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   taffy apple
         n 1: an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance
               (usually caramelized sugar) [syn: {candied apple}, {candy
               apple}, {taffy apple}, {caramel apple}, {toffee apple}]

English Dictionary: toffee apple by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tape player
n
  1. electronic equipment for playing back magnetic tapes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tibia valga
n
  1. an inward slant of the thigh [syn: knock-knee, {genu valgum}, tibia valga]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toby fillpot jug
n
  1. a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three- cornered hat
    Synonym(s): toby, toby jug, toby fillpot jug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toffee apple
n
  1. an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
    Synonym(s): candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
type IV allergic reaction
n
  1. an allergic reaction that becomes apparent only hours after contact
    Synonym(s): delayed allergy, type IV allergic reaction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stock \Stock\ (st[ocr]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick;
      akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw.
      stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to
      urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.]
      1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
            strong, firm part; the trunk.
  
                     Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and
                     the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the
                     scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
                     like a plant.                                    --Job xiv.
                                                                              8,9.
  
      2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
  
                     The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon.
  
      3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a
            firm support; a post.
  
                     All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven
                     shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or
                     metal, and in no case of brick.         --Fuller.
  
      4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or
            post; one who has little sense.
  
                     Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.      --Shak.
  
      5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others
            are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically:
           
            (a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket
                  or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular
                  piece of wood, which is an important part of several
                  forms of gun carriage.
            (b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in
                  boring; a bitstock; a brace.
            (c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which
                  constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the
                  plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
            (d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the
                  shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of
                  {Anchor}.
            (e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed,
                  or of the anvil itself.
            (f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for
                  cutting screws; a diestock.
            (g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer,
                  which was delivered to the person who had lent the
                  king money on account, as the evidence of
                  indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.]
  
      6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a
            family; the progenitor of a family and his direct
            descendants; lineage; family.
  
                     And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All
                     told their stock.                              --Chapman.
  
                     Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From
                     Dardanus.                                          --Denham.
  
      7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in
            business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a
            bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares,
            each of a certain amount; money funded in government
            securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural,
            property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or
            in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; --
            so in the United States, but in England the latter only
            are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}.
  
      8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below.
  
      9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a
            merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in
            a stock of provisions.
  
                     Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden.
  
      10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or
            raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep,
            etc.; -- called also {live stock}.
  
      11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not
            distributed to the players at the beginning of certain
            games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from
            afterward as occasion required; a bank.
  
                     I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
                                                                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]
  
      13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and
            foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks
            (stockings). [Obs.]
  
                     With a linen stock on one leg.         --Shak.
  
      14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a
            silk stock.
  
      15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or
            the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined
            by way of punishment.
  
                     He shall rest in my stocks.               --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship
            rests while building.
  
      17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls
            and the front of buildings. [Eng.]
  
      18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola};
            as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see
            {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}).
  
      19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large
            cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore
            deposited in limestone.
  
      20. A race or variety in a species.
  
      21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons
            (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[91], etc.
  
      22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight.
  
      23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and
            soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc.,
            extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.
  
      {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}.
  
      {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and
            produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live
            stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10,
            above.
  
      {Head stock}. See {Headstock}.
  
      {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is
            made.
  
      {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's
            ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or
            stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or
            contribution, the other side showing the amounts
            withdrawn.
  
      {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle.
  
      {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital
            of which is represented by marketable shares having a
            certain equal par value.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Bless me!} {Bless us!} an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
  
      {To bless from}, to secure, defend, or preserve from.
            [bd]Bless me from marrying a usurer.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
           
  
      {To bless with}, {To be blessed with}, to favor or endow
            with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
            with health; we are blessed with happiness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
      to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable},
      {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.]
      1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
            emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
            satisfy.
  
                     I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
  
                     What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
            desire; to will.
  
                     Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                                                              cxxxv. 6.
  
                     A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
                     are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
  
      3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
            impersonally. [bd]It pleased the Father that in him should
            all fullness dwell.[b8] --Col. i. 19.
  
                     To-morrow, may it please you.            --Shak.
  
      {To be pleased in} [or] {with}, to have complacency in; to
            take pleasure in.
  
      {To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it;
            to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
            --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
      to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable},
      {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.]
      1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
            emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
            satisfy.
  
                     I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
  
                     What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
            desire; to will.
  
                     Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
                                                                              cxxxv. 6.
  
                     A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
                     are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
  
      3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
            impersonally. [bd]It pleased the Father that in him should
            all fullness dwell.[b8] --Col. i. 19.
  
                     To-morrow, may it please you.            --Shak.
  
      {To be pleased in} [or] {with}, to have complacency in; to
            take pleasure in.
  
      {To be pleased to do a thing}, to take pleasure in doing it;
            to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
            --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a
      courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of
      platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[rsdot]thu, Lith. platus.
      Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.]
      1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct
            from all other space, or appropriated to some definite
            object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely,
            unbounded space.
  
                     Here is the place appointed.               --Shak.
  
                     What place can be for us Within heaven's bound?
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     The word place has sometimes a more confused sense,
                     and stands for that space which any body takes up;
                     and so the universe is a place.         --Locke.
  
      2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
            short part of a street open only at one end. [bd]Hangman
            boys in the market place.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a
            mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or
            post; a stronghold; a region or country.
  
                     Are you native of this place?            --Shak.
  
