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Kolinsky \Ko*lin"sky\, n. [Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound.] Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., {Putorius sibiricus}, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are {red sable} and {Tatar sable}. | |
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Tattersall's \Tat"ter*sall's\, n. A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere. | |
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Tawdry \Taw"dry\, n.; pl. {Tawdries}. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.] Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for their necks. --Drayton. | |
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Tawdry \Taw"dry\, a. [Compar. {Tawdrier}; superl. {Tawdriest}.] [Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of October.] 1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.] And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. --Spenser. 2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. | |
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Tetracarpel \Tet`ra*car"pel\, a. [Tetra- + carpellary.] (Bot.) Composed of four carpels. | |
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Water tree \Wa"ter tree`\ (Bot.) A climbing shrub ({Tetracera alnifolia, [or] potatoria}) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems. | |
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d8Chikara \[d8]Chi*ka"ra\, n. [Hind.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The goat antelope ({Tragops Bennettii}) of India. (b) The Indian four-horned antelope ({Tetraceros quadricornis}). | |
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Tetrachord \Tet"ra*chord\, n. [L. tetrachordon, Gr. [?], from [?] four-stringed; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a chord: cf. F. t[82]trachorde.] (Anc. Mus.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable. | |
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Tetrachotomous \Tet`ra*chot"o*mous\, a. [Gr. te`tracha in four parts + te`mnein to cut.] (Bot.) Having a division by fours; separated into four parts or series, or into series of fours. | |
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Tetracid \Tet*rac"id\, a. [Tetra + acid.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; -- said of certain bases; thus, erythrine, {C4H6(OH)4}, is a tetracid alcohol. | |
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Tetracoccous \Tet`ra*coc"cous\, a. [See {Tetra-}, and {Coccus}.] (Bot.) Having four cocci, or carpels. | |
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Tetracolon \Tet`ra*co"lon\, n. [Gr. [?] with four members; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] limb, member.] (Pros.) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines. --Crabb. | |
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Tetractinellid \Te*trac`ti*nel"lid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively. | |
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d8Tetractinellida \[d8]Te*trac`ti*nel"li*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. te`tra- tetra- + [?], [?], ray, spoke.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Spongi[91] in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also {Tetractinellin[91]}. | |
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Tetragon \Tet"ra*gon\, n. [L. tetragonum, Gr. tetra`gwnon; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. F. t[82]tragone.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc. 2. (Astrol.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle. --Hutton. | |
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Tetragonal \Te*trag"o*nal\, a. 1. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers. 2. (Bot.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles. 3. (Crystallog.) Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See {Tetragonal system}, under {Crystallization}. | |
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Trisoctahedron \Tris*oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr. [?] thrice + FE. octahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. {Tetragonal trisoctahedron}, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also {trapezohedron} and {icositetrahedron}. {Trigonal trisoctahedron}, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle. | |
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Spinach \Spin"ach\, Spinage \Spin"age\, n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. [82]pinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isf[be]n[be]j, isfin[be]j, aspan[be]kh, probably of Persian origin.] (Bot.) A common pot herb ({Spinacia oleracea}) belonging to the Goosefoot family. {Mountain spinach}. See {Garden orache}, under {Orache}. {New Zealand spinach} (Bot.), a coarse herb ({Tetragonia expansa}), a poor substitute for spinach. Note: Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach. | |
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Tetragynian \Tet`ra*gyn"i*an\, Tetragynous \Te*trag"y*nous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles. | |
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Tetragynian \Tet`ra*gyn"i*an\, Tetragynous \Te*trag"y*nous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetragynia; having four styles. | |
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Tetrahexahedral \Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dral\, a. (Crystallog.) Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron. | |
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Tetrahexahedron \Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- + hexahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube. | |
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Tetrakishexahedron \Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. [?] four times + E. hexahedron.] (Crystallog.) A tetrahexahedron. | |
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Tetrakosane \Tet"ra*ko*sane`\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C24H50}, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; -- so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule. | |
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Tetraschistic \Tet`ra*schis"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] divided into four parts; te`tra- tetra- + [?] to split.] (Biol.) Characterized by division into four parts. | |
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Tetrasepalous \Tet`ra*sep"al*ous\, a. [Tetra- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having four sepals. | |
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Tetraspaston \Tet`ra*spas"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] to draw, pull.] (Mach.) A machine in which four pulleys act together. --Brande & C. | |
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Tetraspermous \Tet`ra*sper"mous\, a. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] a seed.] (Bot.) Having four seeds. {Tetraspermous plant}, a plant which produces four seeds in each flower. | |
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Tetraspermous \Tet`ra*sper"mous\, a. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] a seed.] (Bot.) Having four seeds. {Tetraspermous plant}, a plant which produces four seeds in each flower. | |
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Tetraspore \Tet"ra*spore\, n. [Tetra- + spore.] (Bot.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. -- {Tet`ra*spor"ic}, a. | |
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Tetraspore \Tet"ra*spore\, n. [Tetra- + spore.] (Bot.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. -- {Tet`ra*spor"ic}, a. | |
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Tetrastich \Te*tras"tich\, n. [L. tetrastichon, Gr. [?]; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a row, verse.] A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines. --Pope. | |
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Tetrastyle \Tet"ra*style\, a. [L. tetrastylon, Gr. [?] with four pillars in front; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a column.] (Arch.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade. -- n. A tetrastyle building. | |
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Tetrasyllabic \Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic\, Tetrasyllabical \Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. t[82]trasyllabique.] Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic. | |
