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T \T\ (t[emac]), the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]262-264, and also [sect][sect]153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180. The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of the Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the Ph[oe]nician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is etymologically most nearly related to d, s, th; as in tug, duke; two, dual, L. duo; resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh, tent, tense, a., tenuous, thin; nostril, thrill. See {D}, {S}. {T bandage} (Surg.), a bandage shaped like the letter T, and used principally for application to the groin, or perineum. {T cart}, a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure driving. {T iron}. (a) A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook. (b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like the letter T, -- used in structures. {T rail}, a kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no flange at the bottom so that a section resembles the letter T. {T square}, a ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end, for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different angles. {To a T}, exactly, perfectly; as, to suit to a T. [Colloq.] | |
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T iron \T" i`ron\ See under {T}. | |
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Tairn \Tairn\, n. See {Tarn}. --Coleridge. | |
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Tarin \Tar"in\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The siskin. [Prov.] | |
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Terin \Te"rin\, n. [F. tarin, Prov. F. tairin, t[82]rin, probably from the Picard t[8a]re tender.] (Zo[94]l.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also {tarin}. | |
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Tarin \Tar"in\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The siskin. [Prov.] | |
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Terin \Te"rin\, n. [F. tarin, Prov. F. tairin, t[82]rin, probably from the Picard t[8a]re tender.] (Zo[94]l.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also {tarin}. | |
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Tarn \Tarn\, n. [OE. terne, Icel. tj[94]rn.] A mountain lake or pool. A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn below. --Wordsworth. | |
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Taurine \Tau"rine\, a. [L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See {Taurus}.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle. | |
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Taurine \Tau"rine\, n. [So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See {Taurus}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, {C2H7NSO3}. | |
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{Tea urn}, a vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing, tea. | |
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Tee iron \Tee" i`ron\ See {T iron}, under {T}. | |
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Terin \Te"rin\, n. [F. tarin, Prov. F. tairin, t[82]rin, probably from the Picard t[8a]re tender.] (Zo[94]l.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also {tarin}. | |
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Term \Term\, n. [F. terme, L. termen, -inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. [?], [?]. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary. Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries. --Bacon. 2. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life. 3. In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms. 4. (Geom.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid. 5. (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration; as: (a) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years. (b) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation. (c) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes. --Bouvier. Note: In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called vacation. But this division has been practically abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for the more convenient arrangement of the terms and vacations. In the United States, the terms to be observed by the tribunals of justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress and of the several States. 6. (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: The predicate of the conclusion is called the major term, because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called the minor term, because it is less general. These are called the extermes; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between them, is called the mean or middle term. Thus in the following syllogism, -- Every vegetable is combustible; Every tree is a vegetable; Therefore every tree is combustible, - combustible, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term; tree is the minor term; vegetable is the middle term. 7. A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. [bd]Terms quaint of law.[b8] --Chaucer. In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of terms. --Dryden. 8. (Arch.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also {terminal figure}. See {Terminus}, n., 2 and 3. Note: The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. --Gwilt. 9. (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd. 10. pl. (Med.) The menses. 11. pl. (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions. 12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents. Note: Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to quarter days in England and Ireland. There are two legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug. 1. --Mozley & W. 13. (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. --J. Knowels. {In term}, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.] I can not speak in term. --Chaucer. {Term fee} (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court. {Terms of a proportion} (Math.), the four members of which it is composed. {To bring to terms}, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms. {To make terms}, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree. Syn: Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word; expression. Usage: {Term}, {Word}. These are more frequently interchanged than almost any other vocables that occur of the language. There is, however, a difference between them which is worthy of being kept in mind. Word is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings. Term originally denoted one of the two essential members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects. Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical term, and of stating things in distinct terms. Thus we say, [bd]the term minister literally denotes servant;[b8] [bd]an exact definition of terms is essential to clearness of thought;[b8] [bd]no term of reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;[b8] [bd]every art has its peculiar and distinctive terms,[b8] etc. So also we say, [bd]purity of style depends on the choice of words, and precision of style on a clear understanding of the terms used.[b8] Term is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but simply as words. | |
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Term \Term\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Termed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Terming}.] [See {Term}, n., and cf. {Terminate}.] To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe [bd]imaginary space.[b8] --Locke. | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Tern \Tern\, n. [F. terne. See {Tern}, a.] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves. She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Tern \Tern\, a. [L. pl. terni three each, three; akin to tres three. See {Three}, and cf. {Trine}.] Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate. {Tern flowers} (Bot.), flowers growing three and three together. {Tern leaves} (Bot.), leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or set. {Tern peduncles} (Bot.), three peduncles growing together from the same axis. {Tern schooner} (Naut.), a three-masted schooner. | |
