English Dictionary: Tayassu | by the DICT Development Group |
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'T is \'T is\ A common contraction of it is. | |
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'T was \'T was\ A contraction of it was. | |
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Taas \Taas\, n. A heap. See {Tas}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Tac \Tac\, n. [Cf. {Tack}, n., 4.] (O. Eng. Law) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records. --Cowell. Burrill. | |
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Tace \Tace\, n. The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under {Cross}, n. --Mollett. | |
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Tace \Tace\, n. See {Tasse}. --Fairholt. | |
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Tache \Tache\, n. [See {Tack} a kind of nail.] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. [Obs.] --Ex. xxvi. 6. | |
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Tache \Tache\, n. [F. tache spot. See {Techy}.] A spot, stain, or blemish. [Obs.] --Warner. | |
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Tack \Tack\, n. [From an old or dialectal form of F. tache. See {Techy}.] 1. A stain; a tache. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. L. tactus.] A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Drayton. | |
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Tack \Tack\, n. [OE. tak, takke, a fastening; akin to D. tak a branch, twig, G. zacke a twig, prong, spike, Dan. takke a tack, spike; cf. also Sw. tagg prickle, point, Icel. t[be]g a willow twig, Ir. taca a peg, nail, fastening, Gael. tacaid, Armor. & Corn. tach; perhaps akin to E. take. Cf. {Attach}, {Attack}, {Detach}, {Tag} an end, {Zigzag}.] 1. A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head. 2. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix. See {Tack}, v. t., 3. --Macaulay. Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Tack \Tack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tacking}.] [Cf. OD. tacken to touch, take, seize, fix, akin to E. take. See {Tack} a small nail.] 1. To fasten or attach. [bd]In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees.[b8] --Swift. And tacks the center to the sphere. --Herbert. 2. 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. 3. In parliamentary usage, to add (a supplement) to a bill; to append; -- often with on or to. --Macaulay. 4. (Naut.) 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. Note: 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. | |
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Tack \Tack\, v. i. (Naut.) 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. Monk, . . . when he wanted his ship to tack to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, [bd]Wheel to the left.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Tacky \Tack"y\, n. [Written also {tackey}.] An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.] | |
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Tackey \Tack"ey\, a. & n. See {Tacky}. | |
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Tacky \Tack"y\, n. [Written also {tackey}.] An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.] | |
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Tackey \Tack"ey\, a. & n. See {Tacky}. | |
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Tacky \Tack"y\, a. [Etymol. uncert.] Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Tacky \Tack"y\, n. [Written also {tackey}.] An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.] | |
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Tacky \Tack"y\, a. [Cf. {Techy}, {Tack} a spot.] Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.] | |
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Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. 2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. 3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] {Tag and rag}, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tagging}.] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. --Macaulay. His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word. --Dryden. 2. To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke. 3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See {Tag}, a play. | |
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Tag \Tag\, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person. | |
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Tag \Tag\, n. [From {Tag}, v.; cf. {Tag}, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. | |
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Taja87u \Ta*ja[87]"u\, Tajassu \Ta*jas"su\, n. [Pg. taja[87][a3], from Braz. taya[87][a3] a hog or swine.] (Zo[94]l.) The common, or collared, peccary. | |
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Issue \Is"sue\, n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a nobleman, {Commence}, {Errant}, {Exit}, {Eyre}, {Initial}, {Yede} went.] 1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house. 2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury. 3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper. 4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. If the king Should without issue die. --Shak. 5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits. 6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20. 7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part. 8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial. Come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak. While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak. 9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide. 10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See {General issue}, under {General}, and {Feigned issue}, under {Feigned}. --Blount. Cowell. {At issue}, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. --Mrs. Browning. {Bank of issue}, {Collateral issue}, etc. See under {Bank}, {Collateral}, etc. {Issue pea}, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. {To join}, [or] {take}, {issue}, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy. | |
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Take \Take\ (t[amac]k), v. t. 1. To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene. [Colloq.] 2. To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head. [Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.] | |
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Take \Take\, obs. p. p. of {Take}. Taken. --Chaucer. | |
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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. 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. Hence, specifically: (a) 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. This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. --Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. --Prov. vi. 25. Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience. --Wake. 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 took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. --Moore. (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv. 42. The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners. --Hammond. (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. --I. Watts. (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. Beauty alone could beauty take so right. --Dryden. (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. --Tillotson. (g) 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. (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. --Chaucer. (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four. 2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer. --Num. xxxv. 31. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. --1 Tim. v. 10. (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence. (d) 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. (e) 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. You take me right. --Bacon. Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor. --Wake. [He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South. You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl. --Tate. (f) 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. I take thee at thy word. --Rowe. Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold. --Dryden. {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air}, etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc. {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey. {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities. {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life away.[b8] --Dryden. {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor. ix. 9. {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or oversee. {To take down}. (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8] --Goldsmith. (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion. (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold. (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters them. {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and {Fire}. {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden. {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy ways. {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on. {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse. {To take in}. (a) To inclose; to fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. --Chapman. (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions.[b8] --I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}. {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8] --Ex. xx. 7. {To take issue}. See under {Issue}. {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2. {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it regularly, as on paying the price of subscription. {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular attention. {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}. {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner. {To take off}. (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.[b8] --Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models in wood.[b8] --Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Take \Take\, v. i. 1. 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. --Shak. When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise. --Bacon. In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect. --Bacon. 2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed. Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And hint he writ it, if the thing should take. --Addison. 3. 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. 4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well. {To take after}. (a) To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he takes after a good pattern. (b) To resemble; as, the son takes after his father. {To take in with}, to resort to. [Obs.] --Bacon. {To take on}, to be violently affected; to express grief or pain in a violent manner. {To take to}. (a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become attached to; as, to take to evil practices. [bd]If he does but take to you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him.[b8] --Walpole. (b) To resort to; to betake one's self to. [bd]Men of learning, who take to business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of the world.[b8] --Addison. {To take up}. (a) To stop. [Obs.] [bd]Sinners at last take up and settle in a contempt of religion.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) To reform. [Obs.] --Locke. {To take up with}. (a) To be contended to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with; as, to take up with plain fare. [bd]In affairs which may have an extensive influence on our future happiness, we should not take up with probabilities.[b8] --I. Watts. (b) To lodge with; to dwell with. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. {To take with}, to please. --Bacon. | |
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Take \Take\, n. 1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch. 2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. | |
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Issue \Is"sue\, n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a nobleman, {Commence}, {Errant}, {Exit}, {Eyre}, {Initial}, {Yede} went.] 1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house. 2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury. 3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper. 4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. If the king Should without issue die. --Shak. 5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits. 6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20. 7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part. 8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial. Come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak. While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak. 9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide. 10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See {General issue}, under {General}, and {Feigned issue}, under {Feigned}. --Blount. Cowell. {At issue}, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. --Mrs. Browning. {Bank of issue}, {Collateral issue}, etc. See under {Bank}, {Collateral}, etc. {Issue pea}, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. {To join}, [or] {take}, {issue}, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy. | |
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Take \Take\ (t[amac]k), v. t. 1. To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene. [Colloq.] 2. To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head. [Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.] | |
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Take \Take\, obs. p. p. of {Take}. Taken. --Chaucer. | |
