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Dandelion \Dan"de*li`on\, n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See {Tooth}, n., and {Lion}.] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus {Taraxacum} ({T. officinale}, formerly called {T. Dens-leonis} and {Leontodos Taraxacum}) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. | |
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Tapeworm \Tape"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[91]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larv[91] (see {Cysticercus}) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: Three species are common parasites of man: the {pork tapeworm} ({T[91]nia solium}), the larva of which is found in pork; the {beef tapeworm} ({T. mediocanellata}), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the {broad tapeworm} ({Bothriocephalus latus}) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also {Echinococcus}, {Cysticercus}, {Proglottis}, and 2d {Measles}, 4. | |
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T91nioglossate \T[91]`ni*o*glos"sate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the T[91]nioglossa. | |
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Tangalung \Tan"ga*lung\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian civet ({Viverra tangalunga}). | |
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Tangelo \Tan"ge*lo\ (t[acr]n"j[esl]*l[omac]), n. [Tangerine + pomelo.] A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit. | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn][94]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. 2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. 3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.] 1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel. 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. [bd]Tangled in amorous nets.[b8] --Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn][94]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. 2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. 3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.] 1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel. 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. [bd]Tangled in amorous nets.[b8] --Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. | |
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Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, [or] Syngnathus, acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish. | |
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Tanglefish \Tan"gle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe. | |
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Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, [or] Syngnathus, acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish. | |
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Tanglefish \Tan"gle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe. | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.] 1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel. 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. [bd]Tangled in amorous nets.[b8] --Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. | |
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Tanglingly \Tan"gling*ly\, adv. In a tangling manner. | |
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Tangly \Tan"gly\, a. 1. Entangled; intricate. 2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed. Prone, helpless, on the tangly beach he lay. --Falconer. | |
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Tankling \Tank"ling\, n. A tinkling. [Obs.] | |
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Temse \Temse\, n. [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. {Tamine}.] A sieve. [Written also {tems}, and {tempse}.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Temse bread}, {Temsed bread}, {Temse loaf}, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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d8Tenaculum \[d8]Te*nac"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Tenacula}; E. {Tenaculums}. [L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf. {Tenaille}.] (Surg.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like. | |
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d8Tenaculum \[d8]Te*nac"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Tenacula}; E. {Tenaculums}. [L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf. {Tenaille}.] (Surg.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like. | |
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Ten-o'clock \Ten"-o'*clock`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under {Star}. | |
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Tense \Tense\, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See {Tend} to move, and cf. {Toise}.] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. --Goldsmith. -- {Tense"ly}, adv. -- {Tense"ness}, n. | |
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Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength. 2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon. | |
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Tensiled \Ten"siled\, a. Made tensile. [R.] | |
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Tensility \Ten*sil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles. --Dr. H. Mere. | |
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Thankless \Thank"less\, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! --Shak. 2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. --Chapman. -- {Thank"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"less*ness}, n. | |
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Thankless \Thank"less\, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! --Shak. 2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. --Chapman. -- {Thank"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"less*ness}, n. | |
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Thankless \Thank"less\, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! --Shak. 2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. --Chapman. -- {Thank"less*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"less*ness}, n. | |
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Thankly \Thank"ly\, adv. Thankfully. [Obs.] --Sylvester (Du Bartas). | |
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Themselves \Them*selves"\, pron. The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See {Himself}, {Herself}, {Itself}. | |
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Basic slag \Basic slag\ A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also {Thomas slag}, {phosphatic slag}, and {odorless phosphate}. | |
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Thong \Thong\, n. [OE. thong, [thorn]wong, thwang, AS. [thorn]wang; akin to Icel. [thorn]vengr a thong, latchet. [fb]57. Cf. {Twinge}.] A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything. And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide. --Dryden. {Thong seal} (Zo[94]l.), the bearded seal. See the Note under {Seal}. | |
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d8Thymus \[d8]Thy"mus\, a. [NL., fr. Gr. qy`mos.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. -- n. The thymus gland. {Thymus gland}, [or] {Thymus body}, a ductless gland in the throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all vertebrates. In man and other mammals it is the throat, or neck, sweetbread, which lies in the upper part of the thorax and lower part of the throat. It is largest in fetal and early life, and disappears or becomes rudimentary in the adult. | |
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Timeous \Time"ous\, a. Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] -- {Time"ous*ly}, adv. [R. or Scot.] | |
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Timous \Tim"ous\, a. [Cf. {Timeous}.] Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] --Bacon. -- {Tim"ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Tincal \Tin"cal\, n. [Ar., Per. & Hind. tink[be]r; cf. Malay tingkal; all fr. Skr. [?]a[?]ka[?]a. Cf. {Altincar}.] (Chem.) Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. {Borax}. | |
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Tinchel \Tin"chel\, n. [Written also {tinchill}.] [Gael. timchioll a circuit, compass.] A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Tinchel \Tin"chel\, n. [Written also {tinchill}.] [Gael. timchioll a circuit, compass.] A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tingling}.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. {Tinkle}.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11. 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope. 3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell. | |
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Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tingling}.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. {Tinkle}.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11. 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope. 3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell. | |
