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d8T91nidium \[d8]T[91]*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {T[91]nidia}. [NL., dim. fr. L. taenia a ribbon.] (Zo[94]l.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the trache[91] of insects. See Illust. of {Trachea}. | |
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T91nioid \T[91]"ni*oid\, a. [T[91]nia + -oid.] 1. Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to T[91]nia. | |
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Taint \Taint\, v. t. Aphetic form of {Attaint}. | |
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Taint \Taint\, v. i. 1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. I can not taint with fear. --Shak. 2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. | |
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Taint \Taint\, n. 1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.] 2. Infection; corruption; deprivation. He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove. --Macaulay. 3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace. | |
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Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See {Attaint}.] 1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. --Chapman. 2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.] | |
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Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tainting}.] To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.] | |
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Taint \Taint\, v. t. 1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. [Obs.] Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger. 2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. --Ld. Berners. | |
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Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}.] 1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. 2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish. His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. --Shak. Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison. | |
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Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taming}.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[84]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See {Tame}, a.] 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. | |
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Tanite \Ta"nite\, n. A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc. | |
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Tannate \Tan"nate\, n. [Cf. F. tannate.] (Chem.) A salt of tannic acid. | |
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Tan \Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water. Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning. 2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin. | |
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Tant \Tant\, n. [Cf. {Taint} tincture.] (Zo[94]l.) A small scarlet arachnid. | |
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Taunt \Taunt\, a. [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. --Totten. | |
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Taunt \Taunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak. Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See {Deride}. | |
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Taunt \Taunt\, n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. --Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. --Prior. | |
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Teamed \Teamed\, a. Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.] Let their teamed fishes softly swim. --Spenser. | |
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Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teeming}.] [OE. temen, AS. t[c7]man, t[?]man, from te[a0]m. See {Team}.] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison. | |
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Teend \Teend\, v. t. & i. [See {Tinder}.] To kindle; to burn. [Obs.] --Herrick. | |
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Teind \Teind\, n. [Cf. Icel. t[c6]und. See {Tithe}.] A tithe. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Teint \Teint\, n. [F. teint, teinte. See {Tint}.] Tint; color; tinge, See {Tint}. [Obs.] Time shall . . . embrown the teint. --Dryden. | |
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Tend \Tend\, v. i. 1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon. Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father? --Shak. 2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Tend \Tend\, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. [?] to stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend, {Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt}, {Tender} to offer, {Tense}, a.] 1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards. Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H. Wotton. Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still tend from bad to worse. --Milton. The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron. 2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. --Prov. xxi. 5. The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. --Tillotson. | |
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Tend \Tend\, v. t. [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.] | |
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Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.] 1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. --Shak. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. --Milton. There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson. 2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down. --Chapman. {To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable. | |
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Tenet \Ten"et\, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T. Browne. The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. --Macaulay. Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See {Dogma}. | |
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Tenioid \Te"ni*oid\, a. See {T[91]noid}. | |
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Tent \Tent\, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}, {Tinto}.] A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also {tent wine}, and {tinta}. | |
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Tent \Tent\, n. [Cf. {Attent}, n.] 1. Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Lydgate. 2. Intention; design. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Tent \Tent\, v. t. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. | |
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Tent \Tent\, v. t. [OF. tenter. See {Tempt}.] To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. I'll tent him to the quick. --Shak. | |
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Tent \Tent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenting}.] To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. --Shak. We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground. --W. Kittredge. | |
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Tent \Tent\, n. [F. tente. See {Tent} to probe.] (Surg.) (a) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. (b) A probe for searching a wound. The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst. --Shak. | |
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Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tent} a roll of lint.] 1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp. Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer. 2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing. {Tent bed}, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. {Tent caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth ({Clisiocampa Americana}). Called also {lackery caterpillar}, and {webworm}. | |
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Tenth \Tenth\, a. [From {Ten}: cf. OE. tethe, AS. te[a2][?]a. See {Ten}, and cf. {Tithe}.] 1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others. 2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided. | |
