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Tadarida
n 1: freetail bats [syn: {Tadarida}, {genus Tadarida}]

English Dictionary: tea tortrix	by the DICT Development Group
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Tadarida brasiliensis n the common freetail bat of southern United States having short velvety fur; migrates southward for winter Synonym(s): guano bat, Mexican freetail bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
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Tadirida femorosacca n small brown bat of California and northern Mexico [syn: pocketed bat, pocketed freetail bat, Tadirida femorosacca]
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tatterdemalion adj worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" Synonym(s): tattered, tatterdemalion in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack" Synonym(s): bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down n a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: ragamuffin, tatterdemalion]
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tattered adj worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" Synonym(s): tattered, tatterdemalion ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past" Synonym(s): shattered, tattered
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tea tortrix n small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants Synonym(s): tea tortrix, tortrix, Homona coffearia
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teeter-totter n a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Synonym(s): seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board v ride on a plank [syn: teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw]
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teetertotter n a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Synonym(s): seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board v ride on a plank [syn: teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw]
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tetartanopia n a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned Synonym(s): tetartanopia, yellow-blindness
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tethered adj confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain
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tetrad n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
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tetradecanoic acid n a saturated fatty acid occurring naturally in animal and vegetable fats Synonym(s): myristic acid, tetradecanoic acid
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tetraethyl lead n a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking Synonym(s): tetraethyl lead, lead tetraethyl
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tetrahedron n any polyhedron having four plane faces
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tetrahydrocannabinol n psychoactive substance present in marijuana [syn: tetrahydrocannabinol, THC]
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tetraiodothyronine n hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" Synonym(s): thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T
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Tetraodontidae n puffers Synonym(s): Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae
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tetrode n a thermionic tube having four electrodes
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tetrodotoxin n a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
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the trots n obscene terms for diarrhea Synonym(s): the shits, the trots
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theater director n someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show Synonym(s): director, theater director, theatre director
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theater ticket n a ticket good for admission to a theater [syn: {theater ticket}, theatre ticket]
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theatre director n someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show Synonym(s): director, theater director, theatre director
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theatre ticket n a ticket good for admission to a theater [syn: {theater ticket}, theatre ticket]
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Theodore Dreiser n United States novelist (1871-1945) [syn: Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser]
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Theodore Dwight Weld n United States abolitionist (1803-1895) [syn: Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld]
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theta rhythm n the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed and drowsy; occurs with low frequency and low amplitude Synonym(s): theta rhythm, theta wave
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titrate v measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
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titration n a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated
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titrator n an apparatus for performing a titration
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tooth root n the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support Synonym(s): root, tooth root
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toothwort n North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots Synonym(s): crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla
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two-thirds n two of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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Tatterdemalion \Tat`terdemal"ion\, n. [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See {Tatter}, and {Mail} armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. --L'Estrange.
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Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.
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Tedder \Ted"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Teddered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teddering}.] Same as {Tether}.
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Teeter \Tee"ter\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Teetered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teetering}.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[d3]n, G. zittern.] To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. --H. W. Beecher.
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Teeter-tail \Tee"ter-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under {Sandpiper}.
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Tip-up \Tip"-up`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also {teeter-tail}. See under {Sandpiper}.
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Teeter-tail \Tee"ter-tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under {Sandpiper}.
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Tip-up \Tip"-up`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted sandpiper; -- called also {teeter-tail}. See under {Sandpiper}.
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Tetard \Te*tard"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A gobioid fish ({Eleotris gyrinus}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {sleeper}.
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Tetartohedral \Tetar`tohe"dral\, a. [Gr. [?] fourth + [?] base.] (Crystallog.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry. -- {Tetar`tohe"dral*ly}, adv.
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Tetartohedral \Tetar`tohe"dral\, a. [Gr. [?] fourth + [?] base.] (Crystallog.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry. -- {Tetar`tohe"dral*ly}, adv.
