Tea (te), n. [Chin. tsha, Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. the.]
1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ( Thea, or Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See Bohea, Congou, Gunpowder tea, under Gunpowder, Hyson, Oolong, and Souchong. K. Johnson. Tomlinson. "No knowledge of … [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe." Encyc. Brit.
2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as tea is a common beverage.
3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.
4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. Arabian tea, the leaves of Catha edulis; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See Kat. — Assam tea, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. — Australian, or Botany Bay, tea (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ( Smilax glycyphylla). — Brazilian tea. (a) The dried leaves of Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for adulterating tea, and also in Austria, for preparing a beverage. — Labrador tea. (Bot.) See under Labrador. — New Jersey tea (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See Redroot. — New Zealand tea. (Bot.) See under New Zealand. — Oswego tea. (Bot.) See Oswego tea. — Paraguay tea, mate. See 1st Mate. — Tea board, a board or tray for holding a tea set. — Tea bug (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. — Tea caddy, a small box for holding tea. — Tea chest, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. — Tea clam (Zoöl.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] — Tea garden, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. — Tea plant (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. — Tea rose (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ( Rosa Indica, var. odorata), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. — Tea service, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, — when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. — Tea set, a tea service. — Tea table, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. — Tea taster, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. — Tea tree (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See Tea plant, above. — Tea urn, a vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steeping, or infusing, tea.

Tea, v. i. To take or drink tea. [Colloq.]

Teaberry
Tea´ber•ry, n. (Bot.) The checkerberry.

Teach, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Taught p. pr. & vb. n. Teaching.] [OE. techen, imp. taughte, tahte, AS. tcean, imp. thte, to show, teach, akin to tacn token. See Token.]
1. To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals.
"If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them." South.
2. To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as to teach a child or a class. "He taught his disciples." Mark ix. 31.
"The village master taught his little school." Goldsmith.
3. To accustom; to guide; to show; to admonish.
"I shall myself to herbs teach you." Chaucer.
"They have taught their tongue to speak lies." Jer. ix. 5. This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; as he taught me Latin grammar. In the passive construction, either of these objects may be retained in the objective case, while the other becomes the subject; as I was taught Latin grammar by him; Latin grammar was taught me by him.
Syn. — To instruct; inform; inculcate; tell; guide; counsel; admonish. See the Note under Learn.

Teach, v. i. To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor.
"And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach." Chaucer.
"The priests thereof teach for hire." Micah iii. 11.

Teachable
Teach´a•ble, a. Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also willing to receive instruction; docile.
"We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God." I. Watts.

Teachableness
Teach´a•ble•ness, n. Willingness to be taught.

Teache, n. [Cf. Ir. teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.] (Sugar Works) One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Ure.

Teache, n. [Cf. Amer. Sp. tacha, tacho.] (Sugar Manuf.) Any, esp. the last, of the series of boilers or evaporating pans.

Teacher
Teach´er, n.
1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.
2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
"The teachers in all the churches assembled." Sir W. Raleigh.

Teaching
Teach´ing, n. The act or business of instructing; also that which is taught; instruction.
Syn. — Education; instruction; breeding. See Education.

Teacup
Tea´cup, n. A small cup from which to drink tea.

Teacupful
Tea´cup•ful, n. ; pl. Teacupfuls . As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup. { Tead, Teade }, n. [L. taeda, teda.] A torch. [Obs.] "A burning teade." Spenser.

Teagle
Tea´gle, n. [Cf. Tackle.] A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. [Prov. Eng.]

Teak, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.) A tree of East Indies ( Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also the timber of the tree. [Written also teek.] African teak, a tree ( Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also its very heavy and durable wood; — called also African oak. — New Zeland teak, a large tree ( Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland; also its hard, durable timber.

Teakettle
Tea´ket•tle, n. A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.

Teal, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See Till to cultivate.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. The common European teal ( Anas crecca) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey ( A. querquedula or A. circia), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal ( A. discors), the green-winged teal ( A. Carolinensis), and the cinnamon teal ( A. cynaoptera) are common species, valued as game birds. See Garganey. Goose teal, a goslet. See Goslet. — Teal duck, the common European teal.

Teamed, a. Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.]
"Let their teamed fishes softly swim." Spenser.

Teaming
Team´ing, n.
1. The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
2. (Manuf.) Contract work. [R.] Knight.

Teamster
Team´ster, n. One who drives a team.

Teamwork
Team´work, n. Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

Teamwork
Team´work, n. Work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole; as the teamwork of a football eleven or a gun crew.
"Is the teamwork system employed, or does one workman make the whole cigar?" U. S. Consular Repts.

Teapot
Tea´pot, n. A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.

Teapoy
Tea´poy, n. [Hind. tipai; Hind. tin there + Per. pae foot.] An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.

Tear (ter), n. [AS. teár; akin to G. zärhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel. tar, Sw. tår, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. der, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da•kry, da•kryon, da•kryma. rad.59. Cf. Lachrymose.]
1. (Physiol.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
"And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear." Chaucer.
2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
"Let Araby extol her happy coast, Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears." Dryden.
3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. [R.] "Some melodous tear." Milton. Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear- filled, tear-stained, and the like.

Tear (târ), v. t. [ imp. Tore (tor), ((Obs. Tare) (târ); p. p. Torn (torn); p. pr. & vb. n. Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. far terian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. taera, Goth. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de•rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. rad.63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
"Tear him to pieces; he’s a conspirator." Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as a party or government torn by factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as a child torn from its home.
"The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me." Addison.
4. To pull with violence; as to tear the hair.
5. To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean’s roar." Byron. To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; — especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] Shak. — To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. — To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. — To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as to tear out the eyes. — To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.

Tear, v. i.
1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as this cloth tears easily.
2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tear, n. The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. Macaulay. Wear and tear. See under Wear, n.

Tear, n. (Glass Manuf.) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. — Tears of St. Lawrence, the Perseid shower of meteors, seen every year on or about the eve of St. Lawrence, August 9th. — T. of wine, drops which form and roll down a glass above the surface of strong wine. The phenomenon is due to the evaporation of alcohol from the surface layer, which, becoming more watery, increases in surface tension and creeps up the sides until its weight causes it to break.

Tearer
Tear´er, n. One who tears or rends anything; also one who rages or raves with violence.

Tear-falling
Tear´-fall•ing, a. Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] "Tear-falling pity." Shak.

Tearful
Tear´ful, a. Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as tearful eyes. — Tear´ful•ly, adv. — Tear´ful•ness, n.

Tearless
Tear´less, a. Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. — Tear´less•ly, adv. — Tear´less•ness, n.

Tearpit
Tear´pit, n. (Anat.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Tear-thumb
Tear´-thumb, n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

Teary
Tear´y, a.
1. Wet with tears; tearful.
2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

Tea-saucer
Tea´-sau•cer, n. A small saucer in which a teacup is set.

