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   taffeta
         n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric

English Dictionary: the boot by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Taft
n
  1. United States sculptor (1860-1936) [syn: Taft, {Lorado Taft}]
  2. 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
    Synonym(s): Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tap out
v
  1. beat out a rhythm
    Synonym(s): beat out, tap out, thump out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
taped
adj
  1. secured or held in place by tape; "carefully taped pieces of glass served as a windowpane"
  2. recorded on tape
    Synonym(s): taped, tape-recorded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tapped
adj
  1. in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug; "latex from tapped rubber trees"
    Antonym(s): untapped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tappet
n
  1. a lever that is moved in order to tap something else
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tbit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
    Synonym(s): terabit, Tbit, Tb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teapot
n
  1. pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tebet
n
  1. the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
    Synonym(s): Tebet, Tevet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tepid
adj
  1. moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"
    Synonym(s): lukewarm, tepid
  2. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"
    Synonym(s): halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tevet
n
  1. the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
    Synonym(s): Tebet, Tevet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
the boot
n
  1. an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
    Synonym(s): boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
theft
n
  1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
    Synonym(s): larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Theobid
n
  1. a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
    Synonym(s): theophylline, Elixophyllin, Slo-Bid, Theobid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thevetia
n
  1. genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
    Synonym(s): Thevetia, genus Thevetia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Thibet
n
  1. an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
    Synonym(s): Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tibet
n
  1. an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
    Synonym(s): Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tibit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits
    Synonym(s): tebibit, Tibit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tipped
adj
  1. having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); "a rubber-tipped cane"
    Antonym(s): untipped
  2. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
    Synonym(s): atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tippet
n
  1. a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tippytoe
v
  1. walk on one's toes
    Synonym(s): tiptoe, tip, tippytoe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tiptoe
adv
  1. on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"
adj
  1. walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"
n
  1. the tip of a toe
v
  1. walk on one's toes
    Synonym(s): tiptoe, tip, tippytoe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
to boot
adv
  1. in addition, by way of addition; furthermore; "he serves additionally as the CEO"
    Synonym(s): additionally, to boot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tobit
n
  1. an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries
    Synonym(s): Tobit, Book of Tobit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
too bad
adj
  1. deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"
    Synonym(s): regrettable, too bad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top boot
n
  1. a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top hat
n
  1. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    Synonym(s): dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top out
v
  1. give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"
  2. provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure); "the towers were topped with conical roofs"
    Synonym(s): top, top out
  3. to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
    Synonym(s): top out, peak
    Antonym(s): bottom out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topped
adj
  1. having a top of a specified character
    Antonym(s): topless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toupeed
adj
  1. wearing a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
towboat
n
  1. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
    Synonym(s): tugboat, tug, towboat, tower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
towpath
n
  1. a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
    Synonym(s): towpath, towing path
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tubed
adj
  1. of a tire; having an inner tube
    Antonym(s): tubeless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuffet
n
  1. a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
    Synonym(s): footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuft
n
  1. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass [syn: tuft, tussock]
  2. a bunch of feathers or hair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tupaiidae
n
  1. tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
    Synonym(s): Tupaiidae, family Tupaiidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
typhoid
n
  1. serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
    Synonym(s): typhoid, typhoid fever, enteric fever
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tabby \Tab"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabbied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tabbying}.]
      To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of
      calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon,
      etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tabid \Tab"id\, a. [L. tabidus: cf. F. tabide. See {Tabes}.]
      (Med.)
      Affected by tabes; tabetic.
  
               In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
      -- {Tab"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tab"id*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabooed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tabooing}.]
      To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to
      interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set
      apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also {tabu}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taffeta \Taf"fe*ta\, Taffety \Taf"fe*ty\, n. [F. taffetas, It.
      taffet[85], from Per. t[be]ftah, originally, twisted, woven,
      from t[be]ftan to twist, to spin.]
      A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster
      called watering. The term has also been applied to different
      kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
  
               Lined with taffeta and with sendal.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Taffeta \Taf"fe*ta\, Taffety \Taf"fe*ty\, n. [F. taffetas, It.
      taffet[85], from Per. t[be]ftah, originally, twisted, woven,
      from t[be]ftan to twist, to spin.]
      A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster
      called watering. The term has also been applied to different
      kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
  
               Lined with taffeta and with sendal.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tape \Tape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Taping}.]
      To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with
      tape; specif. (Elec.), to cover (a wire) with insulating
      tape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tapet \Tap"et\, n. [L. tapete. See {Tapestry}.]
      Worked or figured stuff; tapestry. [R.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tapeti \Tap"e*ti\, n.; pl. {Tapetis}. [Braz.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small South American hare ({Lepus Braziliensis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tap \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tapping}.] [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf.
      dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to
      grope.]
      1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently;
            to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a
            cane.
  
