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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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Tēn'ū-i-rōs'tral, a. p. 1364(Ornith.) Thin-billed; — applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming-birds. Swainson.Tēn'ū-is, n. p. 1364(Gr. Gram.) One of the three letters κ, π, τ; — so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, φ, χ, θ. These terms are applied also to the…Te-nū'i-ty, n. p. 1364The state of being tenuous; smallness in diameter; exility; thinness, applied to a broad substance, and slenderness, applied to one that is long; as, the tenuity of paper or of a leaf; the tenuity of…Tĕn'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1364Thin; slender; small; minute. 2. Rare; subtle; not dense.Tēn'ūre, n. p. 1364The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted. Bancroft. 2. (Eng. Law.)…Tē/o-cāl'li, n. p. 1364Literally, God's house; a pyramid for the worship of the gods among the Mexicans and other aborigines of America. And Aztec priests upon their teocalis Beat the wild war-drum made of serpents' skin.…Tēp'e-făc'tion, n. p. 1364The act or operation of making tepid, or moderately warm.Tĕp'e-fy, v. t. p. 1364To make moderately warm.Tēp'e-fy, v. i. p. 1365To become moderately warm.Tēph'ra-măn-cy, n. p. 1365Divination by the ashes on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.Tēph'ro-īte, n. p. 1365(Min.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color, occurring both massive and granular. Dana.Te-phrō'si-ā, n. p. 1365(Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, mostly found in tropical countries; — so called from a silky down or pubescence of an ash-gray color, with which they are generally covered. Baird.Tĕp'id, a. p. 1365Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. Tepid mineral waters, such as have less sensible cold than common water.Te-pĭd'i-ty or Tĕp'id-ness, n. p. 1365The state or quality of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness.Tē'por, n. p. 1365Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.Tēr'aph, n. p. 1365One of the teraphim.Tēr'a-phīm, n. pl. p. 1365Household deities or images. “The word Teraphim has been literally translated nutritores (nourishers). It seems that the plural form was used as a collective singular for the personified combination…Tĕr'a-pĭn, n. p. 1365See TERRAPIN.Te-răt'ic-al, a. p. 1365Wonderful or ominous; prodigious. [Obs.] Bailey.Tĕr'a-tōg'e-ny, n. p. 1365(Med.) The formation of monsters.Tĕr'a-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1365The science which treats of malformations and monstrosities. 2. Bombast in language; affectation of sublimity. [Obs.] Bailey.Tērçe, n. p. 1365The same as TIERCE. See TIERCE.Tĕr'cel, n. p. 1365The male of the falcon, especially of the common falcon. Red tercel, the male in its first year.Tērçe'-mā'jor, n. p. 1365(Card-playing.) A sequence of the three best cards.Ter-cen'te-na-ry, a. p. 1365Including, or relating to, the interval of three hundred years.Tēr'çet, n. p. 1365(Mus.) A third. Crabb.Tēr'çine, n. p. 1365(Bot.) The outer coat of the nucleus of the ovule of a plant. Lindley.Tēr'e-binth, n. p. 1365The turpentine-tree. Spenser.Tēr'e-bin'thi-nate, a. p. 1365Impregnated with the qualities of turpentine; terebinthine.Tēr'e-bin'thine, a. p. 1365Of, or pertaining to, turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.Tĕr'e-brāte, v. t. p. 1365To perforate, as with a gimlet; to bore; to pierce. [R.]Tēr'e-brā'ting, p. a. p. 1365Boring; perforating; — applied to mollusks which form holes in rocks, wood, or the like. Humble.Tĕr′-e-brā′tion, n. p. 1365The act of terebrating or boring. [Rare.]Tĕr'e-brăt'ū-lă, n. p. 1365(Zool.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, of the order of Brachiopods, in which one of the valves is perforated for the transmission of a tendinous ligament, by which the animal fixes itself to submarine…Tĕr'e-bra-tū'li-fōrm, a. p. 1365Having the general form of terebratula shell.Tĕr'e-dīne, n. p. 1365(Zoöl.) A borer; the teredo.Tĕ-rē'do, n. p. 1365(Zoöl.) A genus of acephalous testaceous mollusks that bore and penetrate the bottom of ships, and other submersed wood; the ship-worm.Tēr'et, a. p. 1365Terete; also, round; rounded. [Obs.]Te-rēte',, a. p. 1365(Bot.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.Tēr'e-tōis, a. p. 1365Terete. [Obs.] “Teretous or long round leaves.” Browne.Tēr'gal, a. p. 1365(Anat.) Pertaining to the back; dorsal.Tēr'gant, a. p. 1365(Her.) Showing the back; as, an eagle tergant. [Written also tergiant.]Ter-gēm'i-nāl, a. p. 1365Ter-gēm'i-nate p. 1365Thrice double; as, a tergeminate leaf. Martyn.Ter-gĕm’i-noǔs, a. p. 1365Threefold. Blount.Tēr'gi-ant, a. p. 1365The same as TERGANT, q. v.Ter-gĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1365Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.Tĕr'gi-ver-sāte, v. i. p. 1365To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges. [Rare.] Bailey.Tēr'gi-ver-sā'tion, n. p. 1365The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being more free from passion and tergiversation. Bramhall. 2. Fickleness of…Tēr'gi-ver-sā'tor, n. p. 1365One who tergiversates; one who shuffles or evades.Tēr'gum, n. p. 1365(Entom.) The upper surface of the abdomen. Brande.Tē'rin, n. p. 1365A small singing-bird of a yellow color, with the head of an ash-color. Chaucer.Tērm, n. p. 1365A bound or boundary; the extremity of any thing; that which limits its extent; a limit. Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature’s two terms or boundaries. Bacon. 2. The…Tērm, v. t. p. 1365To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe “imaginary space.” Locke.Tēr'ma-gan-cy, n. p. 1365The state or quality of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper. Baker.Tĕr’ma-gant, a. p. 1365Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding. The eldest was a termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot.Tēr’ma-gant, n. p. 1365A vociferous, tumultuous deity. The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. Fairfax. 2. A boisterous, brawling, turbulent woman;—formerly applied both to males and…Tēr’mā-gant-ly, adv. p. 1365In a termagant, turbulent, or scolding manner.Tĕrm'er, n. p. 1365One who travels to attend a law term, particularly in order to practice tricks. Spenser. 2. (Law.) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.Tēr'mēz, n. p. 1365A neuropterous insect; a species of ant mostly found within the tropics, and which is very destructive to trees, wood-work, as of houses, and the like; white ant.