Tease, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teased p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing.] [AS. tsan to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. taese, taesse. rad.58. Cf. Touse.]
1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. "Teasing matted wool." Wordsworth.
2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. Cowper.
"He … suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations." Macaulay.
Syn. — To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague; torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin. — Tease, Vex. To tease is literally to pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect to little things, which is often more irritating, and harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as to vex the ocean with storms. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants.
"Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teasing." Hudibras.
"In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin." Cogan. Tease tenon (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.

Tease, n. One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]

Teasel
Tea´sel, n. [OE. tesel, AS. tsel, tsl, the fuller’s herb. See Tease.] [Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species ( D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is D. sylvestris.
2. A bur of this plant.
3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.

Teasel
Tea´sel, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teaseled or Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling.] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.

Teaseling
Tea´sel•ing, n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also teaselling, teazling.]

Teaser
Teas´er, n.
1. One who teases or vexes.
2. (Zoöl.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Teaser
Teas´er, n. (Elec.) A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.

Teasle
Tea´sle, n. & v. t. See Teasel.

Teaspoonful
Tea´spoon•ful, n. ; pl. Teaspoonfuls . As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; — usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.

Teat, n. [OE. tete, titte, AS. tit, titt; akin to LG. & OD. titte, D. tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette, probably of Teutonic origin.]
1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Teated
Teat´ed, a. Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.

Teathe, n. & v. See Tath. [Prov. Eng.]

Teazel
Tea´zel, n. & v. t. See Teasel.

Teazle
Tea´zle, n. & v. t. See Teasel.

Techily
Tech´i•ly, adv. In a techy manner.

Techiness
Tech´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being techy.

Technic
Tech´nic, a. Technical.

Technic
Tech´nic, n. [See Technical, a. ]
1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
"They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike Artificer." Tyndall.
2. pl. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.

Technicality
Tech•ni•cal´i•ty, n. ; pl. Technicalities .
1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
"The technicalities of the sect." Palfrey.

Technically
Tech´nic•al•ly, adv. In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.

Technicalness
Tech´nic•al•ness, n. The quality or state of being technical; technicality.

Technicals
Tech´nic•als, n. pl. Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.

Technician
Tech•ni´cian, n. A technicist; esp., one skilled particularly in the technical details of his work.

Technicist
Tech´ni•cist, n. One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.

Technicological
Tech•ni•co•log´ic•al, a. Technological; technical. [R.] Dr. J. Scott.

Technicology
Tech•ni•col´o•gy, n. Technology. [R.]

Technics
Tech´nics, n. The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.

Techniphone
Tech´ni•phone, n. [Gr. art + -phone.] (Music) A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.

Technique
Tech•nique´, n. [F.] Same as Technic, n.

Technography
Tech•nog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. art, skill, craft + graph.] Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. — Tech•no•graph´ic, Tech•no•graph´ic•al (#), a.

Technologic
Tech•no•log´ic, a. Technological.

Technological
Tech•no•log´ic•al, a. [Cf. F. technologique.] Of or pertaining to technology.

Technologist
Tech•nol´o•gist, n. One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.

Technology
Tech•nol´o•gy, n. [Gr. an art + - logy; cf. Gr. systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.] Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc. Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes. Internat. Cyc.

Techy
Tech´y, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small nail. See Tack a small nail, and cf. Touchy.] Peevish; fretful; irritable.

Tectibranchia
Tec•ti•bran´chi•a, n. pl. [NL.] Same as Tectibranchiata.

Tectibranchiate
Tec•ti•bran´chi•ate, a. [L. tectus (p. p. of tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] (Zoöl.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. — n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.

Tectly
Tect´ly, adv. [L. tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.] Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Tectology
Tec•tol´o•gy, n. [Gr. a carpenter + -logy.] (Biol.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.

Tectonics
Tec•ton´ics, n. The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

Tectonics
Tec•ton´ics, n. The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to their artistic design.

Tectorial
Tec•to´ri•al, a. [L. tectorius.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to covering; — applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

Tectrices
Tec´tri•ces, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to cover.] (Zoöl.) The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.

Tediosity
Te•di•os´i•ty, n. Tediousness. [Obs.]

Tedious
Te´di•ous, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. — Te´di•ous•ly, adv. — Te´di•ous•ness, n.
"I see a man’s life is a tedious one." Shak.
"I would not be tedious to the court." Bunyan.
Syn. — Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.

Tee, n. [Cf. Icel. tja to show, mark.] (a) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits. (b) The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.

Tee, n. A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; — so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

Tee, n. The letter T, t; also something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

Tee, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeing.] (Golf) To place (the ball) on a tee.

Teek, n. (Bot.) See Teak. [Obs.]

Teelseed
Teel´seed, n. The seed of sesame.

Teem, v. t. [Icel. taema to empty, from tomr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty.]
1. To pour; — commonly followed by out; as to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift.
2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.

Teem, v. t. [See Tame, a. , and cf. Beteem.] To think fit. [Obs. or R.] G. Gifford.

Teem, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Teemed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. teman, tman, from teám. See Team.]
1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
"If she must teem, Create her child of spleen." Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
"His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy." Sir W. Scott.
"The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time." F. Harrison.

Teem, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
"That [grief] of an hour’s age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one." Shak.

Teemer
Teem´er, n. One who teems, or brings forth.

Teemful
Teem´ful, a.
1. Pregnant; prolific. [Obs.]
2. Brimful. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Teeming
Teem´ing, a. Prolific; productive.
"Teeming buds and cheerful appear." Dryden.

Teemless
Teem´less, a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as a teemless earth. [Poetic] Dryden.

Teen, n. [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. ga teihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser.
"With public toil and private teen Thou sank’st alone." M. Arnold.

Teen, v. t. [AS. teónian, tnan, to slander, vex. rad.64. See Teen, n. ] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Teen, v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Teend, v. t. & i. [See Tinder.] To kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Herrick.

Teens, n. pl. [See Ten.] The years of one’s age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as a girl in her teens.

Teest, n. A tinsmith’s stake, or small anvil.

Teeswater
Tees´wa•ter, n. [From the river Tees, northern England.]
1. A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.
2. An old English breed of sheep allied to the Leicester.

Teetan
Tee´tan, n. (Zoöl.) A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

Teetee
Tee´tee, n. [Sp. tití.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as the collared teetee ( Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee ( Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
2. (Zoöl.) A diving petrel of Australia ( Halodroma wrinatrix).

Teetotal
Tee•to´tal, a. Entire; total. [Colloq.]

