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Termer \Term"er\, n. 1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson. 2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. | |
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Termer \Term"er\, n. 1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson. 2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. | |
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Termor \Term"or\, n. (Law) Same as {Termer}, 2. | |
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Termer \Term"er\, n. 1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [Obs.] [Written also {termor}.] --B. Jonson. 2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. | |
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Termor \Term"or\, n. (Law) Same as {Termer}, 2. | |
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Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ternaries}. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad. Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single. --Holder. | |
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Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See {Tern}, a.] 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration. 2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, {NaOH}, is a ternary compound. | |
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Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ternaries}. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad. Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single. --Holder. | |
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Thermoregulator \Ther`mo*reg"u*la`tor\, n. (Physics) A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat. | |
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d8Theriodontia \[d8]The`ri*o*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (dim. of [?] a beast) + [?], [?], a tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of reptiles found in the Permian and Triassic formations in South Africa. In some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. Called also {Theromorpha}. Note: They had biconcave vertebr[91], ambulatory limbs, and a well-developed pelvis and shoulder girdle. Some of the species had large maxillary teeth. The head somewhat resembled that of a turtle. The Dicynodont is one of the best-known examples. See {Dicynodont}. | |
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Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. [bd]The thorny point of bare distress.[b8] --Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak. {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow. {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F. Cretica}, etc.). | |
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Thorny \Thorn"y\, a. [Compar. {Thornier}; superl. {Thorniest}.] [Cf. AS. [thorn]orniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. [bd]The thorny point of bare distress.[b8] --Shak. The steep and thorny way to heaven. --Shak. {Thorny rest-harrow} (Bot.), rest-harrow. {Thorny trefoil}, a prickly plant of the genus {Fagonia} ({F. Cretica}, etc.). | |
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Three-nerved \Three"-nerved`\, a. Having three nerves. {Three-nerved leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base. | |
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Three-nerved \Three"-nerved`\, a. Having three nerves. {Three-nerved leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base. | |
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Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of amaranth ({Amarantus caudatus}). --Dr. Prior. | |
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Rig \Rig\, n. [Cf. {Wriggle}.] 1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.] --Fuller. 2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic. 3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas were yet well composed. --Burke. {To run a rig}, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming. He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig. --Cowper. | |
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Risk \Risk\, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg. risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among sailors. See {Section}.] 1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. --Macaulay. 2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. {To run a risk}, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See {Danger}. | |
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11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. --Clarendon. 12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while ran blood, great C[91]sar fell. --Shak. 13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. 14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. [Colloq. U.S.] 15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.] 16. To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time. 17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. {To run a blockade}, to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety. {To run down}. (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag. (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel. (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. [bd]Religion is run down by the license of these times.[b8] --Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. --F. W. Newman. {To run hard}. (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b) To urge or press importunately. (c) To banter severely. {To run into the ground}, to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S.] | |
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Riot \Ri"ot\, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak. 2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. Venus loveth riot and dispense. --Chaucer. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. 3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. {To run riot}, to act wantonly or without restraint. | |
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(b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health. {To run down a coast}, to sail along it. {To run for an office}, to stand as a candidate for an office. {To run in} [or] {into}. (a) To enter; to step in. (b) To come in collision with. {To run in trust}, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.] {To run in with}. (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land. {To run mad}, {To run mad after} [or] {on}. See under {Mad}. {To run on}. (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly. (c) To continue a course. (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph. {To run out}. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out at Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. [bd]Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs.[b8] --Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. --Dryden. {To run over}. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child. {To run riot}, to go to excess. {To run through}. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate. {To run to seed}, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind. {To run up}, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast. But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. --Sir W. Scott. {To run with}. (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance. [bd]Its rivers ran with gold.[b8] --J. H. Newman. | |
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Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. [?], Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.] 1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross s[?][?] wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope. 2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. [bd]He wears the rose of youth upon him.[b8] --Shak. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. --Keble. 3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly. 4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser. The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19. 5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole. 6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. --Locke. {To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. {To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. {To wear on [or] upon}, to wear. [Obs.] [bd][I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.][b8] --Chaucer. {To wear out}. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. [bd]To wear out miserable days.[b8] --Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. [bd][He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High.[b8] --Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service. {To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.] | |
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d8Tornaria \[d8]Tor*na"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Tornari[91]} . [NL., fr. L. tornare to turn.] (Zo[94]l.) The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append. | |
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Tournery \Tourn"er*y\, n. Work turned on a lathe; turnery. [Obs.] See {Turnery}. --Evelyn. | |
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Bustle \Bus"tle\, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also {bishop}, and {tournure}. | |
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Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. --Spenser. 3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer. (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail. (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.[b8] --Ray. 4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak. 5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts. The train of ills our love would draw behind it. --Addison. Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. --Milton. Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. --Locke. 6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement. If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. --Swift. 7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time. 8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like. 9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad. 10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like. 11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train. {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also {mile run}. {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out. Syn: Cars. Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars. | |
