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   tail bone
         n 1: the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
               [syn: {coccyx}, {tail bone}]

English Dictionary: telephone line	by the DICT Development Group
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tail fin n a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane Synonym(s): vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tail fin, tailfin one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile Synonym(s): tail fin, tailfin, fin the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates Synonym(s): tail fin, caudal fin
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tailfin n a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane Synonym(s): vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tail fin, tailfin one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile Synonym(s): tail fin, tailfin, fin
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talapoin n smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests Synonym(s): talapoin, Cercopithecus talapoin
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Taleban n a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" Synonym(s): Taliban, Taleban
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Taliban n a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" Synonym(s): Taliban, Taleban
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telephone n electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" Synonym(s): telephone, phone, telephone set transmitting speech at a distance Synonym(s): telephone, telephony v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" Synonym(s): call, telephone, call up, phone, ring
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telephone bell n electric bell that rings to signal a call
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telephone bill n statement of charges for telephone service [syn: {phone bill}, telephone bill]
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telephone book n a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers Synonym(s): phonebook, phone book, telephone book, telephone directory
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telephone booth n booth for using a telephone [syn: telephone booth, {phone booth}, call box, telephone box, telephone kiosk]
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telephone box n booth for using a telephone [syn: telephone booth, {phone booth}, call box, telephone box, telephone kiosk]
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telephone call n a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" Synonym(s): call, phone call, telephone call
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telephone circuit n a telephone connection [syn: telephone line, {phone line}, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line]
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telephone company n a public utility that provides telephone service [syn: telephone company, telephone service, phone company, phone service, telco]
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telephone conversation n a conversation over the telephone
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telephone cord n the telephone wire that connects to the handset [syn: telephone cord, phone cord]
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telephone dial n a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called Synonym(s): dial, telephone dial
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telephone directory n a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers Synonym(s): phonebook, phone book, telephone book, telephone directory
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telephone exchange n a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication Synonym(s): central, telephone exchange, exchange
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telephone extension n an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line Synonym(s): extension, telephone extension, extension phone
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telephone interview n an interview conducted over the telephone
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telephone jack n a jack for plugging in a telephone [syn: telephone jack, phone jack]
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telephone kiosk n booth for using a telephone [syn: telephone booth, {phone booth}, call box, telephone box, telephone kiosk]
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telephone line n the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals [syn: telephone wire, telephone line, telegraph wire, telegraph line] a telephone connection Synonym(s): telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line
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telephone message n a message transmitted by telephone [syn: phone message, telephone message]
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telephone number n the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" Synonym(s): phone number, telephone number, number
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telephone operator n someone who helps callers get the person they are calling Synonym(s): telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard operator
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telephone order n receiving orders via telephone
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telephone plug n a plug for connecting a telephone [syn: telephone plug, phone plug]
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telephone pole n tall pole supporting telephone wires [syn: {telephone pole}, telegraph pole, telegraph post]
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telephone receiver n earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn: telephone receiver, receiver]
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telephone service n a public utility that provides telephone service [syn: telephone company, telephone service, phone company, phone service, telco]
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telephone set n electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" Synonym(s): telephone, phone, telephone set
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telephone system n a communication system that transmits sound between distant points Synonym(s): telephone system, phone system
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telephone unit n a unit of measurement for telephone use
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telephone wire n the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals [syn: telephone wire, telephone line, telegraph wire, telegraph line]
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telephoner n the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone" Synonym(s): caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner
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telephonic adj of or relating to telephony; "telephonic connection"
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telephonist n someone who helps callers get the person they are calling Synonym(s): telephone operator, telephonist, switchboard operator
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telephony n transmitting speech at a distance [syn: telephone, telephony]
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televangelism n evangelism at a distance by the use of television
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televangelist n an evangelist who conducts services on television
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tholepin n a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Synonym(s): peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
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Tilapia nilotica n important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor Synonym(s): bolti, Tilapia nilotica
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twelve noon n the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, {high noon}, midday, noonday, noontide]
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twelvemonth n a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" Synonym(s): year, twelvemonth, yr