Teetotaler
Tee•to´tal•er, n. One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

Teetotalism
Tee•to´tal•ism, n. The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Teetotally
Tee•to´tal•ly, adv. Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]

Teetotum
Tee•to´tum, n. [For T- totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See Total.] A child’s toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
"The staggerings of the gentleman … were like those of a teetotum nearly spent." Dickens.

Teeuck
Tee´uck, n. The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Teewit
Tee´wit, n. (Zoöl.) The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]

Teg, n. A sheep in its second year; also a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Tegmen
Teg´men, n. ; pl. Tegmina (#). [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]
1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zoöl.) Same as Tectrices.

Tegmentum
Teg•men´tum, n. ; pl. Tegmenta (#). [L., a covering.] (Anat.) A covering; — applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.

Teguexin
Te•guex´in, n. (Zoöl.) A large South American lizard ( Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds’ eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

Tegula
Teg´u•la, n. ; pl. Tegulae (#). [L., a tile, dim. fr. tegere to cover.] (Zoöl.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

Tegular
Teg´u•lar, a. [LL. tegularis, from L. tegula a tile. See Tile.] Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as a tegular pavement. — Teg´u•lar•ly, adv.

Tegument
Teg´u•ment, n. [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n. , and cf. Detect, Protect.]
1. A cover or covering; an integument.
2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

Te-hee
Te-hee´, n. & interj. A tittering laugh; a titter. "’ Te-hee,’ quoth she." Chaucer.

Te-hee
Te-hee´, v. i. To titter; to laugh derisively.
"She cried, "Come, come; you must not look grave upon me." Upon this, I te-heed." Madame D’Arblay.

Teil, n. [OF. teil, til, L. tilia.] (Bot.) The lime tree, or linden; — called also teil tree.

Teind, n. [Cf. Icel. tiund. See Tithe.] A tithe. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Teinoscope
Tei´no•scope, n. [Gr. to extend + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; — called also prism telescope. Sir D. Brewster.

Teint, n. [F. teint, teinte. See Tint.] Tint; color; tinge, See Tint. [Obs.]
"Time shall … embrown the teint." Dryden.

Telamones
Tel•a•mo´nes, n. pl. [L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. a bearer, fr. to bear.] (Arch.) Same as Atlantes.

Telangiectasy
Tel•an•gi•ec´ta•sy, n. (Med.) Telangiectasis.

Telarly
Te´lar•ly, adv. In a weblike manner. [Obs.] "Telarly interwoven." Sir T. Browne.

Telary
Te´la•ry, a. [LL. telaris, fr. L. tela a web. See Toil a snare.] Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary. "Pictures of telary spiders." Sir T. Browne.

Telautograph
Tel•au´to•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + autograph.] A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current are produced in two separate circuits. In the receiver these variations are utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the pencil moves. — Tel•au•tog´ra•phist (#), n.

Telechirograph
Tel•e•chi´ro•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + chei•r, cheiro•s, hand + -graph.] An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.

Teledu
Tel´e•du, n. (Zoöl.) An East Indian carnivore ( Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.

Telega
Te•le´ga, n. [Russ. telyega.] A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.

Telegony
Te•leg´o•ny, n. [Gr. th^le far + root of Gr. to be born.] (Biol.) The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. — Te•leg´o•nous (#), a.

Telegram
Tel´e•gram, n. [Gr. far + - gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch. "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).

Telegrammic
Tel•e•gram•mic, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief. [R.]

Telegraph
Tel´e•graph, n. [Gr. far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. telegraphe. See Graphic.] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action. The instruments used are classed as indicator, type- printing, symbol-printing, or chemical-printing telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone’s (the form commonly used in England), or by impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types, as in House’s and Hughe’s, or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a magnet, as in Morse’s, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in Bain’s. In the offices in the United States the recording instrument is now little used, the receiving operator reading by ear the combinations of long and short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an electro- magnet as it is put in motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit, which motion, in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See Illustration in Appendix. Acoustic telegraph. See under Acoustic. — Dial telegraph, a telegraph in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the movements of that at the sending station. — Electric telegraph, or Electro- magnetic telegraph, a telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening wire. — Facsimile telegraph. See under Facsimile. — Indicator telegraph. See under Indicator. — Pan-telegraph, an electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant station. - - Printing telegraph, an electric telegraph which automatically prints the message as it is received at a distant station, in letters, not signs. — Signal telegraph, a telegraph in which preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a semaphore. — Submarine telegraph cable, a telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of water. — Telegraph cable, a telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean. — Telegraph plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant ( Desmodium gyrans) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a semaphore.

Telegraph
Tel´e•graph, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Telegraphed p. pr. & vb. n. Telegraphing ] [F. telegraphier.] To convey or announce by telegraph.

Telegrapher
Te•leg´ra•pher, n. One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

Telegraphic
Tel•e•graph´ic, a. [Cf. F. telegraphique.] Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Telegraphical
Tel•e•graph´ic•al, a. Telegraphic. — Tel•e•graph´ic•al•ly, adv.

Telegraphist
Te•leg´ra•phist, n. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.

Telegraphone
Te•leg´ra•phone, n. [Gr. th^le far + -graph + sound.] An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.

Telegraphoscope
Tel•e•graph´o•scope, n. [Gr. th^le far + -graph + -scope.] An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, ralay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.

Telegraphy
Te•leg´ra•phy, n. [Cf. F. telegraphie.] The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as submarine telegraphy.

Telehydrobarometer
Tel•e•hy•dro•ba•rom´e•ter, n. [Gr. th^le far + hydrobarometer.] An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

Tele-iconograph
Tel•e-i•con´o•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + iconograph.]
1. An instrument essentially the same as the telemetrograph.
2. A form of facsimile telegraph.

Tel-el-Amarna
Tel•-el-A•mar´na, n. [Ar., hill of Amarna.] A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the capital of Amenophis IV., whose archive chamber was discovered there in 1887. A collection of tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna, or the Amarna,tablets was found here, forming the Asiatic correspondence Tel-el-Amarna letters of Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III., written in cuneiform characters. It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 b. c..

Telelectroscope
Tel•e•lec´tro•scope, n. [Gr. th^le far + electro- + -scope.] Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.

Telemechanic
Tel•e•me•chan´ic, a. [Gr. th^le far + mechanic.] Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance. — Tel•e•mech´a•nism (#), n.

Telemeteorograph
Tel•e•me•te•or´o•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + meteorograph.] Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office. — Tel•e•me•te•or•o•graph´ic (#), a.

Telemeter
Te•lem´e•ter, n. [Gr. far + - meter.] An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

Telemeter
Te•lem´e•ter, n. An apparatus for recording at a distant station the indications of physical instruments such as the thermometer, galvanometer, etc.

Telemetrograph
Tel•e•met´ro•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + me•tron measure + -graph.] A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects. — Tel•e•me•trog´ra•phy (#), n. — Tel•e•met•ro•graph´ic (#), a.