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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. 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. Hence, specifically: (a) 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. This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. --Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. --Prov. vi. 25. Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience. --Wake. 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 took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. --Moore. (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv. 42. The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners. --Hammond. (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. --I. Watts. (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. Beauty alone could beauty take so right. --Dryden. (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. --Tillotson. (g) 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. (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. --Chaucer. (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four. 2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer. --Num. xxxv. 31. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. --1 Tim. v. 10. (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence. (d) 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. (e) 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. You take me right. --Bacon. Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor. --Wake. [He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South. You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl. --Tate. (f) 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. I take thee at thy word. --Rowe. Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold. --Dryden. {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air}, etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc. {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey. {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities. {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life away.[b8] --Dryden. {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor. ix. 9. {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or oversee. {To take down}. (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8] --Goldsmith. (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion. (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold. (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters them. {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and {Fire}. {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden. {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy ways. {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on. {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse. {To take in}. (a) To inclose; to fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. --Chapman. (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions.[b8] --I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}. {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8] --Ex. xx. 7. {To take issue}. See under {Issue}. {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2. {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it regularly, as on paying the price of subscription. {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular attention. {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}. {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner. {To take off}. (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.[b8] --Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models in wood.[b8] --Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Take \Take\, v. i. 1. 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. --Shak. When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise. --Bacon. In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect. --Bacon. 2. To please; to gain reception; to succeed. Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, And hint he writ it, if the thing should take. --Addison. 3. 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. 4. To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well. {To take after}. (a) To learn to follow; to copy; to imitate; as, he takes after a good pattern. (b) To resemble; as, the son takes after his father. {To take in with}, to resort to. [Obs.] --Bacon. {To take on}, to be violently affected; to express grief or pain in a violent manner. {To take to}. (a) To apply one's self to; to be fond of; to become attached to; as, to take to evil practices. [bd]If he does but take to you, . . . you will contract a great friendship with him.[b8] --Walpole. (b) To resort to; to betake one's self to. [bd]Men of learning, who take to business, discharge it generally with greater honesty than men of the world.[b8] --Addison. {To take up}. (a) To stop. [Obs.] [bd]Sinners at last take up and settle in a contempt of religion.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) To reform. [Obs.] --Locke. {To take up with}. (a) To be contended to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with; as, to take up with plain fare. [bd]In affairs which may have an extensive influence on our future happiness, we should not take up with probabilities.[b8] --I. Watts. (b) To lodge with; to dwell with. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. {To take with}, to please. --Bacon. | |
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Take \Take\, n. 1. That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch. 2. (Print.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. | |
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Nunatak \Nu"na*tak\, n.; pl. {-taks}(the pl. form {Nunatakker} is Swedish). [Eskimo nun[91]ttak.] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet. | |
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Tas \Tas\, n. [F.] A heap. [Obs.] [bd]The tas of bodies slain.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Tas \Tas\, v. t. To tassel. [Obs.] [bd]A purse of leather tassed with silk.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Tasco \Tas"co\, n. [Cf. Sp. tasconio.] A kind of clay for making melting pots. --Percy Smith. | |
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Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasking}.] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. --Dryden. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. 3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault. Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Task \Task\, n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t[83]che, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See {Tax}, n. & v.] 1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. --Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. --Longfellow. 2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. --Atterbury. {To take to task}. See under {Take}. Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint. | |
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Tasse \Tasse\, n. [OF. tassette.] A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet. Note: Usually the tasse was a plate of iron swinging from the cuirass, but the skirts of sliding splints were also called by this name. | |
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Taws \Taws\, n. [See {Taw} to beat.] A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also {tawes}, {tawis}, and {tawse}.] [Scot.] Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. --Ramsay. | |
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Taws \Taws\, n. [See {Taw} to beat.] A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also {tawes}, {tawis}, and {tawse}.] [Scot.] Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. --Ramsay. | |
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Taws \Taws\, n. [See {Taw} to beat.] A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also {tawes}, {tawis}, and {tawse}.] [Scot.] Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. --Ramsay. | |
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Taws \Taws\, n. [See {Taw} to beat.] A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also {tawes}, {tawis}, and {tawse}.] [Scot.] Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. --Ramsay. | |
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Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf. {Task}, {Taste}.] 1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like. Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or {indirect}, etc. (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. 2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. 3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. {Tax cart}, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand. | |
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Tax \Tax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.] 1. 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. We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. --Franklin. 2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. 3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride. I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak. Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. --Dryden. Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M. Arnold. | |
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Taxine \Tax"ine\, n. [L. taxus a yew.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew ({Taxus baccata}). Called also {taxia}. | |
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Teach \Teach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teaching}.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. t[?]cean, imp. t[?]hte, to show, teach, akin to t[be]cn token. See {Token}.] 1. To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals. If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them. --South. 2. To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class. [bd]He taught his disciples.[b8] --Mark ix. 31. The village master taught his little school. --Goldsmith. 3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish. I shall myself to herbs teach you. --Chaucer. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. --Jer. ix. 5. Note: This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; as, he taught me Latin grammar. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject; as, I was taught Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was taught me by him. Syn: To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under {Learn}. | |
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Teach \Teach\, v. i. To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor. And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. --Chaucer. The priests thereof teach for hire. --Micah iii. 11. | |
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Teache \Teache\, n. [Cf. Amer. Sp. tacha, tacho.] (Sugar Manuf.) Any, esp. the last, of the series of boilers or evaporating pans. | |
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Teache \Teache\, n. [Cf. Ir. teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.] (Sugar Works) One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. --Ure. | |
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Teague \Teague\, n. [Cf. W. taeog, taeawg, adj., rustic, rude, n., a vassal, villain, pleasant, clown, Ir. th[?]atach rural, boorish.] An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. --Johnson. | |
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Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also {teek}.] {African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also {African oak}. {New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber. | |
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Tease \Tease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teasing}.] [AS. t[?]san to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. t[91]se, t[91]sse. [fb]58. Cf. {Touse}.] 1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. [bd]Teasing matted wool.[b8] --Wordsworth. 2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel. 3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments. 4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. --Cowper. He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations. --Macaulay. Syn: To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague; torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin. Usage: {Tease}, {Vex}. To tease 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. Vex meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants. Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teasing. --Hudibras. 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 vexation and chagrin. --Cogan. {Tease tenon} (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other. | |
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Tease \Tease\, n. One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.] | |
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Techy \Tech"y\, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small nail. See {Tack} a small nail, and cf. {Touchy}.] Peevish; fretful; irritable. | |
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Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also {teek}.] {African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also {African oak}. {New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber. | |
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Teek \Teek\, n. (Bot.) See {Teak}. [Obs.] | |
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Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.) 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. [Written also {teek}.] {African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also {African oak}. {New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber. | |
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Teek \Teek\, n. (Bot.) See {Teak}. [Obs.] | |
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Teeuck \Tee"uck\, n. The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Teg \Teg\, n. A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Tek \Tek\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A Siberian ibex. | |
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Teuk \Teuk\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The redshank. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Thack \Thack\, Thacker \Thack"er\ See {Thatch}, {Thatcher}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Thak \Thak\, v. t. To thwack. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.] | |
