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   tawdrily
         adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly
                  decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: {garishly},
                  {tawdrily}, {gaudily}]

English Dictionary: tawdrily by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tea trolley
n
  1. serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments [syn: tea cart, teacart, tea trolley, tea wagon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetrahalide
n
  1. any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetralogy
n
  1. a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetralogy of Fallot
n
  1. a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
    Synonym(s): tetralogy of Fallot, Fallot's tetralogy, Fallot's syndrome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetryl
n
  1. a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
    Synonym(s): tetryl, nitramine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
theater light
n
  1. any of various lights used in a theater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tutorial
adj
  1. of or relating to tutors or tutoring; "tutorial sessions"
n
  1. a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tutorially
adv
  1. by tutorials; in a tutorial manner; "undergraduates are better taught tutorially"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tawdrily \Taw"dri*ly\, adv.
      In a tawdry manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetralogy \Te*tral"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) +
      [?] a speech, discourse: cf. F. t[82]tralogie.] (Gr. Drama)
      A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies
      and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four
      tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at
      the Dionysiac festival.
  
      Note: A group or series of three tragedies, exhibited
               together without a fourth piese, was called a trilogy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetrol \Tet"rol\, n. [Tetra- + benzol.] (Chem.)
      A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C4H4}, analogous to benzene; --
      so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
  
      {Tetrol phenol}, furfuran. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetrol \Tet"rol\, n. [Tetra- + benzol.] (Chem.)
      A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C4H4}, analogous to benzene; --
      so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
  
      {Tetrol phenol}, furfuran. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetrolic \Tet*rol"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C3H3.CO2H}, of
      the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid,
      obtained as a white crystalline substance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetryl \Tet"ryl\, n. [Tetra- + -yl.] (Chem.)
      Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the
      molecule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetrylene \Tet"ryl*ene\, n. [Tetra- + ethylene.] (Chem.)
      Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the
      molecule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Theatral \The"a*tral\, a. [L. theatralis: cf. F. th[82]atral.]
      Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titterel \Tit"ter*el\, n.
      The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dare \Dare\, v. t.
      To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
  
               For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
               Would dare a woman.                                 --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {To dare larks}, to catch them by producing terror through to
            use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they
            lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p.
      {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE.
      dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to
      Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to
      OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth.
      dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin
      to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a
      cart, 1st {Dredge}.]
      1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance
            of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to
            cause to follow.
  
                     He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him
                     through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser.
  
                     He hastened to draw the stranger into a private
                     room.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
                     judgment seats?                                 --James ii. 6.
  
                     The arrow is now drawn to the head.   --Atterbury.
  
      2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to
            exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself;
            to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
  
                     The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones,
                     and floods.                                       --Shak.
  
                     All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract;
            to educe; to bring forth; as:
            (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some
                  receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from
                  a cask or well, etc.
  
                           The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron.
                                                                              v. 9.
  
                           Draw thee waters for the siege.   --Nahum iii.
                                                                              14.
  
                           I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet
                           without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman.
            (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
  
                           I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy
                           them.                                          --Ex. xv. 9.
            (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
  
                           Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of
                           vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of
                           themselves.                                 --Cheyne.
  
                           Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak.
            (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from
                  evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to
                  derive.
  
                           We do not draw the moral lessons we might from
                           history.                                       --Burke.
            (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call
                  for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw
                  money from a bank.
            (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to
                  receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the
                  numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good
                  fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.
            (g) To select by the drawing of lots.
  
                           Provided magistracies were filled by men freely
                           chosen or drawn.                           --Freeman.
  
      4. To remove the contents of; as:
            (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
  
                           Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the
                           milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman.
            (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a
                  fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
  
                           In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.
                                                                              --King.
  
      5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence,
            also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
            [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden.
  
      6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch;
            to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
  
                     How long her face is drawn!               --Shak.
  
                     And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the
                     mouth of Wye to that of Dee.               --J. R. Green.
  
      7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface;
            hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument
            of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or
            picture.
  
      8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture
            of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to
            represent by words; to depict; to describe.
  
                     A flattering painter who made it his care To draw
                     men as they ought to be, not as they are.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
                     Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or
                     thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior.
  
      9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw
            a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
  
                     Clerk, draw a deed of gift.               --Shak.
  
      10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating;
            -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a
            ship draws ten feet of water.
  
      11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak.
  
