| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| tted | imp. & past participle | of Cat |
| ties | plural | of Constitutionality, of Rurality, of Tie |
| taas | noun | A heap. See Tas. |
| tabu | noun & verb | See Taboo. |
| tace | noun | The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n., See Tasse. |
| tack | noun | A stain; a tache., A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack., A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head., That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See Tack, v. t., 3., A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom., The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)., The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; — the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction., A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease., Confidence; reliance., To fasten or attach., Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder., In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; — often with on or to., 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., To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4. |
| tact | noun | The sense of touch; feeling., The stroke in beating time., Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances. |
| tael | noun | 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. |
| taen | Alt. of Ta’en | |
| taha | noun | The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor). |
| tahr | noun | Same as Thar. |
| tail | noun | Limitation; abridgment., Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail., The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal., Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin., Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, — as opposed to the head, or the superior part., A train or company of attendants; a retinue., The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; — rarely used except in the expression “heads or tails,” employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall., The distal tendon of a muscle., A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style., A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; — called also tailing., One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times., A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything., The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem., Same as Tailing, 4., The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile., See Tailing, n., 5., To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded., To pull or draw by the tail., To hold by the end; — said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; — with in or into., To swing with the stern in a certain direction; — said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream. |
| tain | noun | Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. |
| tait | noun | A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger. |
| take | past participle | Taken., 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., To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one’s power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; — said of a disease, misfortune, or the like., To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm., To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right., To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat., To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person., To draw; to deduce; to derive., To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one’s self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; — used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say., To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church., To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery., To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; — with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four., In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept., To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit., To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine., Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence., To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man., To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man’s motive; to take men for spies., To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; — used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape., To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take., To please; to gain reception; to succeed., To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one’s self; to proceed; to go; — usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge., To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well., That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch., The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. |
| took | imp. | of Take, imp. of Take. |
| talc | noun | A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety. |
| tale | noun | See Tael., That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story., 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., A count or declaration., To tell stories. |
| talk | noun | To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts., To confer; to reason; to consult., To prate; to speak impertinently., To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French., To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics., To consume or spend in talking; — often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening., To cause to be or become by talking., 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., Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war., Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town. |
| tall | superl. | High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast., Brave; bold; courageous., Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. |
| tali | plural | of Talus |
| tame | verb t. | To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out., Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird., Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless., Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery., To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast., To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. |
| tamp | verb t. | 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., To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place. |
| tana | noun | Same as Banxring. |
| tang | noun | A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus)., A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask., Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang., 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., The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle., The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock., The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened., The tongue of a buckle., A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang., To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring., To make a ringing sound; to ring. |
| tank | noun | A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls., A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. |
| tant | noun | A small scarlet arachnid. |
| tapa | noun | A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; — sometimes called also kapa. |
| tape | noun | A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape., A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. |
| tare | imp. | Tore., A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; — alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel., A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder., 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., To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods)., of Tear |
| tarn | noun | A mountain lake or pool. |
| taro | noun | A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries. |
| tart | verb t. | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple., Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke., A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. |
| task | verb | Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount., Business; employment; undertaking; labor., To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to., To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax., To charge; to tax; as with a fault. |
| tath | obs. | 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take., Dung, or droppings of cattle., The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture., To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it. |
| tatt | verb t. & i. | To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging. |
| tatu | noun | Same as Tatou. |
| taur | noun | The constellation Taurus. |
| taut | adjective | Tight; stretched; not slack; — said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained., Snug; close; firm; secure. |
| taws | noun | A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. |
| tead | noun | Alt. of Teade |
| teak | noun | A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. |
| teal | noun | Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. |
