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   Taal
         n 1: an official language of the Republic of South Africa;
               closely related to Dutch and Flemish [syn: {Afrikaans},
               {Taal}, {South African Dutch}]

English Dictionary: Thalia by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tael
n
  1. a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tai Lue
n
  1. a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Tai Lue, Xishuangbanna Dai]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tail
n
  1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  2. the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
    Synonym(s): fag end, tail, tail end
  3. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
    Synonym(s): tail, tail end
  4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
    Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
  5. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
    Synonym(s): tail, shadow, shadower
  6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
    Antonym(s): head
  7. the rear part of an aircraft
    Synonym(s): tail, tail assembly, empennage
  8. the rear part of a ship
    Synonym(s): stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
v
  1. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
    Synonym(s): chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
  2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
    Synonym(s): dock, tail, bob
  3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tala
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Western Samoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tale
n
  1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
    Synonym(s): narrative, narration, story, tale
  2. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
    Synonym(s): fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tall
adj
  1. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
    Antonym(s): little, short
  2. lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
    Synonym(s): grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
  3. impressively difficult; "a tall order"
  4. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
    Synonym(s): improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)
n
  1. a garment size for a tall person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tallow
n
  1. obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tally
n
  1. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
    Synonym(s): run, tally
  2. a bill for an amount due
    Synonym(s): reckoning, tally
  3. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
    Synonym(s): count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally
v
  1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
    Synonym(s): match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
    Antonym(s): disaccord, disagree, discord
  2. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
    Synonym(s): score, hit, tally, rack up
  3. keep score, as in games
    Synonym(s): tally, chalk up
  4. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
    Synonym(s): total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teal
adj
  1. of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, {blue- green}, cyan, teal]
n
  1. a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green"
    Synonym(s): bluish green, blue green, teal
  2. any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tell
n
  1. a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
    Synonym(s): Tell, William Tell
v
  1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
    Synonym(s): state, say, tell
  2. let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
  3. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
    Synonym(s): tell, narrate, recount, recite
  4. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
    Synonym(s): order, tell, enjoin, say
  5. discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
  6. inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
    Synonym(s): assure, tell
  7. give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
    Synonym(s): tell, evidence
  8. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
    Synonym(s): distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
telly
n
  1. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"
    Synonym(s): television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thalia
n
  1. (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry
  2. (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
the Hill
n
  1. a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets; "they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill"
    Synonym(s): Capitol Hill, the Hill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
the whole way
adv
  1. to the goal; "she climbed the mountain all the way" [syn: all the way, the whole way]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thill
n
  1. one of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thole
n
  1. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    Synonym(s): peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thule
n
  1. a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
  2. the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world
    Synonym(s): Thule, ultima Thule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tile
n
  1. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
  2. a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
    Synonym(s): tile, roofing tile
  3. game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
v
  1. cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tilia
n
  1. deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
    Synonym(s): Tilia, genus Tilia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
till
n
  1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
    Synonym(s): till, boulder clay
  2. a treasury for government funds
    Synonym(s): public treasury, trough, till
  3. a strongbox for holding cash
    Synonym(s): cashbox, money box, till
v
  1. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tl
n
  1. a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores
    Synonym(s): thallium, Tl, atomic number 81
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toil
n
  1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
    Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil
v
  1. work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
    Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tole
n
  1. enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century; "the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toll
n
  1. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
  2. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
    Synonym(s): price, cost, toll
  3. the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
    Synonym(s): bell, toll
v
  1. ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls"
  2. charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tolu
n
  1. aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups
    Synonym(s): tolu, balsam of tolu, tolu balsam
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tool
n
  1. an implement used in the practice of a vocation
  2. the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
    Synonym(s): instrument, tool
  3. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
    Synonym(s): creature, tool, puppet
  4. obscene terms for penis
    Synonym(s): cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz
v
  1. drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
  2. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
    Synonym(s): joyride, tool, tool around
  3. furnish with tools
  4. work with a tool
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
towel
n
  1. a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping
v
  1. wipe with a towel; "towel your hair dry"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuille
n
  1. armor plate that protects the hip and thigh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tulle
n
  1. a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tully
n
  1. a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
    Synonym(s): Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tulu
n
  1. a member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India
  2. a Dravidian language spoken by the Tulu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twill
n
  1. a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
    Synonym(s): twill, twill weave
  2. a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
v
  1. weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-wheel
adj
  1. of or relating to vehicles with two wheels; "a two- wheeled cart"
    Synonym(s): two-wheel, two-wheeled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[?]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
      Hind. tola, Skr. tul[be] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
      A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
      sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
      of one ounce and a third. [Written also {tale}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, n.
      1. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
            pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
            the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
            wrapping around the rope to be laid.
  
      2. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, n. (A[89]ronautics)
      In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the
      rear to confer stability.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, n. [F. taille a cutting. See {Entail}, {Tally}.]
      (Law)
      Limitation; abridgment. --Burrill.
  
