentula</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tarantula killer</b></col>, <cd>a very large wasp (<spn>Pompilus formosus</spn>), which captures the Texan tarantula (<spn>Mygale Hentzii</spn>) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ran"tu*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bitten by a tarantula; affected with tarantism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*bog"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Toboggan</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*boosh"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>tarb&unr_;sh</ets>; perhaps from Per. <ets>sar-posh</ets> headdress: cf. F. <ets>tarbouch</ets>.]</ety> <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 <er>Fez</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*da"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tardatio</ets>, fr. <ets>tardare</ets>, <ets>tardatum</ets>, to retard, delay, fr. <ets>tardus</ets> slow.]</ety> <def>The act of retarding, or delaying; retardation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar`di*gra"da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tardigrade</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See <er>Sloth</er>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also <altname>bear animalcules</altname>, <altname>sloth animalcules</altname>, and <altname>water bears</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*grade</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tardigradus</ets>; <ets>tardus</ets> slow + <ets>gradi</ets> to step: cf. F. <ets>tardigrade</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*grade</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Tardigrada.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*gra`dous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Moving slowly; slow-paced.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tardy manner; slowly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tardy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`di*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tardiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To instruct them to avoid all snares of <qex>tarditation</qex>, in the Lord's affairs.</q> <rj><qau>Herrick.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"di*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tarditas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Slowness; tardiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir K. Digby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar"do</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow; -- a direction to perform a passage slowly.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar"do</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., slow, L. <ets>tardus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A sloth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"dy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tardier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tardiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F. <ets>tardif</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>tardivus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tardus</ets> slow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And check the <qex>tardy</qex> flight of time.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tardy</qex> to vengeance, and with mercy brave.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to <xex>prompt</xex>; <as>as, to be <ex>tardy</ex> in one's payments</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tardy</qex> plants in our cold orchards placed.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Unwary; unready.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Criminal; guilty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Collier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See <er>Slow</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"dy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make tardy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tare</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>imp.</pos> <mord>of <er>Tear</er></mord>. <def>Tore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>tare</ets> brisk, eager, OE. <ets>tarefitch</ets> the wild vetch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the <spn>Lolium temulentum</spn>, or darnel.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it <qex>tares</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xiii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The &ldquo;darnel&rdquo; is said to be the <qex>tares</qex> of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order.</q> <rj><qau>Baird.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus <gen>Vicia</gen>; especially, the <spn>Vicia sativa</spn>, sometimes grown for fodder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tare</ets>; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., &amp; It. <ets>tara</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>tarah</ets> thrown away, removed, fr. <ets>taraha</ets> to reject, remove.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tare</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tared</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; <as>as, <ex>tared</ex> filter papers, used in weighing precipitates</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ren"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tarente</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (<spn>Platydactylus Mauritianicus</spn>) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ent*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tarantism</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*ren"tu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tarantula</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Targe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.  Cf. <er>Target</er>.]</ety> <def>A shield or target.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark> &ldquo;A buckler on a <xex>targe</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"get</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>targette</ets>, dim. of OF. &amp; F. <ets>targe</ets>, of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. <ets>targe</ets>, OD. <ets>targie</ets>, G. <ets>zarge</ets> a frame, case, border, OHG. <ets>zarga</ets>, Icel. <ets>targa</ets> shield.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <def>The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; <as>as, he made a good <ex>target</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.</def> <mark>[Obs. Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn>  <def>A goal for an activity; <as>as, the <ex>target</ex> of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <def>A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the <ex>target,</ex> the impact causes emission of X-rays.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn>  <def>Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn>  <def>A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"get date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The date set as a goal for completion of some activity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"get language</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>the language into which a text is to be translated; -- correlative of <inv>source language</inv>.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1475 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"get*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished, armed, or protected, with a target.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`get*eer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is armed with a target or shield.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>targetier</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Targums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>. Heb. <plw>Targumim</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Chald. <ets>targ&umacr;m</ets> interpretation, fr. <ets>targ&emacr;m</ets> to interpret.  Cf. <er>Truchman</er>, and <er>Dragoman</er>.]</ety> <def>A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"gum*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"heel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a native or resident of North Carolina; -- used as a nickname.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"heel state</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>North Carolina; -- used as a nickname.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"iff</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tarif</ets>; cf. Sp. &amp; Pg. <ets>tarifa</ets>, It. <ets>tariffa</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>ta'r&imacr;f</ets> information, explanation, definition, from <ets>'arafa</ets>, to know, to inform, explain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; <as>as, a revenue <ex>tariff</ex>; a protective <ex>tariff</ex>; Clay's compromise <ex>tariff</ex>. (U. S. 1833).</as></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The United States and Great Britain impose no duties on exports; hence, in these countries the <ex>tariff</ex> refers only to imports.</note><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called a <col><b>revenue tariff</b></col>, or <col><b>tariff for revenue</b></col>, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (<col><b>a projective tariff</b></col>), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case of <col><b>retaliatory tariff</b></col>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The duty, or rate of duty, so imposed; <as>as, the <ex>tariff</ex> on wool; a <ex>tariff</ex> of two cents a pound.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>tariff</ex> of fees, or of railroad fares</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bolingbroke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"iff</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tariffed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tariffing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make a list of duties on, as goods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The siskin.</def> <mark>[Prov.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common tern; -- called also <altname>tarret</altname>, and <altname>tarrock</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"la*tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tarn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>terne</ets>, Icel. <ets>tj&ouml;rn</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mountain lake or pool.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A lofty precipice in front,<br/>
A silent <qex>tarn</qex> below.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tarnished</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tarnishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>ternir</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>tarnen</ets> to darken, to conceal, hide; akin to OS. <ets>dernian</ets> to hide, AS. <ets>dernan</ets>, <ets>dyrnan</ets>, OHG. <ets>tarni</ets> hidden, OS. <ets>derni</ets>, AS. <ets>derne</ets>, <ets>dyrne</ets>.  Cf. <er>Dern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and see <er>-ish</er>.]</ety> <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>as, to <ex>tarnish</ex> a metal; to <ex>tarnish</ex> gilding; to <ex>tarnish</ex> the purity of color</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Tarnished</xex> lace.&rdquo; <au>Fuller.</au> Used also figuratively; <as>as, to <ex>tarnish</ex> one's honor</as>.<br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To sully; stain; dim.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To lose luster; to become dull; <as>as, gilding will <ex>tarnish</ex> in a foul air</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright,<br/>
Grow stale and <qex>tarnish</qex> with our daily sight.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"nish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; <as>as, the steel <ex>tarnish</ex> in columbite</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"nish*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, tarnishes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"ro</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the Polynesian name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name for several aroid plants (<spn>Colocasia antiquorum</spn>, var. <varn>esculenta</varn>, <spn>Colocasia macrorhiza</spn>, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy tuberous rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.; cf. It. <ets>tarocco</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A game of cards; -- called also <altname>taroc</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Hoyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical images representing various objects or influences affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling; they are also used as trumps in the game of  taroc.  Various images are used by different artists to represent the themes of each card.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"pan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*pau"lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tar</ets> + <ets>palling</ets> a covering, pall to cover. See <er>Pall</er> a covering.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To a landsman, these <qex>tarpaulins</qex>, as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*pe"ian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Tarpeius</ets>, prop., pertaining to <etsep>Tarpeia</etsep>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"pon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tarpum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"pum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A very large marine fish (<spn>Megapolis Atlanticus</spn>) 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 <altname>tarpon</altname>, <altname>sabalo</altname>, <altname>savanilla</altname>, <altname>silverfish</altname>, and <altname>jewfish</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"quin*ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"race</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Trass</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ra*gon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>taragona</ets>, Ar. <ets>tarkh&unr_;n</ets>; perhaps fr. Gr. &unr_; a dragon, or L. <ets>draco</ets>; cf. L. <ets>dracunculus</ets> tarragon.  Cf. <er>Dragon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Artemisa</gen> (<spn>Artemisa dracunculus</spn>), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ras</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Trass</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tarre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tarien</ets>, <ets>terien</ets>, to irritate, provoke, AS. <ets>tergan</ets> to pull, pluck, torment; probably akin to E. <ets>tear</ets>, v. t.  &radic;63.  Cf. <er>Tarry</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>To set on, as a dog; to incite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ri*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And after two days' <qex>tarriance</qex> there, returned.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ri*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, tarries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ri*er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A kind of dig; a terrier.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"rock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Greenland <ets>tattarock</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The young of the kittiwake gull before the first molt.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The common guillemot.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The common tern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tar</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tarried</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tarrying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tarien</ets> to irritate (see <er>Tarre</er>); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. <ets>targen</ets> to delay, OF. <ets>targier</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>tardicare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tardare</ets> to make slow, to tarry, fr. <ets>tardus</ets> slow.  Cf. <er>Tardy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To stay or remain behind; to wait.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tarry</qex> ye for us, until we come again.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxiv. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Come down unto me, <qex>tarry</qex> not.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xic. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>One <qex>tarried</qex> here, there hurried one.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tarry</qex> all night, and wash your feet.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xix. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To delay; to defer; to put off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tarry</qex> us here no longer than to-morrow.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wait for; to stay or stop for.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs <qex>tarry</qex> the grinding.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He plodded on, . . . <qex>tarrying</qex> no further question.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Stay; stop; delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>E. Lodge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"sal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the tarsus (either of the foot or eye).</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tarsal tetter</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an eruptive disease of the edges of the eyelids; a kind of bleareye.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"sal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tercel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar*sa"le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tarsalia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tarse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tassel</er>, <er>Tiercel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>The male falcon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tarse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tarse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>tarsus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*sec"to*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tarsus</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to cut out.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A male hawk. See <er>Tercel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar"si</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Tarsus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ &Verbar;<hw>Tar"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, &Verbar;<hw>Tar`si*a*tu"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"si*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tarsier</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Tarsius</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar"si*us</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tarsus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also <altname>malmag</altname>, <altname>spectral lemur</altname>, <altname>podji</altname>, and <altname>tarsier</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"so-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form used in anatomy to indicate <xex>connection with</xex>, or <xex>relation to</xex>, <xex>the tarsus</xex>; <as>as, <ex>tarso</ex>metatarsus</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`so*met`a*tar"sal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus; <as>as, the <ex>tarsometatarsal</ex> articulations</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tarsometatarsi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*sor"rha*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tarsus</ets> + Gr. <grk>"rafh`</grk> seam, fr. &unr_; to sew.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*sot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tarsus</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"sus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tarsi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid.  Cf. 2d <er>Tarse</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <def>A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also <altname>tarsal cartilage</altname>, and <altname>tarsal plate</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>teart</ets>. &radic;63.  Cf. <er>Tear</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; <as>as, a <ex>tart</ex> apple</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; <as>as, a <ex>tart</ex> reply; <ex>tart</ex> language; a <ex>tart</ex> rebuke.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Why art thou <qex>tart</qex>, my brother?</q> <rj><qau>Bunyan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tarte</ets>, F. <ets>tarte</ets>; perhaps originally the same word as <ets>tourte</ets>, LL. <ets>torta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>torquere</ets> to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.  Cf. <er>Torture</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tiretane</ets> linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp. <ets>tirita&ntilde;a</ets> a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp. <ets>tiritar</ets> to shiver or shake with cold.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><q>MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the <qex>tartan</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The sight of the <qex>tartan</qex> inflamed the populace of London with hatred.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tartane</ets>, or Sp., Pg., or It. <ets>tartana</ets>; all perhaps of Arabic origin.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tartre</ets> (cf. Pr. <ets>tartari</ets>, Sp., Pg., &amp; It. <ets>tartaro</ets>, LL. <ets>tartarum</ets>, LGr. &unr_;); perhaps of Arabic origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <altname>argol</altname>, <altname>wine stone</altname>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Cream of tartar</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Cream</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tartar emetic</b></col> <fld>(Med. Chem.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[Per. <ets>T&amacr;t&amacr;r</ets>, of Tartar origin.]</ety> <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, <altname>Tatar</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person of a keen, irritable temper.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tartare</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Tartarus</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Tartrated.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tar*ta"re*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tar*ta"re*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tartareus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tartar&eacute;en</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*ta"re*ous</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. 1st <er>Tartarous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the surface rough and crumbling; <as>as, many lichens are <ex>tartareous</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tar*ta"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tar*tar"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tartarian lamb</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>Scythian lamb. See <er>Barometz</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*ta"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of some kinds of cherries, <as>as the Black <ex>Tartarian</ex>, or the White <ex>Tartarian</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tar"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tartaric acid</b></col>. <fld>(a)</fld> <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, <chform>C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2</chform>, 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 <altname>dextro-tartaric acid</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tartarized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tartarizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tartariser</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tartarized antimony</b></col> <fld>(Med. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>tartar emetic.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tartareux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities; tartareous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tar*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling, or characteristic of, a Tartar; ill-natured; irritable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>Tartarous</qex> moods of common men.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ta*rum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See 1st <er>Tartar</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ta*rus</hw> <pr>(t&auml;r"t&adot_;*r&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., from Gr. <grk>Ta`rtaros</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <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 <altname>Hades</altname>, or the Lower World in general.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tartarus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*ti"ni's tones`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[From <ets>Tartini</ets>, an Italian violinist, who discovered them in 1754.]</ety> <def>See the Note under <er>Tone</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat tart.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small tart.</def>  <rj><au>V. Knox.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tart manner; with acidity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tart"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tart.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity; asperity; acerbity; harshness. See <er>Acrimony</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tral"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tartar</er> the chemical compound.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white amorphous deliquescent substance, <chform>C8H10O11</chform>; -- called also <altname>ditartaric</altname>, <altname>tartrilic</altname>, or <altname>tartrylic acid</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tram"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tartramic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tram"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tarto-</ets> + <ets>amic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tram"ide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tarto-</ets> + <ets>amide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tartrate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tartaric acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tra`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med. Chem.)</fld> <def>Containing, or derived from, tartar; combined with tartaric acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tra*zine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tart</ets>aric + hyd<ets>razine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*trel"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tartar</er> the chemical compound.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anhydride, <chform>C4H4O5</chform>, of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline deliquescent substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tro-</hw>. <def>A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote <xex>the presence of tartar</xex> or <xex>of some of its compounds</xex> or <xex>derivatives</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tro*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tartronic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar*tron"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tartro-</ets> + mal<ets>onic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also <xex>hydroxy malonic acid</xex>) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"tro*nyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tartron</ets>ic + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical constituting the characteristic residue of tartronic acid and certain of its derivatives.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar`tro*vin"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tartro-</ets> + <ets>vinic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain acid composed of tartaric acid in combination with ethyl, and now called <xex>ethyltartaric acid</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tar*tuffe"</hw>, <hw>Tar*tufe"</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tartufe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tar*tuff"ish</hw>, <hw>Tar*tuf"ish</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical.</def>  <rj><au>Sterne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tar"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of <gen>Grindelia</gen>, <gen>Hemizonia</gen>, and <gen>Madia</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A heap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;The <xex>tas</xex> of bodies slain.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To tassel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A purse of leather <xex>tassed</xex> with silk.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>tasconio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of clay for making melting pots.</def>  <rj><au>Percy Smith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*sim"er</hw> <pr>(t&adot_;*s&ibreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`sis</grk> stretching, extension (from <grk>tei`nein</grk> to stretch) + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>T. A. Edison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Task</hw> <pr>(t&adot_;sk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>taske</ets>, OF. <ets>tasque</ets>, F. <ets>t&acirc;che</ets>, for <ets>tasche</ets>, LL. <ets>tasca</ets>, <ets>taxa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>taxare</ets> to rate, appraise, estimate. See <er>Tax</er>, <pos>n.</pos> &amp; <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ma <qex>task</qex> of servile toil.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Each morning sees some <qex>task</qex> begin,<br/>
Each evening sees it close.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Business; employment; undertaking; labor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His mental powers were equal to greater <qex>tasks</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To take to task</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Take</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Task</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tasked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tasking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There <qex>task</qex> thy maids, and exercise the loom.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To charge; to tax, as with a fault.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Too impudent to <qex>task</qex> me with those errors.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Task"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who imposes a task.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who performs a task, as a day-laborer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A laborer who receives his wages in kind.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Task"mas`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.</def>  <rj><au>Ex. i. 11.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All is, if I have grace to use it so,<br/>
As ever in my great <qex>Taskmaster's</qex> eye.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Task wage</hw>. <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <def>A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Task"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tasse</er> a piece of armor.]</ety> <def>A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a tasse.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas*ma"ni*an</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;z*m&amacr;"n&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Tasmania;</def> <specif>specifically</specif> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>, <def>in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tasmanian cider tree</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See the Note under <er>Eucalyptus</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tasmanian devil</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Devil</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tasmanian wolf</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a savage carnivorous marsupial; -- called also <altname>zebra wolf</altname>. See <cref>Zebra wolf</cref>, under <er>Wolf</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tasse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tassette</ets>.]</ety> <def>A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Usually the <xex>tasse</xex> was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A male hawk. See <er>Tercel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Teasel</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE., a fastening of a mantle, OF. <ets>tassel</ets> a fastening, clasp, F. <ets>tasseau</ets> a bracket, Fr. L. <ets>taxillus</ets> a little die, dim. of <ets>talus</ets> a die of a longish shape, rounded on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle bone.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood in all the splendor<br/>
Of its garments green and yellow,<br/>
Of its <qex>tassels</qex> and its plumage.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tassel flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several composite plants of the genus <gen>Cineraria</gen>, especially the <spn>Cineraria sconchifolia</spn>, and of the blossoms which they bear.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tasseled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> or <conjf>Tasselled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tasseling</conjf> or <conjf>Tasselling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To put forth a tassel or flower; <as>as, maize <ex>tassels</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"sel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To adorn with tassels.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tas"set</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tasse</er>.]</ety> <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><!-- same as tasse? --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tast"a*ble</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st"&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taste</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tasted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tasting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tasten</ets> to feel, to taste, OF. <ets>taster</ets>, F. <ets>tater</ets> to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) LL. <ets>taxitare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>taxare</ets> to touch sharply, to estimate. See <er>Tax</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To try by the touch; to handle; <as>as, to <ex>taste</ex> a bow</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Taste</qex> it well and stone thou shalt it find.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><q>When the ruler of the feast had <qex>tasted</qex> the water that was made wine.</q> <rj><qau>John ii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When Commodus had once <qex>tasted</qex> human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>tasted</qex> a little of this honey.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xiv. 29.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He . . . should <qex>taste</qex> death for every man.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. ii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou . . . wilt <qex>taste</qex><br/>
No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taste</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; <as>as, to <ex>taste</ex> of each kind of wine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, this water <ex>tastes</ex> brackish; the milk <ex>tastes</ex> of garlic</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason<br/>
Shall to the king <qex>taste</qex> of this action.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To take sparingly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For age but <qex>tastes</qex> of pleasures, youth devours.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; <as>as, to <ex>taste</ex> of nature's bounty</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Waller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The valiant never <qex>taste</qex> of death but once.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taste</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of tasting; gustation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, the <ex>taste</ex> of an orange or an apple; a bitter <ex>taste</ex>; an acid <ex>taste</ex>; a sweet <ex>taste</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their <xex>taste</xex>, <xex>savor</xex>, <xex>flavor</xex>) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter with the terminal organs (connected with branches of the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the papill&aelig; 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.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with <xex>of</xex>, now with <xex>for</xex>; <as>as, he had no <ex>taste</ex> for study</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have no <qex>taste</qex><br/>
Of popular applause.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; <as>as, music composed in good <ex>taste</ex>; an epitaph in bad <ex>taste</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Essay; trial; experience; experiment.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tasted or eaten; a bit.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Savor; relish; flavor; sensibility; gout.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Taste</er>, <er>Sensibility</er>, <er>Judgment</er>. Some consider <xex>taste</xex> as a mere <xex>sensibility</xex>, and others as a simple exercise of <xex>judgment</xex>; 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 &aelig;sthetic judgments, as a sense of right and wrong to the formation of any just conclusions on moral subjects. But this &ldquo;sense of the beautiful&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;standard of taste.&rdquo;</usage><br/>
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<p><q>What, then, is <qex>taste</qex>, 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.</q> <rj><qau>Akenside.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Taste buds</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Taste goblets</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Taste"ful</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st"f&usdot_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a high relish; savory.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Tasteful</xex> herbs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; <as>as, a <ex>tasteful</ex> drapery</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Taste"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Taste"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Taste"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no taste; insipid; flat; <as>as, <ex>tasteless</ex> fruit</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; <as>as, a <ex>tasteless</ex> age</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Orrery.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not in accordance with good taste; <as>as, a <ex>tasteless</ex> arrangement of drapery; a <ex>tasteless</ex> remark</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Taste"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Taste"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tast"er</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thy tutor be thy <qex>taster</qex>, ere thou eat.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 <er>Siphonophora</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tast"i*ly</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st"&ibreve_;*l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tasty manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tast"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tas"to</hw> <pr>(t&auml;s"t&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A key or thing touched to produce a tone.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>&Verbar;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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tast"y</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;st"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tastier</adjf> <pr>(t&amacr;st"&ibreve_;*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tastiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; <as>as, a <ex>tasty</ex> woman</as>. See <er>Taste</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</def><!-- not used in that sense now. --><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant; <as>as, <ex>tasty</ex> furniture; a <ex>tasty</ex> dress.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>t&amacr;t</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the <spn>Corchorus olitorius</spn>, or jute.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>tatt&unr_;</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A pony.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*tau"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A South American tinamou (<spn>Crypturus tataupa</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tatch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tache</ets> spot. See <er>Techy</er>.]</ety> <def>A spot or stain; also, a trick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tath</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>3d pers. sing. pres.</pos> of <er>Ta</er>, to take.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tath</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <ets>ta&unr_;</ets> dung, <ets>ta&unr_;a</ets> the grass of a manured pasture, <ets>te&unr_;ja</ets> to manure. &radic;58.  Cf. <er>Ted</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Dung, or droppings of cattle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tath</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*tou"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tatouay</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The giant armadillo (<spn>Priodontes gigas</spn>) 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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ou*ay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. <ets>tatu</ets>, F. <ets>tatou</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An armadillo (<spn>Xenurus unicinctus</spn>), 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 <altname>tatouary</altname>, and <altname>broad-banded armadillo</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ou*hou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tatouay</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The peba.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tatt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; <as>as, <ex>tatted</ex> edging</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1477 --><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tat"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>&unr_;a&unr_;&unr_;&imacr;</ets>, <ets>t&amacr;t&imacr;</ets>.]</ety> <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> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes tatting.</def>  <rj><au>Caulfield &amp; S. (Doct. of Needlework).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>t&ouml;tur</ets>, <ets>t&ouml;ttur</ets>, pl. <ets>t&ouml;trar</ets>, <ets>&unr_;&ouml;ttrar</ets>; cf. Norw. <ets>totra</ets>, pl. <ets>totror</ets>, LG. <ets>taltern</ets> tatters. &radic;240.]</ety> <def>A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Tear a passion to <qex>tatters</qex>, to very rags.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tattered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Where waved the <qex>tattered</qex> ensigns of Ragfair.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat`ter*de*mal"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tatter</ets> + OF. <ets>desmaillier</ets> to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. <ets>maillon</ets> long clothes, swadding clothes, F. <ets>maillot.</ets> See <er>Tatter</er>, and <er>Mail</er> armor.]</ety> <def>A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ter*sall's</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tatting shuttle</b></col>, <cd>the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tattled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tattling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Akin to OE. <ets>tateren</ets>, LG. <ets>tateln</ets>, D. <ets>tateren</ets> to stammer, and perhaps to E. <ets>titter</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tattling</qex> quality of age, which is always narrative.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; <as>as, a <ex>tattling</ex> girl</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[They] told the <qex>tattle</qex> of the day.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"tler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus <gen>Totanus</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale (<spn>Totanus melanoleucus</spn>), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (<spn>Totanus flavipes</spn>), the solitary tattler (<spn>Totanus solitarius</spn>), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also <altname>telltale</altname>, <altname>telltale spine</altname>, <altname>telltale tattler</altname>, <altname>yellowlegs</altname>, <altname>yellowshanks</altname>, and <altname>yelper.</altname></note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"tler*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"tling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tat"tling*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Earlier <ets>taptoo</ets>, D. <ets>taptoe</ets>; <ets>tap</ets> a tap, faucet + <ets>toe</ets> to, shut (<it>i. e.</it>, the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The Devil's tattoo</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Devil</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tattooed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tattooing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand <ets>ta</ets> to tattoo, <ets>tatu</ets> puncturation (in Otaheite).]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat*too"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tattoos</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tat"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Tatties</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[Hind. <ets>&tsdot_;a&tsdot_;&tsdot_;&imacr;</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*tu"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tatou</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta*tu"si*id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any armadillo of the family <fam>Tatusiid&aelig;</fam>, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau</hw> <pr>(tou)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tay^</grk>.]</ety> <def>The nineteenth letter (&Tau;, &tau;) of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to English <it>t</it>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tay^</grk> the letter &tau; (English <er>T</er>).]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The common American toadfish; -- so called from a marking resembling the Greek letter <ex>tau</ex> (&tau;).</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tau cross</b></col>. <cd>See <xex>Illust.</xex> 6, of <er>Cross</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Taught</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Taut</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taught</hw>, <def><pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> of <er>Teach</er>.</def> <ety>[AS. imp. <ets>t&aemacr_;hte</ets>, p. p. <ets>get&aemacr_;ht</ets>.]</ety> <note>See <er>Teach</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>tant</ets> so great, F. <ets>tant</ets> so much, L. <ets>tantus</ets> of such size, so great, so much.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Very high or tall; <as>as, a ship with <ex>taunt</ex> masts</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Taunted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taunting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. <ets>tanter</ets> to tempt, to try, for <ets>tenter</ets>. See <er>Tempt</er>.]</ety> <def>To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When I had at my pleasure <qex>taunted</qex> her.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See <er>Deride</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious <qex>taunts</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With sacrilegious <qex>taunt</qex> and impious jest.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who taunts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt"ing</hw>, <def><pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> from <er>Taunt</er>, <pos>v.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><q>Every kind of insolent and <qex>taunting</qex> reflection.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a taunting manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taunt"ress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who taunts.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tau"pie</hw>, <hw>Taw"pie</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>t&omacr;pi</ets> fool, Dan. <ets>taabe</ets>, Sw. <ets>t&aring;p</ets>.]</ety> <def>A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taur</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Taurus</ets>.]</ety> <def>The constellation Taurus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`ri*cor"nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tauricornis</ets>; <ets>taurus</ets> a bull + <ets>cornu</ets> a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having horns like those of a bull.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau"rid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Taurus</ets> + 1st <ets>-id</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`ri*dor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Toreador</er>.]</ety> <def>A bullfighter; a toreador.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau"ri*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tauriformis</ets>; <ets>taurus</ets> a bull + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tauriforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a bull.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taurinus</ets>, fr. <ets>taurus</ets> a bull. See <er>Taurus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See <er>Taurus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A chemical compound occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, <chform>C2H7NSO3</chform>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`ro*cho"late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of taurocholic acid; <as>as, sodium <ex>taurocholate</ex>, which occurs in human bile</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`ro*chol"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Taur</ets>ine + <ets>cholic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called <xex>taurocholic acid</xex>) 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><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tau"ro*col</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tau`ro*col"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>taurocolla</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>tayro`kolla</grk>; <grk>tay^ros</grk> a bull + <grk>ko`lla</grk> glue: cf. F. <ets>taurocolle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Glue made from a bull's hide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`ro*ma"chi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tauromachy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to bullfights.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A bullfighter.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*rom"a*chy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tayromachi`a</grk>; <grk>tay^ros</grk> bull + <grk>ma`chh</grk> fight.]</ety> <def>Bullfighting.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tau"rus</hw> <pr>(t&asuml_;"r&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., akin to Gr. <grk>tay^ros</grk>, and E. <ets>steer</ets>. See <er>Steer</er> a young ox.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*ryl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taurus</ets> a bull + E. phen<ets>ylic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found of a urine of neat cattle, and probably identical with <xex>cresol</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taut</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>t&aelig;t</ets>; akin to E. <ets>tight</ets>. See <er>Tight</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Snug; close; firm; secure.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Taut hand</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*taug"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tautog</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`te*gor"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; to speak.  Cf. <er>Allegory</er>.]</ety> <def>Expressing the same thing with different words; -- opposed to <xex>allegorical</xex>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau"to*chrone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; time: cf. F. <ets>tautochrone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <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>as, an inverted cycloid with its base horizontal is a <ex>tautochrone</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*toch"ro*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Occupying the same time; pertaining to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tog"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The pl. of <ets>taut</ets>, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams <ets>sheep's heads</ets>, and written by him <ets>tauta&uacute;og</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An edible labroid fish (<spn>Haitula onitis</spn>, or <spn>Tautoga onitis</spn>) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also <altname>blackfish</altname>, <altname>oyster fish</altname>, <altname>salt-water chub</altname>, and <altname>moll</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tautaug</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`to*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tautological.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`to*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tautologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Involving tautology; having the same signification; <as>as, <ex>tautological</ex> expression</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tau`to*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tautological echo</b></col>, <cd>an echo that repeats the same sound or syllable many times.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses tautological words or phrases.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tautologized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tautologizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To repeat the same thing in different words.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; to speak.]</ety> <def>Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tooke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tautologia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>tautologie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <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/>
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<q>The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,<br/>
And heavily in clouds brings on the day.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj></def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Repetition.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Tautology</er>, <er>Repetition</er>. There may be frequent <xex>repetitions</xex> (as in legal instruments) which are warranted either by necessity or convenience; but <xex>tautology</xex> is always a fault, being a sameness of expression which adds nothing to the sense or the sound.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`to*mer"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*tom"er*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; part.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <xex>tautomerism</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tau`to*ou"si*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tau`to*ou"si*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; being, essence.]</ety> <def>Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`to*phon"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau*toph"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; voice.]</ety> <def>Repetition of the same sound.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tau`to*zon"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + E. <ets>zonal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the same zone; <as>as, <ex>tautozonal</ex> planes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tav"ern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>taverne</ets>, F. <ets>taverne</ets>, from L. <ets>taberna</ets> a hut, booth, tavern.  Cf. <er>Table</er>, <er>Tabernacle</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tav"ern*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tavernier</ets>, L. <ets>tabernarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who keeps a tavern.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Camden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tav"ern*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feasting at taverns.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;The misrule of our <xex>tavernings</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tav"ern*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tavernmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>The keeper of a tavern; also, a tippler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tew</er> to tow, <er>Tow</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To push; to tug; to tow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tawed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tawing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tawen</ets>, <ets>tewen</ets>, AS. <ets>t&amacr;wian</ets> to prepare; cf. D. <ets>touwen</ets>, Goth. <ets>t&emacr;wa</ets> order, <ets>taujan</ets> to do, and E. <ets>tool</ets>. &radic;64.  Cf. 1st <er>Tew</er>, <er>Tow</er> the coarse part of flax.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>t&amacr;w</ets> instrument.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"dri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tawdry manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"dri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being tawdry.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by <qex>tawdriness</qex> of dress.</q> <rj><qau>Richardson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"dry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tawdrier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tawdriest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[Said to be corrupted from <ets>Saint Audrey</ets>, or <ets>Auldrey</ets>, meaning <ets>Saint Ethelreda</ets>, 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.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And gird in your waist,<br/>
For more fineness, with a <qex>tawdry</qex> lace.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; <as>as, a <ex>tawdry</ex> dress; <ex>tawdry</ex> feathers; <ex>tawdry</ex> colors.</as></def><!-- tacky? --><br/>
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<p><q>He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and <qex>tawdry</qex> courtiers.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"dry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tawdries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make<br/>