| team | noun | A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter., Hence, a number of animals moving together., Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like., 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., A flock of wild ducks., 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., 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., To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. |
| tear | noun | 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., Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins., That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge., To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh., Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions., To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home., To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair., To move violently; to agitate., To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily., To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave., The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. |
| tore | imp. | of Tear, imp. of Tear., The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring., Same as Torus., The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane., The solid inclosed by such a surface; — sometimes called an anchor ring. |
| torn | past participle | of Tear, p. p. of Tear. |
| teat | noun | 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., A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal. |
| teek | noun | See Teak. |
| teel | noun | Sesame. |
| teem | verb t. | To pour; — commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale., To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal., To think fit., To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply., To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound., To produce; to bring forth. |
| teen | noun | Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain., To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure., To hedge or fence in; to inclose. |
| teil | noun | The lime tree, or linden; — called also teil tree. |
| told | imp. & past participle | of Tell, imp. & p. p. of Tell. |
| tell | verb t. | To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money., To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate., To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge., To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform., To order; to request; to command., To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins., To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate., To give an account; to make report., To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells., That which is told; tale; account., A hill or mound. |
| tend | verb t. | To make a tender of; to offer or tender., To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks., To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to., To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; — with on or upon., To await; to expect., To move in a certain direction; — usually with to or towards., To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction. |
| tene | noun & verb | See 1st and 2d Teen. |
| tent | noun | A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; — called also tent wine, and tinta., Attention; regard, care., Intention; design., To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder., To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively., 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., A probe for searching a wound., 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., The representation of a tent used as a bearing., To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. |
| ter- | A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2. | |
| term | noun | That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary., The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life., In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms., A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid., A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration, 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., A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation., The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes., The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice., A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term., A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; — called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3., A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab – cd., The menses., Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions., In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents., A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail., To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. |
| tern | noun | Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera., Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate., 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. |
| test | noun | A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement., Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man’s assertions to a test., Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love., That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard., Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion., Judgment; distinction; discrimination., A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt., To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation., To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument., To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper., A witness., To make a testament, or will., Alt. of Testa |
| tete | noun | A kind of wig; false hair. |
| teuk | noun | The redshank. |
| text | noun | 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., The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence., A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine., Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme., A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text., To write in large characters, as in text hand. |
| thak | verb t. | To thwack. |
| than | conj. | A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want., Then. See Then. |
| thar | noun | A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo., It needs; need. |
| that | pronoun, adjective, conj., & adverb | As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples., As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun., As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural., As a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun., To introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb., To introduce, a reason or cause; — equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because., To introduce a purpose; — usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc., To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; — usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that., In an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like., As adverb: To such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing. |
| thaw | verb i. | To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws., To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally., Fig.: To grow gentle or genial., To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve., 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. |
| thea | noun | A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant. |
| thee | adjective | To thrive; to prosper., The objective case of thou. See Thou. |
| them | pronoun | The objective case of they. See They. |
| then | adverb | At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future)., Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward., At another time; later; again., Than., In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason. |
| thew | noun | Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues., Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. |
| they | obj. | The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. |
| thin | superl. | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering., Rare; not dense or thick; — applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air., Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin., Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness., Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease., Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full., Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise., Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin., To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective)., To grow or become thin; — used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear. |
| this | pronoun & adjective | As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned., As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town. |
| thor | noun | The god of thunder, and son of Odin. |
| thou | obj. | The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style., To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt., To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. |
| thru | preposition, adverb & adjective | Through. |
| thud | noun | A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. |
| thug | noun | One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government. |
| thus | noun | The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers., In this or that manner; on this wise., To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. |
