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   telecast
         n 1: a television broadcast
         v 1: broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised"
               [syn: {telecast}, {televise}]

English Dictionary: tool chest	by the DICT Development Group
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telecaster n a television broadcaster
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telecasting n broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs Synonym(s): television, telecasting, TV, video
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thalassic adj relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas; "deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits"- Scientific American
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the likes of n a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here" Synonym(s): like, the like, the likes of
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theological adj of or relating to or concerning theology; "theological seminar"
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theological doctrine n the doctrine of a religious group
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theological system n a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" Synonym(s): theology, theological system
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theological virtue n according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues Synonym(s): theological virtue, supernatural virtue
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theologically adv as regards theology; "the candidate was found theologically sound" in a theological manner; "he dealt with the problem of evil theologically, not philosophically"
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theologise v treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character Synonym(s): theologize, theologise make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects Synonym(s): theologize, theologise
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theologiser n someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology Synonym(s): theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
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theologist n someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology Synonym(s): theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
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theologize v treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character Synonym(s): theologize, theologise make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects Synonym(s): theologize, theologise
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theologizer n someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology Synonym(s): theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
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Toll House cookie n cookies containing chocolate chips [syn: {chocolate chip cookie}, Toll House cookie]
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toluic acid n an isomeric acid derived from toluene
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tool case n a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn: toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]
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tool chest n a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn: toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]
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Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[91]gel, t[91]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [fb]59.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebr[91], and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebr[91] which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term tail is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone. 2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin. Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees. --Harvey. 3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior part. The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail. --Deut. xxviii. 13. 4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue. [bd]Ah,[b8] said he, [bd]if you saw but the chief with his tail on.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression [bd]heads or tails,[b8] employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall. 6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle. 7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style. 8. (Surg.) (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also {tailing}. (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times. 9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. 10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). 11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4. 12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile. 13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5. {Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the feathers which cover the bases of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those below, the {under tail coverts}. {Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end of a contest. [Colloq.] {Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a direction opposite to the sun. {Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. --Totten. {Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond. {Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in advancing the lines of approach. {Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}. {To turn tail}, to run away; to flee. Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch. --Sir P. Sidney.
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Talcose \Tal*cose"\, Talcous \Talc"ous\, a. [Cf. F. talqueux.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
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Talcose \Tal*cose"\, Talcous \Talc"ous\, a. [Cf. F. talqueux.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
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Tallyho \Tal"ly*ho`\, interj. & n. 1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. {Tallyho coach}, a pleasure coach. See under {Coach}.
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Teleozoic \Te`leozo"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having tissued composed of cells.
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Teleseism \Tel"eseism\, n. [Gr. th^le far + [?] shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- {Tel`eseis"mic}, a.
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Teleseism \Tel"eseism\, n. [Gr. th^le far + [?] shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- {Tel`eseis"mic}, a.
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Thalassic \Tha*las"sic\, a. [Gr. [?] the sea.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
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Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton. 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys caretta, [or] caouana}), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also {logger-headed turtle}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}. {To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, [or] {To go to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.
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Thalassography \Thal`assog"raphy\, n. [Gr. [?] sea + -graphy.] The study or science of the life of marine organisms. --Agassiz.
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Theologaster \Theol"ogas`ter\, n. [Formed like poetaster: cf. F. th[82]ologastre.] A pretender or quack in theology. [R.] --Burton.
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Theologic \The`o*log"ic\, a. Theological.
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Theological \The`olog"ical\, a. [L. theologicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. th[82]ologique.] Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise. -- {The`olog"ical*ly}, adv.
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Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.] 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] --Shak. Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn. --Chapman. 2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine. Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30. A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. --De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. --Keble. 3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J. Davies. 4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. I made virtue of necessity. --Chaucer. In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences. --B. Jonson. 5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. Virtue only makes our bliss below. --Pope. If there's Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. --Addison. 6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. [bd]The very virtue of compassion.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Remember all his virtues.[b8] --Addison. 7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. --Goldsmith. 8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. --Milton. {Cardinal virtues}. See under {Cardinal}, a. {In}, [or] {By}, {virtue of}, through the force of; by authority of. [bd]He used to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all the towns.[b8] --Addison. [bd]This they shall attain, partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of piety.[b8] --Atterbury. {Theological virtues}, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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Theological \The`olog"ical\, a. [L. theologicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. th[82]ologique.] Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise. -- {The`olog"ical*ly}, adv.
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Theologics \The`o*log"ics\, n. Theology. --Young.
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Theology \Theol"ogy\, n.; pl. {Theologies}. [L. theologia, Gr. [?]; [?] God + [?] discourse: cf. F. th[82]ologie. See {Theism}, and {Logic}.] The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) [bd]the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.[b8] Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of [bd]science of God[b8]] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained. --Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.). Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man. --Gladstone. {Ascetic theology}, {Natural theology}. See {Ascetic}, {Natural}. {Moral theology}, that phase of theology which is concerned with moral character and conduct. {Revealed theology}, theology which is to be learned only from revelation. {Scholastic theology}, theology as taught by the scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods. {Speculative theology}, theology as founded upon, or influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy. {Systematic theology}, that branch of theology of which the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that together shall constitute an organized whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Theologist \Theol"ogist\, n. A theologian.
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Theologize \Theol"ogize\, v. i. To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
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Theologize \Theol"ogize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Theologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Theologizing}.] [Cf. F. th[82]ologiser.] To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology. School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. --Glanvill.
