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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Tinamidae | by the DICT Development Group |
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Grayling \Gray"ling\, n. [From {Gray}, a.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish ({Thymallus vulgaris}), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also {umber}. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. --Tennyson. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish of the genus {Thymallus}, having similar habits to the above; one species ({T. Ontariensis}), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another ({T. montanus}), is found in the Yellowstone region. | |
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Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zo[94]l.) A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the tropical parts of South America. Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear}, {fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped, tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety. | |
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Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zo[94]l.) A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the tropical parts of South America. Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear}, {fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped, tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety. | |
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Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zo[94]l.) A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the tropical parts of South America. Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear}, {fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped, tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety. | |
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Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zo[94]l.) A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the tropical parts of South America. Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear}, {fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped, tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenanting}.] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. --Addison. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone, under {Tenement}, 2. --Blount. Wharton. 2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. [bd]Sweet tenants of this grove.[b8] --Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron. {Tenant in capite} [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], [or] {Tenant in chief}, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. --Blackstone. {Tenant in common}. See under {Common}. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone, under {Tenement}, 2. --Blount. Wharton. 2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. [bd]Sweet tenants of this grove.[b8] --Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron. {Tenant in capite} [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], [or] {Tenant in chief}, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. --Blackstone. {Tenant in common}. See under {Common}. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone, under {Tenement}, 2. --Blount. Wharton. 2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. [bd]Sweet tenants of this grove.[b8] --Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron. {Tenant in capite} [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], [or] {Tenant in chief}, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. --Blackstone. {Tenant in common}. See under {Common}. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone, under {Tenement}, 2. --Blount. Wharton. 2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. [bd]Sweet tenants of this grove.[b8] --Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron. {Tenant in capite} [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], [or] {Tenant in chief}, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. --Blackstone. {Tenant in common}. See under {Common}. | |
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Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. Cf. {Immunity}, {Commune}, n. & v.] 1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. Though life and sense be common to men and brutes. --Sir M. Hale. 2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer. Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker. The common enemy of man. --Shak. 3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary. Grief more than common grief. --Shak. 4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense. The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life. --W. Irving. This fact was infamous And ill beseeming any common man, Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak. Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A. Murphy. 5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.] What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. --Acts x. 15. 6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute. A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange. {Common bar} (Law) Same as {Blank bar}, under {Blank}. {Common barrator} (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. {Common Bench}, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. {Common brawler} (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See {Brawler}. {Common carrier} (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. {Common chord} (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth. {Common council}, the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other municipal corporation. {Common crier}, the crier of a town or city. {Common divisor} (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure. {Common gender} (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. {Common law}, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. --Wharton. Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from {statute law}. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See {Law}. {Common lawyer}, one versed in common law. {Common lewdness} (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public. {Common multiple} (Arith.) See under {Multiple}. {Common noun} (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing). {Common nuisance} (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large. {Common pleas}, one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute. {Common prayer}, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. {Common school}, a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all. {Common scold} (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public. {Common seal}, a seal adopted and used by a corporation. {Common sense}. (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under {Sense}. {Common time} (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions. {In common}, equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally. {Out of the common}, uncommon; extraordinary. {Tenant in common}, one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See {Joint tenant}, under {Joint}. {To make common cause with}, to join or ally one's self with. Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent; ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar; mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See {Mutual}, {Ordinary}, {General}. | |
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Tenant saw \Ten"ant saw`\ See {Tenon saw}, under {Tenon}. | |
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Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt. | |
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Tenant saw \Ten"ant saw`\ See {Tenon saw}, under {Tenon}. | |
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Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt. | |
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Tenantable \Ten"ant*a*ble\, a. Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- {Ten"ant*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Tenantable \Ten"ant*a*ble\, a. Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- {Ten"ant*a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenanting}.] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. --Addison. | |
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Tenant \Ten"ant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tenanting}.] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. --Addison. | |
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Tenantless \Ten"ant*less\, a. Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. --Shak. | |
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Tenantry \Ten"ant*ry\, n. 1. The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom. 2. Tenancy. [Obs.] --Ridley. | |
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Tenent \Ten"ent\, n. [L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of tenere.] A tenet. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. | |
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Tennantite \Ten"nant*ite\, n. [Named after Smithson Tennant, an English chemist.] (Min.) A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper. | |
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Mountain \Moun"tain\, n. [OE. mountaine, montaine, F. montagne, LL. montanea, montania, fr. L. mons, montis, a mountain; cf. montanus belonging to a mountain. See 1st {Mount}.] 1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an eminence higher than a hill; a mount. 2. pl. A range, chain, or group of such elevations; as, the White Mountains. 3. A mountainlike mass; something of great bulk. I should have been a mountain of mummy. --Shak. {The Mountain} (--La montagne) (French Hist.), a popular name given in 1793 to a party of extreme Jacobins in the National Convention, who occupied the highest rows of seats. | |