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[91]}. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}), called also {brownback}, {grass snipe}, and {jacksnipe}; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin ({T. alpina}); the purple sandpiper ({T. maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({T. canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail ({Actitis macularia}); the buff-breasted sandpiper ({Tryngites subruficollis}), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under {Upland}. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper ({Actitis, [or] Tringoides, hypoleucus}), called also {fiddler}, {peeper}, {pleeps}, {weet-weet}, and {summer snipe}. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. {Curlew sandpiper}. See under {Curlew}. {Stilt sandpiper}. See under {Stilt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mountain \Moun"tain\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. {Mountain antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the goral. {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree. {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. {Mountain beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the sewellel. {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. {Mountain cat} (Zo[94]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}. {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. {Mountain cock} (Zo[94]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}. {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}. {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning. {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}. {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under {Fumitory}. {Mountain goat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mazama}. {Mountain green}. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States. {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}. {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium} ({T. Alpinum}). {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}. {Mountain linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the twite. {Mountain magpie}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}. {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}. {Mountain ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}. {Mountain pride}, [or] {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. {Mountain quail} (Zo[94]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. {Mountain rice}. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}). {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}). {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite. {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray. {Mountain sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the European tree sparrow. {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}. {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}. {Mountain witch} (Zo[94]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus {Geotrygon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. [?]: cf. F. [82]l[82]phantin.] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[91]gel, t[91]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [fb]59.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebr[91], and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebr[91] which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term tail is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone. 2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin. Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees. --Harvey. 3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior part. The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail. --Deut. xxviii. 13. 4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue. [bd]Ah,[b8] said he, [bd]if you saw but the chief with his tail on.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression [bd]heads or tails,[b8] employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall. 6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle. 7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style. 8. (Surg.) (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also {tailing}. (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times. 9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. 10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). 11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4. 12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile. 13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5. {Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the feathers which cover the bases of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those below, the {under tail coverts}. {Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end of a contest. [Colloq.] {Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a direction opposite to the sun. {Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. --Totten. {Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond. {Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in advancing the lines of approach. {Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}. {To turn tail}, to run away; to flee. Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch. --Sir P. Sidney.
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Tailpin \Tail"pin"\, n. (Mach.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
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Talapoin \Tal"apoin\ (t[acr]l"[adot]poin), n. (Zo[94]l.) A small African monkey ({Cercopithecus, [or] Miopithecus, talapoin}) -- called also {melarhine}.
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Telepheme \Tel"e*pheme\, n. [Gr. [?] afar + [?] a saying.] A message by a telephone. [Recent]
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Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, n. [Gr. [?] far off + [?] sound.] (Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. Note: The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ electricity.
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Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, v. t. To convey or announce by telephone.
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Telephone exchange \Tel`ephone exchange"\ A central office in which the wires of telephones may be connected to permit conversation.
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Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. 2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. 3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. --Shak. 4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B. 5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. --Blackstone. 6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}. {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}. {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}. {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation. Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telephonic \Tel`e*phon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. t[82]l[82]phonique. See {Telephone}.] 1. Conveying sound to a great distance. 2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
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Telephonically \Tel`ephon"ical*ly\, adv. By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
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Telephony \Teleph"ony\, n. The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
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Laving \Lav"ing\, a. [From {Live}, v. i.] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. [bd] Living hope. [b8] --Wyclif. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. [bd]Living light.[b8] --Shak. 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}. {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale. {Living} {rock [or] stone}, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. [bd] I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.[b8] --Moore. {The living}, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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d8Pedipalpi \[d8]Ped`i*pal"pi\, n pl. [NL. See {Pedipalpus}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions ({Thelyphonus}) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions.
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Vinegarroon \Vin`egarroon"\, n. [Cf. Sp. vinagre vinegar.] A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species ({Thelyphonus giganteus}) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from the odor that it emits when alarmed.
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Thole \Thole\, n. [Written also {thowel}, and {thowl}.] [OE. thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.] 1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow. 2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. {Thole pin}. Same as {Thole}.
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Elbow \El"bow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elbowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elbowing}.] To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another. They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. --Macaulay. {To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.