Them <qex>tawdries</qex> for their necks.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who taws; a dresser of white leather.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place where skins are tawed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"ni*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tawny.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Taw"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tawnier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tawniest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F. <ets>tann&eacute;</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tanner</ets> to tan. See <er>Tan</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> &amp; <pos>n.</pos>  Cf. <er>Tenn&eacute;</er>.]</ety> <def>Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; <as>as, <ex>tawny</ex> Moor or Spaniard; the <ex>tawny</ex> lion</as>.</def> &ldquo;A leopard's <xex>tawny</xex> and spotted hide.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Taws</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Taw</er> to beat.]</ety> <def>A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tawes</asp>, <asp>tawis</asp>, and <asp>tawse</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Never use the <qex>taws</qex> when a gloom can do the turn.</q> <rj><qau>Ramsay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>taxe</ets>, fr. <ets>taxer</ets> to tax, L. <ets>taxare</ets> to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. <ets>tangere</ets>, <ets>tactum</ets>, to touch. See <er>Tangent</er>, and cf. <er>Task</er>, <er>Taste</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.</def> Specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A farmer of <qex>taxes</qex> is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; <as>as, a land <ex>tax</ex>; a window <ex>tax</ex>; a <ex>tax</ex> on carriages, and the like</as>.</def> <note>Taxes are <stype>annual</stype> or <stype>perpetual</stype>, <stype>direct</stype> or <stype>indirect</stype>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; <as>as, a heavy <ex>tax</ex> on time or health</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Charge; censure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Clarendon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A lesson to be learned; a task.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tax cart</b></col>, <cd>a spring cart subject to a low tax.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand.</syn><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1478 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ks)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Taxed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Taxing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>taxer</ets>. See <er>Tax</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>We are more heavily <qex>taxed</qex> by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are <qex>taxed</qex> by government.</q> <rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; <as>as, to <ex>tax</ex> the cost of an action in court</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by <xex>with</xex>, rarely by <xex>of</xex> before an indirect object; <as>as, to <ex>tax</ex> a man with pride</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>tax</qex> you, you elements, with unkindness.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have <qex>taxed</qex> their crimes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Fear not now that men should <qex>tax</qex> thine honor.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; <as>as, <ex>taxable</ex> estate; <ex>taxable</ex> commodities</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; <as>as, <ex>taxable</ex> costs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Tax"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Tax"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax`as*pid"e*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; an arrangement + &unr_;, &unr_;, shield.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>taxation</ets>, L. <ets>taxatio</ets> a valuing, estimation, from L. <ets>taxare</ets>. See <er>Tax</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Tax; sum imposed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Daniel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Charge; accusation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax certificate</hw>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a <xex>tax deed</xex>) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The American badger.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tax`e*op"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (?) + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who taxes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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> <mark>[Camb. Univ., Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>taxor</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"gath`er*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who collects taxes or revenues.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tax"gath`er*ing</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"i*arch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; and &unr_;; &unr_; a division of an army, a brigade (from &unr_; to arrange, array) + to rule.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.</def>  <rj><au>Milford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"i*corn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taxus</ets> a yew + <ets>cornu</ets> a horn: cf. F. <ets>taxicorne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of a family of beetles (<fam>Taxicornes</fam>) whose antenn&aelig; are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax`i*der"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>taxidermique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"i*der`mist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person skilled in taxidermy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"i*der`my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; an arranging, arrangement (fr. &unr_; to arrange) + &unr_; a skin, from &unr_; to skin: cf. F. <ets>taxidermie</ets>. See <er>Tactics</er>, <er>Tear</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>taximeter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taxus</ets> a yew.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (<spn>Taxus baccata</spn>).  Called also <altname>taxia</altname>.  The usual preparation is a mixture of compounds.  Taxine A has the chemical formula: <chform>C35H47NO10</chform>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tax"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ta`xis</grk> a division or arrangement, fr. <grk>ta`ssein</grk> to arrange.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a reflexive movement by a motile organism by which it moves or orients itself in relation to some source of stimulation; <as>as, chemo<ex>taxis</ex>, the motion toward or away from gradients of certain chemical compounds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-tax"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>combining form for <er>taxis{3}</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tax"i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>same as <er>taxicab</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water <ex>taxi</ex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tax"i*cab</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a <altname>taxi</altname>, and informally called a <altname>cab</altname> or a <altname>hack</altname>.  The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a <er>cab driver</er> or <er>cabbie</er>, and sometimes as a <er>chauffeur</er> or <er>hackie</er>.</def> <note>Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made, e.g. by telephone, or they may <perf>cruise</perf> for passengers, i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to <perf>pick up pasengers</perf> when they are signalled by a prospective passenger.  The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by a wave of the arm) is often called <col><b>to hail a cab</b></col> or <col><b>to flag down a cab</b></col>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from taxation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`xis</grk> arrangement + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Taxonomy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"on</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ks"&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>taxa</plw> or <plw>taxons</plw>.</plu> <def>a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax`o*nom"ic</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ks`&obreve_;*n&obreve_;m"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax*on"o*mist</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ks*&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in taxonomy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax*on"o*my</hw> <pr>(t&abreve;ks*&obreve_;n"&ouptack_;*m&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ta`xis</grk> an arrangement, order + <grk>no`mos</grk> a law.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A systematic arrangement of objects or concepts showing the relations between them, especially one including a hierarchical arrangement of types in which categories of objects are classified as subtypes of more abstract categories, starting from one or a small number of top categories, and descending to more specific types through an arbitrary number of levels.  An <partof><er>ontology</er></partof> usually contains a <ex>taxonomy</ex> as one of the important principles of organization.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Taxer</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tax"pay`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is assessed and pays a tax.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tay"lor-White" proc`ess</hw>. <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A process (invented about 1899 by <person>Frederick W. Taylor</person> and <person>Maunsel B. White</person>) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700&deg; to 850&deg; C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370&deg; and 670&deg; C., and cooled in air.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tay"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A South American carnivore (<spn>Galera barbara</spn>) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>taira</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tay"-Sachs Disease</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rare hereditary disease affecting lipid metabolism in humans, due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase.  It occurs in infants and children, and causes death before the onset of adulthood.  It occurs most commonly of people of Jewish origin from easter Europe.  It is characterized by accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue, causes a red spot on the retina, and eventual blindness and paralysis before death.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ta"zel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The teasel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Taz"za</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>T" cart`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See under <er>T</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>T" cell`</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;"s&ebreve_;l`)</pr> <ety>[From <ets>T</ets>hymus, the site of maturation of T-cells.]</ety> <def>A type of white blood cell that circulates in the blood and lymph, and provides cell-mediated immunity for the organism, protecting against infecting cells or the body's own malignant cells; also called <altname>T lymphocyte</altname>.  There are several types of T cells.  They develop, as do B cells, from progenitor cells in the bone marrow, but are distinguished from B-cells (B-lymphocytes) by their site of differentiation; T-cells mature in the thymus and B-cells in the bone marrow (in birds in the Bursa of Fabricius).  They also have different antigen receptors from those of B-cells. T-cells differentiate into cells that can directly kill infecting cells (cell-mediated immunity, cytotoxity) or activate other cells of the immune system (helper T cells), whereas B-cells differentiate on activation into antibody-secreting plasma cells.   Helper T cells interact with B-cells by secreting lymphokines that stimulate the B cell which have detected a foreign antigen to enter the cell cycle and develop, by repeated mitosis, into a clone of cells with identical receptors, and then to secrete antibodies to that specific antigen.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tcha*wy"tcha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The quinnat salmon.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tchick</hw> <pr>(ch&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Imitative.]</ety> <def>A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse.</def> -- <def2><pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a tchick.</def></def2><!-- = cluck? click? --><br/>
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<p><hw>tchotch"ke</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[Yiddish <ets>tshatshke</ets>, trinket, from Pol. <ets>czaczko</ets>. <au>MW10.</au>]</ety> <def>a knickknack or trinket; a decorative item or souvenir of little value.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>chotchke</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>T connection</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter <universbold>T</universbold>, chiefly used as a connection for passing transformers. When the three free ends are connected to a source of three-phase current, two-phase current may be derived from the secondary circuits. The reverse arrangement may be used to transform from two-phase.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>T"-connected</wf>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>tsh&amacr;</ets>, Prov. Chin. <ets>te</ets>: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (<spn>Thea Chinensis</spn> <it>or</it>  <spn>Camellia Chinensis</spn>). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Teas</xex> are classed as <xex>green</xex> or <xex>black</xex>, 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 <er>Bohea</er>, <er>Congou</er>, <cref>Gunpowder tea</cref>, under <er>Gunpowder</er>, <er>Hyson</er>, <er>Oolong</er>, and <er>Souchong</er>.</note>  <rj><au>K. Johnson.</au>  <au>Tomlinson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; &ldquo;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.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Encyc. Brit.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; <as>as, <ex>tea</ex> is a common beverage</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; <as>as, sage <ex>tea</ex>; chamomile <ex>tea</ex>; catnip <ex>tea</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Arabian tea</b></col>, <cd>the leaves of <spn>Catha edulis</spn>; also <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, the plant itself. See <er>Kat</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Assam tea</b></col>, <cd>tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Australian tea</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Botany Bay tea</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a woody climbing plant (<spn>Smilax glycyphylla</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Brazilian tea</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The dried leaves of <spn>Lantana pseodothea</spn>, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The dried leaves of <spn>Stachytarpheta mutabilis</spn>, used for adulterating tea, and also, in <country>Austria</country>, for preparing a beverage.</cd> -- <col><b>Labrador tea</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Labrador</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Jersey tea</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See <er>Redroot</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zealand tea</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>New Zealand</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oswego tea</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Oswego tea</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Paraguay tea</b></col>, <cd>mate. See 1st <er>Mate</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea board</b></col>, <cd>a board or tray for holding a tea set.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea bug</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <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> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a small quahaug.</cd> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Tea garden</b></col>, <cd>a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea plant</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, <spn>Thea Chinensis</spn>, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.</cd> -- <col><b>Tea rose</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a delicate and graceful variety of the rose (<spn>Rosa Indica</spn>, var. <varn>odorata</varn>), 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> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tea plant of China. See <spn>Tea plant</spn>, above.</cd><!-- In Australia and New Zealand, tea tree refers to a tree or tall shrib, Leptospermum scoparium, having white bell-shaped flowers.  The leaves are used to prepare an infusion; an oil, tea tree oil, is also derived, and claimed to have therapeutic properties, as for healing burns of the skin. --> -- <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take or drink tea.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The checkerberry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;ch)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Taught</conjf> <pr>(t&asuml_;t)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teaching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>techen</ets>, imp. <ets>taughte</ets>, <ets>tahte</ets>, AS. <ets>t&aemacr_;cean</ets>, imp. <ets>t&aemacr_;hte</ets>, to show, teach, akin to <ets>t&amacr;cn</ets> token. See <er>Token</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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>as, to <ex>teach</ex> arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to <ex>teach</ex> morals.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>If some men <qex>teach</qex> wicked things, it must be that others should practice them.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, to <ex>teach</ex> a child or a class</as>.</def> &ldquo;He <xex>taught</xex> his disciples.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Mark ix. 31.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The village master <qex>taught</qex> his little school.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I shall myself to herbs <qex>teach</qex> you.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They have <qex>taught</qex> their tongue to speak lies.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. ix. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; <as>as, he <ex>taught</ex> me Latin grammar</as>. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject; <as>as, I was <ex>taught</ex> Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was <ex>taught</ex> me by him</as>.</note><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under <er>Learn</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And gladly would he learn, and gladly <qex>teach</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The priests thereof <qex>teach</qex> for hire.</q> <rj><qau>Micah iii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and <qex>teachable</qex>, to learn our religion from the Word of God.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Willingness to be taught.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teache</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Amer. Sp. <ets>tacha</ets>, <ets>tacho</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Sugar Manuf.)</fld> <def>Any one of the series of boilers or evaporating pans in which the cane juice is concentrated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>The 1890 edition had the following etymology for <ex>teache</ex>: <ety>[Cf. Ir. <ets>teaghaim</ets>, Gael. <ets>teasaich</ets>, to heat.]</ety>.  Presumably a speculation which proved incorrect?</note></p>

<p><hw>Teach"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>teachers</qex> in all the churches assembled.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Education; instruction; breeding. See <er>Education</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Teach"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not teachable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shelley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"cup`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small cup from which to drink tea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"cup`ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Teacupfuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tead</hw>, <hw>Teade</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(t&emacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taeda</ets>, <ets>teda</ets>.]</ety> <def>A torch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A burning <xex>teade</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"gle</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;"g'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tackle</er>.]</ety> <def>A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teague</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>taeog</ets>, <ets>taeawg</ets>, <ets>taiawg</ets>, adj., rustic, rude, n., a vassal, villain, peasant, clown, Ir. <ets>thuatach</ets> rural, boorish.]</ety> <def>An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teak</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malayalam <ets>tekku</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree of East Indies (<spn>Tectona grandis</spn>) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>teek</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>African teak</b></col>, <cd>a tree (<spn>Oldfieldia Africana</spn>) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also <altname>African oak</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zeland teak</b></col>, <cd>a large tree (<spn>Vitex littoralis</spn>) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"ket`tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teal</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tele</ets>; akin to D. <ets>teling</ets> a generation, production, teal, <ets>telen</ets> to breed, produce, and E. <ets>till</ets> to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See <er>Till</er> to cultivate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus <gen>Anas</gen> and the subgenera <gen>Querquedula</gen> and <gen>Nettion</gen>. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The common European teal (<spn>Anas crecca</spn>) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey (<spn>Anas querquedula</spn> or <spn>Anas circia</spn>), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal (<spn>Anas discors</spn>), the green-winged teal (<spn>Anas Carolinensis</spn>), and the cinnamon teal (<spn>Anas cyanoptera</spn>) are common species, valued as game birds. See <er>Garganey</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Goose teal</b></col>, <cd>a goslet. See <er>Goslet</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Teal duck</b></col>, <cd>the common European teal.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Team</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tem</ets>, <ets>team</ets>, AS. <ets>te&aacute;m</ets>, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. <ets>toom</ets> a bridle, LG. <ets>toom</ets> progeny, team, bridle, G. <ets>zaum</ets> a bridle, <ets>zeugen</ets> to beget, Icel. <ets>taumr</ets> a rein, bridle, Dan. <ets>t&ouml;mme</ets>, Sw. <ets>t&ouml;m</ets>, and also to E. <ets>tow</ets> to drag, <ets>tug</ets> to draw.  &radic;64.  See <er>Tug</er>, and cf. <er>Teem</er> to bear.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>team</qex> of ducklings about her.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, a number of animals moving together.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A long <qex>team</qex> of snowy swans on high.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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> &ldquo;A <xex>team</xex> of dolphins.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To take his <qex>team</qex> and till the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a <qex>team</qex> of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A flock of wild ducks.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1479 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Team</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. 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><br/>
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<p><!-- <col><b>team up</b></col>, <cd>to form one or more teams, either for a common endeavor, or to compete in a contest.</cd> --><br/>
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<p><hw>Team</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convey or haul with a team; <as>as, to <ex>team</ex> lumber</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thoreau.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teamed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Yoked in, or as in, a team.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Let their <qex>teamed</qex> fishes softly swim.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Team"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld> <def>Contract work.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Team"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who drives a team.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Team"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole; <as>as, the <ex>teamwork</ex> of a football eleven or a gun crew</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Is the <qex>teamwork</qex> system employed, or does one workman make the whole cigar?</q>  <rj><qau>U. S. Consular Repts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"pot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"poy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>tip&amacr;i</ets>; Hind. <ets>tin</ets> there + Per. <ets>p&amacr;e</ets> foot.]</ety> <def>An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>te&aacute;r</ets>; akin to G. <ets>z&auml;rhe</ets>, OHG. <ets>zahar</ets>, OFries. &amp; Icel. <ets>t&amacr;r</ets>, Sw. <ets>t&aring;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>taare</ets>, Goth. <ets>tagr</ets>, OIr. <ets>d&emacr;r</ets>, W. <ets>dagr</ets>, OW. <ets>dacr</ets>, L. <ets>lacrima</ets>, <ets>lacruma</ets>, for older <ets>dacruma</ets>, Gr. <grk>da`kry</grk>, <grk>da`kryon</grk>, <grk>da`kryma</grk>. &radic;59.  Cf. <er>Lachrymose</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><q>And yet for thee ne wept she never a <qex>tear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Let Araby extol her happy coast,<br/>
Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious <qex>tears</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Some melodous <xex>tear</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Glass Manuf.)</fld> <def>A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Tear</xex> is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, <xex>tear</xex>-distilling, <xex>tear</xex>-drop, <xex>tear</xex>-filled, <xex>tear</xex>-stained, and the like.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tears of St. Lawrence</b></col>, <cd>the Perseid shower of meteors, seen every year on or about the eve of <person>St. Lawrence</person>, August 9th.</cd> -- <col><b>Tears of wine</b></col>, <cd>drops which form and roll down a glass above the surface of strong wine. The phenomenon is due to the evaporation of alcohol from the surface layer, which, becoming more watery, increases in surface tension and creeps up the sides until its weight causes it to break.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear</hw> <pr>(t&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Tore</conjf> <pr>(t&omacr;r)</pr>, ((<mark>Obs.</mark> <conjf>Tare</conjf>) <pr>(t&acirc;r)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Torn</conjf> <pr>(t&omacr;rn)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tearing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>teren</ets>, AS. <ets>teran</ets>; akin to OS. far<ets>terian</ets> to destroy, D. <ets>teren</ets> to consume, G. <ets>zerren</ets> to pull, to tear, <ets>zehren</ets> to consume, Icel. <ets>t&aelig;ra</ets>, Goth. <ets>gata&iacute;ran</ets> to destroy, Lith. <ets>dirti</ets> to flay, Russ. <ets>drate</ets> to pull, to tear, Gr. <grk>de`rein</grk> to flay, Skr. <ets>dar</ets> to burst. &radic;63.  Cf. <er>Darn</er>, <er>Epidermis</er>, <er>Tarre</er>, <er>Tirade</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; <as>as, to <ex>tear</ex> cloth; to <ex>tear</ex> a garment; to <ex>tear</ex> the skin or flesh.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tear</qex> him to pieces; he's a conspirator.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; <as>as, a party or government <ex>torn</ex> by factions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; <as>as, a child <ex>torn</ex> from its home</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The hand of fate<br/>
Hath <qex>torn</qex> thee from me.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To pull with violence; <as>as, to <ex>tear</ex> the hair</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To move violently; to agitate.</def> &ldquo;Once I loved <xex>torn</xex> ocean's roar.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tear a cat</b></col>, <cd>to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> -- <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>as, <ex>to tear out</ex> the eyes</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To tear up</b></col>, <cd>to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; <as>as, <ex>to tear up</ex> a floor; <ex>to tear up</ex> the foundation of government or order</as>.</cd></cs><!-- tear sheet, (a) a sheet usu. with performations, intended to be torn from a book or booklet to be used for some purpose. (b) any sheet torn from a publication. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; <as>as, this cloth <ex>tears</ex> easily</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Wear and tear</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Wear</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"-fall`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shedding tears; tender.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Tear-falling</xex> pity.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; <as>as, <ex>tearful</ex> eyes</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tear"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tear"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tear"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tear"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"pit`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"-thumb`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tear"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wet with tears; tearful.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"-sau`cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small saucer in which a teacup is set.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tease</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teased</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teasing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&unr_;san</ets> to pluck, tease; akin to OD. <ets>teesen</ets>, MHG. <ets>zeisen</ets>, Dan. <ets>t&aelig;se</ets>, <ets>t&aelig;sse</ets>. &radic;58.  Cf. <er>Touse</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To comb or card, as wool or flax.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Teasing</xex> matted wool.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Wordsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He . . . suffered them to <qex>tease</qex> him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague; torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Tease</er>, <er>Vex</er>. To <xex>tease</xex> 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. <xex>Vex</xex> meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; <as>as, to <ex>vex</ex> the ocean with storms</as>. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but <xex>vex</xex> is still a stronger word than <xex>tease</xex>, denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc.  We are <xex>teased</xex> by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are <xex>vexed</xex> by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>Not by the force of carnal reason,<br/>
But indefatigable <qex>teasing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>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 <qex>vexation</qex> and chagrin.</q> <rj><qau>Cogan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tease tenon</b></col> <fld>(Joinery)</fld>, <cd>a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tease</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who teases or plagues.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"sel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tesel</ets>, AS. <ets>t&aemacr_;sel</ets>, <ets>t&aemacr_;sl</ets>, the fuller's herb. See <er>Tease</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tassel</asp>, <asp>tazel</asp>, <asp>teasle</asp>, <asp>teazel</asp>, and <asp>teazle</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Dipsacus</gen>, of which one species (<spn>Dipsacus fullonum</spn>) 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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Small teasel is <spn>Dipsacus pilosus</spn>, wild teasel is <spn>Dipsacus sylvestris</spn>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bur of this plant.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"sel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teaseled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr> or <conjf>Teaselled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teaseling</conjf> or <conjf>Teaselling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"sel*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>teaseller</asp>, <asp>teasler</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"sel*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>teaselling</asp>, <asp>teazling</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Teas"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who teases or vexes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A jager gull.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"sle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Teasel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"spoon`</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;"sp&oomacr_;n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>same as <er>teaspoonful</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"spoon`ful</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;"sp&oomacr_;n`f&usdot_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Teaspoonfuls</plw> <pr>(t&emacr;"sp&oomacr_;n`f&usdot_;lz)</pr> or <plw>Teaspoonsful</plw>.</plu> <def>As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon.  In cooking, it is usually estimated as 4.9 milliliters, which is <frac>1/6</frac> of a fluid ounce, or <frac>1/3</frac> of a tablespoonful.  In cooking recipes it may be abbreviated as <abbr>t.</abbr></def> <note>In the 1890 dictionary, it was defined as a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Teat</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tete</ets>, <ets>titte</ets>, AS. <ets>tit</ets>, <ets>titt</ets>; akin to LG. &amp; OD. <ets>titte</ets>, D. <ets>tet</ets>, G. <ets>zitze</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tette</ets>, probably of Teutonic origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teat"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teathe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See <er>Tath</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teat"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See <er>Tettish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teaze"-hole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. <ets>tisard</ets> fire door.]</ety> <fld>(Glass Works)</fld> <def>The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"zel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Teasel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. <ets>tiser</ets> to feed a fire.]</ety> <def>The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.</def>  <rj><au>Tomlinson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tea"zle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Teasel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"beth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.</def>  <rj><au>Esther ii. 16.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a techy manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being techy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Technical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Technical</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They illustrate the method of nature, not the <qex>technic</qex> of a manlike Artificer.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an art, probably from the same root as &unr_;, &unr_;, to bring forth, produce, and perhaps akin to E. <ets>text</ets>: cf. F. <ets>technique</ets>.]</ety> <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>as, the words of an indictment must be <ex>technical</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`ni*cal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Technicalities</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>technicalities</qex> of the sect.</q> <rj><qau>Palfrey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being technical; technicality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nic*als</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech*ni"cian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person trained or skilled in the technical details of a particular art or science, especially one skilled at operating, maintaining, or repairing equipment, in contrast to the theory or informational content of a craft; -- formerly also called a <er>technicist</er>.</def> <note>In computer software companies, individuals skilled at the details of using programs and employed to help customers to install or use software or troubleshoot software problems for  are also called <ex>technicians</ex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"ni*cist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Technological; technical.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. J. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`ni*col"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Technology.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`ni*col"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[a treadmark]</ety> <def>the name of one process used for color cinematography; -- also used attributively.</def> <mark>[trademark]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The study of a particular art.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"ni*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; art + <ets>-phone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Music)</fld> <def>A dumb gymnastic apparatus for  training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`nique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The method or manner of performance in any art; -- also called <altname>technic</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>the detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; <as>as, a pianist's fingering <ex>technique</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Technicality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a form of music primarily created by computer sound synthizers rather than by musicians playing instruments.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Tech"no*bab`ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>technical jargon incomprehensible to non-specialists; -- sometimes used derogatorily of discussions using unnecessarily technical terminology and intended to impress or confuse, rather than inform, the listener.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tech*noc"ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>government by technical specialists.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tech"no*crat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a technical specialist exercising governmental or managerial authority.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a proponent of technocracy.</def><br/>
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>technocratic</wf>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech*nog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; art, skill, craft + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>Description of the arts and  crafts of tribes and peoples.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tech`no*graph"ic</wf>, <wf>Tech`no*graph"ic*al</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`no*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Technological.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech`no*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>technologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to technology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech*nol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tech*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; an art + <ets>-logy</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_; systematic treatment: cf. F. <ets>technologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Technology</xex> 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.  <rj><au>Internat. Cyc.</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Tech"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From OE. <ets>tecche</ets>, <ets>tache</ets>, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. <ets>tache</ets>, <ets>teche</ets>, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. <ets>tache</ets> a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. <ets>tack</ets> a small nail. See <er>Tack</er> a small nail, and cf. <er>Touchy</er>.]</ety> <def>Peevish; fretful; irritable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec`ti*branch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tec`ti*bran"chi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Tectibranchiata</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>tectus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>tegere</ets> to cover) + Gr. &unr_; a gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tectus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>tegere</ets> to cover) + E. <ets>branchiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A tectibranchiate mollusk.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Tect"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tectus</ets> covered, fr. <ets>tegere</ets> to cover.]</ety> <def>Covertly; privately; secretly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a carpenter + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <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 <er>Promorphology</er>, and <er>Morphon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tectonicus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a carpenter, builder.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Structural.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <fld>(Geol. &amp; Phys. Geog.)</fld> <def>Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; <as>as, <ex>tectonic</ex> arches or valleys; <ex>tectonic</ex> plates</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec*ton"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Geol. &amp; Phys. Geog.)</fld> <def>the branch of geology concerned with the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; also, similar studies of other planets.  Also called <altname>structural geology</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>plate tectonics</b></col> <cd>a geological theory which considers the earth's crust as divided into a number of large relatively rigid plates, which move relatively independently on the more plastic asthenosphere under the influence of magmatic upwellings, so as to drift apart, slide past, or collide with each other, causing the formation, breakup, or merging of continents, and causing volcanism, the building of mountain ranges, and the subduction of one plate beneath another. In recent decades a large body of data have accumulated to support the theory and provide some details of the mechanisms at work.  One set of supporting observations consists of data showing that the continents have slowly moved relative to each other over long periods of time, a phenomenon called <er>continental drift</er>.  Africa and South America, for example, have apparently moved apart from a connected configuration at about 2 to 3 cm per year over tens of millions of years.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tec*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tectorius</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tec"tri*ces</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>tegere</ets>, <ets>tectum</ets>, to cover.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The wing coverts of a bird. See <er>Covert</er>, and <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bird</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"cum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tucum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tedded</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tedding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Prob. fr. Icel. <ets>te&unr_;ja</ets> to spread manure, fr. <ets>ta&unr_;</ets> manure; akin to MHG. <ets>zetten</ets> to scatter, spread. &radic;58.  Cf. <er>Teathe</er>.]</ety> <def>To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The smell of grain or <qex>tedded</qex> grass.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tedded</qex> hay and corn sheaved in one field.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ted"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ted"der</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. &radic;64. See <er>Tether</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Tether</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ted"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teddered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teddering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>Same as <er>Tether</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*des"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Tedeschi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[It., of Germanic origin. See <er>Dutch</er>.]</ety> <def>German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te` De"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., from <ets>te</ets> (accus. of <ets>tu</ets> thou) + <ets>Deum</ets>, accus. of <ets>Deus</ets> God. See <er>Thou</er>, and <er>Deity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words &ldquo;<xex>Te Deum laudamus</xex>.&rdquo; 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, &ldquo;We praise thee, O God,&rdquo; it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A musical setting of the <er>Te Deum{1}</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tedge</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`di*os"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tediousness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"di*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taediosus</ets>, fr. <ets>taedium</ets>. See <er>Tedium</er>.]</ety> <def>Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Te"di*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Te"di*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>I see a man's life is a <qex>tedious</qex> one.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I would not be <qex>tedious</qex> to the court.</q> <rj><qau>Bunyan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See <er>Irksome</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1480 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"di*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>taedium</ets>, fr. <ets>taedet</ets> it disgusts, it wearies one.]</ety> <def>Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>t&aelig;dium</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To relieve the <qex>tedium</qex>, he kept plying them with all manner of bams.</q> <rj><qau>Prof. Wilson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tedium</qex> of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>tj&amacr;</ets> to show, mark.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The nodule of earth, or a short peg stuck into the ground, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole in golf.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <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 <er>T</er> in shape.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter <universbold>T</universbold>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teeing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to <altname>tee up</altname>.</def><!-- also . See tee off. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Teeing ground</hw>. <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee" i`ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <cref>T iron</cref>, under <er>T</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teek</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Teak</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sesame.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>til</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Teel oil</b></col>, <cd>sesame oil.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Teel"seed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The seed of sesame.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>t&aelig;ma</ets> to empty, from <ets>t&omacr;mr</ets> empty; akin to Dan. <ets>t&ouml;mme</ets> to empty, Sw. <ets>t&ouml;mma</ets>. See <er>Toom</er> to empty.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pour; -- commonly followed by <xex>out</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>teem</ex> out ale</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Steel Manuf.)</fld> <def>To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tame</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Beteem</er>.]</ety> <def>To think fit.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Gifford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teemed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teeming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>temen</ets>, AS. <ets>t&emacr;man</ets>, <ets>t&unr_;man</ets>, from <ets>te&aacute;m</ets>. See <er>Team</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>If she must <qex>teem</qex>,<br/>
Create her child of spleen.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His mind <qex>teeming</qex> with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which <qex>teem</qex> in our time.</q> <rj><qau>F. Harrison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To produce; to bring forth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;<br/>
Each minute <qex>teems</qex> a new one.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who teems, or brings forth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pregnant; prolific.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brimful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Prolific; productive.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Teeming</qex> buds and cheerful appear.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teem"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not fruitful or prolific; barren; <as>as, a <ex>teemless</ex> earth</as>.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tene</ets>, AS. <ets>te&oacute;na</ets> reproach, wrong, fr. <ets>te&oacute;n</ets> to accuse; akin to G. <ets>zeihen</ets>, Goth. ga<ets>teihan</ets> to tell, announce, L. <ets>dicere</ets> to say. See <er>Token</er>.]</ety> <def>Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With public toil and private <qex>teen</qex><br/>