      2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tappet \Tap"pet\, n. (Mach.)
      A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or
      intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to
      produce change or regulate motion. --G. Francis.
  
      {Tappet motion}, a valve motion worked by tappets from a
            reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used
            in steam pumps, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teapot \Tea"pot`\, n.
      A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which
      it is poured into teacups.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tebeth \Te"beth\, n. [Heb.]
      The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering
      to a part of December with a part of January. --Esther ii.
      16.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tepid \Tep"id\, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
      Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
      Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays;
      tepid vapors. -- {Tep"id*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Teufit \Teu"fit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The lapwing; -- called also {teuchit}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thebaid \The"ba*id\, n. [L. Thebais, -idis.]
      A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in B[d2]otia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Theft \Theft\, n. [OE. thefte, AS. [ed]i[82]f[eb]e,
      [ed][df]f[eb]e, [ed]e[a2]f[eb]e. See {Thief}.]
      1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious
            taking and removing of personal property, with an intent
            to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
  
      Note: To constitute theft there must be a taking without the
               owner's consent, and it must be unlawful or felonious;
               every part of the property stolen must be removed,
               however slightly, from its former position; and it must
               be, at least momentarily, in the complete possession of
               the thief. See {Larceny}, and the Note under {Robbery}.
  
      2. The thing stolen. [R.]
  
                     If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, .
                     . . he shall restore double.               --Ex. xxii. 4.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Theopathy \The*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. [?] God + [?], [?], to suffer,
      feel.]
      Capacity for religious affections or worship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thieve \Thieve\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Thieved}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Thieving}.] [AS. ge[thorn]e[a2]fian.]
      To practice theft; to steal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiff \Tiff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tiffing}.]
      To be in a pet.
  
               She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. --Landor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tift \Tift\, n. [Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See {Tiff}, n.]
      A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
  
               After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift
               with me as if you had newly come from church.
                                                                              --Blackwood's
                                                                              Mag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tip \Tip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tipping}.]
      To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as,
      to tip anything with gold or silver.
  
               With truncheon tipped with iron head.      --Hudibras.
  
               Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows
               they press.                                             --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tippet \Tip"pet\, n. [OE. tipet, tepet, AS. t[91]ppet, probably
      fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings. Cf. {Tape}, {Tapestry},
      {Tapet}.]
      1. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the
            neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or
            other warm material. --Chaucer. Bacon.
  
      2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]
  
      3. A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for
            thatching. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
  
      {Tippet grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the great crested grebe, or one of
            several similar species.
  
      {Tippet grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse.
  
      {To turn tippet}, to change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. {Tiptoes}.
      The end, or tip, of the toe.
  
               He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.      --Spenser.
  
      {To be}, [or] {To stand}, {a tiptoe} [or] {on tiptoe}, to be
            awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or
            alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, a.
      1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as
            possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
  
                     Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands
                     tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.      --Shak.
  
                     Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.   --Byron.
  
      2. Noiseless; stealthy. [bd]With tiptoe step.[b8] --Cowper.
  
      {Tiptoe mirth}, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, v. i.
      To step or walk on tiptoe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of
            competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative
            manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
  
      {Court of record} (pron. r[?]*k[?]rd" in Eng.), a court whose
            acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or
            in books for a perpetual memorial.
  
      {Debt of record}, a debt which appears to be due by the
            evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a
            cognizance.
  
      {Trial by record}, a trial which is had when a matter of
            record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that
            there is no such record. In this case the trial is by
            inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being
            admissible. --Blackstone.
  
      {To beat}, [or] {break}, {the record} (Sporting), to surpass
            any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded;
            as, to break the record in a walking match.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boot \Boot\ (b[oomac]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends,
      cure, AS. b[omac]t; akin to Icel. b[omac]t, Sw. bot, Dan.
      bod, Goth. b[omac]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making
      good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.]
      1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings
            relief.
  
                     He gaf the sike man his boote.            --Chaucer.
  
                     Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a
                     wound.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Next her Son, our soul's best boot.   --Wordsworth.
  
      2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make
            up for the deficiency of value in one of the things
            exchanged.
  
                     I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
  
                     Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. --Shak.
  
      {To boot}, in addition; over and above; besides; as a
            compensation for the difference of value between things
            bartered.
  
                     Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. --Shak.
  
                     A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes
                     to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath
                     but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to
                     boot.                                                --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Buy \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS.
      buggean, Goth. bugjan.]
      1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an
            accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing
            to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;
            to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
  
                     Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou
                     wilt sell thy necessaries.                  --B. Franklin.
  
      2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in
            exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or
            sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
  
                     Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and
                     instruction, and understanding.         --Prov. xxiii.
                                                                              23.
  
      {To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {To buy off}.
            (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield
                  by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.
            (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one
                  from a party.
  