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Tetartohedrism \Tetar`tohe"drism\, n. (Crystallog.) The property of being tetartohedral.
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Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tethering}.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. --Wordsworth.
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Tetrad \Tet"rad\, n. [L. tetras, -adis, Gr. [?], [?]: cf. F. t[82]trade.] 1. The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion. 2. (Chem.) A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.
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Tetradactyl \Tet`radac"tyl\, Tetradactyle \Tet`radac"tyle\, a. [Cf. F. t[82]tradactyle.] (Zo[94]l.) Tetradactylous.
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Tetradactyl \Tet`radac"tyl\, Tetradactyle \Tet`radac"tyle\, a. [Cf. F. t[82]tradactyle.] (Zo[94]l.) Tetradactylous.
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Tetradactylous \Tet`radac"tylous\, a. [Gr. [?]; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] finger, toe.] (Zo[94]l.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
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Tetradecane \Tet`ra*dec"ane\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] ten.] (Chem.) A light oily hydrocarbon, {C14H30}, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
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Tetradic \Tet*rad"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.
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Tetradite \Tet"ra*dite\, n. [See {Tetrad}.] A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead. --Smart.
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Tetradon \Tet"ra*don\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tetrodon}.
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Tetrodon \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?], [?], tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to {Tetrodon} and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also {tetradon}.] Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer (a), and similar species.
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Tetradon \Tet"ra*don\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tetrodon}.
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Tetrodon \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?], [?], tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to {Tetrodon} and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also {tetradon}.] Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer (a), and similar species.
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Tetradont \Tet"ra*dont\, a. & n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tetrodont}.
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Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written also {tetradont}, and {tetraodont}.]
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Tetradont \Tet"ra*dont\, a. & n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tetrodont}.
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Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written also {tetradont}, and {tetraodont}.]
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Tetradrachm \Tet"radrachm\, d8Tetradrachma \[d8]Tet`radrach"ma\, n. [NL. tetradrachma, fr. Gr. tetra`drachmon; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + drachmh` drachm, drachma.] A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms. Note: The Attic tetradrachm was equal to 3s. 3d. sterling, or about 76 cents.
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Tetradymite \Tetrad"ymite\, n. [Gr. tetra`dymos fourfold. So named from its occurrence in compound twin crystals, or fourlings.] (Min.) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also {telluric bismuth}.
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Tetradynamian \Tet`radyna"mi*an\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the order Tetradynamia.
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Tetradynamian \Tet`radyna"mian\, Tetradynamous \Tet`radyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.
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Tetradynamian \Tet`radyna"mian\, Tetradynamous \Tet`radyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.
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Tetrahedral \Tet`ra*he"dral\, a. [See {Tetrahedron}.] 1. Having, or composed of, four sides. 2. (Crystallog.) (a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. (b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs. {Tetrahedral angle} (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.
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Tetrahedral \Tet`ra*he"dral\, a. [See {Tetrahedron}.] 1. Having, or composed of, four sides. 2. (Crystallog.) (a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. (b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs. {Tetrahedral angle} (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.
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Tetrahedrally \Tet`rahe"drally\, adv. In a tetrahedral manner.
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Tetrahedrite \Tet`ra*he"drite\, n. [So called because the crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons.] (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also {gray copper ore}, {fahlore}, and {panabase}.
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Tetrahedron \Tet`ra*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit.] (Geom.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles. Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron. {Regular tetrahedron} (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.
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Blackcock \Black"cock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The male of the European black grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See {Heath grouse}.
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Heath \Heath\, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h[?][?]; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei[?]r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh[?]tra field. [root]20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub ({Erica, [or] Calluna, vulgaris}), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called {heather}, and {ling}. (b) Also, any species of the genus {Erica}, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of {Heather}. 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton {Heath cock} (Zo[94]l.), the blackcock. See {Heath grouse} (below). {Heath grass} (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus {Triodia} ({T. decumbens}), growing on dry heaths. {Heath grouse}, [or] {Heath game} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Tetrao tetrix}), which inhabits heats; -- called also {black game}, {black grouse}, {heath poult}, {heath fowl}, {moor fowl}. The male is called, {heath cock}, and {blackcock}; the female, {heath hen}, and {gray hen}. {Heath hen}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heath grouse} (above). {Heath pea} (bot.), a species of bitter vetch ({Lathyris macrorhizus}), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. {Heath throstle} (Zo[94]l.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written also {tetradont}, and {tetraodont}.]