Telemotor
Tel•e•mo´tor, n. [Gr. th^le far + motor.] (Naut.) A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

Telenergy
Tel•en´er•gy, n. [Gr. th^le far + energy.] Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; — applied to mediumistic phenomena. — Tel•en•er´gic (#), a.

Telengiscope
Te•len´gi•scope, n. [Gr. th^le far + near + -scope.] (Optics) An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as an observing telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focused microscope.

Teleocephial
Te•le•o•ceph´i•al (te•le•o•sef"a•li or te•le-), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. te•leos complete + kefalh• head.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.

Teleological
Te•le•o•log´ic•al, a. [Cf. F. teleologique.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design. — Te•le•o•log´ic•al•ly, adv.

Teleologist
Te•le•ol´o•gist, n. (Biol.) One versed in teleology.

Teleology
Te•le•ol´o•gy, n. [Gr., teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F. teleologie.] The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.), the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

Teleophore
Te´le•o•phore, n. [Gr. teleos complete + to bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as Gonotheca.

Teleosaur
Te•le•o•saur´, n. (Paleon.) Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae.

Teleosaurus
Te•le•o•sau´rus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. complete, perfect + a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

Teleost
Te´le•ost, n. [Gr. complete + bone.] (Zoöl.) One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

Teleostean
Te•le•os´te•an, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the teleosts. — n. A teleostean fish.

Teleostei
Te•le•os´te•i, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. complete + bone.] (Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

Teleostomi
Te´le•os•to•mi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. complete + mouth.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

Teleozoic
Te•le•o•zo´ic, a. (Zoöl.) Having tissued composed of cells.

Teleozoön
Te•le•o•zo"ön, n. (Zoöl.) A metazoan.

Telepathy
Te•lep´a•thy, n. [Gr. far off +,, to suffer.] The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. — Tel•e•path´ic, a. — Te•lep´a•thist, n.

Telepheme
Tel´e•pheme, n. [Gr. afar + a saying.] A message by a telephone. [Recent]

Telephone
Tel´e•phone, n. [Gr. far off + sound.] (Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or magneto- telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ electricity.

Telephone
Tel´e•phone, v. t. To convey or announce by telephone.

Telephone exchange
Tel•e•phone ex•change". A central office in which the wires of telephones may be connected to permit conversation.

Telephonic
Tel•e•phon´ic, a. [Cf. F. telephonique. See Telephone.]
1. Conveying sound to a great distance.
2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.

Telephony
Te•leph´o•ny, n. The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

Telephote
Tel´e•phote, n. [Gr. th^le far + fw^s, fwto•s, light.] A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.

Telephoto
Tel•e•pho´to, a. Telephotographic; specif., designating a lens consisting of a combination of lenses specially designed to give a large image of a distant object in a camera of relatively short focal length.

Telephotograph
Tel•e•pho´to•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + photograph.] A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.

Telephotographic
Tel•e•pho•to•graph´ic, a. Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.

Telephotography
Tel•e•pho•tog´ra•phy, n.
1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.
2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.
3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.

Telepolariscope
Tel•e•po•lar´i•scope, n. [Gr. far off + E. polariscope.] (Opt.) A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer.

Telerythin
Tel•e•ryth´in, n. [Gr. end + E. erythrin.] (Chem.) A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.

Telescope
Tel´e•scope, n. [Gr. viewing afar, farseeing; far, far off + a watcher, akin to to view: cf. F. telescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic. — Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. — Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. — Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. — Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic. - - Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial. — Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. — Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Gregorian. — Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. — Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Newtonian. — Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. — Prism telescope. See Teinoscope. — Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, ∧ Newtonian, telescopes, above. — Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. — Telescope carp (Zoöl.), the telescope fish. — Telescope fish (Zoöl.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. — Telescope fly (Zoöl.), any two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. — Telescope shell (Zoöl.), an elongated gastropod ( Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. — Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. — Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.

Telescope
Tel´e•scope, a. [ imp. & p. p. Telescoped p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping ] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another. [Recent]

Telescope
Tel´e•scope, v. t. To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent] { Tel•e•scop´ic, Tel•e•scop´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. telescopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as telescopic stars.
3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.

Telescope
Tel´e•scope (tel"e•skop), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.

Telescope bag. An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.

Telescopic sight
Tel•e•scop"ic sight. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.

Telescopically
Tel•e•scop´ic•al•ly, adv. In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.

Telescopist
Te•les´co•pist, n. One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor.

Telescopy
Te•les´co•py, n. The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

Teleseism
Tel´e•seism, n. [Gr. th^le far + shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. — Tel•e•seis´mic (#), a.

Teleseme
Tel´e•seme, n. [Gr. th^le far + sign.] A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.

Telesm
Tel´esm, n. [Ar. tilism. See Talisman.] A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory. { Tel•es•mat´ic, Tel•es•mat´ic•al } a. Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. J. Gregory.

Telestereograph
Tel•e•ste´re•o•graph, n. [Gr. th^le far + stereograph.] An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. — Tel•e•ste•re•og´ra•phy (#), n.

Telestereoscope
Tel•e•ste´re•o•scope, n. [Gr. far off + E. stereoscope.] (Opt.) A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

Telestic
Te•les´tic, a. [Gr. fit for finishing, from to finish.] Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] Cudworth.

Telestich
Te•les´tich, n. [Gr. the end + a line, verse.] A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

Telethermometer
Tel•e•ther•mom´e•ter, n. [Gr. far off + E. thermometer.] (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

Teleutospore
Te•leu´to•spore, n. [Gr. completion + E. spore.] (Bot.) The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.

Telfordize
Tel´ford•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Telfordized p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing ] To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.

Telharmonium
Tel•har•mo´ni•um, n. [Gr. th^le far + harmolium.] An instrument for producing music (Tel•har´mo•ny []), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.

Telic
Tel´ic, a. [Gr., from the end.] (Gram.) Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic. Gibbs.

Tellable
Tell´a•ble, a. Capable of being told.

Tellen
Tel´len, n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tellina.

Teller
Tell´er, n.
1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. Cowell.
3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.

Tellership
Tell´er•ship, n. The office or employment of a teller.

Tellina
Tel•li´na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a kind of shellfish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.

Telling
Tell´ing, a. Operating with great effect; effective; as a telling speech. — Tell´ing•ly, adv.

Telltale
Tell´tale, a. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe.

Telltale
Tell´tale, n.
1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
3. (Naut.) (a) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. (b) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel’s course.
4. (Mach.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
5. (Zoöl.) The tattler. See Tattler.

Telltale
Tell´tale, n.
1. A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.
"It supplies many useful links and telltales." Saintsbury.
2. (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.