      {Estate in tail}, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an
            estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other
            heirs are precluded; -- called also {estate tail}.
            --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, a. (Law)
      Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[91]gel, t[91]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
      tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [fb]59.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
            appendage of an animal.
  
      Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
               movable vertebr[91], and is covered with flesh and
               hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body.
               The tail of existing birds consists of several more or
               less consolidated vertebr[91] which supports a fanlike
               group of quills to which the term tail is more
               particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of
               the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a
               caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the
               entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes
               to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
  
      2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
            in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
  
                     Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
                     waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
                                                                              --Harvey.
  
      3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
            anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior
            part.
  
                     The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
                                                                              --Deut.
                                                                              xxviii. 13.
  
      4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
  
                     [bd]Ah,[b8] said he, [bd]if you saw but the chief
                     with his tail on.[b8]                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
            effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
            expression [bd]heads or tails,[b8] employed when a coin is
            thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
            fall.
  
      6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
  
      7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
            It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
  
      8. (Surg.)
            (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
                  which does not go through the whole thickness of the
                  skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
                  called also {tailing}.
            (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
                  splitting the bandage one or more times.
  
      9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
            it may be lashed to anything.
  
      10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
            upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
            (Encyc. of Music).
  
      11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4.
  
      12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
            as a slate or tile.
  
      13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5.
  
      {Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.
  
      {Tail coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the feathers which cover the bases
            of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than
            the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the
            quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those
            below, the {under tail coverts}.
  
      {Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
            of a contest. [Colloq.]
  
      {Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}.
  
      {Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
            the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
            usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
  
      {Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
            wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
  
      {Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
            into the lower pond.
  
      {Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
            begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
            of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
  
      {Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
            lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}.
  
      {To turn tail}, to run away; to flee.
  
                     Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
                     another way; but all was to return in a higher
                     pitch.                                                --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, v. t.
      1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely
            to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.]
  
                     Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds,
                     wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and
                     was called on the next Parliament.      --Fuller.
  
      2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras.
  
      {To tail in} [or] {on} (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends
            into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a
            timber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, v. i.
      1. (Arch.) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it
            rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
  
      2. (Naut.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; --
            said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down
            stream.
  
      {Tail on}. (Naut.) See {Tally on}, under {Tally}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taille \Taille\, n. [F. See {Tally}, {Tailor}.]
      1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.]
  
                     Whether that he paid or took by taille. --Chaucer.
  
      2. (O. F. Law) Any imposition levied by the king, or any
            other lord, upon his subjects.
  
                     The taille, as it still subsists in France, may
                     serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It
                     was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they
                     estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.
                                                                              --A. Smith.
  
      3. (Mus.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also,
            for the tenor viol or viola.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taillie \Tail"lie\, n. (Scots Law)
      Same as {Tailzie}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, v. i.
      To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
      taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
      tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
      Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
      also {Talk}, v. i.]
      1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
            rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse;
            statement; history; story. [bd]The tale of Troy
            divine.[b8] --Milton. [bd]In such manner rime is Dante's
            tale.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
                                                                              9.
  
      2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an
            enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or
            weight; a number reckoned or stated.
  
                     The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
                     weight.                                             --Hooker.
  
                     And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the
                     hawthornn in the dale.                        --Milton.
  
                     In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
                                                                              --Carew.
  
      3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]
  
      {To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.]
  
                     Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so
                     holy was his heart.                           --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
               account; legend; narrative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, n.
      See {Tael}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[?]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
      Hind. tola, Skr. tul[be] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
      A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
      sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
      of one ounce and a third. [Written also {tale}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, v. i.
      To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
      taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
      tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
      Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
      also {Talk}, v. i.]
      1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
            rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse;
            statement; history; story. [bd]The tale of Troy
            divine.[b8] --Milton. [bd]In such manner rime is Dante's
            tale.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
                                                                              9.
  
      2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an
            enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or
            weight; a number reckoned or stated.
  
                     The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by
                     weight.                                             --Hooker.
  
                     And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the
                     hawthornn in the dale.                        --Milton.
  
                     In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
                                                                              --Carew.
  
      3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]
  
      {To tell tale of}, to make account of. [Obs.]
  
                     Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so
                     holy was his heart.                           --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation;
               account; legend; narrative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tale \Tale\, n.
      See {Tael}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[?]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
      Hind. tola, Skr. tul[be] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
      A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
      sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
      of one ounce and a third. [Written also {tale}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Talus \[d8]Ta"lus\, n.; pl. {Tali}. [L., the ankle, the ankle
      bone.]
      1. (Anat.) The astragalus.
  
      2. (Surg.) A variety of clubfoot ({Talipes calcaneus}). See
            the Note under {Talipes}.

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   Tall \Tall\, a. [Compar. {Taller}; superl. {Tallest}.] [OE. tal
      seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; cf. AS.
      un-tala, un-tale, bad, Goth. untals indocile, disobedient,
      uninstructed, or W. & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit,
      proper, just.]
      1. High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual,
            extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having
            the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the
            height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
  
                     Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.
  
