English Dictionary: tempest | by the DICT Development Group |
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T91niafuge \T[91]"ni*a*fuge`\, n. Also Teniafuge \Te"ni*a*fuge`\ [T[91]nia + L. fugare to drive away.] (Med.) A remedy to expel tapeworms. | |
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Tambac \Tam"bac\, n. (Metal.) See {Tombac}. [Obs.] | |
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Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[be]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[be]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also {German, [or] Dutch, brass}. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called {Dutch metal}. The addition of arsenic makes {white tombac}. [Written also {tombak}, and {tambac}.] | |
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Tambac \Tam"bac\, n. (Metal.) See {Tombac}. [Obs.] | |
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Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[be]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[be]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also {German, [or] Dutch, brass}. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called {Dutch metal}. The addition of arsenic makes {white tombac}. [Written also {tombak}, and {tambac}.] | |
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Ixtle \Ix"tle\, Ixtli \Ix"tli\([icr]x"tl[esl]), n. (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of {Agave rigida}, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also {pita}, and {Tampico fiber}. [Written also {istle}.] | |
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Tampico fiber \Tam*pi"co fi"ber\ [or] fibre \fi"bre\ A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name. | |
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Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar; or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir, oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.] 1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also {tan bark}. 2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan. 3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan. {Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed. {Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather. {Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees. {Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}. {Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan. | |
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Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. i. To storm. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Tempest \Tem"pest\, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[88]te, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See {Temporal} of time.] 1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. [We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton. 2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions. 3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under {Drum}, n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett. Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like. Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See {Storm}. | |
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Tempest \Tem"pest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[88]ter to rage.] To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. --Milton. | |
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Tempestive \Tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood. -- {Tem*pes"tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Tempestive \Tem*pes"tive\, a. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood. -- {Tem*pes"tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Tempestivily \Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly\, n. [L. tempestivitas.] The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Gale \Gale\ (g[amac]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[omac]la gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. {Yell}.] 1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called {tempests}. Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen ([bd]moderate[b8]) to about eighty ([bd]very heavy[b8]) miles an our. --Sir. W. S. Harris. 2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. --Milton. 3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. --Brooke (Eastford). {Topgallant gale} (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails. | |
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Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[88]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. | |
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Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[88]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. | |
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Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[88]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. | |
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Temps \Temps\, n. [OF. & F., fr. L. tempus. See {Temporal} of time.] Time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Tempse \Tempse\, n. See {Temse}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Temse \Temse\, n. [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. {Tamine}.] A sieve. [Written also {tems}, and {tempse}.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Temse bread}, {Temsed bread}, {Temse loaf}, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tempse \Tempse\, n. See {Temse}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Temse \Temse\, n. [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. {Tamine}.] A sieve. [Written also {tems}, and {tempse}.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Temse bread}, {Temsed bread}, {Temse loaf}, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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T91niafuge \T[91]"ni*a*fuge`\, n. Also Teniafuge \Te"ni*a*fuge`\ [T[91]nia + L. fugare to drive away.] (Med.) A remedy to expel tapeworms. | |
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Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][umac]ma; akin to OFries. th[umac]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[umac]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [fb]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid}.] The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See {Pollex}. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. {Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. --Mortimer. {Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. {Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. {Thumb mark}. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. --Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. {Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. {Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak. {Thumb stall}. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. {Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.] | |