      {To buy out}
            (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.
            (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,
                  or partnership, by which the seller is separated from
                  the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A
                  buys out B.
            (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good
                  will of a business.
  
      {To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
  
      {To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in
            law, to make payment at a future day.
  
      {To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration
            for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future
            time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heave \Heave\ (h[emac]v), v. i.
      1. To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or
            mound.
  
                     And the huge columns heave into the sky. --Pope.
  
                     Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap.
                                                                              --Gray.
  
                     The heaving sods of Bunker Hill.         --E. Everett.
  
      2. To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in
            heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the
            billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to
            swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor;
            to struggle.
  
                     Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
                     The heaving plain of ocean.               --Byron.
  
      3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to
            strain to do something difficult.
  
                     The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a
                     reformation ever since Wyclif's days. --Atterbury.
  
      4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.
  
      {To heave at}.
            (a) To make an effort at.
            (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
      {To heave in sight} (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to
            appear.
  
      {To heave up}, to vomit. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
      1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott.
  
      2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
  
      {To hoof it}, to foot it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To pay one's duty}, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
            other superior.
  
      {To pay out} (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to
            allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under
            {Cable}.
  
      {To pay the piper}, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
            [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Comether \Co*meth"er\, n. [Prob. dial. pron. of come hither,
      used in calling cows, etc.] [Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
      1. Matter; affair.
  
      2. Friendly communication or association.
  
      {To put} {the, [or] one's}, {comether on}, to exercise
            persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile;
            to wheedle.
  
                     How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has
                     put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put
                     ut on another?                                    --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See
      {Spout}, v. t.]
      1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip,
            pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind
            through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is
            conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the
            spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the
            roof of a building. --Addison. [bd]A conduit with three
            issuing spouts.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is
                     contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir
                                                                              T. Browne.
  
                     From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
            receptacle.
  
      3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
            rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
  
      {To put}, {shove}, [or] {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or
            pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up
            which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant]

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   Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or
      {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS.
      st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab,
      Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element,
      rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See
      {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.]
      1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an
            instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many
            purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or
            pike.
  
                     And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of
                     the altar to bear it withal.               --Ex. xxxviii.
                                                                              7.
  
                     With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.
  
      2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a
            person walking; hence, a support; that which props or
            upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman.
  
                     The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.
  
                     He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8]
                     and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of
                     the staffs of life which had been struck from the
                     poor man's hand.                                 --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.
  
      3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a
            badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
  
                     Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,
                     Was broke in twain.                           --Shak.
  
                     All his officers brake their staves; but at their
                     return new staves were delivered unto them.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
      4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
  
      5. The round of a ladder. [R.]
  
                     I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and
                     thirty-nine staves.                           --Dr. J.
                                                                              Campbell (E.
                                                                              Brown's
                                                                              Travels).
  
      6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,
            the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
  
                     Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for
                     an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.
  
      7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is
            written; -- formerly called stave.
  
      8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
  
      9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,
            used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
  
      10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An
            establishment of officers in various departments attached
            to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander
            of an army. The general's staff consists of those
            officers about his person who are employed in carrying
            his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}.
  
      11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect
            the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff
            of a newspaper.
  
      {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,
            pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the
            ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,
            instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.
  
      {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush
            with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles
            of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.
  
      {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of
            life.[b8] --Swift.
  
      {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus},
            mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The
            American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called
            {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3
            (b) .
  
      {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to
            take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Back \Back\, n. [As b[91]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak,
      Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav.
      b[?]g[?] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.]
      1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending
            from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals,
            that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to
            such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish,
            or lobster.
  
      2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
  
                     [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave Into
                     the clouds.                                       --Milton.
  
      3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the
            inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of
            the foot, the back of a hand rail.
  
                     Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me
                     your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. --Donne.
  
      4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of
            a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the
            back of a chimney.
  
      5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which
            fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or
            not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill,
            or of a village.
  
      6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its
            edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
  
      7. A support or resource in reserve.
  
                     This project Should have a back or second, that
                     might hold, If this should blast in proof. --Shak.
  
      8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
  
      9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a
            horizontal underground passage.
  
      10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
  
                     A bak to walken inne by daylight.      --Chaucer.
  
      {Behind one's back}, when one is absent; without one's
            knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back.
  
      {Full back}, {Half back}, {Quarter back} (Football), players
            stationed behind those in the front line.
  
      {To be or lie on one's back}, to be helpless.
  
      {To put}, {or get}, {one's back up}, to assume an attitude of
            obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when
            attacked.). [Colloq.]
  
      {To see the back of}, to get rid of.
  
      {To turn the back}, to go away; to flee.
  
      {To turn the back on one}, to forsake or neglect him.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service,
   hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
  
      {To put a vessel out of commission} (Naut.), to detach the
            officers and crew and retire it from active service,
            temporarily or permanently.
  