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d8Theca \[d8]The"ca\, n.; pl. {Thec[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a case to put anything in. See {Tick} a cover.] 1. A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids. (b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral. (c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral. | |
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This \This\ ([th][icr]s), pron. & a.; pl. {These} ([th][emac]z). [OE. this, thes, AS. [eb][c7]s, masc., [eb]e[a2]s, fem., [eb]is, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. [ed]essi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See {The}, {That}, and cf. {These}, {Those}.] 1. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned. When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. --Acts ii. 37. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched. --Matt. xxiv. 43. 2. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town. Note: This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under {That}, 1. This way and that wavering sails they bend. --Pope. A body of this or that denomination is produced. --Boyle. Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow. --Hooker. Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him. --Dryden. Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end. --Addison. Note: This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole. This twenty years have I been with thee.. --Gen. xxxi. 38. I have not wept this years; but now My mother comes afresh into my eyes. --Dryden. | |
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These \These\ ([th][emac]z), pron. [OE. [thorn]es, [thorn][91]s, a variant of [thorn]as, pl. of [thorn]es, thes, this. See {This}, and cf. {Those}.] The plural of this. See {This}. | |
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Say \Say\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Said} (s[ecr]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saying}.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[c7]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s[84]ga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. {Saga}, {Saw} a saying.] 1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. 4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. {It is said}, [or] {They say}, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. {That is to say}, that is; in other words; otherwise. | |
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Thick \Thick\ (th[icr]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[etil]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[94]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. {Tight}.] 1. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick. Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer. My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. --1 Kings xii. 10. 2. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck. 3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak. 4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. [bd]In a thick, misty day.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi. 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. --Dryden. 6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance. 7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak. 8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak. His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. --Shak. 9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes. Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like. {Thick register}. (Phon.) See the Note under {Register}, n., 7. {Thick stuff} (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. --J. Knowles. | |
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Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge. | |
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Thick \Thick\, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles. 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton. Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. --Spenser. He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden. {Thick-and-thin block} (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under {Fiddle}. {Through thick and thin}, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge. | |
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Thick \Thick\ (th[icr]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.] 1. Frequently; fast; quick. 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. {Thick and threefold}, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. | |
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Thigh \Thigh\ (th[imac]), n. [OE. thi, [thorn]ih, [thorn]eh, AS. [thorn]e[a2]h; akin to OFries. thiach, D. dij, dije, OHG. dioh, thioh, Icel. [thorn]j[d3] thigh, rump, and probably to Lith. taukas fat of animals, tukti to become fat, Russ. tuke fat of animals. [fb]56.] 1. (Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See {Femur}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect. {Thigh bone} (Anat.), the femur. | |
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This \This\ ([th][icr]s), pron. & a.; pl. {These} ([th][emac]z). [OE. this, thes, AS. [eb][c7]s, masc., [eb]e[a2]s, fem., [eb]is, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. [ed]essi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See {The}, {That}, and cf. {These}, {Those}.] 1. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned. When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. --Acts ii. 37. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched. --Matt. xxiv. 43. 2. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town. Note: This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under {That}, 1. This way and that wavering sails they bend. --Pope. A body of this or that denomination is produced. --Boyle. Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow. --Hooker. Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him. --Dryden. Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end. --Addison. Note: This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole. This twenty years have I been with thee.. --Gen. xxxi. 38. I have not wept this years; but now My mother comes afresh into my eyes. --Dryden. | |
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Those \Those\, pron. [OE. [thorn]os, [thorn]as, AS. [edh][be]s, nom. and acc. pl. of [edh][c7]s this. See {This}, and cf. {These}.] The plural of that. See {That}. | |
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Though \Though\, adv. However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence. I would not be as sick though for his place. --Shak. A good cause would do well, though. --Dryden. | |
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Though \Though\ ([th][omac]), conj. [OE. thogh, [thorn]ah, AS. [edh]e[a0]h, [edh][aemac]h, [edh][c7]h; akin to OS. th[d3]h, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. [thorn][d3] yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. [thorn][a0]uh, [thorn][a0]u, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. [fb]184.] Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. --Job xiii. 15. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. --Milton. Note: It is compounded with all in although. See {Although}. {As though}, as if. In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded. --Gen. xl. 10. | |
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Thug \Thug\, n. An assassin; a ruffian; a rough. [bd]Thugs and midnight rounders.[b8] --The Century. | |
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Thug \Thug\, n. [Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.] 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. | |
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Thuggee \Thug*gee"\, n. [Hind. [?]hag[c6].] The practice of secret or stealthy murder by Thugs. [bd]One of the suppressors of Thuggee.[b8] --J. D. Hooker. | |
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Thus \Thus\ ([th]us), adv. [OE. thus, AS. [edh]us; akin to OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus. See {That}.] 1. In this or that manner; on this wise. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. --Gen. vi. 22. Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. --Milton. 2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. --Shak. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. --Milton. | |
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Thwack \Thwack\ (thw[acr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thwacking}.] [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. [thorn]accian, E. whack.] 1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. [bd]A distant thwacking sound.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst. | |
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Thwack \Thwack\, n. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old iron rang. --Hudibras. | |
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Tic \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also {spasmodic tic}. --Dunglison. {Tic douloureux}. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under {Face}. | |
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Tice \Tice\, v. t. [Aphetic form of entice.] To entice. [Obs.] --The Coronation. | |
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Tice \Tice\, n. (Cricket) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket. | |
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Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ticked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ticking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer. | |
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Tick \Tick\, n. [Abbrev. from ticket.] Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick. | |
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Tick \Tick\, v. i. 1. To go on trust, or credit. 2. To give tick; to trust. | |
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Tick \Tick\, n. [OE. tike, teke; akin to D. teek, G. zecke. Cf. {Tike} a tick.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs. (b) Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under {Bird}) and sheep tick (see under {Sheep}). {Tick bean}, a small bean used for feeding horses and other animals. {Tick trefoil} (Bot.), a name given to many plants of the leguminous genus {Desmodium}, which have trifoliate leaves, and joined pods roughened with minute hooked hairs by which the joints adhere to clothing and to the fleece of sheep. | |
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Tick \Tick\, n. 1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. 2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. --Dickens. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] {Death tick}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Deathwatch}. | |
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Tick \Tick\, v. t. To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off. --Dickens. | |
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Tick \Tick\, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to put. See {Thesis}.] 1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling. 2. Ticking. See {Ticking}, n. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Incompatibility \In`com*pat`i*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |
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Magistrality \Mag`is*tral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon. | |
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Responsibility \Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying. | |
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Rurality \Ru*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas. | |
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Subvariety \Sub`va*ri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. | |
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Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale. | |
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Profundity \Pro*fun"di*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Constitutionality \Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle. | |
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Tiewig \Tie"wig`\, n. A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. --Wright. V. Knox. | |
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Tig \Tig\, n. 1. A game among children. See {Tag}. 2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. | |
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Tigh \Tigh\, n. [Perhaps akin to tight.] A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] --Cowell. | |
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Tike \Tike\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A tick. See 2d {Tick}. [Obs.] | |
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Tike \Tike\, n. [Icel. t[c6]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. [bd]Bobtail tike or trundle-tail.[b8] --Shak. 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person. | |
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Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See {Text}.] 1. A woven fabric. 2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden. In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. --Milton. 3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue. Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc. 4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. --A. J. Balfour. {Tissue paper}, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc. | |
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Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tissued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tissuing}.] To form tissue of; to interweave. Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon. | |
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Tiza \Ti"za\, n. [CF. Sp. tiza whitening, a kind of chalk or pipe clay.] (Chem.) See {Ulexite}. | |
