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Tabacco \Ta*bac"co\, n. Tobacco. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Tabby \Tab"by\, n.; pl. {Tabbies}. [F. tabis (cf. It. tab[8d], Sp. & Pg. tab[a1], LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'att[be]b[c6], properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. {Tobine}.] 1. A kind of waved silk, usually called {watered silk}, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. 2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. --Weale. 3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat. 4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron. | |
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Taphouse \Tap"house`\, n. A house where liquors are retailed. | |
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Tapioca \Tap`i*o"ca\, n. [Braz. tapioka: cf. Pg., Sp. & F. tapioca.] A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See {Cassava}. | |
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Tapis \Ta"pis\, n. [F. See {Tapestry}.] Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the tapis}, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis. | |
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Tapis \Tap"is\, v. t. To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.] --Holland. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tappice \Tap"pice\, Tappis \Tap"pis\, v. i. See {Tapish}. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tappice \Tap"pice\, Tappis \Tap"pis\, v. i. See {Tapish}. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tappice \Tap"pice\, Tappis \Tap"pis\, v. i. See {Tapish}. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tappice \Tap"pice\, Tappis \Tap"pis\, v. i. See {Tapish}. | |
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Tapish \Tap"ish\, v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also {tappis}, {tappish}, {tappice}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. --Chapman. | |
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Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or] Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou}, {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong}, and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson. Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8] --Encyc. Brit. 2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. 3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See {Kat}. {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}). {Brazilian tea}. (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}. {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See {Redroot}. {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}. {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}. {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}. {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set. {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea. {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. {Tea set}, a tea service. {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant}, above. | |
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Feck \Feck\, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.] 1. Effect. [Obs.] 2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] He had a feck o' books wi' him. --R. L. Stevenson. {The most feck}, [or] {The feck}, the greater or larger part. [bd]The feck o' my life.[b8] --Burns. | |
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Buckeye \Buck"eye`\, n. 1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus ({[92]sculus}) as the horse chestnut. {The Ohio buckeye}, [or] {Fetid buckeye}, is {[92]sculus glabra}. {Red buckeye} is {[92]. Pavia}. {Small buckeye} is {[92]. paviflora}. {Sweet buckeye}, [or] {Yellow buckeye}, is {[92]. flava}. 2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.] {Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there. | |
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Thebaic \The*ba"ic\, a. [L. thebaicus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. | |
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Thief \Thief\ (th[emac]f), n.; pl. {Thieves} (th[emac]vz). [OE. thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e[a2]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. [thorn]j[d3]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs, [thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith. tupeti to squat or crouch down. Cf. {Theft}.] 1. One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See {Theft}. There came a privy thief, men clepeth death. --Chaucer. Where thieves break through and steal. --Matt. vi. 19. 2. A waster in the snuff of a candle. --Bp. Hall. {Thief catcher}. Same as {Thief taker}. {Thief leader}, one who leads or takes away a thief. --L'Estrange. {Thief taker}, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. {Thief tube}, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. {Thieves' vinegar}, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. [Eng.] Syn: Robber; pilferer. Usage: {Thief}, {Robber}. A thief takes our property by stealth; a robber attacks us openly, and strips us by main force. Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night. --Shak. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton. | |
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Thievish \Thiev"ish\, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. Time's thievish progress to eternity. --Shak. 3. Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice. Or with a base and biosterous sword enforce A thievish living on the common road. --Shak. -- {Thiev"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Thiev"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Tiffish \Tiff"ish\, a. Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant. | |
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Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. {Tipsier}; superl. {Tipsiest}.] [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See {Tipple}.] 1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated. 2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. --Milton. | |