      2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.]
  
                     As tall a trencherman As e'er demolished a pye
                     fortification.                                    --Massinger.
  
                     His companions, being almost in despair of victory,
                     were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley,
                     which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
                                                                              --Grafton.
  
      3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive.
            [Obs. or Slang] --B. Jonson.
  
      Syn: High; lofty.
  
      Usage: {Tall}, {High}, {Lofty}. High is the generic term, and
                  is applied to anything which is elevated or raised
                  above another thing. Tall specifically describes that
                  which has a small diameter in proportion to its
                  height; hence, we speak of a tall man, a tall steeple,
                  a tall mast, etc., but not of a tall hill. Lofty has a
                  special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes
                  an imposing height; as, a lofty mountain; a lofty
                  room. Tall is now properly applied only to physical
                  objects; high and lofty have a moral acceptation; as,
                  high thought, purpose, etc.; lofty aspirations; a
                  lofty genius. Lofty is the stronger word, and is
                  usually coupled with the grand or admirable.

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   Tallow \Tal"low\, n. [OE. taluh, talugh; akin to OD. talgh, D.
      talk, G., Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. t[d3]lgr, t[d3]lg,
      t[d3]lk; and perhaps to Goth. tulgus firm.]
      1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
            separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
  
      Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large
               amount of stearin it contains. See {Fat}.
  
      2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from
            certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat
            of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
  
      {Tallow candle}, a candle made of tallow.
  
      {Tallow catch}, a keech. See {Keech}. [Obs.]
  
      {Tallow chandler}, one whose occupation is to make, or to
            sell, tallow candles.
  
      {Tallow chandlery}, the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the
            place where his business is carried on.
  
      {Tallow tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Stillingia sebifera}) growing
            in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance
            which resembles tallow and is applied to the same
            purposes.

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   Tallow \Tal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallowed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Tallowing}.]
      1. To grease or smear with tallow.
  
      2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten;
            as, tallow sheep.

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   Tallowy \Tal"low*y\, a.
      Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.

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   Tally \Tal"ly\, v. i.
      1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
  
                     I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with
                     the channel.                                       --Addison.
  
                     Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine.
                                                                              --Walpole.
  
      2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
  
      {Tally on} (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men
            standing in a line or tail.

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   Tally \Tal"ly\, n.; pl. {Tallies}. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille
      a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
      probably by taill[82], p. p. of tailler. See {Tailor}, and
      cf. {Tail} a limitation, {Taille}, {Tallage}.]
      1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores
            were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books,
            sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts
            were kept.
  
      Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for
               traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two
               parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the
               number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller
               keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before
               the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the
               only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were
               received as evidence in courts of justice. In the
               English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being
               kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the
               creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
               government.
  
      2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
            whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
            kept in duplicate.
  
      3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
  
                     They were framed the tallies for each other.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make
            or earn a tally in a game.
  
      5. A tally shop. See {Tally shop}, below.
  
      {Tally shop}, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to
            customers on account, the account being kept in
            corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
            buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
            and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by
            agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
            --Eng. Encyc.
  
      {To strike tallies}, to act in correspondence, or alike.
            [Obs.] --Fuller.

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   Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tallied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tallying}.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See {Tally}, n.]
      1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to
            correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
  
                     They are not so well tallied to the present
                     juncture.                                          --Pope.
  
      2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard
            or outboard. --W. C. Russell.
  
      {Tally on} (Naut.), to dovetail together.

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   Tally \Tal"ly\, adv. [See {Tall}, a.]
      Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

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   Tallyho \Tal"ly*ho`\, interj. & n.
      1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.
  
      2. A tallyho coach.
  
      {Tallyho coach}, a pleasure coach. See under {Coach}.

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   Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation,
      production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to
      cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or
      flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the
      genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}.
      The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or
      blue speculum on the wings.
  
      Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the
               European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A.
               querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species.
               In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the
               green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon
               teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as
               game birds. See {Garganey}.
  
      {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}.
  
      {Teal duck}, the common European teal.

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   Teel \Teel\, n.
      Sesame. [Sometimes written {til}.]
  
      {Teel oil}, sesame oil.

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   Teil \Teil\, n. [OF. teil, til, L. tilia.] (Bot.)
      The lime tree, or linden; -- called also {teil tree}.

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   Tell \Tell\, n.
      That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
  
               I am at the end of my tell.                     --Walpole.

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   Tell \Tell\, n. [Ar.]
      A hill or mound. --W. M. Thomson.

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   Tell \Tell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin
      to D. tellen to count, G. z[84]hlen, OHG. zellen to count,
      tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, t[91]lle to
      count. See {Tale} that which is told.]
      1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to
            enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell
            money. [bd]An heap of coin he told.[b8] --Spenser.
  