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7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. {To help forward}, to assist in advancing. {To help off}, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. --Locke. {To help on}, to forward; to promote by aid. {To help out}, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task. The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help him out. --Swift. {To help over}, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an obstacle. {To help to}, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help one to soup. {To help up}, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. [bd]A man is well holp up that trusts to you.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend. Usage: To {Help}, {Aid}, {Assist}. These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes co[94]peration on the part of him who is relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who [bd]stands by[b8] in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venue \Ven"ue\, n. [F. venue a coming, arrival, fr. venir to come, L. venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See {Come}, and cf. {Venew}, {Veney}.] 1. (Law) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid. The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --Blackstone. Note: In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid. 2. A bout; a hit; a turn. See {Venew}. [R.] {To lay a venue} (Law), to allege a place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To lay on}, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. {To lay on load}, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. [or] Archaic] {To lay one's self out}, to strive earnestly. No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country. --Smalridge. {To lay one's self open to}, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. {To lay open}, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. {To lay over}, to spread over; to cover. {To lay out}. (a) To expend. --Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover. (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a garden. (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse. (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. {To lay siege to}. (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. {To lay the course} (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. {To lay the land} (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. {To lay to} (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor. (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles. (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary. {To lay to heart}, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly. {To lay under}, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or restraint. {To lay unto}. (a) Same as {To lay to} (above). (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4. {To lay up}. (a) To store; to reposit for future use. (b) To confine; to disable. (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship. {To lay wait for}, to lie in ambush for. {To lay waste}, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land. Syn: See {Put}, v. t., and the Note under 4th {Lie}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unturned \Un*turned"\, a. [Pref. un- + turned.] Not turned; not revolved or reversed. {To leave no stone unturned}, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose. [He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lurch \Lurch\, n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.] 1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. 2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch. Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch. --Walpole. {To leave one in the lurch}. (a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. --Denham. But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To leave one out in the cold}, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Himself \Him*self"\, pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. But he himself returned from the quarries. --Judges iii. 19. David hid himself in the field. --1 Sam. xx. 24. The Lord himself shall give you a sign. --Is. vii. 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus ii. 14. With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. --Denham. Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under {Him}. It comprehendeth in himself all good. --Chaucer. 2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. {By himself}, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. {To leave one to himself}, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\, v. i. To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods. {To levy on goods and chattels}, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capital \Cap"i*tal\, n. [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {Chief}, and cf. {Cattle}, {Chattel}, {Chapiter}, {Chapter}.] 1. (Arch.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and {Column}. 2. [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. [bd]A busy and splendid capital[b8] --Macauly. 3. [Cf. F. capital.] Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See {Capital stock}, under {Capital}, a. 4. (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. --M'Culloch. Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). --T. Raleigh. 5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. --London Times. 6. (Fort.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts. 7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. --Sir W. Scott. 8. (Print.) See {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a. {Active capital}. See under {Active}, {Small capital} (Print.), a small capital letter. See under {Capital}, a. {To live on one's capital}, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tulipomania \Tu`lipoma"ni*a\, n. [Tulip + mania.] A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage. Note: In Holland, in the first half of the 17th century, the cultivation of tulips became a mania. It began about the year 1634, and, like a violent epidemic, seized upon all classes of the community, leading to disasters and misery such as the records of commerce or of bankruptcies can scarcely parallel. In 1636, tulip marts had been established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leyden, and various other towns, where tulip bulbs were sold and resold in the same manner as stocks are on the Stock Exchange of London. --Baird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tulipomaniac \Tu`lipoma"ni*ac\, n. One who is affected with tulipomania.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zw[94]lf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t[?]lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second part of E. eleven. See {Two}, and {Eleven}.] One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. {Twelve-men's morris}. See the Note under {Morris}. {Twelve Tables}. (Rom. Antiq.) See under {Table}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelvemo \Twelve"mo\, a. & n. See {Duodecimo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelvemonth \Twelve"month\, n. A year which consists of twelve calendar months. I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. --Shak.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Telephone Application Program Interface (TAPI) Officially it's {Telephony Application Programming Interface}. (1995-11-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
telephony Communication, often two-way, of spoken information, by means of electrical signals carried by wires or radio waves. The term was used to indicate transmission of the voice, as distinguished from telegraphy (done in {Morse code} and usually called "{continuous wave}" or CW transmission), radio teletypewriter (RTTY) transmission (also called FSK for "{Frequency Shift Keying}", the modulation scheme used by such machines), and later, facimile. (1995-03-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI, or "Telephone Application Program Interface") A {Windows 95} {Application Program Interface} enabling hardware independent access to telephone based communication. TAPI covers a rather wide area of services from initialising the equipment (e.g. a {modem}) and placing a call to {voice mail} or control of a remote computer. [Telephone or Telephony?] (1995-12-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Telephony User Interface (TUI) Either a software interface to telephony (e.g. a phone-capable PC) or a {DTMF}-based interface to software (e.g. voicemail). (2003-10-21)