Thou sank'st alone.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>te&oacute;nian</ets>, <ets>t&unr_;nan</ets>, to slander, vex. &radic;64. See <er>Teen</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tine</er> to shut.]</ety> <def>To hedge or fence in; to inclose.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a <er>teenager</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The longer wood for making or mending fences.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen"age`</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;n"&amacr;j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to a teenager; being in one's teens; <as>as, a busload of <ex>teenage</ex> football fans; <ex>teenage</ex> inexperience</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen"ag`er</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;n"&amacr;j`&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person whose age is in the teens, i.e. one between the ages of 13 to 19 inclusive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tinder</er>.]</ety> <def>To kindle; to burn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Herrick.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teens</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ten</er>.]</ety> <def>The years of one's age having the termination <xex>-teen</xex>, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; <as>as, a girl in her <ex>teens</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Very small; tiny.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teen"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Teen</er> grief.]</ety> <def>Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*ong"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The mino bird.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tees"wa`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the river <ets>Tees</ets>, northern England.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>An old English breed of sheep allied to the Leicester.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A pipit.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"tee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>tit&iacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to <gen>Callithrix</gen>, <gen>Chrysothrix</gen>, and allied genera; <as>as, the collared <ex>teetee</ex> (<spn>Callithrix torquatus</spn>), and the squirrel <ex>teetee</ex> (<spn>Chrysothrix sciurea</spn>)</as>. Called also <altname>pinche</altname>, <altname>titi</altname>, and <altname>saimiri</altname>. See <cref>Squirrel monkey</cref>, under <er>Squirrel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A diving petrel of Australia (<spn>Halodroma wrinatrix</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. &amp; t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teetered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teetering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>titter</ets> to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. <ets>titra</ets> to tremble, OHG. <ets>zittar&omacr;n</ets>, G. <ets>zittern</ets>.]</ety> <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> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and <qex>teetered</qex> up and down.</q> <rj><qau>H. W. Beecher.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"ter-tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under <er>Sandpiper</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teeth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Tooth</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teeth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Teethed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Teething</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To breed, or grow, teeth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teeth"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*to"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Entire; total.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*to"tal*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Entirely; totally.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee*to"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For T-<ets>totum</ets>. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter <b>T</b> on it, standing for Latin <ets>totum</ets> 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 <b>P</b> meaning put down, <b>N</b> nothing or L. <ets>nil</ets>, <b>H</b> half. See <er>Total</er>.]</ety> <def>A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a <qex>teetotum</qex> nearly spent.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee-to"-tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Teetotaler</er>.]</ety> <def>A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Cant]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"tuck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The rock pipit.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"uck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The lapwing.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tee"wit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The pewit.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Teg"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tegmina</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>tegere</ets>, <ets>tectum</ets>, to cover.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tegument or covering.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tectrices</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; <as>as, the <ex>tegmental</ex> layer of the epiblast; the <ex>tegmental</ex> cells of the taste buds.</as></def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Teg*men"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tegmenta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a covering.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*guex"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large South American lizard (<spn>Tejus teguexin</spn>). 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 <spn>Tejus rufescens</spn> is called <altname>red teguexin</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Teg"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tegul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a tile, dim. fr. <ets>tegere</ets> to cover.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>tegularis</ets>, from L. <ets>tegula</ets> a tile. See <er>Tile</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; <as>as, a <ex>tegular</ex> pavement</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Teg"u*lar*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg`u*la"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg"u*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tegumentum</ets>, from <ets>tegere</ets> to cover. See <er>Thatch</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Detect</er>, <er>Protect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cover or covering; an integument.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teg`u*men"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;gumentaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te-hee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; interj.</pos> <def>A tittering laugh; a titter.</def> &ldquo;'<xex>Te-hee</xex>,' quoth she.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te-hee"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To titter; to laugh derisively.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She cried, &ldquo;Come, come; you must not look grave upon me.&rdquo; Upon this, I <qex>te-heed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Madame D'Arblay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>teil</ets>, <ets>til</ets>, L. <ets>tilia</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The lime tree, or linden; -- called also <altname>teil tree</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teind</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>t&imacr;und</ets>. See <er>Tithe</er>.]</ety> <def>A tithe.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Teyne</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tein"land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tei"no*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; to extend + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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 <altname>prism telescope</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir D. Brewster.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>teint</ets>, <ets>teinte</ets>. See <er>Tint</er>.]</ety> <def>Tint; color; tinge, See <er>Tint</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Time shall . . . embrown the <qex>teint</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tein"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tincture</er>.]</ety> <def>Color; tinge; tincture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tek</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A Siberian ibex.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tel`a*mo"nes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. of <ets>telamo</ets> or <ets>telamon</ets>, Gr. &unr_; a bearer, fr. &unr_; to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Atlantes</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; end + &unr_; vessel + &unr_; extension.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Dilatation of the capillary vessels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Telangiectasis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"lar*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a weblike manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Telarly</xex> interwoven.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>telaris</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tela</ets> a web. See <er>Toil</er> a snare.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.</def> &ldquo;Pictures of <xex>telary</xex> spiders.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*au"to*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A message transmitted and recorded by a teleautograph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*au"to*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>autograph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current are produced in two separate circuits. In the receiver these variations are utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the pencil moves.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`au*tog"ra*phist</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos><!-- superseded by FAX --></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*chi"ro*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <grk>chei`r</grk>, <grk>cheiro`s</grk>, hand + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for  telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*du</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian carnivore (<spn>Mydaus meliceps</spn>) 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 <altname>stinking badger</altname>, and <altname>stinkard</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*le"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>telyega</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leg"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + root of  Gr. &unr_; to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Te*leg"o*nous</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <def>A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; &ldquo;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 <xex>telegram</xex>, instead of <xex>telegraphic dispatch</xex>, or <xex>telegraphic communication</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*gram*mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far, far off (cf. Lith. <ets>toli</ets>) + <ets>-graph</ets>: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;graphe</ets>. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The instruments used are classed as <xex>indicator</xex>, <xex>type-printing</xex>, <xex>symbol-printing</xex>, or <xex>chemical-printing telegraphs</xex>, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke &amp; 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 <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Acoustic telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Acoustic</er>.</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> -- <mcol><col><b>Electric telegraph</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Electro-magnetic telegraph</b></col></mcol>, <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 <er>Facsimile</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Indicator telegraph</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Indicator</er>.</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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Telegraphed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Telegraphing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;graphier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convey or announce by telegraph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>telegraphese</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;graphique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; <as>as, <ex>telegraphic</ex> signals; <ex>telegraphic</ex> art; <ex>telegraphic</ex> intelligence.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having only the essential information; brief; concise; terse; -- of communications, by analogy with the style of telegrams, which are short to avoid unnecessary expense.</def> <note>a <ex>telegraphic</ex> communication should have enough information to allow comprehension of the content, though it may leave out normally included words.  If so much is left out that the communication becomes difficult or impossible to understand, it may be called <contr>cryptic</contr>. &ldquo;Sighted sub. Sank same.&rdquo; is a <ex>telegraphic</ex> message.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Telegraphic.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*phist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Telegraph plant</hw> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <def>A tick trefoil (<spn>Meibomia gyrans</spn> formerly <spn>Desmodium gyrans</spn>), native of the East Indies; it is a leguminous plant whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>-graph</ets> + &unr_; sound.]</ety> <def>An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*graph"o*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk>  far + <ets>-graph</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative.  The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells.  The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.  It is now (1999) obsolete, having been replaced by telefax and internet transmission of images.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leg"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;graphie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; <as>as, submarine <ex>telegraphy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*gu"</hw>, <pos>prop. a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>same as <er>Telugu</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*hy`dro*ba*rom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>hydrobarometer</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e-i*con"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>iconograph</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument essentially the same as the telemetrograph.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A form of facsimile telegraph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tel`e*ki*ne"sis</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;l`&ubreve;*k&ibreve_;*n&emacr;"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means; -- an ability claimed by certain persons, such as mediums.</def> <note>the existence of this ability is disbelieved by most scientists.</note><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> psychokinesis</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`-el-A*mar"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar., hill of Amarna.]</ety> <def>A station on the Nile in Egypt, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the ancient city of Akhetaton, capital of <person>Amenophis IV.</person> (<persfn>Akhenaton</persfn>, or <person>Amenhotep IV.</person>, of the 18th dynasty, king 1353-1336 B. C.), whose archive chamber was discovered there during extensive excavations in 1887-1888.  A collection of about 300 clay tablets (called the <mcol><col><b>Tel-el-Amarna tablets</b></col>, <it>or</it> the <col><b>Amarna tablets</b></col></mcol>) was found here, forming the diplomatic correspondence (<col><b>Tel-el-Amarna letters</b></col>) of <person>Amenophis IV.</person> and his father, <person>Amenophis III.</person>, with the kings of Asiatic countries (such as Babylonia, Assyria, and Palestine), written in cuneiform characters.  It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 <sc>b. c.</sc>.  The name of the site is also spelled <asp>Tell-el-Amarna</asp>, <asp>Tell el Amarna</asp>, and <asp>Tel Amarna</asp>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*lec"tric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>electric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*lec"tro*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>electro-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>telemarketing</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls made to persons who have not previously contacted the seller.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> teleselling.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*me*chan"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>mechanic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*mech"a*nism</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ma"chus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*me`te*or"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>meteorograph</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*lem"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; <as>as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A measuring instrument which sends the information obtained from its sensors by radio to a distant station, usually to be recorded there; also, the complete system including measuring instrument, transmitter, and receiver.  Such instruments are used, for example, to measure conditions in space or in other locations difficult of access for humans observers, or merely to allow one observer to monitor conditions in many places simultaneously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*met"ro*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <grk>me`tron</grk> measure + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*me*trog"ra*phy</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Tel`e*met`ro*graph"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*lem"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio; the use of a telemeter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>motor</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>telencephalon</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*en"er*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>energy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; now more commonly called <altname>telekinesis</altname>; -- applied to mediumistic phenomena.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`en*er"gic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*len"gi*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + &unr_; near + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as an observing telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focused microscope.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te`le*o*ceph"a*li</hw> <pr>(t&emacr;`l&euptack_;*&ouptack_;*s&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&imacr; <it>or</it> t&ebreve_;`l&euptack_;*&ouptack_;*s&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&imacr;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`leos</grk> complete + <grk>kefalh`</grk> head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;ologique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>showing evidence of design or purpose, especially in natural phenomena.</def><br/>
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>One versed in teleology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, <grk>teleos</grk>, the end or issue + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;ologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine of the final causes of things</def>; specif. <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"le*o*phore`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>teleos</grk> complete + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Gonotheca</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*or*gan"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>teleos</grk> complete + E. <ets>organic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Vital; <as>as, <ex>teleorganic</ex> functions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*o*saur"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <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 vertebr&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te`le*o*sau"rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; complete, perfect + &unr_; a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"le*ost</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; bone.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*os"te*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the teleosts.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A teleostean fish.</def></def2><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te`le*os"te*i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; bone.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1481 --><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te"le*os`to*mi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`le*o*zo"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having tissued composed of cells.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*le*o*zo"&ouml;n</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A metazoan.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*lep"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer.]</ety> <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> <note>The existence of this ability has not been proven scientifically.</note>-- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*path"ic</wf>, <pos>a.</pos> -- <wf>Te*lep"a*thist</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*pheme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; afar + &unr_; a saying.]</ety> <def>A message by a telephone.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + &unr_; sound.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the <xex>magnetic telephone</xex>, or <xex>magneto-telephone</xex>, 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 <xex>mechanical</xex>, or <xex>string</xex>, <xex>telephone</xex> 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.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*phone</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convey or announce by telephone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*phone ex*change"</hw>. <def>A central office in which the  wires of telephones from local subscribers may be connected by switches to other local telephones or to long-distance lines, to permit transmission of conversation or data.</def> <note>In the late 1990's the traditional copper wires connecting local telephones to the telephone exchange have begun to be replaced with optical fiber connections.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*phon"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;l&eacute;phonique</ets>. See <er>Telephone</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Conveying sound to a great distance.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leph"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*phote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <grk>fw^s</grk>, <grk>fwto`s</grk>, light.]</ety> <def>A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*pho"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or relating to photography with a <er>telephoto lens</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to a <er>telephoto lens</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>telephoto</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a <er>telephoto lens</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a photograph taken using a <er>telephoto lens</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*pho"to*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>photograph</ets>.]</ety> <def>a photograph transmitted and reproduced by telephotography.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a photograph made with a telephoto lens.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> telephoto.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*pho`to*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a <er>telephoto lens</er> or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance, especially by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>Less properly, phototelegraphy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*pho"to lens</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also <altname>telephotographic lens</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + E. <ets>polariscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.</def>  <rj><au>Lockyer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ryth"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; end + E. <ets>erythrin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; viewing afar, farseeing; &unr_; far, far off + &unr_; a watcher, akin to &unr_; to view: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;lescope</ets>. See <er>Telegraph</er>, and <er>-scope</er>.]</ety> <def>An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the <xex>object glass</xex>, or <xex>concave mirror</xex>, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the <xex>eyeglass</xex>, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Achromatic telescope</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Achromatic</er>.</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 <etsep>Cassegrain</etsep>, 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 <xex>Illust.</xex> under <cref>Reflecting telescope</cref>, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope.</cd> -- <col><b>Dialytic telescope</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Dialytic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Equatorial telescope</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Equatorial</er>.</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 <etsep>Galileo</etsep>, 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 <er>Gregorian</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Herschelian telescope</b></col>, <cd>a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William <etsep>Herschel</etsep>, 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 <er>Newtonian</er>.</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 <er>Teinoscope</er>.</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 <cref>Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, <i>and</i> Newtonian, telescopes</cref>, 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> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the telescope fish.</cd> -- <col><b>Telescope fish</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes.</cd> -- <col><b>Telescope fly</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any two-winged fly of the genus <gen>Diopsis</gen>, 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> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an elongated gastropod (<spn>Cerithium telescopium</spn>) having numerous flattened whorls.</cd> -- <col><b>Telescope sight</b></col> <fld>(Firearms)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Telescoped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Telescoping</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <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; to become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to shorten or abridge significantly; <as>as, to <ex>telescope</ex> a whole semester's lectures into one week</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*scope</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;l"&euptack_;*sk&omacr;p)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; <as>as, a <ex>telescope</ex> bag; <ex>telescope</ex> table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term <altname>telescoping</altname>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Telescope bag</hw>. <def>An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tel`e*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tel`e*scop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;lescopique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; <as>as, <ex>telescopic</ex> stars</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; <as>as, a <ex>telescopic</ex> eye; <ex>telescopic</ex> vision</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the <xex>telescopic</xex> boiler, or movable, as in the <xex>telescopic</xex> chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*scop"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*scop"ic sight`</hw>. <def>A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*scop`ing</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;l"&euptack_;*sk&omacr;p`&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; <as>as, <ex>telescoping</ex> tripod legs; a <ex>telescoping</ex> table, etc.</as>; -- a term replacing the formerly used <altname>telescope</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*les"co*pist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who uses a telescope.</def>  <rj><au>R. A. Proctor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*les"co*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or practice of using or making telescopes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*seism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + &unr_; shock.]</ety> <def>A seismic movement or shock far from the  recording instrument.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*seis"mic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"e*seme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + &unr_; sign.]</ety> <def>A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"esm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>tilism</ets>. See <er>Talisman</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of amulet or magical charm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tel`es*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tel`es*mat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to telesms; magical.</def>  <rj><au>J. Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*spec"tro*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + E. <ets>spectroscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars.</def>  <rj><au>Lockyer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ste"re*o*graph`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>stereograph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + E. <ets>stereoscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*les"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; fit for finishing, from &unr_; to finish.]</ety> <def>Tending or relating to a purpose or an end.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*les"tich</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the end + &unr_; a line, verse.]</ety> <def>A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name.  Cf. <er>Acrostic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ther"mo*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>thermo-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + E. <ets>thermometer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*leu"to*spore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; completion + E. <ets>spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order <ord>Uredinales</ord>), produced in late summer. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Uredospore</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"ford</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[After Thomas <etsep>Telford</etsep>, a Scotch road engineer.]</ety> <def>Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and  smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; <as>as, <ex>telford</ex> pavement, road, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"ford*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Telfordized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Telfordizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`har*mon"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to telharmonium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`har*mo"ni*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>th^le</grk> far + <ets>harmolium</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for producing music (<hw>Tel*har"mo*ny</hw> [<pr>&unr_;</pr>]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; the end.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from <contr>ecbatic</contr>. See <er>Ecbatic</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Gibbs.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Told</conjf> <pr>(t&omacr;ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Telling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>tellan</ets>, from <ets>talu</ets> tale, number, speech; akin to D. <ets>tellen</ets> to count, G. <ets>z&auml;hlen</ets>, OHG. <ets>zellen</ets> to count, tell, say, Icel. <ets>telja</ets>, Dan. <ets>tale</ets> to speak, <ets>t&aelig;lle</ets> to count. See <er>Tale</er> that which is told.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; <as>as, to <ex>tell</ex> money</as>.</def> &ldquo;An heap of coin he <xex>told</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>telleth</qex> the number of the stars.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxlvii. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tell</qex> the joints of the body.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Of which I shall <qex>tell</qex> all the array.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And not a man appears to <qex>tell</qex> their fate.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Why didst thou not <qex>tell</qex> me that she was thy wife?</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xii. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A secret pilgrimage,<br/>
That you to-day promised to <qex>tell</qex> me of?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To order; to request; to command.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>told</qex> her not to be frightened.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; <as>as, I can not <ex>tell</ex> where one color ends and the other begins</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I ne <qex>told</qex> no dainity of her love.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Tell</xex>, though equivalent in some respect to <xex>speak</xex> and <xex>say</xex>, has not always the same application. We say, to <xex>tell</xex> truth or falsehood, to <xex>tell</xex> a number, to <xex>tell</xex> the reasons, to <xex>tell</xex> something or nothing; but we never say, to <xex>tell</xex> a speech, discourse, or oration, or to <xex>tell</xex> an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands; <as>as, <ex>tell</ex> me the whole story; <ex>tell</ex> me all you know</as>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tell off</b></col>, <cd>to count; to divide.</cd> <au>Sir W. Scott.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform; acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give an account; to make report.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and <qex>tell</qex> of all thy wondrous works.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxvi. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take effect; to produce a marked effect; <as>as, every shot <ex>tells</ex>; every expression <ex>tells</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tell of</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To inform against; to disclose some fault of.</cd> -- <col><b>To tell on</b></col>, <cd>to inform against.</cd> <mark>[Archaic &amp; Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><q>Lest they should <qex>tell on</qex> us, saying, So did David.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xxvii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is told; tale; account.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I am at the end of my <qex>tell</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <def>A hill or mound.</def>  <rj><au>W. M. Thomson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being told.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"len</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of Tellina.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"er*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or employment of a teller.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tel*li"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of shellfish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Operating with great effect; effective; <as>as, a <ex>telling</ex> speech</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tell"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"tale`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Telling tales; babbling.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>telltale</xex> heart.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Poe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tell"tale`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.</def> <sd>(b)</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><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The tattler. See <er>Tattler</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.</def></p>

<p><q>It supplies many useful links and <qex>telltales</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>Saintsbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn>  <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <def>An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*lu"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tellus</ets>, <ets>-uris</ets>, the earth.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tellurate</ets>. See <er>Tellurium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of telluric acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A telluride.</def> <mark>[Obsoles.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*ret`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>telluretted</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obsoles.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tellureted hydrogen</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>hydrogen telluride, <chform>H2Te</chform>, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also <altname>tellurhydric acid</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`lur*hy"dric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tellus</ets>, <ets>-uris</ets>, the earth.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth.</def>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dweller on the earth.</def>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tellurion</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*lu"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tellus</ets>, <ets>-uris</ets>, the earth: cf. F. <ets>tellurique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Amid these hot, <qex>telluric</qex> flames.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <contr>tellurous</contr> compounds; <as>as, <ex>telluric acid</ex>, which is analogous to sulphuric acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Telluric bismuth</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>tetradymite.</cd> -- <col><b>Telluric silver</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>hessite.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*ride</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called <altname>telluret</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*rism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</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> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>S. Thompson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tellurous acid.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel*lu"ri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>tellus</ets>, <ets>-uris</ets>, the earth.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Graphic tellurium</b></col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Sylvanite</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tellurium glance</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>nagyagite; -- called also <altname>black tellurium</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*rize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; <as>as, <ex>tellurized</ex> ores</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"lu*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <contr>telluric</contr> compounds; <as>as, <ex>tellurous acid</ex>, which is analogous to sulphurous acid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`o*dy*nam"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far + E. <ets>dynamic</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`oo*goo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Telugu</er>.</def>  <rj><au>D. O. Allen.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*lot"ro*cha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Telotroch&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Telotrochal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Te*lot"ro*chal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Te*lot"ro*chous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; wheel, hoop.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larv&aelig; of certain annelids.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"o*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far off + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <def>An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; far, far off + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.</def>  <rj><au>Fleeming Jenkin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Telpher line</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Telpher road</b></col></mcol>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"pher*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.</def>  <rj><au>Fleeming Jenkin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. <ex>Telpherage</ex> and <xex>telpher</xex> are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel"son</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Telsons</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a boundary, limit.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See <er>Thoracostraca</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`u*gu"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</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> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>Teloogoo</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of the people speaking the Telugu language.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tel`u*gu"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tem*blor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>An earthquake.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`er*a"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temerarius</ets>. See <er>Temerity</er>.]</ety> <def>Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>I spake against <qex>temerarious</qex> judgment.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temerare</ets> to defile.]</ety> <def>Temerity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*mer"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temeritas</ets>, from <ets>temere</ets> by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. <ets>tamas</ets> darkness: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;m&eacute;rit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; <as>as, the <ex>temerity</ex> of a commander in war</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Temerity</er>, <er>Rashness</er>. These words are closely allied in sense, but have a slight difference in their use and application. <xex>Temerity</xex> is Latin, and <xex>rashness</xex> 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 <xex>temerity</xex> in hasty decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show <xex>rashness</xex> in particular actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of <xex>temerity</xex> to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of <xex>rashness</xex> to jump into a river without being able to swim. <xex>Temerity</xex>, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger; <xex>rashness</xex> is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited feeling.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>It is notorious <qex>temerity</qex> to pass sentence upon grounds uncapable of evidence.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her <qex>rush</qex> hand in evil hour<br/>
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Temerarious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem*pe"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tempered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tempering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>temprian</ets> or OF. <ets>temper</ets>, F. <ets>temp&eacute;rer</ets>, and (in sense 3) <ets>temper</ets>, L. <ets>temperare</ets>, akin to <ets>tempus</ets> time.  Cf. <er>Temporal</er>, <er>Distemper</er>, <er>Tamper</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Puritan austerity was so <qex>tempered</qex> by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee<br/>
To <qex>temper</qex> man: we had been brutes without you.</q> <rj><qau>Otway.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But thy fire<br/>
Shall be more <qex>tempered</qex>, and thy hope far higher.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that <qex>tempered</qex> the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, <qex>tempered</qex> itself to every man's liking.</q> <rj><qau>Wisdom xvi. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To bring to a proper degree of hardness; <as>as, to <ex>temper</ex> iron or steel</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tempered</qex> metals clash, and yield a silver sound.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To govern; to manage.</def> <mark>[A Latinism &amp; Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>With which the damned ghosts he governeth,<br/>
And furies rules, and Tartare <qex>tempereth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; <as>as, the <ex>temper</ex> of mortar</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily <qex>temper</qex> increased the exquisiteness of his torment.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; <as>as, a calm <ex>temper</ex>; a hasty <ex>temper</ex>; a fretful <ex>temper</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Remember with what mild<br/>
And gracious <qex>temper</qex> he both heared and judged.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The consequents of a certain ethical <qex>temper</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. H. Newman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; <as>as, to keep one's <ex>temper</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To fall with dignity, with <qex>temper</qex> rise.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Restore yourselves to your <qex>tempers</qex>, fathers.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; <as>as, the <ex>temper</ex> of iron or steel</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Middle state or course; mean; medium.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The perfect lawgiver is a just <qex>temper</qex> 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.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Sugar Works)</fld> <def>Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See <er>Disposition</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have him already <qex>tempering</qex> between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tem"pe*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A mode or process of painting; distemper.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being tempered.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The fusible, hard, and <qex>temperable</qex> texture of metals.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temperamentum</ets> a mixing in due proportion, proper measure, temperament: cf. F. <ets>temp&eacute;rament</ets>. See <er>Temper</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just state and <qex>temperament</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any <qex>temperament</qex> that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Wholesome <qex>temperaments</qex> of the rashness of popular assemblies.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Mackintosh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Bodies are denominated &ldquo;hot&rdquo; and &ldquo;cold&rdquo; in proportion to the present <qex>temperament</qex> of that part of our body to which they are applied.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <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&sharp; becoming identical with D&flat;, and so on.</def><!-- = tempering --><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <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 <xex>temperament</xex>, sanguine <xex>temperament</xex>, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Equal temperament</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>that in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike.</cd> -- <col><b>Unequal temperament</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>that in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`per*a*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temperantia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>temp&eacute;rance</ets>. See <er>Temper</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; <as>as, <ex>temperance</ex> in eating and drinking; <ex>temperance</ex> in the indulgence of joy or mirth</as>; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;A gentleman of all <xex>temperance</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He calmed his wrath with goodly <qex>temperance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>State with regard to heat or cold; temperature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Tender and delicate <xex>temperance</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Temperance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temperatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>temperare</ets>. See <er>Temper</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moderate; not excessive; <as>as, <ex>temperate</ex> heat; a <ex>temperate</ex> climate</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; <as>as, <ex>temperate</ex> language</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She is not hot, but <qex>temperate</qex> as the morn.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That sober freedom out of which there springs<br/>
Our loyal passion for our <qex>temperate</qex> kings.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; <as>as, <ex>temperate</ex> in eating and drinking</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Be sober and <qex>temperate</qex>, and you will be healthy.</q> <rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Proceeding from temperance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>temperate</qex> sleeps, and spirits light as air.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Temperate zone</b></col> <fld>(Geog.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>It inflames temperance, and <qex>temperates</qex> wrath.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ate*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a temperate manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>temperativus</ets> soothing.]</ety> <def>Having power to temper.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>T. Granger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*a*ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>temp&eacute;rature</ets>, L. <ets>temperatura</ets> due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Constitution; state; degree of any quality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The best composition and <qex>temperature</qex> 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.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Memory depends upon the consistence and the <qex>temperature</qex> of the brain.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from passion; moderation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth,<br/>
Most goodly <qex>temperature</qex> you may descry.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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>as, the <ex>temperature</ex> of the air; high <ex>temperature</ex>; low <ex>temperature</ex>; <ex>temperature</ex> of freezing or of boiling.</as></def> <note>The temperature of a liquid or a solid body as measured by a thermometer is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the consituent atoms or molecules of the body.  For other states of matter such as plasma, electromagnetic radiation, or subatomic particles, an analogous measure of the average kinetic energy may be expressed as a <ex>temperature</ex>, although it could never be measured by a traditional thermometer, let alone by sensing with the skin.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Mixture; compound.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Made a <qex>temperature</qex> of brass and iron together.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also <mark>(Colloq.)</mark>, loosely, the excess of this over the  normal (of the human body 98&deg;-99.5&deg; F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4&deg;).</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Absolute temperature</b></col>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Absolute</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Animal temperature</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (<xex>homoiothermal</xex>) 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 <er>Homoiothermal</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Temperature sense</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects.</cd> <au>H. N. Martin.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"pered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Brought to a proper temper; <as>as, <ex>tempered</ex> steel</as>; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, a good-<ex>tempered</ex> or bad-<ex>tempered</ex> man; a well-<ex>tempered</ex> sword.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"per screw</hw>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A set screw used for adjusting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tempeste</ets>, F. <ets>temp&ecirc;te</ets>, (assumed) LL. <ets>tempesta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tempestas</ets> a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to <ets>tempus</ets> time. See <er>Temporal</er> of time.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>[We] caught in a fiery <qex>tempest</qex>, shall be hurled,<br/>
Each on his rock transfixed.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; <as>as, a political <ex>tempest</ex>; a <ex>tempest</ex> of war, or of the passions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under <er>Drum</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Tempest</ex> is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; <as>as, <ex>tempest</ex>-beaten, <ex>tempest</ex>-loving, <ex>tempest</ex>-tossed, <ex>tempest</ex>-winged, and the like</as>.</note><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Storm; agitation; perturbation. See <er>Storm</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>tempester</ets>, F. <ets>temp&ecirc;ter</ets> to rage.]</ety> <def>To disturb as by a tempest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Part huge of bulk<br/>
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,<br/>
<qex>Tempest</qex> the ocean.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"pest</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To storm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem*pes"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tempestivus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Seasonable; timely; <as>as, <ex>tempestive</ex> showers</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Heywood.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Tem*pes"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tempestivitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem*pes"tu*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tempestuous</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>tempestueux</ets>, F. <ets>temp&ecirc;tueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; <as>as, <ex>tempestuous</ex> weather; a <ex>tempestuous</ex> night; a <ex>tempestuous</ex> debate.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>They saw the Hebrew leader,<br/>
Waiting, and clutching his <qex>tempestuous</qex> beard.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"plar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>templere</ets>, F. <ets>templier</ets>, LL. <ets>templarius</ets>. See <er>Temple</er> a church.]</ety> <sn>1.</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 <membof>Knights Templars</membof>, or <membof>Knights of the Temple</membof>, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne in 1312.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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 <cref>Inner Temple</cref>, and <cref>Middle Temple</cref>, under <er>Temple</er>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called <membof>Knights Templars</membof>. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled <membof>Good Templars</membof>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"plar</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a temple.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Solitary, family, and <qex>templar</qex> devotion.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"plate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Templet</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Templet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>temple</ets>, F. <ets>tempe</ets>, from L. <ets>tempora</ets>, <ets>tempus</ets>; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as <ets>tempus</ets>, <ets>temporis</ets>, the fitting or appointed time. See <er>Temporal</er> of time, and cf. <er>Tempo</er>, <er>Tense</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>tempel</ets>, from L. <ets>templum</ets> a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. &unr_; a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;mple</ets>, from the Latin.  Cf. <er>Contemplate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; <as>as, the <ex>temple</ex> of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India</as>.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>temple</xex> of mighty Mars.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld> <def>The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Jesus walked in the <qex>temple</qex> in Solomon's porch.</q> <rj><qau>John x. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a <qex>temple</qex> consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?</q> <rj><qau>Buckminster.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>temple</xex> of his body.&rdquo;  <rj><au>John ii. 21.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Know ye not that ye are the <qex>temple</qex> of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. iii. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The groves were God's first <qex>temples</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bryant.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mormon Ch.)</fld> <def>A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>A local organization of Odd Fellows.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Inner Temple</b></col>, <it>and</it> <col><b>Middle Temple</b></col></mcol>, <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 <xex>the Temple</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; <as>as, to <ex>temple</ex> a god</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"pled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I love thy rocks and rills,<br/>
Thy woods and <qex>templed</qex> hills.</q> <rj><qau>S. F. Smith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"plet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>templatus</ets> vaulted, from L. <ets>templum</ets> a small timber.]</ety> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>template</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</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>as, a mason's or a wheelwright's <ex>templet</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tem"po</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., fr. L. <ets>tempus</ets>. See <er>Tense</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The rate or degree of movement in time.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>&Verbar;A tempo giusto</b></col> <pr>(j&oomacr_;s"t&ouptack_;)</pr> <ety>[It.]</ety>, <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 <er>Rubato</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temporalis</ets>, fr. <ets>tempora</ets> the temples: cf. F. <ets>temporal</ets>. See <er>Temple</er> a part of the head.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; <as>as, the <ex>temporal</ex> bone; a <ex>temporal</ex> artery.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><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 <xex>squamosal</xex> portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal <xex>petrosal</xex> and <xex>mastoid</xex> portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temporalis</ets>, fr. <ets>tempus</ets>, <ets>temporis</ets>, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. <ets>temporel</ets>.  Cf. <er>Contemporaneous</er>, <er>Extempore</er>, <er>Temper</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Tempest</er>, <er>Temple</er> a part of the head, <er>Tense</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Thing</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from <xex>sacred</xex> or <xex>eternal</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The things which are seen are <qex>temporal</qex>, but the things which are not seen are eternal.</q> <rj><qau>2 Cor. iv. 18.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Is this an hour for <qex>temporal</qex> affairs?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Civil or political, as distinguished from <xex>ecclesiastical</xex>; <as>as, <ex>temporal</ex> power; <ex>temporal</ex> courts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Lords temporal</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Lord</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Temporal augment</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Augment</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Transient; fleeting; transitory.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or <qex>temporals</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Lowell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ral"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Temporalities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>temporalitas</ets>, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. <ets>temporalit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to <xex>perpetuity</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The laity; temporality.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and <qex>temporality</qex> of the same church.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a temporal manner; secularly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Worldliness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cotgrave.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ral*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Temporality</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The laity; secular people.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Abbot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A secular possession; a temporality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ra"ne*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temporaneus</ets> happening at the right time, fr. <ets>tempus</ets>, <ets>temporis</ets>, time.]</ety> <def>Temporarity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hallywell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a temporary manner; for a time.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being temporary; -- opposed to <xex>perpetuity</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ra*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temporarius</ets>, fr. <ets>tempus</ets>, <ets>temporis</ets>, time: cf. F. <ets>temporaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; <as>as, the patient has obtained <ex>temporary</ex> relief</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Temporary</qex> government of the city.</q> <rj><qau>Motley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Temporary star</b></col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Star</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*rist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A temporizer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Why, turn a <qex>temporist</qex>, row with the tide.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ri*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>temporisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of temporizing.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*rize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Temporized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Temporizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>temporiser</ets>. See <er>Temporal</er> of time.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>They might their grievance inwardly complain,<br/>
But outwardly they needs must <qex>temporize</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Daniel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To delay; to procrastinate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To comply; to agree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ri`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A sort of <qex>temporizers</qex>, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment.</q> <rj><qau>Burton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ri`zing*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a temporizing or yielding manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"po*ro-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form used in anatomy to indicate <xex>connection with</xex>, or <xex>relation to</xex>, <xex>the temple</xex>, or <xex>temporal bone</xex>; <as>as, <ex>temporo</ex>facial</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ro-au*ric"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; <as>as, the <ex>temporo-auricular</ex> nerve</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*fa"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*ma"lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; <as>as, the <ex>temporomalar</ex> nerve</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Temps</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. &amp; F., fr. L. <ets>tempus</ets>. See <er>Temporal</er> of time.]</ety> <def>Time.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Temse</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tempted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tempting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tempten</ets>, <ets>tenten</ets>, from OF. <ets>tempter</ets>, <ets>tenter</ets>, F. <ets>tenter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tentare</ets>, <ets>temptare</ets>, to handle, feel, attack, to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tentum</ets>, and <ets>tensum</ets>, to stretch. See <er>Thin</er>, and cf. <er>Attempt</er>, <er>Tend</er>, <er>Taunt</er>, <er>Tent</er> a pavilion, <er>Tent</er> to probe.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God did <qex>tempt</qex> Abraham.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxii. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ye shall not <qex>tempt</qex> the Lord your God.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. vi. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every man is <qex>tempted</qex> when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.</q> <rj><qau>James i. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tempt</qex> not the brave and needy to despair.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Nor <qex>tempt</qex> the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ere leave be given to <qex>tempt</qex> the nether skies.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.</def>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Temp*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>temptation</ets>, <ets>tentation</ets>, F. <ets>tentation</ets>, L. <ets>tentatio</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When the devil had ended all the <qex>temptation</qex>, he departed from him for a season.</q> <rj><qau>Luke iv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lead us not into <qex>temptation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xi. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;<br/>