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Terrane \Ter"rane\, n. (Geog.) A region or limited area considered with reference to some special feature; as, the terrane of a river, that is, its drainage basin. | |
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Terrane \Ter"rane\, n. [F. terrain, from L. terra earth.] (Geol.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively. | |
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Terreen \Ter*reen"\, n. See {Turren}. | |
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Tureen \Tu*reen"\, n. [F. terrine, L. terra earth. See {Terrace}.] A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table. [Written also {terreen}.] | |
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Terreen \Ter*reen"\, n. See {Turren}. | |
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Tureen \Tu*reen"\, n. [F. terrine, L. terra earth. See {Terrace}.] A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table. [Written also {terreen}.] | |
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Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole. | |
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Terrene \Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See {Terrace}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance. --Holland. 2. Earthy; terrestrial. God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. --Sir W. Raleigh. Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor. --O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone. Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience. --Hickok. | |
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Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.] 1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic] Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton. 2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground. | |
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Terrine \Ter*rine"\, n. [F. See {Tureen}.] 1. A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents. 2. (Cookery) A kind of ragout formerly cooked and served in the same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine. 3. A soup tureen. | |
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{To} {raise, [or] lift}, {the horn} (Script.), to exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. [bd]'Gainst them that raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?[b8] --Milton. {To take a horn}, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor. [Low] | |
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Run \Run\, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard. 4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. --Burke. 5. State of being current; currency; popularity. It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. --Addison. 6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. --Macaulay. 7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. 8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. --Howitt. 9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter. (b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c) A voyage; as, a run to China. 10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.] I think of giving her a run in London. --Dickens. 11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes. 12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones. 13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. 14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning. 15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs. The [bd]runs[b8] are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. --R. A. Proctor. 16. A pair or set of millstones. {At the long run}, now, commonly, {In the long run}, in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally. [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. --J. H. Newman. {Home run}. (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. {Home stretch}. (b) (Baseball) See under {Home}. {The run}, [or] {The common run}, etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. --Walpole. Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. --Prof. Wilson. His whole appearance was something out of the common run. --W. Irving. {To let go by the run} (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail. | |
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Theorem \The"o*rem\, v. t. To formulate into a theorem. | |
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Theorem \The"o*rem\, n. [L. theorema, Gr. [?] a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. [?] to look at, [?] a spectator: cf. F. th[82]or[8a]me. See {Theory}.] 1. That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule. Not theories, but theorems ([?]), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively. --Coleridge. By the theorems, Which your polite and terser gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures. --Massinger. 2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated. Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a problem, which is something to be solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under {Proposition}, n., 5. {Binomial theorem}. (Math.) See under {Binomial}. {Negative theorem}, a theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion. {Particular theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends only to a particular quantity. {Theorem of Pappus}. (Math.) See {Centrobaric method}, under {Centrobaric}. {Universal theorem} (Math.), a theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction. | |
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Therein \There*in"\, adv. In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect. --Wyclif. He pricketh through a fair forest, Therein is many a wild beast. --Chaucer. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. --Gen. ix. 7. Therein our letters do not well agree. --Shak. | |
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Thereon \There*on"\, adv. [AS. [?][?]ron. See {There}, and {On}.] On that or this. --Chaucer. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. --Esther vii. 9. | |
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Thermo- \Ther"mo-\ A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic. | |
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Thoria \Tho"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Thorite}.] (Chem.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also {thorina}. | |
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Thorium \Tho"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Thorite}.] (Chem.) A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also {thorinum}. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0. | |
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Thorn \Thorn\, v. t. To prick, as with a thorn. [Poetic] I am the only rose of all the stock That never thorn'd him. --Tennyson. | |