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Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr. F. teston, fr. OF. teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See {Tester} a covering, and cf. {Testone}, {Testoon}.] An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to {tizzy}. Called also {teston}. --Shak. | |
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Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind. Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. 3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery. 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually. {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify. | |
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Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and prob. to Gr. [?] joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root [?] to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. [?]. See {Art}, {Article}.] 1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey. 2. Anything resembling an arm; as, (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear. (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. (c) A branch of a tree. (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke. (f) An inlet of water from the sea. (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc. 3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law. To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii. 1. {Arm's end}, the end of the arm; a good distance off. --Dryden. {Arm's length}, the length of the arm. {Arm's reach}, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. {To go} (or {walk}) {arm in arm}, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. [bd]When arm in armwe went along.[b8] --Tennyson. {To keep at arm's length}, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. {To work at arm's length}, to work disadvantageously. | |
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7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through. By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. --South. 8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate. The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that it may find Good time, and live. --Shak. 9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come. I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away. --Ex. viii. 28. 10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die. By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath our master sped. --Sir W. Scott. 11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York. His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. --Dryden. 12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law. Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc. {Go to}, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. {To go a-begging}, not to be in demand; to be undesired. {To go about}. (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. [bd]They went about to slay him.[b8] --Acts ix. 29. They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. {To go abraod}. (a) To go to a foreign country. (b) To go out of doors. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. --John xxi. 23. {To go against}. (a) To march against; to attack. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to. {To go ahead}. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed. {To go and come}. See {To come and go}, under {Come}. {To go aside}. (a) To withdraw; to retire. He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. --Luke. ix. 10. (b) To go from what is right; to err. --Num. v. 29. {To go back on}. (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] {To go below} (Naut), to go below deck. {To go between}, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. {To go beyond}. See under {Beyond}. {To go by}, to pass away unnoticed; to omit. {To go by the board} (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board. {To go down}. (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.] Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. --L' Estrange. {To go far}. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. {To go for}. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for. (c) To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). {To go for nothing}, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. {To go forth}. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate. The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. --Micah iv. 2. {To go hard with}, to trouble, pain, or endanger. {To go in}, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.] {To go in and out}, to do the business of life; to live; to have free access. --John x. 9. {To go in for}. [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc. He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. --Dickens. {To go in to} [or] {unto}. (a) To enter the presence of. --Esther iv. 16. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] {To go into}. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). {To go large}. (Naut) See under {Large}. {To go off}. (a) To go away; to depart. The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. --Shak. (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. --Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished. The wedding went off much as such affairs do. --Mrs. Caskell. {To go on}. (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to go on reading. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will not go on. {To go all fours}, to correspond exactly, point for point. It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. --Macaulay. {To go out}. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. --Shak. What went ye out for to see ? --Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9. (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out. Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. --Addison. {To go over}. (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides. I must not go over Jordan. --Deut. iv. 22. Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. --Deut. iii. 25. Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. --Jer. xli. 10. (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts. If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. --Tillotson. (c) To transcend; to surpass. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. {To go through}. (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang] (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] {To go through with}, to perform, as a calculation, to the end; to complete. {To go to ground}. (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox. (b) To fall in battle. {To go to naught} (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. {To go under}. (a) To set; -- said of the sun. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.). (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. {To go up}, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang] {To go upon}, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis. {To go with}. (a) To accompany. (b) To coincide or agree with. (c) To suit; to harmonize with. {To go} ( {well}, {ill}, [or] {hard}) {with}, to affect (one) in such manner. {To go without}, to be, or to remain, destitute of. {To go wrong}. (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. (b) To depart from virtue. (c) To happen unfortunately. (d) To miss success. {To let go}, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release. | |
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Millstone \Mill"stone`\, n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 6. Note: The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects. {Millstone girt} (Geol.), a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See {Farewell rock}, under {Farewell}, a., and Chart of {Geology}. {To see} {into, [or] through, {a millstone}, to see into or through a difficult matter. (Colloq.) | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Whack \Whack\, v. i. To strike anything with a smart blow. {To whack away}, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.] | |
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Tockay \Tock"ay\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A spotted lizard native of India. | |
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Toco \To"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A toucan ({Ramphastos toco}) having a very large beak. See Illust. under {Toucan}. | |
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Tog \Tog\, v. t. & i. To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang] --Harper's Weekly. | |
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d8Toga \[d8]To"ga\, n.; pl. E. {Togas}, L. {Tog[91]}. [L., akin to tegere to cover. See {Thatch}.] (Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga pr[91]texta. {[d8]Toga pr[91]texta}. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. {[d8]Toga virilis} [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year. | |
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Togs \Togs\, n. pl. [See {Toggery}.] Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang] | |
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Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ({Salvelinus namaycush}). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also {Mackinaw trout}, {lake trout}, {lake salmon}, {salmon trout}, {togue}, and {tuladi}. | |
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Togue \Togue\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The namaycush. | |
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Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ({Salvelinus namaycush}). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also {Mackinaw trout}, {lake trout}, {lake salmon}, {salmon trout}, {togue}, and {tuladi}. | |
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Togue \Togue\, n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The namaycush. | |
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Toise \Toise\, n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tense}, a.] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet. | |
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Tokay \To*kay"\ (t[osl]*k[amac]"), n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.] 1. (Bot.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color. 2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes. | |
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Take \Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[c7]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. 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. Hence, specifically: (a) 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. This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. --Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak. (b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. --Prov. vi. 25. Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience. --Wake. 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 took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. --Moore. (c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv. 42. The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners. --Hammond. (d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. --I. Watts. (e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. Beauty alone could beauty take so right. --Dryden. (f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. --Tillotson. (g) 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. (h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. (i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. --Chaucer. (k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four. 2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer. --Num. xxxv. 31. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. --1 Tim. v. 10. (b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. (c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence. (d) 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. (e) 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. You take me right. --Bacon. Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor. --Wake. [He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South. You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl. --Tate. (f) 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. I take thee at thy word. --Rowe. Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold. --Dryden. {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air}, etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc. {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey. {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities. {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. [bd]By your own law, I take your life away.[b8] --Dryden. {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous. [bd]Doth God take care for oxen?[b8] --1 Cor. ix. 9. {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or oversee. {To take down}. (a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the proud. [bd]I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down.[b8] --Goldsmith. (b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion. (c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold. (d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters them. {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and {Fire}. {To take ground to the right} [or] {to the left} (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. [bd]Take heed what doom against yourself you give.[b8] --Dryden. {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy ways. {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on. {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse. {To take in}. (a) To inclose; to fence. (b) To encompass or embrace; to comprise; to comprehend. (c) To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to brail or furl; as, to take in sail. (d) To cheat; to circumvent; to gull; to deceive. [Colloq.] (e) To admit; to receive; as, a leaky vessel will take in water. (f) To win by conquest. [Obs.] For now Troy's broad-wayed town He shall take in. --Chapman. (g) To receive into the mind or understanding. [bd]Some bright genius can take in a long train of propositions.[b8] --I. Watts. (h) To receive regularly, as a periodical work or newspaper; to take. [Eng.] {To take in hand}. See under {Hand}. {To take in vain}, to employ or utter as in an oath. [bd]Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.[b8] --Ex. xx. 7. {To take issue}. See under {Issue}. {To take leave}. See {Leave}, n., 2. {To take a newspaper}, {magazine}, or the like, to receive it regularly, as on paying the price of subscription. {To take notice}, to observe, or to observe with particular attention. {To take notice of}. See under {Notice}. {To take oath}, to swear with solemnity, or in a judicial manner. {To take off}. (a) To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat. (b) To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb. (c) To destroy; as, to take off life. (d) To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument. (e) To withdraw; to call or draw away. --Locke. (f) To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine. (g) To purchase; to take in trade. [bd]The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.[b8] --Locke. (h) To copy; to reproduce. [bd]Take off all their models in wood.[b8] --Addison. (i) To imitate; to mimic; to personate. (k) To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Took \Took\, imp. of {Take}. | |
