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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tē'di-oŭs, a. p. 1359Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, or slowness which causes prolixity; wearisome. I see, a man's life is a tedious one. Shak. 2. Slow; as, a tedious course. Harte. Syn.,—Irksome…Tē'di-ōŭs-ly, adv. p. 1359In a tedious manner; so as to weary.Tē'di-ous-ness, n. p. 1359The quality of being tedious; wearisomeness; tiresomeness; prolixity; slowness; as, the tediousness of an oration or argument. What a gift has John Halsebach, professor at Vienna, in tediousness!…Tē'di-ŭm, n. p. 1359Irksomeness; wearisomeness. To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson. The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his…Teek, n. p. 1359The same as TEAK, q. v.Teel'-seed, n. p. 1359The seed of an Oriental plant (Sesamum orientale), from which an oil is expressed, known as Gingitic oil. This has much the same properties as olive oil, and is often used for it.Teem, v. i. p. 1359To bring forth, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear. Teeming buds and cheerful greens appear. Dryden. 2. To be pregnant; to conceive; to engender young. If she must teem, Create her…Teem, v. t. p. 1359To produce; to bring forth. What's the newest grief? Each minute teems a new one. Shak. 2. To pour. [Obs.] Swift.Teem'er, n. p. 1359One who teems or brings forth young.Teem'ful, a. p. 1359Pregnant; prolific. 2. Brimful. Ainsworth.Teem'less, a. p. 1359Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, the teemless earth. [Rare.] Dryden.Teen, n. p. 1359Grief; sorrow; affliction; injury. [Obs.] Spenser.Teen, v. t. p. 1359To excite; to provoke. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To hedge, shut, or fence in. [Prov. Eng.]Teen'age, n. p. 1359The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Teend, v. t. & i. p. 1359To set on fire; to kindle; to light; to burn. [Obs. and rare.]Teen'ful, a. p. 1359Full of teen; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.]Teens, n. pl. p. 1359The years of one's age having the termination teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, the young lady is in her teens.Teen'y, a. p. 1359Very small; tiny. 2. Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.Tee'ter, v. i. or t. p. 1359To seesaw, or move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, &c., as children do for sport; to titter. [U. S.]Teeth, n. p. 1359pl. of tooth. See TOOTH.Teeth, v. i. p. 1359To breed teeth.Teeth'ing, n. p. 1359The operation or process of the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums; dentition.Tee-tō'tal, a. p. 1359Entire; total. [Colloq.] See TEE-TOTALER.Tee-tō'tal-er, n. p. 1359One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks;—a cant word formed in England, by reduplicating, for the sake of emphasis, the initial letter of the adjective total.Tee-tō′tal-ism, n. p. 1359The principle or practice of entire abstinence, as from intoxicating drinks; strict temperance. [Colloq.]Tee-tō'tal-ly, adv. p. 1359Entirely; totally. [Colloq. and low.]Tee-tō'tum, n. p. 1359A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers. He rolled him about, with a hand on each of his shoulders, until the staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a…Tĕg, n. p. 1359A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Tēg'men, n. p. 1359A tegument or covering. Brande. 2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed; secundine.Tē'gū-lar, a. p. 1359Of, or pertaining to, a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles.Tēg'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 1359In a tegular manner; in the manner of tiles on a roof.Tĕg'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 1359Composed of small plates overlapping like tiles;—said of a kind of ancient armor. Fairholt.Tĕg'ū-ment, n. p. 1359A cover or covering; an integument. 2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin. 3. (Entom.) The covering of the wings of orthopterous insects. Brande.Tĕg'/ū-mēnt'/a-ry, a. p. 1359Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.Te-hee', n. p. 1359A tittering sound made in laughing; a titter. Chaucer.Te-hee', v. i. p. 1359To laugh. [Colloq.] She cried, “Come, come; you must not look grave upon me.” Upon this, I te-heed. Madame D’Arblay.Tēil or Tēil'-tree, n. p. 1359(Bot.) The lime-tree or linden.Tēinds, n. pl. p. 1359Tithes. [Scot.]Tēine, n. p. 1359A disease in hawks.Thēin'land, n. p. 1359(O. Eng. Law.) Land of a thane or Anglo-Saxon noble; land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. [Obs.] Burrell.Tein'o-scōpe, n. p. 1359An instrument, called also the prism telescope, formed by combining prisms so that the chromatic aberration of the light is corrected, and the linear dimensions of objects seen through them increased…Teĭnt, n. p. 1359Color; tinge. [Obs.] See TINT.Teint'ure, n. p. 1359The same as TEINT. [Obs.] Holland.Tĕl'a-mō'nēs, n. pl. p. 1359(Arch.) Figures of men, usually of colossal size, supporting entablatures; atlantes.Tēl'ar-ly, adv. p. 1359In a web-like manner. [Obs.] “Telarly interwoven.” Browne.Tĕl'a-ry, a. p. 1359Of, or pertaining to, a web. 2. Spinning webs. [R.] “Telary spider.” Browne.Tĕl'e-dū, n. p. 1359(Zool.) A Javanese quadruped (Mydaus meliceps of F. Cuvier, allied to the skunk, and equal to it in its capacity of diffusing stench.Tĕl'e-grăm, n. p. 1359A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic despatch. This word is of recent American origin, its first occurrence being in the following passage from the Albany Evening Journal for April 6, 1852…Tĕl'e-grām'mic, a. p. 1359Of, or pertaining to, a telegram or telegrams; in the nature of a telegram; hence, laconic; concise; brief; succinct. [Rare.]Tél'e-grāph, n. p. 1359An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and…Tĕl'e-grăph, v. t. p. 1359To convey or announce by telegraph.Tél'e-grăph'ie or Tél'e-grăph'ie-al, a. p. 1359Of, or pertaining to, the telegraph; made by a telegraph; as, telegraphic movements or signals; telegraphic art. 2. Communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic intelligence.Tēl'e-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1359In a telegraphic manner; by means of the telegraph.Te-lĕg'ra-phist, n. p. 1359One who operates on a telegraph; a telegraphic operator.Te-lĕg'ra-phy, n. p. 1359[Fr. télégraphie, It. telegrafia. The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy. Ed. Review.Tē-le-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1359Of, or pertaining to, teleology.Tē-le-o-lōg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1359In a teleological manner.Tē/le-ōl'o-gĭst, n. p. 1359One versed in teleology; one who treats of final causes.Tē-le-ŏl'o-g'y, n. p. 1359The science or doctrine of the final causes of things; the philosophical consideration of final causes in general.Tē'le-o-saur', n. p. 1360(Paleon.) A fossil saurian reptile of the genus Teleosaurus.