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Thorn \Thorn\, n. [AS. [thorn]orn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. t[94]rne, Icel. [thorn]orn, Goth. [thorn]a[a3]rnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorns, Skr. t[rsdot][nsdot]a grass, blade of grass. [fb]53.] 1. A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine. 2. (Bot.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crat[91]gus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn. 3. Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. --2 Cor. xii. 7. The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. --Southern. 4. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter [?], capital form [?]. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine. {Thorn apple} (Bot.), Jamestown weed. {Thorn broom} (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns. {Thorn hedge}, a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes. {Thorn devil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moloch}, 2. {Thorn hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a tree hopper ({Thelia crat[91]gi}) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees. | |
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Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. [bd]The thorny point of bare distress.[b8] --Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak. {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow. {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F. Cretica}, etc.). | |
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Threne \Threne\, n. [L. threnus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Drone}.] Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. --Shak. The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Throne \Throne\, n. [OE. trone, F. tr[93]ne, L. thronus, Gr. [?]; cf. [?] a bench, [?] a footstool, [?] to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dhara[nsdot]a supporting, dh[rsdot] to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.] 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary. The noble king is set up in his throne. --Chaucer. High on a throne of royal state. --Milton. 2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. --Gen. xli. 40. To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. --Tennyson. 3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. --Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. --Young. | |
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Throne \Throne\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Throned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Throning}.] 1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. --Shak. 2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. True image of the Father, whether throned In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. --Milton. | |
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Throne \Throne\, v. i. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. --Shak. | |
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Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown} (thr[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen, [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[be]wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[be]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. [?] to bore, to turn, [?] to pierce, [?] a hole. Cf. {Thread}, {Trite}, {Turn}, v. t.] 1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. 2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames. 3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. 4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river. 5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist. 6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. --Shak. 7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope. 8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak. 9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels. 10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth. --Shak. 11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits. 12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. --Tomlinson. {To throw away}. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. {To throw back}. (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light. {To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. {To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. {To throw in}. (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. {To throw off}. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.] | |
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Thrown \Thrown\, a. & p. p. from {Throw}, v. {Thrown silk}, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. --M'Culloch. {Thrown singles}, silk thread or cord made by three processes of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles. | |
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Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrumming}.] 1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles. 2. (Naut.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. --Totten. | |
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Thrum \Thrum\, v. i. [CF. Icel. [?]ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.] 1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum. 2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table. | |
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Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. 1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. 2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. | |
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Thrum \Thrum\, n. [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. [?]r[94]mr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. {Term}.] [Written also {thrumb}.] 1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these. 2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope. 3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 4. (Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. 5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. {Thrum cap}, a knitted cap. --Halliwell. {Thrum hat}, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. --Minsheu. | |
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Thrummy \Thrum"my\, a. Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums. --Dampier. On her head thrummy cap she had. --Chalkhill. | |
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Tirma \Tir"ma\, n. The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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{To run off}, to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace. {To run on} (Print.), to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. {To run out}. (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate. (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases. {To run} {the chances, [or] one's chances}, to encounter all the risks of a certain course. {To run through}, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. [bd][He] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice.[b8] --Addison. {To run up}. (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account. | |
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(m) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly. If the richness of the ground cause turnips to run to leaves. --Mortimer. (n) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. --Bacon. Temperate climates run into moderate governments. --Swift. (o) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing. In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . . distinguished, but near the borders they run into one another. --I. Watts. (p) To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land. Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. --Sir J. Child. (q) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run. (r) To discharge pus or other matter; as, an ulcer runs. (s) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months. (t) (Naut.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels. 4. Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body. --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). 5. (Athletics) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition. {As things run}, according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification. {To let run} (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen. {To run after}, to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, to run after similes. --Locke. {To run away}, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. {To run away with}. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. {To run down}. (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks, watches, etc. | |
