thumping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   tamping bar
         n 1: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe
               bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn: {tamp},
               {tamper}, {tamping bar}]

English Dictionary: thumping	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tampion n plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture Synonym(s): tampion, tompion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tampon n plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) v plug with a tampon
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tamponade n blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) Synonym(s): tamponade, tamponage
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tamponage n blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) Synonym(s): tamponade, tamponage
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tenpence n a decimal coin worth ten pennies
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tenpenny nail n a nail 3 inches long
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tenpin n one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
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tenpin bowling n bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins [syn: tenpins, tenpin bowling]
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tenpins n bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins [syn: tenpins, tenpin bowling]
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tenpounder n game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller [syn: ladyfish, tenpounder, Elops saurus]
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thumb index n one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections
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thumbnail n the nail of the thumb
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thumbnut n a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning Synonym(s): wing nut, wing- nut, wing screw, butterfly nut, thumbnut
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thumping adj (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping] n a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) Synonym(s): thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
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time being n the present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being, nonce]
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time bomb n a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off" Synonym(s): time bomb, ticking bomb a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time Synonym(s): time bomb, infernal machine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timpani n a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it Synonym(s): kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
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timpanist n a person who plays the kettledrums [syn: tympanist, timpanist]
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tin opener n a device for cutting cans open [syn: can opener, {tin opener}]
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Tin Pan Alley n a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
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Tom Paine n American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) Synonym(s): Paine, Tom Paine, Thomas Paine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tompion n plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture Synonym(s): tampion, tompion
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tone poem n an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales Synonym(s): symphonic poem, tone poem
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tympan n a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end Synonym(s): drum, membranophone, tympan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tympani n a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it Synonym(s): kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tympanic adj resembling a drum associated with the eardrum
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tympanic bone n the bone enclosing the middle ear
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tympanic cavity n the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear Synonym(s): middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum
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tympanic membrane n the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound [syn: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa]
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tympanic vein n veins from the tympanic cavity that empty into the retromandibular vein
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tympanist n a person who plays the kettledrums [syn: tympanist, timpanist]
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tympanites n distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity
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tympanitic adj of or relating to tympanites
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tympanitis n inflammation of the inner ear
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tympanoplasty n surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
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Tympanuchus n prairie chickens Synonym(s): Tympanuchus, genus Tympanuchus
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Tympanuchus cupido n the most common variety of prairie chicken [syn: {greater prairie chicken}, Tympanuchus cupido]
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Tympanuchus cupido cupido n extinct prairie chicken [syn: heath hen, {Tympanuchus cupido cupido}]
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Tympanuchus pallidicinctus n a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas [syn: {lesser prairie chicken}, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tympanum n the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear Synonym(s): middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound Synonym(s): eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it Synonym(s): kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampan \Tam"pan\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A venomous South African tick. --Livingstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampeon \Tam"pe*on\, n. See {Tampion}. --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampeon \Tam"pe*on\, n. See {Tampion}. --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See {Tampion}.] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamping \Tamp"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. 2. The material used in tamping. See {Tamp}, v. t., 1. {Tamping iron}, an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamping \Tamp"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. 2. The material used in tamping. See {Tamp}, v. t., 1. {Tamping iron}, an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampon \Tam"pon\, n. [F. See {Tampion}.] (Surg.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampon \Tam"pon\, v. t. (Surg.) To plug with a tampon.
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Tampoon \Tam"poon\, n. [See {Tampion}.] The stopper of a barrel; a bung.
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Tempean \Tem*pe"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.
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Tenpenny \Ten"pen*ny\, a. Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d {Penny}, n.
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Tenpenny \Ten"pen*ny\, a. Denoting a size of nails. See 1st {Penny}.
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Tenpins \Ten"pins\, n. A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See {Ninepins}. [U. S.]