                     He telleth the number of the stars.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              4.
  
                     Tell the joints of the body.               --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
            narrate.
  
                     Of which I shall tell all the array.   --Chaucer.
  
                     And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
  
      3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
  
                     Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
                                                                              --Gen. xii.
                                                                              18.
  
      4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
            teach; to inform.
  
                     A secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to
                     tell me of?                                       --Shak.
  
      5. To order; to request; to command.
  
                     He told her not to be frightened.      --Dickens.
  
      6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to
            find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color
            ends and the other begins.
  
      7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
            estimate. [Obs.]
  
                     I ne told no dainity of her love.      --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and
               say, has not always the same application. We say, to
               tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the
               reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never
               say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to
               tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in
               commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you
               know.
  
      {To tell off}, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
               acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.

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   Tell \Tell\, v. i.
      1. To give an account; to make report.
  
                     That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving,
                     and tell of all thy wondrous works.   --Ps. xxvi. 7.
  
      2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot
            tells; every expression tells.
  
      {To tell of}.
            (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe.
            (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of.
  
      {To tell on}, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]
  
                     Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
                                                                              --1 Sam.
                                                                              xxvii. 11.

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   Tewel \Tew"el\, n. [OE. tuel, OF. tuiel, tuel, F. tuyau; of
      Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. tud, D. tuit, Prov. G. zaute. Cf.
      {Tuy[8a]re}.]
      1. A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke. --Chaucer.
  
      2. The tuy[8a]re of a furnace.

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   Thalia \Tha*li"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Qa`leia, originally,
      blooming, luxuriant, akin to qa`llein to be luxuriant.]
      (Class. Myth.)
      (a) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
      (b) One of the three Graces.
      (c) One of the Nereids.

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   d8Thallus \[d8]Thal"lus\, n.; pl. {Thalli}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      young shoot or branch, frond.] (Bot.)
      A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more
      layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion,
      but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and
      branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

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   While \While\, n. [AS. hw[c6]l; akin to OS. hw[c6]l, hw[c6]la,
      OFries. hw[c6]le, D. wigl, G. weile, OHG. w[c6]la, hw[c6]la,
      hw[c6]l, Icel. hv[c6]la a bed, hv[c6]ld rest, Sw. hvila, Dan.
      hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. quietus quiet,
      and perhaps to Gr. [?] the proper time of season. [root]20.
      Cf. {Quiet}, {Whilom}.]
      1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a
            time; as, one while we thought him innocent. [bd]All this
            while.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     This mighty queen may no while endure. --Chaucer.
  
                     [Some guest that] hath outside his welcome while,
                     And tells the jest without the smile. --Coleridge.
  
                     I will go forth and breathe the air a while.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. That which requires time; labor; pains. [Obs.]
  
                     Satan . . . cast him how he might quite her while.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {At whiles}, at times; at intervals.
  
                     And so on us at whiles it falls, to claim Powers
                     that we dread.                                    --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.
           
  
      {The while}, {The whiles}, in or during the time that;
            meantime; while. --Tennyson.
  
      {Within a while}, in a short time; soon.
  
      {Worth while}, worth the time which it requires; worth the
            time and pains; hence, worth the expense; as, it is not
            always worth while for a man to prosecute for small debts.

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   Thill \Thill\, n. [OE. thille, AS. [?]ille a board, plank, beam,
      thill; akin to [?]el a plank, D. deel a plank, floor, G.
      diele, OHG. dili, dilla, Icel. [?]ilja a plank, planking, a
      thwart, [?]ili a wainscot, plank; cf. Skr. tala a level
      surface. [fb]236. Cf. {Fill} a thill, {Deal} a plank.]
      1. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a
            vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
  
      2. (Mining) The floor of a coal mine. --Raymond.
  
      {Thill coupling}, a device for connecting the thill of a
            vehicle to the axle.

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   Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
      thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
      tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
      1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
            serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
  
      2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  
      {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.

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   Thole \Thole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tholed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tholing}.] [OE. [thorn]olen, [thorn]olien, AS. [thorn]olian;
      akin to OS. thol[d3]n, OHG. dol[c7]n, G. geduld patience,
      dulden to endure, Icel. [thorn]ola, Sw. t[86]la, Dan. taale,
      Goth. [thorn]ulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear,
      tollere to lift, bear, Gr. [?] to bear, Skr. tul to lift.
      [fb]55. Cf. {Tolerate}.]
      To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] --Gower.
  
               So much woe as I have with you tholed.   --Chaucer.
  
               To thole the winter's steely dribble.      --Burns.

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   Thole \Thole\, v. i.
      To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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   Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
      thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
      tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
      1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
            serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
  
      2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  
      {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.

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   Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
      (a) A thole pin.
      (b) A rowlock.
  
                     I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
                     unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
                     thowels.                                          --Dickens.

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   Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
      thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
      tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
      1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
            serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
  
      2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  
      {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.