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Pass \Pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Passed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Passing}.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See {Pace}.] 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. [bd]But now pass over [i. e., pass on].[b8] --Chaucer. On high behests his angels to and fro Passed frequent. --Milton. Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And from their bodies passed. --Coleridge. 2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands. Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. --Sir W. Temple. 3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. --Dryden. The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human eyes. --Tennyson. 4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily. So death passed upon all men. --Rom. v. 12. Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind. --I. Watts. 5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. Now the time is far passed. --Mark vi. 35 6. To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. [bd]Let him pass for a man.[b8] --Shak. False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. --Felton. This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury. 7. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress. 8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. 9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along. [bd]The play may pass.[b8] --Shak. 10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass. 11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.] [bd]This passes, Master Ford.[b8] --Shak. 12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.] As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. --Shak. 13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot. 14. (Law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. --Mozley & W. 15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. 16. (Card Playing & other games) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior. 17. In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {To bring to pass}, {To come to pass}. See under {Bring}, and {Come}. {To pass away}, to disappear; to die; to vanish. [bd]The heavens shall pass away.[b8] --2 Pet. iii. 10. [bd]I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am.[b8] --Tennyson. {To pass by}, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there. {To pass into}, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with. {To pass on}, to proceed. {To pass on} [or] {upon}. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. [bd]So death passed upon all men.[b8] --Rom. v. 12. [bd]Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. [bd]We may not pass upon his life.[b8] --Shak. {To pass off}, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off. {To pass over}, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge. | |
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Pass \Pass\, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. [bd]To pass commodiously this life.[b8] --Milton. She loved me for the dangers I had passed. --Shak. (c) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. Please you that I may pass This doing. --Shak. I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array. --Dryden. (d) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. And strive to pass . . . Their native music by her skillful art. --Spenser. Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour. --Byron. (e) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate. 2. In causative senses: as: (a) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. --Addison. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. --Clarendon. (b) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. --Shak. Father, thy word is passed. --Milton. (c) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law. (e) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money. [bd]Pass the happy news.[b8] --Tennyson. (f) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad. 3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate. 4. (Naut.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. 5. (Fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. --Shak. {Passed midshipman}. See under Midshipman. {To pass a dividend}, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. {To pass away}, to spend; to waste. [bd]Lest she pass away the flower of her age.[b8] --Ecclus. xlii. 9. | |
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Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana Persica}). 2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. {Tobacco box} (Zo[94]l.), the common American skate. {Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}. {Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.] {Tobacco pipe}. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}. {Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}. {Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pipemouth}. {Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. {Tobacco worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. | |
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Tophus \To"phus\, n.; pl. {Tophi}. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See {Toph}.] [Written also {tofus}.] 1. (Med.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium. 2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa. | |
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Topaz \To"paz\, n. [OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. to`pazos, topa`zion; possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. {Tepid}). According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.] 1. (Min.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem. 2. (Zo[94]l.)Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the {Topaza}, of South America and the West Indies. Note: The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also {topaz hummer}. {False topaz}. (Min.) See the Note under {Quartz}. | |
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Topaz \To"paz\, n. [OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. to`pazos, topa`zion; possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. {Tepid}). According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.] 1. (Min.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem. 2. (Zo[94]l.)Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the {Topaza}, of South America and the West Indies. Note: The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also {topaz hummer}. {False topaz}. (Min.) See the Note under {Quartz}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Topek \To"pek\, n. [Eskimo tupek.] An ESkimo house made of material other than snow, esp. one having walls of turf, driftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tophus \To"phus\, n.; pl. {Tophi}. [NL.: cf. F. tophus a mineral concretion in the joint. See {Toph}.] [Written also {tofus}.] 1. (Med.) One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium. 2. (Min.) Calcareous tufa. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Topic \Top"ic\, a. Topical. --Drayton. Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Topic \Top"ic\, n. [F. topiques, pl., L. topica the title of a work of Aristotle, Gr. topika`, fr. topiko`s of or for place, concerning to`poi, or commonplaces, fr. to`pos a place.] (a) One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory. (b) pl. A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle. These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable to a great many different subjects, which the orator was directed to consult. --Blair. In this question by [reason] I do not mean a distinct topic, but a transcendent that runs through all topics. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An argument or reason. [Obs.] Contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon. --Bp. Wilkins. 3. The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head. 4. (Med.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc. [Obsoles.] --Wiseman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Toppiece \Top"piece`\, n. A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tubfish \Tub"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The sapphirine gurnard ({Trigla hirundo}). See Illust. under {Gurnard}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Two-phase \Two"-phase`\, a., Two-phaser \Two"-phas`er\, n. (Elec.) Same as {Diphase}, {Diphaser}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typhous \Ty"phous\, a. [Cf. F. typheux.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] smoke, cloud, stupor arising from fever; akin to [?] to smoke, Skr. dh[?]pa smoke.] (Med.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called {jail fever}, {famine fever}, {putrid fever}, {spottled fever}, etc. See {Jail fever}, under {Jail}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Typic \Typ"ic\, a. Typical. [bd]Typic shades.[b8] --Boyle. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tapoco, NC Zip code(s): 28780 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Thebes, IL (village, FIPS 74873) Location: 37.21083 N, 89.45324 W Population (1990): 461 (180 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tobias, NE (village, FIPS 49005) Location: 40.41842 N, 97.33630 W Population (1990): 127 (76 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68453 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Topaz, CA Zip code(s): 96133 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Topeka, IL (town, FIPS 75757) Location: 40.32992 N, 89.93092 W Population (1990): 93 (44 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61567 Topeka, IN (town, FIPS 76184) Location: 41.53858 N, 85.54217 W Population (1990): 912 (380 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46571 Topeka, KS (city, FIPS 71000) Location: 39.03790 N, 95.69200 W Population (1990): 119883 (54664 housing units) Area: 142.9 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66608, 66609, 66610, 66611, 66612, 66614, 66615, 66616, 66617, 66618 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Topock, AZ Zip code(s): 86436 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
TOPS-10 /tops-ten/ n. {DEC}'s proprietary OS for the fabled {PDP-10} machines, long a favorite of hackers but now effectively extinct. A fountain of hacker folklore; see Appendix A. See also {{ITS}}, {{TOPS-20}}, {{TWENEX}}, {VMS}, {operating system}. TOPS-10 was sometimes called BOTS-10 (from `bottoms-ten') as a comment on the inappropriateness of describing it as the top of anything. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
TOPS-20 /tops-twen'tee/ n. See {{TWENEX}}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TBK {Tool Builder Kit} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TOPS-10 /tops-ten/ DEC's proprietary OS for the fabled {PDP-10} machines, long a favourite of hackers but now effectively extinct. A fountain of hacker folklore. See also {ITS}, {TOPS-20}, {TWENEX}, {VMS}, {operating system}. TOPS-10 was sometimes called BOTS-10 (from "bottoms-ten") as a comment on the inappropriateness of describing it as the top of anything. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TOPS-20 {TWENEX} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TP/IX {RFC 1475}, which changes {TCP} and {UDP} headers to give a 64-bit {IP address}, a 32-bit {port} number, and a 64 bit sequence number. (1995-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TPS Tree Pruning System. "An Adaptive Tree Pruning System: A Language for Programming Heuristic Tree Searches", E.W. Kozdrowicki, Proc ACM 23rd Natl Conf 1968. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
TPX {Terminal Productivity eXecutive} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Thebez brightness, a place some 11 miles north-east of Shechem, on the road to Scythopolis, the modern Tabas. Abimelech led his army against this place, because of its participation in the conspiracy of the men of Shechem; but as he drew near to the strong tower to which its inhabitants had fled for safety, and was about to set fire to it, a woman cast a fragment of millstone at him, and "all to brake his skull" i.e., "altogether brake," etc. His armourbearer thereupon "thrust him through, and he died" (Judg. 9:50-55). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tiphsah passing over; ford, one of the boundaries of Solomon's dominions (1 Kings 4:24), probably "Thapsacus, a great and wealthy town on the western bank of the Euphrates," about 100 miles north-east of Tadmor. All the land traffic between the east and the west passed through it. Menahem undertook an expedition against this city, and "smote Tiphsah and all that were therein" (2 Kings 15:16). This expedition implied a march of some 300 miles from Tirzah if by way of Tadmor, and about 400 if by way of Aleppo; and its success showed the strength of the Israelite kingdom, for it was practically a defiance to Assyria. Conder, however, identifies this place with Khurbet Tafsah, some 6 miles west of Shechem. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tobijah id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chr. 17:8). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Topaz Heb. pitdah (Ezek. 28:13; Rev. 21:20), a golden yellow or "green" stone brought from Cush or Ethiopia (Job 28:19). It was the second stone in the first row in the breastplate of the high priest, and had the name of Simeon inscribed on it (Ex. 28:17). It is probably the chrysolite of the moderns. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Thebez, muddy; eggs; fine linen or silk | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Tiphsah, passage; leap; step; the passover |