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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. | |
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Toran \To"ran\, d8Torana \[d8]To"ra*na\, n. [Skr. t[d3]ra[nsdot]a an arch, a gate.] (Indian Arch.) A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple. | |
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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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Torn \Torn\, p. p. of {Tear}. | |
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Tourn \Tourn\, n. [See {Turn}] 1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff's turn, or court. | |
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Tourney \Tour"ney\, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See {Tourney}, n. ] To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser. | |
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Tourney \Tour"ney\, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See {Turn}, v. t.] A tournament. --Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson. | |
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Train \Train\, n. 1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 2. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds. | |
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Train \Train\, v. i. 1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. 2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race. | |
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Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. --Spenser. 3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.[b8] --Ray. 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak. 5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. --Addison. Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. --Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. --Locke. 6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. --Swift. 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. 8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. 10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also {mile run}. {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out. Syn: Cars. Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars. | |
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Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Training}.] [OF. trahiner, tra[8b]ner,F. tra[8c]ner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See {Trail}.] 1. To draw along; to trail; to drag. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. --Milton. 2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.] If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call To train ten thousand English to their side. --Shak. O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note. --Shak. This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. --Ford. 3. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms. Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. --Milton. The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. --Dryden. 4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. 5. (Hort.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees. He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. --Jeffrey. 6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. {To train a gun} (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. --Totten. {To train}, [or] {To train up}, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii. 6. The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory. --Tillotson. | |
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Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.] 1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. [bd]The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. 2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. 3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. [bd]To come to terms of accommodation.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. --Paley. 6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. {Accommodation bill}, or {note} (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. {Accommodation coach}, or {train}, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. {Accommodation ladder} (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats. | |
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Train \Train\, n. 1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 2. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds. | |
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Train \Train\, v. i. 1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. 2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race. | |
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Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. --Spenser. 3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.[b8] --Ray. 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak. 5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. --Addison. Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. --Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. --Locke. 6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. --Swift. 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. 8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. 10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also {mile run}. {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out. Syn: Cars. Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars. | |
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Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Training}.] [OF. trahiner, tra[8b]ner,F. tra[8c]ner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See {Trail}.] 1. To draw along; to trail; to drag. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. --Milton. 2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.] If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would be as a call To train ten thousand English to their side. --Shak. O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note. --Shak. This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. --Ford. 3. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms. Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. --Milton. The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. --Dryden. 4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen. 5. (Hort.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees. He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. --Jeffrey. 6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head. {To train a gun} (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. --Totten. {To train}, [or] {To train up}, to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii. 6. The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory. --Tillotson. | |
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Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.] 1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. [bd]The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. 2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. 3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. [bd]To come to terms of accommodation.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. --Paley. 6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. {Accommodation bill}, or {note} (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. {Accommodation coach}, or {train}, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. {Accommodation ladder} (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats. | |