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Tinnient \Tin"ni*ent\, a. [L. tinniens, p. pr. of tinnire to ring, tinkle.] Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.] | |
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Mar not the thing that can not be amended. --Shak. An instant emergency, granting no possibility for revision, or opening for amended thought. --De Quincey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. --Sir W. Scott. {To amend a bill}, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement. | |
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Man \Man\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manning}.] 1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! --Shak. They man their boats, and all their young men arm. --Waller. 2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. [bd]Theodosius having manned his soul with proper reflections.[b8] --Addison. 3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] --Shak. 4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] --Shak. Note: In [bd]Othello,[b8] V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage. {To man a yard} (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or reefing a sail. {To man the yards} (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a salute or mark of respect. | |
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Chance \Chance\ (ch[adot]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [87]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. --Samuel Clark. Any society into which chance might throw him. --Macaulay. That power Which erring men call Chance. --Milton. 2. The operation or activity of such agent. By chance a priest came down that way. --Luke x. 31. 3. The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. It was a chance that happened to us. --1 Sam. vi. 9. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. --Pope. I spake of most disastrous chance. --Shak. 4. A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on 't --Shak. 5. (Math.) Probability. Note: The mathematical expression, of a chance is the ratio of frequency with which an event happens in the long run. If an event may happen in a ways and may fail in b ways, and each of these a + b ways is equally likely, the chance, or probability, that the event will happen is measured by the fraction a/a + b, and the chance, or probability, that it will fail is measured by b/a + b. {Chance comer}, one who comes unexpectedly. {The last chance}, the sole remaining ground of hope. {The main chance}, the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest. {Theory of chances}, {Doctrine of chances} (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions. {To mind one's chances}, to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity. | |
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Mount \Mount\, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden. 2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride. 3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. [bd]To mount the Trojan troop.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc. 5. To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high? --Shak. Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it. {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard. {To mount a play}, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play. | |
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Mount \Mount\, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden. 2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride. 3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. [bd]To mount the Trojan troop.[b8] --Dryden. 4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc. 5. To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high? --Shak. Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it. {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard. {To mount a play}, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play. | |
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Guard \Guard\, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, marto, one who watches, mata a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See {Guard}, v. t.] 1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection. His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft. --Shak. 2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel. The guard which kept the door of the king's house. --Kings xiv. 27. 3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor. [Eng.] 4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as: (a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. (b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. (c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. (d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. (e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision. (f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. (g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled. 5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. 6. An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I. --Atterbury. 7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard. 8. (Zo[94]l.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. Note: Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as, guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard duty. {Advanced guard}, {Coast guard}, etc. See under {Advanced}, {Coast}, etc. {Grand guard} (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line belonging to a system of advance posts of an army. --Mahan. {Guard boat}. (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. {Guard cells} (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll. {Guard chamber}, a guardroom. {Guard detail} (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc., detailed for guard duty. {Guard duty} (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc., performed by a sentinel or sentinels. {Guard lock} (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin. {Guard of honor} (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to accompany eminent persons. {Guard rail} (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard against derailment. {Guard ship}, a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships. {Life guard} (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the person of a prince or high officer. {Off one's guard}, in a careless state; inattentive; unsuspicious of danger. {On guard}, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as a guard or sentinel; watching. {On one's guard}, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant. {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or sentinel. {To run the guard}, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave. Syn: Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort; care; attention; watch; heed. | |
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner. | |
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Tom and Jerry \Tom and Jerry\ A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs. | |
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d8Tomentum \[d8]To*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tomenta}. [L. See {Tomentose}. ] (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants. | |
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Tomentose \To"men*tose`\, a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane. | |
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Tonometer \To*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] a stretching, a tone + -meter.] 1. (Physics.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones. 2. (Physiol.) (a) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals. (b) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball. | |
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Tonometry \To*nom"e*try\, n. The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically (Med.), measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball. | |
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Tenants Harbor, ME Zip code(s): 04860 | |
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Tennant, IA (city, FIPS 77430) Location: 41.59553 N, 95.44295 W Population (1990): 78 (34 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Tonawanda, NY (CDP, FIPS 74183) Location: 42.98415 N, 78.87567 W Population (1990): 65284 (27259 housing units) Area: 45.0 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water) Tonawanda, NY (city, FIPS 74166) Location: 43.01080 N, 78.88191 W Population (1990): 17284 (7062 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14150 | |
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Town And Country, MO Zip code(s): 63017 | |
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Town and Country, MO (city, FIPS 73618) Location: 38.62475 N, 90.47633 W Population (1990): 9519 (3101 housing units) Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Town and Country, WA (CDP, FIPS 72170) Location: 47.72745 N, 117.42052 W Population (1990): 4921 (1955 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Town And Country, MO Zip code(s): 63017 | |
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Town and Country, MO (city, FIPS 73618) Location: 38.62475 N, 90.47633 W Population (1990): 9519 (3101 housing units) Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Town and Country, WA (CDP, FIPS 72170) Location: 47.72745 N, 117.42052 W Population (1990): 4921 (1955 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Tanhumeth consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8). | |
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Temanite a man of Teman, the designation of Eliphaz, one of Job's three friends (Job 2:11; 22:1). | |
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Tanhumeth, consolation; repentance | |