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Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tingled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tingling}.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. {Tinkle}.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11. 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope. 3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell. | |
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Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.] 1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. --Dodsley. 2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden. | |
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkling}.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. | |
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. --Cowper. | |
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkling}.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. | |
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Tinkler \Tin"kler\, n. A tinker. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkling}.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. | |
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Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n. 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, n. [F. [82]tincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla. Cf. {Scintillate}, {Stencil}.] 1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. Who can discern the tinsel from the gold? --Dryden. 2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. --Cowper. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, a. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. [bd]Tinsel trappings.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. | |
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Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinseled}or {Tinselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinseling} or {Tinselling}.] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope. | |
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Tinselly \Tin"sel*ly\, a. Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap. | |
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Tinselly \Tin"sel*ly\, adv. In a showy and cheap manner. | |
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Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6. 2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}. {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only. {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only. {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale. {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. --Carpenter. {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips. {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. {Lip work}. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson. {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. --Shak. {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip. | |
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Note: In the expressions [bd]to be, or dwell, upon land,[b8] [bd]to go, or fare, on land,[b8] as used by Chaucer, land denotes the country as distinguished from the town. A poor parson dwelling upon land [i.e., in the country]. --Chaucer. 3. Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land. 4. The inhabitants of a nation or people. These answers, in the silent night received, The kind himself divulged, the land believed. --Dryden. 5. The mainland, in distinction from islands. 6. The ground or floor. [Obs.] Herself upon the land she did prostrate. --Spenser. 7. (Agric.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing. 8. (Law) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate. --Kent. Bouvier. Burrill. 9. (Naut.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also {landing}. --Knight. 10. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves. {Land agent}, a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land. {Land boat}, a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails. {Land blink}, a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See {Ice blink}. {Land breeze}. See under {Breeze}. {Land chain}. See {Gunter's chain}. {Land crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size. {Land fish} a fish on land; a person quite out of place. --Shak. {Land force}, a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force. {Land, ho!} (Naut.), a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land. {Land ice}, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe. {Land leech} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast. {Land measure}, the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement. {Land, [or] House}, {of bondage}, in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression. {Land o' cakes}, Scotland. {Land of Nod}, sleep. {Land of promise}, in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation. {Land of steady habits}, a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut. {Land office}, a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.] {Land pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. {Land service}, military service as distinguished from naval service. {Land rail}. (Zo[94]l) (a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See {Crake}. (b) An Australian rail ({Hypot[91]nidia Phillipensis}); -- called also {pectoral rail}. {Land scrip}, a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.] {Land shark}, a swindler of sailors on shore. [Sailors' Cant] {Land side} (a) That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land. (b) The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land. {Land snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are Di[d2]cia, and belong to the T[91]nioglossa. See {Geophila}, and {Helix}. {Land spout}, a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land. {Land steward}, a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc. {Land tortoise}, {Land turtle} (Zo[94]l.), any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See {Tortoise}. {Land warrant}, a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. [U.S.] {Land wind}. Same as {Land breeze} (above). {To make land} (Naut.), to sight land. {To set the land}, to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship. {To shut in the land}, to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view. | |
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Light \Light\, a. [Compar. {Lighter} (-[etil]r); superl. {Lightest}.] [OE. light, liht, AS. l[c6]ht, le[a2]ht; akin to D. ligt, G. leicht, OHG. l[c6]hti, Icel. l[emac]ttr, Dan. let, Sw. l[84]tt, Goth. leihts, and perh. to L. levis (cf. {Levity}), Gr. 'elachy`s small, Skr. laghu light. [root]125. ] 1. Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy. These weights did not exert their natural gravity, . . . insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand. --Addison. 2. Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load. Ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi. 29, 30. 3. Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task. --Chaucer. Light sufferings give us leisure to complain. --Dryden. 4. Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment. 5. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse. 6. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters . . . but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away. --Bacon. 7. Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light. 8. Slight; not important; as, a light error. --Shak. 9. Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread. 10. Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors. 11. Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind. 12. Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution. 13. Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind. There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion. --Tillotson. 14. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial. Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. --Shak. Specimens of New England humor laboriously light and lamentably mirthful. --Hawthorne. 15. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy. Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain ? --Shak. 16. Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered. To a fair semblance doth light faith annex. --Spenser. 17. Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak. 18. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin. 19. Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil. {Light cavalry}, {Light horse} (Mil.), light-armed soldiers mounted on strong and active horses. {Light eater}, one who eats but little. {Light infantry}, infantry soldiers selected and trained for rapid evolutions. {Light of foot}. (a) Having a light step. (b) Fleet. {Light of heart}, gay, cheerful. {Light oil} (Chem.), the oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene. {Light sails} (Naut.), all the sails above the topsails, with, also, the studding sails and flying jib. --Dana. {Light sleeper}, one easily wakened. {Light weight}, a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. {Feather weight}, under {Feather}. [Cant] {To make light of}, to treat as of little consequence; to slight; to disregard. {To set light by}, to undervalue; to slight; to treat as of no importance; to despise. | |