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Tenth \Tenth\, n. 1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided. 3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe. --Shak. 4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. 5. pl. (Eng. Law) (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty. | |
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Tenuate \Ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenuating}.] [L. tenuatus, p. p. of tenuare to make thin, fr. tenuis thin. See {Tenuous}.] To make thin; to attenuate. [R.] | |
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Tenuity \Te*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. t[82]nuit[82]. See {Tenuous}.] 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair. 2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. --Bacon. 3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] --Eikon Basilike. 4. Refinement; delicacy. | |
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Thanehood \Thane"hood\, n. The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively. --J. R. Green. | |
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Nude \Nude\, a. [L. nudus. See {Naked}.] 1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue. 2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See {Nudum pactum}. --Blackstone. {The nude}, the undraped human figure in art. -- {Nude"ly}, adv.- {Nude"ness}, n. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). | |
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Thomite \Tho"mite\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A Thom[91]an. | |
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Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. [?] [?], fr. [?], adj., pertaining to the tree [?] or [?], an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.] (Bot.) The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree ({Callitris quadrivalvis}), formerly called {Thuja articulata}. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. --Rev. xviii. 12. | |
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Thymate \Thym"ate\, n. (Chem.) A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate. | |
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Time \Time\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Timing}.] 1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon. 2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. --Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen. 4. To measure, as in music or harmony. | |
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Timid \Tim"id\, a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.] Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson. Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring. -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"id*ness}, n. | |
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Timothy \Tim"o*thy\, n., [or] Timothy grass \Tim"o*thy grass`\ [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Phleum pratense}) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also {herd's grass}, in England, {cat's-tail grass}, and {meadow cat's-tail grass}. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Tind \Tind\, v. t. [OE. tenden, AS. tendan; akin to G. z[81]nden, OHG. zunten, Icel. tendra, Sw. t[84]nda, Dan. t[91]nde, Goth. tandjan to kindle, tundnan to be kindled, to burn. Cf. {Tinder}.] To kindle. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. | |
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Tined \Tined\, a. Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork. | |
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Tineid \Tin"e*id\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tinean}. | |
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Tinet \Ti"net\, n. [From {Tine} to shut in, inclose.] Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.] | |
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Tinmouth \Tin"mouth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The crappie. [U. S.] | |
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Tin \Tin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinning}.] To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil. | |
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Tinned \Tinned\, a. 1. Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron. 2. Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats. --Cassell (Dict. of Cookery). | |
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Tint \Tint\, n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Taint} to stain, a stain, {Tent} a kind of wine, {Tinto}.] A slight coloring. Specifically: (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. --Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. --Harte. (b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. {Tint tool} (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving. | |
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Tint \Tint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinting}.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. | |
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Tent \Tent\, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}, {Tinto}.] A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also {tent wine}, and {tinta}. | |
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Tinto \Tin"to\, n. [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See {Tint}, n.] A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. --Wordsworth. 2. To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser. {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel. {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of London.[b8] --J. Webster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly ({Lasioptera vitis}). {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tomnoddy \Tom"nod`dy\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + noddy.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A sea bird, the puffin. [Prov.Eng.] 2. A fool; a dunce; a noddy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Toned \Toned\, a. Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned. {Toned paper}, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. {To tone down}. (a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to. (b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius. Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C. Kingsley. (c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften. The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictures. --Palfrey. {To tone up}, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tonite \Ton"ite\, n. [Cf.L. tonare to thunder.] An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tonnihood \Ton"ni*hood\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also {tonyhoop}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Toonwood \Toon"wood`\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Toon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Towned \Towned\, a. Having towns; containing many towns. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tumid \Tu"mid\, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.] 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton. 3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style. -- {Tu"mid*ly}, adv. -- {Tu"mid*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tuning}.] 1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. [bd] Tune your harps.[b8] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tun \Tun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunning}.] To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twenty \Twen"ty\, a. [OE. twenty, AS. tw[?]ntig, twentig; akin to OFris. twintich, OS. tw[?]ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See {Twain}, {Two}, and {Ten}.] 1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men. 2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twenty \Twen"ty\, n.; pl. {Twenties}. 1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score. 2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw[imac]n a twisted thread; akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See {Twine}, n.] 1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen. 2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. Let me twine Mine arms about that body. --Shak. 3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope. 4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] --Fairfax. 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twin \Twin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinning}.] 1. To bring forth twins. --Tusser. 2. To be born at the same birth. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twinned \Twinned\, a. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