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Ten-pounder \Ten"-pound`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large oceanic fish ({Elops saurus}) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][umac]ma; akin to OFries. th[umac]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[umac]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [fb]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid}.] The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See {Pollex}. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. {Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. --Mortimer. {Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. {Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. {Thumb mark}. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. --Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. {Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. {Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak. {Thumb stall}. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. {Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][umac]ma; akin to OFries. th[umac]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[umac]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [fb]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid}.] The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See {Pollex}. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. {Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. --Mortimer. {Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. {Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. {Thumb mark}. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. --Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. {Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. {Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak. {Thumb stall}. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. {Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][umac]ma; akin to OFries. th[umac]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[umac]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [fb]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid}.] The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See {Pollex}. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. {Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. --Mortimer. {Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. {Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. {Thumb mark}. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. --Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. {Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. {Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak. {Thumb stall}. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. {Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumb \Thumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thumbing}.] 1. To handle awkwardly. --Johnson. 2. To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune. 3. To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon. He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thumping \Thump"ing\, a. Heavy; large. [Colloq.]
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Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thumping}.] To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Timpano \[d8]Tim"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Timpani}. [It.] (Mus.) See {Tympano}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tympano \[d8]Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See {Tympanum}.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also {timpano}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4. 2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate. 3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield. {Block tin} (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also {bar tin}. {Butter of tin}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius}, under {Fuming}. {Grain tin}. (Metal.) See under {Grain}. {Salt of tin} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. {Stream tin}. See under {Stream}. {Tin cry} (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other. {Tin foil}, tin reduced to a thin leaf. {Tin frame} (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. {Tin liquor}, {Tin mordant} (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. {Tin penny}, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Tin plate}, thin sheet iron coated with tin. {Tin pyrites}. See {Stannite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nip \Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nipped}, less properly {Nipt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nipping}.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.] 1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress. --Tennyson. 2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. The small shoots . . . must be nipped off. --Mortimer. 3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. 4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. --Spenser. {To nip in the bud}, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tomb \Tomb\,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tombed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tombing}.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See {Tampios}] 1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See {Tampion}. 2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone. --Knight. 3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See {Tap} a pipe or plug, and cf. {Tamp}, {Tampop}, {Tompion}.] [Written also {tampeon}, and {tompion}.] 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use. 2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tompion \Tom"pi*on\, n. [See {Tampios}] 1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See {Tampion}. 2. (Mus.) A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone. --Knight. 3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tompon \Tom"pon\, n. [F. tampon. See {Tampion}.] An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tonophant \Ton"ophant\ (t[omac]n"[oasl]f[ait]nt), n. [Gr. to`nos a tone + fai`nein to show.] (Physics.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumefy \Tu"me*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tumefying}.] [F. tum[82]fier, fr. L. tumere to swell + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. tumefacere to tumefy. See {Tumid}, and {-fy}.] To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up. To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tump \Tump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tumped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tumping}.] 1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel. 2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympan \Tym"pan\, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.] 1. A drum. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. 3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. {Tympan sheet} (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. --W. Savage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympan \Tym"pan\, n. [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See {Tympanum}, and cf. {Tymp}.] 1. A drum. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. 3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. {Tympan sheet} (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. --W. Savage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, n.; pl. E. {Tympanums}, L. {Tympana}. [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to strike, beat. See {Type}, and cf. {Timbrel}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See {Ear}. (b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. 