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Theologize \Theol"ogize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Theologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Theologizing}.] [Cf. F. th[82]ologiser.] To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology. School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. --Glanvill.
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Theologizer \Theol"ogi`zer\, n. One who theologizes; a theologian. [R.] --Boyle.
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Theologize \Theol"ogize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Theologized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Theologizing}.] [Cf. F. th[82]ologiser.] To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology. School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. --Glanvill.
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Tiliaceous \Til`i*a"ceous\, a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants ({Tiliace[91]}) of which the linden ({Tilia}) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
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{To lay on}, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. {To lay on load}, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. [or] Archaic] {To lay one's self out}, to strive earnestly. No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country. --Smalridge. {To lay one's self open to}, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. {To lay open}, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. {To lay over}, to spread over; to cover. {To lay out}. (a) To expend. --Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover. (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a garden. (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse. (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. {To lay siege to}. (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. {To lay the course} (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. {To lay the land} (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. {To lay to} (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor. (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles. (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary. {To lay to heart}, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly. {To lay under}, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or restraint. {To lay unto}. (a) Same as {To lay to} (above). (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4. {To lay up}. (a) To store; to reposit for future use. (b) To confine; to disable. (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship. {To lay wait for}, to lie in ambush for. {To lay waste}, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land. Syn: See {Put}, v. t., and the Note under 4th {Lie}.
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{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).
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Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. 4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails}, and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark}, {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}. {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff. {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}. {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. {Under sail}, having the sails spread.
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Caste \Caste\, n. [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin.] 1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. Note: The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time. 2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. --Macaulay. {To lose caste}, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.
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Lose \Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Losing}.] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[a2]san, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. f[94]rlisa, f[94]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. [?], Skr. l[?] to cut. [root]127. Cf. {Analysis}, {Palsy}, {Solve}, {Forlorn}, {Leasing}, {Loose}, {Loss}.] 1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior. 2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health. If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? --Matt. v. 13. 3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden. 4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. He hath lost his fellows. --Shak 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. 6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd. Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. 7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said. He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42. I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden. 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion ? --Sir W. Temple. 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter. {To lose ground}, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage. {To lose heart}, to lose courage; to become timid. [bd]The mutineers lost heart.[b8] --Macaulay. {To lose one's head}, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. --Whitney. {To lose one's self}. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep. {To lose sight of}. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also {rest-harrow}. {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game. {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties. {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded as projected. {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems. {Ground hog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}). See {Woodchuck}. (b) The aardvark. {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water before it forms on the surface. {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}. {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a. sleeper. {Ground lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}. {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under {Arbutus}. {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection. {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}). {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard. {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are embedded. {Ground parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), one of several Australian parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground. {Ground pearl} (Zo[94]l.), an insect of the family {Coccid[91]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants' nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives. {Ground pig} (Zo[94]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also {ground rat}. {Ground pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above). {Ground pine}. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A. Cham[91]pitys}), formerly included in the genus {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous smell. --Sir J. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club moss}. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. --Gray. {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section. {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing. {Ground plate}. (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or groundsel. (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a mudsill. (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. --Knight. {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod. {Ground rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground pig} (above). {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land. {Ground robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chewink}. {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room. --Tatler. {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean, which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause, breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}. {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above). {Ground snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing American snake ({Celuta am[d2]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail. {Ground squirrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}. (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to {Tamias}. {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above). {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or matrix, of tissues. {Ground swell}. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased. {Ground table}. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. {Ground tackle} (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. --Totten. {Ground thrush} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[91]}. See {Pitta}. {Ground tier}. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. --Totten. (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a vessel's hold. (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater. {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers. --Knight. {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground wren} (below). {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine, etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism. {Ground wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[91]a fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}. {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite}, {Break}. {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry. {To gain ground}. (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground. (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential. {To get, [or] To gather}, {ground}, to gain ground. [R.] [bd]Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.[b8] --Milton. There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. --South. {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage. These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak. {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline. {To stand one's ground}, to stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. --Atterbury. {To take the ground} to touch bottom or become stranded; -- said of a ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lose \Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Losing}.] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[a2]san, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. f[94]rlisa, f[94]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. [?], Skr. l[?] to cut. [root]127. Cf. {Analysis}, {Palsy}, {Solve}, {Forlorn}, {Leasing}, {Loose}, {Loss}.] 1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior. 2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health. If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? --Matt. v. 13. 3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden. 4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. He hath lost his fellows. --Shak 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. 6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd. Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. 7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said. He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42. I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden. 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion ? --Sir W. Temple. 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter. {To lose ground}, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage. {To lose heart}, to lose courage; to become timid. [bd]The mutineers lost heart.[b8] --Macaulay. {To lose one's head}, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. --Whitney. {To lose one's self}. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep. {To lose sight of}. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tollhouse \Toll"house`\, n.; pl. {Tollhouses}. A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tolsester \Tol"ses*ter\, n. [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. {Toll} a tax.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. --Cowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tylosis \[d8]Ty*lo"sis\, n.; pl. {Tyloses}. [NL., fr. Gr. ty`los a lump, knot.] (Bot.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells. --Goodale.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tulsa County, OK (county, FIPS 143) Location: 36.12000 N, 95.94135 W Population (1990): 503341 (227834 housing units) Area: 1477.2 sq km (land), 43.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tuluksak, AK (city, FIPS 78790) Location: 61.11576 N, 160.93918 W Population (1990): 358 (90 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99679