      {To put} {the great seal, [or] the Treasury}, {into
      commission}, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or
            commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary
            administration, as between the going out of one lord
            keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
  
      {The United States Christian Commission}, an organization
            among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
            afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
            performed services of a religious character in the field
            and in hospitals.
  
      {The United States Sanitary Commission}, an organization
            formed by the people of the North to co[94]perate with and
            supplement the medical department of the Union armies
            during the Civil War.
  
      Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
               employment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to
      put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke,
      thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v.
      i.]
      1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; --
            nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put
            by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put
            forth = to thrust out).
  
                     His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy
                     spiritual employment.                        --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set;
            figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified
            relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated
            mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put
            a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
  
                     This present dignity, In which that I have put you.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen.
                                                                              iii. 15.
  
                     He put no trust in his servants.         --Job iv. 18.
  
                     When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts
                     invincible might.                              --Milton.
  
                     In the mean time other measures were put in
                     operation.                                          --Sparks.
  
      3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong
            construction on an act or expression.
  
      4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.]
  
                     No man hath more love than this, that a man put his
                     life for his friends.                        --Wyclif (John
                                                                              xv. 13).
  
      5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection;
            to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express;
            figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes
            followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a
            question; to put a case.
  
                     Let us now put that ye have leave.      --Chaucer.
  
                     Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley.
  
                     These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare.
  
      6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  
                     These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift.
  
                     Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion [bd]overhand,[b8]
            the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in
            athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
  
      8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working
            to the tramway. --Raymond.
  
      {Put case}, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or
            suppose the case to be.
  
                     Put case that the soul after departure from the body
                     may live.                                          --Bp. Hall.
  
      {To put about} (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as
            a ship.
  
      {To put away}.
            (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel.
            (b) To divorce.
  
      {To put back}.
            (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to
                  delay.
            (b) To refuse; to deny.
  
                           Coming from thee, I could not put him back.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.
            (d) To restore to the original place; to replace.
  
      {To put by}.
            (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. [bd]Smiling put the
                  question by.[b8] --Tennyson.
            (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by
                  money.
  
      {To put down}.
            (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down.
            (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices.
            (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to
                  suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down
                  rebellion or traitors.
  
                           Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon.
            (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.
  
      {To put forth}.
            (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to
                  come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.
            (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into
                  action; to exert; as, to put forth strength.
            (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like.
            (d) To publish, as a book.
  
      {To put forward}.
            (a) To advance to a position of prominence or
                  responsibility; to promote.
            (b) To cause to make progress; to aid.
            (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.
  
      {To put in}.
            (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to
                  introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while
                  others are discoursing.
            (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship.
            (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place
                  among the records of a court. --Burrill.
            (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.
                 
  
      {To put off}.
            (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to
                  put off mortality. [bd]Put off thy shoes from off thy
                  feet.[b8] --Ex. iii. 5.
            (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate;
                  to baffle.
  
                           I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius
                           hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle.
  
                           We might put him off with this answer.
                                                                              --Bentley.
            (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off
                  repentance.
            (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass
                  fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an
                  ingenious theory

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,
      female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in
      LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a
      screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.]
      1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
            continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it
            spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a
            continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --
            used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or
            pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of
            the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the
            threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being
            distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more
            usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female
            screw, or, more usually, the nut.
  
      Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of
               the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a
               right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the
               hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the
               screw, its base equaling the circumference of the
               cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.
  
      2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a
            head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.
            Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
            fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw
            nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below.
  
      3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of
            wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the
            stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal
            surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a
            screw. See {Screw propeller}, below.
  
      4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a
            screw steamer; a propeller.
  
      5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
            --Thackeray.
  
      6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
            severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a
            student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]
  
      7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.
  
      8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and
            commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.
  
      9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite
            linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th
            {Pitch}, 10
            (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid
                  body, which may always be made to consist of a
                  rotation about an axis combined with a translation
                  parallel to that axis.
  
      10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw
            ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}.
  
      {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See
            under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc.
  
      {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not
            done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.
            Martineau.
  
      {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give
            motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads
            between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}.
           
  
      {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}.
  
      {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the
            measurement of very small spaces.
  
      {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the
            opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.
  
      {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}.
  
      {Screw bean}. (Bot.)
            (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree
                  ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to
                  California. It is used for fodder, and ground into
                  meal by the Indians.
            (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for
                  fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.
  
      {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in
            distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3.
  
      {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the
            thread on a wooden screw.
  
      {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}.
  
      {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw
            propeller.
  
      {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}.
  
      {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}.
  
      {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner
            wrench.
  
      {Screw machine}.
            (a) One of a series of machines employed in the
                  manufacture of wood screws.
            (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of
                  cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work
                  successively, for making screws and other turned
                  pieces from metal rods.
  