3. (Arch.) (a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. 4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanal \Tym"pa*nal\, n. Tympanic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kettledrum \Ket"tle*drum`\ (-dr[ucr]m`), n. 1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are called {tympani}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tympano \[d8]Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See {Tympanum}.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also {timpano}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kettledrum \Ket"tle*drum`\ (-dr[ucr]m`), n. 1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are called {tympani}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tympano \[d8]Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See {Tympanum}.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also {timpano}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.] 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. {Tympanic bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. {Tympanic membrane}. (Anat.) See the Note under {Ear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\, n. (Anat.) The tympanic bone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.] 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. {Tympanic bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. {Tympanic membrane}. (Anat.) See the Note under {Ear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanic \Tym*pan"ic\ (?; 277), a. [See {Tympanum}.] 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. {Tympanic bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. {Tympanic membrane}. (Anat.) See the Note under {Ear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanist \Tym"pa*nist\, n. [L. tympaniste, Gr. [?].] One who beats a drum. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tambourine \Tam`bour*ine"\, n. A South American wild dove ({Tympanistria tympanistria}), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanitic \Tym`pa*nit"ic\, a. [L. tympaniticus one afflicted with tympanites.] (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanitis \Tym`pa*ni"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tympanum}, {and} {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr. [?].] To drum. [R.] --Coles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tympanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tympanizing}.] To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [Obs.] [bd]Tympanized, as other saints of God were.[b8] --Oley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tympanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tympanizing}.] To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [Obs.] [bd]Tympanized, as other saints of God were.[b8] --Oley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tympanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tympanizing}.] To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [Obs.] [bd]Tympanized, as other saints of God were.[b8] --Oley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympano- \Tym"pa*no-\ A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanohyal \Tym`panohy"al\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. -- n. The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, n.; pl. E. {Tympanums}, L. {Tympana}. [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to strike, beat. See {Type}, and cf. {Timbrel}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See {Ear}. (b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. 3. (Arch.) (a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. 4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, n.; pl. E. {Tympanums}, L. {Tympana}. [L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to strike, beat. See {Type}, and cf. {Timbrel}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See {Ear}. (b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. 3. (Arch.) (a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. 4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tympany \Tym"pa*ny\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a kettledrum. See {Tympanites}.] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. --Fuller. 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. [bd]Thine 's a tympany of sense.[b8] --Dryden. A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. --De Quincey.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tom Bean, TX (town, FIPS 73328) Location: 33.52068 N, 96.48372 W Population (1990): 827 (363 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Town of Pines, IN (town, FIPS 76256) Location: 41.68855 N, 86.95166 W Population (1990): 789 (343 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
ten-finger interface n. The interface between two networks that cannot be directly connected for security reasons; refers to the practice of placing two terminals side by side and having an operator read from one and type into the other.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
time bomb n. A subspecies of {logic bomb} that is triggered by reaching some preset time, either once or periodically. There are numerous legends about time bombs set up by programmers in their employers' machines, to go off if the programmer is fired or laid off and is not present to perform the appropriate suppressing action periodically. Interestingly, the only such incident for which we have been pointed to documentary evidence took place in the Soviet Union in 1986! A disgruntled programmer at the Volga Automobile Plant (where the Fiat clones called Ladas were manufactured) planted a time bomb which, a week after he'd left on vacation, stopped the entire main assembly line for a day. The case attracted lots of attention in the Soviet Union because it was the first cracking case to make it to court there. The perpetrator got a suspended sentence of 3 years in jail and was barred from future work as a programmer.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ten-finger interface The interface between two networks that cannot be directly connected for security reasons; refers to the practice of placing two terminals side by side and having an operator read from one and type into the other. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
thumbnail (From "thumbnail sketch") A file format used by {Graphics Workshop} for {Microsoft Windows}. {Filename extension}: ".thn". [What's in the files?] (1996-05-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
time bomb A subspecies of {logic bomb} that is triggered by reaching some preset time, either once or periodically. There are numerous legends about time bombs set up by programmers in their employers' machines, to go off if the programmer is fired or laid off and is not present to perform the appropriate suppressing action periodically. Interestingly, the only such incident for which we have been pointed to documentary evidence took place in the Soviet Union in 1986! A disgruntled programmer at the Volga Automobile Plant (where the Fiat clones called Ladas were manufactured) planted a time bomb which, a week after he'd left on vacation, stopped the entire main assembly line for a day. The case attracted lots of attention in the Soviet Union because it was the first cracking case to make it to court there. The perpetrator got 3 years in jail. [{Jargon File}] (2001-09-15)