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Thumbkin \Thumb"kin\, n. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew. | |
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Thumbscrew \Thumb"screw`\, n. 1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger. 2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin. | |
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{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.] {Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. {Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. {Time enough}, in season; early enough. [bd]Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life.[b8] --Bacon. {Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. {Time immemorial}, [or] {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See under {Immemorial}. {Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. {Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as [bd]good morning,[b8] [bd]good evening,[b8] and the like; greeting. {To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t. {To make time}. (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. {To move}, {run}, [or] {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. {True time}. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. | |
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{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.] {Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. {Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. {Time enough}, in season; early enough. [bd]Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life.[b8] --Bacon. {Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. {Time immemorial}, [or] {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See under {Immemorial}. {Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. {Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as [bd]good morning,[b8] [bd]good evening,[b8] and the like; greeting. {To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t. {To make time}. (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. {To move}, {run}, [or] {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. {True time}. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. | |
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Fuze \Fuze\, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n. {Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. {Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. {Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. {Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. {Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. {Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion. | |
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Timepiece \Time"piece`\, n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer. | |
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Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. 5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}). 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer. 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of your professions.[b8] --Shak. {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift. {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line. {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}. {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}. {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing. {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow. {Not worth a hair}, of no value. {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction. {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety. | |
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Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i. To practice trick or deception. {To impose on} [or] {upon}, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. [bd]He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things.[b8] --Locke. | |
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Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. --Shak. 2. Manifestation; expression; sign. All the large effects That troop with majesty. --Shak. 3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury. The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. --Whewell. 4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. --J. C. Shairp. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. --W. Irving. 5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect. 6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to. They spake to her to that effect. --2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. 7. The purport; the sum and substance. [bd]The effect of his intent.[b8] --Chaucer. 8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham. 9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. {For effect}, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. {In effect}, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. {Of no effect}, {Of none effect}, {To no effect}, [or] {Without effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. [bd]Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.[b8] --Mark vii. 13. [bd]All my study be to no effect.[b8] --Shak. {To give effect to}, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. {To take effect}, to become operative, to accomplish aims. --Shak. Syn: {Effect}, {Consequence}, {Result}. Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results. Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. --Cowper. Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. --Milton. | |
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Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[be]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[be]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also {German, [or] Dutch, brass}. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called {Dutch metal}. The addition of arsenic makes {white tombac}. [Written also {tombak}, and {tambac}.] | |
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Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[be]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[be]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also {German, [or] Dutch, brass}. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called {Dutch metal}. The addition of arsenic makes {white tombac}. [Written also {tombak}, and {tambac}.] | |
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Tombester \Tom"bes*ter\, n. [See {Tumble}, and {-ster}.] A female dancer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Tombstone \Tomb"stone`\, n. A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased. | |
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Tumefacient \Tu`me*fa"cient\, a. [L. tumefaciens, -entis, p. pr. of tumefacere to tumefy; tumere to swell + facere to make.] Producing swelling; tumefying. | |
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Tumefaction \Tu`me*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. tum[82]faction.] The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Tampico, IL (village, FIPS 74470) Location: 41.63053 N, 89.78547 W Population (1990): 833 (329 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61283 | |