      {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus
            {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species,
            natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --
            named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like
            leaves.
  
      {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws,
            consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of
            perforations with internal screws forming dies.
  
      {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means
            of a screw.
  
      {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in
            the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel
            propelled by a screw.
  
      {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod
            shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied
            genera. See {Turritella}.
  
      {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw.
  
      {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw.
  
      {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.
  
      {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres},
            consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,
            with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled
            capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}.
  
      {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a
            screw.
  
      {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly
            ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which
            sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about
            wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.
  
      {Screw wrench}.
            (a) A wrench for turning a screw.
            (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a
                  screw.
  
      {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure
            upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.
  
      {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to
            pressure; to force.
  
      {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse
            pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of
            {Wood screw}, under {Wood}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,
      OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.
      to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]
      1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in
            man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other
            animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.
  
      2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the
            office of, a human hand; as:
            (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or
                  any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
            (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute
                  hand of a clock.
  
      3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a
            palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
  
      4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
  
                     On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.
                                                                              xxxviii. 15.
  
                     The Protestants were then on the winning hand.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;
            dexterity.
  
                     He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,
            manner of performance.
  
                     To change the hand in carrying on the war.
                                                                              --Clarendon.
  
                     Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my
                     hand.                                                --Judges vi.
                                                                              36.
  
      7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or
            competent for special service or duty; a performer more or
            less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand
            at speaking.
  
                     A dictionary containing a natural history requires
                     too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be
                     hoped for.                                          --Locke.
  
                     I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.
  
      8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or
            running hand. Hence, a signature.
  
                     I say she never did invent this letter; This is a
                     man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.
  
                     Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.
  
      9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;
            management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in
            hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.
  
                     Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the
                     goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.
  
      10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to
            buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when
            new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the
            producer's hand, or when not new.
  
      11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear
            hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.
  
      12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:
            (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the
                  dealer.
            (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied
                  together.
  
      13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,
            which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  
      Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts
               or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the
               hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a
               symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:
            (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the
                  head, which implies thought, and the heart, which
                  implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every
                  man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.
            (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.
                  [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over
                  you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.
            (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to
                  give the right hand.
            (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the
                  hand; to pledge the hand.
  
      Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or
               without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;
               as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:
               used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or
               handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or
               hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand
               loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or
               hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the
               hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or
               hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following
               paragraph are written either as two words or in
               combination.
  
      {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,
            papers, parcels, etc.
  
      {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.
  
      {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.
            --Bacon.
  
      {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.
  
      {Hand car}. See under {Car}.
  
      {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a
            good position of the hands and arms when playing on the
            piano; a hand guide.
  
      {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.
  
      {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.
  
      {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,
            or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,
            may be operated by hand.
  
      {Hand glass}.
            (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of
                  plants.
            (b) A small mirror with a handle.
  
      {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).
  
      {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as
            practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.
  
      {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.
  
      {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest
            money.
  
      {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank
            turned by hand.
  
      {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand
            rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.
  
      {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.
  
      {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.
  
      {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or
            weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.
  
      {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.
            9.
  
      {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or
            canceling papers, envelopes, etc.
  
      {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico
            ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose
            stamens unite in the form of a hand.
  
      {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small
            work. --Moxon.
  
      {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as
            distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.
  
      {All hands}, everybody; all parties.
  
      {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every
            direction; generally.
  
      {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;
            on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no
            hand consisting with the safety and interests of
            humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
      {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).
  
      {At hand}.
            (a) Near in time or place; either present and within
                  reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at
                  hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at
                  hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we
            receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive
            evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.
  
      {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.
  
      {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from
            instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed
            a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.
  
      {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of
            dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He
            that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]
            --Job xvii. 9.
  
      {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.
  
      {Hand in hand}.
            (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.
            (b) Just; fair; equitable.
  
                           As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand
                           comparison.                                 --Shak.
                 
  
      {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands
            alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand
            over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand
            over hand.
  
      {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what
            one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
      {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand
            running.
  
      {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!
           
  
      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to
            hand contest. --Dryden.
  
      {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.
  
      {In hand}.
            (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .
                  . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.
            (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .
                  . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.
            (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;
                  as, he has the business in hand.
  
      {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.
            (a) In one's possession or keeping.
            (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my
                  hand.
  
      {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,
            in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.
  
      {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.
  
      {Note of hand}, a promissory note.
  
      {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,
            hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them
            to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.
  
      {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of
            goods on hand.
  
      {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.
  
      {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish
            ceremony used in swearing.
  
      {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.
  
      {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.
  
      {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.
  
      {To bear a hand}
            (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.
  
      {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false
            pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under
            {Glove}.
  
      {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.
           
  
      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling
            it.
  
