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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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Tüs'eor, n. p. 1427A tusk, or tush, of a horse.Tüsh, interj. p. 1427Pshaw!—an exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! never tell me such a story as that.Tüsh, n. p. 1427A long, pointed tooth; a tusk;—applied especially to certain of the teeth of horses.Tŭsk, n. p. 1427The long, pointed, and often protruding tooth of certain rapacious, carnivorous, or fighting animals; as the tusks of the boar, elephant, wolf, and the like.Tŭsk, v. i. p. 1427To gnash the teeth, as a boar. [Obs.]Tüsked or Tüsk'y, a. p. 1427Furnished with tusks; as, the tusk'y boar. Dryden.Tŭs'sac-grass, n. p. 1427See TUSSOCK-GRASS.Tŭs'sah-silk, n. p. 1427A coarse, strong, dark-colored silk, obtained from the cocoons of a wild silk-worm found in the forests of Bengal. [Written also tusseh-silk.]Tus-sĭc'ū-lar, a. p. 1427Of, or pertaining to, a cough. Dunglison.Tüs'sle, n. p. 1427A struggle; a conflict; a scuffle. [Colloq.]Tŭs'sle, v. i. p. 1427To struggle, as in sport or wrestling; to scuffle. [Colloq.]Tŭs'sock, n. p. 1427A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like. [Obs.] “Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.” Latimer. 2. (Entom.) A kind of caterpillar, of the family Liparidæ, having tufts upon its back…Tüs'sock-gräss, n. p. 1427(Bot.) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis (D. cæspitosa), valuable for fodder, introduced into England from the Falkland Islands. [Written also tussac-grass.] Baird.Tŭs'sock-y, a. p. 1427Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks or tufts.Tŭs'suck, n. p. 1427The same as TUSSOCK, q. v. [Obs.]Tāt, interj. p. 1428Be still;—an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.Tūt, n. p. 1428An imperial ensign of a golden globe with a cross on it.Tāt'-bār'gain, n. p. 1428A bargain by the lump.Tū'te-la-ge, n. p. 1428Guardianship; protection;—applied to the person protecting; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. 2. State of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed. The childhood of the…Tū'te-lar or Tū'te-la-ry, a. p. 1428Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary genii; tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of…Tū'tele, n. p. 1428Tutelage. [Obs.] Howell.Tū'te-nāg, n. p. 1428Chinese copper; an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel. 2. Zinc, or spelter; — so called in India. Brande.Tūt'-mouthed, a. p. 1428Having a projecting under-jaw; underhung; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland.Tŭt'-nōse, n. p. 1428A short, snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]Tū'tor, n. p. 1428One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, another; hence, specifically, (a.) (Civ. Law.) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. (b.) A private or…Tū'tor, v. t. p. 1428To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. Their sons are well tutored by you. Shak. 2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. Addison.Tū'tor-age, n. p. 1428The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.Tū'tor-ess, n. p. 1428A female tutor; an instructress; a governess.Tu-tō'ri-al, a. p. 1428Belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor or instructor.Tū'tor-ism, n. p. 1428The same as TUTORSHIP. [Rare.]Tū'tor-shĭp, n. p. 1428The office of a tutor. 2. The care of one who is unable to take care of himself; tutelage.Tū'tor-y, n. p. 1428The same as TUTORAGE, q. v. [Obs.]Tū'tress, n. p. 1428The same as TUTORESS, q. v. [Obs.]Tū'trix, n. p. 1428A female guardian. [Rare.] Smollett.Tūt'san, n. p. 1428(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsæmum).Tutti, n. pl. p. 1428(Mus.) All;—a direction for all the singers or players to perform together. Moore.Tūt'ty, n. p. 1428An impure protoxide of zinc, collected from the chimneys of smelting furnaces. It is said, also, to have been found native in Persia.Tăt'-work, n. p. 1428(Mining.) Work done by the piece, usually compensated by a certain price for the fathom. [Eng.]Tūt'-work'man, n. p. 1428(Mining.) One who does work by the piece, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. Tomlinson.Tu-whīt' or Tu-whōō', n. or interj. p. 1428An imitation of the note of the owl. Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot, Thy tu-whoos of yesternight. Tennyson.Tuyère, n. p. 1428The aperture in the side of blast-furnaces to admit the nozzle of the blast-pipe; also, the nozzle itself; a tweer.Tūz, n. p. 1428A lock or tuft of hair. [Obs.] Dryden.Twad'dle, v. i. p. 1428To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.Twad'dle, n. p. 1428Silly talk; senseless verbiage; gabble; fustian; twaddle.Twad'dler, n. p. 1428One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed.Twad'dling, n. p. 1428Silly talk, as of one whose faculties are decayed.Twad'dy, n. p. 1428Idle trifling; insignificant discourse; twaddle.Twāin, a. or n. p. 1428Two;—nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. When old winter splits the rocks in twain. Dryden.Twāin'-cloud, n. p. 1428(Meteor.) The same as CUMULO-STRATUS, q. v.Twaite, n. p. 1428(Ichth.) A fish, a species of shad (Alosa finta), found on the British coast;—called also twaite-shad. Yarrell. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) Wood grubbed up and converted into arable land.Twăng, v. i. p. 1428To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a string which is stretched and suddenly pulled; as, the twanging bows.Twăng, v. t. p. 1428To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly. Sound the tough horn, and twang the quivering string. Pope.Twăng, n. p. 1428A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring. 2. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound. He has a twang…Twāng'ing, p. a. p. 1428Contemptibly noisy. [R.] Shak.Twāng'gle, v. i. p. 1428To twang. “While the twangling violin struck up.” Tennyson.Twāng, v. t. p. 1428To cause to make a sharp, twanging sound; to twang, or twangle. “Twanging headless arrows.” Tennyson.Twăng'kay or 'Twas, n. p. 1428The poorest kind of green tea. 'Twas. A contraction of it was.Twăt'tle, v. i. p. 1428To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip. L'Estrange.Twat'tle, v. t. p. 1428To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Twăt'tle, n. p. 1428Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.