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Tanapag, MP (CDP, FIPS 76700) Location: 15.23889 N, 145.75379 E Population (1990): 1602 (277 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
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Temvik, ND Zip code(s): 58552 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompson, CT Zip code(s): 06277 Thompson, IA (city, FIPS 77745) Location: 43.36961 N, 93.77433 W Population (1990): 498 (258 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50478 Thompson, MI Zip code(s): 49854 Thompson, MO Zip code(s): 65285 Thompson, ND (city, FIPS 78660) Location: 47.77503 N, 97.10577 W Population (1990): 930 (294 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58278 Thompson, OH Zip code(s): 44086 Thompson, PA (borough, FIPS 76496) Location: 41.86232 N, 75.51392 W Population (1990): 291 (152 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18465 Thompson, UT Zip code(s): 84540 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompson Falls, MT (city, FIPS 73825) Location: 47.59958 N, 115.33366 W Population (1990): 1319 (582 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59873 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompson Ridge, NY Zip code(s): 10985 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompsons, TX (town, FIPS 72740) Location: 29.49102 N, 95.61963 W Population (1990): 167 (74 housing units) Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 5.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompsons Statio, TN Zip code(s): 37179 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompsontown, PA (borough, FIPS 76536) Location: 40.56616 N, 77.23531 W Population (1990): 582 (302 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17094 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thompsonville, CT (CDP, FIPS 75940) Location: 41.99080 N, 72.59637 W Population (1990): 8458 (3635 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Thompsonville, IL (village, FIPS 75159) Location: 37.91413 N, 88.76169 W Population (1990): 602 (262 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62890 Thompsonville, MI (village, FIPS 79600) Location: 44.52075 N, 85.93874 W Population (1990): 416 (202 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49683 Thompsonville, PA (CDP, FIPS 76552) Location: 40.28130 N, 80.11989 W Population (1990): 3560 (1235 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Timpas, CO Zip code(s): 81050 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Timpson, TX (city, FIPS 73076) Location: 31.90621 N, 94.39635 W Population (1990): 1029 (542 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75975 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tombstone, AZ (city, FIPS 74400) Location: 31.71730 N, 110.06222 W Population (1990): 1220 (708 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85638 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tompkins County, NY (county, FIPS 109) Location: 42.45144 N, 76.47472 W Population (1990): 94097 (35338 housing units) Area: 1233.0 sq km (land), 40.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tompkinsville, KY (city, FIPS 77160) Location: 36.70070 N, 85.69216 W Population (1990): 2861 (1292 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Toombs County, GA (county, FIPS 279) Location: 32.12311 N, 82.33541 W Population (1990): 24072 (9952 housing units) Area: 949.8 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
tunafish n. In hackish lore, refers to the mutated punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the manual pages of `tunefs(8)' in the original {BSD} 4.2 distribution. The joke was removed in later releases once commercial sites started using 4.2, but apparently restored on the 4.4BSD tape and in {Net,Free,Open}BSD. Tunefs relates to the `tuning' of file-system parameters for optimum performance, and at the bottom of a few pages of wizardly inscriptions was a `BUGS' section consisting of the line "You can tune a file system, but you can't tunafish". Variants of this can be seen in other BSD versions, though it has been excised from some versions by humorless management {droid}s. The [nt]roff source for SunOS 4.1.1 contains a comment apparently designed to prevent this: "Take this out and a Unix Demon will dog your steps from now until the `time_t''s wrap around." [It has since been pointed out that indeed you can tunafish. Usually at a canning factory... --ESR] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tiny BASIC in the late 1970s. Tiny BASIC was 2K bytes in size and was loaded from {paper tape}. It ran on almost any {Intel 8080} or {Zilog Z80} {microprocessor} for which the user could provide the necessary I/O driver software. Tiny BASIC was distributed as [the first ever?] {freeware}. The program listing contained the following phrases "All Wrongs reserved" and "{CopyLeft}", he obviously wasn't interested in money. See also {Tiny Basic Interpreter Language}. [More info?] (1997-09-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tiny Basic Interpreter Language of {Tiny Basics} in Dr Dobb's Journal. (1997-09-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tunafish mutated punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the manual pages of "tunefs(8)" in the original {4.2BSD} distribution. The joke was removed in later releases once commercial sites started using 4.2. Tunefs relates to the "tuning" of {file-system} parameters for optimum performance, and at the bottom of a few pages of wizardly inscriptions was a "BUGS" section consisting of the line "You can tune a file system, but you can't tunafish". Variants of this can be seen in other BSD versions, though it has been excised from some versions by humourless management droids. The [nt]roff source for SunOS 4.1.1 contains a comment apparently designed to prevent this: "Take this out and a Unix Demon will dog your steps from now until the "time_t's wrap around." [{Jargon File}] (1997-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Twin Vector Quantization | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tombs of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock, or were natural caves. Mention is made of such tombs in Judg. 8:32; 2 Sam. 2:32; 2 Kings 9:28; 23:30. They were sometimes made in gardens (2 Kings 21:26; 23:16; Matt. 27:60). They are found in great numbers in and around Jerusalem and all over the land. They were sometimes whitewashed (Matt. 23:27, 29). The body of Jesus was laid in Joseph's new rock-hewn tomb, in a garden near to Calvary. All evidence is in favour of the opinion that this tomb was somewhere near the Damascus gate, and outside the city, and cannot be identified with the so-called "holy sepulchre." The mouth of such rocky tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Heb. golal), which could only be removed by the united efforts of several men (Matt. 28:2; comp. John 11:39). (See {GOLGOTHA}.) |