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   Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
      (a) A thole pin.
      (b) A rowlock.
  
                     I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
                     unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
                     thowels.                                          --Dickens.

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   Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
      thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
      tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
      1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
            serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
  
      2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  
      {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.

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   Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
      (a) A thole pin.
      (b) A rowlock.
  
                     I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
                     unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
                     thowels.                                          --Dickens.

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   Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE.
      thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir
      tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
      1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
            serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow.
  
      2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  
      {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.

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   Thowel \Thow"el\, Thowl \Thowl\, n. [See {Thole}.] (Naut.)
      (a) A thole pin.
      (b) A rowlock.
  
                     I would sit impatiently thinking with what an
                     unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the
                     thowels.                                          --Dickens.

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   Thulia \Thu"li*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
      Oxide of thulium.

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   Teel \Teel\, n.
      Sesame. [Sometimes written {til}.]
  
      {Teel oil}, sesame oil.

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   Til \Til\, prep. & conj.
      See {Till}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Teel \Teel\, n.
      Sesame. [Sometimes written {til}.]
  
      {Teel oil}, sesame oil.

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   Til \Til\, prep. & conj.
      See {Till}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d {Tiler}.]
      To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile
      a Masonic lodge.

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   Tile \Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L.
      tegula, from tegere to cover. See {Thatch}, and cf.
      {Tegular}.]
      1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering
            the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often
            for ornamental mantel works.
  
      2. (Arch.)
            (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for
                  flooring.
            (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
  
      3. (Metal.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or
            earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are
            fused.
  
      4. A draintile.
  
      5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
  
      {Tile drain}, a drain made of tiles.
  
      {Tile earth}, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and
            stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Tile kiln}, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
  
      {Tile ore} (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
  
      {Tile red}, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
  
      {Tile tea}, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See {Brick tea},
            under {Brick}.

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   Tile \Tile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tiling}.]
      1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
  
      2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
  
                     The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house,
                     will come again.                                 --Donne.

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   Tiliaceous \Til`i*a"ceous\, a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.]
      (Bot.)
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
      ({Tiliace[91]}) of which the linden ({Tilia}) is the type.
      The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable
      fiber, as the jute.

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   Basswood \Bass"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      The bass ({Tilia}) or its wood; especially, {T. Americana}.
      See {Bass}, the lime tree.
  
               All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished
               very smoothly.                                       --Longfellow.

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   Till \Till\, n. [Properly, a drawer, from OE. tillen to draw.
      See {Tiller} the lever of a rudder.]
      A drawer. Specifically:
      (a) A tray or drawer in a chest.
      (b) A money drawer in a shop or store.
  
      {Till alarm}, a device for sounding an alarm when a money
            drawer is opened or tampered with.

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   Till \Till\, n.
      1. (Geol.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without
            lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the
            waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes
            applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not
            laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.
  
      2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. --Loudon.

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   Till \Till\, prep. [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw.
      till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel
      end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit,
      convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See {Till}, v. t.]
      To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in
      respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc.,
      and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and
      Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till
      next week.
  
               He . . . came till an house.                  --Chaucer.
  
               Women, up till this Cramped under worse than
               South-sea-isle taboo.                              --Tennyson.
  
               Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar
               with his writings -- all through them till the very
               end.                                                      --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.
  
      {Till now}, to the present time.
  
      {Till then}, to that time.

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   Till \Till\, n. [Abbrev. from lentil.]
      A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Till \Till\, v. i.
      To cultivate land. --Piers Plowman.

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   Till \Till\, conj.
      As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to
      the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence
      or clause following; until.
  
               And said unto them, Occupy till I come.   --Luke xix.
                                                                              13.
  
               Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to
               God.                                                      --Jer. Taylor.
  
               There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Note: This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of
               when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or
               conjunctive adverb begin when.

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   Till \Till\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tilling}.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim,
      strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to
      propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps
      also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or
      definite. Cf. {Teal}, {Till}, prep..]
      1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise
            crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a
            field, a farm.
  
                     No field nolde [would not] tilye.      --P. Plowman.
  
                     the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
                     to till the ground from whence he was taken. --Gen.
                                                                              iii. 23.
  
      2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] --W. Browne.

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   Tilley \Til"ley\, n., [or] Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
      The seeds of a small tree ({Croton Pavana}) common in the
      Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
      of {Croton Tiglium}. [Written also {tilly}.]

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   Tiller \Till"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tillered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Tillering}.]
      To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of
      the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread
      plants by tillering. [Sometimes written {tillow}.]

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   Tillow \Til"low\, v. i.
      See 3d {Tiller}.

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   Tiller \Till"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tillered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Tillering}.]
      To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of
      the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread
      plants by tillering. [Sometimes written {tillow}.]

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   Tillow \Til"low\, v. i.
      See 3d {Tiller}.

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   Tilley \Til"ley\, n., [or] Tilley seed \Til"ley seed`\ (Bot.)
      The seeds of a small tree ({Croton Pavana}) common in the
      Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those
      of {Croton Tiglium}. [Written also {tilly}.]

