English Dictionary: timeliness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n. 1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}. Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also {telltale}, {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs}, {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.} | |
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Tamilian \Ta*mil"i*an\, a. & n. Tamil. | |
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Tanling \Tan"ling\, n. One tanned by the sun. [R.] Hot summer's tanlings and The shrinking slaves of winter. --Shak. | |
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Teinland \Tein"land\, n. (O. Eng. Law) Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. --Burrill. | |
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Temulence \Tem"u*lence\, Temulency \Tem"u*len*cy\, n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] [bd]Their temulency.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Temulence \Tem"u*lence\, Temulency \Tem"u*len*cy\, n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] [bd]Their temulency.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Temulent \Tem"u*lent\, a. [L. temulentus.] Intoxicated; drunken. [R.] | |
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Temulentive \Tem"u*lent*ive\, a. Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] --R. Junius. | |
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Tenaillon \Te*nail"lon\, n. [F. See {Tenaille}.] (Fort.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions. | |
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Thionoline \Thi*on"o*line\, n. (Chem.) A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine. | |
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Timaline \Tim"a*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus {Timalus} or family {Timalid[91]}, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls. | |
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Timeliness \Time"li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness. | |
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Timeling \Time"ling\, n. A timeserver. [Obs.] | |
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Tomaley \Tom"a`ley\, n. The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also {tomalline}. | |
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Tunnel \Tun"nel\, n. . [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See {Ton}.] 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel. 2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel. And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The smoke forth threw. --Spenser. 3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like. 4. (Mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel. {Tunnel head} (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where the materials are put in. {Tunnel kiln}, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used. {Tunnel net}, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. {Tunnel pit}, {Tunnel shaft}, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham. 2. To catch in a tunnel net. 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river. | |
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Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunneled}or {Tunnelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunneling} or {Tunnelling}.] 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham. 2. To catch in a tunnel net. 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river. | |
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Twinling \Twin"ling\, n. [Twin + 1st -ling.] A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb. | |
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Tomnolen, MS Zip code(s): 39744 | |
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Town Line, NY (CDP, FIPS 75121) Location: 42.88491 N, 78.55868 W Population (1990): 2721 (893 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tunnelling within protocol B, such that A treats B as though it were a {data link layer}. Tunnelling is used to get data between {administrative domains} which use a protocol that is not supported by the {internet} connecting those domains. (1997-03-26) |