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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Tu-mĭd'i-ty, n.p. 1423The state of being tumid, swelled, or puffed up; tumidness; turgidity.
  2. Tū'mid-ly, adv.p. 1423In a tumid manner; with tumidity.
  3. Tū'mid-ness, n.p. 1423The state or quality of being tumid; a swelling or swelled state.
  4. Tām'malā, n.p. 1423(Mining.) A great quantity or heap. Weale.
  5. 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…
  6. Encysted tumorp. 1423a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the neighboring cellular substance.
  7. Tā'mored, a.p. 1423Distended; swelled. [Rare.] Junius.
  8. Tū'mor-oūs, a.p. 1423Swelling; protuberant. [Rare.] Wotton. 2. Vainly pompous; bombastic, as language or style. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  9. Tŭmp, n.p. 1423A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Tūm'-tūm, n.p. 1423A dish made in the West Indies, by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar. Bartlett.
  13. Tū'mu-lar, a.p. 1423Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. Pinkerton.
  14. Tū'mu-lāte, v. i.p. 1423To swell. [Obs.]
  15. Tū'mu-lāte, v. t.p. 1423To cover with a mound or tomb; to bury. [Obs.]
  16. Tū'mu-lōse, a.p. 1423Tumulous. [Rare.] Bailey.
  17. Tū'mu-lŏs'i-ty, n.p. 1423The state or quality of being tumulous; hilliness. Bailey.
  18. Tū'mu-lōūs, a.p. 1423Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. [Rare.] Bailey.
  19. 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…
  20. 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.
  21. Tāʹmult-er, n.p. 1423A maker of tumults; a rioter. [Obs.] He severely punished the tumultters. Milton.
  22. Tu-mūlt'ū-a-ri-ly, adv.p. 1423In a tumultuary or disorderly manner.
  23. 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.
  24. 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…
  25. 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.
  26. Tu-mŭlt'ū-ā'tion, n.p. 1423Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. [Obs.] Boyle.
  27. 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…
  28. Tu-mŭlt'ū-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 1424In a tumultuous or disorderly manner; by a disorderly multitude.
  29. Tu-mŭlt/ŭ-oŭs-ness, n.p. 1424The state of being tumultuous; disorder; commotion.
  30. Tū'mu-lŭs, n.p. 1424An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.
  31. Tŭn, n.p. 1424A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops. 2. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, consisting of two pipes or four hogsheads, or 252…
  32. Tūn, v. t.p. 1424To put into tuns or casks. Boyle.
  33. Tūn'a-ble, a.p. 1424Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful. “And tunable as sylvan pipe or song.” Milton.
  34. Tūn'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1424The state or quality of being tunable or tuneful; harmony; melodiousness.
  35. Tūn'a-bly, adv.p. 1424In a tunable manner; harmoniously; musically.
  36. Tûn'-bĕl'lied, a.p. 1424Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun.
  37. Tûn'-dish, n.p. 1424A tunnel. [Obs.] Shak.
  38. Tūne, n.p. 1424Sound; note; tone. Shak. 2. (Mus.) (a.) A rhythmical, melodious series of musical tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series…
  39. Tūne, v. t.p. 1424To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize; to cause to be in tune; as, to tune a piano-forte; to tune a violin. “Tune your harps.” Dryden. 2. Hence, to put into a proper…
  40. Tūne, v. i.p. 1424To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. While tuning to the waters’ fall, The small birds sang to her. Drayton. 2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice: to sing…
  41. Tūne'fūl, a.p. 1424Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. “Tuneful birds.” Milton.
  42. Tūne'ful-ly, adv.p. 1424In a tuneful manner; harmoniously; musically.
  43. Tūne'less, a.p. 1424Without tune; unharmonious; unmusical. How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Goldsmith. 2. Not employed in making music.
  44. Tūn'er, n.p. 1424One who tunes; especially one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
  45. Tüng'state, n.p. 1424(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of tungstic acid with a base.
  46. Tŭng'sten, n.p. 1424A metal of a grayish-white color, and considerable luster, discovered by D’Elhuyart in 1781. It is brittle, nearly as hard as steel, and is fused with extreme difficulty. Its specific gravity is near…
  47. Tung-stēn'ic, a.p. 1424Pertaining to, or procured from, tungsten. [Obs. or rare.]
  48. Tūng'stic, a.p. 1424(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, tungsten;—said of an acid composed of one equivalent of the metal tungsten, and two equivalents of oxygen; and also of an acid consisting of one…
  49. Tūn'hōof, n.p. 1424Ground ivy; alehoof. Simmonds.
  50. Tū'nic, n.p. 1424(Antiq.) An under garment worn by both sexes in ancient Rome and the East, reaching to or below the knees. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) A long under-garment worn by the officiating clergy. 3. (Anat.) A…
  51. Tū'ni-e-a-ry, n.p. 1424(Zoöl.) A molluscous animal enveloped with a double tunic; one of the tunicated mollusks.
  52. Tū'nĭ-cate or Tū'nĭ-cā'ted, a.p. 1424(Bot.) Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicate bulb. 2. (Zoöl.) Having a tunic or an envelope so called; as, the tunicate mollusks.
  53. Tū'ni-cle, n.p. 1424A natural covering; an integument. [Rare.] “The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye.” Holland. 2. (Eccl.) A kind of long robe; a dalmatica. See DALMATICA.
  54. Tūn'ing-fōrk, n.p. 1424(Mus.) A steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone;— used for tuning instruments, or for ascertaining the pitch of tunes. Tuning-fork.
  55. Tūn'ing-hăm'mer, n.p. 1424(Mus.) A tool for tuning instruments of music. Busby.
  56. Tūn'ing-kēy, n.p. 1424The same as TUNING-HAMMER, q. v.
  57. Tu-nĭs'i-an, a.p. 1424(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tunis, or to the people of Tunis.
  58. Tu-nīs'i-an or Tū'nis-īne', n.p. 1424(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tunis.
  59. Tūnk, n.p. 1424A sharp blow; a thump. Wright.
  60. Tŭnk'er, n.p. 1424(Eccl.) One of a denomination of Seventh-day Baptists, in Pennsylvania, originating in 1724, and taking its name from the mode of baptizing converts by plunging;—called also Dunkards. They wear a…