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Trainy \Train"y\, a. Belonging to train oil. [Obs.] --Gay. | |
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Tram \Tram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tramming}.] To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car. | |
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Tram \Tram\, v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway. | |
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Tram \Tram\, n. (Mech.) Same as {Trammel}, n., 6. | |
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Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tr[86]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.] 1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore. 2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. 3. One of the rails of a tramway. 4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.] {Tram car}, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car. {Tram plate}, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail. {Tram pot} (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone. | |
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Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.] A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. | |
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Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. A street railway or interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives. | |
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Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. 1. Same as {Tramroad}. 2. A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad. | |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. A street railway or interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives. | |
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Tramway \Tram"way`\, n. 1. Same as {Tramroad}. 2. A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad. | |
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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Treen \Treen\, a. [AS. tre[a2]wen.] 1. Made of wood; wooden. [Obs.] [bd] Treen cups.[b8] --Camden. 2. Relating to, or drawn from, trees. [Obs.] --Spenser. Treen liquors, especially that of the date. --Evelyn. | |
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Treen \Treen\, obs. pl. of {Tree}. [bd] The shady treen.[b8] --Fairfax. | |
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Tremie \Trem"ie\, n. [F. tr[82]mie hopper.] (Hydraulic Engin.) An apparatus for depositing and consolidating concrete under water, essentially a tube of wood or sheet metal with a hooperlike top. It is usually handled by a crane. | |
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Tren \Tren\, n. [See {Treen} wooden.] A fish spear. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. | |
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Trim \Trim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trimming}.] [OE. trimen, trumen, AS. trymian, trymman, to prepare, dispose, make strong, fr. trum firm, strong; of uncertain origin.] 1. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust. The hermit trimmed his little fire. --Goldsmith. 2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat. | |
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Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. {Trimmer}; superl. {Trimmest}.] [See {Trim}, v. t.] Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. With comely carriage of her countenance trim. --Spenser. So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats last night. --Trench. | |
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Trim \Trim\, v. i. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each. | |
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Trim \Trim\, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments. Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. [bd] The trim of an encounter.[b8] --Chapman. 3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing. 4. (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points. {In ballast trim} (Naut.), having only ballast on board. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Trim of the masts} (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking. {Trim of sails} (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward. | |
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Trine \Trine\, a. [See {Trinal}.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness. | |
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Trine \Trine\, n. [F. trine, trin. See {Trinal}.] 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. --Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. [R.] A single trine of brazen tortoises. --Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! --Keble. | |
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Trine \Trine\, v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. --Dryden. | |
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Triune \Tri"une\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. unus one. See {One}.] Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead. | |
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Tron \Tron\, n. See 3d {Trone}, 2. [Obs. or Scott.] | |
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Trona \Tro"na\, n. [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem. & Min.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, {Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O}, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also {urao}, and by the ancients {nitrum}. | |
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Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused. [Scot.] --Jamieson. {Trone stone}, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.] {Trone weight}, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois. | |
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Trone \Trone\, n. A throne. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Trone \Trone\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tue-iron \Tue"-i`ron\, n. See {Tuy[8a]re}. | |
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Tureen \Tu*reen"\, n. [F. terrine, L. terra earth. See {Terrace}.] A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table. [Written also {terreen}.] | |
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Turion \Tu"ri*on\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Turio}. | |
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Turm \Turm\, n. [L. turma.] A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic] Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. --Milton. | |
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Turn \Turn\, v. t. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner. The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it. --James Bryce. {To turn turtle}, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a vessel. [Naut. slang] -- {To turn under} (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc., underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the like. | |