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Tetrasyllabic \Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic\, Tetrasyllabical \Tet`ra*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. t[82]trasyllabique.] Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic. | |
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Tetraxile \Te*trax"ile\, a. [Tetra- + axile.] (Zo[94]l.) Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges. | |
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Tetrazine \Tet*raz"ine\, n. Also -in \-in\ . [Tetrazo- + -ine.] (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, {C2H2N4} which may be regarded as benzene with four {CH} groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties. | |
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Tetrazo- \Tet*raz"o-\, a. [Tetra- + azo-.] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen. | |
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Tetrazole \Tet*raz"ole\, n. [Tetrazo- + -ole.] (Org. Chem.) A crystalline acid substance, {CH2N4}, which may be regarded as pyrrol in which nitrogen atoms replace three {CH} groups; also, any of various derivatives of the same. | |
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Tetrazone \Tet"ra*zone\, n. (Chem.) Any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, {(C2H5)2N.N2.N(C2H5)2}, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks. | |
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Tetric \Tet"ric\, Tetrical \Tet"ri*cal\, a. [L. tetricus, taetricus, from teter, taeter, offensive, foul.] Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.] -- {Tet"ric*al*ness}, n. | |
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Tetric \Tet"ric\, Tetrical \Tet"ri*cal\, a. [L. tetricus, taetricus, from teter, taeter, offensive, foul.] Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.] -- {Tet"ric*al*ness}, n. | |
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Tetric \Tet"ric\, Tetrical \Tet"ri*cal\, a. [L. tetricus, taetricus, from teter, taeter, offensive, foul.] Forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.] -- {Tet"ric*al*ness}, n. | |
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Tetricity \Te*tric"i*ty\, n. [L. tetricitas, taetricitas.] Crabbedness; perverseness. [Obs.] | |
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Tetricous \Tet"ric*ous\, a. Tetric. [Obs.] | |
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Tetrose \Tet"rose\, n. [Tetra- + -ose.] (Chem.) A monosaccharide derived from a certain alcohol. | |
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Tetroxide \Tet*rox"ide\, n. [Tetra- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO[?]. | |
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Tetterous \Tet"ter*ous\, a. Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter. | |
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Authorized \Au"thor*ized\, a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. 2. Sanctioned by authority. {The Authorized Version} of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was [bd]appointed to be read in churches,[b8] and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855. | |
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Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! --Milton. In the dark and silent grave. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. The dark problems of existence. --Shairp. What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. --Hooker. What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? --Shak. 3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan. The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[91]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. --Hallam. 4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton. 5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. More dark and dark our woes. --Shak. A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. --Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. --W. Irving. 6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. --Evelyn. Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. {A dark horse}, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] {Dark house}, {Dark room}, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] --Shak. {Dark lantern}. See {Lantern}. -- The {Dark Ages}, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See {Middle Ages}, under {Middle}. {The Dark and Bloody Ground}, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. {The dark day}, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. {To keep dark}, to reveal nothing. [Low] | |
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Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! --Milton. In the dark and silent grave. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. The dark problems of existence. --Shairp. What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. --Hooker. What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? --Shak. 3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan. The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[91]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. --Hallam. 4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton. 5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. More dark and dark our woes. --Shak. A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. --Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. --W. Irving. 6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. --Evelyn. Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. {A dark horse}, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] {Dark house}, {Dark room}, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] --Shak. {Dark lantern}. See {Lantern}. -- The {Dark Ages}, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See {Middle Ages}, under {Middle}. {The Dark and Bloody Ground}, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. {The dark day}, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. {To keep dark}, to reveal nothing. [Low] | |
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Crystallization \Crys`tal*li*za"tion\ (kr[icr]s`t[ait]l*l[icr]*z[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. cristallization.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. Note: The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. {The Isometric, [or] Monometric, system} has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. {The Tetragonal, [or] Dimetric, system} has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. {The Orthorhombic, [or] Trimetric, system} has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. {The Monoclinic system}, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. {The Triclinic system}, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. {The Hexagonal system} (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. Note: The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic. | |
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Theatric \The*at"ric\, a. Theatrical. Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. --Goldsmith. | |
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Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, a. [L. theatricus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- {The*at`ri*cal"i*ty}, n. -- {The*at"ric*al*ly}, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. --R. Jefferies. | |
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Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, a. [L. theatricus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- {The*at`ri*cal"i*ty}, n. -- {The*at"ric*al*ly}, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. --R. Jefferies. | |
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Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, a. [L. theatricus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- {The*at`ri*cal"i*ty}, n. -- {The*at"ric*al*ly}, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. --R. Jefferies. | |
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Theatricals \The*at"ric*als\, n. pl. Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as [bf]theatricals,' and [bf]musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. --I. Disraeli. | |