View it, and lay the bright <qex>temptation</qex> down.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Temp*ta"tion*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no temptation or motive; <as>as, a <ex>temptationless</ex> sin</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Temp*ta"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tempting.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.</def> &ldquo;Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want <xex>tempters</xex> to urge them on.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tillotson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So glozed the <qex>Tempter</qex>, and his proem tuned.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; <as>as, <ex>tempting</ex> pleasures</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tempt"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tempt"ing*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Tempt"ress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who entices.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She was my <qex>temptress</qex>, the foul provoker.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Temse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tamis</ets>, or D. <ets>tems</ets>, <ets>teems</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tamine</er>.]</ety> <def>A sieve.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tems</asp>, and <asp>tempse</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Temse bread</b></col>, <col><b>Temsed bread</b></col>, <col><b>Temse loaf</b></col></mcol>, <cd>bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tem"u*lence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tem"u*len*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temulentia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Their <xex>temulency</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"u*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>temulentus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Intoxicated; drunken.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tem"u*lent*ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>R. Junius.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>t&emacr;n</ets>, <ets>ti&eacute;n</ets>, <ets>t&ymacr_;n</ets>, <ets>t&emacr;ne</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>tian</ets>, OS. <ets>tehan</ets>, D. <ets>tien</ets>, G. <ets>zehn</ets>, OHG. <ets>zehan</ets>, Icel. <ets>t&imacr;u</ets>, Sw. <ets>tio</ets>, Dan. <ets>ti</ets>, Goth. <ets>ta&iacute;hun</ets>, Lith. <ets>deszimt</ets>, Russ. <ets>desiate</ets>, W. <ets>deg</ets>, Ir. &amp; Gael. <ets>deich</ets>, L. <ets>decem</ets>, Gr. <grk>de`ka</grk>, Skr. <ets>da&ccedil;an</ets>. &radic;308.  Cf. <er>Dean</er>, <er>Decade</er>, <er>Decimal</er>, <er>December</er>, <er>Eighteen</er>, <er>Eighty</er>, <er>Teens</er>, <er>Tithe</er>.]</ety> <def>One more than nine; twice five.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With twice <qex>ten</qex> sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Ten</xex> is often used, indefinitely, for <xex>several</xex>, <xex>many</xex>, and other like words.</note><br/>
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<p><q>There 's a proud modesty in merit,<br/>
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay<br/>
<qex>Ten</qex> times the gift it asks.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I will not destroy it for <qex>ten's</qex> sake.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xviii. 32.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing ten units, as 10, <er>x</er>, or <er>X</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;n`&adot_;*b&ibreve_;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"a*ble</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;n"&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tenable</ets>, fr. <ets>tenir</ets> to hold, L. <ets>tenere</ets>. See <er>Thin</er>, and cf. <er>Continue</er>, <er>Continent</er>, <er>Entertain</er>, <er>Maintain</er>, <er>Tenant</er>, <er>Tent</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process; <as>as, a <ex>tenable</ex> fortress, a <ex>tenable</ex> argument</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If you have hitherto concealed his sight,<br/>
Let it be <qex>tenable</qex> in your silence still.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was <qex>tenable</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Tenability</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ace</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;n"&auptack_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tenace</ets> tenacious, demeurer <ets>tenace</ets> to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, the adversary having to lead. See <er>Tenacious</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Whist)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*na"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, from <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>, and cf. <er>Tenace</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; <as>as, men <ex>tenacious</ex> of their just rights</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Apt to retain; retentive; <as>as, a <ex>tenacious</ex> memory</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; <as>as, steel is a <ex>tenacious</ex> metal; tar is more <ex>tenacious</ex> than oil</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir I. Newton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.</def> &ldquo;Female feet, too weak to struggle with <xex>tenacious</xex> clay.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.</def>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Te*na"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Te*na"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nac"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenacitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;nacit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Tenacious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being tenacious; <as>as, <ex>tenacity</ex>, or retentiveness, of memory; <ex>tenacity</ex>, or persistency, of purpose</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from <xex>brittleness</xex>, <xex>fragility</xex>, <xex>mobility</xex>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*nac"u*lum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Tenacula</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>; E. <plw>Tenaculums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a holder, fr. <ets>tenere</ets> to hold.  Cf. <er>Tenaille</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"a*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenacia</ets> obstinacy. See <er>Tenacious</er>.]</ety> <def>Tenaciousness; obstinacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*naille"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. <ets>tenaculum</ets>. See <er>Tenaculum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ravelin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nail"lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tenaille</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tenacies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>tenace</ets>, LL. <ets>tenentia</ets>. See <er>Tenant</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.</def>  <rj><au>Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tenant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>tenir</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>, and cf. <er>Lieutenant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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 <xex>landlord</xex>. See Citation from <au>Blackstone</au>, under <er>Tenement</er>, 2.</def>  <rj><au>Blount. Wharton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.</def> &ldquo;Sweet <xex>tenants</xex> of this grove.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The hhappy <qex>tenant</qex> of your shade.</q> <rj><qau>Cowley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The sister <qex>tenants</qex> of the middle deep.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Tenant in capite</b></col> <ety>[L. <ets>in</ets> in + <ets>capite</ets>, abl. of <ets>caput</ets> head, chief.]</ety>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Tenant in chief</b></col></mcol>, <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 <xex>lord paramount</xex>. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession.</cd> <au>Blackstone.</au> -- <col><b>Tenant in common</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Common</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tenanted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tenanting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sir Roger's estate is <qex>tenanted</qex> by persons who have served him or his ancestors.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ten"ant*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no tenants; unoccupied; <as>as, a <ex>tenantless</ex> mansion</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The body of tenants; <as>as, the <ex>tenantry</ex> of a manor or a kingdom</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tenancy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ridley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ant saw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <cref>Tenon saw</cref>, under <er>Tenon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tench</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tenche</ets>, F. <ets>tanche</ets>, L. <ets>tinca</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A European fresh-water fish (<spn>Tinca tinca</spn>, or <spn>Tinca vulgaris</spn>) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tender</er> to offer.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To make a tender of; to offer or tender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tended</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tending</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Aphetic form of <ets>attend</ets>. See <er>Attend</er>, <er>Tend</er> to move, and cf. <er>Tender</er> one that tends or attends.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; <as>as, shepherds <ex>tend</ex> their flocks</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And flaming ministers to watch and <qex>tend</qex><br/>
Their earthly charge.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There 's not a sparrow or a wren,<br/>
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,<br/>
Which the four seasons do not <qex>tend</qex><br/>
And tides of life and increase lend.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Being to descend<br/>
A ladder much in height, I did not <qex>tend</qex><br/>
My way well down.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To tend a vessel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Was he not companion with the riotous knights<br/>
That <qex>tend</qex> upon my father?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>attendre</ets>.]</ety> <def>To await; to expect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tendre</ets>, L. <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tensum</ets> and <ets>tentum</ets>, to stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. &unr_; to stretch, Skr. <ets>tan</ets>. See <er>Thin</er>, and cf. <er>Tend</er> to attend, <er>Contend</er>, <er>Intense</er>, <er>Ostensible</er>, <er>Portent</er>, <er>Tempt</er>, <er>Tender</er> to offer, <er>Tense</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move in a certain direction; -- usually with <xex>to</xex> or <xex>towards</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Two gentlemen <qex>tending</qex> towards that sight.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thus will this latter, as the former world,<br/>
Still <qex>tend</qex> from bad to worse.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The clouds above me to the white Alps <qex>tend</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, our petitions, if granted, might <ex>tend</ex> to our destruction</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The thoughts of the diligent <qex>tend</qex> only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxi. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The laws of our religion <qex>tend</qex> to the universal happiness of mankind.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend"ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tend</er> to attend, and cf. <er>Attendance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of attending or waiting; attendance.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The breath<br/>
Of her sweet <qex>tendance</qex> hovering over him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Persons in attendance; attendants.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend"ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tendency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend"en*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tendencies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>tendents</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>tendere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tendance</ets>. See <er>Tend</er> to move.]</ety> <def>Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular <qex>tendency</qex> to the good of their country.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In every experimental science, there is a <qex>tendency</qex> toward perfection.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tend</er> to attend.  Cf. <er>Attender</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- submarine tender, a ship which provides supplies and logistic support to submarines.  A specialization of def. 2. --><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tendered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tendering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>tendre</ets> to stretch, stretch out, reach, L. <ets>tendere</ets>. See <er>Tend</er> to move.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; <as>as, to <ex>tender</ex> the amount of rent or debt</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer in words; to present for acceptance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . . <qex>tender</qex> down<br/>
Their services to Lord Timon.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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>as, the <ex>tender</ex> of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; <as>as, a <ex>tender</ex> of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a <ex>tender</ex> of a bid for a contract.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>A free, unlimited <qex>tender</qex> of the gospel.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- 4. (Finance) An offer to buy a certain number of shares of stock of a publicly-traded company at a fixed price, usu. in an attempt to gain control of the company. --><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Legal tender</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Legal</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tender of issue</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <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> <au>Burrill.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Tenderer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tenderest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F. <ets>tendre</ets>, L. <ets>tener</ets>; probably akin to <ets>tenuis</ets> thin. See <er>Thin</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; <as>as, <ex>tender</ex> plants; <ex>tender</ex> flesh; <ex>tender</ex> fruit</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our bodies are not naturally more <qex>tender</qex> than our faces.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tender</qex> and delicate woman among you.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxviii. 56.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord is very pitiful, and of <qex>tender</qex> mercy.</q> <rj><qau>James v. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I am choleric by my nature, and <qex>tender</qex> by my temper.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I love Valentine,<br/>
Whose life's as <qex>tender</qex> to me as my soul!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with <xex>of</xex>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Tender</xex> of property.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The civil authority should be <qex>tender</qex> of the honor of God and religion.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You, that are thus so <qex>tender</qex> o'er his follies,<br/>
Will never do him good.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; <as>as, <ex>tender</ex> expressions; <ex>tender</ex> expostulations; a <ex>tender</ex> strain</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; <as>as, a <ex>tender</ex> subject</as>.</def> &ldquo;Things that are <xex>tender</xex> and unpleasing.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Tender</ex> is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; <as>as, <ex>tender</ex>-footed, <ex>tender</ex>-looking, <ex>tender</ex>-minded, <ex>tender</ex>-mouthed, and the like</as>.</note><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive; compassionate; kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tendre</ets>.]</ety> <def>Regard; care; kind concern.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For first, next after life, he <qex>tendered</qex> her good.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Tender</qex> yourself more dearly.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes <qex>tendered</qex> his case, which they counted might be their own.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der*foot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.</def> <mark>[Slang, Western U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <er>Boy scout</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ten"der-heart`ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ten"der-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>Rehoboam was young and <qex>tender-hearted</qex>, and could not withstand them.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xiii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Be ye kind one to another, <qex>tender-hearted</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Eph. iv. 32.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der-heft`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having great tenderness; easily moved.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der*ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>W. Harrison (1586).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the first antlers of a deer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der*loin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>In New York City, the region which is the center of the night life of fashionable amusement, including the  majority of the theaters, etc., centering on Broadway. The term orig. designates the old twenty-ninth police precinct, in this region, which afforded the police great opportunities for profit through conniving at vice and lawbreaking, one captain being reported to have said on being transferred there that whereas he had been eating chuck steak he would now eat tenderlion. Hence, in some other cities, a district largely devoted to night amusement, or, sometimes, to vice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</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>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"der*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"di*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tendineux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Full of tendons; sinewy; <as>as, nervous and <ex>tendinous</ex> parts of the body</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tend"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Attendance; care.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch, extend. See <er>Tend</er> to move.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tendon reflex</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <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 <cref>Knee jerk</cref>, under <er>Knee</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"don*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tendinous.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tendon</er>, and <er>Synovitis</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Tenosynovitis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"drac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tenrec</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family <fam>Centetid&aelig;</fam>, belonging to <gen>Ericulus</gen>, <gen>Echinope</gen>, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (<spn>Oryzorictes hora</spn>) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also <stype>tenrec</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten"dre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Tender feeling or fondness; affection.</def></p>

<p><q>You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish <qex>tendre</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*dresse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Tender feeling; fondness.</def> <mark>[Obs., except as a French word]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"dril</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Shortened fr. OF. <ets>tendrillon</ets>, fr. F. <ets>tendre</ets> tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. <ets>tendrille</ets>. See <er>Tender</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Tendron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"dril</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Clasping; climbing as a tendril.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dyer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ten"driled</hw>, <hw>Ten"drilled</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>thousand tendriled</xex> vine.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.  Cf. <er>Tendril</er>.]</ety> <def>A tendril.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"dry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tender; an offer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Heylin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. &amp; v.</pos> <def>See 1st and 2d <er>Teen</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten"e*br&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., pl., darkness.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*neb"ri*cose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenebricosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tenebrous; dark; gloomy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`e*brif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenebrae</ets> darkness + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It lightens, it brightens,<br/>
The <qex>tenebrific</qex> scene.</q> <rj><qau>Burns.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where light<br/>
Lay fitful in a <qex>tenebrific</qex> time.</q> <rj><qau>R. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`e*brif"ic*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tenebrific.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Authors who are <qex>tenebrificous</qex> stars.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*ne"bri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tenebrous.</def>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"e*brose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`e*bros"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness.</def>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"e*brous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenebrosus</ets>, fr. <ets>tenebrae</ets> darkness: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;n&eacute;breux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ten"e*brous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>The most dark, <qex>tenebrous</qex> night.</q> <rj><qau>J. Hall (1565).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The towering and <qex>tenebrous</qex> boughts of the cypress.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"e*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tenement</ets> a holding, a fief, F. <ets>t&egrave;nement</ets>, LL. <ets>tenementum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Feud. Law)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Common Law)</fld> <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 <altname>free tenements</altname> <it>or</it> <altname>frank tenements</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The thing held is a <qex>tenement</qex>, the possessor of it a &ldquo;tenant,&rdquo; and the manner of possession is called &ldquo;tenure.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no <qex>tenement</qex>, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A <cref>tenement house</cref>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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, often overcrowded and in poor condition.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- House; dwelling; habitation.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Tenement</er>, <er>House</er>.  There may be many <xex>houses</xex> under one roof, but they are completely separated from each other by party walls. A <xex>tenement</xex> may be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for the use of a family.  In modern usage, a <ex>tenement</ex> or <ex>tenement house</ex> most commonly refers to the meaning given for <cref>tenement house</cref>, above.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`e*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by tenants.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`e*men"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being leased; held by tenants.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenent</ets> they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of <ets>tenere</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tenet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Sanderson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tener</ets>, <ets>-eris</ets>, tender, delicate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`er*iffe"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also <altname>Vidonia</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*ner"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>teneritas</ets>. See <er>Tender</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Tenderness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nes"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*nes"mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to stretch: cf. L. <ets>tenesmos</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Vesical tenesmus</b></col>, <cd>a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenet</ets> he holds, fr. <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety> <def>Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; <as>as, the <ex>tenets</ex> of Plato or of Cicero</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a <qex>tenet</qex> very questionable.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The religious <qex>tenets</qex> of his family he had early renounced with contempt.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See <er>Dogma</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"fold`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The grisly Terror . . . grew <qex>tenfold</qex><br/>
More dreadful and deform.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>T&aelig;nia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"ni*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>T&aelig;noid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"nant*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after Smithson <etsep>Tennant</etsep>, an English chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`n&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Tawny</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"nis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tennes</ets>, <ets>tenies</ets>, <ets>tenyse</ets>; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. <ets>tenez</ets> hold or take it, fr. <ets>tenir</ets> to hold (see <er>Tenable</er>).]</ety> <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>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing <qex>tennis</qex>, . . . were familiar to all London.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Court tennis</b></col>, <cd>the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from <contr>lawn tennis</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lawn tennis</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Lawn</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Tennis court</b></col>, <cd>a place or court for playing the game of tennis.</cd> <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"nis</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten*no"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jap. <ets>tenn&omacr;</ets>, fr. Chin. <ets>t'ien</ets> heaven + <ets>wang</ets> king.]</ety> <def>Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"nu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The tapir.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`ny*so"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <person>Alfred (Lord) Tennyson</person>, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"-o'*clock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under <er>Star</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>tenir</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Carp. &amp; Join.)</fld> <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. <er>Tooth</er>, <er>Tusk</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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> <altsp>[Corruptly written <asp>tenant saw</asp>.]</altsp> <au>Gwilt.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"on</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*no"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Discovered or described by M. <etsep>Tenon</etsep>, a French anatomist.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tenonian capsule</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the <xex>fascia of Tenon</xex>) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also <altname>capsule of Tenon</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`o*ni"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> tendon + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of a tendon.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`o*ni"tis</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tenonian</er>, <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <def>Inflammation of the Tenonian capsule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from <ets>tenere</ets> to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. <ets>teneur</ets>. See <er>Tenable</er>, and cf. <er>Tenor</er> a kind of voice.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Along the cool sequestered vale of life<br/>
They kept the noiseless <qex>tenor</qex> of their away.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When it [the bond] is paid according to the <qex>tenor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Does not the whole <qex>tenor</qex> of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?</q> <rj><qau>Spart.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Stamp; character; nature.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same <qex>tenor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from <xex>purport</xex>, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>t&eacute;nor</ets>, L. <ets>tenor</ets>, 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. <ets>tenore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <def>A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Old Tenor</b></col>, <col><b>New Tenor</b></col>, <col><b>Middle Tenor</b></col></mcol>, <cd>different descriptions of paper money, issued at different periods, by the American colonial governments in the last century.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nor"rha*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> tendon + <ets>-rhaphy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Suture of a tendon.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`o*si"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> tendon + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of a tendon.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> a tendon + E. <ets>synovitis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"o*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*not"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>te`nwn</grk> a tendon + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"pen*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Valued or sold at ten pence; <as>as, a <ex>tenpenny</ex> cake</as>. See 2d <er>Penny</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"pen*ny</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Denoting a size of nails. See 1st <er>Penny</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"pins</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See <er>Ninepins</er>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"-pound`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large oceanic fish (<spn>Elops saurus</spn>) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"rec</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name: cf. F. <ets>tanrac</ets>, <ets>tanrec</ets>, <ets>tandrec</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small insectivore (<spn>Centetes ecaudatus</spn>), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also <altname>tanrec</altname>. The name is applied to other allied genera. See <er>Tendrac</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tense</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tens</ets>, properly, time, F. <ets>temps</ets> time, tense. See <er>Temporal</er> of time, and cf. <er>Thing</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time <xex>past</xex>, <xex>present</xex>, and <xex>future</xex>; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tense</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tensus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch. See <er>Tend</er> to move, and cf. <er>Toise</er>.]</ety> <def>Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; <as>as, a <ex>tense</ex> fiber</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The temples were sunk, her forehead was <qex>tense</qex>, and a fatal paleness was upon her.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Tense"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Tense"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"si*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tense</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and <qex>tensible</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tense</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to extension; <as>as, <ex>tensile</ex> strength</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"siled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made tensile.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*sil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; <as>as, the <ex>tensility</ex> of the muscles</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. Mere.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tensio</ets>, from <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tensum</ets>, to stretch: cf. F. <ets>tension</ets>. See <er>Tense</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; <as>as, the <ex>tension</ex> of the muscles, <ex>tension</ex> of the larynx</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; <as>as, the <ex>tension</ex> of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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>as, the <ex>tension</ex> of vapor; the <ex>tension</ex> of air</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Tension brace</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Tension member</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure.</cd> -- <col><b>Tension rod</b></col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sioned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.</def> &ldquo;A highly <xex>tensioned</xex> string.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tyndall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"si*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tensif</ets>. See <er>Tense</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>tensive</qex> pain from distension of the parts.</q> <rj><qau>Floyer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tension</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <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 <xex>stretching</xex> factor in changing one vector into another. See <er>Versor</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"-strike`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Tenpins)</fld> <def>A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball<!-- also, strike-->.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any quick, decisive stroke or act.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"sure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tensura</ets>. See <er>Tension</er>.]</ety> <def>Tension.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>tinto</ets>, properly, deep-colored, fr. L. <ets>tinctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tingere</ets> to dye. See <er>Tinge</er>, and cf. <er>Tint</er>, <er>Tinto</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also <altname>tent wine</altname>, and <altname>tinta</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Attent</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Attention; regard, care.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lydgate.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Intention; design.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>tenter</ets>. See <er>Tempt</er>.]</ety> <def>To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; <as>as, to <ex>tent</ex> a wound</as>. Used also figuratively.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I'll <qex>tent</qex> him to the quick.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tente</ets>. See <er>Tent</er> to probe.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <def>A probe for searching a wound.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>tent</qex> that searches<br/>
To the bottom of the worst.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tente</ets>, F. <ets>tente</ets>, LL. <ets>tenta</ets>, fr. L. <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tentum</ets>, to stretch. See <er>Tend</er> to move, and cf. <er>Tent</er> a roll of lint.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Within his <qex>tent</qex>, large as is a barn.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The representation of a tent used as a bearing.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tent bed</b></col>, <cd>a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy.</cd> -- <col><b>Tent caterpillar</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <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 (<spn>Clisiocampa Americana</spn>). Called also <altname>lackery caterpillar</altname>, and <altname>webworm</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tented</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tenting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We 're <qex>tenting</qex> to-night on the old camp ground.</q> <rj><qau>W. Kittredge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ta*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>tentaculum</ets>, from L. <ets>tentare</ets> to handle, feel: cf. F. <ets>tentacule</ets>. See <er>Tempt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tentacle sheath</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a sheathlike structure around the base of the tentacles of many mollusks.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ta*cled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having tentacles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tentaculaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten*tac`u*la"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ten*tac"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ten*tac"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`ta*cu*lif"e*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Suctoria</er>, 1.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`ta*cu*lif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tentaculum</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Producing or bearing tentacles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`ta*cu"li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a tentacle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tentaculum</ets> + <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the auditory organs of certain medus&aelig;; -- called also <altname>auditory tentacle</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten*tac"u*lum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tentacula</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tentacle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A tentacle.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Tent</er> a pavilion.]</ety> <def>A collection of tents; an encampment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tentatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tentation</ets>. See <er>Temptation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Trial; temptation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*ta"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tentare</ets> to try: cf. F. <ets>tentatif</ets>. See <er>Tempt</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.</def> &ldquo;A slow, <xex>tentative</xex> manner.&rdquo; <au>Carlyle.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ten*ta"tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*ta"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>tentative</ets>.]</ety> <def>An essay; a trial; an experiment.</def>  <rj><au>Berkley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered with tents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A kind of governor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tenture</ets>, <ets>tentoure</ets>, OF. <ets>tenture</ets> a stretching, spreading, F. <ets>tenture</ets> hangings, tapestry, from L. <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tentum</ets>, to stretch. See <er>Tend</er> to move.]</ety> <def>A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called <xex>tenter-hooks</xex>, so that it may dry even and square.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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> -- <mcol><col><b>To be on the tenters</b></col>, <col><b>To be on the tenter-hooks</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To be on tenterhooks</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.</cd> <au>Hudibras.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tentered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tentering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To admit extension.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Woolen cloth will <qex>tenter</qex>, linen scarcely.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tentfuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tenth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Ten</er>: cf. OE. <ets>tethe</ets>, AS. <ets>te&oacute;&unr_;a</ets>. See <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Tithe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tenth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <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 <xex>Queen Anne's Bounty</xex>.</def>
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<p><hw>Tenth"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tenth manner.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tenth"me`ter</hw>, <hw>Tenth"me`tre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 10<exp>10</exp> of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`thre*din"i*des</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of wasp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"tif</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Attentive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"tif*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Attentively.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten*tig"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tentigo</ets>, <ets>-inis</ets>, a tension, lecherousness, fr. <ets>tendere</ets>, <ets>tentum</ets>, to stretch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Stiff; stretched; strained.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lustful, or pertaining to lust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"mak`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One whose occupation it is to make tents.</def>  <rj><au>Acts xviii. 3.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten*to"ri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a tent.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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 <xex>bony tentorium</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"o*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tentorium</ets> a tent.]</ety> <def>The awning or covering of a tent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tent"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under <er>Wall</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"u*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tenuated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tenuating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tenuatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tenuare</ets> to make thin, fr. <ets>tenuis</ets> thin. See <er>Tenuous</er>.]</ety> <def>To make thin; to attenuate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`u*i*fo"li*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenuis</ets> thin + <ets>folium</ets> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having thin or narrow leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nu"i*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tenuous</er>.]</ety> <def>Rare or subtile; tenuous; -- opposed to <xex>dense</xex>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Glanvill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`u*i*ros"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tenuirosters</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>tenuis</ets> thin + <ets>rostrum</ets> a beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Tenuirostres.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten`u*i*ros"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten`u*i*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ten"u*is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tenues</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>tenuis</ets> fine, thin. See <er>Tenuous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld> <def>One of the three surd mutes &kappa;, &pi;, &tau;; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, &gamma;, &beta;, &delta;, and their aspirates, &chi;, &phi;, &theta;. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*nu"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenuitas</ets>, from <ets>tenuis</ets> thin: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;nuit&eacute;</ets>. See <er>Tenuous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; <as>as, the <ex>tenuity</ex> of a leaf; the <ex>tenuity</ex> of a hair.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; <as>as, the <ex>tenuity</ex> of the air; the <ex>tenuity</ex> of the blood</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Poverty; indigence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Eikon Basilike.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Refinement; delicacy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"u*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tenuis</ets> thin. See <er>Thin</er>, and cf. <er>Tenuis</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Thin; slender; small; minute.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- 3. Fig. <def>Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.</def> --><br/>
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<p><hw>Ten"ure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tenure</ets>, OF. <ets>teneure</ets>, fr. F. <ets>tenir</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That the <qex>tenure</qex> of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at will, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Manner of holding, in general; <as>as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious <ex>tenure</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All that seems thine own,<br/>
Held by the <qex>tenure</qex> of his will alone.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tenure by fee alms</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See <er>Frankalmoigne</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`o*cal"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Teocallis</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Mexican.]</ety> <def>Literally, God's house; a temple, usually of pyramidal form, such as were built by the aborigines of Mexico, Yucatan, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And Aztec priests upon their <qex>teocallis</qex><br/>
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te`o*sin"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large grass (<spn>Euchl&aelig;na luxurians</spn>) 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 <altname>Guatemala grass</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tep"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>t&eacute;pale</ets>, fr. <ets>p&eacute;tale</ets>, by transposition.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A division of a perianth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tep*ee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Indian wigwam or tent.</def><!-- also teepee --><br/>
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<p><hw>Tep`e*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Act of tepefying.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tep"e*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tepefied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tepefying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tepere</ets> to be tepid + <ets>-fy</ets>; cf. L. <ets>tepefacere</ets>. See <er>Tepid</er>.]</ety> <def>To make or become tepid, or moderately warm.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teph"ra*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; ashes + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teph"rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; ashes.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teph"ro*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tephrosia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*phro"si*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; ash-colored, from &unr_; ashes.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>Tephrosia toxicaria</xex> is used in the West Indies and in Polynesia for stupefying fish. <xex>T</xex>. <xex>purpurea</xex> is used medicinally in the East Indies. <xex>T</xex>. <xex>Virginia</xex> is the goat's rue of the United States.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tep"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tepidus</ets>, fr. <ets>tepere</ets> to be warm; akin to Skr. <ets>tap</ets> to be warm, <ets>tapas</ets> heat.]</ety> <def>Moderately warm; lukewarm; <as>as, a <ex>tepid</ex> bath; <ex>tepid</ex> rays; <ex>tepid</ex> vapors.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tep"id*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*pid"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;pidit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"por</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>tepere</ets> to be tepid.]</ety> <def>Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*qui"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from L. <xex>ter</xex> signifying <xex>three times</xex>, <xex>thrice</xex>. See <er>Tri-</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*con"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ter</ets>ebic + citr<ets>aconic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*cryl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ter</ets>pene + <ets>acrylic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"aph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Teraphs</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>See <er>Teraphim</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"a*phim</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ter&amacr;ph&imacr;m</ets>.]</ety> <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>  <rj><au>Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"a*pin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Terrapin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*rat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a wonder.]</ety> <def>Wonderful; ominous; prodigious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wollaston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*tog"e*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a wonder, monster + the root of &unr_; to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The formation of monsters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"a*toid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, monster + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.</def>  <rj><au>S. D. Gross.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*to*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to teratology; <as>as, <ex>teratological</ex> changes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a wonder, monster + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. Gr. &unr_; a telling of wonders, and F. <ets>t&eacute;ratologie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Affectation of sublimity; bombast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`a*to"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, monster + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"bic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"bi*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Yt<ets>terby</ets>, in Sweden. See <er>Erbium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare metallic element, found in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare earths such as ytterbium. Symbol Tb. Atomic number 65. Atomic weight 158.925.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Terce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tierce</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"cel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Tiercel</er>. Called also <altname>tarsel</altname>, <altname>tassel</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Terce"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"cel*lene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small male hawk.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*cen"te*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ter</ets> thirce + E. <ets>centenary</ets>.]</ety> <def>Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>terzetto</ets>, dim. of <ets>terzo</ets>, third, L. <ets>tertius</ets>. See <er>Tierce</er>, and cf. <er>Terzetto</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A triplet.</def>  <rj><au>Hiles.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Poetry)</fld> <def>A triplet; a group of three lines.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"cine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>tertius</ets> the third.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.  Cf. <er>Quintine</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*bate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A salt of terebic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*bene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also <altname>camphene</altname>. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*ben"thene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Oil of turpentine. See <er>Turpentine</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*reb"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, <chform>C7H10O4</chform>, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bi*len"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, <chform>C7H8O4</chform>, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*binth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terbinthus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;r&eacute;binthe</ets>.  Cf. <er>Turpentine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The turpentine tree.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; <as>as, <ex>terbinthic</ex> qualities</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bin"thine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terbinthinus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"e*bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Terebras</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Terebr&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a borer.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also <altname>auger shell</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*brant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terebrans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter`e*bran"ti*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*brate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terebratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>terebrare</ets>, from <ets>terebra</ets> a borer, <ets>terere</ets> to rub.]</ety> <def>To perforate; to bore; to pierce.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*bra`ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terebratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of terebrating, or boring.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter`e*brat"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Terebratul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Nl., dim. fr. <ets>terebratus</ets>, p. p., perforated.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 <altname>lamp shell</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*brat"u*lid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`e*bra*tu"li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the general form of a terebratula shell.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*dine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>t&eacute;r&eacute;dine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A borer; the teredo.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*re"do</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Teredos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Teredines</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. &unr_;, L. <ets>terere</ets> to rub.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 <altname>shipworm</altname>. See <er>Shipworm</er>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ek</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Because found on the <etsep>Terek</etsep> River in the Caucasus.]</ety> <def>A sandpiper (<spn>Terekia cinerea</spn>) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*eph"tha*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of terephthalic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`eph*thal"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tere</ets>bene + <ets>phthalic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <altname>paraphthalic acid</altname>.  Cf. <er>Phthalic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Round; terete.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*rete"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>teres</ets>, <ets>-etis</ets>, rounded off, properly, rubbed off, fr. <ets>terere</ets> to rub.]</ety> <def>Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*re"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Terete</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Rounded; <as>as, the <ex>teretial</ex> tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Owen.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"e*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Terete.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"gal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tergum</ets> the back.]</ety> <fld>(Anat. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See <er>Dorsal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"gant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Showing the back; <as>as, the eagle <ex>tergant</ex></as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tergiant</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ter*gem"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ter*gem"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tergeminous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Thrice twin; having three pairs of leaflets.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*gem"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tergeminus</ets>; <ets>ter</ets> thrice + <ets>geminus</ets> doubled at birth, twin-born.  Cf. <er>Trigeminous</er>.]</ety> <def>Threefold; thrice-paired.</def>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*gif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tergum</ets> the back + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Carrying or bearing upon the back.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tergiferous plants</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"gite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Coleoptera</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"gi*ver*sate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tergiversatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tergiversari</ets> to turn one's back, to shift; <ets>tergum</ets> back + <ets>versare</ets>, freq. of <ets>vertere</ets> to turn. See <er>Verse</er>.]</ety> <def>To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tergiversario</ets>: cf. F. <ets>tergiversation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and <qex>tergiversations</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Abp. Bramhall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The colonel, after all his <qex>tergiversations</qex>, lost his life in the king's service.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Terga</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., the back.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The back of an animal.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>tarin</ets>, Prov. F. <ets>tairin</ets>, <ets>t&eacute;rin</ets>, probably from the Picard <ets>t&egrave;re</ets> tender.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also <altname>tarin</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Term</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terme</ets>, L. <ets>termen</ets>, <ets>-inis</ets>, <ets>terminus</ets>, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. See <er>Thrum</er> a tuft, and cf. <er>Terminus</er>, <er>Determine</er>, <er>Exterminate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two <qex>terms</qex>, or boundaries.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; <as>as, a <ex>term</ex> of five years; the <ex>term</ex> of life</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; <as>as, the school year is divided into three <ex>terms</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A point, line, or superficies, that limits; <as>as, a line is the <ex>term</ex> of a superficies, and a superficies is the <ex>term</ex> of a solid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration</def>; as: <sd>(a)</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>(b)</sd> <def>A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called <xex>vacation</xex>. 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.<br/>