| tiar | noun | A tiara. |
| tice | verb t. | To entice., A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat’s length in front of the wicket. |
| tick | noun | Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick., To go on trust, or credit., To give tick; to trust., Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs., Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep)., The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling., Ticking. See Ticking, n., To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat., To strike gently; to pat., A quick, audible beat, as of a clock., Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check., The whinchat; — so called from its note., To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. |
| tide | preposition | Time; period; season., The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun’s attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon’s attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide., A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood., Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current., Violent confluence., The period of twelve hours., To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream., To betide; to happen., To pour a tide or flood., To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. |
| tidy | noun | The wren; — called also tiddy., Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather., Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy., A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like., A child’s pinafore., To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one’s dress., To make things tidy. |
| tied | imp. & past participle | of Tie |
| tier | noun | One who, or that which, ties., A chold’s apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore., A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater. |
| tiff | noun | Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor., A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift., To be in a pet., To deck out; to dress. |
| tift | noun | A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff. |
| tigh | noun | A close, or inclosure; a croft. |
| tike | noun | A tick. See 2d Tick., A dog; a cur., A countryman or clown; a boorish person. |
| tile | verb t. | To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge., A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works., A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring., A plate of metal used for roofing., A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused., A draintile., A stiff hat., To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house., Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. |
| till | noun | A vetch; a tare., A drawer., A tray or drawer in a chest., A money drawer in a shop or store., A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; — sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner., A kind of coarse, obdurate land., To; unto; up to; as far as; until; — now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o’clock; I will wait till next week., As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until., To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm., To prepare; to get., To cultivate land. |
| tilt | noun | A covering overhead; especially, a tent., The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon., A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat., To cover with a tilt, or awning., To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel., To point or thrust, as a lance., To point or thrust a weapon at., To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile., To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances., To lean; to fall partly over; to tip., A thrust, as with a lance., A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament., See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary., Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. |
| time | noun | Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof., A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be., The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; — often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times., The duration of one’s life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal., A proper time; a season; an opportunity., Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition., Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen., The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration., Tense., The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time., To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly., To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement., To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen., To measure, as in music or harmony., To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time., To pass time; to delay. |
| tind | verb t. | To kindle. |
| tine | noun | Trouble; distress; teen., To kindle; to set on fire., To kindle; to rage; to smart., To shut in, or inclose., A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler. |
| ting | noun | A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling., To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle., The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept. |
| tink | verb i. | To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle., A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle. |
| tint | noun | A slight coloring., A pale or faint tinge of any color., A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints., A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines., To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. |
| tiny | superl. | Very small; little; puny. |
| tire | noun | A tier, row, or rank. See Tier., Attire; apparel., A covering for the head; a headdress., A child’s apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier., Furniture; apparatus; equipment., A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear., To adorn; to attire; to dress., To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does., To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything., To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires., To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one’s interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. |
| tiro | noun | Same as Tyro. |
| tith | adjective | Tight; nimble. |
| titi | noun | Same as Teetee. |
| tivy | adverb | With great speed; — a huntsman’s word or sound. |
| tiza | noun | See Ulexite. |
| toad | noun | Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. |
| toat | noun | The handle of a joiner’s plane. |
| toco | noun | A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan. |
| tody | noun | Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers. |
| toed | imp. & past participle | of Toe, Having (such or so many) toes; — chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed., Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing. |
| toft | noun | A knoll or hill., A grove of trees; also, a plain., A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house. |
| toga | noun | The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta. |
| toil | noun | A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; — usually in the plural., To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work., To weary; to overlabor., To labor; to work; — often with out., Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body. |
| tola | noun | A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains. |
| tole | verb t. | To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. |
| toll | verb t. | To take away; to vacate; to annul., To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole., To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell., To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend., To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing., To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person., The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated., A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like., A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor., A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding., To pay toll or tallage., To take toll; to raise a tax., To collect, as a toll. |
| tolt | noun | A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. |
| tolu | noun | A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam. |
| tomb | noun | A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher., A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead., A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead., To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. |
| tome | noun | As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; — usually applied to a ponderous volume. |
