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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.]Tŷ'phoŭs, a. p. 1431Of, or relating to, typhus.Tŷ'phus, n. p. 1431(Med.) A continuous fever lasting from two to three weeks, and attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder.Tȳp'ic or Tȳp'ic-al, a. p. 1431Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; figurative. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or expressing the essential characteristics of a type. Typic fever…Tȳp'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1431In a typical manner; by way of image, symbol, or resemblance.Tўp'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1431The state or quality of being typical.Tŷp'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1431The act of typifying or representing by a figure.Tŷp'i-fi'er, n. p. 1431One who, or that which, typifies.Tȳp'i-fy, v. t. p. 1431To represent by an image, form, model, or resemblance. Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain. Browne.Tŷ'po, n. p. 1431A compositor. [Colloq.]Tŷp'o-cōs'my, n. p. 1431A representation of the world. [Rare.] Camden.Ty̆-pŏg'ra-pher or Tȳ-pŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 1431A printer.Ty̆p'o-grăph'ic or Tȳ'po-grăph'ic or Ty̆p'o-grăph'ic-al or Tȳ'po-grăph'ic-al p. 1431Ty̆p'o-grăph'ic-al, or Tȳ'po-grăph'ic-al (Synop., § 130), a. [Fr. typographique, Sp. & It. tipografico.] 1. Of, or pertaining to, the act or art of representing by types or symbols; emblematic…Ty̆p'o-grăph'ic-al-ly or Tȳ'po-grăph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1431In a symbolic or typical manner; emblematically; figuratively; typically. (Obs.) 2. In a typographical manner; by means of types; with respect to the art, style, or manner of printing; after the…Tȳ-pŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1431The act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation. [Obs.] Browne. 2. The art of printing, or the operation of impressing types on paper.Tȳp'o-lite, n. p. 1431(Min.) A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.Tȳ-pŏl'o-ǵy, n. p. 1431(Theol.) A discourse or treatise on types. 2. The doctrine of types.Tȳ'ran, n. p. 1431A tyrant. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.Tȳ'ran, v. t. p. 1431To play the tyrant toward; to tyrannize over. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.Tȳr'an-ness, n. p. 1431A female tyrant. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser. Akenside.Tȳ-răn'nic or Tȳ-răn'nic-al, a. p. 1431Of, or pertaining to, a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government or power.…Tȳ-răn'nie-al-ly, adv. p. 1431In a tyrannical manner; arbitrarily; oppressively.Tȳ-răn'nie-al-ness, n. p. 1431The state or quality of being tyrannical.Tȳ-răn'ni-çīd'al, a. p. 1431Of, or pertaining to, the murder of a tyrant. Booth.Tȳ-răn'ni-cīde, n. p. 1431The act of killing a tyrant. 2. One who kills a tyrant.Tȳr'an-nīsh, a. p. 1431Like a tyrant; tyrannical. [Obs.] “The proud, tyrannish Roman.” Gower.Tȳr'an-nīze, v. i. p. 1431To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power over others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not…Tȳr'an-nīze, v. t. p. 1431To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.Tȳr'an-noŭs, a. p. 1431Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. [Obs.] Sidney.