    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.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><q>The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its <qex>terms</qex> or extremes.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The predicate of the conclusion is called the <xex>major</xex> term, because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called the <xex>minor</xex> term, because it is less general. These are called the <xex>extermes</xex>; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between them, is called the <xex>mean</xex> or <xex>middle</xex> term. Thus in the following syllogism, --<br/>
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Every vegetable is combustible;
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<xex>combustible</xex>, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term; <xex>tree</xex> is the minor term; <xex>vegetable</xex> is the middle term.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</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>as, a technical <ex>term</ex></as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Terms</xex> quaint of law.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of <qex>terms</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also <altname>terminal figure</altname>. See <er>Terminus</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2 and 3.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. <xex>Terms</xex> rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. <au>Gwilt.</au></note><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>A member of a compound quantity; <as>as, <it>a</it> or <it>b</it> in <mathex>a + b</mathex>; <it>ab</it> or <it>cd</it> in <mathex>ab - cd</mathex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The menses.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Terms legal and conventional</xex> in Scotland correspond to <xex>quarter days</xex> in England and Ireland. There are two <xex>legal terms</xex> -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two <xex>conventional terms</xex> -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. <au>Mozley &amp; W.</au></note><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.</def>  <rj><au>J. Knowels.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>In term</b></col>, <cd>in set terms; in formal phrase.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<q>I can not speak <qex>in term</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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-- <col><b>Term fee</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</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> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word; expression.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Term</er>, <er>Word</er>. 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. <xex>Word</xex> is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings. <xex>Term</xex> 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 <xex>term</xex>, and of stating things in distinct <xex>terms</xex>. Thus we say, &ldquo;the <xex>term</xex> minister literally denotes servant;&rdquo; &ldquo;an exact definition of <xex>terms</xex> is essential to clearness of thought;&rdquo; &ldquo;no <xex>term</xex> of reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;&rdquo; &ldquo;every art has its peculiar and distinctive <xex>terms</xex>,&rdquo; etc. So also we say, &ldquo;purity of style depends on the choice of <xex>words</xex>, and precision of style on a clear understanding of the <xex>terms</xex> used.&rdquo; <xex>Term</xex> 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 <xex>terms</xex>, but simply as <xex>words</xex>.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Term</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Termed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Terming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Term</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Terminate</er>.]</ety> <def>To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men <qex>term</qex> what is beyond the limits of the universe &ldquo;imaginary space.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Term</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.</def>  <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ma*gan*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; <as>as, a violent <ex>termagancy</ex> of temper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ma*gant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>Trivigant</ets>, <ets>Termagant</ets>, Termagant (in sense 1), OF. <ets>Tervagan</ets>; cf. It. <ets>Trivigante</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Moslem deity or false god.  He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> &ldquo;And oftentimes by <xex>Termagant</xex> and Mahound [Mahomet] swore.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au><br/>
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<p><q>The lesser part on Christ believed well,<br/>
On <qex>Termagant</qex> the more, and on Mahound.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This terrible <qex>termagant</qex>, this Nero, this Pharaoh.</q> <rj><qau>Bale (1543).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The slave of an imperious and reckless <qex>termagant</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ma*gant</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter"ma*gant*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>termagant</qex>, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter`ma*ta"ri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Termes</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ma*ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Termatarium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Term day</hw>. <def>A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of a court; esp., one of a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Term"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</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> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>termor</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"mes</hw> <pr>(t&etilde_;r"m&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Termites</plw> <pr>(-m&ibreve_;*t&emacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>termes</ets>, <ets>tarmes</ets>, <ets>-itis</ets>, a woodworm.  Cf. <er>Termite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See <er>Termite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*ble</hw> <pr>(-m&ibreve_;n*&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Terminate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter"mi*na*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Terminable annuity</b></col>, <cd>an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from <contr>life annuity</contr>, and <contr>perpetual annuity</contr>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nal</hw> <pr>(-n&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terminals</ets>: cf. F. <ets>terminal</ets>. See <er>Term</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; <as>as, a <ex>terminal</ex> edge</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; <as>as, a <ex>terminal</ex> bud, flower, or spike</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; <as>as, <ex>terminal</ex> charges</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Terminal moraine</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Moraine</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terminal statue</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Terminus</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2 and 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Terminal velocity</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The limit toward which the velocity of a body approaches, as of a body falling through the air.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere <xex>sidings</xex>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from <contr>mileage rate</contr>, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A town lying at the end of a railroad,  in which the terminal is located; -- more properly called a <altname>terminus</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The station at either end of a bus line line which transports freight or passengers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A station where passenger buses start or end a trip; -- also called <ecol><b>bus terminal</b></ecol>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The structure at an airport where passengers board or debark, and where ticket purchases and baggage pickup is performed; -- also called <ecol><b>airline terminal</b></ecol>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>An electronic device where data may be entered into a computer, and information received from it, usually consisting of a keyboard and video display unit (monitor); the terminal may be integrated or connected directly to a computer, or connected by a communications circuit with a computer at a remote location; -- also called <ecol><b>computer terminal</b></ecol>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>freight terminal</b></col>, <cd>a terminal used for loading or unloading of freight.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter`mi*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of <etsep>Terminus</etsep>, the god of boundaries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terminans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>terminare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Termination; ending.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Puttenham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Terminated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Terminating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>terminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>terminare</ets>. See <er>Term</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; <as>as, to <ex>terminate</ex> a surface by a line</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put an end to; to make to cease; <as>as, to <ex>terminate</ex> an effort, or a controversy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.</def><br/>
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<p><q>During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] <qex>terminated</qex> two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.</q> <rj><qau>J. S. Harford.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1488 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; <as>as, the torrid zone <ex>terminates</ex> at the tropics</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, <qex>terminate</qex> on zhis side heaven.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`mi*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terminatio</ets> a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. <ets>terminasion</ets>, OF. also <ets>termination</ets>. See <er>Term</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; <as>as, a voluntary <ex>termination</ex> of hostilities</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; <as>as, the <ex>termination</ex> of a line</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>End in time or existence; <as>as, the <ex>termination</ex> of the year, or of life; the <ex>termination</ex> of happiness</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>End; conclusion; result.</def>  <rj><au>Hallam.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Last purpose of design.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A word; a term.</def> <mark>[R. &amp; Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`mi*na"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive.</def> <au>Bp. Rust.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter"mi*na*tive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <au>Jer. Taylor.</au></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*na`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., he who limits or sets bounds.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, terminates.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.</def><br/>
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<p><!-- The Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*na*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Terminative.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>terminer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To terminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terminer</ets> to bound, limit, end. See <er>Terminate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A determining; <as>as, in oyer and <ex>terminer</ex></as>. See <er>Oyer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine held by the Terminists.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>terministe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Murdock.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to terminology.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter`mi*no*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`mi*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terminus</ets> term + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>terminologie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; <as>as, the <ex>terminology</ex> of chemistry</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a <qex>terminology</qex> altogether new.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Term insurance</hw>. <def>Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void upon its expiration.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mi*nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Termini</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Term</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See <er>Term</er>, 8.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"mite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Termites</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. See <er>Termes</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to <gen>Termes</gen> and allied genera; -- called also <altname>white ant</altname>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>White ant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; They are very abundant in tropical countries, and are noted for their destructive habits, their large nests, their remarkable social instincts, and their division of labor among the polymorphic individuals of several kinds. Besides the males and females, each nest has ordinary workers, and large-headed individuals called <xex>soldiers</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Term"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; <as>as, <ex>termless</ex> time</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Termless</xex> joys.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inexpressible; indescribable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Term"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Occurring every term; <as>as, a <ex>termly</ex> fee</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Term"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Term by term; every term.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Fees . . . that are <xex>termly</xex> given.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`mo*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, boundary, end + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Terminology.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Term"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Termer</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Term policy</hw>. <def>A policy of term insurance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tern</hw> <pr>(t&etilde_;rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>terne</ets>, <ets>t&aelig;rne</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>t&auml;rna</ets>, Icel. <ets>&thorn;erna</ets>; cf. NL. <ets>sterna</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to <gen>Sterna</gen> and various allied genera.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern (<spn>Sterna hirundo</spn>) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern (<spn>Sterna paradis&aelig;a</spn>), the roseate tern (<spn>Sterna Dougalli</spn>), the least tern (<spn>Sterna Antillarum</spn>), the royal tern (<spn>Sterna maxima</spn>), and the sooty tern (<spn>Sterna fuliginosa</spn>).</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Hooded tern</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Fairy bird</cref>, under <er>Fairy</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Marsh tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern of the genus <gen>Hydrochelidon</gen>. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.</cd> -- <col><b>River tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern belonging to <gen>Se&euml;na</gen> or allied genera which frequent rivers.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea tern</b></col>, <cd>any tern of the genus <gen>Thalasseus</gen>. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. pl. <ets>terni</ets> three each, three; akin to <ets>tres</ets> three. See <er>Three</er>, and cf. <er>Trine</er>.]</ety> <def>Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tern flowers</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>flowers growing three and three together.</cd> -- <col><b>Tern leaves</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set.</cd> -- <col><b>Tern peduncles</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>three peduncles growing together from the same axis.</cd> -- <col><b>Tern schooner</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a three-masted schooner.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terne</ets>. See <er>Tern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><q>She'd win a <qex>tern</qex> in Thursday's lottery.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ternarius</ets>, fr. <ets>terni</ets>. See <er>Tern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; <as>as, the <ex>ternary</ex> number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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; <as>thus, sodic hydroxide, <chform>NaOH</chform>, is a <ex>ternary</ex> compound</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"na*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ternaries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some in <qex>ternaries</qex>, some in pairs, and some single.</q> <rj><qau>Holder.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>ternatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>terni</ets> three each. See <er>Tern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Having the parts arranged by threes; <as>as, <ex>ternate</ex> branches, leaves, or flowers</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter"nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Terne"plate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and <er>Plate</er>.]</ety> <def>Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of <xex>three</xex> metals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ni*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ternio</ets>, fr. <ets>terni</ets> three each. See <er>Tern</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The number three; three things together; a ternary.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"pene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Turpentine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*pen"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Terpenylic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`pe*nyl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Terpene</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets> + <ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, <chform>C8H12O4</chform> (called also <xex>terpentic acid</xex>), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"pi*lene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"pin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"pin*ol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Terpin</ets> + L. <ets>ol</ets>eum oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Terp*sich"o*re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; enjoyment (fr. &unr_; to gladden) + &unr_; dance, dancing.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Terp`sich*o*re"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. &amp; L. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <def>The earth; earth.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Terra alba</b></col> <ety>[L., white earth]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <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>. <ety>[It., fr. <ets>terra</ets> earth + <ets>cotta</ets>, fem. of <ets>cotto</ets> cooked, L. <ets>coctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>coquere</ets> to cook. See <er>Cook</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <cd>Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Terr&aelig; filius</b></col> <ety>[L., son of the earth]</ety>, <cd>formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the <it>prevaricator</it> at Cambridge, England.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra firma</b></col> <ety>[L.]</ety>, <cd>firm or solid earth, as opposed to <contr>water</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra Japonica</b></col>. <ety>[NL.]</ety> <cd>Same as <er>Gambier</er>. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra Lemnia</b></col> <ety>[L., Lemnian earth]</ety>, <cd>Lemnian earth. See under <er>Lemnian</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra ponderosa</b></col> <ety>[L., ponderous earth]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>barite, or heavy spar.</cd> -- <col><b>Terra di Sienna</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Sienna</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"race</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terrasse</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>terraza</ets>, It. <ets>terrazza</ets>), fr. L. <ets>terra</ets> the earth, probably for <ets>tersa</ets>, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to <ets>torrere</ets> to parch, E. <ets>torrid</ets>, and <ets>thirst</ets>. See <er>Thirst</er>, and cf. <er>Fumitory</er>, <er>Inter</er>, <pos>v.</pos>, <er>Patterre</er>, <er>Terrier</er>, <er>Trass</er>, <er>Tureen</er>, <er>Turmeric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A flat roof to a house; <as>as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with <ex>terraces</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Terrace epoch</b></col>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Drift epoch</cref>, under <er>Drift</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"race</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Terraced</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Terracing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, <as>as, to <ex>terrace</ex> a garden, or a building</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Clermont's <qex>terraced</qex> height, and Esher's groves.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ra*cul`ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terra</ets> the earth + <ets>cultura</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cultivation on the earth; agriculture.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ter`ra*cul"tur*al</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"ra in*cog"ni*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An unknown land; unexplored country.</def></p>

<p><q>The enormous tracts lying outside China proper, still almost <qex>terr&aelig; incognit&aelig;</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>A. R. Colquhoun.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"rane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terrain</ets>, from L. <ets>terra</ets> earth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to <xex>formation</xex>, but used somewhat less comprehensively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"rane</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <sn>2.</sn> <def>A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; <as>as, the <ex>terrane</ex> of a river, that is, its drainage basin</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ra*pin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably of American Indian origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>terapin</asp>, <asp>terrapen</asp>, <asp>terrapene</asp>, <asp>turpen</asp>, and <asp>turapen</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The yellow-bellied terrapin (<spn>Pseudemys scabra</spn>) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin (<spn>Pseudemys rugosa</spn> or <spn>Chrysemys rubriventris</spn>), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also <altname>potter</altname>, <altname>slider</altname>, and <altname>redfender</altname>), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin (<spn>Malaclemmys palustris</spn>), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><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 <gen>Cinosternon</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Painted terrapin</b></col>, <cd>the painted turtle. See under <er>Painted</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Speckled terrapin</b></col>, <cd>a small fresh-water American terrapin (<spn>Chelopus guttatus</spn>) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also <altname>spotted turtle</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*ra"que*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terra</ets> the earth + E. <ets>aqueous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of land and water; <as>as, the earth is a <ex>terraqueous</ex> globe</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The grand <qex>terraqueous</qex> spectacle<br/>
From center to circumference unveiled.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"rar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>terrarius liber</ets>. See <er>Terrier</er> a collection of acknowledgments.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>See 2d <er>Terrier</er>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ras</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>&unr_;rass</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*reen"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Turren</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*re"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being earthy; earthiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"rel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>terrella</ets>, from L. <ets>terra</ets> the earth.]</ety> <def>A spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chambers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Terre"mote`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>terremote</ets>, <ets>terremoete</ets>, fr. L. <ets>terra</ets> the earth + <ets>movere</ets>, <ets>motum</ets>, to move.]</ety> <def>An earthquake.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tureen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Walpole.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrenus</ets>, fr. <ets>terra</ets> the earth. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; <as>as, <ex>terrene</ex> substance</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Earthy; terrestrial.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and <qex>terrene</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and <qex>terrene</qex> honor.</q> <rj><qau>O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our <qex>terrene</qex> experience.</q> <rj><qau>Hickok.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rene"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrenum</ets> land, ground: cf. F. <ets>terrain</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The earth's surface; the earth.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Tenfold the length of this <qex>terrene</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surv.)</fld> <def>The surface of the ground.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*ren"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Earthiness; worldliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A dull and low <xex>terrenity</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"re*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terreus</ets>, fr. <ets>terra</ets> the earth. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of earth; earthy; <as>as, <ex>terreous</ex> substances; <ex>terreous</ex> particles</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Terre"plein`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>terra</ets> earth + <ets>planus</ets> even, level, plain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Casemate</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Civ. Engin.)</fld> <def>An embankment of earth with a broad level top, which is sometimes excavated to form a continuation of an elevated canal across a valley.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*res"tre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE., from OF. &amp; F. <ets>terrestre</ets>.]</ety> <def>Terrestrial; earthly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;His paradise <xex>terrestre</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrestris</ets>, from <ets>terra</ets> the earth. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; <as>as, <ex>terrestrial</ex> animals</as>.</def> &ldquo;Bodies <xex>terrestrial</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Cor. xv. 40.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Representing, or consisting of, the earth; <as>as, a <ex>terrestrial</ex> globe</as>.</def> &ldquo;The dark <xex>terrestrial</xex> ball.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Vain labors of <qex>terrestrial</qex> wit.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A genius bright and base,<br/>
Of towering talents, and <qex>terrestrial</qex> aims.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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>as, <ex>terrestrial</ex> serpents</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>terrestrial</qex> parts of the globe.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; <as>as, a <ex>terrestrial</ex> telescope, in distinction from an <ex>astronomical</ex> telescope</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ter*res"tri*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ter*res"tri*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant of the earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrestris</ets> terrestrial + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*res"tri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Terrestrial</er>.]</ety> <def>Terrestrial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Terre"-ten`ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terre</ets> earth, land + <ets>tenant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>tenir</ets> to hold.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ter-tenant</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Terre"-verte`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>terre</ets> earth + <ets>vert</ets>, <ets>verte</ets>, green.]</ety> <def>An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See <er>Glauconite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>terribilis</ets>, fr. <ets>terrere</ets> to frighten. See <er>Terror</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Prudent in peace, and <qex>terrible</qex> in war.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and <qex>terrible</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. vii. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Excessive; extreme; severe.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>terrible</qex> coldness of the season.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ter"ri*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ter"ri*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter*ric"o*l&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>terra + colere</ets> to inhabit.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*en"ni*ak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The arctic fox.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[CF. L. <ets>terere</ets> to rub, to rub away, <ets>terebra</ets> a borer.]</ety> <def>An auger or borer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>terrier</ets>, <ets>chien terrier</ets>, from <ets>terre</ets> the earth, L. <ets>terra</ets>; cf. F. <ets>terrier</ets> a burrow, LL. <ets>terrarium</ets> a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See <er>Terrace</er>, and cf. <er>Terrier</er>, 2.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See <cref>Fox terrier</cref>, under <er>Fox</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>terrier</ets>, <ets>papier terrier</ets>, LL. <ets>terrarius liber</ets>, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See <er>Terrier</er>, 1, and cf. <er>Terrar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</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>(b)</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> <altsp>[Written also <asp>terrar</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrificus</ets>; fr. <ets>terrere</ets> to frighten + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Terror</er>, and <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <def>Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; <as>as, a <ex>terrific</ex> form; a <ex>terrific</ex> sight.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Terrific.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rif"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a terrific manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Terrified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Terrifying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>terrere</ets> to frighten + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>terrifier</ets>, L. <ets>terrificare</ets>. See <er>Terrific</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make terrible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If the law, instead of aggravating and <qex>terrifying</qex> sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not <qex>terrified</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxi. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rig"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terrigena</ets>, <ets>terrigenus</ets>; <ets>terra</ets> the earth + <ets>genere</ets>, <ets>gignere</ets>, to bring forth.]</ety> <def>Earthborn; produced by the earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*rine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Tureen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which  various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A kind of ragout formerly cooked and served in the same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A soup tureen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>territorialis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>territorial</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to territory or land; <as>as, <ex>territorial</ex> limits; <ex>territorial</ex> jurisdiction.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Limited to a certain district; <as>as, right may be personal or <ex>territorial</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; <as>as, <ex>Territorial</ex> governments</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>exhibiting <er>territoriality</er>; -- of individual animals or species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>  <def>a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Territorialized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Territorializing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To enlarge by extension of territory.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reduce to the condition of a territory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In regard to territory; by means of territory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter`ri*to"ri*al wa"ters</hw>. <fld>(Internat. Law)</fld> <def>The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the  belt (often called the <col><b>marine belt</b></col> or <col><b>territorial sea</b></col>) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.</def></p>

<p><q>Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its <qex>territorial waters</qex> from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal <qex>territorial waters</qex> is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice.</q>  <rj><qau>W. E. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*to*ried</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Possessed of territory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ri*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Territories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>territorium</ets>, from <ets>terra</ets> the earth: cf. F. <ets>territoire</ets>. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He looked, and saw wide <qex>territory</qex> spread<br/>
Before him -- towns, and rural works between.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, the <ex>territory</ex> of a State; the <ex>territories</ex> of the East India Company</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ror</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>terror</ets>, akin to <ets>terrere</ets> to frighten, for <ets>tersere</ets>; akin to Gr. &unr_; to flee away, dread, Skr. <ets>tras</ets> to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. <ets>triasti</ets> to shake: cf. F. <ets>terreur</ets>.  Cf. <er>Deter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Terror</qex> seized the rebel host.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Those enormous <qex>terrors</qex> of the Nile.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Rulers are not a <qex>terror</qex> to good works.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xiii. 3.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is no <qex>terror</qex>, Cassius, in your threats.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Terror</xex> is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, <xex>terror</xex>-fraught, <xex>terror</xex>-giving, <xex>terror</xex>-smitten, <xex>terror</xex>-stricken, <xex>terror</xex>-struck, and the like.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>King of terrors</b></col>, <cd>death.</cd> <au>Job xviii. 14.</au> -- <col><b>Reign of Terror</b></col>. <fld>(French Hist.)</fld> <cd>See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See <er>Alarm</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ror*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>terrorisme</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.</def>  <rj><au>Jefferson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ror*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>terroriste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <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>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who commits terrorism{2}.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ror*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>terroriser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and <qex>terrorized</qex> by ecclesiastical authority.</q> <rj><qau>J. A. Symonds.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ror*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from terror.</def>  <rj><au>Poe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called <xex>terry velvet</xex>, used for upholstery and trimmings.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter*sanc"tus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ter</ets> thrice + <ets>sanctus</ets> holy.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word &ldquo;Holy&rdquo; -- in its Latin form, &ldquo;<xex>Sanctus</xex>&rdquo; -- 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. <er>Trisagion</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Terse</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Terser</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Tersest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tersus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tergere</ets> to rub or wipe off.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Many stones, . . . although <qex>terse</qex> and smooth, have not this power attractive.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.</def> <mark>[R. &amp; Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Your polite and <xex>terse</xex> gallants.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; <as>as, <ex>terse</ex> language; a <ex>terse</ex> style</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Terse</qex>, luminous, and dignified eloquence.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A poet, too, was there, whose verse<br/>
Was tender, musical, and <qex>terse</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Neat; concise; compact.</syn> <usage> <er>Terse</er>, <er>Concise</er>. <xex>Terse</xex> was defined by Johnson &ldquo;cleanly written&rdquo;, <it>i. e.</it>, free from blemishes, neat or smooth. Its present sense is &ldquo;free from excrescences,&rdquo; and hence, <xex>compact</xex>, with smoothness, grace, or elegance, as in the following lones of Whitehead: -<br/>
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<q>&ldquo;In eight <qex>terse</qex> lines has Ph&aelig;drus 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.&rdquo;</q><br/>
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  It differs from <xex>concise</xex> in not implying, perhaps, quite as much condensation, but chiefly in the additional idea of &ldquo;grace or elegance.&rdquo;</usage><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Terse"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Terse"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*sul"phide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ter-</ets> + <ets>sulphide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A trisulphide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter*sul"phu*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ter-</ets> + <ets>sulphuret</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A trisulphide.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"-ten`ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Terre-tenant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>tertius</ets> third, the tertial feathers being feathers of the third row. See <er>Tierce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Tertiary</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tertianus</ets>, from <ets>tertius</ets> the third. See <er>Tierce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Occurring every third day; <as>as, a <ex>tertian</ex> fever</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"tian</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tertiana</ets> (sc. <ets>febris</ets>): cf. OF. <ets>tertiane</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ti*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tertiarius</ets> containing a third part, fr. <ets>tertius</ets> third: cf. F. <ets>tertiaire</ets>. See <er>Tierce</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; <as>as, a <ex>tertiary</ex> use of a word</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; <as>as, a <ex>tertiary</ex> alcohol, amine, or salt</as>.  Cf. <er>Primary</er>, and <er>Secondary</er>.</def>
<!-- specifically, an organic compound in which the carbon atom attached to the eponymic functional group has three carbon atoms attached to it; <as>as, <ex>tertiary</ex> butyl alcohol, <chform>(CH3)3C.OH</chform></as>. --><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tertiary age</b></col>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Age</er>, 8.</cd> -- <col><b>Tertiary color</b></col>, <cd>a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries.</cd> &ldquo;The so-called <xex>tertiary colors</xex> are <it>citrine</it>, <it>russet</it>, and <it>olive.</it>&rdquo; <au>Fairholt.</au> -- <col><b>Tertiary period</b></col>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The rock formation of that period; -- called also <altname>Tertiary formation</altname>. See the <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Tertiary syphilis</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ti*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tertiaries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; <as>as, the Franciscan <ex>tertiaries</ex>; the Dominican <ex>tertiaries</ex>; the Carmelite <ex>tertiaries</ex></as>. See <cref>Third Order</cref>, under <er>Third</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Addis &amp; Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The Tertiary era, period, or formation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bird</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ter"ti*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tertiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>tertiare</ets> to do for the third time, fr. <ets>tertius</ets> the third.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To do or perform for the third time.</def> <mark>[Obs. &amp; R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"ti*um quid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter`u*ter"o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably so named from its city.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The South American lapwing (<spn>Vanellus Cayennensis</spn>). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also <altname>Cayenne lapwing</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter"za ri"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[It., a third or triple rhyme.]</ety> <def>A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ter*zet"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>terzo</ets> the third, L. <ets>tertius</ets>. See <er>Tierce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tes"la coil</hw>, <hw>Tes"la trans*form"er</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[After N. <etsep>Tesla</etsep>, American electrician.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"sel*ar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tessella</ets> a small square piece, a little cube, dim. of <ets>tessera</ets> a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die.]</ety> <def>Formed of tesser&aelig;, as a mosaic.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes`sel*la"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tessellate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"sel*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tessellated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tessellating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>tessellatus</ets> tessellated. See <er>Tessellar</er>.]</ety> <def>To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The floors are sometimes of wood, <qex>tessellated</qex> after the fashion of France.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"sel*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tesselatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tessellated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"sel*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; <as>as, a <ex>tessellated</ex> pavement</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Marked like a checkerboard; <as>as, a <ex>tessellated</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`sel*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed.</def>  <rj><au>J. Forsyth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes"se*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tesser&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a square piece, a die. See <er>Tessellar</er>.]</ety> <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>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`se*ra"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir R. Atkyns (1712).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"se*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesser&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Isometric.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"su*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Tesseral.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Test</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>test</ets> test, or cupel, potsherd, F. <ets>t&ecirc;t</ets>, from L. <ets>testum</ets> an earthen vessel; akin to <ets>testa</ets> a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for <ets>tersta</ets>, and akin to <ets>torrere</ets> to patch, <ets>terra</ets> earth (cf. <er>Thirst</er>, and <er>Terrace</er>), but cf. Zend <ets>tasta</ets> cup.  Cf. <er>Test</er> a shell, <er>Testaceous</er>, <er>Tester</er> a covering, a coin, <er>Testy</er>, <er>T&ecirc;te-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our ingots, <qex>tests</qex>, and many mo.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; <as>as, to put a man's assertions to a <ex>test</ex></as>.</def> &ldquo;Bring me to the <xex>test</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Means of trial; <as>as, absence is a <ex>test</ex> of love</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Each <qex>test</qex> every light her muse will bear.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Life, force, and beauty must to all impart,<br/>
At once the source, and end, and <qex>test</qex> of art.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our <qex>test</qex> excludes your tribe from benefit.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Judgment; distinction; discrimination.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who would excel, when few can make a <qex>test</qex><br/>
Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <xex>test</xex> for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A set of questions to be answered or problems to be solved, used as a means to measure a person's knowledge, aptitude, skill, intelligence, etc.; in school settings, synonymous with <altname>examination</altname> or <altname>exam</altname>; <as>as, an intelligence <ex>test</ex></as>.  Also used attributively; <as>as a <ex>test</ex> score, <ex>test</ex> results</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Test act</b></col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <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> <au>Blackstone.</au> -- <col><b>Test object</b></col> <fld>(Optics)</fld>, <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>(a)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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>(b)</sd> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A graduated tube.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Criterion; standard; experience; proof; experiment; trial.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Test</er>, <er>Trial</er>. <xex>Trial</xex> is the wider term; <xex>test</xex> is a searching and decisive <xex>trial</xex>. It is derived from the Latin <xex>testa</xex> (earthen pot), which term was early applied to the <xex>fining pot</xex>, or <xex>crucible</xex>, 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.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose <qex>trial</qex> shall better publish his commediation.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thy virtue, prince, has stood the <qex>test</qex> of fortune,<br/>
Like purest gold, that tortured in the furnace,<br/>
Comes out more bright, and brings forth all its weight.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Test</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tested</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Testing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, to <ex>test</ex> the soundness of a principle; to <ex>test</ex> the validity of an argument.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Experience is the surest standard by which to <qex>test</qex> the real tendency of the existing constitution.</q> <rj><qau>Washington.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; <as>as, to <ex>test</ex> a solution by litmus paper</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To administer a test{8} to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Test</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testis</ets>.  Cf. <er>Testament</er>, <er>Testify</er>.]</ety> <def>A witness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety <qex>tests</qex> of that deed.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Berners.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Test</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testari</ets>. See <er>Testament</er>.]</ety> <def>To make a testament, or will.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Test</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, &Verbar;<hw>Tes"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Tests</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Test&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>testa</ets> a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See <er>Test</er> a cupel.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>test</xex> of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the <xex>shell</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Test"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Testament</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being tested or proved.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being devised, or given by will.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes*ta"ce*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>testaceum</ets> a shelled anumal. See <er>Testaceous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta"cean</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Onr of the Testacea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta`ce*og"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Testacea</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>testac&eacute;ographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta`ce*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Testacea</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>testac&eacute;ologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>testa</ets> a shell. See <er>Testa</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Testaceous animals</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from <contr>crustaceous animals</contr>, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and crabs.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ta*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Testate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ta*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>testamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>testari</ets> to be a witness, to make one's last will, akin to <ets>testis</ets> a witness.  Cf. <er>Intestate</er>, <er>Testify</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This is otherwise called a <xex>will</xex>, and sometimes a <xex>last will and testament</xex>. A <xex>testament</xex>, 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 <cref>Nuncupative will</cref>, under <er>Nuncupative</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>as, the Old <ex>Testament</ex>; the New <ex>Testament</ex>; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>He is the mediator of the new <qex>testament</qex> . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first <qex>testament</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. ix. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Holographic testament</b></col>, <cd>a testament written wholly by the testator himself.</cd> <au>Bouvier.</au></cs>
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<p><hw>Tes`ta*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testamentalis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thy <qex>testamental</qex> cup I take,<br/>
And thus remember thee.</q> <rj><qau>J. Montgomery.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`ta*men"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testamentarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>testamentaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; <as>as, letters <ex>testamentary</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Bequeathed by will; given by testament.</def><br/>