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Turn \Turn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. [?] a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing circles; probably akin to E. throw. See {Throw}, and cf. {Attorney}, {Return}, {Tornado}, {Tour}, {Tournament}.] 1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton. The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope. 2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat. 3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. [bd]Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the sway of battle.[b8] --Milton. Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity. --Milton. My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison. 4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David. --1 Chron. x. 14. God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world. --Tillotson. When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W. Temple. 5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like. The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx. 3. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv. 31. Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer. Taylor. 6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak. 7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt. [bd]The poet's pen turns them to shapes.[b8] --Shak. His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread ! --Pope. He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison. 8. Specifically: (a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad. Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown. --Pope. (b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly. (c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach. {To be turned of}, be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of sixty-six. {To turn a cold shoulder to}, to treat with neglect or indifference. {To turn a corner}, to go round a corner. | |
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Turn \Turn\, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton. 2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact. Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war. --Swift. 3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue. If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage. --Wake. 4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road. Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii. 12. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek. xxxiii. 11. The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations. --Locke. 5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan. I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak. Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon. 6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well. 7. Specifically: (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc. (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain. I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak. (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach. (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales. (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide. (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. 8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around. {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak. {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to. {To turn} {aside [or] away}. (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) To avert one's face. {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; to retrace one's steps. {To turn in}. (a) To bend inward. (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment. (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.] {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street. {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, the road turns off to the left. {To turn on} [or] {upon}. (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger. (b) To reply to or retort. (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition. {To turn out}. (a) To move from its place, as a bone. (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.] (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire. (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the crops turned out poorly. {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble. {To turn round}. (a) To change position so as to face in another direction. (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or party to another. {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; have recourse to; to refer to. [bd]Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all occasions.[b8] --Locke. {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while. {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under. {To turn up}. (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward. (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turn \Turn\, n. 1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel. 2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide. At length his complaint took a favorable turn. --Macaulay. The turns and varieties of all passions. --Hooker. Too well the turns of mortal chance I know. --Pope. 3. One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander. And all its [the river's] thousand turns disclose. Some fresher beauty varying round. --Byron. 4. A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll. Come, you and I must walk a turn together. --Shak. I will take a turn in your garden. --Dryden. 5. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time. [bd]Nobleness and bounty . . . had their turns in his [the king's] nature.[b8] His turn will come to laugh at you again. --Denham. Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. --Collier. 6. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn. Had I not done a friendes turn to thee? --Chaucer. thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed. --Fairfax. 7. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn. I have enough to serve mine own turn. --Shak. 8. Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation. The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious. --Dryden. The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention the turn of his neck and arms. --Addison. 9. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn. [Colloq.] 10. A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given. [Obs.] 11. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat. 12. (Mining) A pit sunk in some part of a drift. 13. (Eng. Law) A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. --Blount. 14. pl. (Med.) Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq.] 15. (Mus.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, [?]), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus [?], or drawn thus [?]. {By turns}. (a) One after another; alternately; in succession. (b) At intervals. [bd][They] feel by turns the bitter change.[b8] --Milton. {In turn}, in due order of succession. {To a turn}, exactly; perfectly; as, done to a turn; -- a phrase alluding to the practice of cooking on a revolving spit. {To take turns}, to alternate; to succeed one another in due order. {Turn and turn about}, by equal alternating periods of service or duty; by turns. {Turn bench}, a simple portable lathe, used on a bench by clock makers and watchmakers. {Turn buckle}. See {Turnbuckle}, in Vocabulary. {Turn cap}, a sort of chimney cap which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward. --G. Francis. {Turn of life} (Med.), change of life. See under {Change}. {Turn screw}, a screw driver. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turney \Tur"ney\, n. & v. Tourney. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [bd]In open turney.[b8] --Spenser. Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tyran \Ty"ran\, n. [See {Tyrant}.] A tyrant. [Obs.] Lordly love is such a tyran fell. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tyranny \Tyr"an*ny\, n. [OE. tirannye, OF. tirannie, F. tyrannie; cf. It. tirannia; Gr. [?], [?], L. tyrannis. See {Tyrant}.] 