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Tetrathecal \Tet`ra*the"cal\, a. [Tetra- + thecal.] (Bot.) Having four loculaments, or thec[91].
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Tetrathionate \Tet`rathi"onate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of tetrathionic acid.
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Tetrathionic \Tet`rathion"ic\, a. [Tetra- + thionic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H[?]S[?]O[?], of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
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Tetratomic \Tet`ra*tom"ic\, a. [Tetra- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic. (b) Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.
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Tetrodon \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?], [?], tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to {Tetrodon} and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also {tetradon}.] Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer (a), and similar species.
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Puffer \Puff"er\, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also {blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}.
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Blower \Blow"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, blows. 2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc. 3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine. 4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon turgidus}); the puffer. 6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written also {tetradont}, and {tetraodont}.]
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Tetter \Tet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tettering}.] To affect with tetter. --Shak.
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Tetter-totter \Tet"ter-tot`ter\, n. [See {Teeter}.] A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also {titter-totter}, and {titter-cum-totter}.
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It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood. To write this, or to design the other. --Dryden. It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural. The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. --Ps. xlix. 10. If he is trimming, others are true. --Thackeray. Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than. No other but such a one as he. --Coleridge. Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. --Is. xxvi. 13. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. --1 Cor. iii. 11. The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. --Hawthorne. {Other some}, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] {The other day}, at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past. Bind my hair up: as't was yesterday? No, nor t' other day. --B. Jonson.
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Article \Ar"ti*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. [?], fr. a root ar to join, fit. See {Art}, n.] 1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement. 2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia. 3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.] A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding. --Addison. This last article will hardly be believed. --De Foe. 4. A distinct part. [bd]Upon each article of human duty.[b8] --Paley. [bd]Each article of time.[b8] --Habington. The articles which compose the blood. --E. Darwin. 5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food. --Landor. 6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic] This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. --Evelyn. 7. (Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article. 8. (Zo[94]l.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage. {Articles of Confederation}, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. {Articles of impeachment}, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. {Articles of war}, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. {In the article of death} [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. {Lords of the articles} (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. {The Thirty-nine Articles}, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.
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Thitherto \Thith"er*to`\, adv. To that point; so far. [Obs.]
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Tide-rode \Tide"-rode`\, a. (Naut.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
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Titrate \Ti"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Titrating}.] [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See {Title}, n.] (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. {Standardized solution}, under {Solution}.
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Titrate \Ti"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Titrating}.] [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See {Title}, n.] (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. {Standardized solution}, under {Solution}.
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Titrated \Ti"tra*ted\, a. (Chem.) Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.
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Titrate \Ti"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Titrating}.] [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See {Title}, n.] (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. {Standardized solution}, under {Solution}.
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Titration \Ti*tra"tion\, n. (Chem.) The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.
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Titter \Tit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tittering}.] [Probably of imitative origin.] To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle. A group of tittering pages ran before. --Longfellow.
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Tetter-totter \Tet"ter-tot`ter\, n. [See {Teeter}.] A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also {titter-totter}, and {titter-cum-totter}.
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Titter-totter \Tit"ter-tot`ter\, v. i. See {Teeter}.
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Tetter-totter \Tet"ter-tot`ter\, n. [See {Teeter}.] A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also {titter-totter}, and {titter-cum-totter}.
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Titter-totter \Tit"ter-tot`ter\, v. i. See {Teeter}.