. (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat. {To put on} [or] {upon}. (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume. [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8] --L'Estrange. (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another. (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon. (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14. (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam. (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put upon.[b8] --L'Estrange. (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them upon considering.[b8] --Locke. (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts himself on or upon the country. --Burrill. {To put out}. (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder. (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout. (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or fire. (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds. (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he was put out by my reply. [Colloq.] (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the hand. (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet. (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put one out in reading or speaking. (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open or cut windows. --Burrill. (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put out the ankle. (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing longer in a certain inning, as in base ball. {To put over}. (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army. (b) To refer. For the certain knowledge of that truth I put you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak. (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the cause to the next term. (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one over the river. {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}. (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work. (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11. {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation; he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.] {To put to}. (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another. (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the touch.[b8] --Montrose. (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to. --Dickens. {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or difficulties. {To put to bed}. (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child. (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth. {To put to death}, to kill. {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one. {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw an inference; to form a correct conclusion. {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to 't.[b8] --Shak. {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly. {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay. {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try. {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in. {To put up}. (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities. [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put up.[b8] --Addison. (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale. (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley. (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the rent.[b8] --Spelman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. --Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers. {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang] Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state. Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the idea of fixing the position of some object, and are often used interchangeably. To put is the least definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place has more particular reference to the precise location, as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To set or to lay may be used when there is special reference to the position of the object. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Two-hand \Two"-hand`\, a. Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See {Dactylology}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tynd \Tynd\, v. t. [See {Tine} to shut in.] To shut; to close. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Timnath, CO (town, FIPS 77510) Location: 40.52929 N, 104.98325 W Population (1990): 190 (83 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tintah, MN (city, FIPS 64948) Location: 46.01103 N, 96.32007 W Population (1990): 74 (46 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tomato, AR Zip code(s): 72381 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Towanda, IL (village, FIPS 75822) Location: 40.56321 N, 88.90044 W Population (1990): 856 (306 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61776 Towanda, KS (city, FIPS 71125) Location: 37.79685 N, 96.99702 W Population (1990): 1289 (474 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67144 Towanda, PA (borough, FIPS 77168) Location: 41.77089 N, 76.44695 W Population (1990): 3242 (1464 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18848 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
time T /ti:m T/ n. 1. An unspecified but usually well-understood time, often used in conjunction with a later time T+1. "We'll meet on campus at time T or at Louie's at time T+1" means, in the context of going out for dinner: "We can meet on campus and go to Louie's, or we can meet at Louie's itself a bit later." (Louie's was a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto that was a favorite with hackers.) Had the number 30 been used instead of the number 1, it would have implied that the travel time from campus to Louie's is 30 minutes; whatever time T is (and that hasn't been decided on yet), you can meet half an hour later at Louie's than you could on campus and end up eating at the same time. See also {since time T equals minus infinity}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tandy makers of the {TRS-80} and other early {personal computer}s. (1995-02-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
thinnet {cheapernet} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
time T /ti:m T/ An unspecified but usually well-understood time, often used in conjunction with a later time T+1. "We'll meet on campus at time T or at Louie's at time T+1" means, in the context of going out for dinner: "We can meet on campus and go to Louie's, or we can meet at Louie's itself a bit later." (Louie's was a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto that was a favourite with hackers.) Had the number 30 been used instead of the number 1, it would have implied that the travel time from campus to Louie's is 30 minutes; whatever time T is (and that hasn't been decided on yet), you can meet half an hour later at Louie's than you could on campus and end up eating at the same time. See also {since time T equals minus infinity}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