| tone | noun | Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone., Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion., A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone., A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones., The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone., The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone., A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones., That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor., Tonicity; as, arterial tone., State of mind; temper; mood., Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory., General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners., The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; — commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone., To utter with an affected tone., To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t., To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. |
| tong | noun | Alt. of Tonge |
| tony | noun | A simpleton. |
| tool | noun | An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work., A machine for cutting or shaping materials; — also called machine tool., Hence, any instrument of use or service., A weapon., A person used as an instrument by another person; — a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes., To shape, form, or finish with a tool., To drive, as a coach. |
| toom | adjective | Empty., To empty. |
| toon | pl. of Toe., The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself. | |
| toot | verb i. | To stand out, or be prominent., To peep; to look narrowly., To see; to spy., To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown., To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound. |
| tope | noun | A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic., A grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope., A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; — called also toper, oil shark, miller’s dog, and penny dog., The wren., To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. |
| toph | noun | kind of sandstone. |
| torc | noun | Same as Torque, 1. |
| tort | noun | Mischief; injury; calamity., Any civil wrong or injury; a wrongful act (not involving a breach of contract) for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some parts of the United States, for a wrong or injury., Stretched tight; taut. |
| tori | plural | of Torus |
| tory | noun | A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority., One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown., Of ro pertaining to the Tories. |
| tose | verb t. | To tease, or comb, as wool. |
| tosh | adjective | Neat; trim. |
| tost | of Toss, imp. & p. p. of Toss. | |
| toss | verb t. | To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball., To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head., To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm., To agitate; to make restless., Hence, to try; to harass., To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar., To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling., To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean., A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball., A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. |
| tota | noun | The grivet. |
| tote | verb t. | To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; — a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes., The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. |
| toty | adjective | Totty., A sailor or fisherman; — so called in some parts of the Pacific. |
| tour | noun | A tower., A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England., A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies., anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty., To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. |
| tout | verb i. | To act as a tout. See 2d Tout., To ply or seek for customers., One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting., To toot a horn., The anus. |
| town | adverb & preposition | Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls., Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop., Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities., The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways., A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country., The court end of London;– commonly with the., The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country., A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. |
| towy | adjective | Composed of, or like, tow. |
| toze | verb t. | To pull violently; to touse. |
| tozy | adjective | Soft, like wool that has been teased. |
| trad | imp. of Tread. | |
| tram | noun | A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore., The shaft of a cart., One of the rails of a tramway., A car on a horse railroad., A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. |
| trap | verb t. | To dress with ornaments; to adorn; — said especially of horses., An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock., Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike., A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes., Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares., A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at., The game of trapball., A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids., A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet., A wagon, or other vehicle., A kind of movable stepladder., To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes., Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap., To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5., To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. |
| tray | verb t. | To betray; to deceive., A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc., A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver., A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles. |
| trod | imp. | of Tread, of Tread, imp. & p. p. of Tread. |
| tree | noun | Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk., Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree., A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; — used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like., A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree., Wood; timber., A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead., To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel., To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3. |
| tren | noun | A fish spear. |
| tret | 3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth., An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted. | |
| trew | adjective | Alt. of Trewe |
| trey | noun | Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips. |
| tri- | A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate., A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride. | |
| trig | verb t. | To fill; to stuff; to cram., Full; also, trim; neat., To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid., A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. |
| trim | verb t. | To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust., To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat., To make ready or right by cutting or shortening; to clip or lop; to curtail; as, to trim the hair; to trim a tree., To dress, as timber; to make smooth., To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a boat., To arrange in due order for sailing; as, to trim the sails., To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat., To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each., Dress; gear; ornaments., Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim., The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing., The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points., Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. |
| trio | noun | Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united., A composition for three parts or three instruments., The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; — not limited to three parts or instruments. |
| trip | noun i. | To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; — sometimes followed by it. See It, 5., To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe., To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one’s balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble., Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail., To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; — often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling., Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail., To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict., To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free., To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it., To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent., A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip., A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt., A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake., A small piece; a morsel; a bit., A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing., A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward., A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc., A troop of men; a host., A flock of widgeons. |
| tron | noun | See 3d Trone, 2. |
| trot | verb i. | To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n., Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry., To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering., The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time., Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying., One who trots; a child; a woman. |
| trow | noun | A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish., To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. |