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a cart, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. --Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? --James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury. 2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. --Dryden. 3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. --Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak. (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. --Burke. (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman. 4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. --King. 5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden. 6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! --Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. 8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. --Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. 11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains. {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert. {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary. {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak. {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n. {To draw in}. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest. {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison. {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured.[b8] --Hayward. {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long drawn out.[b8] --Milton. {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak. {To draw up}. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}. Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
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Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] 1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage. 2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of {Ravelin} and {Bastion}. 3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc. 4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. {Behind the curtain}, in concealment; in secret. {Curtain lecture}, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold. A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. --W. Irving. {The curtain falls}, the performance closes. {The curtain rises}, the performance begins. {To draw the curtain}, to close it over an object, or to remove it; hence: (a) To hide or to disclose an object. (b) To commence or close a performance. {To drop the curtain}, to end the tale, or close the performance.
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Longbow \Long"bow`\, n. The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one. {To draw the longbow}, to tell large stories.
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a cart, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. --Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? --James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury. 2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. --Dryden. 3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. --Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak. (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. --Burke. (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman. 4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. --King. 5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden. 6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! --Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. 8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. --Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. 11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains. {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert. {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary. {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak. {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n. {To draw in}. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest. {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison. {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured.[b8] --Hayward. {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long drawn out.[b8] --Milton. {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak. {To draw up}. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}. Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
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Draw \Draw\, v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. Note: A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind. 2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. --John iv. 11. 3. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement. Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. --Addison. 4. (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc. 5. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc. 6. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. --Shak. 7. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. [bd]Skill in drawing.[b8] --Locke. 8. To become contracted; to shrink. [bd]To draw into less room.[b8] --Bacon. 9. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect. 10. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. --Jay. 11. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily. 12. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. [bd]Greater hulks draw deep.[b8] --Shak. {To draw to a head}. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.
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Memory \Mem"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Memories}. [OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. m[82]moire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. {Demur}, {Martyr}, {Memoir}, {Remember}.] 1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. --Rambler. 2. The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong. 3. The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands. 4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man. And what, before thy memory, was done From the begining. --Milton. 5. Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory. The memory of the just is blessed. --Prov. x. 7. That ever-living man of memory, Henry the Fifth. --Shak. The Nonconformists . . . have, as a body, always venerated her [Elizabeth's] memory. --Macaulay. 6. A memorial. [Obs.] These weeds are memories of those worser hours. --Shak. Syn: {Memory}, {Remembrance}, {Recollection}, {Reminiscence}. Usage: Memory is the generic term, denoting the power by which we reproduce past impressions. Remembrance is an exercise of that power when things occur spontaneously to our thoughts. In recollection we make a distinct effort to collect again, or call back, what we know has been formerly in the mind. Reminiscence is intermediate between remembrance and recollection, being a conscious process of recalling past occurrences, but without that full and varied reference to particular things which characterizes recollection. [bd]When an idea again recurs without the operation of the like object on the external sensory, it is remembrance; if it be sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavor found, and brought again into view, it is recollection.[b8] --Locke. {To draw to memory}, to put on record; to record. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.
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Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. --Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. {Dirt eating}. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}. {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684). {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
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Heartily \Heart"i*ly\, adv. [From {Hearty}.] 1. From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity. I heartily forgive them. --Shak. 2. With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; as, he heartily assisted the prince. {To eat heartily}, to eat freely and with relish. --Addison. Syn: Sincerely; cordially; zealously; vigorously; actively; warmly; eagerly; ardently; earnestly.
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Tear \Tear\ (t[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[omac]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[acir]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[omac]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t[91]ra, Goth. gata[a1]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [fb]63. Cf. {Darn}, {Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.] 1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak. 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison. 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 5. To move violently; to agitate. [bd]Once I loved torn ocean's roar.[b8] --Byron. {To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak. {To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. {To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip. {To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. {To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.
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Tear \Tear\ (t[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[omac]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[acir]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[omac]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t[91]ra, Goth. gata[a1]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [fb]63. Cf. {Darn}, {Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.] 1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak. 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison. 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 5. To move violently; to agitate. [bd]Once I loved torn ocean's roar.[b8] --Byron. {To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak. {To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. {To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip. {To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. {To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.
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Throw \Throw\, v. t. [imp. {Threw} (thr[udd]); p. p. {Thrown} (thr[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Throwing}.] [OE. [thorn]rowen, [thorn]rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. [thorn]r[be]wan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. draaijen, G. drehen, OHG. dr[be]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. [?] to bore, to turn, [?] to pierce, [?] a hole. Cf. {Thread}, {Trite}, {Turn}, v. t.] 1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; -- distinguished from to toss, or to bowl. 2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames. 3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. 4. (Mil.) To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river. 5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist. 6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. --Shak. 7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. --Pope. 8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. --Shak. 9. (Pottery) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels. 10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. I have thrown A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth. --Shak. 11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits. 12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. --Tomlinson. {To throw away}. (a) To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. (b) To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. {To throw back}. (a) To retort; to cast back, as a reply. (b) To reject; to refuse. (c) To reflect, as light. {To throw by}, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. {To throw down}, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. {To throw in}. (a) To inject, as a fluid. (b) To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. (c) To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. {To throw off}. (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. [Eng.]
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Gauntlet \Gaunt"let\, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[94]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. Note: The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc., of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers. 2. A long glove, covering the wrist. 3. (Naut.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. {To take up the gauntlet}, to accept a challenge. {To throw down the gauntlet}, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.
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to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] {To take up the glove}, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. {To throw down the glove}, to challenge to combat.
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Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [?].] 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] [bd]To touch a dust of England's ground.[b8] --Shak. 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. {Down with the dust}, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] [bd]My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.[b8] --Fuller. {Dust brand} (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo}); -- called also {smut}. {Gold dust}, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. {In dust and ashes}. See under {Ashes}. {To bite the dust}. See under {Bite}, v. t. {To} {raise, [or] kick up, dust}, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] {To throw dust in one's eyes}, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]
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{To throw on}, to cast on; to load. {To throw one's self down}, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. {To throw one's self on} [or] {upon}. (a) To fall upon. (b) To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon. {To throw out}. (a) To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. [bd]The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile.[b8] --Swift. [bd]The bill was thrown out.[b8] --Swift. (b) To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. [bd]She throws out thrilling shrieks.[b8] --Spenser. (c) To distance; to leave behind. --Addison. (d) To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. {To throw over}, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. {To throw up}. (a) To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. [bd]Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand.[b8] --Addison. (b) To reject from the stomach; to vomit. (c) To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.
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Tire \Tire\, v. t. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden. {To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass. Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.
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Measure \Meas"ure\, n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr. metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr. [?], E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged. 2. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. False ells and measures be brought all clean adown. --R. of Gloucester. 3. The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. --Job xi. 9. 4. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount. It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal. --Luke xiii. 21. 5. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure. Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure. --Is. v. 14. 6. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days. --Ps. xxxix. 4. 7. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure. 8. Undefined quantity; extent; degree. There is a great measure of discretion to be used in the performance of confession. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Regulated division of movement: (a) (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet. (b) (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The space between two bars. See {Beat}, {Triple}, {Quadruple}, {Sextuple}, {Compound time}, under {Compound}, a., and {Figure}. (c) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure. 10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers. 11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure. His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken in the conferring that trust, and lamented his error. --Clarendon. 12. The act of measuring; measurement. --Shak. 13. pl. (Geol.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures. {Lineal}, [or] {Long}, {measure}, measure of length; the measure of lines or distances. {Liquid measure}, the measure of liquids. {Square measure}, the measure of superficial area of surfaces in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc. {To have hard measure}, to have harsh treatment meted out to one; to be harshly or oppressively dealt with. {To take measures}, to make preparations; to provide means. {To take one's measure}, to measure one, as for a garment; hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character, ability, etc. {To tread a measure}, to dance in the style so called. See 9 (a) . Say to her, we have measured many miles To tread a measure with her on this grass. --Shak.