      {To change hand}. See {Change}.
  
      {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.
            --Hudibras.
  
      {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by
            striking the palms of the hands together.
  
      {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into
            possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.
  
      {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]
  
                     Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.
                                                                              --Baxter.
  
      {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain
            work; to become accustomed to a particular business.
  
      {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or
            concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.
  
      {To have in hand}.
            (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.
            (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.
  
      {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can
            do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed
            with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with
            difficulties.
  
      {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or
            get, the better of another person or thing.
  
      {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already
            prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even
            conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.
  
      {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.
  
      {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;
            to oppose; to kill.
  
      {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other
            necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.
           
  
      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.
  
      {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.
  
      {To put the}
  
      {last, [or] finishing},
  
      {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to
            perfect.
  
      {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.
  
                     That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that
                     thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.
                                                                              20.
  
      {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.
  
      {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety
            for another's debt or good behavior.
  
      {To take in hand}.
            (a) To attempt or undertake.
            (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.
  
      {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,
            or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash
            one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.
  
      {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or
            signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and
            seal of the owner.

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   .
            (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat.
  
      {To put on} [or] {upon}.
            (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.
                  [bd]Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.[b8]
                  --L'Estrange.
            (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put
                  blame on or upon another.
            (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] [bd]This came
                  handsomely to put on the peace.[b8] --Bacon.
            (d) To impose; to inflict. [bd]That which thou puttest on
                  me, will I bear.[b8] --2 Kings xviii. 14.
            (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.
            (f) To deceive; to trick. [bd]The stork found he was put
                  upon.[b8] --L'Estrange.
            (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him
                  upon bread and water. [bd]This caution will put them
                  upon considering.[b8] --Locke.
            (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts
                  himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.
  
      {To put out}.
            (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder.
            (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout.
            (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or
                  fire.
            (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds.
            (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he
                  was put out by my reply. [Colloq.]
            (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the
                  hand.
            (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet.
            (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put
                  one out in reading or speaking.
            (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open
                  or cut windows. --Burrill.
            (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put
                  out the ankle.
            (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing
                  longer in a certain inning, as in base ball.
  
      {To put over}.
            (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a
                  general over a division of an army.
            (b) To refer.
  
                           For the certain knowledge of that truth I put
                           you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak.
            (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the
                  cause to the next term.
            (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one
                  over the river.
  
      {To put the hand} {to [or] unto}.
            (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to
                  put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any
                  task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.
            (b) To take or seize, as in theft. [bd]He hath not put his
                  hand unto his neighbor's goods.[b8] --Ex. xxii. 11.
  
      {To put through}, to cause to go through all conditions or
            stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to
            accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation;
            he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.]
  
      {To put to}.
            (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.
            (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the
                  state to hazard. [bd]That dares not put it to the
                  touch.[b8] --Montrose.
            (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.
                  --Dickens.
  
      {To put to a stand}, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or
            difficulties.
  
      {To put to bed}.
            (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child.
            (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.
  
      {To put to death}, to kill.
  
      {To put together}, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.
           
  
      {To put this and that} (or {two and two}) {together}, to draw
            an inference; to form a correct conclusion.
  
      {To put to it}, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to
            give difficulty to. [bd]O gentle lady, do not put me to
            't.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To put to rights}, to arrange in proper order; to settle or
            compose rightly.
  
      {To put to the sword}, to kill with the sword; to slay.
  
      {To put to trial}, or {on trial}, to bring to a test; to try.
           
  
      {To put trust in}, to confide in; to repose confidence in.
  
      {To put up}.
            (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or
                  resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.
                  [Obs.] [bd]Such national injuries are not to be put
                  up.[b8] --Addison.
            (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.
            (d) To start from a cover, as game. [bd]She has been
                  frightened; she has been put up.[b8] --C. Kingsley.
            (e) To hoard. [bd]Himself never put up any of the
                  rent.[b8] --Spelman.
            (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to
                  pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.
            (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper
                  place; as, put up that letter. --Shak.
            (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put
                  the lad up to mischief.
            (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or
                  a house.
            (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.
  
      {To put up a job}, to arrange a plot. [Slang]
  
      Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.
  
      Usage: {Put}, {Lay}, {Place}, {Set}. These words agree in the
                  idea of fixing the position of some object, and are
                  often used interchangeably. To put is the least
                  definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place
                  has more particular reference to the precise location,
                  as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To
                  set or to lay may be used when there is special
                  reference to the position of the object.

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   To-beat \To-beat"\, v. t. [Pref. to- + beat.]
      To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] --Layamon.

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   Tobit \To"bit\, n.
      A book of the Apocrypha.

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   Toft \Toft\, n. [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field
      hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll,
      grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]
      1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] [bd]A tower on a toft.[b8] --Piers
            Plowman.
  
