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   Talinum
         n 1: genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs [syn:
               {Talinum}, {genus Talinum}]

English Dictionary: telamon by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum augustissimum
n
  1. similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): narrow-leaved flame flower, Talinum augustissimum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum aurantiacum
n
  1. plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
    Synonym(s): flame flower, flame- flower, flameflower, Talinum aurantiacum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum brevifolium
n
  1. low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): pigmy talinum, Talinum brevifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum calycinum
n
  1. pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
    Synonym(s): rock pink, Talinum calycinum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum paniculatum
n
  1. erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere
    Synonym(s): jewels- of-opar, Talinum paniculatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talinum spinescens
n
  1. low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): spiny talinum, Talinum spinescens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tallyman
n
  1. one who sells goods on the installment plan
  2. one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
    Synonym(s): tallyman, tally clerk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
telamon
n
  1. a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: atlas, telamon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Telemann
n
  1. German baroque composer (1681-1767) [syn: Telemann, Georg Philipp Telemann]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thalmencephalon
n
  1. the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
    Synonym(s): diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tollman
n
  1. someone employed to collect tolls [syn: tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker, toll agent, toller]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tolmiea menziesii
n
  1. vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
    Synonym(s): pickaback plant, piggyback plant, youth-on-age, Tolmiea menziesii
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tallyman \Tal"ly*man\, n.; pl. {Tallymen}.
      1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
  
      2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as
            tally trade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tallyman \Tal"ly*man\, n.; pl. {Tallymen}.
      1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks.
  
      2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as
            tally trade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Atlantes \[d8]At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. of
      [?]. See {Atlas}.] (Arch.)
      Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an
      entablature; -- called also {telamones}. See {Caryatides}.
      --Oxf. Gloss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tillman \Till"man\, n.; pl. {Tillmen}.
      A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] --Tusser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tillman \Till"man\, n.; pl. {Tillmen}.
      A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] --Tusser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horn \Horn\, n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel.,
      Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[a3]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L.
      cornu, Gr. [?], and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium,
      cerebral; cf. Skr. [87]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the
      foot, {Cornea}, {Corner}, {Cornet}, {Cornucopia}, {Hart}.]
      1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
            upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
            as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
            family consist externally of true horn, and are never
            shed.
  
      2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
            annually shed and renewed.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
            animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
            substance or form; esp.:
            (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
                  hornbill.
            (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
                  horned owl.
            (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
                  insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
            (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
                  the horned pout.
  
      4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
            in the flowers of the milkweed ({Asclepias}).
  
      5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
            (a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
                  horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
                  elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
                  metal, resembling a horn in shape. [bd]Wind his horn
                  under the castle wall.[b8] --Spenser. See {French
                  horn}, under {French}.
            (b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
                  made of the horns of cattle. [bd]Horns of mead and
                  ale.[b8] --Mason.
            (c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See {Cornucopia}.
                  [bd]Fruits and flowers from Amalth[91]a's horn.[b8]
                  --Milton.
            (d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
                  containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
                  carrying liquids. [bd]Samuel took the hornof oil and
                  anointed him [David].[b8] --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
            (e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
            (f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
                  projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
            (g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
            (h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
                  projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
            (i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
                  plane.
            (j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
                  Jewish altar of burnt offering. [bd]Joab . . . caught
                  hold on the horns of the altar.[b8] --1 Kings ii. 28.
  
      6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
            or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
  
                     The moon Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
                                                                              --Thomson.
  
      7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
            a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
  
                     Sharpening in mooned horns Their phalanx. --Milton.
  
      8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
            composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
            with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
            as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
            cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
  
      9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
            or pride.
  
                     The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
                                                                              xviii. 2.
  
      10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
            [bd]Thicker than a cuckold's horn.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Horn block}, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
            axle box slides up and down; -- also called {horn plate}.
           
  
      {Horn of a dilemma}. See under {Dilemma}.
  
      {Horn distemper}, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
            substance of the horn.
  
      {Horn drum}, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
            water.
  
      {Horn lead} (Chem.), chloride of lead.
  
      {Horn maker}, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Horn mercury}. (Min.) Same as {Horn quicksilver} (below).
  
      {Horn poppy} (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
            luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
            Virginia; -- called also {horned poppy}. --Gray.
  
      {Horn pox} (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
            that of chicken pox.
  
      {Horn quicksilver} (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
            mercury.
  
      {Horn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
            shell, of the genus {Cerithium}, and allied genera.
  
      {Horn silver} (Min.), cerargyrite.
  
      {Horn slate}, a gray, siliceous stone.
  