      4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
            dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or
            position; condition; also, official station; occupation;
            calling. [bd]The enervating magic of place.[b8]
            --Hawthorne.
  
                     Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon.
  
                     I know my place as I would they should do theirs.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure
            or removal of another being or thing being implied).
            [bd]In place of Lord Bassanio.[b8] --Shak.
  
      6. A definite position or passage of a document.
  
                     The place of the scripture which he read was this.
                                                                              --Acts viii.
                                                                              32.
  
      7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,
            he said in the first place.
  
      8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
  
                     My word hath no place in you.            --John viii.
                                                                              37.
  
      9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;
            -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination,
            or by its latitude and longitude.
  
      {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous
            of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
            retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.
  
      {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were
            offered. [bd]Him that offereth in the high place.[b8]
            --Jer. xlviii. 35.
  
      {In place}, in proper position; timely.
  
      {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks
            were out of place.
  
      {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it
            has been placed on the ground.
  
      {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London
            Academy.
  
      {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give
            advantage. [bd]Neither give place to the devil.[b8] --Eph.
            iv. 27. [bd]Let all the rest give place.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such
            desires can have no place in a good heart.
  
      {To take place}.
            (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not
                  take place.
            (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison.
            (c) To take effect; to prevail. [bd]If your doctrine takes
                  place.[b8] --Berkeley. [bd]But none of these excuses
                  would take place.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {To take the place of}, to be substituted for.
  
      Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location;
               site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust;
               ground; room; stead.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Publish \Pub"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Published}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Publishing}.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum.
      See {Public}, and {-ish}.]
      1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in
            general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to
            promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
  
                     Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer.
  
                     The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his
                     Creator's power display, And publishes to every land
                     The work of an almighty hand.            --Addison.
  
      2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as,
            to publish banns of marriage.
  
      3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or
            other printed work, either for sale or for general
            distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
  
      4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish
            counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
  
      {To publish a will} (Law), to acknowledge it before the
            witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
  
      Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate;
               disclose; divulge; reveal. See {Announce}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tube \Tube\, n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.]
      1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the
            conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a
            pipe.
  
      2. A telescope. [bd]Glazed optic tube.[b8] --Milton.
  
      3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid
            or other substance.
  
      4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
  
      5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under
            {Priming}, and {Friction}.
  
      6. (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler,
            containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or
            else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases
            to pass through.
  
      7. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case
                  secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans,
                  insects, and other animals, for protection or
                  concealment. See Illust. of {Tubeworm}.
            (b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
  
      {Capillary tube}, a tube of very fine bore. See {Capillary}.
           
  
      {Fire tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue.
  
      {Tube coral}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tubipore}.
  
      {Tube foot} (Zo[94]l.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an
            echinoderm.
  
      {Tube plate}, [or] {Tube sheet} (Steam Boilers), a flue
            plate. See under {Flue}.
  
      {Tube pouch} (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes.
  
      {Tube spinner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of
            spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to
            {Tegenaria}, {Agelena}, and allied genera.
  
      {Water tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and
            surrounded by flame or hot gases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flue \Flue\, n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr.
      L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]
      An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a
      current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:
      (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying
            flame and smoke to the outer air.
      (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or
            heated air from one place to another.
      (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and
            hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; --
            distinguished from a tube which holds water and is
            surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or
            simply tubes.
  
      {Flue boiler}. See under {Boiler}.
  
      {Flue bridge}, the separating low wall between the flues and
            the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.
  
      {Flue plate} (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the
            flues are fastened; -- called also {flue sheet}, {tube
            sheet}, and {tube plate}.
  
      {Flue surface} (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues
            exposed to flame or the hot gases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tube \Tube\, n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.]
      1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the
            conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a
            pipe.
  
      2. A telescope. [bd]Glazed optic tube.[b8] --Milton.
  
      3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid
            or other substance.
  
      4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
  
      5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under
            {Priming}, and {Friction}.
  
      6. (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler,
            containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or
            else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases
            to pass through.
  
      7. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case
                  secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans,
                  insects, and other animals, for protection or
                  concealment. See Illust. of {Tubeworm}.
            (b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
  
      {Capillary tube}, a tube of very fine bore. See {Capillary}.
           
  
      {Fire tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue.
  
      {Tube coral}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tubipore}.
  
      {Tube foot} (Zo[94]l.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an
            echinoderm.
  
      {Tube plate}, [or] {Tube sheet} (Steam Boilers), a flue
            plate. See under {Flue}.
  
      {Tube pouch} (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes.
  
      {Tube spinner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of
            spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to
            {Tegenaria}, {Agelena}, and allied genera.
  
      {Water tube} (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and
            surrounded by flame or hot gases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flue \Flue\, n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr.
      L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]
      An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a
      current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:
      (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying
            flame and smoke to the outer air.
      (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or
            heated air from one place to another.
      (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and
            hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; --
            distinguished from a tube which holds water and is
            surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or
            simply tubes.
  
      {Flue boiler}. See under {Boiler}.
  
      {Flue bridge}, the separating low wall between the flues and
            the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.
  
      {Flue plate} (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the
            flues are fastened; -- called also {flue sheet}, {tube
            sheet}, and {tube plate}.
  
      {Flue surface} (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues
            exposed to flame or the hot gases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tubivalve \Tu"bi*valve\, n. [See {Tube}, {Valve}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.
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