Tellural
Tel•lu´ral, a. [L. tellus, - uris, the earth.] Of or pertaining to the earth. [R.]

Tellurate
Tel´lu•rate, n. [Cf. F. tellurate. See Tellurium.] (Chem.) A salt of telluric acid.

Tellureted
Tel´lu•ret•ed, n. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [Written also telluretted.] [Obsoles.] Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, H₂Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; — called also tellurhydric acid.

Tellurhydric
Tel•lur•hy´dric, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

Tellurian
Tel•lu´ri•an, a. [L. tellus, - uris, the earth.] Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey.

Tellurian
Tel•lu´ri•an, n.
1. A dweller on the earth. De Quincey.
2. An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons. [Written also tellurion.]

Telluric
Tel•lu´ric, a. [L. tellus, - uris, the earth: cf. F. tellurique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
"Amid these hot, telluric flames." Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. — Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.

Telluride
Tel´lu•ride, n. (Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; — formerly called telluret.

Tellurism
Tel´lu•rism, n. An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence. [R.] S. Thompson.

Tellurite
Tel´lu•rite, n.
1. (Chem.) A salt of tellurous acid.
2. (Min.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.

Tellurium
Tel•lu´ri•um, n. [NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the earth.] (Chem.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2. Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite. — Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; — called also black tellurium.

Tellurous
Tel´lu•rous, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.

Telodynamic
Tel•o•dy•nam´ic, a. [Gr. far + E. dynamic.] Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

Teloogoo
Tel•oo•goo´, n. See Telugu. D. O. Allen.

Telpher
Tel´pher, n. [Gr. far, far off + to bear.] (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

Telpher
Tel´pher, n. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.

Telpherage
Tel´pher•age, n. The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin.

Telpherage
Tel´pher•age, n. (Elec.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.

Telson
Tel´son, n. ; pl. Telsons (#). [NL., fr. Gr. a boundary, limit.] (Zoöl.) The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.

Temblor
Tem•blor´, n. [Sp.] An earthquake. [Western U. S.]

Temerarious
Tem•er•a´ri•ous, a. [L. temerarius. See Temerity.] Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless. — Tem•er•a´ri•ous•ly, adv.
"I spake against temerarious judgment." Latimer.

Temerity
Te•mer´i•ty, n. [L. temeritas, from temere by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F. temerite.] Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as the temerity of a commander in war.
Syn. — Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness. - - Temerity, Rashness. These words are closely allied in sense, but have a slight difference in their use and application. Temerity is Latin, and rashness is Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin term is more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more familiar and energetic. We show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show rashness in particular actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to jump into a river without being able to swim. Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger; rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited feeling.
"It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon grounds uncapable of evidence." Barrow.
"Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat." Milton.

Tempean
Tem•pe´an, a. Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

Temper
Tem´per, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tempered p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temperer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]
1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
"Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system." Bancroft.
"Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you." Otway.
"But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher." Byron.
"She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors." Addison.
2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.
"Thy sustenance … serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man’s liking." Wisdom xvi. 21.
3. (Metal.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as to temper iron or steel.
"The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound." Dryden.
4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.]
"With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth." Spenser.
5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.
6. (Mus.) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
Syn. — To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.

Temper
Tem´per, n.
1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as the temper of mortar.
2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.
"The exquisiteness of his [Christ’s] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment." Fuller.
3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.
"Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both heared and judged." Milton.
"The consequents of a certain ethical temper." J. H. Newman.
4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as to keep one’s temper.
"To fall with dignity, with temper rise." Pope.
"Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers." B. Jonson.
5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; — in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]
6. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as the temper of iron or steel.
7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.]
"The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances." Macaulay.
8. (Sugar Works) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar. Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.
Syn. — Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See Disposition.

Temper
Tem´per, v. i.
1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.
"I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him." Shak.

Temper screw
Tem"per screw.
1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.
2. A set screw used for adjusting.

Tempera
Tem´pe•ra, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.

Tempera
Tem´pe•ra, n. [It.] (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Temperable
Tem´per•a•ble, a. Capable of being tempered.
"The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals." Emerson.

Temperament
Tem´per•a•ment, n. [L. temperamentum a mixing in due proportion, proper measure, temperament: cf. F. temperament. See Temper, v. t.]
1. Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.
"The common law … has reduced the kingdom to its just state and temperament." Sir M. Hale.
2. Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions. [Obs.]
"However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any temperament that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side." Milton.
3. The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also the means by which such adjustment is effected.
"Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular assemblies." Sir J. Mackintosh.
4. Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
"Bodies are denominated "hot" and "cold" in proportion to the present temperament of that part of our body to which they are applied." Locke.
5. (Mus.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C♯ becoming identical with D♭, and so on.
6. (Physiol.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament. Equal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike. — Unequal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used.

Temperance
Tem´per•ance, n. [L. temperantia: cf. F. temperance. See Temper, v. t.]
1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.
2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." Shak.
"He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance." Spenser.
3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] "Tender and delicate temperance." Shak. Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.

Temperate
Tem´per•ate, a. [L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]
1. Moderate; not excessive; as temperate heat; a temperate climate.
2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as temperate language.
"She is not hot, but temperate as the morn." Shak.
"That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings." Tennyson.
3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as temperate in eating and drinking.
"Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy." Franklin.
4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.]
"The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air." Pope. Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; — so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Syn. — Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.

Temperate
Tem´per•ate, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]
"It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath." Marston.

Temperately
Tem´per•ate•ly, adv. In a temperate manner.

Temperateness
Tem´per•ate•ness, n. The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

Temperative
Tem´per•a•tive, a. [Cf. L. temperativus soothing.] Having power to temper. [R.] T. Granger.

Temperature
Tem´per•a•ture, n. [F. temperature, L. temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]
1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality.
"The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy." Bacon.
"Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain." I. Watts.
2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.]
"In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry." Spenser.
3. (Physics) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.
4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.]
"Made a temperature of brass and iron together." Holland. Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. — Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded ( homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal. — Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. H. N. Martin.

Temperature
Tem´per•a•ture, n. (Physiol. & Med.) The degree of heat of the body of a living being, esp. of the human body; also (Colloq.), loosely, the excess of this over the normal (of the human body 98°-99.5° F., in the mouth of an adult about 98.4°).

Tempered
Tem´pered, a. Brought to a proper temper; as tempered steel; having (such) a temper; — chiefly used in composition; as a good- tempered or bad- tempered man; a well- tempered sword.

Temperer
Tem´per•er, n. One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

Tempering
Tem´per•ing, n. (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil. Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.

Tempest
Tem´pest, n. [OF. tempeste, F. tempête, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See Temporal of time.]
1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
"[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed." Milton.
2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n. , 4. [Archaic] Smollett. Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like.
Syn. — Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.

