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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tattled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tattling}.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.] 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. --Dryden. 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl. | |
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Tattling \Tat"tling\, a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly}, adv. | |
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Tattling \Tat"tling\, a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly}, adv. | |
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Thiotolene \Thi`o*to"lene\, n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3S.CH3}, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also {methyl thiophene}. | |
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Tiddledywinks \Tid"dle*dy*winks`\, n. A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; -- called also {tiddlywinks}. | |
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Tiddlywinks \Tid"dly*winks`\, n. Same as {Tiddledywinks}. --Kipling. | |
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Tiddledywinks \Tid"dle*dy*winks`\, n. A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; -- called also {tiddlywinks}. | |
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Tiddlywinks \Tid"dly*winks`\, n. Same as {Tiddledywinks}. --Kipling. | |
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Tideland \Tide"land\, n. Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea. | |
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Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit} a small bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. --Holland. (b) The meadow pipit. 2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses. | |
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Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[icr]ng"b[etil]rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also {titling}. | |
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Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit} a small bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. --Holland. (b) The meadow pipit. 2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses. | |
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Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.] To call by a title; to name; to entitle. Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, [bd]The Restorer of Britain.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[icr]ng"b[etil]rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also {titling}. | |
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Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit} a small bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. --Holland. (b) The meadow pipit. 2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses. | |
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Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.] To call by a title; to name; to entitle. Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, [bd]The Restorer of Britain.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Deal \Deal\, v. i. 1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players. 2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --South. This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. --Dr. H. More. 3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with. Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. --Bacon. 4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat. If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. --Tillotson. 5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. {To deal by}, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. [bd]Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind.[b8] --Locke. {To deal in}. (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters. (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish. {To deal with}. (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. [bd]Dealing with witches.[b8] --Shak. (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with. The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, [bd]dealt with him[b8] on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. --Hawthorne. Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. --Gen. xxxii. 9. | |
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Future \Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.] 1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. [bd]Lay the future open.[b8] --Shak. 2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him. 3. (Gram.) A future tense. {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant] | |
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Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.] 1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.] 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth. 3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith. {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak. {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster. Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. | |
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Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.] 1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.] 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth. 3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith. {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak. {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster. Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. | |
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Tail \Tail\, v. t. 1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.] Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament. --Fuller. 2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras. {To tail in} [or] {on} (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a timber. | |
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Store \Store\, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See {Store}, v. t.] 1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. The ships are fraught with store of victuals. --Bacon. With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and give the prize. --Milton. 2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. 3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies] 4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. --Chaucer. {In store}, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a state of readiness. [bd]I have better news in store for thee.[b8] --Shak. {Store clothes}, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.] {Store pay}, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.] {To set store by}, to value greatly; to have a high appreciation of. {To tell no store of}, to make no account of; to consider of no importance. Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation; provision. Usage: {Store}, {Shop}. The English call the place where goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a shop, and confine the word store to its original meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are stored. In America the word store is applied to all places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In some British colonies the word store is used as in the United States. | |
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Tell \Tell\, v. i. 1. To give an account; to make report. That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. --Ps. xxvi. 7. 2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells. {To tell of}. (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of. {To tell on}, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.] Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. --1 Sam. xxvii. 11. | |
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Toddle \Tod"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.] To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child. | |
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Tootle \Too"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tootled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tootling}.] [Freq. of toot.] To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means. [bd]The tootling robin.[b8] --John Clare. | |
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Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totaled}or {Totalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Totaling} or {Totalling}.] To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.] | |
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Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totaled}or {Totalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Totaling} or {Totalling}.] To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.] | |
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Totalness \To"tal*ness\, n. The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality. | |
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Totly \Tot"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottling}.] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.] | |
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Twaddling \Twad"dling\, a. & n. from {Twaddle}, v. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tetlin, AK (CDP, FIPS 76590) Location: 63.06464 N, 142.43892 W Population (1990): 87 (47 housing units) Area: 396.1 sq km (land), 42.1 sq km (water) | |
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The Woodlands, TX (CDP, FIPS 72656) Location: 30.15767 N, 95.48929 W Population (1990): 29205 (11389 housing units) Area: 42.4 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77380, 77381 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Toadlena, NM Zip code(s): 87324 |