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Toozoo \Too*zoo"\, n. The ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Toque \Toque\ (t[omac]k), n. [F. toque; of Celtic origin; cf. W. toc.] 1. A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also {toquet}. His velvet toque stuck as airily as ever upon the side of his head. --Motley. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of the bonnet monkey. | |
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Vigesimo-quarto \Vi*ges"i*mo-quar"to\, n.; pl. {-tos}. A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24[deg]. | |
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d8Anito \[d8]A*ni"to\, n.; pl. {-tos}. [Sp.] In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit. | |
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Tose \Tose\, v. t. [ See {Touse} ] To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tosh \Tosh\, a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn, clipped, and E. tonsure.] Neat; trim. [Scot.] --Jomieson. | |
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Toss \Toss\, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. --Tillotson. 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. {To toss for}, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. {To toss up}, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. --Bramsion. | |
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Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tossed} ; (less properly {Tost} ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tossing}.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ] 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. --Addison. 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. --Act xxvii. 18. 4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. --Milton. 5. Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. --Herbert. 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham. {To toss off}, to drink hastily. {To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n. | |
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Toss \Toss\, n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. --Swift. | |
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Tossy \Toss"y\, a. Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] --C. Kingsley. | |
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Touch \Touch\, n. 1. (Change Ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040. 2. An act of borrowing or stealing. [Slang] 3. Tallow; -- a plumber's term. [Eng.] | |
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Touch \Touch\, v. t. 1. To compare with; of be equal to; -- usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire. [Colloq.] 2. To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from. [Slang] | |
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Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Touched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touching}.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen, akin to E. tug. See {Tuck}, v. t., {Tug}, and cf. {Tocsin}, {Toccata}.] 1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. --Milton. 2. To perceive by the sense of feeling. Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech. 3. To come to; to reach; to attain to. The god, vindictive, doomed them never more- Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. --Pope. 4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.] Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak. 5. To relate to; to concern; to affect. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak. 6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer. 7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. --Pope. 8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften. What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh. --Milton. The tender sire was touched with what he said. --Addison. 9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. --Pope. 10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon. 11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon. Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it. --Moxon. 12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. [They] touched their golden harps. --Milton. 13. To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. --Sir W. Scott. 14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. [bd] No decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will,[b8] --Milton. 15. To harm, afflict, or distress. Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen. xxvi. 28, 29. 16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle. She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld. Lytton. 17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See {Tangent}, a. 18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease. {To touch a sail} (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. {To touch the wind} (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. {To touch up}, to repair; to improve by touches or emendation. | |
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Touch \Touch\, n. [Cf. F. touche. See {Touch}, v. ] 1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting. --Shak. 2. (Physiol.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See {Tactile sense}, under {Tactile}. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. --Pope. Note: Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more or less combined with them. The organs of touch are found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain underlying nervous structures. 3. Act or power of exciting emotion. Not alone The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, Do strongly speak to us. --Shak. 4. An emotion or affection. A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy. --Hooker. 5. Personal reference or application. [Obs.] Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used. --Bacon. 6. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof. I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret. --Eikon Basilike. 7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture. Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design. --Dryden. 8. Feature; lineament; trait. Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized. --Shak. 9. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes. Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. --Shak. 10. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash. Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them. --Hazlitt. Madam, I have a touch of your condition. --Shak. 11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice. A small touch will put him in mind of them. --Bacon. 12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq.] Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch. --Swift. 13. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone. [Obs.] [bd] Now do I play the touch.[b8] --Shak. A neat new monument of touch and alabaster. --Fuller. 14. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality. Equity, the true touch of all laws. --Carew. Friends of noble touch . --Shak. 15. (Mus.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch. 16. (Shipbilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see {Top and but}, under {Top}, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters. --J. Knowles. 17. (Football) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side. --Encyc. of Rural Sports. 18. A boys' game; tag. {In touch} (Football), outside of bounds. --T. Hughes. {To be in touch}, to be in contact, or in sympathy. {To keep touch}. (a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function. My mind and senses keep touch and time. --Sir W. Scott. (b) To keep in contact; to maintain connection or sympathy; -- with with or of. {Touch and go}, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. {True as touch} (i. e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.] | |
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Touch \Touch\, v. i. 1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. --Johnson. 2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver. --Bacon. 3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon. If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. --Addison. 4. (Naut) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. {To touch and go} (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion. {To touch at}, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the ship touched at Lisbon. {To touch on} [or] {upon}, to come or go to for a short time. [R.] I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts. --Addison. | |
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Touchy \Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. --Saintsbury. | |
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Tough \Tough\, a. [Compar. {Tougher}; superl. {Toughest}.] [OE. tough, AS. t[omac]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. z[amac]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.] 1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. [bd]Tough roots and stubs. [b8] --Milton. 2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. --Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. --Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. --J. A. Symonds. 3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm. 4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. So tough a frame she could not bend. --Dryden. 5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] [bd] A tough debate. [b8] --Fuller. {To make it tough}, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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d8Tusche \[d8]Tusch"e\, n. Also Tushe \Tushe\, Tousche \Tousche\, etc. [G. tusche, fr. F. toucher to touch.] A lithographic drawing or painting material of the same nature as lithographic ink. It is also used as a resistant in the biting-in process. | |
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Touse \Touse\, Touze \Touze\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Toused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tousing}.] [OE. tosen [root]64. See {tease}, and cf. {Tose}, {Toze}. ] To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] --Shak. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. --Spenser. | |
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Touse \Touse\, n. A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Tousy \Tou"sy\, a. [See {Touse}, n. & v.] Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy. [Colloq.] | |
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Touse \Touse\, Touze \Touze\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Toused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tousing}.] [OE. tosen [root]64. See {tease}, and cf. {Tose}, {Toze}. ] To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] --Shak. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. --Spenser. | |
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Touze \Touze\, v.t & i. See {Touse}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Towage \Tow"age\, n. [From {Tow}, v. Cf. F. touage.] 1. The act of towing. 2. The price paid for towing. | |
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Toyhouse \Toy"house`\, n. A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse. | |
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Toyish \Toy"ish\, a. 1. Sportive; trifling; wanton. 2. Resembling a toy. -- {Toy"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Toy"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Toze \Toze\, v. t. To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.] | |
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Tozy \To"zy\, a. [See {Toze} ] Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- {To"zi*ness}, n. | |
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Cha \Cha\ (ch[aum]), n. [Chin. ch[lsquo]a.] [Also {chaa}, {chais}, {tsia}, etc.] Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia. A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed. --Tr. J. Van Linschoten's Voyages (1598). | |
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Tuch \Tuch\, n. [See {Touchstone}.] A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington. | |
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Tuck \Tuck\, v. i. To contract; to draw together. [Obs.] | |
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Tuck \Tuck\, n. [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See {Stock}.] A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] --Shak. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. --Sir W. Scot. | |
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Tuck \Tuck\, n. 1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait. 2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also {tuck-net}. 3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See {Tug}. --Life of A. Wood. 4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern. 5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] --T. Hughes. | |