1. The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government. [bd]Sir,[b8] would he [Seneca] say, [bd]an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster. 3. Severity; rigor; inclemency. The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature to endure. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. [?].] 1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people. 2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple. The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye. --Pope. {Tyrian purple}, [or] {Tyrian dye}, a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under {Purple}, n., 1, and {Purple of mollusca}, under {Purple}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tyrian \Tyr"i*an\, n. [L. Tyrius.] A native of Tyre. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Termo, CA Zip code(s): 96132 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Triana, AL (town, FIPS 76824) Location: 34.59457 N, 86.74427 W Population (1990): 499 (170 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35758 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Trion, GA (town, FIPS 77540) Location: 34.54913 N, 85.31060 W Population (1990): 1661 (747 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30753 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tryon, NC (town, FIPS 68580) Location: 35.20889 N, 82.23871 W Population (1990): 1680 (954 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28782 Tryon, NE Zip code(s): 69167 Tryon, OK (town, FIPS 74550) Location: 35.87946 N, 96.96414 W Population (1990): 514 (218 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74875 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Turin, GA (town, FIPS 77764) Location: 33.32698 N, 84.63631 W Population (1990): 189 (72 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Turin, IA (city, FIPS 79185) Location: 42.02036 N, 95.96579 W Population (1990): 95 (39 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51059 Turin, NY (village, FIPS 75682) Location: 43.62885 N, 75.40973 W Population (1990): 295 (126 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13473 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Turney, MO (village, FIPS 74176) Location: 39.63691 N, 94.32059 W Population (1990): 155 (60 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64493 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Turon, KS (city, FIPS 71800) Location: 37.80740 N, 98.42805 W Population (1990): 393 (220 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tyrone, GA (town, FIPS 78044) Location: 33.46795 N, 84.59702 W Population (1990): 2724 (968 housing units) Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30290 Tyrone, OK (town, FIPS 75750) Location: 36.95560 N, 101.06644 W Population (1990): 880 (368 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73951 Tyrone, PA (borough, FIPS 78168) Location: 40.67680 N, 78.24619 W Population (1990): 5743 (2524 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16686 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
tron v. [NRL, CMU; prob. fr. the movie "Tron"] To become inaccessible except via email or `talk(1)', especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Frequently used in the past tense, as in: "Ran seems to have tronned on us this week" or "Gee, Ran, glad you were able to un-tron yourself". One may also speak of `tron mode'; compare {spod}. Note that many dialects of BASIC have a TRON/TROFF command pair that enables/disables line number tracing; this has no obvious relationship to the slang usage. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TERM 1. {Internet} access via a {dial-up} connection, and who don't have access to {SLIP}, or {PPP}, or simply prefer a more lightweight {protocol}. TERM does end-to-end error-correction, {compression} and {mulplexing} across serial links. This means you can {upload} and {download} files as the same time you're reading your news, and can run {X} {client}s on the other side of your {modem} link, all without needing {SLIP} or {PPP}. Current version: 1.15. {(ftp://tartarus.uwa.edu.au/pub/oreillym/term/term115.tar.gz)}. 2. (1999-10-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TRON 1. 2. {command} used when {debugging} {programs} written in early {line-numbered} {BASIC} that contained {GOTO} and {GOSUB} statements. When the TRON command had been {executed}, the program ran with a {window} open indicating the line number being executed at that instant. The {TROFF} (an abbreviation for "TRace OFF") command turned the {tracing} off. (2003-02-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tron become inaccessible except via {electronic mail} or {talk} especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Compare {spod}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TRON 1. 2. {command} used when {debugging} {programs} written in early {line-numbered} {BASIC} that contained {GOTO} and {GOSUB} statements. When the TRON command had been {executed}, the program ran with a {window} open indicating the line number being executed at that instant. The {TROFF} (an abbreviation for "TRace OFF") command turned the {tracing} off. (2003-02-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tron become inaccessible except via {electronic mail} or {talk} especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person. Compare {spod}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TURN asks the {server} to open an SMTP connection to the client, thus reversing their roles. Superseded by {ETRN}. (1997-11-21) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
thorium Symbol: Th Atomic number: 90 Atomic weight: 232.038 Grey radioactive metallic element. Belongs to actinoids. Found in monazite sand in Brazil, India and the US. Thorium-232 has a half-life of 1.39x10^10 years. Can be used as a nuclear fuel for breeder reactors. Thorium-232 captures slow {neutron}s and breeds uranium-233. Discovered by Jons J. Berzelius in 1829. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Thorn (1.) Heb. hedek (Prov. 15:19), rendered "brier" in Micah 7:4. Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, suitable for hedges. This is probably the so-called "apple of Sodom," which grows very abundantly in the Jordan valley. "It is a shrubby plant, from 3 to 5 feet high, with very branching stems, thickly clad with spines, like those of the English brier, with leaves very large and woolly on the under side, and thorny on the midriff." (2.) Heb. kotz (Gen. 3:18; Hos. 10:8), rendered _akantha_ by the LXX. In the New Testament this word _akantha_ is also rendered "thorns" (Matt. 7:16; 13:7; Heb. 6:8). The word seems to denote any thorny or prickly plant (Jer. 12:13). It has been identified with the Ononis spinosa by some. (3.) Heb. na'atzutz (Isa. 7:19; 55:13). This word has been interpreted as denoting the Zizyphus spina Christi, or the jujube-tree. It is supposed by some that the crown of thorns placed in wanton cruelty by the Roman soldiers on our Saviour's brow before his crucifixion was plaited of branches of this tree. It overruns a great part of the Jordan valley. It is sometimes called the lotus-tree. "The thorns are long and sharp and recurved, and often create a festering wound." It often grows to a great size. (See CROWN OF {THORNS}.) (4.) Heb. atad (Ps. 58:9) is rendered in the LXX. and Vulgate by Rhamnus, or Lycium Europoeum, a thorny shrub, which is common all over Palestine. From its resemblance to the box it is frequently called the box-thorn. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Throne (Heb. kiss'e), a royal chair or seat of dignity (Deut. 17:18; 2 Sam. 7:13; Ps. 45:6); an elevated seat with a canopy and hangings, which cover it. It denotes the seat of the high priest in 1 Sam. 1:9; 4:13, and of a provincial governor in Neh. 3:7 and Ps. 122:5. The throne of Solomon is described at length in 1 Kings 10:18-20. |