      2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the
            site of a burnt or decayed house.

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   Top out \Top out\ (Building)
      To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost)
      course (called a
  
      {top`ping-out" course}).

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   Tope \Tope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[omac]pt); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Toping}.] [F. t[ocir]per to cover a stake in playing
      at dice, to accept an offer, t[ocir]pe agreed!; -- perhaps
      imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a
      bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term,
      probably at first in accepting a toast.]
      To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous
      liquors to excess.
  
               If you tope in form, and treat.               --Dryden.

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   Topet \Top"et\, n. [F. toupet tuft. See {Touper}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Tophet \To"phet\, n. [Heb. t[d3]phet, literally, a place to be
      spit upon, an abominable place, fr. t[umac]ph to spit out.]
      A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley
      of Hinnom. [Written also {Topheth}.]
  
               And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the
               children of Hinnom.                                 --2 Kings
                                                                              xxiii. 10.
  
      Note: It seems to have been at first part of the royal
               garden, but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by
               the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch, and
               resounded with the cries of burning infants. At a later
               period, its altars and high places were thrown down,
               and all the filth of the city poured into it, until it
               became the abhorrence of Jerusalem, and, in symbol, the
               place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  
                        The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And
                        black Gehenna called, the type of hell. --Milton.

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   Tophet \To"phet\, n. [Heb. t[d3]phet, literally, a place to be
      spit upon, an abominable place, fr. t[umac]ph to spit out.]
      A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley
      of Hinnom. [Written also {Topheth}.]
  
               And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the
               children of Hinnom.                                 --2 Kings
                                                                              xxiii. 10.
  
      Note: It seems to have been at first part of the royal
               garden, but it was afterwards defiled and polluted by
               the sacrifices of Baal and the fires of Moloch, and
               resounded with the cries of burning infants. At a later
               period, its altars and high places were thrown down,
               and all the filth of the city poured into it, until it
               became the abhorrence of Jerusalem, and, in symbol, the
               place where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  
                        The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And
                        black Gehenna called, the type of hell. --Milton.

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   Top \Top\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Topped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Topping}.]
      1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges
            and topping mountains. --Derham.
  
      2. To predominate; as, topping passions. [bd]Influenced by
            topping uneasiness.[b8] --Locke.
  
      3. To excel; to rise above others.
  
                     But write thy, and top.                     --Dryden.

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   Toupee \Tou*pee"\ (?; 277), Toupet \Tou*pet"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
      toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin
      to E. top. See {Top} apex, and cf. {Topet}.]
      1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
  
      2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
  
                     Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
                                                                              --G. Eliot.

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   Towboat \Tow"boat`\, n.
      1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
  
      2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

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   Tug \Tug\, n.
      1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest
            called tug of war; a supreme effort.
  
                     At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent
                     from the smoking walls.                     --Dryden.
  
      2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy
            articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
            -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}.
  
      4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  
      5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a
            tackle is affixed.
  
      {Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace
            may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

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   Towboat \Tow"boat`\, n.
      1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
  
      2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

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   Tug \Tug\, n.
      1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest
            called tug of war; a supreme effort.
  
                     At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent
                     from the smoking walls.                     --Dryden.
  
      2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy
            articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels;
            -- called also {steam tug}, {tugboat}, and {towboat}.
  
      4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
  
      5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a
            tackle is affixed.
  
      {Tug iron}, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace
            may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Towpath \Tow"path`\, n.
      A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called
      also {towing path}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tub \Tub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tubbing}.]
      To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tube \Tube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tubed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tubing}.]
      To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tuft \Tuft\, n. [Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf.
      G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See {Top}
      summit.]
      1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot
            or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a
            tuft of flowers or feathers.
  
      2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
  
                     Under a tuft of shade.                        --Milton.
  
                     Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the
            English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold
            tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.]
  
                     Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.
                                                                              --T. Hughes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tuft \Tuft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tufting}.]
      1. To separate into tufts.
  
      2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. --Thomson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tuft \Tuft\, v. i.
      To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tufty \Tuft"y\, a.
      1. Abounding with tufts.
  
                     Both in the tufty frith and in the mossy fell.
                                                                              --Drayton.
  
      2. Growing in tufts or clusters.
  
                     Where tufty daisies nod at every gale. --W. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tupaiid \Tu*pai"id\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic
      insectivores of the family {Tupaiid[91]}, somewhat resembling
      squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and
      pointed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Two-foot \Two"-foot`\, a.
      Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a
      two-foot rule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polytype \Pol"y*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-typed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {-typing}.] (Print.)
      To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Typing}.]
      1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
            prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).
  
      2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
            typify. [R.]
  
                     Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Polytype \Pol"y*type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-typed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {-typing}.] (Print.)
      To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Type \Type\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Typed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Typing}.]
      1. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to
            prefigure. [R.] --White (Johnson).
  
