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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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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.Tȳr'an-noŭs-ly, adv. p. 1431Tyrannically; arbitrarily; cruelly. [Obs.] Spenser.Tȳr'an-ny, n. p. 1431The government or authority of a tyrant; arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the…Ty'rant, n. p. 1431An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution. 2. A monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or…Tȳ'rant, v. i. p. 1431To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical. [Obs.] Fuller.Tȳre, n. p. 1431Attire; dress. See TIRE. [Obs.] Spenser.Tȳre, n. p. 1431Curdled milk;—so called in India.Tȳre, v. t. p. 1431To dress or adorn. [Obs.] See TIRE.Tȳre, v. i. p. 1431To prey upon. See TIRE.Ty̆r'i-an, n. p. 1431(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tyre.Tȳr'i-an, a. p. 1431(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tyre or its people. 2. Being of a purple color, like the dye called Tyrian purple. Tyrian purple or dye, a celebrated purple dye formerly prepared at Tyre from certain…Tȳ'rō, n. p. 1431A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a novitiate. 2. Hence, a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject.Tȳ-rŏç'i-ny, n. p. 1431The state of being a tyro or beginner; apprenticeship. [Obs.] Blount.Tȳr'ol-ēse', a. p. 1431(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tyrol, or to the people of Tyrol.Tȳr'ol-ēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 1431(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tyrol; in the plural, the people of Tyrol.Tȳr'o-līte, n. p. 1431(Min.) A translucent, very sectile mineral, of a green color, and pearly or vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of arsenic acid, oxide of copper, carbonate of lime, and water. Dana.Tȳr'o-măn'cy, n. p. 1431Soothsaying by means of cheese.Tȳ'ro-nĭsm, n. p. 1431The state of being a tyro, or beginner. [Written also tironism.]Tȳthe, n. p. 1431See TITHE.Tȳth'ing, n. p. 1431See TITHING.Tzär, n. p. 1431The emperor of Russia. See CZAR.U p. 1431is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel in the English alphabet. Its true primary sound, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe—that of oo in…Ū'ber-oŭs, a. p. 1432Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful. [Obs.]Ū'ber-ty, n. p. 1432Abundance; fruitfulness; copiousness; —plenty. [Obs.]Ū'bi-cā'tion or Ū'bī'e-ty, n. p. 1432The state of being in a place; local relation. [Rare.] Glanville.Ū'bi-quā'ri-an or Ū'bi-quist or Ū-biq'ui-tā'ri-an, a. p. 1432Ubiquitary; ubiquitous. [Rare.] Ū'bi-quist (yū'bĭ-kwĭst), Ū-biq'ui-tā'ri-an (yū-bĭk'wī-), n. [Fr. ubiquiste, ubiquitaire, It. ubiquista, ubiquitario, from Lat. ubique, every where, from ubi, where.]…Ū-bĭq'ui-ta-ri-ness, n. p. 1432The state of being ubiquitary or ubiquitous; existence every where; ubiquity. [Rare.] Fuller.Ū-bĭq'ui-ta-ry, a. p. 1432Existing every where, or in all places; — ubiquitous. Howell.Ū-bĭq'ui-ta-ry, n. p. 1432One who exists every where. 2. A ubiquitarian.Ū-bi'qui-toŭs, a. p. 1432Existing, or being, every where; omnipresent.Ū-biq'ui-ty, n. p. 1432Existence in all places, or every where, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence.Uck'e-wal'list, n. p. 1432(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonites, except that they held that Judas and the murderers…Ū'dal, n. p. 1432A freehold in the Shetland Isles; property held by udal or allodial right.Ū'dal, a. p. 1432Held independent of a lord paramount; free of rent or service;—the same as ALLODIAL; a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See ALLODIAL. Burrill.Ū'dal-er or Ū'dal-mān, n. p. 1432A freeholder in the Shetland Isles, without feudal dependencies; one who holds property by udal or allodial right. Jamieson. W. Scott.Ŭd'der, n. p. 1432The gland of a female mammal in which the milk is secreted and stored for the nourishment of the young;—commonly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds.