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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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Tēt'ra-spăs'ton, n. p. 1369A machine in which four pulleys act together. Brande.Tēt'ra-spĕrm'ous, a. p. 1369(Bot.) Having four seeds. Tetraspermous plant (Bot.), a plant which produces four seeds in each flower.Tĕt'ra-spōre, n. p. 1369(Bot.) A collection of spores, generally four in number, as in some sea-weeds. Dana.Te-träs'tich, n. p. 1369A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses.Te-träs'to-ōn, n. p. 1369(Arch.) A four-sided court with porticoes on each side.Tĕt'ra-stȳle, n. p. 1369(Anc. Arch.) A building with four columns in front. Oxf. Gloss.Tĕt'ra-syl-lăb'ic or Tĕt'ra-syl-lăb'ic-al, a. p. 1369Consisting of, or having, four syllables.Tĕt'ra-sȳl'la-ble, n. p. 1369A word consisting of four syllables.Tĕt'rie or Tĕt'rie-al or Tĕt'rie-ōus, a. p. 1369Froward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged. [Obs.]Tēt'ri-cal-ness, n. p. 1369The quality or state of being tetrical; frowardness; perverseness. [Obs.]Te-trĭc'i-ty, n. p. 1369Crabbedness; perverseness. [Obs.]Tĕt'ter, n. p. 1369A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See HERPES. 2. (Far.) A cutaneous disease of animals, which spreads on the body in different directions, and occasions a troublesome itching.Tĕt'ter, v. t. p. 1369To affect with tetter.Tēt'ter-tōt'ter, n. p. 1369A certain game of children; seesaw;—called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter. [Eng.] See SEESAW.Tēt'tish or Tēt'ty, a. p. 1369Captious; testy. [Obs.]Teū'ton, n. p. 1369(Anc. Geog.) One of the ancient inhabitants of Germany.Teu-tōn'ic, a. p. 1369Of, or pertaining to, the Teutons, a people of ancient Germany; of, or pertaining to, the ancient Germans in the general, and to their descendants, among whom are included the Dutch and all who are…Teutonic Order p. 1369a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitallers. It was composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans, and…Teū-tōn'ie, n. p. 1369The language of the ancient Germans;—improperly so used, there being no language known that is now so designated.Teū-tōn'i-ēism, n. p. 1369A Teutonic idiom or mode of speaking; a Teutonic phrase; a Germanism.Tew, v. t. p. 1369To work at; to prepare by working; to be actively employed about; hence, to work hard; to fatigue. Halliwell. 2. Hence, to pull about; to discompose; to tease. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 3. To beat or…Tew, n. p. 1370Materials for any thing. [Obs.] Skinner. 2. A rope or chain for towing a boat; a cord; a string. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Tew, v. t. p. 1370To tow along, as a vessel. [Obs.]Tew'el, n. p. 1370A pipe or funnel, as for smoke. Chaucer. 2. An iron pipe in a forge to receive the pipe of a bellows. Moxon.Tew'taw, v. t. p. 1370To beat; to break. [Obs.] See TEW. Mortimer.Tëxt, n. p. 1370A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase or commentary. 2. A verse or passage of Scripture quoted as the…Tëxt, v. t. p. 1370To write, as a text. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Tĕxt'-bōōk, n. p. 1370A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for the observations or notes. [Obs.] 2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of…Tĕxt'-hănd, n. p. 1370A large hand in writing; — so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand, and the notes in a smaller hand.Tĕxt'ile, a. p. 1370Woven, or capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.Tĕxt'ile, n. p. 1370That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. [Obs.] Bacon.Tĕxt'-lĕt'ter, n. p. 1370A large or capital letter. [Obs.]Tĕxt'-măn, n. p. 1370A man ready in the quotation of texts; a textualist, or textuary. [Rare.] Saunderson.Tex-tō'ri-al, a. p. 1370Of, or pertaining to, weaving.Tĕxt'-pĕn, n. p. 1370A kind of metallic pen used in engrossing. Simmonds.Tĕxt'rine, a. p. 1370Of, or pertaining to, weaving; textorial; as, the textrine art. Derham.Tëxt'ū-al, a. p. 1370Pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading. 2. Serving for, or depending on, texts. Bp. Hall.Tĕxt'ū-al-ist, n. p. 1370A textualist; a textuary.Tĕxt'ū-al-ly, adv. p. 1370In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.Tĕxt'ū-a-rist, n. p. 1370Tĕxt'ū-a-ry p. 1370One who is well versed in the Scriptures, and can readily quote texts. Bp. Hall. 2. One who adheres to the text.Tĕxt'ū-a-ry, a. p. 1370Contained in the text; textual. 2. Serving as a text; authoritative.Tëxt'ū-ist, n. p. 1370One ready in the quotation of texts; a textualist; a text-man. [Obs.] “The crabbed textuists.” Milton.Tëxt'ūre, n. p. 1370The act of weaving. 2. That which is woven; a fabric formed by weaving; a web. Others, far on the grassy dale, Their humble texture weave. Thomson. 3. The disposition or connection of threads…Tĕxt'ūre, v. t. p. 1370To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [Rare.]Tĕxt'ūr-y, n. p. 1370The art or process of weaving. [Obs.] Browne.Thäck, n. & v. t. p. 1370The same as THATCH, q. v. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Thăck'er, n. p. 1370A thatcher. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Thăl'a-mŭs, n. p. 1370(Anat.) One of two rounded and irregular surfaces in the two lateral ventricles of the brain, and in the third ventricle, from which the optic nerves were formerly thought to proceed. Dunglison. 2.…Thä'ler, n. p. 1370A German dollar, a silver coin equivalent to about 3s. sterling, or about 73 cents.Thā-li'a p. 1370(Myth.) (a.) The Muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. (b.) One of the Graces. (c.) One of the Nereids.Tha-li'an, a. p. 1370Of, or pertaining to, Thalia, the Muse of pastoral poetry.Tha-lic'trum, n. p. 1370(Bot.) A genus of plants, including meadow-rue.Thäl'i-dan, n. p. 1370(Zoöl.) One of a group of segregate, naked, acephalous molluscans, of which the genus Thalia is the type. They have a small crest or vertical fin near the posterior extremity of the back.Thăl'lite, n. p. 1370(Min.) A variety of epidote.Thăl'li-ŭm, n. p. 1370(Chem.) An alkaline metal closely resembling lead in general appearance, being of nearly the same color, density, and softness, but in its chemical relations similar to the alkali-metals potassium…Thăl'lo-gĕn, n. p. 1370(Bot.) One of a large class of cellular, cryptogamous plants, consisting of parenchyma alone, forming a mass or stratum, or consisting of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never…Thäl'lo-phȳte, n. p. 1370(Bot.) The same as THALLOGEN, q. v.Thäl'lus, n. p. 1370(Bot.) A solid mass of cells, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, or in the form of a lobe, leaf, or frond, and forming the substance of the…Thăm'muz, n. p. 1370A deity among the Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatr esses held an annual lamentation. This deity was the same with the Phenician Adon, or Adonis. Ezek. viii. 14. 2. The tenth month of the…