Tempest
Tem´pest, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. tempêter to rage.] To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.]
"Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean." Milton.

Tempest
Tem´pest, v. i. To storm. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Tempestive
Tem•pes´tive, a. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonable; timely; as tempestive showers. [Obs.] Heywood. — Tem•pes´tive•ly, adv. [Obs.]

Tempestivily
Tem•pes•tiv´i•ly, n. [L. tempestivitas.] The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Tempestuous
Tem•pes´tu•ous, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempêtueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. — Tem•pes´tu•ous•ly, adv. — Tem•pes´tu•ous•ness, n.
"They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard." Longfellow.

Templar
Tem´plar, n. [OE. templere, F. templier, LL. templarius. See Temple a church.]
1. One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple. The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne in 1312.
2. A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple. [Eng.]
3. One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. also one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.

Templar
Tem´plar, a. Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]
"Solitary, family, and templar devotion." Coleridge.

Template
Tem´plate, n. Same as Templet.

Templed
Tem´pled, a. Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.
"I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills." S. F. Smith.

Templet
Tem´plet, n. [LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small timber.] [Spelt also template.]
1. A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as a mason’s or a wheelwright’s templet.
2. (Arch.) A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.

Tempo
Tem´po, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n. ] (Mus.) The rate or degree of movement in time. A tempo giusto (joos"to) [It.], in exact time; — sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato. — Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.

Temporality
Tem•po•ral´i•ty, n. ; pl. Temporalities (#). [L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalite.]
1. The state or quality of being temporary; — opposed to perpetuity.
2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
3. That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; — chiefly used in the plural.
"Supreme head, … under God, of the spirituality and temporality of the same church." Fuller.

Temporally
Tem´po•ral•ly, adv. In a temporal manner; secularly. [R.] South.

Temporalness
Tem´po•ral•ness, n. Worldliness. [R.] Cotgrave.

Temporalty
Tem´po•ral•ty, n. [See Temporality.]
1. The laity; secular people. [Obs.] Abp. Abbot.
2. A secular possession; a temporality.

Temporarily
Tem´po•ra•ri•ly, adv. In a temporary manner; for a time.

Temporariness
Tem´po•ra•ri•ness, n. The quality or state of being temporary; — opposed to perpetuity.

Temporary
Tem´po•ra•ry, a. [L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as the patient has obtained temporary relief.
"Temporary government of the city." Motley. Temporary star. (Astron.) See under Star.

Temporization
Tem•po•ri•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. temporisation.] The act of temporizing. Johnson.

Temporize
Tem´po•rize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Temporized p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing ] [F. temporiser. See Temporal of time.]
1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also to trim, as between two parties.
"They might their grievance inwardly complain, But outwardly they needs must temporize." Daniel.
2. To delay; to procrastinate. [R.] Bacon.
3. To comply; to agree. [Obs.] Shak.

Temporizingly
Tem´po•ri•zing•ly, adv. In a temporizing or yielding manner.

Temporo-
Tem´po•ro- A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as temporofacial.

Temporo-auricular
Tem•po•ro-au•ric´u•lar, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as the temporo- auricular nerve.

Temporofacial
Tem•po•ro•fa´cial, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face.

Temporomalar
Tem•po•ro•ma´lar, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the malar bone; as the temporomalar nerve.

Temporomaxillary
Tem•po•ro•max´il•la•ry, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.

Temps, n. [OF. & F., fr. L. tempus. See Temporal of time.] Time. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Temptable
Tempt´a•ble, a. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. Cudworth.

Temptation
Temp•ta´tion, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
"When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season." Luke iv. 13.
2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
"Lead us not into temptation." Luke xi. 4.
3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
"Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it, and lay the bright temptation down." Dryden.

Temptationless
Temp•ta´tion•less, a. Having no temptation or motive; as a temptationless sin. [R.] Hammond.

Temptatious
Temp•ta´tious, a. Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]

Tempter
Tempt´er, n. One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil. "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on." Tillotson.
"So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned." Milton.

Tempting
Tempt´ing, a. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as tempting pleasures. — Tempt´ing•ly, adv. — Tempt´ing•ness, n.

Temptress
Tempt´ress, n. A woman who entices.
"She was my temptress, the foul provoker." Sir W. Scott.

Temse, n. [F. tamis, or D. tems, teems. Cf. Tamine.] A sieve. [Written also tems, and tempse.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Temse bread, Temsed bread, Temse loaf, bread made of flour better sifted than common fluor. [Prov. Eng.] { Tem´u•lence, Tem´u•len•cy } n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] "Their temulency." Jer. Taylor.

Temulentive
Tem´u•lent•ive, a. Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R. Junius.

Ten, a. [AS. ten, tien, tn, tene; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tiu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr., Skr. daçan. rad.308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five.
"With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea." Dryden. Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.
"There ’s proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks." Dryden.

Ten, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.
"I will not destroy it for ten’s sake." Gen. xviii. 32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

Tenable
Ten´a•ble, a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.] Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
"If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still." Shak.
"I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable." Sir W. Scott.

Tenantless
Ten´ant•less, a. Having no tenants; unoccupied; as a tenantless mansion. Shak.

Tenantry
Ten´ant•ry, n.
1. The body of tenants; as the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.
2. Tenancy. [Obs.] Ridley.

Tench, n. [OF. tenche, F. tanche, L. tinca.] (Zoöl.) A European fresh- water fish ( Tinca tinca, or T. vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.

Tend, v. t. [See Tender to offer.] (O. Eng. Law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]

Tend, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n. Tending.] [Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as shepherds tend their flocks. Shak.
"And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge." Milton.
"There ’s not a sparrow or a wren, There ’s not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tides of life and increase lend." Emerson.
2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
"Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down." Chapman. To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.

Tend, v. i.
1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; — with on or upon.
"Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father?" Shak.
2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] Shak.

Tend, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one’s course, tend; akin to Gr. to stretch, Skr. tan. See Thin, and cf. Tend to attend, Contend, Intense, Ostensible, Portent, Tempt, Tender to offer, Tense, a. ]
1. To move in a certain direction; — usually with to or towards.
"Two gentlemen tending towards that sight." Sir H. Wotton.
"Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still tend from bad to worse." Milton.
"The clouds above me to the white Alps tend." Byron.
2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
"The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want." Prov. xxi. 5.
"The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind." Tillotson.

Tendency
Tend´en•cy, n. ; pl. Tendencies (#). [L. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move.] Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
"Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country." Addison.
"In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection." Macaulay.
Syn. — Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.

Tenderfoot
Ten´der•foot, n. A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U. S.]

Tenderfoot
Ten´der•foot, n. See Boy scout.

Tender-hefted
Ten´der-heft•ed, a. Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak.