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Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro[?]a, Sw. tr[86]da, tr[84]da, Dan. tr[91]de, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. [?] a running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.] 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. --Pope. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope. The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer. 2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step. Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak. {To tread on} [or] {upon}. (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. [bd]Thou shalt tread upon their high places.[b8] --Deut. xxxiii. 29. (b) to follow closely. [bd]Year treads on year.[b8] --Wordsworth. {To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon. [bd]Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin.[b8] --Milton. One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
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{To harden the neck}, to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. --Neh. ix. 17. {To tread on the neck of}, to oppress; to tyrannize over.
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Tread \Tread\, v. t. 1. To step or walk on. Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. --Prior. Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. --Dryden. 2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path. 3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. [bd] I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. --Shak. 4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue. Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. --Ps. xliv. 5. 5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird. --Chaucer. {To tread out}, to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses. {To tread the stage}, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.
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Tread \Tread\, v. t. 1. To step or walk on. Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. --Prior. Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. --Dryden. 2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path. 3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. [bd] I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. --Shak. 4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue. Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. --Ps. xliv. 5. 5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird. --Chaucer. {To tread out}, to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses. {To tread the stage}, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.
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Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[emac]la, perh. for h[omac]hila, fr. AS. h[omac]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[emac]la, Icel. h[91]ll, Dan. h[91]l, Sw. h[84]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham. 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. [bd]The heel of a hunt.[b8] --A. Trollope. [bd]The heel of the white loaf.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. 6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. 7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt. {Heel chain} (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. {Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun. {Heel of a rafter}. (Arch.) See {Heel}, n., 7. {Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. {Neck and heels}, the whole body. (Colloq.) {To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway. {To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. {To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak. {To cool the heels}. See under {Cool}. {To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. {To have the heels of}, to outrun. {To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. --Shak. --Addison. {To show the heels}, to flee; to run from. {To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight. {To throw up another's heels}, to trip him. --Bunyan. {To tread upon one's heels}, to follow closely. --Shak.
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Tread \Tread\, v. i. [imp. {Trod}; p. p. {Trodden}, {Trod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treading}.] [OE. treden, AS. tredan; akin to OFries. treda, OS. tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro[?]a, Sw. tr[86]da, tr[84]da, Dan. tr[91]de, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp; cf. Gr. [?] a running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. {Trade}, {Tramp}, {Trot}.] 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. --Pope. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. --Pope. The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. --Chaucer. 2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step. Ye that . . . stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males. --Shak. {To tread on} [or] {upon}. (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. [bd]Thou shalt tread upon their high places.[b8] --Deut. xxxiii. 29. (b) to follow closely. [bd]Year treads on year.[b8] --Wordsworth. {To tread upon the heels of}, to follow close upon. [bd]Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin.[b8] --Milton. One woe doth tread upon another's heel. --Shak.
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Trot \Trot\, v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. {To trot out}, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]
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Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weathering}.] 1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. This gear lacks weathering. --Latimer. 2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. For I can weather the roughest gale. --Longfellow. You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W. Robertson. 3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. 4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. --Encyc. Brit. {To weather a point}. (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition. {To weather out}, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
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Toothwort \Tooth"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus {Lathr[91]a}, and various species of {Dentaria}. See {Coralwort}.
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Coralwort \Cor"al*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of {Dentaria}; -- called also {toothwort}, {tooth violet}, or {pepper root}.
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Toothwort \Tooth"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus {Lathr[91]a}, and various species of {Dentaria}. See {Coralwort}.
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Coralwort \Cor"al*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of {Dentaria}; -- called also {toothwort}, {tooth violet}, or {pepper root}.
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Totter \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline, {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. [bd]As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.[b8] --Ps. lxii. 3. 2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. --Dryden.
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Tutor \Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tutored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tutoring}.] 1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. Their sons are well tutored by you. --Shak. 2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. --Addison.
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Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twittering}.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir[?]n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra, Dan. quiddre. Cf. {Titter}.] 1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. --Gray. 2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. --J. Fletcher. 3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.