timeout A period of time after which an error condition is raised if some event has not occured. A common example is sending a message. If the receiver does not acknowledge the message within some preset timeout period, a transmission error is assumed to have occured. (1995-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TINT Interpreted version of {JOVIAL}. [Sammet 1969, p. 528]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tint {hue} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TINT Interpreted version of {JOVIAL}. [Sammet 1969, p. 528]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tint {hue} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TYMNET network, created by {Tymshare, Inc.} some time before 1970, and used for {remote login} and file transfer. The network public went live in November 1971. In its original implementation, it consisted of fairly simple circuit-oriented {nodes}, whose circuits were created by central network supervisors writing into the appropriate nodes' "permuter tables". The supervisors also performed login validations as well as circuit management. Circuits were character oriented and the network was oriented toward interactive character-by-character {full-duplex} communications circuits. The network had more than one supervisor running, but only one was active, the others being put to sleep with "sleeping pill" messages. If the active supervisor went down, all the others would wake up and battle for control of the network. After the battle, the supervisor with the highest pre-set priority would dominate, and the network would then again be controlled by only one supervisor. (During the takeover battle, the net consisted of subsets of itself across which new circuits could not be built). Existing circuits were not affected by supervisor switches. There was a clever scheme to switch the echoing function between the local node and the host based on whether or not a special character had been typed by the user. Data transfers were also possible via "auxiliary circuits". The Tymshare hosts (which ran customer code) were {SDS 940}, {DEC} {PDP-10}, and eventually {IBM 370} computers. {Xerox} {XDS 940} might have been used if Xerox, who bought the design for the SDS 940 from Scientific Data Systems, had ever built any. The switches were originally {Varian Data Machines} 620i. The {Interdata 8/32} was never used because the performance was disappointing. The TYMNET Engine, based loosely on the Interdata 7/32, was developed instead to replace the Varian 620i. in the early 1990s, newer "Turbo" nodes based on the {Motorola 68000} began to replace the 7/32s. These were later replaced with {SPARC}s. PDP-10s supported (and still do in 1999) cross-platform development and billing. {Tymshare, Inc.} originally wrote and implemented TYMNET to provide nationwide access for their {time-sharing} customers. La Roy Tymes booted up the public TYMNET in November of 1971 and, as of March 2002, it had been running ever since without a single system crash. TYMNET was the largest commercial network in the United States in its heyday, with nodes in every major US city and a few overseas as well. Tymshare acquired a French subsidiary, {SLIGOS}, and had TYMNET nodes in Paris, France. Tymshare sold the TYMNET network software to {TRW}, who created their own private network (which was not called TYMNET). In about 1979, TYMNET Inc. was spun off from Tymshare, Inc. to continue administration and development of the network. TYMNET outlived its parent company Tymshare and was acquired by {MCI}. As of May 1994 they still ran three {DEC KL-10}s under {TYMCOM-X}, although they planned to decommission them soon. The original creators of TYMNET included: Ann Hardy, Norm Hardy, Bill Frantz. La Roy Tymes (who always insisted that his name was NOT the source of the name) wrote the first supervisor which ran on the 940. Joe Rinde made many significant technical and marketing contributions. La Roy wrote most of the code of the network proper. Several others wrote code in support of development and administration. Just recently (1999) La Roy, on contract, wrote a version of the supervisor to run on {SPARC} hardware. The name TYMNET was suggested by Vigril Swearingen in a weekly meeting between Tymshare technical and marketing staff in about 1970. {(http://cap-lore.com/ETH.html)}. [E-mail from La Roy Tymes] (2002-11-26) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tent (1.) Heb. 'ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it denotes the covering of goat's hair which was placed over the mishcan. (2.) Heb. mishcan (Cant. 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job 18:21; Ps. 87:2), the grave (Isa. 22:16; comp. 14:18), the temple (Ps. 46:4; 84:2; 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Ex. 25:9; 26:1; 40:9; Num. 1:50, 53; 10:11). When distinguished from 'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.). (3.) Heb. kubbah (Num. 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the impure worship of Baal-peor. (4.) Heb. succah (2 Sam. 11:11), a tent or booth made of green boughs or branches (see Gen. 33:17; Lev. 23:34, 42; Ps. 18:11; Jonah 4:5; Isa. 4:6; Neh. 8:15-17, where the word is variously rendered). Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Gen. 4:20). The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Gen. 9:21, 27; 12:8; 13:12; 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Ex. 16:16; Deut. 33:18; Josh. 7:24). Tents have always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Sam. 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Ps. 120:5; Cant. 1:5). Paul the apostle's occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a maker of tent cloth. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Thyine wood mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell. It was called citrus, citron wood, by the Romans. It was the Callitris quadrivalvis of botanists, of the cone-bearing order of trees, and of the cypress tribe of this order. The name of this wood is derived from the Greek word _thuein_, "to sacrifice," and it was so called because it was burnt in sacrifices, on account of its fragrance. The wood of this tree was reckoned very valuable, and was used for making articles of furniture by the Greeks and Romans. Like the cedars of Lebanon, it is disappearing from the forests of Palestine. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Timnath Gen. 38:12,14. (1.) Heb. Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Judah. (2.) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with "Timnah" (1) (Judg. 14:1-18). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Timnite a man of Timnah. Samson's father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Timothy honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul's companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are mentioned as eminent for their piety (2 Tim. 1:5). We know nothing of his father but that he was a Greek (Acts 16:1). He is first brought into notice at the time of Paul's second visit to Lystra (16:2), where he probably resided, and where it seems he was converted during Paul's first visit to that place (1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 3:11). The apostle having formed a high opinion of his "own son in the faith," arranged that he should become his companion (Acts 16:3), and took and circumcised him, so that he might conciliate the Jews. He was designated to the office of an evangelist (1 Tim. 4:14), and went with Paul in his journey through Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia; also to Troas and Philippi and Berea (Acts 17:14). Thence he followed Paul to Athens, and was sent by him with Silas on a mission to Thessalonica (17:15; 1 Thess. 3:2). We next find him at Corinth (1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1) with Paul. He passes now out of sight for a few years, and is again noticed as with the apostle at Ephesus (Acts 19:22), whence he is sent on a mission into Macedonia. He accompanied Paul afterwards into Asia (20:4), where he was with him for some time. When the apostle was a prisoner at Rome, Timothy joined him (Phil. 1:1), where it appears he also suffered imprisonment (Heb. 13:23). During the apostle's second imprisonment he wrote to Timothy, asking him to rejoin him as soon as possible, and to bring with him certain things which he had left at Troas, his cloak and parchments (2 Tim. 4:13). According to tradition, after the apostle's death he settled in Ephesus as his sphere of labour, and there found a martyr's grave. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Timnath, image; figure; enumeration |