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Make \Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Made}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak[?]n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh[?]n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii. 4. (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser. (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. --Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money. He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. --Bacon. (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. 2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc. 3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. --Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10. They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. 5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak. 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. [bd]And make the Libyan shores.[b8] --Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne. {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. {To make account}. See under {Account}, n. {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard. {To make away}. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller. {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture. {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack. {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose. {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer. {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. --Shak. {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a. {To make good}. See under {Good}. {To make head}, to make headway. {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a. {To make little of}. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n. {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n. {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt. {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. {To make of}. (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. [bd]Makes she no more of me than of a slave.[b8] --Dryden. {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. {To make out}. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. {To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee. {To make sail}. (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b) To set sail. {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion. {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. {To make sure}. See under {Sure}. {To make up}. (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel. (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. He was all made up of love and charms! --Addison. (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up. {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to resolve. {To make water}. (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate. {To make way}, or {To make one's way}. (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way. {To make words}, to multiply words. | |
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Make \Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Made}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak[?]n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh[?]n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii. 4. (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser. (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. --Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money. He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. --Bacon. (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. 2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc. 3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. --Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10. They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. 5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak. 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. [bd]And make the Libyan shores.[b8] --Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne. {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. {To make account}. See under {Account}, n. {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard. {To make away}. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller. {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture. {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack. {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose. {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer. {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. --Shak. {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a. {To make good}. See under {Good}. {To make head}, to make headway. {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a. {To make little of}. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n. {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n. {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt. {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. {To make of}. (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. [bd]Makes she no more of me than of a slave.[b8] --Dryden. {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. {To make out}. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. {To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee. {To make sail}. (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b) To set sail. {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion. {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. {To make sure}. See under {Sure}. {To make up}. (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel. (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. He was all made up of love and charms! --Addison. (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up. {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to resolve. {To make water}. (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate. {To make way}, or {To make one's way}. (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way. {To make words}, to multiply words. | |
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Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble. 2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton. 3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak. 4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. --Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton. 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God. Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21. 6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser. 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak. 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle. 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}). 10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field. Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc. {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward. {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}. {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love. {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love. {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato. {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates. {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak. {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton. {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen. {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer. {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer. {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love. {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians. {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak. {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has similar bracts. {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy. A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak. {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak. {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman. {Love lass}, a sweetheart. {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak. {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}). {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone. {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak. {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.[b8] --Holinshed. {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid. {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak. {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb. Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight. | |