      12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
  
      Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its
               original sense, to pull, to move forward by the
               application of force in advance, or to extend in
               length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or
               continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but
               we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance
               by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We
               may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with
               slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a
               bar of metal by continued beating.
  
      {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for
            discharging the arrow.
  
      {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains.
           
  
      {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move,
            either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain,
            which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary.
  
      {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for
            exportation.
  
      {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak.
  
      {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n.
  
      {To draw in}.
            (a) To bring or pull in; to collect.
            (b) To entice; to inveigle.
  
      {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest.
  
      {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison.
  
      {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War
            which either his negligence drew on, or his practices
            procured.[b8] --Hayward.
  
      {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and
            feelings of another.
  
      {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread
            out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all
            generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long
            drawn out.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one
            part or side for the opposite one.
  
      {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous
            tales.
  
      {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to
            incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous
            hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To draw up}.
            (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in
                  writing.
            (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array.
                  [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8]
                  --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}.
  
      Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a
                  natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive
                  resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled
                  along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty.
                  Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in
                  advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it
                  commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or
                  provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general
                  or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say,
                  the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it
                  through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS.
      b[umac]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi.
      See {Bow}, v. t.]
      1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
  
                     I do set my bow in the cloud.            --Gen. ix. 13.
  
      2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic
            material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of
            which an arrow is propelled.
  
      3. An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by
            doubling a ribbon or string.
  
      4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and
            fastens it to the yoke.
  
      5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a
            number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it,
            used in playing on a stringed instrument.
  
      6. An arcograph.
  
      7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic
            rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving
            reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and
            arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
  
      8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking
            the sun's altitude at sea.
  
      9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the
            arched forward part of a saddletree.
  
      {Bow bearer} (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest
            who looked after trespassers.
  
      {Bow drill}, a drill worked by a bow and string.
  
      {Bow instrument} (Mus.), any stringed instrument from which
            the tones are produced by the bow.
  
      {Bow window} (Arch.) See {Bay window}.
  
      {To draw a long bow}, to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lot \Lot\, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle[a2]tan to cast lots, OS.
      hl[?]t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l[?]z, Icel. hlutr, Sw.
      lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto},
      {Lottery}.]
      1. That which happens without human design or forethought;
            chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
  
                     But save my life, which lot before your foot doth
                     lay.                                                   --Spenser.
  
      2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used
            in determining a question by chance, or without man's
            choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
  
                     The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
                     disposing thereof is of the Lord.      --Prov. xvi.
                                                                              33.
  
                     If we draw lots, he speeds.               --Shak.
  
      3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
            chance, or without his planning.
  
                     O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to
                     bear.                                                --Milton.
  
                     He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer
                     and to die.                                       --Pope.
  
      4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
            as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of
            people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
  
                     I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English
                     heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole.
  
      5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
            field; as, a building lot in a city.
  
                     The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
                     New York.                                          --Kent.
  
      6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
            lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.]
  
                     He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London
                     by a lot of business.                        --W. Black.
  
      7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
  
      {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.
  
      {To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other
            instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which,
            an event is by previous agreement determined.
  
      {To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by
            drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed
            from the drawer.
  
      {To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's
            ability. See {Scot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oar \Oar\, n [AS. [be]r; akin to Icel. [be]r, Dan. aare, Sw.
      [86]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.]
      1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece
            of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at
            one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which
            rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
  
      Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a
               kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of
               the boat.
  
      2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An oarlike swimming organ of various
            invertebrates.
  
      {Oar cock}
            (Zo[94]l), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Spoon oar}, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a
            better hold upon the water in rowing.
  
      {To boat the oars}, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the
            boat.
  
      {To feather the oars}. See under {Feather}., v. t.
  
      {To lie on the oars}, to cease pulling, raising the oars out
            of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any
            kind; to be idle; to rest.
  
      {To muffle the oars}, to put something round that part which
            rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
  
      {To put in one's oar}, to give aid or advice; -- commonly
            used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
           
  
      {To ship the oars}, to place them in the rowlocks.
  
      {To toss the oars}, To peak the oars, to lift them from the
            rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting
            on the bottom of the boat.
  
      {To trail oars}, to allow them to trail in the water
            alongside of the boat.
  
      {To unship the oars}, to take them out of the rowlocks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tutorial \Tu*to"ri*al\, a. [L. tutorius.]
      Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a
      tutor.
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