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   Toil \Toil\, n. [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth,
      canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr.
      texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Toilet}.]
      A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking
      prey; -- usually in the plural.
  
               As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil
               that holds him.                                       --Denham.
  
               Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.
                                                                              --Dryden.

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   Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Toiling}.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain
      origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF.
      tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. {Towel}); or perhaps
      ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
      To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind,
      especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or
      duration; to labor; to work.

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   Toil \Toil\, v. t.
      1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] [bd]Toiled with works of
            war.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.]
  
                     Places well toiled and husbanded.      --Holland.
  
                     [I] toiled out my uncouth passage.      --Milton.

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   Toil \Toil\, n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor,
      work. See {Toil}, v.]
      Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or
      mind, esp. the body.
  
               My task of servile toil.                        --Milton.
  
               After such bloody toil, we bid good night. --Shak.
  
      Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are
               generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung,
               toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.
  
      Syn: Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment;
               task; travail.
  
      Usage: {Toil}, {Labor}, {Drudgery}. Labor implies strenuous
                  exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the
                  faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is
                  painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and
                  degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or
                  disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.
  
                           You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils,
                           the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose.
                                                                              --Southern.
  
                           How often have I blessed the coming day, When
                           toil remitting lent its turn to play.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.

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   Tol \Tol\ (t[omac]l), v. t. (Law)
      To take away. See {Toll}.

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   Tole \Tole\ (t[omac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of
      uncertain origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.]
      To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing
      or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.]
  
               Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
               should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
               last he masters the difficulty.

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   Tole \Tole\ (t[omac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of
      uncertain origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.]
      To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing
      or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.]
  
               Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
               should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
               last he masters the difficulty.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tolling}.]
      To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated
      at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to
      announce the death of a person.
  
               The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak.
  
               Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.

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   Toll \Toll\, n.
      The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
      repeated.

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   Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
      zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
      E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
      See {Tale} number.]
      1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
            the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
            for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
  
      2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
            bounds of a manor.
  
      3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
            grinding.
  
      {Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
            market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
  
      {Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
            at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
  
      {Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
            it.
  
      {Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
  
      {Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
  
      {Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
  
      {Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  
      {Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
            driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
            its cost. --Brande & C.
  
      {Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
            beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
            passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
            like, of another.
  
      {Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
            from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
  
      Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t. [L. tollere. See {Tolerate}.] (O. Eng. Law)
      To take away; to vacate; to annul.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t. [See {Tole}.]
      1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}.
  
      2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first
            meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To
            cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
            uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. [bd]The
            sexton tolled the bell.[b8] --Hood.
  
      3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
            ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak.
  
                     Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
                                                                              --Beattie.
  
      4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
  
                     When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss
                     the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
                                                                              --Dryden.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t.
      To collect, as a toll. --Shak.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. i.
      1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak.
  
      2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
  
                     Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll
                     thrice.                                             --Chaucer.
  
                     No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our
                     dominions.                                          --Shak.

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   Tole \Tole\ (t[omac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of
      uncertain origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.]
      To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing
      or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.]
  
               Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
               should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
               last he masters the difficulty.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tolling}.]
      To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated
      at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to
      announce the death of a person.
  
               The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak.
  
               Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.

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   Toll \Toll\, n.
      The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
      repeated.

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   Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
      zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
      E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
      See {Tale} number.]
      1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
            the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
            for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
  
      2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
            bounds of a manor.
  
      3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
            grinding.
  
      {Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
            market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
  
      {Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
            at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
  
      {Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
            it.
  
      {Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
  
      {Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
  
      {Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
  
      {Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  
      {Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
            driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
            its cost. --Brande & C.
  
      {Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
            beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
            passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
            like, of another.
  
      {Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
            from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
  
      Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t. [L. tollere. See {Tolerate}.] (O. Eng. Law)
      To take away; to vacate; to annul.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t. [See {Tole}.]
      1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}.
  
      2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first
            meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To
            cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
            uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. [bd]The
            sexton tolled the bell.[b8] --Hood.
  
      3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
            ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak.
  
                     Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
                                                                              --Beattie.
  
      4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
  
                     When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss
                     the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
                                                                              --Dryden.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. t.
      To collect, as a toll. --Shak.

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   Toll \Toll\, v. i.
      1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak.
  
      2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
  
                     Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll
                     thrice.                                             --Chaucer.
  
                     No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our
                     dominions.                                          --Shak.

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   Tolu \To*lu"\, n.
      A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from
      Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See {Balsam of Tolu}, under
      {Balsam}.
  
      {Tolu tree} (Bot.), a large tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}),
            the wood of which is red in the center, and has an
            aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.

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   Tool \Tool\ (t[oomac]l), v. i. [Cf. {Tool}, v. t., 2.]
      To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]
  
               Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept
               roads.                                                   --Illust.
                                                                              American.