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Tuck \Tuck\, n. [Cf. {Tocsin}.] The beat of a drum. --Scot. | |
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Tuck \Tuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tucking}.] [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up, entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See {Tug}.] 1. 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. 2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress. 3. 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. 4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. {Tocsin}.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tuckahoe \Tuck"a*hoe\, n. [North American Indian, bread.] (Bot.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also {Indian bread}, and {Indian loaf}. | |
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Tug \Tug\, v. i. 1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton. 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak. | |
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Tug \Tug\, n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden. 2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}. 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. {Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon. | |
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Tug \Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tugging}.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t[82]on, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. {Duke}, {Team}, {Tie}, v. t., {Touch}, {Tow}, v. t., {Tuck} to press in, {Toy} a plaything.] 1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. --Roscommon. 2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras. | |
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Tuque \Tuque\, n. [Canadian F. See {Toque}.] A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness. Picturesque fellow with tuques, red sashes, and fur coats. --F. Remington. | |
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Tush \Tush\, interj. An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? --Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11). | |
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Tush \Tush\, n. [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. t[omac][edh] tooth. See {Tooth}, and cf. {Tusk}.] A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses. | |
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d8Tusche \[d8]Tusch"e\, n. Also Tushe \Tushe\, Tousche \Tousche\, etc. [G. tusche, fr. F. toucher to touch.] A lithographic drawing or painting material of the same nature as lithographic ink. It is also used as a resistant in the biting-in process. | |
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Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cusk. See {Cusk}. (b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Torsk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See {Tush} a tooth.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also {tusk-shell}. 3. (Carp.) 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. | |
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Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. | |
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Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cusk. See {Cusk}. (b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Torsk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See {Tush} a tooth.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also {tusk-shell}. 3. (Carp.) 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. | |
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Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. | |
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Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cusk. See {Cusk}. (b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Torsk}. | |
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Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See {Tush} a tooth.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also {tusk-shell}. 3. (Carp.) 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. | |
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Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. | |
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Tusky \Tusk"y\, a. Having tusks. [bd]The scar indented by the tusky oar.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[ucr]s"s[adot]), n. [Also {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[91]a mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. | |
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Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[ucr]s"s[adot]), n. [Also {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[91]a mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. | |
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Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[ucr]s"s[adot]), n. [Also {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[91]a mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. | |
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Tuz \Tuz\ (t[ucr]z), n. [Cf. W. tusw a wisp, a bunch, tus that binds or wraps, tusiaw to bind round, to wrap. Cf. {Tussock}.] A lock or tuft of hair. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tucan \Tu*can"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Mexican pocket gopher ({Geomys Mexicanus}). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also {tugan}, and {tuza}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tuza \Tu"za\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The tucan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tucan \Tu*can"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Mexican pocket gopher ({Geomys Mexicanus}). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also {tugan}, and {tuza}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tuza \Tu"za\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The tucan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweag \Tweag\, v. t. To tweak. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweag \Tweag\, Tweague \Tweague\, n. A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] This put the old fellow in a rare tweague. --Arbuthnot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweag \Tweag\, Tweague \Tweague\, n. A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] This put the old fellow in a rare tweague. --Arbuthnot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweak \Tweak\, v. t. [OE. twikken, originally the same word as twicchen; cf. LG. twikken. See {Twitch}.] To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweak \Tweak\, n. 1. A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose. --Swift. 2. Trouble; distress; tweag. [Obs.] 3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Brathwait. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweese \Tweese\, Tweeze \Tweeze\, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. [82]tuis, pl. of [82]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. st[d4]hha, G. stauche a short and narrow muff. Cf {Etui}, {Tweezers}.] A surgeon's case of instruments. --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tweese \Tweese\, Tweeze \Tweeze\, n. [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. [82]tuis, pl. of [82]tui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. st[d4]hha, G. stauche a short and narrow muff. Cf {Etui}, {Tweezers}.] A surgeon's case of instruments. --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twice \Twice\, adv. [OE. twies (where the s is the adverbial ending; see {-wards}), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- (in comp.) two, G. zwie-, OHG. zwi-, Icel. tv[c6]-, L. bi-, Gr. [?], Skr. dvi-, and E. two. See {Two}.] 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. --Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor. Note: Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, twice-horn, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice-told, and the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G. zweig, and probably to E. two.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size. The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides. --Sir T. Raleigh. {Twig borer} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the apple-tree twig borer ({Amphicerus bicaudatus}). {Twig girdler}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Girdler}, 3. {Twig rush} (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus {Cladium} having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See {Saw grass}, under {Saw}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twig \Twig\, v. t. To beat with twigs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twigging}.] [Cf. {Tweak}.] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. [Obs. or Scot.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twig \Twig\, v. t. [Gael. tuig, or Ir. tuigim I understand.] 1. To understand the meaning of; to comprehend; as, do you twig me? [Colloq.] --Marryat. 2. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover. [bd]Now twig him; now mind him.[b8] --Foote. As if he were looking right into your eyes and twigged something there which you had half a mind to conceal. --Hawthorne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twiggy \Twig"gy\, a. Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots. [bd] Twiggy trees.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tyke \Tyke\, n. See 2d {Tike}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tahoka, TX (city, FIPS 71708) Location: 33.16452 N, 101.79443 W Population (1990): 2868 (1222 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79373 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Taos, MO (city, FIPS 72304) Location: 38.49782 N, 92.08079 W Population (1990): 802 (260 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Taos, NM (town, FIPS 76200) Location: 36.38623 N, 105.57715 W Population (1990): 4065 (2115 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87571 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Teachey, NC (town, FIPS 67000) Location: 34.76738 N, 78.00877 W Population (1990): 244 (113 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28464 | |
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Teague, TX (city, FIPS 72020) Location: 31.63041 N, 96.28158 W Population (1990): 3268 (1532 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tekoa, WA (city, FIPS 70560) Location: 47.22565 N, 117.07330 W Population (1990): 750 (355 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99033 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tice, FL (CDP, FIPS 71800) Location: 26.67447 N, 81.81776 W Population (1990): 3971 (1867 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33905 | |
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Tioga, LA Zip code(s): 71477 Tioga, ND (city, FIPS 78940) Location: 48.39350 N, 102.93851 W Population (1990): 1278 (602 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Tioga, PA (borough, FIPS 76808) Location: 41.90494 N, 77.13539 W Population (1990): 638 (298 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16946 Tioga, TX (town, FIPS 73112) Location: 33.47223 N, 96.91719 W Population (1990): 625 (298 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76271 Tioga, WV Zip code(s): 26691 | |
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Toccoa, GA (city, FIPS 76756) Location: 34.57990 N, 83.32471 W Population (1990): 8266 (3836 housing units) Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30577 | |
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Toco, TX (city, FIPS 73196) Location: 33.65335 N, 95.64911 W Population (1990): 127 (36 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Togo, MN Zip code(s): 55788 | |
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Tok, AK (CDP, FIPS 77800) Location: 63.30031 N, 143.03878 W Population (1990): 935 (561 housing units) Area: 344.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Tokio, TX Zip code(s): 79376 | |
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Towaco, NJ Zip code(s): 07082 | |
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Towaoc, CO (CDP, FIPS 78280) Location: 37.20988 N, 108.72721 W Population (1990): 700 (234 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81334 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Toxey, AL (town, FIPS 76632) Location: 31.91013 N, 88.30805 W Population (1990): 211 (101 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36921 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tuckahoe, NY (village, FIPS 75583) Location: 40.95270 N, 73.82320 W Population (1990): 6302 (2739 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10707 Tuckahoe, VA (CDP, FIPS 79560) Location: 37.58703 N, 77.58702 W Population (1990): 42629 (18183 housing units) Area: 53.3 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tussy, OK Zip code(s): 73088 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs. 1. [originally an acronym for `[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector'; later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor developed at MIT and modified by just about everybody. With all the dialects included, TECO may have been the most prolific editor in use before {EMACS}, to which it was directly ancestral. Noted for its powerful programming-language-like features and its unspeakably hairy syntax. It is literally the case that every string of characters is a valid TECO program (though probably not a useful one); one common game used to be mentally working out what the TECO commands corresponding to human names did. 2. vt. Originally, to edit using the TECO editor in one of its infinite variations (see below). 3. vt.,obs. To edit even when TECO is _not_ the editor being used! This usage is rare and now primarily historical. As an example of TECO's obscurity, here is a TECO program that takes a list of names such as: Loser, J. Random Quux, The Great Dick, Moby sorts them alphabetically according to surname, and then puts the surname last, removing the comma, to produce the following: Moby Dick J. Random Loser The Great Quux The program is [1 J^P$L$$ J <.-Z; .,(S,$ -D .)FX1 @F^B $K :L I $ G1 L>$$ (where ^B means `Control-B' (ASCII 0000010) and $ is actually an {alt} or escape (ASCII 0011011) character). In fact, this very program was used to produce the second, sorted list from the first list. The first hack at it had a {bug}: GLS (the author) had accidentally omitted the `@' in front of `F^B', which as anyone can see is clearly the {Wrong Thing}. It worked fine the second time. There is no space to describe all the features of TECO, but it may be of interest that `^P' means `sort' and `J<.-Z; ... L>' is an idiomatic series of commands for `do once for every line'. In mid-1991, TECO is pretty much one with the dust of history, having been replaced in the affections of hackerdom by {EMACS}. Descendants of an early (and somewhat lobotomized) version adopted by DEC can still be found lurking on VMS and a couple of crufty PDP-11 operating systems, however, and ports of the more advanced MIT versions remain the focus of some antiquarian interest. See also {retrocomputing}, {write-only language}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