      2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to
            typify. [R.]
  
                     Let us type them now in our own lives. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Typhoid \Ty"phoid\, a. [Typhus + -oid: cf. F. typho[8b]de, Gr.
      [?]. See {Typhus}.] (Med.)
      Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade
      like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
  
      {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded with typhus,
            but essentially different from the latter. It is
            characterized by fever, lasting usually three or more
            weeks, diarrh[91]a with evacuations resembling pea soup in
            appearance, and prostration and muscular debility,
            gradually increasing and often becoming profound at the
            acme of the disease. Its local lesions are a scanty
            eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,
            enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the
            intestines over the areas occupied by Peyer's glands. The
            virus, or contagion, of this fever is supposed to be a
            microscopic vegetable organism, or bacterium. Called also
            {enteric fever}. See {Peyer's glands}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Taft, CA (city, FIPS 77574)
      Location: 35.14240 N, 119.45483 W
      Population (1990): 5902 (2370 housing units)
      Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93268
   Taft, OH
      Zip code(s): 45213, 45236
   Taft, OK (town, FIPS 72050)
      Location: 35.75981 N, 95.54581 W
      Population (1990): 400 (184 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74463
   Taft, TN
      Zip code(s): 38488
   Taft, TX (city, FIPS 71684)
      Location: 27.98108 N, 97.39084 W
      Population (1990): 3222 (1210 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78390

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tofte, MN
      Zip code(s): 55615

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   tape head
  
      The electromagnetic component in a {magnetic tape
      drive} which reads and writes magnetic tape as it passes over
      it.   Tape heads need to be cleaned periodically to remove the
      oxide particles which accumulate on them and can lead to
      errors.
  
      (1997-03-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   TFT
  
      {Thin Film transistor}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   type-ahead
  
      The facility where the user can type more
      characters before the system has fully responded to those
      already typed.   Type-ahead is common on most current systems.
      It allows the user to type without worrying that the computer
      may miss input because it is temporarily busy,
      e.g. reformating a page, checking spelling, or simply
      suffering from network latency.   There is usually some limit
      to the amount of input the system can buffer, beyond which it
      _will_ lose input.
  
      [Equivalent term for {speech recognition}?]
  
      (2003-06-15)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tabbaoth
      impressions; rings, "the children of," returned from the
      Captivity (Ezra 2:43).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tabbath
      famous, a town in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 7:22), to the
      south of Bethshean, near the Jordan.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tabitha
      (in Greek called Dorcas), gazelle, a disciple at Joppa. She was
      distinguished for her alms-deeds and good works. Peter, who was
      sent for from Lydda on the occasion of her death, prayed over
      the dead body, and said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her
      eyes and sat up; and Peter "gave her his hand, and raised her
      up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive"
      (Acts 9:36-43).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tebeth
      (Esther 2:16), a word probably of Persian origin, denoting the
      cold time of the year; used by the later Jews as denoting the
      tenth month of the year. Assyrian tebituv, "rain."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Theft
      Punished by restitution, the proportions of which are noted in 2
      Sam. 12:6. If the thief could not pay the fine, he was to be
      sold to a Hebrew master till he could pay (Ex. 22:1-4). A
      night-thief might be smitten till he died, and there would be no
      blood-guiltiness for him (22:2). A man-stealer was to be put to
      death (21:16). All theft is forbidden (Ex. 20:15; 21:16; Lev.
      19:11; Deut. 5:19; 24:7; Ps. 50:18; Zech. 5:3; Matt. 19:18; Rom.
      13:9; Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Tophet
      =Topheth, from Heb. toph "a drum," because the cries of children
      here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the
      noise of such an instrument; or from taph or toph, meaning "to
      burn," and hence a place of burning, the name of a particular
      part in the valley of Hinnom. "Fire being the most destructive
      of all elements, is chosen by the sacred writers to symbolize
      the agency by which God punishes or destroys the wicked. We are
      not to assume from prophetical figures that material fire is the
      precise agent to be used. It was not the agency employed in the
      destruction of Sennacherib, mentioned in Isa. 30:33...Tophet
      properly begins where the Vale of Hinnom bends round to the
      east, having the cliffs of Zion on the north, and the Hill of
      Evil Counsel on the south. It terminates at Beer 'Ayub, where it
      joins the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The cliffs on the southern side
      especially abound in ancient tombs. Here the dead carcasses of
      beasts and every offal and abomination were cast, and left to be
      either devoured by that worm that never died or consumed by that
      fire that was never quenched." Thus Tophet came to represent the
      place of punishment. (See {HINNOM}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tabbath, good; goodness
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tabitha, clear-sighted; a roe-deer
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Taphath, distillation; drop
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tebeth, good, goodness (the tenth month of the Hebrews)
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tibbath, killing; a cook
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Tophet, a drum; betraying
  
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