English Dictionary: thrower | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tarrier \Tar"ri*er\, n. One who, or that which, tarries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tarrier \Tar"ri*er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of dig; a terrier. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tearer \Tear"er\, n. One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrar \Ter"rar\, n. [LL. terrarius liber. See {Terrier} a collection of acknowledgments.] (O. Eng. Law) See 2d {Terrier}, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n. 1. [F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L. terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See {Terrace}, and cf. {Terrier}, 2.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. Note: Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See {Fox terrier}, under {Fox}. 2. [F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See {Terrier}, 1, and cf. {Terrar}.] (Law) (a) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. (b) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like. [Written also {terrar}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrar \Ter"rar\, n. [LL. terrarius liber. See {Terrier} a collection of acknowledgments.] (O. Eng. Law) See 2d {Terrier}, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n. 1. [F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L. terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See {Terrace}, and cf. {Terrier}, 2.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. Note: Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See {Fox terrier}, under {Fox}. 2. [F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See {Terrier}, 1, and cf. {Terrar}.] (Law) (a) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. (b) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like. [Written also {terrar}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n. [CF. L. terere to rub, to rub away, terebra a borer.] An auger or borer. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terrier \Ter"ri*er\, n. 1. [F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L. terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See {Terrace}, and cf. {Terrier}, 2.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. Note: Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See {Fox terrier}, under {Fox}. 2. [F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See {Terrier}, 1, and cf. {Terrar}.] (Law) (a) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. (b) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like. [Written also {terrar}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Terror \Ter"ror\, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. [?] to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. {Deter}.] 1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. Terror seized the rebel host. --Milton. 2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. --Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii. 3. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. --Shak. Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like. {King of terrors}, death. --Job xviii. 14. {Reign of Terror}. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See {Alarm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thrower \Throw"er\, n. One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wear \Wear\, v. i. 1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance. 2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. [bd]Thus wore out night.[b8] --Milton. Away, I say; time wears. --Shak. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. --Ex. xviii. 18. His stock of money began to wear very low. --Sir W. Scott. The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. --Beaconsfield. {To wear off}, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age. {To wear on}, to pass on; as, time wears on. --G. Eliot. {To wear weary}, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trier \Tri"er\, n. [From {Try}.] 1. One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard. --Boyle. 2. One who tries judicially. 3. (Law) A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior. --Burrill. 4. That which tries or approves; a test. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trior \Tri"or\, n. (Law) Same as {Trier}, 2 and 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
True \True\, a. [Compar. {Truer}; superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre[a2]we faithful, true, from tre[a2]w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. {Trow}, {Trust}, {Truth}.] 1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts. 2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge. Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton. Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert. 4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. --John i. 9. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. {Out of true}, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.] {A true bill} (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true. {True time}. See under {Time}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tererro, NM Zip code(s): 87573 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Traer, IA (city, FIPS 78735) Location: 42.19247 N, 92.46473 W Population (1990): 1552 (716 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50675 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Truro, IA (city, FIPS 79140) Location: 41.21040 N, 93.84569 W Population (1990): 391 (168 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50257 Truro, MA Zip code(s): 02666 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
treeware /tree'weir/ n. Printouts, books, and other information media made from pulped dead trees. Compare {tree-killer}, see {documentation}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
treeware other information media made from pulped dead trees by a {tree-killer}. [{Jargon File}] (1999-01-15) |