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Make \Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Made}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak[?]n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh[?]n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii. 4. (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser. (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. --Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money. He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. --Bacon. (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. 2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc. 3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. --Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10. They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. 5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak. 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. [bd]And make the Libyan shores.[b8] --Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne. {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. {To make account}. See under {Account}, n. {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard. {To make away}. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller. {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture. {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack. {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose. {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer. {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. --Shak. {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a. {To make good}. See under {Good}. {To make head}, to make headway. {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a. {To make little of}. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n. {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n. {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt. {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. {To make of}. (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. [bd]Makes she no more of me than of a slave.[b8] --Dryden. {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. {To make out}. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. {To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee. {To make sail}. (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b) To set sail. {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion. {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. {To make sure}. See under {Sure}. {To make up}. (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel. (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. He was all made up of love and charms! --Addison. (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up. {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to resolve. {To make water}. (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate. {To make way}, or {To make one's way}. (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way. {To make words}, to multiply words. | |
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Tone \Tone\, n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. [?] a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to [?] to stretch or strain. See {Thin}, and cf. {Monotonous}, {Thunder}, {Ton} fasion,{Tune}.] 1. Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. [Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. --Milton. Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. --Keble. 2. (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. --Dryden. 3. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone. 4. (Mus.) (a) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. (b) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. (c) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone. (d) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones. Note: The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but is common -- almost universal. Note: Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones. The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series, and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones, combination tones, summation tones, difference tones, Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (simple or composite) tones. 5. (Med.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. Note: In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his mind has lost its tone. 6. (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone. 7. State of mind; temper; mood. The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down . . . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. --Bolingbroke. Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. --W. C. Bryant. 8. Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. 9. General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners. 10. The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone. {Tone color}. (Mus.) see the Note under def. 4, above. {Tone syllable}, an accented syllable. --M. Stuart. | |
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Tone \Tone\, n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. [?] a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to [?] to stretch or strain. See {Thin}, and cf. {Monotonous}, {Thunder}, {Ton} fasion,{Tune}.] 1. Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. [Harmony divine] smooths her charming tones. --Milton. Tones that with seraph hymns might blend. --Keble. 2. (Rhet.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. --Dryden. 3. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone. 4. (Mus.) (a) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. (b) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. (c) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone. (d) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones. Note: The use of the word tone, both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones, is confusing, but is common -- almost universal. Note: Nearly every musical sound is composite, consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws, which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation. The components (of a composite sound) are called partial tones; that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone, and the other partial tones are called harmonics, or overtones. The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all, or by a part, of the numbers in the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.; and the quality of any sound (the tone color) is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series, and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another. Resultant tones, combination tones, summation tones, difference tones, Tartini's tones (terms only in part synonymous) are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (simple or composite) tones. 5. (Med.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. Note: In this sense, the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties, intellectual and moral; as, his mind has lost its tone. 6. (Physiol.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone. 7. State of mind; temper; mood. The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, . . . drag the mind down . . . from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. --Bolingbroke. Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. --W. C. Bryant. 8. Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. 9. General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners. 10. The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone. {Tone color}. (Mus.) see the Note under def. 4, above. {Tone syllable}, an accented syllable. --M. Stuart. | |
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Tongueless \Tongue"less\, a. 1. Having no tongue. 2. Hence, speechless; mute. [bd]What tongueless blocks were they! would they not speak?[b8] --Shak. 3. Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.] One good deed dying tongueless. --Shak. | |
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Tonguelet \Tongue"let\, n. A little tongue. | |
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Tonic \Ton"ic\, n. [Cf. F. tonique, NL. tonicum.] 1. (Phon.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong. 2. (Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale. 3. (Med.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system. {Tonic sol-fa} (Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called [bd]tonic.[b8] Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See {Sol-fa}. | |
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Tonical \Ton"ic*al\, a. Tonic. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Tonsil \Ton"sil\, n. [L. tonsill[?], pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ] (Anat.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the {almonds}, from their shape. | |
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Tonsilar \Ton"sil*ar\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. [Written also {tonsillar}.] | |
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Tonsile \Ton"sile\, a. [L. tonsilis, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear, clip. See {Tonsure}. ] Capable of being clipped. | |
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Tonsilitic \Ton`sil*it"ic\, a. (Anat.) Tonsilar. [Written also {tonsillitic}.] | |