TeX /tekh/ n. An extremely powerful {macro}-based text formatter written by Donald E. {Knuth}, very popular in the computer-science community (it is good enough to have displaced Unix {{troff}}, the other favored formatter, even at many Unix installations). TeX fans insist on the correct (guttural) pronunciation, and the correct spelling (all caps, squished together, with the E depressed below the baseline; the mixed-case `TeX' is considered an acceptable kluge on ASCII-only devices). Fans like to proliferate names from the word `TeX' -- such as TeXnician (TeX user), TeXhacker (TeX programmer), TeXmaster (competent TeX programmer), TeXhax, and TeXnique. See also {CrApTeX}. Knuth began TeX because he had become annoyed at the declining quality of the typesetting in volumes I-III of his monumental "Art of Computer Programming" (see {Knuth}, also {bible}). In a manifestation of the typical hackish urge to solve the problem at hand once and for all, he began to design his own typesetting language. He thought he would finish it on his sabbatical in 1978; he was wrong by only about 8 years. The language was finally frozen around 1985, but volume IV of "The Art of Computer Programming" is not expected to appear until 2002. The impact and influence of TeX's design has been such that nobody minds this very much. Many grand hackish projects have started as a bit of {toolsmith}ing on the way to something else; Knuth's diversion was simply on a grander scale than most. TeX has also been a noteworthy example of free, shared, but high-quality software. Knuth offers a monetary awards to anyone who found and reported bugs dating from before the 1989 code freeze; as the years wore on and the few remaining bugs were fixed (and new ones even harder to find), the bribe went up. Though well-written, TeX is so large (and so full of cutting edge technique) that it is said to have unearthed at least one bug in every Pascal system it has been compiled with. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
tick n. 1. A {jiffy} (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to as `tick-tick-tick' simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is {handwave}d. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Tux Tux the Penguin is the official emblem of {Linux}, This eventuated after a logo contest in 1996, during which Linus Torvalds endorsed the idea of a penguin logo in a couple of famously funny postings (http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/tux/doc/). Linus explained that he was once bitten by a killer penguin in Australia and has felt a special affinity for the species ever since. (Linus has since admitted that he was also thinking of Feathers McGraw, the evil-genius penguin jewel thief who appeared in a Wallace & Grommit feature cartoon, "The Wrong Trousers".) Larry Ewing designed (http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/) the official Tux logo. It has proved a wise choice, amenable to hundreds of recognizable variations used as emblems of Linux-related projects, products, and user groups. In fact, Tux has spawned an entire mythology, of which the Gospel According to Tux (http://www.ao.com/~regan/penguins/tux.html) and the mock-epic poem "Tuxowolf" are among the best-known examples. There is a `real' Tux - a black-footed penguin resident at the Bristol Zoo. Several friends of Linux bought a zoo sponsorship for Linus as a birthday present in 1996. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
tweak vt. 1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with {twiddle}. If a program is almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you might just keep tweaking it until it works. See {frobnicate} and {fudge factor}; also see {shotgun debugging}. 2. To {tune} or {bum} a program; preferred usage in the U.K. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TAC 1. Translator Assembler-Compiler. For {Philco 2000}. 2. {Terminal Access Controller}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tag representing the beginning (start tag: " ") or end (end always in {XML}), a tag starts with a "<" and ends with an ">". In {HTML} jargon, the term "tag" is often used for an "{element}". (2001-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TAOS {Technology for Autonomous Operation Survivability} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TASS Template ASSembly language. Intermediate language produced by the Manchester SISAL compiler. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TAWK {Tiny AWK} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
taz {tgz} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tc Islands. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TCGS {Twente Compiler Generator System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TCO {Total Cost of Ownership} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tcsh {WYSIWYG} command line editing, command name {completion}, input {history} and various other features. Version 6.04 runs under many versions of {Unix} and under {OpenVMS}. {(ftp://ftp.spc.edu/)}. (1993-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TECO Tape Editor and COrrector"; later, "Text Editor and COrrector"]) A {text editor} developed at {MIT} and modified by just about everybody. With all the dialects included, TECO may have been the most prolific editor in use before {Emacs}, to which it was directly ancestral. The first {Emacs} editor was written in TECO. It was noted for its powerful programming-language-like features and its unspeakably {hairy} {syntax} (see {write-only language}). TECO programs are said to resemble {line noise}. Every string of characters is a valid TECO program (though probably not a useful one); one common game used to be predict what the TECO commands corresponding to human names did. As an example of TECO's obscurity, here is a TECO program that takes a list of names such as: Loser, J. Random Quux, The Great Dick, Moby sorts them alphabetically according to surname, and then puts the surname last, removing the comma, to produce the following: Moby Dick J. Random Loser The Great Quux The program is [1 J^P$L$$ J <.-Z; .,(S,$ -D .)FX1 @F^B $K :L I $ G1 L>$$ (where ^B means "Control-B" (ASCII 0000010) and $ is actually an {alt} or escape (ASCII 0011011) character). In fact, this very program was used to produce the second, sorted list from the first list. The first hack at it had a {bug}: GLS (the author) had accidentally omitted the "@" in front of "F^B", which as anyone can see is clearly the {Wrong Thing}. It worked fine the second time. There is no space to describe all the features of TECO, but "^P" means "sort" and "J<.-Z; ... L>" is an idiomatic series of commands for "do once for every line". By 1991, {Emacs} had replaced TECO in hacker's affections but descendants of an early (and somewhat lobotomised) version adopted by {DEC} can still be found lurking on {VMS} and a couple of crufty {PDP-11} {operating systems}, and ports of the more advanced MIT versions remain the focus of some antiquarian interest. See also {retrocomputing}. {(ftp://usc.edu/)} for {VAX}/{VMS}, {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {Macintosh}, {Amiga}. [Authro? Home page?] (2001-03-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TeX formatter written by {Donald Knuth}, very popular in academia, especially in the computer-science community (it is good enough to have displaced {Unix} {troff}, the other favoured formatter, even at many {Unix} installations). The first version of TeX was written in the programming language {SAIL}, to run on a {PDP-10} under Stanford's {WAITS} {operating system}. Knuth began TeX because he had become annoyed at the declining quality of the typesetting in volumes I-III of his monumental "Art of Computer Programming" (see {Knuth}, also {bible}). In a manifestation of the typical hackish urge to solve the problem at hand once and for all, he began to design his own typesetting language. He thought he would finish it on his sabbatical in 1978; he was wrong by only about 8 years. The language was finally frozen around 1985, but volume IV of "The Art of Computer Programming" has yet to appear as of mid-1997. (However, the third edition of volumes I and II have come out). The impact and influence of TeX's design has been such that nobody minds this very much. Many grand hackish projects have started as a bit of {toolsmithing} on the way to something else; Knuth's diversion was simply on a grander scale than most. {Guy Steele} happened to be at Stanford during the summer of 1978, when Knuth was developing his first version of TeX. When he returned to {MIT} that fall, he rewrote TeX's {I/O} to run under {ITS}. TeX has also been a noteworthy example of free, shared, but high-quality software. Knuth offers monetary awards to people who find and report a bug in it: for each bug the award is doubled. (This has not made Knuth poor, however, as there have been very few bugs and in any case a cheque proving that the owner found a bug in TeX is rarely cashed). Though well-written, TeX is so large (and so full of cutting edge technique) that it is said to have unearthed at least one bug in every {Pascal} system it has been compiled with. TeX fans insist on the correct (guttural) pronunciation, and the correct spelling (all caps, squished together, with the E depressed below the baseline; the mixed-case "TeX" is considered an acceptable {kluge} on {ASCII}-only devices). Fans like to proliferate names from the word "TeX" - such as TeXnician (TeX user), TeXhacker (TeX programmer), TeXmaster (competent TeX programmer), TeXhax, and TeXnique. Several document processing systems are based on TeX, notably {LaTeX} Lamport TeX - incorporates document styles for books, letters, slides, etc., {jadeTeX} uses TeX as a backend for printing from {James' DSSSL Engine}, and {Texinfo}, the {GNU} document processing system. Numerous extensions to TeX exist, among them {BibTeX} for bibliographies (distributed with LaTeX), {PDFTeX} modifies TeX to produce {PDF} and {Omega} extends TeX to use the {Unicode} character set. For some reason, TeX uses its own variant of the {point}, the {TeX point}. See also {Comprehensive TeX Archive Network}. {(ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/tex/)}. E-mail: (2002-03-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TeX-78 (1997-11-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TeX-82 TeXbook, Donald Knuth, A-W 1984. (1997-11-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tg (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TGA {Targa Graphics Adaptor} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TGS-II Translator Generator System. Contained {TRANDIR}. [Sammet 1969, p. 640]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tgz GNU zip) A {filename extension} for a file or directory which has been archived with {tar} and then compressed with {gzip}. The full form ".tar.gz" is also common on proper {file systems} not limited to {8.3} file names. (1996-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tick 1. A {jiffy} (sense 1). 2. In simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI simulation is often pejoratively referred to as "tick-tick-tick" simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events with long, independent chains of causes is {handwave}d. 3. In the FORTH language, a single quote character. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tj (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tk (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tk {TCL} by {John Ousterhout}, but also available from within {C} or {Perl}. Tk is available for {X Window System}, {Microsoft Windows} and {Macintosh}. Tk looks very similar to {Motif}. Version 3.5. {(ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/tcl/)}. (1995-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tk (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tk {TCL} by {John Ousterhout}, but also available from within {C} or {Perl}. Tk is available for {X Window System}, {Microsoft Windows} and {Macintosh}. Tk looks very similar to {Motif}. Version 3.5. {(ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/tcl/)}. (1995-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TK-90X Digital}, of the British {Sinclair Research} {ZX Spectrum} {8-bit} {microcomputer}. It differed from the standard Spectrum by adding an {Interface 2}-compatible {joystick} {interface}, and extra {BASIC} commands to aid {programming} and {graphics}-editing. Because of these differences, it was slightly incompatible with the standard Spectrum. A later model, the TK-95, which boasted an improved keyboard (similar to the {Commodore 64}'s) and a more compatible {ROM}, was little more than a {Timex} {TC2048} (another Spectrum clone) in disguise. {comp.sys.sinclair FAQ (http://www.kendalls.demon.co.uk/cssfaq/)}. ["comp.sys.sinclair FAQ", D Burke M Fayzullin P Kendall et al, pub. Philip Kendall 1998] (1998-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TK-95 {TK-90X} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TOK Referred to in Ursula K. LeGuin's "Always Coming Home." Seems to be similar to the original {BASIC}. (1994-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TOS 1. {IBM}'s {Tape Operating System}. 