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Tit \Tit\, n. 1. A small horse. --Tusser. 2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton. 3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell. 4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps the same as teat. Cf. {Titmouse}, {Tittle}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families {Parid[91]} and {Leiotrichid[91]}; a titmouse. (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark. {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}. {Hill tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied genera. {Tit babbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus {Trichastoma}. {Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation. {Tit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to {Suthora} and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice. | |
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Tetter-totter \Tet"ter-tot`ter\, n. [See {Teeter}.] A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also {titter-totter}, and {titter-cum-totter}. | |
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Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addressing}.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. [85] (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See {Dress}, v.] 1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] --Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. --Spenser. 2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. --Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. --Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. --Macaulay. 4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. --Jewel. 5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. --Dryden. 6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate? --Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. --Swift. 7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. 8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. {To address one's self to}. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to. | |
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Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t. {To address the ball} (Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n. (Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl. | |
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Authorize \Au"thor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. --Shak. 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke. {To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. [?] See {Draw}.] 1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. --Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. --Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope. 2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. --Tennyson. 3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden. {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn: See {Draw}. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f[?]ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. {Farrow weed} a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. {To draw a straight furrow}, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell. | |
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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. | |
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Cut \Cut\, n. 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. 2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. 3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. --W. Irving. 4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. --Knolles. 5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. 6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. --Dana. 7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. 8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? 9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. --Shak. 10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.] He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. --Beau. & Fl. 11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant] 12. A skein of yarn. --Wright. {A cut in rates} (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. {A short cut}, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. {The cut of one's jib}, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] {To draw cuts}, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths. Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. --Chaucer. | |
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} [or] {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. [bd]You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[91]sar.[b8] --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. | |
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Dress \Dress\, v. i. 1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress! 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. [bd]To dress for a ball.[b8] --Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . {To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide. | |
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Dress \Dress\, v. i. 1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress! 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. [bd]To dress for a ball.[b8] --Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . {To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide. | |
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Dress \Dress\, v. i. 1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress! 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. [bd]To dress for a ball.[b8] --Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . {To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide. | |
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} [or] {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. [bd]You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[91]sar.[b8] --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. | |
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Tear \Tear\ (t[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[omac]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[acir]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[omac]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t[91]ra, Goth. gata[a1]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [fb]63. Cf. {Darn}, {Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.] 1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak. 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison. 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 5. To move violently; to agitate. [bd]Once I loved torn ocean's roar.[b8] --Byron. {To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak. {To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. {To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip. {To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. {To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf. {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.] 1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril}, and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}. 2. The power of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. --Collier. 3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer. {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge. {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form. {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8] --Massinger {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}. See under {Grindstone}. {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. --Shak. {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in. {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang] | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. i. 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden. 3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. [bd]Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.[b8] --Chapman. {To thrust to}, to rush upon. [Obs.] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. --Spenser. | |
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Thrust \Thrust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrust}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrusting}.] [OE. [?]rusten, [?]risten, [?]resten, Icel. [?]r[?]st[?] to thrust, press, force, compel; perhaps akin to E. threat.] 1. To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument. Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves. --Milton. 2. To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. {To thrust away} [or] {from}, to push away; to reject. {To thrust in}, to push or drive in. {To thrust off}, to push away. {To thrust on}, to impel; to urge. {To thrust one's self in} [or] {into}, to obtrude upon, to intrude, as into a room; to enter (a place) where one is not invited or not welcome. {To thrust out}, to drive out or away; to expel. {To thrust through}, to pierce; to stab. [bd]I am eight times thrust through the doublet.[b8] --Shak. {To thrust together}, to compress. | |
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Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.] 1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. --Shak. It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. --Chaucer. 2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.] Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser. 3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. 4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it. 5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.] --Sir W. Scott. {To truss a person} [or] {one's self}, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] [bd]Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight. {Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord. | |
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Truss \Truss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trussing}.] [F. trousser. See {Truss}, n.] 1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. --Shak. It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. --Chaucer. 2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.] Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. --Spenser. 3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces. 4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it. 5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.] --Sir W. Scott. {To truss a person} [or] {one's self}, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] [bd]Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {To truss up}, to strain; to make close or tight. {Trussed beam}, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord. | |
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Trust \Trust\, v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2. 3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson. {To trust in}, {To trust on}, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. [bd]Trust in the Lord, and do good.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 3. [bd]A priest . . . on whom we trust.[b8] --Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. --Dryden. {To trust} {to [or] unto}, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx. 36. | |
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Trust \Trust\, v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2. 3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson. {To trust in}, {To trust on}, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. [bd]Trust in the Lord, and do good.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 3. [bd]A priest . . . on whom we trust.[b8] --Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. --Dryden. {To trust} {to [or] unto}, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx. 36. | |
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Trust \Trust\, v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2. 3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. --Johnson. {To trust in}, {To trust on}, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. [bd]Trust in the Lord, and do good.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 3. [bd]A priest . . . on whom we trust.[b8] --Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. --Dryden. {To trust} {to [or] unto}, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx. 36. | |
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Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See {Conclude}.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination; result. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. 7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, [bd]against the peace,[b8] etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton. {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party [bd]puts himself upon the country,[b8] i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W. {In conclusion}. (a) Finally. (b) In short. {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak. Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See {Inference}. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Watering}.] [AS. w[91]terian, gew[91]terian.] 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. With tears watering the ground. --Milton. Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. --Longfellow. 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. {Water}, n., 6. 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. {To water stock}, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. {Water}, n., 7. [Brokers' Cant] | |
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Toad \Toad\, n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. t[be]die, t[be]dige; of unknown origin. Cf. {Tadpole}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus {Bufo} and allied genera, especially those of the family {Bufonid[91]}. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris}) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad ({B. lentiginosus}) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping. {Obstetrical toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Obstetrical}. {Surinam toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pita}. {Toad lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a horned toad. {Toad pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum limosum}) growing in muddy places. --Dr. Prior. {Toad rush} (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus bufonius}). {Toad snatcher} (Zo[94]l.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Toad spittle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Tree toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tree}. | |
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{Tooth powder}, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. {Tooth rash}. (Med.) See {Red-gum}, 1. {To show the teeth}, to threaten. [bd]When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.[b8] --Young. {To the teeth}, in open opposition; directly to one's face. [bd]That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth .[b8] --Shak. | |
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Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}, and cf. {Rascal}.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. {Canker rash}. See in the Vocabulary. {Nettle rash}. See {Urticaria}. {Rose rash}. See {Roseola}. {Tooth rash}. See {Red-gum}. | |
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Tudor \Tu"dor\, a. Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth. {Tudor style} (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a profusion of paneling on the walls. | |
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Tutorage \Tu"tor*age\ (?; 48), n. The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship. | |
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Tutoress \Tu"tor*ess\, n. A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress. --E. Moore. | |
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Tutorism \Tu"tor*ism\, n. Tutorship. [R.] | |
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Tutorize \Tu"tor*ize\, v. t. To teach; to instruct. I . . . shall tutorize him some day. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Tutorship \Tu"tor*ship\, n. The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage. --Hooker. | |
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Tutress \Tu"tress\, n. Tutoress. [Obs.] --Selden. | |
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Tutrix \Tu"trix\, n. [L. See {Tutor}.] A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] --Smollett. | |
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Tut-work \Tut"-work`\, n. (Mining) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. --Tomlinson. | |
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Tut-workman \Tut"-work`man\, n.; pl. {Tut-workmen}. (Mining) One who does tut-work. --Tomlinson. | |
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Tut-workman \Tut"-work`man\, n.; pl. {Tut-workmen}. (Mining) One who does tut-work. --Tomlinson. | |
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Tutor Key, KY Zip code(s): 41263 |