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Tonsilar \Ton"sil*ar\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. [Written also {tonsillar}.] | |
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Tonsilitic \Ton`sil*it"ic\, a. (Anat.) Tonsilar. [Written also {tonsillitic}.] | |
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d8Tonsilitis \[d8]Ton`sil*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tonsil}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy. [Written also, and more usually, {tonsillitis}.] | |
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Tonsilotome \Ton*sil"o*tome\, n. [Tonsil + Gr. te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for removing the tonsils. | |
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Tonsilotomy \Ton`sil*ot"o*my\, n. (Surg.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof. | |
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Town \Town\, n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. {Down}, adv. & prep., {Dune}, {tine} to inclose.] 1. Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [Obs.] --Palsgrave. 2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson. 3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities. God made the country, and man made the town. --Cowper. 4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways. 5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [U. S.] 6. The court end of London;-- commonly with the. 7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. --Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope. Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns. 8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town-house. Syn: Village; hamlet. See {Village}. {Town clerk}, an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See {Clerk}. {Town cress} (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr. Prior. {Town house}. (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See {Townhouse}. {Town meeting}, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U. S.] {Town talk}, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation. | |
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Toyingly \Toy"ing*ly\, adv. In a toying manner. | |
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Tunicle \Tu"ni*cle\, n. [L. tunicula a little tunic, coat, or membrane, dim. of tunica a tunic: cf. OF. tunicle.] 1. A slight natural covering; an integument. The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye. --Holland. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons. | |
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Tun \Tun\, n. [AS. tunne. See {Ton} a weight.] 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. 2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat. 3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity. 4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See {Ton}. [R.] 5. An indefinite large quantity. --Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. --Dryden. 6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. 7. (Zo[94]l.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also {tun-shell}. | |
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Twain \Twain\, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. tw[emac]gen, masc. See {Two}.] Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. [bd]Children twain.[b8] --Chaucer. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. --Matt. v. 41. {In twain}, in halves; into two parts; asunder. When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. {Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}. | |
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Twangle \Twan"gle\, v. i. & t. To twang. While the twangling violin Struck up with Soldier-laddie. --Tennyson. | |
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Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange. | |
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Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. --Spenser. 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated. 3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twinkler \Twin"kler\, n. One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink. The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Twinkling \Twin"kling\, n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. --Holland. 2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. 3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. --1 Cor. xv. 52. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tangelo Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 71075) Location: 28.45575 N, 81.44745 W Population (1990): 2663 (791 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Tanglewilde-Thompson Place, WA (CDP, FIPS 70297) Location: 47.05250 N, 122.77806 W Population (1990): 6061 (2193 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tanglewood Forest, TX (CDP, FIPS 71808) Location: 30.17435 N, 97.83891 W Population (1990): 2941 (1430 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Temecula, CA (city, FIPS 78120) Location: 33.50268 N, 117.12880 W Population (1990): 27099 (10659 housing units) Area: 68.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92590, 92591, 92592 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ten Sleep, WY (town, FIPS 75790) Location: 44.03473 N, 107.44735 W Population (1990): 311 (175 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82442 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Tingley, IA (city, FIPS 78195) Location: 40.85276 N, 94.19554 W Population (1990): 179 (106 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50863 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tennis elbow {overuse strain injury} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
thin client which relies on most of the function of the system being in the {server}. {Gopher} clients, for example, are very thin; they are {stateless} and are not required to know how to interpret and display objects much more complex than menus and plain text. Gopher servers, on the other hand, can search {databases} and provide {gateways} to other services. By the mid-1990s, the model of decentralised computing where each user has his own full-featured and independent {microcomputer}, seemed to have displaced a centralised model in which multiple users use thin clients (e.g. {dumb terminals}) to work on a shared {minicomputer} or {mainframe} server. Networked {personal computers} typically operate as "fat clients", often providing everything except some file storage and printing locally. By 1996, reintroduction of thin clients is being proposed, especially for {LAN}-type environments (see the {cycle of reincarnation}). The main expected benefit of this is ease of maintenance: with fat clients, especially those suffering from the poor networking support of {Microsoft} {operating systems}, installing a new application for everyone is likely to mean having to physically go to every user's workstation to install the application, or having to modify client-side configuration options; whereas with thin clients the maintenance tasks are centralised on the server and so need only be done once. Also, by virtue of their simplicity, thin clients generally have fewer hardware demands, and are less open to being screwed up by ambitious {lusers}. Never one to miss a bandwagon, Microsoft bought up {Insignia Solutions, Inc.}'s "{NTRIGUE}" Windows remote-access product and combined it with {Windows NT} version 4 to allow thin clients (either hardware or software) to communicate with applications running under on a server machine under {Windows Terminal Server} in the same way as {X} had done for {Unix} decades before. (1999-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ThingLab A {simulation} system written in {Smalltalk-80}. It solves {constraint}s using {value inference}. Version: ThingLab II. ["The Programming Language Aspects of ThingLab, A Constraint-Oriented Simulation Laboratory", A. Borning, ACM TOPLAS 3(4):353-387 (Oct 1981)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
time slice of time for which a process is allowed to run uninterrupted in a {pre-emptive multitasking} {operating system}. The {scheduler} is run once every time slice to choose the next process to run. If the time slice is too short then the scheduler will consume too much processing time but if it is too long then processes may not be able to respond to external events quickly enough. (1998-11-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Tiny Clos A core part of {Common Lisp Object System} (CLOS) ported to {Scheme} and rebuilt using a MOP ({Metaobject Protocol}). This should be interesting to those who want to use MOPs without using a full {Common Lisp} or {Dylan}. The first release works with {MIT Scheme} 11.74. {(ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/mops/)}. E-mail: Gregor Kiczales (administered by (1992-12-14) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Tinkling ornaments (Isa. 3:18), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East. |