English Dictionary: taipan | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tear \Tear\, n. (Glass Manuf.) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. {Tears of St. Lawrence}, the Perseid shower of meteors, seen every year on or about the eve of St. Lawrence, August 9th. {T. of wine}, drops which form and roll down a glass above the surface of strong wine. The phenomenon is due to the evaporation of alcohol from the surface layer, which, becoming more watery, increases in surface tension and creeps up the sides until its weight causes it to break. | |
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Tappen \Tap"pen\, n. An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation. | |
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Tappoon \Tap*poon"\, n. [Sp. tamp[a2]n a stopper.] (Irrigation) A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.] | |
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Thebaine \The*ba"ine\, n. [So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid, {C19H21NO3}, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine. | |
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Theban \The"ban\, a. [L. Thebanus.] Of or pertaining to Thebes. {Theban year} (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. --J. Bryant. | |
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Theban \The"ban\, n. A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man. I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. --Shak. | |
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Theophany \The*oph"a*ny\, n.; pl. {-nies}. [Gr. [?]; [?] God + [?] to appear.] A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation. | |
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Thiophene \Thi"o*phene\, n. [Thio- + phenyl + -ene.] (Chem.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, {C4H4S}, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives. | |
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Tiebeam \Tie"beam`\, n. (Arch.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under {Roof}. --Gwilt. | |
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Tiffany \Tif"fa*ny\, n. [OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament, tiffer to adjust, adorn. See {Tiff} to dress.] A species of gause, or very silk. The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Tiffin \Tif"fin\, n. [Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking. See {Tiff}, n.] A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
In \In\, adv. 1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house). Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours. --Lamb. Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc. 2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. --Burrill. {In and in breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {In and out} (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side. --Knight. {To be in}, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in. {To come in}. See under {Come}. | |
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Buy \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell. Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. --B. Franklin. 2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain. Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. --Prov. xxiii. 23. {To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To buy off}. (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party. {To buy out} (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak. (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. {To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. {To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. {To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time. | |
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Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined. {To fine} {away, down, off}, gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle. I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down in the westward until I lost of her hull. --W. C. Russel. | |
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Have \Have\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[91]fde, p. p. geh[91]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab[?]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. {Able}, {Avoirdupois}, {Binnacle}, {Habit}.] 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak. He had a fever late. --Keats. 3. To accept possession of; to take or accept. Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me? --Shak. 4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak. 5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require. It had the church accurately described to me. --Sir W. Scott. Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld. Lytton. 6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child. 7. To hold, regard, or esteem. Of them shall I be had in honor. --2 Sam. vi. 22. 8. To cause or force to go; to take. [bd]The stars have us to bed.[b8] --Herbert. [bd]Have out all men from me.[b8] --2 Sam. xiii. 9. 9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. --Shak. 10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive. Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. --M. Arnold. The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. --Earle. 11. To understand. You have me, have you not? --Shak. 12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang] Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have. Myself for such a face had boldly died. --Tennyson. {To have a care}, to take care; to be on one's guard. {To have (a man) out}, to engage (one) in a duel. {To have done} (with). See under Do, v. i. {To have it out}, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion. {To have on}, to wear. {To have to do with}. See under Do, v. t. Syn: To possess; to own. See {Possess}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heave \Heave\, v. t. [imp. {Heaved}, or {Hove}; p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben, As. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. h[84]fva, Dan. h[91]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. [?] handle. Cf. {Accept}, {Behoof}, {Capacious}, {Forceps}, {haft}, {Receipt}.] 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak. Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick. 2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. 3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead. 4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. --Shak. 5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. --Thomson. {To heave a cable short} (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. {To heave a ship ahead} (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. {To heave a ship down} (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. {To heave a ship to} (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. {To heave about} (Naut.), to put about suddenly. {To heave in} (Naut.), to shorten (cable). {To heave in stays} (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. {To heave out a sail} (Naut.), to unfurl it. {To heave taut} (Naut.), to turn a | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{To pay for}. (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with life. (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be mulcted on account of. 'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your wakings. --Beau. & Fl. {To pay off}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail. {To pay on}. [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] {To pay round} [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sleeve \Sleeve\, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl[?]fe, sl[?]fe; akin to sl[?]fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod.] 1. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown. --Chaucer. 2. A narrow channel of water. [R.] The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve. --Drayton. 3. (Mach.) (a) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts. (b) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel. (c) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes. {Sleeve button}, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff. {Sleeve links}, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband. {To laugh in the sleeve}, to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times. {To pin}, [or] {hang}, {on the sleeve of}, to be, or make, dependent upon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whip \Whip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to toss up, and L. vibrare to shake. Cf. {Vibrate}.] 1. To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet. 2. To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. 3. To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy. Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school. --Dryden. 4. To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to. They would whip me with their fine wits. --Shak. 5. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat. 6. To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like. 7. To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.] 8. To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over. Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut. --Moxon. 9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie. --Gay. 10. To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like. She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm. --L'Estrange. He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees. --Walpole. 11. (Naut.) (a) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. (b) To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff. 12. To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whipping their rough surface for a trout. --Emerson. {To whip in}, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. {To whip the cat}. (a) To practice extreme parsimony. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. (b) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do. [Prov. & U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tobine \To"bine\, n. [Cf. G. tobin, D. tabijn. See {Tabby}.] A stout twilled silk used for dresses. | |
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Tophin \Toph"in\, n. (Min.) Same as {Toph}. | |
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Tuffoon \Tuf*foon"\, n. See {Typhoon}. [R.] | |
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Tupian \Tu"pi*an\, a. Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working were practiced by them at the time of the conquest. The Tupi and the Guarani were originally the most powerful of the stock, which is hence also called {Tupi-Guaranian}. | |
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Twopenny \Two"pen*ny\, a. Of the value of twopence. | |
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Tyfoon \Ty*foon"\, n. See {Typhoon}. | |
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Typho89an \Ty*pho"[89]*an\, a. [L. Typhoius, from Typhoeus, Gr. [?], [?].] Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t[isl]*f[omac]"[umac]s), the fabled giant of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus. Note: Sometimes incorrectly written and pronounced Ty-ph[oe][b6]an, or Ty-phe[b6] an. | |
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Typhon \Ty"phon\, n. [Gr. [?], and [?]. See {Typhoon}.] (Class. Mythol.) 1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. | |
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Typhoon \Ty*phoon"\, n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tuf[atil]o, Ar. tuf[be]n a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind.] A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tabiona, UT (town, FIPS 74920) Location: 40.35391 N, 110.70858 W Population (1990): 120 (67 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84072 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tafuna, AS (village, FIPS 75300) Location: 14.37459 S, 170.68731 W Population (1990): 5174 (850 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 16.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Taiban, NM Zip code(s): 88134 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tappan, NY (CDP, FIPS 73154) Location: 41.02580 N, 73.95160 W Population (1990): 6867 (2225 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10983 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tappen, ND (city, FIPS 77980) Location: 46.87292 N, 99.62336 W Population (1990): 239 (114 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58487 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tiffin, IA (city, FIPS 78060) Location: 41.70640 N, 91.67728 W Population (1990): 460 (206 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Tiffin, OH (city, FIPS 76778) Location: 41.11673 N, 83.17750 W Population (1990): 18604 (7461 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44883 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tobyhanna, PA Zip code(s): 18466 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TTFN and probably elsewhere. (1998-07-02) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tibni building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as monarch. For the period of four years he contended for the throne with Omri (1 Kings 16:21, 22), who at length gained the mastery, and became sole monarch of Israel. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Tibni, straw; hay |