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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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Two'fold, a. p. 1430Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument. 2. (Bot.) Two and two together, growing from the same place; as twofold leaves.Two'fold, adv. p. 1430In a double degree; doubly.Two'-fōot, a. p. 1430Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.Two'-fôrked, a. p. 1430Divided into two parts somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.Two'-hānd'ed, a. p. 1430Having two hands; —often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, and powerful. “Two-handed sway.” Milton. 2. Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword. “That two-handed engine [the…Two'-lipped, a. p. 1430Having two lips. 2. (Bot.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.Two'-part'ed, a. p. 1430(Bot.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.Two'-pĕnçe, n. p. 1430A small coin and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies; — minted to a fixed annual amount, for alms-giving by the sovereign on Maundy-Thursday. Simmonds.Two'-pĕn-ny, a. p. 1430Of the value of two-pence.Two'-plȳ, a. p. 1430Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double. 2. Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of threads of the warp and two sets of the weft.Two'-rănked, a. p. 1430(Bot.) Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to form two ranks; distichous. Gray.Twō'-tōngued, a. p. 1430Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys.Twȳ'-blāde, n. p. 1430See TWAY-BLADE.Tȳ'-all, n. p. 1430Something serving to tie or secure. [Obs. and rare.] Latimer.Tȳ'burn-tīck'et, n. p. 1430(Eng. Law.) A certificate that expenses are due, given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction.Ty-chōn'ic, a. p. 1430Of, or pertaining to, Tycho Brahe, or to his system of astronomy.Tȳ-cōon', n. p. 1430The political sovereign of Japan.Tȳ'dy, n. p. 1430A small singing-bird; the tidy. [Obs.]Tȳe, v. t. p. 1430To bind or fasten; to tie.Tȳe, n. p. 1430A knot; a tie. See TIE. 2. (Naut.) A rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end of the rope is attached to a tackle, by means of which the…Tȳ'er, n. p. 1430One who ties or unites.Ty-fōon', n. p. 1430The same as TYPHOON, q. v.Ty'ger, n. p. 1430A tiger. See TIGER.Tȳ'ing, p. pr. p. 1430of tie and tye. See TIE.Tȳ'ing, n. p. 1430(Mining.) The act or process of washing ores. Weale.Ty'ke, n. p. 1430A dog, or one as contemptible as a dog; a tike.Ty'ler, n. p. 1430(Free-masonry.) One who stands as door-keeper or guard of a lodge with a drawn sword.Tȳm'bal, n. p. 1430A kind of kettle-drum. A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. Prior.Tȳmp, n. p. 1430A partition or space in the lower part of a blast-furnace, adjoining the crucible, for cleaning out the hearth.Tȳm'pan, n. p. 1430A drum. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. 3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. [See Illust. of…Tym'pa-nal or Tym-pän'ic, a. p. 1430Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drum-head. 2. (Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the tympanum; as, the tympanic canal.Tym-păn'ie, n. p. 1430(Osteology.) The bone of the head which serves to support the drum of the ear. Dana.Tȳm'pa-nist, n. p. 1430One who beats a drum. Cole.Tȳm'pa-nī'tēs, n. p. 1430(Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.Tym'pa-nit'ic, a. p. 1430Relating to, or in the nature of, tympany or tympanites; affected with tympany or tympanites.Tym'pa-nī'tis, n. p. 1430(Med.) (a.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear. (b.) The same as TYMPANITES, or TYMPANY. See TYMPANITES. Dunglison.Tȳm'pa-nīze, v. i. p. 1430To act the part of a drummer. Coles.Tym'pa-nīze, v. t. p. 1430To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drum-head, or cause to act or sound like a drum.Tȳm'pa-nō, n. p. 1430(Mus.) A kettle-drum; — chiefly used in the plural; the kettle-drums of an orchestra. [Written also timpano.] See KETTLE-DRUM.Tym'pan-sheet, n. p. 1430(Print.) A sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, placed on the tympan, and serving as a guide to lay the sheets exactly even upon, while printing. Savage.Tym'pa-nŭm, n. p. 1430(Anal.) (a.) The middle hollow portion of the ear containing the small bones, and separated by a membrane from the external passage; also, this membrane itself, on which atmospheric vibrations act…Tȳm'pa-ny, n. p. 1430(Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanitis. See TYMPANITIS. 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; tumidity; turgidness. “A plethoric and tautologic tympany of sentence.” De Quincey.Tȳnd, v. t. p. 1430To shut; to close. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Tȳne, v. t. p. 1430To lose. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.Tȳne, v. i. p. 1430To become lost; to perish. Spenser.Tȳne, n. p. 1430A branch of the antlers of a stag, &c.; a prong; a tine; as, a stag of ten tynes. W. Scott.Tȳne, n. p. 1430Anxiety. Spenser.Tȳ'ny, a. p. 1430Small; tiny. See TINY.Tȳp'al, a. p. 1430Relating to types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical. R. Owen.Tȳpe, n. p. 1430The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, long stockings, Short, bolstered breeches, and those types of travel. Shak. 2. Impressed form…Tȳpe, v. t. p. 1430To represent by a model or symbol beforehand; to prefigure. [Rare.] White. 2. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent. [Rare.] But let us type them now In our own lives. Tennyson.Tŷpe'-found'er, n. p. 1431One who casts or manufactures type.Tŷpe'-found'er-y or Tŷpe'-found'ry, n. p. 1431A place for the manufacture of type.Tŷpe'-mēt'al, n. p. 1431A metallic compound, used for making types; especially, a compound of lead and antimony in the proportion of three to one, with a small proportion of tin, and sometimes a little copper.Tȳ-phō'e-an, a. p. 1431Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Typhoēus, the fabled giant with a hundred heads. ☞ Sometimes incorrectly written and pronounced Tȳ-phā'an or Tȳ-phē'an.Tŷ'phoid, a. p. 1431Of, pertaining to, or resembling, typhus; like typhus of a low grade; as, typhoid fever.Tȳ'pho-mā'ni-ă, n. p. 1431(Med.) A low delirium common in typhus fever.Tȳ'phon, n. p. 1431The evil genius in Egyptian mythology. Brande.Tŷ-phōon', n. p. 1431A violent tornado or hurricane occurring in the Chinese seas. Brande. 2. Sometimes, the simoom.Tŷ'phos, n. p. 1431The same as TYPHUS. [Obs.]