      {To haul in one's horns}, to withdraw some arrogant
            pretension. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ambush \Am"bush\, n. [F. emb[96]che, fr. the verb. See {Ambush},
      v. t.]
      1. A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an
            enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen
            peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
  
                     Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or
                     ambush from the deep.                        --Milton.
  
      2. A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait
            to attack by surprise.
  
                     Bold in close ambush, base in open field. --Dryden.
  
      3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by
            surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.]
  
                     The ambush arose quickly out of their place. --Josh.
                                                                              viii. 19.
  
      {To lay an ambush}, to post a force in ambush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windward \Wind"ward\, n.
      The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to
      the windward; -- opposed to {leeward}.
  
      {To lay an anchor to the windward}, a figurative expression,
            signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures
            for success or security.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[amac]); p. p. {Lain} (l[amac]n),
      ({Lien} (l[imac]"[ecr]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.]
      [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
      licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
      ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
      le`xasqai to lie. Cf. {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter},
      {Low}, adj.]
      1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
            be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or
            nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often
            with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the
            book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
            in his coffin.
  
                     The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and
                     closed his weary eyes.                        --Dryden.
  
      2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland
            lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
            ship lay in port.
  
      3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
            a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie
            fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
            under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
            the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
  
      4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
            place; to consist; -- with in.
  
                     Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
                     unequal in circumstances.                  --Collier.
  
                     He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
                     labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
                     huntsmen.                                          --Locke.
  
      5. To lodge; to sleep.
  
                     Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
                     . where I lay one night only.            --Evelyn.
  
                     Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
  
      6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  
                     The wind is loud and will not lie.      --Shak.
  
      7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
            maintained. [bd]An appeal lies in this case.[b8]
            --Parsons.
  
      Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
               often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
               and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
               preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
               laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
               preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
               down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
               preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
               down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
               at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
               laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
               remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
               of lay, and not of lie.
  
      {To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
            sight.
  
      {To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
            blame, etc., lies at your door.
  
      {To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire,
            or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of.
  
      {To lie by}.
            (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
                  manuscript lying by him.
            (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
                  heat of the day.
  
      {To lie hard} [or] {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
           
  
      {To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
  
      {To lie in one}, to be in the power of; to belong to. [bd]As
            much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.[b8]
            --Rom. xii. 18.
  
      {To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment.
  
      {To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
           
  
      {To lie on} [or] {upon}.
            (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
            (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
  
      {To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
           
  
      {To lie on hand},
  
      {To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
            goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
            time lying on their hands.
  
      {To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to.
  
                     What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
                     lie on my head.                                 --Shak.
  
      {To lie over}.
            (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
                  as a note in bank.
            (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
                  resolution in a public deliberative body.
  
      {To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
            near the wind as possible as being the position of
            greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. {To
            bring to}, under {Bring}.
  
      {To lie under}, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
            by.
  
      {To lie with}.
            (a) To lodge or sleep with.
            (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
            (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Throat \Throat\ (thr[omac]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote,
      [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. &
      D. stort. Cf. {Throttle}.]
      1. (Anat.)
            (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the
                  vertebral column.
            (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and
                  lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the
                  fauces.
  
                           I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.
  
      2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
            the throat of a pitcher or vase.
  
      3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
            portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
            the flue. --Gwilt.
  
      4. (Naut.)
            (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a
                  staysail.
            (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
            (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the
                  shank. --Totten.
  
      5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
  
      6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
            the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
  
      {Throat brails} (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to
            the mast.
  
      {Throat halyards} (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of
            the gaff.
  
      {Throat pipe} (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
  
      {To give one the lie in his throat}, to accuse one pointedly
            of lying abominably.
  
      {To lie in one's throat}, to lie flatly or abominably.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[amac]); p. p. {Lain} (l[amac]n),
      ({Lien} (l[imac]"[ecr]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.]
      [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
      licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
      ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
      le`xasqai to lie. Cf. {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter},
      {Low}, adj.]
      1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
            be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or
            nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often
            with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the
            book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
            in his coffin.
  
                     The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and
                     closed his weary eyes.                        --Dryden.
  
      2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland
            lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
            ship lay in port.
  
      3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
            a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie
            fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
            under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
            the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
  
      4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
            place; to consist; -- with in.
  
                     Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
                     unequal in circumstances.                  --Collier.
  
                     He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
                     labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
                     huntsmen.                                          --Locke.
  
      5. To lodge; to sleep.
  
                     Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
                     . where I lay one night only.            --Evelyn.
  
                     Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
  
      6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  
                     The wind is loud and will not lie.      --Shak.
  
      7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
            maintained. [bd]An appeal lies in this case.[b8]
            --Parsons.
  
      Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
               often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
               and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
               preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
               laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
               preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
               down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
               preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
               down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
               at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
               laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
               remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
               of lay, and not of lie.
  
      {To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
            sight.
  
      {To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
            blame, etc., lies at your door.
  
      {To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire,
            or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of.
  
      {To lie by}.
            (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
                  manuscript lying by him.
            (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
                  heat of the day.
  
      {To lie hard} [or] {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
           
  
      {To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
  
      {To lie in one}, to be in the power of; to belong to. [bd]As
            much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.[b8]
            --Rom. xii. 18.
  
      {To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment.
  
      {To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
           
  
      {To lie on} [or] {upon}.
            (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
            (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
  
      {To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
           
  
      {To lie on hand},
  
      {To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
            goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
            time lying on their hands.
  
      {To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to.
  
                     What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
                     lie on my head.                                 --Shak.
  
      {To lie over}.
            (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
                  as a note in bank.
            (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
                  resolution in a public deliberative body.
  
      {To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
            near the wind as possible as being the position of
            greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. {To
            bring to}, under {Bring}.
  
      {To lie under}, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
            by.
  
      {To lie with}.
            (a) To lodge or sleep with.
            (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
            (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[amac]); p. p. {Lain} (l[amac]n),
      ({Lien} (l[imac]"[ecr]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.]
      [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
      licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
      ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
      le`xasqai to lie. Cf. {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter},
      {Low}, adj.]
      1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
            be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or
            nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often
            with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the
            book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
            in his coffin.
  
                     The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and
                     closed his weary eyes.                        --Dryden.
  
      2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland
            lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
            ship lay in port.
  
      3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
            a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie
            fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
            under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
            the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
  
      4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
            place; to consist; -- with in.
  
                     Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
                     unequal in circumstances.                  --Collier.
  
                     He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
                     labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
                     huntsmen.                                          --Locke.
  
      5. To lodge; to sleep.
  
                     Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
                     . where I lay one night only.            --Evelyn.
  
                     Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
  
      6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  
                     The wind is loud and will not lie.      --Shak.
  
      7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
            maintained. [bd]An appeal lies in this case.[b8]
            --Parsons.
  
      Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
               often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
               and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
               preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
               laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
               preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
               down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
               preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
               down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
               at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
               laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
               remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
               of lay, and not of lie.
  
      {To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
            sight.
  
      {To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
            blame, etc., lies at your door.
  
      {To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire,
            or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of.
  
      {To lie by}.
            (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
                  manuscript lying by him.
            (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
                  heat of the day.
  
      {To lie hard} [or] {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
           
  
      {To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
  
      {To lie in one}, to be in the power of; to belong to. [bd]As
            much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.[b8]
            --Rom. xii. 18.
  
      {To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment.
  
      {To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
           
  
      {To lie on} [or] {upon}.
            (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
            (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
  
      {To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
           
  
      {To lie on hand},
  
      {To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
            goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
            time lying on their hands.
  
      {To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to.
  
                     What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
                     lie on my head.                                 --Shak.
  
      {To lie over}.
            (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
                  as a note in bank.
            (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
                  resolution in a public deliberative body.
  
      {To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
            near the wind as possible as being the position of
            greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. {To
            bring to}, under {Bring}.
  
      {To lie under}, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
            by.
  
      {To lie with}.
            (a) To lodge or sleep with.
            (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
            (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tollman \Toll"man\, n.; pl. {Tollmen}.
      One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tollman \Toll"man\, n.; pl. {Tollmen}.
      One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tolmen \Tol"men\, n.
      See {Dolmen}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolmen \Dol"men\, n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men,
      stone: cf. F. dolmen.]
      A cromlech. See {Cromlech}. [Written also {tolmen}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tolmen \Tol"men\, n.
      See {Dolmen}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolmen \Dol"men\, n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men,
      stone: cf. F. dolmen.]
      A cromlech. See {Cromlech}. [Written also {tolmen}.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tallmansville, WV
      Zip code(s): 26237

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Talmoon, MN
      Zip code(s): 56637

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Theilman, MN
      Zip code(s): 55945, 55978

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tillman, SC
      Zip code(s): 29943

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tillman County, OK (county, FIPS 141)
      Location: 34.37670 N, 98.92042 W
      Population (1990): 10384 (4704 housing units)
      Area: 2259.5 sq km (land), 17.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tillmans Corner, AL (CDP, FIPS 76320)
      Location: 30.58552 N, 88.19134 W
      Population (1990): 17988 (6898 housing units)
      Area: 54.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Talmon
      oppressed. (1.) A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19).
     
         (2.) One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel to
      Jerusalem (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45); probably the same as (1).
     
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