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<p><q>How many <qex>testamentary</qex> charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors!</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; <as>as, a <ex>testamentary</ex> 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</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`ta*men*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or power of giving by testament, or will.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ta*men*tize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make a will.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes*ta"mur</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., we testify, fr. <ets>testari</ets> to testify.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld> <def>A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, <xex>Ita testamur</xex>, with which it commences.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>testari</ets>. See <er>Testament</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Having made and left a will; <as>as, a person is said to die <ex>testate</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"tate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A witnessing or witness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>testateur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*ta"trix</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called fr. L. <ets>teste</ets>, abl. of <ets>testis</ets> a witness, because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A witness.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>testere</ets> a headpiece, helmet, OF. <ets>testiere</ets>, F. <ets>t&ecirc;ti&egrave;re</ets> a head covering, fr. OF. <ets>teste</ets> the head, F. <ets>t&ecirc;te</ets>, fr. L. <ets>testa</ets> an earthen pot, the skull. See <er>Test</er> a cupel, and cf. <er>Testi&egrave;re</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A headpiece; a helmet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The shields bright, <qex>testers</qex>, and trappures.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.</def>  <rj><au>Oxf. Gross.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No <qex>testers</qex> to the bed, and the saddles and portmanteaus heaped on me to keep off the cold.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>testern</ets>, <ets>teston</ets>, fr. F. <ets>teston</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>teste</ets> the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See <er>Tester</er> a covering, and cf. <er>Testone</er>, <er>Testoon</er>.]</ety> <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 <altname>tizzy</altname>. Called also <altname>teston</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"tern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sixpence; a tester.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"tern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To present with a tester.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Teste</er>, or of <er>Testis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes`ti*car"di*nes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Test</er> a shell, and <er>Cardo</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testiculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>testis</ets> a testicle, probably the same word as <ets>testis</ets> a witness, as being a witness to manhood.  Cf. <er>Test</er> a witness.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*cond</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testis</ets> testis + <ets>condere</ets> to hide.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tic"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the testicle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tic"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>testiculatus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes`ti*&egrave;re"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>testiere</ets>. See <er>Tester</er> a headpiece.]</ety> <def>A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"tif</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Testy</er>.]</ety> <def>Testy; headstrong; obstinate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Testif</qex> they were and lusty for to play.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testificatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>testification</ets>. See <er>Testify</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; <as>as, a direct <ex>testification</ex> of our homage to God</as>.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*fi*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A testifier.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*fi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Testified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Testifying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>testifier</ets>, L. <ets>testificari</ets>; <ets>testis</ets> a witness + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>, and cf. <er>Attest</er>, <er>Contest</er>, <er>Detest</er>, <er>Protest</er>, <er>Testament</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><q>Jesus . . . needed not that any should <qex>testify</qex> of man, for he knew what was in man.</q> <rj><qau>John ii. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><q>One witness shall not <qex>testify</qex> against any person to cause him to die.</q> <rj><qau>Num. xxxv. 30.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with <xex>against</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>O Israel, . . . I will <qex>testify</qex> against thee.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. l. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>testified</qex> against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.</q> <rj><qau>Neh. xiii. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We speak that we do know, and <qex>testify</qex> that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.</q> <rj><qau>John iii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*fy</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`ti*mo"ni*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>testimoniale</ets>, LL. <ets>testimonialis</ets>, L. <ets>testimoniales</ets> (sc. <ets>litter&aelig;</ets>). See <er>Testimonial</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`ti*mo"ni*al</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testimonialis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>testimonial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to, or containing, testimony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*mo*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Testimonies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>testimonium</ets>, from <ets>testis</ets> a witness: cf. OF. <ets>testimoine</ets>, <ets>testemoine</ets>, <ets>testimonie</ets>. See <er>Testify</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Such declaration, in judicial proceedings, may be verbal or written, but must be under oath or affirmation.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Affirmation; declaration; <as>as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform <ex>testimony</ex> of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human <ex>testimony</ex>, or the <ex>testimony</ex> of historians</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Open attestation; profession.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[Thou] for the <qex>testimony</qex> of truth, hast borne<br/>
Universal reproach.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a <qex>testimony</qex> against them.</q> <rj><qau>Mark vi. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Jewish Antiq.)</fld> <def>The two tables of the law.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt put into the ark the <qex>testimony</qex> which I shall give thee.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxv. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre&unr_; Scriptures.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>testimony</qex> of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xix. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Proof; evidence; attestation; witness; affirmation; confirmation; averment.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Testimony</er>, <er>Proof</er>, <er>Evidence</er>. <xex>Proof</xex> is the most familiar, and is used more frequently (though not exclusively) of facts and things which occur in the ordinary concerns of life. <xex>Evidence</xex> is a word of more dignity, and is more generally applied to that which is moral or intellectual; <as>as, the <ex>evidences</ex> of Christianity, etc.</as> <xex>Testimony</xex> is what is deposed to by a witness on oath or affirmation. When used figuratively or in a wider sense, the word <xex>testimony</xex> has still a reference to some living agent as its author, as when we speak of the <xex>testimony</xex> of conscience, or of doing a thing in <xex>testimony</xex> of our affection, etc. <xex>Testimony</xex> refers rather to the thing declared, <xex>evidence</xex> to its value or effect. &ldquo;To conform our language more to common use, we ought to divide arguments into demonstrations, <xex>proofs</xex>, and probabilities; ba <xex>proofs</xex>, meaning such arguments from experience as leave no room for doubt or opposition.&rdquo; <au>Hume.</au> &ldquo;The <xex>evidence</xex> of sense is the first and highest kind of <xex>evidence</xex> of which human nature is capable.&rdquo; <au>Bp. Wilkins.</au> &ldquo;The <xex>proof</xex> of everything must be by the <xex>testimony</xex> of such as the parties produce.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au></usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*mo*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ti*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Testiness</qex> is a disposition or aptness to be angry.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Test"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The operation of refining gold or silver in a <xex>test</xex>, or cupel; cupellation.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Testing machine</b></col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Testes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A testicle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Test"-mark`et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to market (a product) in a limited area for a period of time to determine the probable demand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tester; a sixpence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tone"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Pg. <ets>test&atilde;o</ets>, <ets>tost&atilde;o</ets>. See <er>Testoon</er>.]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.</def>  <rj><au>Homans.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*toon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>testone</ets>. See <er>Tester</er> a coin.]</ety> <def>An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.</def>  <rj><au>Homans.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tos"ter*one</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;s*t&obreve_;s"t&etilde_;r*&omacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>test</ets>es + o + <ets>sterone</ets> a steroid ketone.]</ety> <def>a steroid hormone (<chform>C19H28O2</chform>) produced mostly in the testes, which is responsible for producing the secondary sexual characteristics of males.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tu"di*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Testudo</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes*tu`di*na"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes*tu`di*na"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Nl. See <er>Testudo</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 <part>carapace</part>, and a lower or ventral shell, called the <part>plastron</part>, each of which consists of several plates.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tes*tu"di*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tes*tu"di*na`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testudinatus</ets>, fr. <ets>testudo</ets>, <ets>-inis</ets>, a tortoise, an arch or vault.]</ety> <def>Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes`tu*din"e*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>testudineus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling the shell of a tortoise.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tes*tu"do</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Testudines</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., from <ets>testa</ets> the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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 (<spn>Testudo Gr&aelig;ca</spn>) and the gopher of the Southern United States.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tes"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Testier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Testiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>testu</ets> obstinate, headstrong, F. <ets>t&ecirc;tu</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>teste</ets> the head, F. <ets>t&ecirc;te</ets>. See <er>Test</er> a cupel.]</ety> <def>Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Must I observe you? must I stand and crouch<br/>
Under your <qex>testy</qex> humor?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I was displeased with myself; I was <qex>testy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tan"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>tetanicus</ets> suffering from tetanus, Gr. &unr_;, F. <ets>t&eacute;tanique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to tetanus; having the character of tetanus; <as>as, a <ex>tetanic</ex> state; <ex>tetanic</ex> contraction.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or <qex>tetanic</qex> contraction.</q> <rj><qau>Foster.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Producing, or tending to produce, tetanus, or tonic contraction of the muscles; <as>as, a <ex>tetanic</ex> remedy</as>. See <er>Tetanic</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1491 --><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tan"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"a*nin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <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>
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<p><hw>Tet`a*ni*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The production or condition of tetanus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"a*nize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To throw, as a muscle, into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. See <er>Tetanus</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"a*noid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetanus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med. &amp; Physiol.)</fld> <def>Resembling tetanus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`a*no*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet"a*nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; stretched, &unr_; to stretch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <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 <altname>locked-jaw</altname>, or <altname>lickjaw</altname>, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.</def><!-- caused by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani. --><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"a*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tard"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A gobioid fish (<spn>Eleotris gyrinus</spn>) of the Southern United States; -- called also <altname>sleeper</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tar`to*he"dral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; fourth + &unr_; base.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Te*tar`to*he"dral*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tar`to*he"drism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>The property of being tetartohedral.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*taug"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tautog</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tetch"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Techiness</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tetch"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Techy</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&ecirc;te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., the head. See <er>Tester</er> a covering.]</ety> <def>A kind of wig; false hair.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&ecirc;te`-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te"</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;t`&adot_;*t&amacr;t")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., head to head. See <er>Tester</er> a covering, <er>Test</er> a cupel.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&ecirc;te`-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te"</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Private; confidential; familiar.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She avoided <qex>t&ecirc;te-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te</qex> walks with him.</q> <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&ecirc;te`-&agrave;-t&ecirc;te"</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.</def>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>T&ecirc;te`-de-pont"</hw> <pr>(t&amacr;t`d&eitalic_;*p&ocirc;N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>T&ecirc;tes-de-pont</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., head of a bridge.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tel"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large African antelope (<spn>Alcelaphus tora</spn>). It has widely divergent, strongly ringed horns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teth"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly <ets>tedder</ets>, OE. <ets>tedir</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>tider</ets>, <ets>tier</ets>, Icel. <ets>tj&omacr;&unr_;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>t&ouml;ir</ets>. &radic;64.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Teth"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tethered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tethering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And by a slender cord was <qex>tethered</qex> to a stone.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teth"er-ball`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*thy"dan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tethys</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A tunicate.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te`thy*o"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Tethys</ets> + Gr. <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also <altname>Tethioidea</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"thys</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an oyster, or &unr_; a kind of ascidian.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk>, from <grk>te`sares</grk>, <grk>te`ttares</grk>, four. See <er>Four</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A combining form or prefix signifying <xex>four</xex>, as in <xex>tetra</xex>basic, <xex>tetra</xex>petalous.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting <xex>four proportional</xex> or <xex>combining parts</xex> of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in <xex>tetra</xex>-chloride, <xex>tetr</xex>oxide.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*bas"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>basic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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, <chform>Si(OH)4</chform>, is a <xex>tetrabasic</xex> acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*bor"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>boric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Pyroboric</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tetra-</er>, and <er>Branchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*bran`chi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra</ets> + <ets>branchiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Tetrabranchiata.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Tetrabranchiata.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*car"pel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>carpellary</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Composed of four carpels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrachordon</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; four-stringed; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a chord: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trachorde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Mus.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*chot"o*mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>te`tracha</grk> in four parts + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of fours.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*rac"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra</ets> + <ets>acid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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; <as>thus, erythrine, <chform>C4H6(OH)4</chform>, is a <ex>tetracid</ex> alcohol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*coc"cous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tetra-</er>, and <er>Coccus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four cocci, or carpels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*co"lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; with four members; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; limb, member.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te`tra*co*ral"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tetra-</er>, and <er>Corallum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Rugosa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trac`ti*nel"lid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> tetra- + &unr_;, &unr_;, ray, spoke.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Spongi&aelig; in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also <altname>Tetractinellin&aelig;</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"rad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetras</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trade</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; <as>as, carbon is a <ex>tetrad</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyl</hw>, <hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyle</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;tradactyle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Tetradactylous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*dac"tyl*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; finger, toe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*dec"ane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; ten.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A light oily hydrocarbon, <chform>C14H30</chform>, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*de*cap"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tetra-</er>, and <er>Decapoda</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Arthrostraca</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*rad"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; <as>as, a carbon is a <ex>tetradic</ex> element</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*dite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tetrad</er>.]</ety> <def>A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the <xex>fourth</xex> day of the month, or one who reverenced <xex>four</xex> persons in the Godhead.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tetrodon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tetrodont</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet"ra*drachm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, &Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*drach"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>tetradrachma</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>tetra`drachmon</grk>; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + <grk>drachmh`</grk> drachm, drachma.]</ety> <def>A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms.</def> <note>The Attic <ex>tetradrachm</ex> was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*rad"y*mite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>tetra`dymos</grk> fourfold. So named from its occurrence in compound twin crystals, or fourlings.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also <altname>telluric bismuth</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; power.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn&aelig;an class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the order Tetradynamia.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet`ra*dy*na"mi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tet`ra*dyn"a*mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*gon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetragonum</ets>, Gr. <grk>tetra`gwnon</grk>; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + <grk>gwni`a</grk> corner, angle: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;tragone</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <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>  <rj><au>Hutton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trag"o*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are <xex>tetragonal</xex> fingers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four prominent longitudinal angles.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See <cref>Tetragonal system</cref>, under <er>Crystallization</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a letter.]</ety> <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>as, the Hebrew <ex>JeHoVaH</ex>, Greek <grk>qeo`s</grk>, Latin <ex>deus</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`ra*gyn"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman, female.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn&aelig;an order of plants having four styles.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet`ra*gyn"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Te*trag"y*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the order <ord>Tetragynia</ord>; having four styles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tetrahedron</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having, or composed of, four sides.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the form of the regular tetrahedron.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tetrahedral angle</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dral*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a tetrahedral manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"drite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called because the crystals of the species are commonly <ets>tetrahedrons</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <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 <altname>gray copper ore</altname>, <altname>fahlore</altname>, and <altname>panabase</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Regular tetrahedron</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>hexahedron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>tet`ra*hy`dro*can*nab"i*nol</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;t`r&adot_;*h&imacr;`dr&ouptack_;*k&abreve;n*n&abreve;b"&ibreve_;n&asuml_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>A chemical substance (<chform>C21H20O2</chform>) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called <altname>THC</altname>.  It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed.  It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer.  It occurs primarily as the &Delta;<sup>1</sup>-3,4-trans isomer, also called <altname>&Delta;<sup>9</sup>-THC</altname>, with small amounts of the &Delta;<sup>6</sup>-3,4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%.  It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession or distribution is illegal in almost all states of the United States.</def> <au>MI11</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; four times + E. <ets>hexahedron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A tetrahexahedron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*ko*sane`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; twenty.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon, <chform>C24H50</chform>, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having <xex>twenty-four</xex> atoms of carbon in the molecule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tral"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a speech, discourse: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;tralogie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Drama)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited together without a fourth piese, was called a <xex>trilogy</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*tram"e*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tetramerous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tram"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; part.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the parts arranged in sets of four; <as>as, a <ex>tetramerous</ex> flower</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tram"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrametrus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a measure: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;tram&egrave;tre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(GR. &amp; Latin Pros.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*meth"yl*ene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>methylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A hypothetical hydrocarbon, <chform>C4H8</chform>, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*morph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. <grk>morfh`</grk> form, figure: cf. Gr. &unr_; fourfold.]</ety> <fld>(Christian Art)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Te*tran"dri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, male.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn&aelig;an class of plants having four stamens.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Te*tran"dri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Te*tran"drous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the class Tetrandria.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tra"o*nid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrao</ets> a heath cock, grouse, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;traonide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus <gen>Tetrao</gen> is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*pet"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>petal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; <as>as, a <ex>tetrapetalous</ex> corolla</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet`ra*phar"ma*com</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tet`ra*phar"ma*cum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>tetrapharmacon</ets>, L. <ets>tetrapharmacum</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a drug.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*phe"nol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>phenol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Furfuran.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*traph"yl*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four leaves; consisting of four distinct leaves or leaflets.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet"ra*pla</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <note>etymologically <pos>pl.</pos>, but syntactically <pos>sing.</pos></note> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>tetraplo`os</grk>, <grk>tetraploy^s</grk>, fourfold.]</ety> <def>A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by <persfn>Origen</persfn>; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet`rap*neu"mo*na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tetra-</er>, and <er>Pneumo-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (<gen>Mygale</gen>) and the trapdoor spiders. See <er>Mygale</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`rap*nue*mo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Tetrapneumona.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*pod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; fourfooted; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trap"o*dy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trap"ter*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tetrapterous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An insect having four wings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trap"ter*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having four wings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"rap*tote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetraptotum</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A noun that has four cases only.</def>  <rj><au>Andrews.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"trarch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrarches</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a ruler, &unr_; to lead; rule: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trarque</ets>. See <er>Arch</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"trarch</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Four.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trarch"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trarchat</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A tetrarchy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trarch"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.</def>  <rj><au>Bolingbroke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"rarch*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Tetrarchies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrarchia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trarchie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*schis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; divided into four parts; <grk>te`tra-</grk> tetra- + &unr_; to split.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Characterized by division into four parts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*sep"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>sepal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four sepals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*spas"ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; to draw, pull.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A machine in which four pulleys act together.</def>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*sper"mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tetraspermous plant</b></col>, <cd>a plant which produces four seeds in each flower.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*spore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Tet`ra*spor"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tras"tich</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrastichon</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a row, verse.]</ety> <def>A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*style</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetrastylon</ets>, Gr. &unr_; with four pillars in front; <grk>te`tra-</grk> (see <er>Tetra-</er>) + &unr_; a column.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A tetrastyle building.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>t&eacute;trasyllabique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*syl`la*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>syllable</ets>: cf. Gr. &unr_; of four syllables.]</ety> <def>A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*the"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>thecal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having four loculaments, or thec&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*thi"on*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of tetrathionic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*thi*on"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>thionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, <chform>H2S4O6</chform>, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ra*tom"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>atomic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trav"a*lence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trav"a*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + L. <ets>valens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trax"ile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>axile</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet*raz"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>-in</hw>  }</mhw>. <ety>[<ets>Tetrazo-</ets> + <ets>-ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical compound, <chform>C2H2N4</chform> which  may be regarded as benzene with four <chform>CH</chform> groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*raz"o-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>azo-</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds <xex>containing four atoms of nitrogen</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*raz"ole</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Tetrazo-</ets> + <ets>-ole</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Org. Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline acid substance, <chform>CH2N4</chform>, which may be regarded as pyrrol in which nitrogen atoms replace three <chform>CH</chform> groups; also, any of various derivatives of the same.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ra*zone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; <as>for example, ethyl <ex>tetrazone</ex>, <chform>(C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2</chform>, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tet"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tet"ri*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetricus</ets>, taetricus, from <ets>teter</ets>, <ets>taeter</ets>, offensive, foul.]</ety> <def>Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Tet"ric*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*tric"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>tetricitas</ets>, <ets>taetricitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Crabbedness; perverseness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ric*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tetric.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Te*trin"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tetra-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, <chform>C5H6O3</chform>, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of <xex>four</xex> carbon atoms. Called also <altname>acetyl-acrylic acid</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ro*don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to <gen>Tetrodon</gen> and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tetradon</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer <sd>(a)</sd>, and similar species.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ro*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the tetrodons.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A tetrodon.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>tetradont</asp>, and <asp>tetraodont</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"rol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + benz<ets>ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical hydrocarbon, <chform>C4H4</chform>, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the <xex>four</xex> carbon atoms in the molecule.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Tetrol phenol</b></col>, <cd>furfuran.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*rol"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, <chform>C3H3.CO2H</chform>, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"rose</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>-ose</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet*rox"ide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetr</ets>a- + <ets>oxide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; <as>as, osmium <ex>tetroxide</ex>, <chform>OsO4</chform></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ryl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetr</ets>a- + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Butyl; -- so called from the <xex>four</xex> carbon atoms in the molecule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ryl*ene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetr</ets>a- + eth<ets>ylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Butylene; -- so called from the <xex>four</xex> carbon atoms in the molecule.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>teter</ets>, AS. <ets>teter</ets>, <ets>tetr</ets>; akin to G. <ets>zitter</ets>, <ets>zitter</ets>mal, OHG. <ets>zittar</ets>och, Skr. <ets>dadru</ets>, <ets>dadruka</ets>, a sort of skin disease. &radic;63, 240.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See <er>Herpes</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Honeycomb tetter</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>favus.</cd> -- <col><b>Moist tetter</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>eczema.</cd> -- <col><b>Scaly tetter</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>psoriasis.</cd> -- <col><b>Tetter berry</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the white bryony.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tettered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tettering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To affect with tetter.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ter*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ter-tot`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Teeter</er>.]</ety> <def>A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also <altname>titter-totter</altname>, and <altname>titter-cum-totter</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ter*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet`ti*go"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; a kind of grasshopper.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to <gen>Tettigonia</gen> and allied genera; a leaf hopper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"tish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Testy</er>.]</ety> <def>Captious; testy.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>teatish</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tet"tix</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of grasshopper.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The cicada.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small grasshoppers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tet"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Testy; irritable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teu"fit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The lapwing; -- called also <altname>teuchit</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teuk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The redshank.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Teu"ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Teutons</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Teutones</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>Teutones</ets>, <ets>Teutoni</ets>, the name of a Germanic people, probably akin to E. <ets>Dutch</ets>.  Cf. <er>Dutch</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teu*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Teutonicus</ets>, from <ets>Teutoni</ets>, or <ets>Teutones</ets>. See <er>Teuton</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Teu*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Teu*ton"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of speech peculiar to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Tewed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Tewing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>tewen</ets>, <ets>tawen</ets>. &radic;64. See <er>Taw</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To work hard; to strive; to fuse.</def> <mark>[Local]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Taw</er> to tow, <er>Tow</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To tow along, as a vessel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"wan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tewed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Local]</mark>  <rj><au>Mir. for Mag.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>tuel</ets>, OF. <ets>tuiel</ets>, <ets>tuel</ets>, F. <ets>tuyau</ets>; of Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. <ets>tud</ets>, D. <ets>tuit</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>zaute</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tuy&egrave;re</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The tuy&egrave;re of a furnace.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Te"whit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The lapwing; -- called also <altname>teewheep</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tew"taw</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tew</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To beat; to break, as flax or hemp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"as</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"as Leagu"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[From the Texas (baseball) League.]</ety> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; -- called also <altname>Texas league single</altname>.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Text</hw> <pr>(t&ebreve_;kst)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>texte</ets>, L. <ets>textus</ets>, texture, structure, context, fr. <ets>texere</ets>, <ets>textum</ets>, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. <grk>te`ktwn</grk> carpenter, Skr. <ets>taksh</ets> to cut, carve, make.  Cf. <er>Context</er>, <er>Mantle</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Pretext</er>, <er>Tissue</er>, <er>Toil</er> a snare.]</ety> <sn>1.</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>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.</def><br/>
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<p><q>How oft, when Paul has served us with a <qex>text</qex>,<br/>
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; <as>as, German <ex>text</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn>  <def>Any communication composed of words.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <def>a textbook.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Text blindness</b></col>. <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Word blindness</cref>, under <er>Word</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Text letter</b></col>, <cd>a large or capital letter.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col><b>Text pen</b></col>, <cd>a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Text</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To write in large characters, as in text hand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Text"-book`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Text hand</hw>, <hw>Text"-hand`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>textilis</ets>, fr. <ets>texere</ets> to weave: cf. F. <ets>textile</ets>. See <er>Text</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; <as>as, <ex>textile</ex> arts</as>; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; <as>as, <ex>textile</ex> fabrics</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Textile cone</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a beautiful cone shell (<spn>Conus textilis</spn>) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tile</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Text"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Textmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>One ready in quoting texts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Sanderston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>textorius</ets>, fr. <ets>textor</ets> a weaver, fr. <ets>texere</ets>, <ets>textum</ets>, to weave.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to weaving.</def>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"trine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>textrinus</ets>, for <ets>textorinus</ets>, fr. <ets>textor</ets> a weaver.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; <as>as, the <ex>textrine</ex> art</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Denham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>textuel</ets>, F. <ets>textuel</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; <as>as, <ex>textual</ex> criticism; a <ex>textual</ex> reading</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Serving for, or depending on, texts.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.</def> &ldquo;I am not <xex>textuel</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A textman; a textuary.</def>  <rj><au>Lightfoot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*rist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A textuary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>textuaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Contained in the text; textual.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Serving as a text; authoritative.</def>  <rj><au>Glanvill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>textuaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Bull.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Textual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tu*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A textualist; a textman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The crabbed <qex>textualists</qex> of his time.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tur*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to texture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>textura</ets>, fr. <ets>texere</ets>, <ets>textum</ets>, to weave: cf. F. <ets>texture</ets>. See <er>Text</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or art of weaving.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Others, apart far in the grassy dale,<br/>
Or roughening waste, their humble <qex>texture</qex> weave.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; <as>as, the <ex>texture</ex> of cloth or of a spider's web</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</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>as, the <ex>texture</ex> of earthy substances or minerals; the <ex>texture</ex> of a plant or a bone; the <ex>texture</ex> of paper; a loose or compact <ex>texture</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A tissue. See <er>Tissue</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Textured</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Texturing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To form a texture of or with; to interweave.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Tex"tur*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of weaving; texture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Teyne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Tain</er>.]</ety> <def>A thin plate of metal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;A <xex>teyne</xex> of silver.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Th</hw>. <def>In Old English, the article <xex>the</xex>, 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 <xex>thabsence</xex>, <xex>tharray</xex>, <xex>thegle</xex>, <xex>thend</xex>, <xex>thingot</xex>, etc., are found for <xex>the absence</xex>, <xex>the array</xex>, <xex>the eagle</xex>, <xex>the end</xex>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Thack</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Thack"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <def>See <er>Thatch</er>, <er>Thatcher</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. &amp; Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Thai</hw> <pr>(t&imacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The language of Thailand (Siam); it is a member of the Tai group of languages.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thai</hw> <pr>(t&imacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Thai language, a member of the Tai group of languages.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Thailand or its people.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thak</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To thwack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal`a*men*ceph"a*lon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Thalamus</er>, and <er>Encephalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha*lam"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Thal`a*mi*flo"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Thal`a*mi*flo"rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Thalamus</er>, and <er>Floral</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"a*mo*c&oelig;le`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thalam</ets>ic + Gr. <grk>koi^los</grk> hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal`a*moph"o*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>qa`lamos</grk> chamber + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Foraminifera</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal"a*mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Thalami</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>thalamus</ets> chamber, Gr. <grk>qa`lamos</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also <altname>optic thalamus</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Thallus</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The receptacle of a flower; a torus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha*las"si*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Gr. <grk>qa`lassa</grk> the sea.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any sea tortoise.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha*las"sic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qa`lassa</grk> the sea.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal`as*sin"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <fam>Thalassinid&aelig;</fam>, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal`as*sog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qa`lassa</grk> sea + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The study or science of the life of marine organisms.</def>  <rj><au>Agassiz.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>tha"ler</hw> <pr>(t&auml;"l&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See <er>Dollar</er>.]</ety> <def>A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha*li"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>Qa`leia</grk>, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to <grk>qa`llein</grk> to be luxuriant.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the three Graces.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the Nereids.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tha`li*a"ce*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Thalia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha*li"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"lene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"lic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <contr>thallous</contr> compounds; <as>as, <ex>thallic</ex> oxide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of a thallus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a young shoot or branch.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, <chform>C10H13NO</chform>, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the <xex>green</xex> color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"li*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Thallous</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"li*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; young or green shoot or branch, twig. So called from a characteristic bright <ets>green</ets> line in its spectrum.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"lo*gen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; young shoot or branch, frond + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, alg&aelig;, 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><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thallus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal*loph"y*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Thallophyte</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the alg&aelig;, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green alg&aelig;, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or  by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a <xex>thallus</xex>, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many alg&aelig;, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"lo*phyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; young shoot + <ets>-phyte</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant belonging to the Thallophyta.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Thal`lo*phyt"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Thallogen</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thal"lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <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 <contr>thallic</contr> compounds.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>thallious</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal"lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Thalli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; young shoot or branch, frond.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Thal"weg`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>thal</ets> valley + <ets>weg</ets> way. See <er>Dale</er>; <er>Way</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiography)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Tham"muz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Tam"muz</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>thamm&umacr;z</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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 Ph&oelig;nician Adon, or Adonis.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Tham"no*phile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qa`mnos</grk> a bush + <grk>fi`los</grk> loving.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A bush shrike.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tha"myn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic deer (<spn>Rucervus Eldi</spn>) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also <altname>Eld's deer</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Than</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&abreve;n)</pr>, <pos>conj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>than</ets>, <ets>thon</ets>, <ets>then</ets>, <ets>thanne</ets>, <ets>thonne</ets>, <ets>thenne</ets>, than, then, AS. <ets>&eth;anne</ets>, <ets>&eth;onne</ets>, <ets>&eth;&aelig;nne</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dan</ets>, OHG. <ets>danne</ets>, G. <ets>dann</ets> then, <ets>denn</ets> than, for, Goth. <ets>&thorn;an</ets> then, and to E. <ets>the</ets>, <ets>there</ets>, <ets>that</ets>. See <er>That</er>, and cf. <er>Then</er>.]</ety> <def>A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as <xex>more</xex>, <xex>better</xex>, <xex>other</xex>, <xex>otherwise</xex>, 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 <xex>than</xex> is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by <xex>that</xex>; <as>as, I would rather suffer <ex>than</ex> that you should want</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Behold, a greater <qex>than</qex> Solomon is here.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xii. 42.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Which when Beelzebub perceived, <qex>than</qex> whom,<br/>
Satan except, none higher sat.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It's wiser being good <qex>than</qex> bad;<br/>
It's safer being meek <qex>than</qex> fierce;<br/>
It's fitter being sane <qex>than</qex> mad.</q> <rj><qau>R. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Than</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Then. See <er>Then</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Thanne</qex> longen folk to gon on pilgrimages.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Tha"na</hw> <pr>(t&auml;"n&auml;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altname>[Written also <asp>tana</asp>, <asp>tanna</asp>.]</altname> <ety>[Hind. <ets>th&amacr;n&amacr;</ets>.]</ety> <def>A police station.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>  <rj><au>Kipling.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Than"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Than"a*toid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qa`natos</grk> death + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deathlike; resembling death.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Than`a*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(th&abreve;n`&adot_;*t&obreve_;l"&ouptack_;*j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qa`natos</grk> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description, or the doctrine, of death.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>than`a*top"sis</hw> <pr>(th&abreve;n`&adot_;*t&obreve_;p"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>qa`natos</grk> death + <grk>'o`psis</grk> view.]</ety>  <def>A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.</def>  <rj><au>Bryant.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Than`a*top"sis</hw> <pr>(th&abreve;n`&adot_;*t&obreve_;p"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>qa`natos</grk> death + <grk>'o`psis</grk> view.]</ety>  <def>The title of a poem by <person>William Cullen Bryant</person> (1794-1878), meditating on the subject of death.  One of Bryant's best-remembered poems, it was written in 1811 and was discovered and rushed to publication in 1817 (in the <it>North American Review</it>) by <persfn>Bryant's</persfn> father, originally without the poet's knowledge.  A revised version was published in 1821.  In this elegy <persfn>Bryant</persfn> reflects that death comes to all men, common and great, and that all eventually shall rest together in the "mighty sepulchre" of the earth.</def><br/>
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<p><note>The text of the poem is as follows:<br/>
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To him who in the love of nature holds<br/>
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks<br/>
A various language; for his gayer hours<br/>
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile<br/>
And eloquence of beauty; and she glides<br/>
Into his darker musings, with a mild<br/>
And healing sympathy that steals away<br/>
Their sharpness ere he is aware.  When thoughts<br/>
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight<br/>
Over thy spirit, and sad images<br/>
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,<br/>
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,<br/>
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; --<br/>
Go forth, under the open sky, and list<br/>
To Nature's teachings, while from all around --<br/>
Earth and her waters, and the depths of air --<br/>
Comes a still voice.  Yet a few days, and thee<br/>
The all-beholding sun shall see no more<br/>
In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground,<br/>
Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears,<br/>
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist<br/>
Thy image.  Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim<br/>
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again,<br/>
And, lost each human trace, surrendering up<br/>
Thine individual being, shalt thou go <br/>
To mix forever with the elements,<br/>
To be a brother to the insensible rock<br/>
And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain<br/>
Turns with his share, and treads upon.  The oak<br/>
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold.<br/>
Yet not to thine eternal resting-place<br/>
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish<br/>
Couch more magnificent.  Thou shalt lie down<br/>
With patriarchs of the infant world -- with kings,<br/>
The powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good,<br/>
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,<br/>
All in one mighty sepulchre.  -- The hills<br/>
Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, -- the vales<br/>
Stretching in pensive quietness between;<br/>
The venerable woods -- rivers that move<br/>
In majesty, and the complaining brooks<br/>
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all,<br/>
Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,--<br/>
Are but the solemn decorations all<br/>
Of the great tomb of man.  The golden sun,<br/>
The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,<br/>
Are shining on the sad abodes of death<br/>
Through the still lapse of ages.  All that tread<br/>
The globe are but a handful to the tribes<br/>
That slumber in its bosom. -- Take the wings<br/>
Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness,<br/>
Or lose thyself in the continuous woods<br/>
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound,<br/>
Save his own dashings -- yet the dead are there:<br/>
And millions in those solitudes, since first<br/>
The flight of years began, have laid them down<br/>
In their last sleep -- the dead reign there alone.<br/>
So shalt thou rest -- and what if thou withdraw<br/>
In silence from the living, and no friend<br/>
Take note of thy departure?  All that breathe<br/>
Will share thy destiny.  The gay will laugh<br/>
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care<br/>
Plod on, and each one as before will chase<br/>
His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave<br/>
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come<br/>
And make their bed with thee.  As the long train<br/>
Of ages glides away, the sons of men--<br/>
The youth in life's fresh spring, and he who goes<br/>
In the full strength of years, matron and maid,<br/>
The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man--<br/>
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,<br/>
By those, who in their turn, shall follow them.<br/>
So live, that when thy summons comes to join<br/>
The innumerable caravan, which moves<br/>
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take<br/>
His chamber in the silent halls of death,<br/>
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,<br/>
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed<br/>
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave<br/>
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch<br/>
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.<br/>
</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Thane</hw> <pr>(th&amacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thein</ets>, <ets>&thorn;ein</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;egen</ets>, <ets>&thorn;egn</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>degan</ets> a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. <ets>degen</ets> a hero, G. <ets>degen</ets> hero, soldier, Icel. <ets>&thorn;egn</ets> 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. <ets>&thorn;ius</ets> servant, AS. <ets>&thorn;e&oacute;w</ets>, G. <ets>dienen</ets> to serve.]</ety> <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 <altname>baron</altname> took its place.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Among the ancient Scots, <ex>thane</ex> was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance.</note>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thane"dom</hw> <pr>(th&amacr;n"d&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thane"hood</hw> <pr>(th&amacr;n"h&oobreve_;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.</def>  <rj><au>J. R. Green.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thane"ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>thank</hw> <pr>(th&abreve;&nsmacr_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>thanks</plw> <pr>(th&abreve;&nsmacr_;ks)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;anc</ets>, <ets>&thorn;onc</ets>, thanks, favor, thought; akin to OS. <ets>thank</ets> favor, pleasure, thanks, D. &amp; G. <ets>dank</ets> thanks, Icel. <ets>&thorn;&ouml;kk</ets>, Dan. <ets>tak</ets>, Sw. <ets>tack</ets>, Goth. <ets>&thorn;agks</ets> thanks; -- originally, a thought, a thinking. See <er>Think</er>.]</ety> <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> &ldquo;This ceremonial <xex>thanks</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If ye do good to them which do good to you, what <qex>thank</qex> have ye? for sinners also do even the same.</q> <rj><qau>Luke vi. 33.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What great <qex>thank</qex>, 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?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Thanks</qex>, <qex>thanks</qex> to thee, most worthy friend,<br/>
For the lesson thou hast taught.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>His thanks</b></col>, <col><b>Her thanks</b></col>, etc.</mcol>, <cd>of his or her own accord; with his or her good will; voluntary.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<q>Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,<br/>
Will not, <qex>his thanks</qex>, have no fellowship.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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-- <col><b>In thank</b></col>, <cd>with thanks or thankfulness.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col><b>Thank offering</b></col>, <cd>an offering made as an expression of thanks.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Thanked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Thanking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;ancian</ets>. See <er>Thank</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for <xex>blame</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;Graunt mercy, lord, that <qex>thank</qex> I you,&rdquo; quod she.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>thank</qex> thee for thine honest care.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss,<br/>
And <qex>thank</qex> yourself if aught should fall amiss.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;ancfull</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Ladies, look here; this is the <qex>thankful</qex> glass<br/>
That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well<br/>
That washes what it shows.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Be <qex>thankful</qex> unto him, and bless his name.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. c. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Thank"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Thank"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That she may feel<br/>
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is<br/>
To have a <qex>thankless</qex> child!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; <as>as, a <ex>thankless</ex> task</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To shepherd <qex>thankless</qex>, but by thieves that love the night allowed.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Thank"less*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Thank"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Thankfully.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sylvester (Du Bartas).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thanks"give</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To give or dedicate in token of thanks.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mede.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thanks"giv`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.</def>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thanks"giv`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with <qex>thanksgiving</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. iv. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In the <qex>thanksgiving</qex> before meat.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And taught by thee the Church prolongs<br/>
Her hymns of high <qex>thanksgiving</qex> still.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank"wor`thi*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being thankworthy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thank"wor`thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For this <qex>thankworthy</qex>, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.</q> <rj><qau>1 Pet. ii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A goatlike animal (<spn>Capra Jemlaica</spn>) 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 <altname>serow</altname>, and <altname>imo</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>thaar</asp>, and <asp>tahr</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Thar</hw>, <pos>v. impersonal, pres.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thar</ets>, <ets>&thorn;arf</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;earf</ets>, infin. <ets>&thorn;urfan</ets> to need; akin to OHG. <ets>durfan</ets>, G. <ets>d&uuml;rfen</ets> to be allowed, Icel. <ets>&thorn;urfa</ets> to need, Goth. <ets>&thorn;a&uacute;rban</ets>.]</ety> <def>It needs; need.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What <qex>thar</qex> thee reck or care?</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tharms</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;earm</ets> a gut; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>darm</ets>, Icel. <ets>&thorn;armr</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>tarm</ets>. &radic;53.]</ety> <def>Twisted guts.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ascham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Tha"ros</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A small American butterfly (<spn>Phycoides tharos</spn>) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also <altname>pearl crescent</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>That</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>pron., a., conj., &amp; adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&aelig;t</ets>, neuter nom. &amp; acc. sing. of the article (originally a demonstrative pronoun). The nom. masc. <ets>s&emacr;</ets>, and the nom. fem. <ets>se&oacute;</ets> are from a different root. AS. <ets>&eth;&aelig;t</ets> is akin to D. <ets>dat</ets>, G. <ets>das</ets>, OHG. <ets>daz</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>det</ets>, Icel. <ets>&thorn;at</ets> (masc. <ets>s&amacr;</ets>, fem. <ets>s&omacr;</ets>), Goth. <ets>&thorn;ata</ets> (masc. <ets>sa</ets>, fem. <ets>s&omacr;</ets>), Gr. &unr_; (masc. &unr_;, fem. &unr_;), Skr. <ets>tat</ets> (for <ets>tad</ets>, masc. <ets>sas</ets>, fem. <ets>s&amacr;</ets>); cf. L. is<ets>tud</ets> that. &radic;184.  Cf. <er>The</er>, <er>Their</er>, <er>They</er>, <er>Them</er>, <er>This</er>, <er>Than</er>, <er>Since</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>As a demonstrative pronoun (<pluf>pl.</pluf> <er>Those</er>), <xex>that</xex> usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. <xex>That</xex>, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; <as>as, <ex>that</ex> which he has said is true; <ex>those</ex> in the basket are good apples.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>The early fame of Gratian was equal to <qex>that</qex> of the most celebrated princes.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>That</xex> may refer to an entire sentence or paragraph, and not merely to a word. It usually follows, but sometimes precedes, the sentence referred to.</note><br/>
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<p><q><qex>That</qex> be far from thee, to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xviii. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And when Moses heard <qex>that</qex>, he was content.</q> <rj><qau>Lev. x. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will know your business, Harry, <qex>that</qex> I will.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>That</xex> is often used in opposition to <xex>this</xex>, or by way of distinction, and in such cases <xex>this</xex>, like the Latin <xex>hic</xex> and French <xex>ceci</xex>, generally refers to that which is nearer, and <xex>that</xex>, like Latin <xex>ille</xex> and French <xex>cela</xex>, to that which is more remote. When they refer to foreign words or phrases, <xex>this</xex> generally refers to the latter, and <xex>that</xex> to the former.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Two principles in human nature reign;<br/>
Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain;<br/>
Nor <qex>this</qex> a good, nor <qex>that</qex> a bad we call.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If the Lord will, we shall live, and do <qex>this</qex> or <qex>that</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>James iv. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>As an adjective, <xex>that</xex> has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for <qex>that</qex> city.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. x. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The woman was made whole from <qex>that</qex> hour.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. ix. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>That</xex> was formerly sometimes used with the force of the article <xex>the</xex>, especially in the phrases <xex>that one</xex>, <xex>that other</xex>, which were subsequently corrupted into <xex>th'tone</xex>, <xex>th'tother</xex> (now written <xex>t'other</xex>).</note><br/>
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<p><q>Upon a day out riden knightes two . . . <br/>
<qex>That one</qex> of them came home, <qex>that other</qex> not.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>As a relative pronoun, <xex>that</xex> is equivalent to <xex>who</xex> or <xex>which</xex>, 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><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>that</qex> reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. ix. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A judgment <qex>that</qex> is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Wilkins.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1494 --><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; If the relative clause simply conveys an additional idea, and is not properly explanatory or restrictive, <xex>who</xex> or <xex>which</xex> (rarely <xex>that</xex>) is employed; as, the king <xex>that</xex> (or <xex>who</xex>) rules well is generally popular; Victoria, <xex>who</xex> (not <xex>that</xex>) rules well, enjoys the confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases be avoided in the use of <xex>that</xex> (which is restrictive) instead of <xex>who</xex> or <xex>which</xex>, likely to be understood in a co&ouml;rdinating sense. <au>Bain.</au><br/>
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<xex>That</xex> was formerly used for <xex>that which</xex>, as <xex>what</xex> is now; but such use is now archaic.<br/>
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<q>We speak <qex>that</qex> we do know, and testify <qex>that</qex> we have seen.</q> <rj><qau>John iii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<q><qex>That</qex> I have done it is thyself to wite [blame].</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<xex>That</xex>, 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.<br/>
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<q>The ship <qex>that</qex> somebody was sailing in.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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In Old English, <xex>that</xex> was often used with the demonstratives <xex>he</xex>, <xex>his</xex>, <xex>him</xex>, etc., and the two together had the force of a relative pronoun; thus, <xex>that he</xex> = who; <xex>that his</xex> = whose; <xex>that him</xex> = whom.<br/>
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<q>I saw to-day a corpse yborn to church<br/>
<qex>That</qex> now on Monday last I saw <qex>him</qex> wirche [work].</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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Formerly, <xex>that</xex> was used, where we now commonly use <xex>which</xex>, as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative pronoun <xex>that</xex> as its antecedent.<br/>
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<q>That <qex>that</qex> dieth, let it die; and that <qex>that</qex> is to cut off, let it be cut off.</q> <rj><qau>Zech. xi. 9.</qau></rj>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>As a conjunction, <xex>that</xex> retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.</def> It is used, specifically: --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</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><br/>
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<p><q>She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy,<br/>
And childish error, <qex>that</qex> they are afraid.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have shewed before, <qex>that</qex> a mere possibility to the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly credible.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Wilkins.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>To introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to <xex>for that</xex>, <xex>in that</xex>, <xex>for the reason that</xex>, <xex>because</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He does hear me;<br/>
And <qex>that</qex> he does, I weep.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>To introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by <xex>may</xex>, or <xex>might</xex>, and frequently preceded by <xex>so</xex>, <xex>in order</xex>, <xex>to the end</xex>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These things I say, <qex>that</qex> ye might be saved.</q> <rj><qau>John v. 34.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To the end <qex>that</qex> he may prolong his days.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xvii. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by <xex>so</xex> or <xex>such</xex>, sometimes by <xex>that</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds<br/>
Attest their joy, <qex>that</qex> hill and valley rings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He gazed so long<br/>
<qex>That</qex> both his eyes were dazzled.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(e)</sd> To introduce a clause denoting time; -- equivalent to <xex>in which time</xex>, <xex>at which time</xex>, <xex>when</xex>.<br/>
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<p><q>So wept Duessa until eventide,<br/>
<qex>That</qex> shining lamps in Jove's high course were lit.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Is not this the day<br/>
<qex>That</qex> Hermia should give answer of her choice?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(f)</sd> <def>In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ha, cousin Silence, <qex>that</qex> thou hadst seen that that this knight and I have seen!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj>
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<p><q>O God, <qex>that</qex> right should thus overcome might!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>That</xex> was formerly added to other conjunctions or to adverbs to make them emphatic.<br/>
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<q>To try if <qex>that</qex> our own be ours or no.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<xex>That</xex> is sometimes used to connect a clause with a preceding conjunction on which it depends.<br/>
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<q>When he had carried Rome and <qex>that</qex> we looked<br/>
For no less spoil than glory.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>As adverb: To such a degree; so; <as>as, he was <ex>that</ex> frightened he could say nothing</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic or in illiteral use.]</mark><!-- = so --><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>All that</b></col>, <cd>everything of that kind; all that sort.</cd><br/>
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<q>With singing, laughing, ogling, and <qex>all that</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<q>The rank is but the guinea's stamp,<br/>
The man's the gowd [gold] for <qex>a'that</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burns.</qau></rj><br/>
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-- <col><b>For that</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>For</er>, <pos>prep.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>In that</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>In</er>, <pos>prep.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Thatch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thak</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;&aelig;c</ets> a roof; akin to <ets>&thorn;eccean</ets> to cover, D. <ets>dak</ets> a roof, <ets>dekken</ets> to cover, G. <ets>dach</ets> a roof, <ets>decken</ets> 8cover, Icel. <ets>&thorn;ak</ets> a roof, Sw. <ets>tak</ets>, Dan. <ets>tag</ets>, Lith. <ets>st&omacr;gas</ets>, Ir. <ets>teagh</ets> a house, Gael. <ets>teach</ets>, <ets>tigh</ets>, W. <ets>ty</ets>, L. <ets>tegere</ets> to cover, <ets>toga</ets> a toga, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a roof, &unr_; to cover, Skr. <ets>sthag</ets>.  Cf. <er>Deck</er>, <er>Integument</er>, <er>Tile</er>, <er>Toga</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thatch sparrow</b></col>, <cd>the house sparrow.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Thatch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Thatched</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Thatching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Thatch</er>, <pos>n.</pos>: cf. OE. <ets>thecchen</ets>, AS. <ets>&unr_;eccean</ets> to cover.]</ety> <def>To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; <as>as, to <ex>thatch</ex> a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thatch"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who thatches.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thatch"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The materials used for this purpose; thatch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thaught</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Thwart</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thau`ma*tol"a*try</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&obreve_;l"&adot_;*tr&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qay^ma</grk>, <grk>qay`matos</grk>, a wonder + <grk>latrei`a</grk> worship.]</ety> <def>Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>thaumatolatry</qex> by which our theology has been debased for more than a century.</q> <rj><qau>Hare.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thau"ma*trope</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;"m&adot_;*tr&omacr;p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qay^ma</grk> a wonder + <grk>tre`pein</grk> to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidly round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>thau"ma*turge</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;"m&adot_;*t&ucirc;rj)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>thaumaturgus</er>.]</ety> <def>A magician; a wonder worker.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thaumaturgist.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>thau`ma*tur"gic</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"j&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <hw>thau`ma*tur"gic*al</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"j&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.</def>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thau`ma*tur"gics</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"j&ibreve_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>thau`ma*tur"gist</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"j&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>thau`ma*tur"gus</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"g&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>qaymatourgo`s</grk> wonder-working; <grk>qay^ma</grk> a wonder + <grk>'e`rgon</grk> work.]</ety> <def>A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>thau"ma*tur`gy</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;`m&adot_;*t&ucirc;r"j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qaymatourgi`a</grk>.]</ety> <def>The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.</def>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thave</hw> <pr>(th&amacr;v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>theave</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>thaw</hw> <pr>(th&asuml_;)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Thawed</conjf> <pr>(th&asuml_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Thawing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;&amacr;wian</ets>, <ets>&thorn;&amacr;wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dovijen</ets>, G. <ets>tauen</ets>, <ets>thauen</ets> (cf. also ver<ets>dauen</ets> to digest, OHG. <ets>douwen</ets>, fir<ets>douwen</ets>), Icel. <ets>&thorn;eyja</ets>, Sw. <ets>t&ouml;a</ets>, Dan. <ets>t&ouml;e</ets>, and perhaps to Gr. <grk>th`kein</grk> to melt. &radic;56.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; <as>as, the ice <ex>thaws</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Fig.:</specif> <def>To grow gentle or genial.  Compare <er>cold</er>{4}, <pos>a.</pos> and <er>hard</er>{6}, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>thaw</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>thaw</hw>, <pos>n.</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>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>thaw"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Thee</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au>  <au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&emacr;, <it>when emphatic or alone</it>; &thlig_;&euptack_;, <it>obscure before a vowel</it>; &thlig_;&eitalic_;, <it>obscure before a consonant</it>; 37)</pr>, <pos>definite article.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&emacr;</ets>, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. <ets>s&emacr;</ets>, formed under the influence of the oblique cases.  See <er>That</er>, pron.]</ety> <def>A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>The</ex> was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of <ex>that</ex>.  When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, <ex>the</ex> sublime and <ex>the</ex> beautiful. <au>Burke.</au>  <ex>The</ex> is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, <ex>the</ex> Nile, <ex>the</ex> Atlantic, <ex>the</ex> Great Eastern, <ex>the</ex> West Indies, <ex>The</ex> Hague.  <ex>The</ex> with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as, Alexander <ex>the</ex> Great; Napoleon <ex>the</ex> Third.  <ex>The</ex> may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as, <ex>the</ex> grasshopper shall be a burden. <au>Eccl. xii. 5.</au></note><br/>
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<p><hw>The</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&emacr;</ets>, <ets>&eth;&ymacr_;</ets>, instrumental case of <ets>s&emacr;</ets>, <ets>se&oacute;</ets>, <ets>&eth;&aelig;t</ets>, the definite article.  See 2d <er>The</er>.]</ety> <def>By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; <as>as, <ex>the</ex> longer we continue in sin, <ex>the</ex> more difficult it is to reform</as>.</def> &ldquo;Yet not <xex>the</xex> more cease I.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So much <qex>the</qex> rather thou, Celestial Light,<br/>
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers<br/>
Irradiate.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Tea</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; It is now commonly referred to the genus <gen>Camellia</gen>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>the*an"dric</hw> <pr>(th&euptack_;*&abreve;n"dr&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qeandriko`s</grk>; <grk>qeo`s</grk> god + <grk>anh`r</grk>, <grk>andro`s</grk>, a man.]</ety> <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>  <rj><au>Murdock.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>the`an*throp"ic</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;`&abreve;n*thr&obreve_;p"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <hw>The`an*throp"ic*al</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;`&abreve;n*thr&obreve_;p"&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] <qex>theanthropic</qex> sytem.</q> <rj><qau>Gladstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*an"thro*pism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; god + &unr_; man.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state of being God and man.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.</def>  <rj><au>Gladstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*an"thro*pist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*an"thro*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Theanthropism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ar"chic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Thearchy</er>.]</ety> <def>Divinely sovereign or supreme.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He [Jesus] is the <qex>thearchic</qex> Intelligence.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ar*chy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; god + <ets>-archy</ets>: cf. Gr. &unr_; the supreme deity.]</ety> <def>Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The"a*ter</hw>, <hw>The"a*tre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;&acirc;tre</ets>, L. <ets>theatrum</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;  to see, view; cf. Skr. <ets>dhy&amacr;</ets> to meditate, think.  Cf. <er>Theory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Shade above shade, a woody <qex>theater</qex><br/>
Of stateliest view.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A sphere or scheme of operation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For if a man can be partaker of God's <qex>theater</qex>, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A place or region where great events are enacted; <as>as, the <ex>theater</ex> of war</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The"a*tin</hw>, <hw>The"a*tine</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;atin</ets>, It. <ets>theatino</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Their name is derived from <xex>Theate</xex>, or <xex>Chieti</xex>, a city of Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder of the order; but they bore various names; as, <xex>Regular Clerks of the Community</xex>, <xex>Pauline Monks</xex>, <xex>Apostolic Clerks</xex>, and <xex>Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence</xex>. The order never flourished much out of Italy.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of an order of nuns founded by <person>Ursula Benincasa</person>, who died in 1618.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"a*tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theatralis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;atral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The*at"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Theatrical.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Woods over woods in gay, <qex>theatric</qex> pride.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*at"ric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theatricus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; <as>as, <ex>theatrical</ex> performances; <ex>theatrical</ex> gestures</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>The*at`ri*cal"i*ty</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>The*at"ric*al*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing <qex>theatrical</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>R. Jefferies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*at"ric*als</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Such fashionable cant terms as &lsquo;<qex>theatricals</qex>,' and &lsquo;musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity.</q> <rj><qau>I. Disraeli.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Theave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>dafad</ets> a sheep, ewe.]</ety> <def>A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>thave</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ba"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>thebaicus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <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 <xex>Sahidic version</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ba*id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Thebais</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in B&oelig;otia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ba"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at <ets>Thebes</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous alkaloid, <chform>C19H21NO3</chform>, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ban</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Thebanus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Thebes.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Theban year</b></col> <fld>(Anc. Chron.)</fld>, <cd>the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours.</cd> <au>J. Bryant.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ban</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I'll talk a word with this same learned <qex>Theban</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Thec&aelig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a case to put anything in. See <er>Tick</er> a cover.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sheath; a case; <as>as, the <ex>theca</ex>, or cell, of an anther; the <ex>theca</ex>, or spore case, of a fungus; the <ex>theca</ex> of the spinal cord.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The wall forming a calicle of a coral.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a theca; <as>as, a <ex>thecal</ex> abscess</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ca*phore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Theca</ets> + Gr. <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;caphore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thec&aelig;.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>See <er>Basigynium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*cas"po*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the spores in thec&aelig;, or cases.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The*ca"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. &unr_; a case.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Thecophora</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thec"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to <gen>Thecla</gen> and allied genera; -- called also <altname>hairstreak</altname>, and <altname>elfin</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`co*dac"tyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[&unr_; case + &unr_; finger.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>The"co*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a case + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"co*dont</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of the Thecodontia.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The`co*don"ti*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebr&aelig; and the teeth implanted in sockets.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The*coph"o*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. &unr_; a case + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thec&aelig; and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also <altname>Thecata</altname>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Hydroidea</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The`co*so"ma*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Theca</er>, and <er>Soma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See <er>Pteropoda</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>The`co*so"ma*tous</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>The"dom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thee</ets> to prosper + <ets>-dom</ets>.]</ety> <def>Success; fortune; luck; chance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Evil <qex>thedom</qex> on his monk's snout.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thee</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;e&oacute;n</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>th&imacr;han</ets>, D. ge<ets>dijen</ets>, G. ge<ets>deihen</ets>, OHG. gi<ets>dihan</ets>, Goth. <ets>&thorn;eihan</ets>, Lith. <ets>tekti</ets> to fall to the lot of.  Cf. <er>Tight</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To thrive; to prosper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;He shall never <xex>thee</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Chaucer.</au><br/>
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<p><q>Well mote <qex>thee</qex>, as well can wish your thought.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thee</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&emacr;</ets>, acc. &amp; dat. of <ets>&eth;&umacr;</ets> thou. See <er>Thou</er>.]</ety> <def>The objective case of <xex>thou</xex>. See <er>Thou</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Thee is poetically used for <xex>thyself</xex>, as <xex>him</xex> for <xex>himself</xex>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><q>This sword hath ended him; so shall it thee,<br/>
Unless thou yield <qex>thee</qex> as my prisoner.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Theft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thefte</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;i&eacute;f&eth;e</ets>, <ets>&thorn;&ymacr_;f&eth;e</ets>, <ets>&thorn;e&oacute;f&eth;e</ets>. See <er>Thief</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; To constitute theft there must be a taking without the owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious; every part of the property stolen must be removed, however slightly, from its former position; and it must be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of the thief. See <er>Larceny</er>, and the Note under <er>Robbery</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The thing stolen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If the <qex>theft</qex> be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxii. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Theft"bote`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Theft</ets> + <ets>bote</ets> compensation.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Thegn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Thane. See <er>Thane</er>.</def>  <rj><au>E. A. Freeman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thegn"hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Thanehood.</def>  <rj><au>E. A. Freeman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>thea</ets> tea, the tea plant + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;iforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of tea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;ine</ets>, fr. NL. <ets>thea</ets>. See <er>Theiform</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Caffeine</er>. Called also <altname>theina</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Their</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>pron. &amp; a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thair</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>&thorn;eirra</ets>, <ets>&thorn;eira</ets>, of them, but properly gen. pl. of the definite article; akin to AS. <ets>&eth;&amacr;ra</ets>, <ets>&eth;&aemacr_;ra</ets>, gen. pl. of the definite article, or fr. AS. <ets>&eth;&aemacr_;ra</ets>, influenced by the Scandinavian use. See <er>That</er>.]</ety> <def>The possessive case of the personal pronoun <xex>they</xex>; <as>as, <ex>their</ex> houses; <ex>their</ex> country</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The possessive takes the form <xex>theirs</xex> (&unr_;) when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied or understood; as, our land is richest, but <xex>theirs</xex> is best cultivated.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Nothing but the name of zeal appears<br/>
'Twixt our best actions and the worst of <qex>theirs</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Gr. &unr_; God; probably akin to &unr_; to pray for, &unr_; spoken by God, decreed: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;isme</ets>.  Cf. <er>Enthusiasm</er>, <er>Pantheon</er>, <er>Theology</er>.]</ety> <def>The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to <contr>atheism</contr>, <contr>pantheism</contr>, or <contr>polytheism</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ism</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;"&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. &amp; E. <ets>thea</ets> tea + <ets>-ism</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;iste</ets>. See <er>Theism</er>.]</ety> <def>One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to <contr>atheist</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The*is"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thel*phu"si*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; nipple + &unr_; to blow, to puff.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*lyt"o*kous</hw> <pr>(th&euptack_;*l&ibreve_;t"&ouptack_;*k&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qh^lys</grk> female + <grk>to`kos</grk> a bringing forth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Them</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&ebreve_;m)</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&aemacr_;m</ets>, dat. pl. of the article, but influenced by the Scand. use of the corresponding form <ets>&thorn;eim</ets> as a personal pronoun. See <er>They</er>.]</ety> <def>The objective case of they. See <er>They</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Go ye rather to <qex>them</qex> that sell, and buy for yourselves.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxv. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then shall the King say unto <qex>them</qex> on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxv. 34.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Them</xex> is poetically used for <xex>themselves</xex>, as <xex>him</xex> for <xex>himself</xex>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Little stars may hide <qex>them</qex> when they list.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;matique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See <er>Theme</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thematic catalogue</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Theme</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>teme</ets>, OF. <ets>teme</ets>, F. <ets>th&egrave;me</ets>, L. <ets>thema</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set, place. See <er>Do</er>, and cf. <er>Thesis</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My <qex>theme</qex> is alway one and ever was.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And when a soldier was the <qex>theme</qex>, my name<br/>
Was not far off.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Discourse on a certain subject.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Then ran repentance and rehearsed his <qex>theme</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It was the subject of my <qex>theme</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A composition or essay required of a pupil.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The leading subject of a composition or a movement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"mis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; that which is laid down or established by usage, law, prob. fr. &unr_; to set, place.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Them*selves"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos> <def>The plural of <xex>himself</xex>, <xex>herself</xex>, and <xex>itself</xex>. See <er>Himself</er>, <er>Herself</er>, <er>Itself</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Then</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Originally the same word as <ets>than</ets>. See <er>Than</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the Canaanite was <qex>then</qex> in the land.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xii. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now I know in part; but <qex>then</qex> shall I know even as also I am known.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. xiii. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.</def><br/>
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<p><q>First be reconciled to thy brother, and <qex>then</qex> come and offer thy gift.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>At another time; later; again.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One while the master is not aware of what is done, and <qex>then</qex> in other cases it may fall out to be own act.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>By then</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>By that time.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>By the time that.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><q>But that opinion, I trust, <qex>by then</qex> this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Now and then</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Now</er>, <pos>adv.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Till then</b></col>, <cd>until that time; until the time mentioned.</cd> <au>Milton.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Then</xex> is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for <xex>then existing</xex>; as, the <xex>then</xex> administration.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Then</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>conj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Than.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If all this be so, <qex>then</qex> man has a natural freedom.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Now, <qex>then</qex>, be all thy weighty cares away.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Therefore.</syn> <usage> <er>Then</er>, <er>Therefore</er>. Both these words are used in reasoning; but <xex>therefore</xex> takes the lead, while <xex>then</xex> is rather subordinate or incidental. <xex>Therefore</xex> states reasons and draws inferences in form; <xex>then</xex>, to a great extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to the general conclusion. &ldquo;<xex>Therefore</xex> being justified by faith, we have peace with God.&rdquo; <au>Rom. v. 1.</au> &ldquo;So <xex>then</xex> faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.&rdquo; <au>Rom. x. 17.</au></usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Then"a*days</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to <xex>nowadays</xex>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The"nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The"nar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"nar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The palm of the hand.</def> <sd>(b)</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><br/>
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<p><hw>The*nard"ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after the French chemist, L. J. <etsep>Th&eacute;nard</etsep>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>thenne</ets>, <ets>thanne</ets>, and (with the adverbal <ets>-s</ets>; see <er>-wards</er>) <ets>thennes</ets>, <ets>thannes</ets> (hence <ets>thens</ets>, now written <ets>thence</ets>), AS. <ets>&eth;anon</ets>, <ets>&eth;anan</ets>, <ets>&eth;onan</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>dannana</ets>, <ets>dann&amacr;n</ets>, <ets>dan&amacr;n</ets>, and G. von <ets>dannen</ets>, E. <ets>that</ets>, <ets>there</ets>. See <er>That</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>From that place.</def> &ldquo;Bid him <xex>thence</xex> go.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When ye depart <qex>thence</qex>, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.</q> <rj><qau>Mark vi. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use <xex>from</xex> before <xex>thence</xex>.  Cf. <er>Hence</er>, <er>Whence</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Then I will send, and fetch thee <qex>from thence</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxvii. 45.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There shall be no more <qex>thence</qex> an infant of days.</q> <rj><qau>Isa. lxv. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>For that reason; therefore.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not to sit idle with so great a gift<br/>
Useless, and <qex>thence</qex> ridiculous, about him.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not there; elsewhere; absent.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thence`forth"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From that time; thereafter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is <qex>thenceforth</qex> good for nothing.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>    This word is sometimes preceded by <xex>from</xex>, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom.  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au> <au>John. xix. 12.</au></rj>
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<p><hw>Thence`for"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From that time onward; thenceforth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thence`from"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From that place.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*bro"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a god + &unr_; food, fr. &unr_; to eat: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;obrome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of small trees. See <er>Cacao</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*bro"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the <xex>Theobroma Cacao</xex>), peanut oil (from <xex>Arachis hypog&aelig;a</xex>), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*bro"mine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloidal ureide, <chform>C7H8N4O2</chform>, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from <spn>Theobroma Cacao</spn>) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also <altname>dimethyl xanthine</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*chris"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; God + &unr_; anointed, fr. &unr_; to anoint.]</ety> <def>Anointed by God.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*oc"ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; God + &unr_; to be strong, to rule, fr. &unr_; strength: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ocratie</ets>. See <er>Theism</er>, and cf. <er>Democracy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*oc"ra*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; union of the soul with God; &unr_; God + &unr_; a mixing, akin to &unr_; to mix.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mixture of the worship of different gods, as of Jehovah and idols.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This syncretistic <qex>theocracy</qex> by no means excludes in him [Solomon] the proper service of idols.</q> <rj><qau>J. Murphy.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>An intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation, -- an ideal of the Neoplatonists and of some Oriental mystics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*crat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The`o*crat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The`o*crat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ocratique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; <as>as, the <ex>theocratical</ex> state of the Israelites</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*od"i*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>theodic&aelig;a</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_; God + &unr_; right, justice: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;odic&eacute;e</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.</def>  <rj><au>Krauth-Fleming.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*od"o*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Probably a corruption of <ets>the alidade</ets>. See <er>Alidade</er>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The theodolite consists principally of a telescope, with cross wires in the focus of its object glass, clamped in Y's attached to a frame that is mounted so as to turn both on vertical and horizontal axes, the former carrying a vernier plate on a horizontal graduated plate or circle for azimuthal angles, and the latter a vertical graduated arc or semicircle for altitudes. The whole is furnished with levels and adjusting screws and mounted on a tripod.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>The*od`o*lit"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; <as>as, <ex>theodolitic</ex> observations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*gon"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or relating to theogony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*og"o*nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Theogony.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The*og"o*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer on theogony.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*og"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theogonia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a god + the root of &unr_; to be born. See <er>Theism</er>, and <er>Genus</er>.]</ety> <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>as, the <ex>Theogony</ex> of Hesiod</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gas`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formed like <ets>poetaster</ets>: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ologastre</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pretender or quack in theology.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A theologian.</def>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*lo"gi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ologien</ets>, L. <ets>theologus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Theology</er>.]</ety> <def>A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Theological.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theologicus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; <as>as, a <ex>theological</ex> treatise</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>The`o*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*log"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Theology.</def>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A theologian.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Theologized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Theologizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ologiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.</def><br/>
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<p><q>School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy <qex>theologized</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Glanvill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gi`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who theologizes; a theologian.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*logue</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>theologus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, and E. <ets>philologue</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A theologian.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Ye gentle <qex>theologues</qex> of calmer kind.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He [Jerome] was the <qex>theologue</qex> -- and the word is designation enough.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A student in a theological seminary.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>theolog</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Theologies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>theologia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; God + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ologie</ets>. See <er>Theism</er>, and <er>Logic</er>.]</ety> <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) &ldquo;the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.&rdquo;</def><br/>