2. The {operating system} of the {Atari} ST range of computers. This range included the 512ST, 1040ST and the F, FM and E variations (e.g.1040STE). Later, 32-bit machines (TT, Falcon030 and MegaSTE) were developed using a new version of TOS, called {MultiTOS} which was based on {MinT}. TOS went through several revisions starting initially as a derivative of {CP/M}, but developing into a remarkably complete and flexible operating system. Features include: a {flat memory model}, {MS-DOS}-compatible disk format and support for {MIDI} and {SCSI} (in later versions). TOS was designed to run Atari's version of the {GEM} {GUI}. There is some argument as to what TOS stands for, the main candidates being "Tramiel Operating System" (named after Atari's head at the time) or simply "The Operating System". 3. 4. Star Trek The Original Series as opposed to ST-TNG or ST-DS9. (1999-04-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TOSS {Terminal Oriented Social Science} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TS Typed Smalltalk. A {Smalltalk} by Ralph Johnson the {University of Illinois}. ["TS: An Optimising Compiler for Smalltalk", R.E. Johnson et al, SIGPLAN Notices 23(11) (Nov 1988)]. (1995-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TSEE Technical and Engineering Environment: part of the RTEE toolset. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TSIA of a {electronic mail} message or {bulletin board} posting when no body is really necessary because the title or subject header contains the whole message. (2000-02-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TSO {Time Sharing Option} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TTS {Text To Speech} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tuki An intermediate code for functional languages. "Another Implementation Technique for Applicative Languages", H. Glaser et al, ESOP86, LNCS 213, Springer 1986. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tweak 1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value. Also used synonymously with {twiddle}. If a program is almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you might just keep tweaking it until it works. See {frobnicate} and {fudge factor}; also see {shotgun debugging}. 2. To {tune} or {bum} a program; preferred usage in the UK. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TWIG Tree-Walking Instruction Generator. A {code generator} language. {ML-Twig} is an {SML/NJ} variant. ["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs, 1986]. (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TX-0 The first transistorised computer, the direct ancestor of the {PDP-1} built at {MIT}'s Lincoln Lab in 1957. (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TZ containing the current {time zone} identifier, e.g. "GMT", "EST". In early versions of Unix this variable simply contained the standard identifier for the zone, an offset in hours from GMT and an identifier to use during daylight saving time (e.g. "GMT0BST"). In later systems it stores the name of a file containing the details of a particular zone such as the dates when DST is in force. {Unix manual page}: ctime(3V). (1997-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tz (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TZ containing the current {time zone} identifier, e.g. "GMT", "EST". In early versions of Unix this variable simply contained the standard identifier for the zone, an offset in hours from GMT and an identifier to use during daylight saving time (e.g. "GMT0BST"). In later systems it stores the name of a file containing the details of a particular zone such as the dates when DST is in force. {Unix manual page}: ctime(3V). (1997-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tz (1999-01-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Thahash a badger, a son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Gen. 22:24). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Tekoa, trumpet; that is confirmed | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Thahash, that makes haste; that keeps silence | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Togo Togo:Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Benin and Ghana Map references: Africa Area: total area: 56,790 sq km land area: 54,390 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than West Virginia Land boundaries: total 1,647 km, Benin 644 km, Burkina 126 km, Ghana 877 km Coastline: 56 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 30 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north Terrain: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes Natural resources: phosphates, limestone, marble Land use: arable land: 25% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 28% other: 42% Irrigated land: 70 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation attributable to slash-and-burn agriculture and the use of wood for fuel; recent droughts affecting agriculture natural hazards: hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Tropical Timber 94 Togo:People Population: 4,410,370 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 49% (female 1,069,171; male 1,079,999) 15-64 years: 49% (female 1,121,685; male 1,043,000) 65 years and over: 2% (female 51,392; male 45,123) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 3.58% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 46.78 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 11.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 86.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 57.42 years male: 55.29 years female: 59.6 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.83 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Togolese (singular and plural) adjective: Togolese Ethnic divisions: 37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1% Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10% Languages: French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Dagomba and Kabye (the two major African languages in the north) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 43% male: 56% female: 31% Labor force: NA by occupation: agriculture 80% note: about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors Togo:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Togo conventional short form: Togo local long form: Republique Togolaise local short form: none former: French Togo Digraph: TO Type: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule Capital: Lome Administrative divisions: 23 circumscriptions (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription); Amlame (Amou), Aneho (Lacs), Atakpame (Ogou), Badou (Wawa), Bafilo (Assoli), Bassar (Bassari), Dapango (Tone), Kande (Keran), Klouto (Kloto), Pagouda (Binah), Lama-Kara (Kozah), Lome (Golfe), Mango (Oti), Niamtougou (Doufelgou), Notse (Haho), Pagouda, Sotouboua, Tabligbo (Yoto), Tchamba, Nyala, Tchaoudjo, Tsevie (Zio), Vogan (Vo) note: the 23 units may now be called prefectures (singular - prefecture) and reported name changes for individual units are included in parentheses Independence: 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) National holiday: Independence Day, 27 April (1960) Constitution: multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic 1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992 Legal system: French-based court system Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult Executive branch: chief of state: President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14 April 1967); election last held 25 August 1993 (next election to be held NA 1998); all major opposition parties boycotted the election; Gen. EYADEMA won 96.5% of the vote head of government: Prime Minister Edem KODJO (since April 1994) cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and the prime minister Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly: elections last held 6 and 20 February 1994 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (81 total) CAR 36, RPT 35, UTD 7, UJD 2, CFN 1 note: the Supreme Court ordered new elections for 3 seats of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) and the Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), lowering their total to 34 and 6 seats, respectively; the remaining 3 seats have not been filled Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court (Cour Supreme) Political parties and leaders: Rally of the Togolese People (RPT), President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA; Coordination des Forces Nouvelles (CFN), Joseph KOFFIGOH; The Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD), Edem KODJO; The Action Committee for Renewal (CAR), Yao AGBOYIBOR; The Union for Democracy and Solidarity (UDS), Antoine FOLLY; The Pan-African Sociodemocrats Group (GSP), an alliance of three radical parties: The Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA), Leopold GNININVI; The Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR), Zarifou AYEVA; The Pan-African Social Party (PSP), Francis AGBAGLI; The Union of Forces for Change (UFC), Gilchrist OLYMPIO (in exile); Union of Justice and Democracy (UJD), Lal TAXPANDJAN note: Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) led by President EYADEMA was the only party until the formation of multiple parties was legalized 12 April 1991 Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO (observer), ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires Edem Frederic HEGBE chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 234-4212 FAX: [1] (202) 232-3190 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Johnny YOUNG (since September 1994) embassy: Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome mailing address: B. P. 852, Lome telephone: [228] 21 77 17, 21 29 91 through 21 29 94 FAX: [228] 21 79 52 Flag: five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia Economy Overview: The economy is heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, which accounts for about half of GDP and provides employment for 80% of the labor force. Primary agricultural exports are cocoa, coffee, and cotton, which together generate about 30% of total export earnings. Togo is self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs when harvests are normal. In the industrial sector phosphate mining is by far the most important activity, although it has suffered from the collapse of world phosphate prices and increased foreign competition. Togo serves as a regional commercial and trade center. The government's decade-long IMF and World Bank supported effort to implement economic reform measures to encourage foreign investment and bring revenues in line with expenditures has stalled. Political unrest, including private and public sector strikes throughout 1992 and 1993, has jeopardized the reform program, shrunk the tax base, and disrupted vital economic activity. Although strikes had ended in 1994, political unrest and lack of funds prevented the government from taking advantage of the 50% currency devaluation of January 1994. Resumption of World Bank and IMF flows will depend on implementation of several controversial moves toward privatization and on downsizing the military, on which the regime depends to stay in power. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.3 billion (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $800 (1993 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.5% (1991 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $284 million expenditures: $407 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.) Exports: $221 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: phosphates, cotton, cocoa, coffee partners: EC 40%, Africa 16%, US 1% (1990) Imports: $292 million (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: machinery and equipment, consumer goods, food, chemical products partners: EC 57%, Africa 17%, US 5%, Japan 4% (1990) External debt: $1.3 billion (1991) Industrial production: growth rate 9% (1991 est.); accounts for 20% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 30,000 kW production: 60 million kWh consumption per capita: 83 kWh (1993) Industries: phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages Agriculture: accounts for 49% of GDP; cash crops - coffee, cocoa, cotton; food crops - yams, cassava, corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock production not significant; annual fish catch of 10,000-14,000 tons Illicit drugs: increasingly used as transit hub by heroin traffickers Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $142 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-90), $2 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $35 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $51 million Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 529.43 (January 1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990) note: the official rate is pegged to the French franc, and beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948 Fiscal year: calendar year Togo:Transportation Railroads: total: 532 km narrow gauge: 532 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 6,462 km paved: 1,762 km unpaved: unimproved earth 4,700 km Inland waterways: 50 km Mono River Ports: Kpeme, Lome Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 9 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways under 914 m: 2 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 5 Togo:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; fair system based on network of radio relay routes supplemented by open wire lines local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay and open wire lines international: 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 SYMPHONIE earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 3 (relays 2) televisions: NA Togo:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie Manpower availability: males age 15-49 936,270; males fit for military service 491,578 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $48 million, 2.9% of GDP (1993) |