Tenderling
Ten´der•ling, n.
1. One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [R.] W. Harrison (1586).
2. (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.

Tenderloin
Ten´der•loin, n. A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.

Tenderloin
Ten´der•loin, n.
1. A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in beef or pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
2. In New York City, the region which is the center of the night life of fashionable amusement, including the majority of the theaters, etc., centering on Broadway. The term orig. designates the old twenty-ninth police precinct, in this region, which afforded the police great opportunities for profit through conniving at vice and lawbreaking, one captain being reported to have said on being transferred there that whereas he had been eating chuck steak he would now eat tenderlion. Hence, in some other cities, a district largely devoted to night amusement, or, sometimes, to vice.

Tenderly
Ten´der•ly, adv. In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.

Tenderness
Ten´der•ness, n. The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
Syn. — Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.

Tendinous
Ten´di•nous, a. [Cf. F. tendineux.]
1. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.
2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as nervous and tendinous parts of the body.

Tendment
Tend´ment, n. Attendance; care. [Obs.]

Tendon
Ten´don, n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

Tendosynovitis
Ten•do•syn•o•vi´tis, n. [NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis.] See Tenosynovitis.

Tendresse
Ten•dresse´, n. [F.] Tender feeling; fondness. [Obs., except as a French word]

Tendril
Ten´dril, n. [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See Tender, a. , and cf. Tendron.] (Bot.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally. Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.

Tendril
Ten´dril, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.] Dyer. { Ten´driled, Ten´drilled }, a. (Bot.) Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. "The thousand tendriled vine." Southey.

Tendron
Ten´dron, n. [F. Cf. Tendril.] A tendril. [Obs.] Holland.

Tene, n. & v. See 1st and 2d Teen. [Obs.]

Tenebricose
Te•neb´ri•cose, a. [L. tenebricosus.] Tenebrous; dark; gloomy. [Obs.]

Tenebrific
Ten•e•brif´ic, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to make.] Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.
"It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene." Burns.
"Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time." R. Browning.

Tenebrificous
Ten•e•brif´ic•ous, a. Tenebrific.
"Authors who are tenebrificous stars." Addison.

Tenebrious
Te•ne´bri•ous, a. Tenebrous. Young.

Tenebrose
Ten´e•brose, a. Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.

Tenebrosity
Ten•e•bros´i•ty, n. The quality or state of being tenebrous; tenebrousness. Burton.

Tenebrous
Ten´e•brous, a. [L. tenebrosus, fr. tenebrae darkness: cf. F. tenebreux.] Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. — Ten´e•brous•ness, n.
"The most dark, tenebrous night." J. Hall (1565).
"The towering and tenebrous boughts of the cypress." Longfellow.

Tenement
Ten´e•ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. tènement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See Tenant.]
1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.
2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; — called also free or frank tenements.
"The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a "tenant," and the manner of possession is called "tenure."" Blackstone.
3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
"Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?" Locke. Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented, and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families. The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn. — House; dwelling; habitation. — Tenement, House. There may be many houses under one roof, but they are completely separated from each other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for the use of a family.

Tenementary
Ten•e•men´ta•ry, a. Capable of being leased; held by tenants. Spelman.

Tenent
Ten´ent, n. [L. tenent they hold, 3d pers. pl. pres. of tenere.] A tenet. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

Teneral
Ten´er•al, a. [L. tener, - eris, tender, delicate.] (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.

Teneriffe
Ten•er•iffe´, n. A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; — called also Vidonia.

Tenerity
Te•ner´i•ty, n. [L. teneritas. See Tender, a. ] Tenderness. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Tenesmus
Te•nes´mus, n. [NL., fr. Gr., fr. to stretch: cf. L. tenesmos.] (Med.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; — always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. Vesical tenesmus, a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.

Tenet
Ten´et, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.] Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.
"That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, … is a tenet very questionable." Sir T. Browne.
"The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt." Macaulay.
Syn. — Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See Dogma.

Tenia
Te´ni•a, n. [NL.] See Taenia.

Tenne
Ten•ne´, n. [Cf. Tawny.] (Her.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.

Tenno
Ten•no´, n. [Jap. tenno, fr. Chin. t’ien heaven + wang king.] Lit., King of Heaven; — a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.

Tennu
Ten´nu, n. (Zoöl.) The tapir.

Tennysonian
Ten•ny•so´ni•an, a. Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.

Ten-o’clock
Ten´-o’•clock, n. (Bot.) A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

Tenonian
Te•no´ni•an, a. (Anat.) Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist. Tenonian capsule (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; — called also capsule of Tenon.

Tenonitis
Ten•o•ni´tis, n. [NL., Gr. te•nwn tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon.

Tenonitis
Ten•o•ni´tis, n. [NL. See Tenonian, -itis.] Inflammation of the Tenonian capsule.

Tenositis
Ten•o•si´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te•nwn tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon.

Tenosynovitis
Ten•o•syn•o•vi´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te•nwn a tendon + E. synovitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

Tenosynovitis
Ten•o•syn•o•vi´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te•nwn tendon + synovitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.

Tenotome
Ten´o•tome, n. (Surg.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.

Tenotomy
Te•not´o•my, n. [Gr. te•nwn a tendon + te•mnein to cut.] (Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

Tenpenny
Ten´pen•ny, a. Valued or sold at ten pence; as a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.

Tenpenny
Ten´pen•ny, a. Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

Tenrec
Ten´rec, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.] (Zoöl.) A small insectivore ( Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; — called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.

Tensible
Ten´si•ble, a. [See Tense, a. ] Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
"Gold … is likewise the most flexible and tensible." Bacon.

Tensility
Ten•sil´i•ty, n. The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as the tensility of the muscles. Dr. H. Mere.

Tension
Ten´sion, n. [L. tensio, from tendere, tensum, to stretch: cf. F. tension. See Tense, a. ]
1. The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.
2. Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
3. The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain. Gwilt.
4. (Mech.) The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.
5. A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
6. (Physics) Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as the tension of vapor; the tension of air.
7. (Elec.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. Tension brace, or Tension member (Engin.), a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure. — Tension rod (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.

Tensity
Ten´si•ty, n. The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

Tensive
Ten´sive, a. [Cf. F. tensif. See Tense, a. ] Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
"A tensive pain from distension of the parts." Floyer.

Tensure
Ten´sure, n. [L. tensura. See Tension.] Tension. [Obs.] Bacon.

Tentacular
Ten•tac´u•lar, a. [Cf. F. tentaculaire.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles.

Tentaculata
Ten•tac•u•la´ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles. { Ten•tac´u•late, Ten•tac´u•la•ted } a. (Zoöl.) Having tentacles, or organs like tentacles; tentacled.

Tentaculifera
Ten•ta•cu•lif´e•ra, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Suctoria, 1.

