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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tit'tle-tät'tle, n. p. 1389Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. 2. An idle, trifling talker. [Rare.]Tit'tle-tăt'tle, v. i. p. 1389To talk idly; to prate. Sidney.Tit'tle-tāt'tling, n. p. 1389The act or habit of prating idly.Tit'ū-bāte, v. i. p. 1389To stumble. [Obs.]Tit’ū-bā’tion, n. p. 1389The act of stumbling. [Obs.]Tit'ū-lar, a. p. 1389Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular king or prince. If these magnificent titles yet remain Not…Tit'ū-lar, n. p. 1389A titulary. [Rare.]Tit'ū-lār'i-ty, n. p. 1389State of being titular. [Rare.]Tit'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 1389In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.Tit'ū-la-ry, n. p. 1389A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.Tit'ū-la-ry, a. p. 1389Consisting in a title; titular. 2. Of, or pertaining to, a title.Tit'ūled, a. p. 1389Having a title; entitled. [Obs.] Fuller.Tĭv'er, n. p. 1389A kind of ocher which is used in marking sheep in some parts of England. [Prov. Eng.]Tĭv'er, v. t. p. 1389To mark sheep with tiver, in different ways and for different purposes. [Prov. Eng.]Tiv'y, adv. p. 1389With great speed;— a huntsman's word or sound. Dryden.Tmē'sis, n. p. 1389(Rhet.) A figure by which a compound word is separated, by the intervention of one or more words; as, qua meo cumque animo, for quæcumque meo animo.To, prep. p. 1389The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and, also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward…Tōad, n. p. 1389A batrachian reptile, of the genus Bufo (B. vulgaris), a small animal, having a warty and thick body. It is perfectly harmless, and is often useful in gardens by feeding on noxious insects. ☞ Many…Tōad'-eat'er, n. p. 1389A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a toady. [Vulgar.] You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toad-eater, and betray yourself. Dickens.Tōad'-fish, n. p. 1389(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Batrachus, allied to the fishing-frog or angler. Storer.Tōad'-flăx, n. p. 1389(Bot.) A plant of the genus Linaria (L. vulgaris);—popularly called also butter-and-eggs.Tōad'ish, a. p. 1389Like a toad. [Obs.] Stafford.Tōad'let, n. p. 1389A small toad. [Rare.] Coleridge.Tōad'-spĭt, n. p. 1389The same as CUCKOO-SPITTLE, q. v.Tōad'-stōne, n. p. 1389(Min.) A variety of trap-rock, of a brownish-gray color; especially, a variety of trap found in Derbyshire, which is generally a dark-brown basaltic amygdaloid, composed of basalt and green earth…Tōad'-sto͞ol, n. p. 1389A mushroom, a plant which commonly grows in moist and rich ground.Tōad'y, n. p. 1389A toad-eater; a sycophant. [Colloq. and vulgar.] Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens. 2. A coarse…Tōad'y, v. t. p. 1389To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.Tōad'y-ism, n. p. 1389The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.Tōast, v. t. p. 1389To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. 3. To name when a health is drank; to drink to the health, or in honor of; as, to…Toast, n. p. 1390Bread dried and scorched by the fire; also, a kind of food prepared by putting scorched bread into milk or melted butter; formerly, bread scorched and put into liquor. Make it so large that, filled…Toast'er, n. p. 1390One who toasts. 2. An instrument for toasting any thing, as bread or cheese.Toast'ing-fōrk, n. p. 1390A long-handled fork, often with sliding joints, for toasting bread, &c., before the fire. Simmonds.Tōast'-măs'ter, n. p. 1390A person who, at public dinners, announces the toasts and directs or times the cheering.Tōast'-räck, n. p. 1390A stand for a table, having partitions for slices of dry toast. Simmonds.To-băc'co, n. p. 1390A plant, a native of America, of the genus Nicotiana, much used for smoking and chewing, and in snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and…To-băc'co-man, n. p. 1390A tobacconist. [Rare.] Butler.To-băc'co-ning, a. p. 1390Smoking tobacco. [Obs. and rare.] Bp. Hall.To-băc'co-nĭst, n. p. 1390A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco. 2. A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] He is lately turned tobacconist. Oh what a blow, what an abatement 'tis! Sylvester.To-bäc'co-pipe, n. p. 1390A pipe used for smoking tobacco, often made of clay and baked, sometimes of other material. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Monotropa (M. uniflora); Indian pipe. Gray. Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a…To-băc'co-stöp'per, n. p. 1390An instrument for pressing down the tobacco as it is smoked in a pipe.Tö'bine, n. p. 1390A stout twilled silk, used for dresses, much resembling Florentine.Toè-cä'tä, n. p. 1390(Mus.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the modern fantasia, or capriccio.Töch'er, n. p. 1390Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] Burns.Tōck'āy, n. p. 1390(Zoöl.) A species of gecko or spotted lizard in India.To-cōl'ō-gy, n. p. 1390(Med.) The science of obstetrics or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.Tōc'sin, n. p. 1390An alarm-bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell.Töd, n. p. 1390A bush; a thick shrub. [Rare.] The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge. 2. A quantity of wool, being twenty-eight pounds, or two stone. 3. [Cf. Icel. tóa, tófa, a she-fox.] A fox. B. Jon.Tōd, v. t. p. 1390To weigh; to produce in tods. [Obs.]To-dāy', n. p. 1390The present day.To-dāy', adv. p. 1390On this day; on the present day. Worcester's horse came but to-dāy. Shak.Tŏd'dle, v. i. p. 1390To walk with short steps, as a child.Tōd'dler, n. p. 1390One who toddles; an infant or young child. Mrs. Gaskell.Tŏd'dy, n. p. 1390A juice drawn from various kinds of the palm in the East Indies; or a spirituous liquor prepared from it. 2. A mixture of spirit and water sweetened. ☞ Toddy differs from grog in having a less…To-do′, n. p. 1390Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]Tō'dy, n. p. 1390(Ornith.) A genus of insectivorous, passerine birds of America, somewhat resembling the king-fishers.Tōe, n. p. 1390One of the small members which form the extremity of the foot, corresponding to a finger on the hand. “Each one tripping on his toe.” Shak. 2. The fore part of the hoof of a horse, and of other…Tōe, v. t. p. 1390To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.Tōed, a. p. 1390Having toes;—chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed; thick-toed; slender-toed.To-fall′, n. p. 1390A falling; decline; end. [R.] Cowper.