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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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Tŭft'ed, p. a. p. 1423Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck. 2. Growing in a tuft or clusters. “The tufted crow-toe.” Milton. “Tufted trees and springing corn.” Pope.Tŭft'-hŭnt'er, n. p. 1423A hanger-on to noblemen and persons of quality, especially in English universities. See TUFT, 4. [Cant or colloq., Eng.] Halliwell.Tŭft'-hŭnt'ing, n. p. 1423The practice of seeking after and hanging on to noblemen, or persons of quality, in English universities. [Cant or colloq., Eng.]Tŭft'y, a. p. 1423Abounding with tufts. “The tufty frith and . . . mossy fell.” Drayton. 2. Growing in tufts or clusters. “Tufty daisies.” W. Browne.Tŭg, v. t. p. 1423To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with continued exertion; to haul along. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon. 2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain…Tŭg, v. i. p. 1423To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. He is left to tug and scramble.…Tŭg, n. p. 1423A pull with the utmost effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. Dryden. 2. A sort of carriage, used in some parts of England for conveying timber, and various…Tŭg'ġer, n. p. 1423One who tugs or pulls with great effort.Tŭg'ġing-ly, adv. p. 1423In a tugging manner; with laborious pulling.Tŭg'-ī'ron, n. p. 1423An iron to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.Tu-ĭ'tion, n. p. 1423Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship. 2. Especially, the act or business of teaching the various branches…Tu-ĭ'tion-a-ry, a. p. 1423Of, or pertaining to, tuition.Tū'lȧ-mĕt'al, n. p. 1423An alloy of silver, copper, and lead.Tū'lip, n. p. 1423A bulbous plant, of the genus Tulipa, producing flowers of great beauty and of a variety of colors, much cultivated as an ornamental plant.Tū'lip-ĭst, n. p. 1423One much engaged in cultivating tulips. Browne.Tū'lip-o-mā'ni-ȧ, n. p. 1423A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips;—a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage. ☞ In Holland, the cultivation of tulips, about two centuries ago, became a…Tū'lip-o-mā'ni-ac, n. p. 1423One who is affected with tulipomania.Tū'lip-tree, n. p. 1423(Bot.) An American tree, allied to the magnolia, growing to a large size, and bearing flowers resembling the tulip; Liriodendron tulipifera;—called also white-wood.Tŭl'lie, n. p. 1423A kind of silk open work or lace.Tūl'li-an, a. p. 1423Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully, or Cicero.Tūm'ble, v. i. p. 1423To roll about by turning one way and the other; to roll; as, a person in pain tumbles and tosses. 2. To roll down; to come down suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a…Tŭm'ble, v. t. p. 1423To turn over; to turn or throw about for examination or searching; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw headlong; to precipitate;—sometimes with over; as, to tumble…Tŭm'ble, n. p. 1423The act of tumbling or rolling over; a fall.Tŭm’ble-bŭg or Tŭm’ble-dŭng, n. p. 1423A kind of beetle that forms small balls of dung in which to conceal its eggs, and rolls the balls to a place of safety.Tūm'bler, n. p. 1423One who tumbles; one who plays the tricks of a mountebank. 2. That part of a lock which detains the shot-bolt in its place, until a key lifts it and leaves the bolt at liberty. 3. A large drinking…Tūm'bler-ful, n. p. 1423As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.Tŭm'bling-bāy, n. p. 1423An overfall or weir, in a canal.Tūm'brel or Tūm'bril, n. p. 1423A ducking-stool for the punishment of scolds. 2. A rough cart; a dung-cart. Tusser. Tatler. 3. A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, for conveying the tools of…Tū'/me-făc'tion, n. p. 1423The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.Tū'me-fy, v. t. p. 1423To swell; to cause to swell. “To swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought.” De Quincey.Tū'me-fy, v. i. p. 1423To rise in a tumor; to swell.Tū'mid, a. p. 1423Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. “So high as heaved the tumid hills.” Milton. 3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy…Tu-mĭd'i-ty, n. p. 1423The state of being tumid, swelled, or puffed up; tumidness; turgidity.Tū'mid-ly, adv. p. 1423In a tumid manner; with tumidity.Tū'mid-ness, n. p. 1423The state or quality of being tumid; a swelling or swelled state.Tām'malā, n. p. 1423(Mining.) A great quantity or heap. Weale.Tū'mor, n. p. 1423(Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body. 2. Affected pomp; bombast in language; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity. [Rare.] Better…Encysted tumor p. 1423a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the neighboring cellular substance.Tā'mored, a. p. 1423Distended; swelled. [Rare.] Junius.Tū'mor-oūs, a. p. 1423Swelling; protuberant. [Rare.] Wotton. 2. Vainly pompous; bombastic, as language or style. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Tŭmp, n. p. 1423A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.Tūmp, v. t. p. 1423To form a mass of earth or a hillock round, as a plant; as, to tump teasel. 2. To draw or drag, as an animal after it has been killed. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.Tŭmp'-līne, n. p. 1423A strap placed across the forehead to assist a man in carrying a pack on his back. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.Tūm'-tūm, n. p. 1423A dish made in the West Indies, by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar. Bartlett.Tū'mu-lar, a. p. 1423Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. Pinkerton.Tū'mu-lāte, v. i. p. 1423To swell. [Obs.]Tū'mu-lāte, v. t. p. 1423To cover with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]Tū'mu-lōse, a. p. 1423Tumulous. [Rare.] Bailey.Tū'mu-lŏs'i-ty, n. p. 1423The state or quality of being tumulous; hilliness. Bailey.Tū'mu-lōūs, a. p. 1423Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [Rare.] Bailey.Tū'mult, n. p. 1423The commotion, disturbance, or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion. What meaneth the noise of this tumult? 1…Tū'mult, v. i. p. 1423To make a tumult; to be in great commotion. [Obs.] “Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.” Milton.Tāʹmult-er, n. p. 1423A maker of tumults; a rioter. [Obs.] He severely punished the tumultters. Milton.Tu-mūlt'ū-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 1423In a tumultuary or disorderly manner.Tu-mŭlt/ū-a-ri-ness, n. p. 1423The state or quality of being tumultuary; disorderly or tumultuous conduct; turbulence; disposition to tumult. K. Charles.Tu-mült'ü-a-ry, a. p. 1423Attended by or producing a tumult; disorderly; riotous; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. “A tumultuary conflict.” K. Charles. “Works sufficient to protect the inhabitants against a tumultuary…Tu-mült'ū-āte, v. i. p. 1423To make a tumult. [Obs.] He will murmur, and tumultuate, and blaspheme the God that afflicts him. South.Tu-mŭlt'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 1423Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. [Obs.] Boyle.Tu-mŭlt'ū-ōūs, a. p. 1423Full of tumult; conducted with tumult; disorderly. The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay. 2. Greatly agitated; irregular; noisy; confused; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated…Tu-mŭlt'ū-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1424In a tumultuous or disorderly manner; by a disorderly multitude.