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Trainer \Train"er\, n. 1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength. 2. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline. [U. S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Tramrail \Tram"rail`\, n. (Mach.) An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop. | |
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Tramroad \Tram"road`\, n. [Tram a coal wagon + road.] A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron. | |
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Spectacled \Spec"ta*cled\, a. 1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles. As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. --Keats. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles. {Spectacled bear} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bear ({Tremarclos ornatus}) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye. {Spectacled coot}, [or] {Spectacled duck} (Zo[94]l.), the surf scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.] {Spectacled eider} (Zo[94]l.) See {Eider}. {Spectacled goose} (Zo[94]l.), the gannet. {Spectacled snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cobra de capello. | |
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Tremor \Tre"mor\, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}, v.] A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old. He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints. --Harvey. | |
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Trimeran \Tri"mer*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively. | |
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Trimerous \Tri"mer*ous\, a. [See {Trimera}.] (Bot.) Having the parts in threes. | |
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Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n. (Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism. | |
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Trim \Trim\, a. [Compar. {Trimmer}; superl. {Trimmest}.] [See {Trim}, v. t.] Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. With comely carriage of her countenance trim. --Spenser. So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats last night. --Trench. | |
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Trimmer \Trim"mer\, n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. 2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. --Macaulay. 3. An instrument with which trimming is done. 4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of {Header}. | |
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Trimorph \Tri"morph\, n. [See {Trimorphous}.] (Crystallog.) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See {Trimorphism}, 1. | |
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Trimorphic \Tri*mor"phic\, Trimorphous \Tri*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. [?] three-formed; [?] (see {Tri-}) + [?] form.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with {monomorphic}, {dimorphic}, and {polymorphic}. | |
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Trimorphism \Tri*mor"phism\, n. [See {Trimorphic}.] 1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See {Pleomorphism}. 2. (Biol.) The co[89]xistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with {polymorphism}, and dimorphism. {Heterogonous trimporphism} (Bot.), that condition in which flowers of plants of the same species have three different lengths of stamens, short, medium, and long, the blossoms of one individual plant having short and medium stamens and a long style, those of another having short and long stamens and a style of medium length, and those of a third having medium and long stamens and a short style, the style of each blossom thus being of a length not represented by its stamens. | |
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Trimorphic \Tri*mor"phic\, Trimorphous \Tri*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. [?] three-formed; [?] (see {Tri-}) + [?] form.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with {monomorphic}, {dimorphic}, and {polymorphic}. | |
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d8Trimurti \[d8]Tri*mur"ti\, n. [Skr. trim[umac]rti; tri three + m[umac]rti body.] (Hindu Myth.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelled also {Trimurtti}.] | |
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Trimyarian \Trim`y*a"ri*an\, n. [Pref. tri + Gr. [?], [?], a muscle.] (Zo[94]l.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve. | |
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Trinervate \Tri*nerv"ate\, a. [NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L. nervus nerve.] (Bot.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf. --Gray. | |
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Trinerve \Tri"nerve`\, Trinerved \Tri"nerved`\, a. [Pref. tri- + nerve.] (Bot.) Same as {Trinervate}. | |
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Trinerve \Tri"nerve`\, Trinerved \Tri"nerved`\, a. [Pref. tri- + nerve.] (Bot.) Same as {Trinervate}. | |
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Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m[82]rite, NL. terramerita, turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.] 1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the Ginger family. 2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test. | |
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Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. {Turmeric root}. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot. | |
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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m[82]rite, NL. terramerita, turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.] 1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the Ginger family. 2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. {Turmeric root}. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. {Turmeric root}. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. {Turmeric paper} (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. {Turmeric root}. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turmerol \Tur"mer*ol\, n. [Turmeric + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turner \Turn"er\, n. 1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Holly \Hol"ly\, n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st {Holm}, {Hulver}.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Ilex}. The European species ({Ilex Aguifolium}) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas. Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the {Ilex opaca}, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. --Gray. 2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st {Holm}. {Holly-leaved oak} (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub oak}. {Holly rose} (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers ({Turnera ulmifolia}). {Sea holly} (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See {Eryngium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turnerite \Tur"ner*ite\, n. [So called from the English chemist and mineralogist, C. H. Turner.] (Min.) A variety of monazite. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yellow \Yel"low\, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc. {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also {Turner's yellow}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turnery \Turn"er*y\, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.] 1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe. 2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery. --Walpole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turnwrest \Turn"wrest`\, n. (a) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent. (b) designating a kind of hillside plow. [Eng.] --Knight. | |
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Tierra Amarilla, NM Zip code(s): 87575 | |
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Trainer, PA (borough, FIPS 77288) Location: 39.82359 N, 75.40503 W Population (1990): 2271 (912 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Trenary, MI Zip code(s): 49891 | |
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Treynor, IA (city, FIPS 78825) Location: 41.23107 N, 95.60637 W Population (1990): 897 (327 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51575 | |
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Turner, ME Zip code(s): 04282 Turner, MI (village, FIPS 80820) Location: 44.14177 N, 83.78820 W Population (1990): 158 (61 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48765 Turner, MT Zip code(s): 59542 Turner, OR (city, FIPS 75150) Location: 44.84609 N, 122.95151 W Population (1990): 1281 (461 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97392 | |
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Turner County, GA (county, FIPS 287) Location: 31.71623 N, 83.62740 W Population (1990): 8703 (3426 housing units) Area: 741.0 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water) Turner County, SD (county, FIPS 125) Location: 43.31008 N, 97.15117 W Population (1990): 8576 (3800 housing units) Area: 1597.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) | |
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Turners Falls, MA (CDP, FIPS 70815) Location: 42.59606 N, 72.55799 W Population (1990): 4731 (2167 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01376 | |
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Turners Station, KY Zip code(s): 40075 | |
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Turnersville, NJ (CDP, FIPS 74270) Location: 39.76539 N, 75.06207 W Population (1990): 3843 (1133 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Turnersville, TX Zip code(s): 76528 | |
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Turnertown, TX Zip code(s): 75689 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
term rewriting system (TRS) A collection of {rewrite rule}s used to transform terms (expressions, strings in some formal language) into equivalent terms. See {reduction}. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ternary arguments. The only common example is {C}'s ?: operator which is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1 if CONDITION is true else EXP2. {Haskell} has a similar "if CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator. See also {unary}, {binary}. (1998-07-29) |