Tentaculiform
Ten•ta•cu´li•form, a. (Zoöl.) Shaped like a tentacle.

Tentaculite
Ten•tac´u•lite, n. (Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods.

Tentaculocyst
Ten•tac´u•lo•cyst, n. [ Tentaculum + cyst.] (Zoöl.) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; — called also auditory tentacle.

Tentaculum
Ten•tac´u•lum, n. ; pl. Tentacula (#). [NL. See Tentacle.]
1. (Zoöl.) A tentacle.
2. (Anat.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.

Tented
Tent´ed, a. Covered with tents.

Tenter
Ten´ter, n.
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.

Tenter
Ten´ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. Tenter ground, a place where tenters are erected. — Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. — To be on the tenters, or on the tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.

Tenter
Ten´ter, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tentered p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] To admit extension.
"Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely." Bacon.

Tenter
Ten´ter, v. t. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Tentful
Tent´ful, n. ; pl. Tentfuls . As much, or as many, as a tent will hold.

Tenth, a. [From Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS. teóa. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.]
1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth, n.
1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe. Shak.
4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
5. pl. (Eng. Law) (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne’s Bounty. Burrill.

Tenthly
Tenth´ly, adv. In a tenth manner. { Tenth´me•ter, Tenth´me•tre }, n. (Physics) A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 10¹⁰ of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimeter.

Tenthredinides
Ten•thre•din´i•des, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a kind of wasp.] (Zoöl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

Tentif
Ten´tif, a. Attentive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tentifly
Ten´tif•ly, adv. Attentively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tentiginous
Ten•tig´i•nous, a. [L. tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]
1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Tentmaker
Tent´mak•er, n. One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.

Tentorium
Ten•to´ri•um, n. [L., a tent.] (Anat.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.

Tentory
Tent´o•ry, n. [L. tentorium a tent.] The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Tentwort
Tent´wort, n. (Bot.) A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.

Tenuious
Te•nu´i•ous, a. [See Tenuous.] Rare or subtile; tenuous; — opposed to dense. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Tenuirostral
Ten•u•i•ros´tral, a. (Zoöl.) Thin-billed; — applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds.

Tenuirostres
Ten•u•i•ros´tres, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds.

Tenuis
Ten´u•is, n. ; pl. Tenues (#). [NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See Tenuous.] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes κ, π, τ; — so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, χ, φ, theta. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

Teosinte
Te•o•sin´te, n. (Bot.) A large grass ( Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Tepal
Tep´al, n. [F. tepale, fr. petale, by transposition.] (Bot.) A division of a perianth. [R.]

Tepee
Tep•ee´, n. An Indian wigwam or tent.

Tepefaction
Tep•e•fac´tion, n. Act of tepefying.

Tepefy
Tep´e•fy, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Tepefied p. pr. & vb. n. Tepefying ] [L. tepere to be tepid + -fy; cf. L. tepefacere. See Tepid.] To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. Goldsmith.

Tephrite
Teph´rite, n. [Gr. ashes.] (Geol.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.

Tephroite
Teph´ro•ite, n. [See Tephrosia.] (Min.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.

Tepid
Tep´id, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.] Moderately warm; lukewarm; as a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. — Tep´id•ness, n.

Tepidity
Te•pid´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. tepidite.] The quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness. Jer. Taylor.

Tepor
Te´por, n. [L., fr. tepere to be tepid.] Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness. Arbuthnot.

Tequila
Te•qui´la, n. An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.

Ter- A combining form from L. ter signifying three times, thrice. See Tri-, 2.

Teracrylic
Ter•a•cryl´ic, a. [ Terpene + acrylic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.

Teraph
Ter´aph, n. ; pl. Teraphs . See Teraphim.

Terapin
Ter´a•pin, n. (Zoöl.) See Terrapin.

Teratogeny
Ter•a•tog´e•ny, n. [Gr.,, a wonder, monster + the root of to be born.] (Med.) The formation of monsters.

Teratoid
Ter´a•toid, a. [Gr.,, monster + -oid.] Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized. S. D. Gross.

Teratological
Ter•a•to•log´ic•al, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to teratology; as teratological changes.

Teratology
Ter•a•tol´o•gy, n. [Gr.,, a wonder, monster + -logy: cf. Gr. a telling of wonders, and F. teratologie.]
1. That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast. [Obs.] Bailey.

Teratoma
Ter•a•to´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr.,, monster + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.

Terbic
Ter´bic, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also designating certain of its compounds.

Terbium
Ter´bi•um, n. [NL., fr. Yt terby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.

Tercellene
Ter´cel•lene, n. (Zoöl.) A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Tercentenary
Ter•cen´te•na•ry, a. [L. ter thirce + E. centenary.] Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. — n. The three hundredth anniversary of any event; also a celebration of such an anniversary.

Tercet
Ter´cet, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto.]
1. (Mus.) A triplet. Hiles.
2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.

Terebene
Ter´e•bene, n. (Chem.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; — called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances.

Terebenthene
Ter•e•ben´thene, n. (Chem.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Terebilenic
Ter•e•bi•len´ic, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C₇H₈O₄, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.

Terebinth
Ter´e•binth, n. [L. terbinthus, Gr. : cf. F. terebinthe. Cf. Turpentine.] (Bot.) The turpentine tree.

Terebinthinate
Ter•e•bin´thi•nate, a. Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.

Terebinthine
Ter•e•bin´thine, a. [L. terbinthinus, Gr. .] Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

Terebra
Ter´e•bra, n. ; pl. E. Terebras (#), L. Terebrae (#). [L., a borer.]
1. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
2. (Zoöl.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

Terebrant
Ter´e•brant, a. [L. terebrans, -antis, p. pr.] (Zoöl.) Boring, or adapted for boring; — said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.

Terebrantia
Ter•e•bran´ti•a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

Terebrate
Ter´e•brate, v. t. [L. terebratus, p. p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.] To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Terebrating
Ter´e•bra•ting, a.
1. (Zoöl.) Boring; perforating; — applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
2. (Med.) Boring; piercing; — applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.

Terebration
Ter•e•bra´tion, n. [L. terebratio.] The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] Bacon.

Terebratula
Ter•e•brat´u•la, n. ; pl. Terebratulae (#). [Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zoöl.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

Terebratulid
Ter•e•brat´u•lid, n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.

Terebratuliform
Ter•e•bra•tu´li•form, a. (Zoöl.) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.

Teredine
Ter´e•dine, n. [F. teredine.] (Zoöl.) A borer; the teredo.

Teredo
Te•re´do, n. ; pl. E. Teredos (#), L. Teredines (#). [L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr., L. terere to rub.] (Zoöl.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; — called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App.

Terephthalate
Ter•eph´tha•late, n. (Chem.) A salt of terephthalic acid.