| troy | noun | Troy weight. |
| trub | noun | A truffle. |
| true | noun | Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts., Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original., Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge., Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian., In accordance with truth; truly. |
| trug | noun | A trough, or tray., A hod for mortar., An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel., A concubine; a harlot. |
| tsar | noun | The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar. |
| tuba | noun | An ancient trumpet., A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba. |
| tube | noun | A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe., A telescope., A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance., The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla., A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction., A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through., A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm., One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk., To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well. |
| tuch | noun | A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone. |
| tuck | noun | A long, narrow sword; a rapier., The beat of a drum., To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one’s sleeves., To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress., To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one’s arm, or into a pocket., To full, as cloth., To contract; to draw together., A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait., A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; — called also tuck-net., A pull; a lugging., The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern., Food; pastry; sweetmeats. |
| tuet | noun | The lapwing. |
| tufa | A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; — called also calcareous tufa., A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria. | |
| tuff | noun | Same as Tufa. |
| tuft | noun | A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers., A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants., A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; — so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them., To separate into tufts., To adorn with tufts or with a tuft., To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. |
| tule | noun | A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere. |
| tull | verb t. | To allure; to tole. |
| tump | noun | A little hillock; a knoll., To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel., To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. |
| tuna | noun | The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly., The tunny., The bonito, 2. |
| tune | noun | A sound; a note; a tone., A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air., The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune., Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood., To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin., To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious., To sing with melody or harmony., To put into a proper state or disposition., To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds., To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. |
| tunk | noun | A sharp blow; a thump. |
| turf | noun | That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod., Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat., Race course; horse racing; — preceded by the., To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace. |
| turk | noun | A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey., A native or inhabitant of Turkey., A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey., The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. |
| turm | noun | A troop; a company. |
| turn | verb t. | To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head., To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat., To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; — used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something., To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote., To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; — often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like., To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal., Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt., To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad., To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly., To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one’s stomach., To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel., Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact., To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue., To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road., To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan., To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well., To become acid; to sour; — said of milk, ale, etc., To become giddy; — said of the head or brain., To be nauseated; — said of the stomach., To become inclined in the other direction; — said of scales., To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; — said of the tide., To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery., To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted., The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel., Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide., One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander., A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll., Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time., Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn., Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn., Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; — used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation., A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn., A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; — so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given., A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat., A pit sunk in some part of a drift., A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county., Monthly courses; menses., An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /. |
| tush | interj. | An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it., A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; — applied especially to certain teeth of horses. |
| tusk | noun | Same as Torsk., One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth., A toothshell, or Dentalium; — called also tusk-shell., A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth., To bare or gnash the teeth. |
| tuza | noun | The tucan. |
| tway | adjective & noun | Two; twain. |
| twey | adjective | Two. |
| twig | verb t. | To twitch; to pull; to tweak., To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me?, To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover., A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size., To beat with twigs. |
| twin | adjective | Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister., Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; — often followed by to or with., Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts., Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4., One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; — used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young., A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini., A person or thing that closely resembles another., A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other., To bring forth twins., To be born at the same birth., To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way., To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob., To depart from a place or thing. |
| twit | verb t. | To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood. |
| tydy | noun | Same as Tidy. |
| tyer | noun | One who ties, or unites. |
| tyke | noun | See 2d Tike. |
| tymp | noun | A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands. |
| tynd | verb t. | To shut; to close. |
| tyne | verb t. | To lose., To become lost; to perish., A prong or point of an antler., Anxiety; tine. |
| tyny | adjective | Small; tiny. |
| type | noun | The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem., Form or character impressed; style; semblance., A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; — correlative to antitype., That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative., A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group., The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin., A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived., A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing., Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed., To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure., To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify. |
| typo | noun | A compositor. |
| tyre | Curdled milk., Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire., To prey. See 4th Tire. | |
| tyro | noun | A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice. |
| tzar | noun | The emperor of Russia. See Czar. |