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   Tool \Tool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tooled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {tooling}.]
      1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. [bd]Elaborately
            tooled.[b8] --Ld. Lytton.
  
      2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]

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   Tool \Tool\, n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. t[omac]l; akin to Icel.
      t[omac]l, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and
      perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. [root]64.]
      1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the
            like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical
            operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer
            at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner,
            smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other
            part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
  
      2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called
            {machine tool}.
  
      3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
  
                     That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with
                     his smarting tool Oft whip her dainty self.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      4. A weapon. [Obs.]
  
                     Him that is aghast of every tool.      --Chaucer.
  
      5. A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a
            word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by
            whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
  
                     I was not made for a minion or a tool. --Burks.

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   Towall \Tow"all\, n.
      A towel. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
      toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
      zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
      AS. [thorn]we[a0]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel.
      [thorn]v[amac], Sw. tv[86], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf.
      {Doily}.]
      A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
      anything wet, as the person after a bath.
  
      {Towel gourd} (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
            {Luffa [92]gyptiaca}; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
            very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
            is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
            sponge}, and {dishcloth}.

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   Towel \Tow"el\, v. t.
      To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Towilly \To*wil"ly\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Tule \Tu"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
      A large bulrush ({Scirpus lacustris}, and {S. Tatora})
      growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and
      elsewhere.

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   Tull \Tull\, v. t. [OE. tullen. See {Tole}.]
      To allure; to tole. [Obs.]
  
               With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. --Chaucer.

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   Tulle \Tulle\, n. [Cf. F. tuile a tile.]
      In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See
      Illust. of {Tasses}.

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   Tulle \Tulle\, n. [F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in
      France.]
      A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.

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   Tweel \Tweel\, n. & v.
      See {Twill}.

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   Twill \Twill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Twilling}.] [Scotch tweel; probably from LG. twillen to make
      double, from twi- two; akin to AS. twi-, E. twi- in twilight.
      See {Twice}, and cf. {Tweed}, {Tweel}.]
      To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of
      diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

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   Twill \Twill\, n. [Scotch tweel. See {Twill}, v. t.]
      1. An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
            textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over
            one and under two, or over one and under three or more,
            warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in
            regular succession, as in plain weaving.
  
      2. A fabric women with a twill.
  
      3. [Perhaps fr. guill.] A quill, or spool, for yarn.

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   Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
      to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including
            many species, most of which are characterized often used
            as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A
            wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.
            Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
            person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
  
                     And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
                     dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.
  
      2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
            opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
            projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
            with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
            been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
            though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
            winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
            also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.
  
      {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
            under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
  
      {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly
            ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
  
      {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
            willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
            strobiloides}).
  
      {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
            {ptarmigan}.
  
      {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
                  See under {Reed}.
            (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
                  Africa, and Southern Europe.
  
      {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
            largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
            used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
            tea. --McElrath.
  
      {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or
            Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.
  
      {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler
            ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
            {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
            {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.]
      A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a
      revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a
      willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and
      {devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
      to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including
            many species, most of which are characterized often used
            as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A
            wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.
            Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
            person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
  
                     And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
                     dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.
  
      2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
            opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
            projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
            with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
            been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
            though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
            winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
            also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.
  
      {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
            under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
  
      {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly
            ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
  
      {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
            willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
            strobiloides}).
  
      {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
            {ptarmigan}.
  
      {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
                  See under {Reed}.
            (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
                  Africa, and Southern Europe.
  
      {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
            largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
            used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
            tea. --McElrath.
  
      {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or
            Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.
  
      {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler
            ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
            {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
            {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.]
      A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a
      revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a
      willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and
      {devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ty-all \Ty"-all`\, n.
      Something serving to tie or secure. [Obs.] --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hypodactylum \[d8]Hyp`o*dac"ty*lum\, n.; pl. {-tyla}. [NL.,
      fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + [?] a finger, toe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The under side of the toes.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Taholah, WA (CDP, FIPS 70175)
      Location: 47.34005 N, 124.28015 W
      Population (1990): 788 (230 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98587

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tell, TX
      Zip code(s): 79259

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tilly, AR
      Zip code(s): 72679

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tolley, ND (city, FIPS 79140)
      Location: 48.73046 N, 101.82653 W
      Population (1990): 79 (47 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58787

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tooele, UT (city, FIPS 76680)
      Location: 40.53646 N, 112.30139 W
      Population (1990): 13887 (5190 housing units)
      Area: 32.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 84074

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tool, TX (city, FIPS 73352)
      Location: 32.28025 N, 96.17242 W
      Population (1990): 1712 (1354 housing units)
      Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tula, AS (village, FIPS 81700)
      Location: 14.23014 S, 170.54671 W
      Population (1990): 423 (62 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 45.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tulia, TX (city, FIPS 73868)
      Location: 34.53764 N, 101.77147 W
      Population (1990): 4699 (1974 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tull, AR (town, FIPS 70220)
      Location: 34.44234 N, 92.57349 W
      Population (1990): 313 (118 housing units)
      Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tully, NY (village, FIPS 75627)
      Location: 42.79787 N, 76.10801 W
      Population (1990): 911 (390 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13159

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   TLA /T-L-A/ n.   [Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing
   abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is
   infested.   2. Any confusing acronym.   Examples include MCA, FTP,
   SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA.   People who like this
   looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not
   all four-letter words have four letters.   One also hears of `ETLA'
   (Extended Three-Letter Acronym, pronounced /ee tee el ay/) being
   used to describe four-letter acronyms.   The term `SFLA' (Stupid
   Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported.   See also {YABA}.
  