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<p><q>Many speak of <qex>theology</qex> as a science of religion [instead of &ldquo;science of God&rdquo;] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.</q> <rj><qau>Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Theology</qex> is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man.</q> <rj><qau>Gladstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Ascetic theology</b></col>, <col><b>Natural theology</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Ascetic</er>, <er>Natural</er>.</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> <au>E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>The*om"a*chist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*om"a*chy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a god + &unr_; a battle.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A battle or strife among the gods.</def>  <rj><au>Gladstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Opposition to God or the divine will.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a god + <ets>-mancy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;omancie</ets>, Gr. &unr_; a spirit of prophecy,.]</ety> <def>A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The`o*pa*thet"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The`o*path"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a theopathy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*op"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; God + &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer, feel.]</ety> <def>Capacity for religious affections or worship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phan"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*oph"a*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-nies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; God + &unr_; to appear.]</ety> <def>A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phil`an*throp"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;ophilanthrope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phi*lan"thro*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; God + E. <ets>philanthropy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Theophilanthropism.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*phil`o*soph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; God + E. <ets>philosophic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`op*neus"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Divinely inspired; theopneustic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The`op*neus"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; inspired of God; &unr_; God + &unr_; to blow, to breathe.]</ety> <def>Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"op*neus`ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*or"bist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One who plays on a theorbo.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*or"bo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;orbe</ets>, <ets>t&eacute;orbe</ets>, formerly <ets>tuorbe</ets>, <ets>tiorbe</ets>, It. <ets>tiorba</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A larger form of <xex>theorbo</xex> was also called the <altname>archlute</altname>, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*rem</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theorema</ets>, Gr. &unr_; a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. &unr_; to look at, &unr_; a spectator: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;or&egrave;me</ets>. See <er>Theory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not theories, but <qex>theorems</qex> (&unr_;), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>By the <qex>theorems</qex>,<br/>
Which your polite and terser gallants practice,<br/>
I re-refine the court, and civilize<br/>
Their barbarous natures.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A <xex>theorem</xex> is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a <xex>problem</xex>, 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>as, the binomial <ex>theorem</ex>; Taylor's <ex>theorem</ex></as>. See the Note under <er>Proposition</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Binomial theorem</b></col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Binomial</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Negative theorem</b></col>, <cd>a theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion.</cd> -- <col><b>Particular theorem</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a theorem which extends only to a particular quantity.</cd> -- <col><b>Theorem of Pappus</b></col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Centrobaric method</cref>, under <er>Centrobaric</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Universal theorem</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*rem</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To formulate into a theorem.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The`o*re*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The`o*re*mat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*rem"a*tist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who constructs theorems.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*rem"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Theorematic.</def>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The`o*ret"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The`o*ret"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;: cf. L. <ets>theoreticus</ets>, F. <ets>th&eacute;or&eacute;tique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; <as>as, <ex>theoretical</ex> learning; <ex>theoretic</ex> sciences.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>The`o*ret"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*ret"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The speculative part of a science; speculation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>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 <qex>theoretics</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H. B. Wilson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*or"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;orique</ets>. See <er>Theory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the theorica.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pr>(<it>pron.</it> &unr_;)</pr> <def>Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A man but young,<br/>
Yet old in judgment, <qex>theoric</qex> and practic<br/>
In all humanity.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>theorique</ets>; cf. L. <ets>theorice</ets>.]</ety> <def>Speculation; theory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The*or"i*ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), fr. &unr_; belonging to &unr_; a public spectacle. See <er>Theory</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called <altname>theoric fund</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*or"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Theoretic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*or"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a theoretic manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*rist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;oriste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The greatest <qex>theoretists</qex> have given the preference to such a government as that which obtains in this kingdom.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- 2. A scientist who forms theories about natural phenomena, based on the data gathered by others, rather than himself performing experiments to test the theories.  Contrasted with experimentalist.  --><br/>
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<p><hw>The`o*ri*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*rize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Theorized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Theorizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;oriser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*ri`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"o*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Theories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;orie</ets>, L. <ets>theoria</ets>, Gr. &unr_; a beholding, spectacle, contemplation, speculation, fr. &unr_; a spectator, &unr_; to see, view. See <er>Theater</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; &ldquo;This word is employed by English writers in a very loose and improper sense. It is with them usually convertible into <xex>hypothesis</xex>, and <xex>hypothesis</xex> is commonly used as another term for <xex>conjecture</xex>. The terms <xex>theory</xex> and <xex>theoretical</xex> are properly used in opposition to the terms <xex>practice</xex> and <xex>practical</xex>. In this sense, they were exclusively employed by the ancients; and in this sense, they are almost exclusively employed by the Continental philosophers.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; <as>as, the <ex>theory</ex> of music</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The science, as distinguished from the art; <as>as, the <ex>theory</ex> and practice of medicine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; <as>as, Lavoisier's <ex>theory</ex> of combustion; Adam Smith's <ex>theory</ex> of moral sentiments.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Atomic theory</b></col>, <col><b>Binary theory</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Atomic</er>, <er>Binary</er>, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hypothesis, speculation.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Theory</er>, <er>Hypothesis</er>. A <xex>theory</xex> is a scheme of the relations subsisting between the parts of a systematic whole; an <xex>hypothesis</xex> is a tentative conjecture respecting a cause of phenomena.</usage><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The"o*soph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The*os"o*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A theosophist.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The`o*soph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The`o*soph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;osophique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to theosophy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>The`o*soph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>The*os"o*phism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;osophisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belief in theosophy.</def>  <rj><au>Murdock.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*os"o*phist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One addicted to theosophy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>theosophist</qex> 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.</q> <rj><qau>R. A. Vaughan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The*os`o*phis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The*os"o*phize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Theosophized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Theosophizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To practice theosophy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>The*os"o*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; knowledge of things divine, fr. &unr_; wise in the things of God; &unr_; God + &unr_; wise: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;osophie</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ther`a*peu"t&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (pl. &unr_;) an attendant, servant, physician. See <er>Therapeutic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther`a*peu"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ther`a*peu"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>th&eacute;rapeutique</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; attendant, servant, &unr_; to serve, take care of, treat medically, &unr_; attendant, servant.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Therapeutic</xex> or curative physic.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Medicine is justly distributed into &ldquo;prophylactic,&rdquo; or the art of preserving health, and <qex>therapeutic</qex>, or the art of restoring it.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Therapeut&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;rapeutique</ets>.]</ety> <def>That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`a*peu"tist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"a*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Therapeutics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>There</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ther</ets>, AS. <ets>&eth;&aemacr_;r</ets>; akin to D. <ets>daar</ets>, G. <ets>da</ets>, OHG. <ets>d&amacr;r</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>der</ets>, Icel. &amp; Goth. <ets>&thorn;ar</ets>, Skr. <ets>tarhi</ets> then, and E. <ets>that</ets>. &radic;184. See <er>That</er>, <pos>pron.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In or at that place.</def> &ldquo;[They] <xex>there</xex> left me and my man, both bound together.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and <qex>there</qex> he put the man whom he had formed.</q> <rj><qau>Ge. ii. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In distinction from <xex>here</xex>, <xex>there</xex> usually signifies a place farther off. &ldquo;Darkness <xex>there</xex> might well seem twilight <xex>here</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au></note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; <as>as, he did not stop <ex>there</ex>, but continued his speech</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend<br/>
And turns it to exile; <qex>there</qex> art thou happy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To or into that place; thither.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The rarest that e'er came <qex>there</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>There</ex> is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, <ex>there</ex>, <ex>there</ex>! see <ex>there</ex>! look <ex>there</ex>! <ex>There</ex> is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.</note><br/>
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<p><q>A knight <qex>there</qex> was, and that a worthy man.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>There</qex> is a path which no fowl knoweth.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxviii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Wherever <qex>there</qex> is a sense or perception, <qex>there</qex> some idea is actually produced.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>There</qex> have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.</q> <rj><qau>Suckling.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>There</xex> is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See <er>Thereabout</er>, <er>Thereafter</er>, <er>Therefrom</er>, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>There</xex> was formerly used in the sense of <xex>where</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>Spend their good <qex>there</qex> it is reasonable.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Here and there</b></col>, <cd>in one place and another.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Thither</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>There"a*bout`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>There"a*bouts`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Near that place.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; <as>as, ten men, or <ex>thereabouts</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Five or six thousand horse . . . or <qex>thereabouts</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some three months since, or <qex>thereabout</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Suckling.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Concerning that; about that.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>What will ye dine? I will go <qex>thereabout</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They were much perplexed <qex>thereabout</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxiv. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*af"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&eth;&aemacr_;r&aelig;fter</ets> after that. See <er>There</er>, and <er>After</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>After that; afterward.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>According to that; accordingly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>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 <qex>thereafter</qex> to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of that sort.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;My audience is not <xex>thereafter</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Latimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There"a*gain`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In opposition; against one's course.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If that him list to stand <qex>thereagain</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There"-a*nent`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Concerning that.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>There*at"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At that place; there.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in <qex>thereat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vii. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>At that occurrence or event; on that account.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth <qex>thereat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>There`be*fore"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>There`bi*forn"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Before that time; beforehand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Many a winter <qex>therebiforn</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*by"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>By that; by that means; in consequence of that.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; <qex>thereby</qex> good shall come unto thee.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxii. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Annexed to that.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Thereby</xex> hangs a tale.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*for"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>There</ets> + <ets>for.</ets>  Cf. <er>Therefore</er>.]</ety> <def>For that, or this; for it.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With certain officers ordained <qex>therefore</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There"fore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>conj. &amp; adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>therfore</ets>. See <er>There</er>, and <er>Fore</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, <er>For</er>, and cf. <er>Therefor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have married a wife, and <qex>therefore</qex> I can not come.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xiv. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have <qex>therefore</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xix. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consequently; by consequence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He blushes; <qex>therefore</qex> he is guilty.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Then</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>There*from"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From this or that.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Turn not aside <qex>therefrom</qex> to the right hand or to the left.</q> <rj><qau>John. xxiii. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*in"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.</def>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He pricketh through a fair forest,<br/>
<qex>Therein</qex> is many a wild beast.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply <qex>therein</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ix. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Therein</qex> our letters do not well agree.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There`in*to"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Into that or this, or into that place.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Let not them . . . enter <qex>thereinto</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxi. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*of"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Of that or this.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the day that thou eatest <qex>thereof</qex>, thou shalt surely die.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 17.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The`re*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Therapeutios.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>There*on"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&unr_;&unr_;ron</ets>. See <er>There</er>, and <er>On</er>.]</ety> <def>On that or this.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then the king said, Hang him <qex>thereon</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Esther vii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*out"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Out of that or this.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He shall take <qex>thereout</qex> his handful of the flour.</q> <rj><qau>Lev. ii. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>On the outside; out of doors.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*to"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To that or this.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Besides; moreover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her mouth full small, and <qex>thereto</qex> soft and red.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There`to*fore"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with <xex>heretofore</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>There*un"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Under that or this.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>There`un*to"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Unto that or this; thereto; besides.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There`up*on"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Upon that or this; thereon.</def> &ldquo;They shall feed <xex>thereupon</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Zeph. ii. 7.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[He] hopes to find you forward, . . . <br/>
And <qex>thereupon</qex> he sends you this good news.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Immediately; at once; without delay.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>There*while"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At that time; at the same time.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Laud.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There*with"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With that or this.</def> &ldquo;I have learned in whatsoever state I am, <xex>therewith</xex> to be content.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Phil. iv. 11.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In addition; besides; moreover.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To speak of strength and <qex>therewith</qex> hardiness.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>At the same time; forthwith.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>There`with*al"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Over and above; besides; moreover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Daniel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>therewithal</qex> it was full poor and bad.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>With that or this; therewith; at the same time.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thy slanders I forgive; and <qex>therewithal</qex><br/>
Remit thy other forfeits.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>therewithal</qex> one came and seized on her,<br/>
And Enid started waking.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Therf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&unr_;eorf</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>derb</ets>, Icel. <ets>&unr_;jarfr</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Pask and the feast of <qex>therf</qex> loaves.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><!-- p. 1497 --><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The"ri*ac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, &Verbar;<hw>The*ri"a*ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theriaca</ets> an antidote against the bite of serpents, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;riaque</ets>. See <er>Treacle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Old Med.)</fld> <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 <altname>theriaca Andromachi</altname>, and <altname>Venice treacle</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Treacle; molasses.</def>  <rj><au>British Pharm.</au></rj><br/>
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<mhw>{ <hw>The"ri*ac</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The*ri"a*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;riacal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to theriac; medicinal.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Theriacal</xex> herbs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Theriac.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ri*o*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of the Theriodontia. Used also adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The`ri*o*don"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Theriodontia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The`ri*o*don"ti*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (dim. of &unr_; a beast) + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <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 <altname>Theromorpha</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; They had biconcave vertebr&aelig;, 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 <er>Dicynodont</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>The`ri*ot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; wild beast + &unr_; to cut.]</ety> <def>Zo&ouml;tomy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Therm</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;rm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>one of several units of heat, especially one equivalent to 1000 large calories, or 100,000 British thermal units.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ther"m&aelig;</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Thermal</er>.]</ety> <def>Springs or baths of warm or hot water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>thermae</ets> hot springs, fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. of &unr_; heat, fr. &unr_; hot, warm, &unr_; to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. <ets>formus</ets> warm, and E. <ets>forceps</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; <as>as, the <ex>thermal</ex> unit; <ex>thermal</ex> waters</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>thermal</qex> condition of the earth.</q> <rj><qau>J. D. Forbes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>caused by or affected by heat; <as>as, <ex>thermal</ex> springs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>designed to retain heat; <as>as, <ex>thermal</ex> underwear</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Thermal conductivity</b></col>, <col><b>Thermal spectrum</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Conductivity</er>, and <er>Spectrum</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thermal unit</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <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 <er>Calorie</er>, and under <er>Unit</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a thermal manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*man"ti*dote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;  heat + E. <ets>antidote</ets>.]</ety> <def>A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties.</def> <mark>[India]</mark></p>

<p><q>Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the <qex>thermantidotes</qex> play?</q>  <rj><qau>Kipling.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*met"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; heat + &unr_; measure + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.</def>  <rj><au>Nichol.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; heat.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; <as>as, <ex>thermic</ex> lines</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thermic balance</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bolometer</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thermic fever</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See <er>Sunstroke</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thermic weight</b></col>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Heat weight</cref>, under <er>Heat</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>Ther`mi`dor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Gr. &unr_; warm, hot.]</ety> <def>The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under <er>Vend&eacute;miaire</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mif"u*gine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; heat + L. <ets>fugere</ets> to flee.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>qe`rmh</grk> <xex>heat</xex>, <grk>qermo`s</grk> <xex>hot</xex>, <xex>warm</xex>; as in <xex>thermo</xex>chemistry, <xex>thermo</xex>dynamic.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther`mo*an`&aelig;s*the"si*a</hw> <it>or</it> <hw>Ther`mo*an`es*the"si*a</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*bar"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>barometer</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*bat"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>battery</ets>.]</ety> <def>A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*cau"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>cautery</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Cautery by the application of heat.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><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></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther`mo*chem"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ther`mo*chem"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem. Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*chem"is*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>chemistry</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*chro"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*moch"ro*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; coloring.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*cou`ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A thermoelectric couple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*cur`rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>current</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature between the junctions of the substances of which the circuit is composed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*din</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. Gr. &unr_; heat.]</ety> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*dy*nam"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>dynamic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thermodynamic function</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Heat weight</cref>, under <er>Heat</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*dy*nam"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*e*lec"tric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Pertaining to thermoelectricity; <as>as, <ex>thermoelectric</ex> currents</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple</hw> <it>or</it>  <hw>Ther`mo*e*lec"tric pair</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*e`lec*tric"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>electricity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>thermo&eacute;lectricit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under <er>Electricity</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>electrometer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*gen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*gen"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; <as>as, the <ex>thermogenic</ex> tissues</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Producing heat; thermogenic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The trace or record made by means of a thermograph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Any process of writing involving the use of heat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*junc"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r"m&obreve_;l"&ouptack_;*j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A discourse on, or an account of, heat.</def>  <rj><au>Whewell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to X-rays.</def><!-- ##?? used in dating of pottery? --> -- <wordforms><wf>Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cent</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*ly"sin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>ly`ein</grk> to loose + <ets>-in</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld> <def>a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium <spn>Bacillus thermoproteolyticus</spn>, which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins.  It is used in studies of protein structure.  It has a molecular weight of about 37,500 and contains zinc and calcium in its active configuration.</def> <au>[MI11]</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mol"y*sis</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r"m&obreve_;l"&ibreve_;*s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>ly`ein</grk> to loose.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*lyt"ic</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r"m&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;t"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to thermolysis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*lyze</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r"m&ouptack_;*l&imacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To subject to thermolysis; to dissociate by heat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*mag"net*ism</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r"m&ouptack_;*m&abreve;g"n&ebreve_;t*&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>magnetism</ets>.]</ety> <def>Magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(th&etilde_;r*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. thermom&egrave;tre. See <er>Thermal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>thermometer</xex> 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 <er>Centigrade</er>, <er>Fahrenheit</er>, and <er>R&eacute;aumur</er>.<br/>
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    To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, substract 32&deg; and multiply by <frac>5/9</frac>; to reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit, multiply by <frac>9/5</frac> and add 32&deg;.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Air thermometer</b></col>, <col><b>Balance thermometer</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Air</er>, <er>Balance</er>, 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> -- <mcol><col><b>Register thermometer</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Self-registering thermometer</b></col></mcol>, <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></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther`mo*met"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ther`mo*met"ric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>thermom&eacute;trique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a thermometer; <as>as, the <ex>thermometrical</ex> scale or tube</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; <as>as, <ex>thermometrical</ex> observations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*met"ric*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*met"ro*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; measure + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mom"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A heat engine; a hot-air engine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*mul"ti*pli`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>multiplier</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Thermopile</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*neu*ro"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A neurosis caused by exposure to heat.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A neurosis causing a rise or fall of a body's temperature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*neu*tral"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Neutrality as regards heat effects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*phil"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; loving + <ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40&deg; C (e.g. between 50&deg; and 60&deg;), and in some cases at temperatures that would kill ordinary microorganisms.  They are found in naturally hot locations, such as at hot springs or the thermal vents at the ocean bottom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*phone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>phone</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*phore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; -bearing, fr. <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <def>An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*pile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>pile</ets> a heap.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*reg"u*la`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by <person>Count Rumford</person> which, as modified by <person>Professor Leslie</person>, was afterward called the <altname>differential thermometer</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; <as>as, <ex>thermoscopic</ex> observations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*si"phon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*sta"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>stable</ets> fixed.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55&deg; C. without loss of special properties; -- said of proteins, immune substances, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*stat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to make to stand.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A device which automatically regulates temperature, or provides a signal used by another device to regulate temperature.  The temperature-sensitive signal may be electronic, as that produced by a thermocouple.  The signal may also be caused mechanically, as by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, which can then cause the opening or closing of the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*stat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*sys*tal"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>systaltic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*tac"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or retaining to thermotaxis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*tank</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>ank</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water, air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating and ventilation systems.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*tax"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; arrangement.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; <as>as, the <ex>thermotaxic</ex> nervous system</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*tax"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; an arranging.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Determination of the direction of locomotion by heat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*ten"sile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*ten"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>tension</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*ther"a*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>therapy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ther*mot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ther*mot"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; heat, fr. &unr_; hot.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; <as>as, <ex>thermotical</ex> phenomena</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Whewell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mot"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science of heat.</def>  <rj><au>Whewell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mot"o*nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>thermo-</ets> + <ets>tonus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Plant Physiol.)</fld> <def>A condition of tonicity with respect to temperature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*trop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Manifesting thermotropism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mot"ro*pism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther"mo*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <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><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther*mot"y*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ther`mo*vol*ta"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thermo-</ets> + <ets>voltaic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.</def>  <rj><au>Faraday.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"roid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>qh`r</grk>, <grk>qhro`s</grk>, wild beast + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Resembling a beast in nature or habit; marked by animal characteristics; <as>as, <ex>theroid</ex> idiocy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The`ro*mor"pha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.: Gr. <grk>qh`r</grk> beast + <grk>morfh`</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>See <er>Theriodonta</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The*rop"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>qh`r</grk> a beast + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <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 <gen>Megalosaurus</gen>, <gen>Creosaurus</gen>, and their allies.</def><br/>
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<p>&Verbar;<hw>The*sau"rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Thesauri</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Treasure</er>.]</ety> <def>A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>These</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&emacr;z)</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>&thorn;es</ets>, <ets>&thorn;&aelig;s</ets>, a variant of <ets>&thorn;as</ets>, pl. of <ets>&thorn;es</ets>, <ets>thes</ets>, this. See <er>This</er>, and cf. <er>Those</er>.]</ety> <def>The plural of <xex>this</xex>. See <er>This</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thes"i*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>thesis</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>The"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Theses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to place, set. See <er>Do</er>, and cf. <er>Anathema</er>, <er>Apothecary</er>, <er>Epithet</er>, <er>Hypothesis</er>, <er>Parenthesis</er>, <er>Theme</er>, <er>Tick</er> a cover.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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><br/>
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<p><q>I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a <qex>thesis</qex> of my own composing, to prepare them.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of <xex>arsis</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thes"mo*thete</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; that which is established, a law (fr. &unr_; to set) + &unr_; a giver (also fr. &unr_;).]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thes"pi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>Thespis</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, the founder of the Greek drama.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; <as>as, the <ex>Thespian</ex> art</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An actor.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Thes*sa"li*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>Thessalius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Thessaly in Greece.</def> <au>Shak.</au> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Thes`sa*lo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>qh^ta</grk>, the Greek letter &theta;, &Theta;.]</ety> <def>A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to <it>th</it> in English; -- sometimes called the <xex>unlucky</xex> 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><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Theta function</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Thet"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; fit for placing, fr. &unr_; to set, lay down. See <er>Thesis</er>.]</ety> <def>Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Th</ets>io + <ets>et</ets>her + sulph<ets>ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>The*ur"gic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>The*ur"gic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theurgicus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;urgique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Theurgic hymns</b></col>, <cd>songs of incantation.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ur*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>th&eacute;urgiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy.</def>  <rj><au>Hallywell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>The"ur*gy</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;"&ubreve;r*j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>theurgia</ets>, 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. <ets>th&eacute;urgie</ets>. See <er>Theism</er>, and <er>Work</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</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>  <rj><au>Schaff-Herzog Encyc.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</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 <xex>natural</xex> magic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thew</hw> <pr>(th&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <note>[Chiefly used in the plural <er>Thews</er> <pr>(th&umacr;z)</pr>.]</note> <ety>[OE. <ets>thew</ets>, <ets>&thorn;eau</ets>, manner, habit, strength, AS. <ets>&thorn;e&aacute;w</ets> manner, habit (cf. <ets>&thorn;&ymacr_;wan</ets> to drive); akin to OS. <ets>thau</ets> custom, habit, OHG. <ets>dou</ets>. &radic;56.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For her great light<br/>
Of sapience, and for her <qex>thews</qex> clear.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Evil speeches destroy good <qex>thews</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To be upbrought in gentle <qex>thews</qex> and martial might.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And I myself, who sat apart<br/>
And watched them, waxed in every limb;<br/>
I felt the <qex>thews</qex> of Anakim,<br/>
The pules of a Titan's heart.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thewed</hw> <pr>(th&umacr;d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furnished with thews or muscles; <as>as, a well-<ex>thewed</ex> limb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Accustomed; mannered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>John Skelton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Yet would not seem so rude and <qex>thewed</qex> ill.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thew"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>They</hw> <pr>(&thlig_;&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>pron. pl.</pos>; <wordforms><pos>poss.</pos> <er>Theirs</er>; <pos>obj.</pos> <er>Them</er></wordforms>. <ety>[Icel. <ets>&thorn;eir</ets> they, properly nom. pl. masc. of <ets>s&amacr;</ets>, <ets>s&umacr;</ets>, <ets>&thorn;at</ets>, a demonstrative pronoun, akin to the English definite article, AS. <ets>s&emacr;</ets>, <ets>se&oacute;</ets>, <ets>&eth;&aelig;t</ets>, nom. pl. <ets>&eth;&amacr;</ets>. See <er>That</er>.]</ety> <def>The plural of <xex>he</xex>, <xex>she</xex>, or <xex>it</xex>. <ex>They</ex> is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Jolif and glad <qex>they</qex> went unto <qex>here</qex> [their] rest<br/>
And casten <qex>hem</qex> [them] full early for to sail.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>They</qex> of Italy salute you.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xiii. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Blessed are <qex>they</qex> which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>They</ex> is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used <xex>man</xex>, and as the French use <xex>on</xex>; as, <ex>they</ex> say (French <xex>on dit</xex>), that is, it is said by persons not specified.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi*al"dine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thio-</ets> + <ets>al</ets>dehyde + <ets>-ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A weak nitrogenous sulphur base, <chform>C6H13NS2</chform>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi"al*ol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thio-</ets> + <ets>al</ets>cohol + L. <ets>ol</ets>eum oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless oily liquid, <chform>(C2H5)2S2</chform>, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also <altname>ethyl disulphide</altname>. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thib"e*tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Thibet.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Thibet.</def></def2><!-- now usu. Tibetan and Tibet. --><br/>
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<p><hw>Thib"et cloth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi*be"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Thibetan</er>.</def><!-- = Tibetan --><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding stick.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ainsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick</hw> <pr>(th&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Thicker</adjf> <pr>(-&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Thickest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>thicke</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;icce</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dik</ets>, OS. <ets>thikki</ets>, OHG. <ets>dicchi</ets> thick, dense, G. <ets>dick</ets> thick, Icel. <ets>&thorn;ykkr</ets>, <ets>&thorn;j&ouml;kkr</ets>, and probably to Gael. &amp; Ir. <ets>tiugh</ets>.  Cf. <er>Tight</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</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>as, a timber seven inches <ex>thick</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Were it as <qex>thick</qex> as is a branched oak.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My little finger shall be <qex>thicker</qex> than my father's loins.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; <as>as, a <ex>thick</ex> plank; <ex>thick</ex> cloth; <ex>thick</ex> paper; <ex>thick</ex> neck</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Dense; not thin; inspissated; <as>as, <ex>thick</ex> vapors</as>. Also used figuratively; <as>as, <ex>thick</ex> darkness</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Make the gruel <qex>thick</qex> and slab.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; <as>as, the water of a river is apt to be <ex>thick</ex> after a rain</as>.</def> &ldquo;In a <xex>thick</xex>, misty day.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The people were gathered <qex>thick</qex> together.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xi. 29.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Black was the forest; <qex>thick</qex> with beech it stood.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; <as>as, a <ex>thick</ex> utterance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Deep; profound; <as>as, <ex>thick</ex> sleep</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Dull; not quick; <as>as, <ex>thick</ex> of fearing</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His dimensions to any <qex>thick</qex> sight were invincible.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Intimate; very friendly; familiar.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>We have been <qex>thick</qex> ever since.</q> <rj><qau>T. Hughes.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Thick</ex> is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, <ex>thick</ex>-barred, <ex>thick</ex>-bodied, <ex>thick</ex>-coming, <ex>thick</ex>-cut, <ex>thick</ex>-flying, <ex>thick</ex>-growing, <ex>thick</ex>-leaved, <ex>thick</ex>-lipped, <ex>thick</ex>-necked, <ex>thick</ex>-planted, <ex>thick</ex>-ribbed, <ex>thick</ex>-shelled, <ex>thick</ex>-woven, and the like.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thick register</b></col>. <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <cd>See the Note under <er>Register</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 7.</cd> -- <col><b>Thick stuff</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve.</cd> <au>J. Knowles.</au></cs>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the <qex>thick</qex> of the dust and smoke.</q> <rj><qau>Knolles.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A thicket; <as>as, gloomy <ex>thicks</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Through the <qex>thick</qex> they heard one rudely rush.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He through a little window cast his sight<br/>
Through <qex>thick</qex> of bars, that gave a scanty light.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thick-and-thin block</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a fiddle block. See under <er>Fiddle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Through thick and thin</b></col>, <cd>through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Through thick and thin</qex> she followed him.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He became the panegyrist, <qex>through thick and thin</qex>, of a military frenzy.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick</hw> <pr>(th&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;icce</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Frequently; fast; quick.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely; <as>as, a plat of ground <ex>thick</ex> sown</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; <as>as, land covered <ex>thick</ex> with manure</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thick and threefold</b></col>, <cd>in quick succession, or in great numbers.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>L'Estrange.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>&thorn;iccian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To thicken.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The nightmare Life-in-death was she,<br/>
Who <qex>thicks</qex> man's blood with cold.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"bill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The bullfinch.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Thickened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Thickening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make thick (in any sense of the word).</def> <specif>Specifically:</specif> --<br/>
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<p><sd>(a)</sd> <def>To render dense; to inspissate; <as>as, to <ex>thicken</ex> paint</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>To make close; to fill up interstices in; <as>as, to <ex>thicken</ex> cloth; to <ex>thicken</ex> ranks of trees or men</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>To strengthen; to confirm.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>And this may to <qex>thicken</qex> other proofs.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>To make more frequent; <as>as, to <ex>thicken</ex> blows</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become thick.</def> &ldquo;Thy luster <xex>thickens</xex> when he shines by.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The press of people <qex>thickens</qex> to the court.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The combat <qex>thickens</qex>, like the storm that flies.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"en*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;iccet</ets>. See <er>Thick</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; <as>as, a ram caught in a <ex>thicket</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Gen. xxii. 13.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thick-headed or stupid person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of Australian singing birds of the genus <gen>Pachycephala</gen>. The males of some of the species are bright-colored. Some of the species are popularly called <altname>thrushes</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"-head`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a thick skull; stupid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat thick.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"-knee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A stone curlew. See under <er>Stone</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a thick manner; deeply; closely.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&unr_;icnes</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"set`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Close planted; <as>as, a <ex>thickset</ex> wood; a <ex>thickset</ex> hedge</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a short, thick body; stout.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"set`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A close or thick hedge.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.</def>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"skin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"-skinned`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"skull`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.</def>  <rj><au>Entick.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"-skulled`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick" wind`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thick"-wind`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Affected with thick wind.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thid"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Thither.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thid"er*ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Thitherward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Thief</hw> <pr>(th&emacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Thieves</plw> <pr>(th&emacr;vz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>thef</ets>, <ets>theef</ets>, AS. <ets>&thorn;e&oacute;f</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>thiaf</ets>, OS. <ets>theof</ets>, <ets>thiof</ets>, D. <ets>dief</ets>, G. <ets>dieb</ets>, OHG. <ets>diob</ets>, Icel. <ets>&thorn;j&omacr;fr</ets>, Sw. <ets>tjuf</ets>, Dan. <ets>tyv</ets>, Goth. <ets>&thorn;iufs</ets>, <ets>&thorn;iubs</ets>, and perhaps to Lith. <ets>tupeti</ets> to squat or crouch down.  Cf. <er>Theft</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See <er>Theft</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There came a privy <qex>thief</qex>, men clepeth death.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where <qex>thieves</qex> break through and steal.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vi. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A waster in the snuff of a candle.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Thief catcher</b></col>. <cd>Same as <er>Thief taker</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Thief leader</b></col>, <cd>one who leads or takes away a thief.</cd> <au>L'Estrange.</au> -- <col><b>Thief taker</b></col>, <cd>one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice.</cd> -- <col><b>Thief tube</b></col>, <cd>a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask.</cd> -- <col><b>Thieves' vinegar</b></col>, <cd>a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Robber; pilferer.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Thief</er>, <er>Robber</er>. A <xex>thief</xex> takes our property by stealth; a <xex>robber</xex> attacks us openly, and strips us by main force.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>Take heed, have open eye, for <qex>thieves</qex> do foot by night.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some roving <qex>robber</qex> calling to his fellows.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thief"ly</hw>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>Like a thief; thievish; thievishly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi"&euml;*none</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thi&euml;n</ets>yl + ket<ets>one</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, <chform>(C4H3S)2.CO</chform>, by the action of aluminum chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thi"&euml;*nyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Thi</ets>oph<ets>ene</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The hypothetical radical <chform>C4H3S.</chform>, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thieve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Thieved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Thieving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. ge<ets>&thorn;e&oacute;fian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To practice theft; to steal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Thiev"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Among the Spartans, <qex>thievery</qex> was a practice morally good and honest.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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