      The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is often
   used to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use.   In 1989, a random of
   the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you
   think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?"   Paul's
   straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000 three-letter
   acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.)   There is
   probably some karmic justice in the fact that Paul Boutin
   subsequently became a journalist.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   tool 1. n.   A program used primarily to create, manipulate,
   modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor
   or a cross-referencing program.   Oppose {app}, {operating system}.
   2. [Unix] An application program with a simple, `transparent'
   (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used
   in programmed combination with other tools (see {filter},
   {plumbing}).   3. [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to
   study (connotes tedium).   The TMRC Dictionary defined this as "to
   set one's brain to the grindstone".   See {hack}.   4. n. [MIT] A
   student who studies too much and hacks too little.   (MIT's student
   humor magazine rejoices in the name "Tool and Die".)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TAL
  
      {Transaction Application Language}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TALE
  
      Typed Applicative Language Experiment.   M. van Leeuwen.   Lazy,
      purely applicative, polymorphic.   Based on typed second order
      lambda-calculus.   "Functional Programming and the Language
      TALE", H.P. Barendregt et al, in Current Trends in
      Concurrency, LNCS 224, Springer 1986, pp.122-207.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TALL
  
      TAC List Language.
  
      ["TALL - A List Processor for the Philco 2000", J. Feldman,
      CACM 5(9):484-485 (Sep 1962)].
  
      (1995-03-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TL0
  
      {Thread Language Zero}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TL1
  
      Transaction Language 1.
  
      A subset of {ITU-T}'s {MML} from {Bellcore}, with simpler
      syntax.   TL1 is similar to {USL}.   It is used in
      communications between telephone operating systems and remote
      network test equipment.
  
      [OTGR, TR-TSY-000439, section 12, Bellcore].
  
      (1994-12-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TLA
  
      {Three-Letter Acronym}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TLI
  
      {Transport Layer Interface}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TL/I
  
      An intermediate language for {Turing Machines}.
  
      ["Examples of Formal Semantics", D. Knuth in Symp on Semantics
      of Algorithmic Languages, E. Engeler ed, LNM 188, Springer
      1971, pp. 212-235].
  
      (1994-12-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TLI
  
      {Transport Layer Interface}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TL/I
  
      An intermediate language for {Turing Machines}.
  
      ["Examples of Formal Semantics", D. Knuth in Symp on Semantics
      of Algorithmic Languages, E. Engeler ed, LNM 188, Springer
      1971, pp. 212-235].
  
      (1994-12-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   tool
  
      1. A program used primarily to create, manipulate,
      modify, or analyse other programs, such as a compiler or an
      editor or a cross-referencing program.   Opposite: {app},
      {operating system}.
  
      2. A {Unix} {application program} with a simple, "transparent"
      (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be
      used in programmed combination with other tools (see {filter},
      {plumbing}).
  
      3. ({MIT}: general to students there) To work; to
      study (connotes tedium).   The {TMRC} Dictionary defined this
      as "to set one's brain to the grindstone".   See {hack}.
  
      4. ({MIT}) A student who studies too much and
      hacks too little.   MIT's student humour magazine rejoices in
      the name "Tool and Die".
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-12-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TTL
  
      1. {transistor-transistor logic}.
  
      2. {Time to Live}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TTYL
  
      talk to you later.
  
      (1998-01-18)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tale
      (1.) Heb. tokhen, "a task," as weighed and measured out = tally,
      i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam.
      18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered "measure."
     
         (2.) Heb. hegeh, "a thought;" "meditation" (Ps. 90:9); meaning
      properly "as a whisper of sadness," which is soon over, or "as a
      thought." The LXX. and Vulgate render it "spider;" the
      Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is
      told. In Job 37:2 this word is rendered "sound;" Revised Version
      margin, "muttering;" and in Ezek. 2:10, "mourning."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tola
      a scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).
     
         (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who "judged" Israel
      twenty-three years (Judg. 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried
      in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Toll
      one of the branches of the king of Persia's revenues (Ezra 4:13;
      7:24), probably a tax levied from those who used the bridges and
      fords and highways.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Telah, moistening; greenness
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tola, worm; grub; scarlet
   Tolad; a generation
   Tophel; ruin; folly; without understanding
  
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